Gavin Newsom keeps proving that he is a vain, self-centered sociopath who is only worried about looking good.
Taylor Lorenz is back on social media, making the rounds with a real weird complaint.
And Zohran Mamdani is proving he’s an outright communist.
Completely Out Of Touch
According to the California Post:
The time for Gavin Newsom honoring himself isn’t over yet.
California’s governor wants taxpayers to spend $33,000 on an official portrait of him, even as Democratic lawmakers fume over Newsom’s “absurd” $20 million proposal to honor the state’s living former governors — an exclusive club of which he’ll soon be a member.
Funding for the proposed painting is included in Newsom’s proposed 2026-27 budget under “Governor’s Portrait,” which says the money would pay for the “traditional painting of the Governor’s portrait” to be displayed in the State Capitol alongside portraits of every other California governor.
The $33,000 would come from the state’s General Fund at a time when all new discretionary spending is being discouraged by Democratic lawmakers and state budget analysts. California faces long-term structural budget deficits while Golden State residents are contending with high gas prices, soaring housing costs and increasingly expensive health care services.
Later in the article:
The timing of the governor’s request is especially awkward, after The California Post reported that Newsom tucked a vague $20 million “Governors’ Legacies” fund into his final, record-setting $349.9 billion budget plan.
The proposal would give the administration authority to distribute money to state departments for unspecified projects honoring California’s living former governors just months before Newsom becomes one himself. He also hired a dedicated photographer at an annual cost of $200,000.
“This governor’s vanity knows no bounds,” state Republican Sen. Brian Jones of San Diego told the Post.
“It’s truly unreal the brazen, egomaniacal behavior he continues to display. But just like infamous dictators erstwhile and elsewhere, all the gilded propaganda and pageantry won’t fool the real Californians suffering everyday under his regime.”
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/gavin-newsoms-last-budget-includes-33k-portrait-of-himself/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost
My God!
According to the New York Post:
Prolific self-parodist Taylor Lorenz wants Mayor Zohran Mamdani to do something about what she calls the woeful state of the Big Apple’s vegan cream-cheese offerings.
The former Washington Post journalist and N95 mask superfan uncorked a Sunday morning treatise urging New York City bagel shops “get with the times” and provide more appealing choices.
“The bagels in LA suck, but all the LA bagel shops at least use cashew-based vegan cream cheese. NYC bagel shops almost never have vegan cc or they’re using hyper processed Tofutti [vomiting emoji]. I hope Zohran can remedy this,” the recent Big Apple expat wrote on X.
The entitled post quickly went viral — reaching more than 2.5 million views — and Lorenz, as she often does, muted comments on the thread in a vain attempt to stifle the torrent of ridicule that soon followed.
But another X user put up a screenshot of her original post, mocking its clueless, big-government sentiment — and throngs responded in support of the tweeter.
“‘I hope the communist mayor can force bagel shops to serve my vegan slop cream cheese,’” the user wrote, mimicking Lorenz in the post accompanying their screenshot.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/media/taylor-lorenz-whines-nyc-bagel-shops-dont-use-good-vegan-cream-cheese
Here We Go!
According to the Post Millennial:
Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to seize buildings away from their owners and place them under new ownership in a plan that he has called “block by block.” He will also classify homelessness as a “housing problem.”
Mamdani told a crowd of supporters on Tuesday, “When necessary, we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers.”
“For buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards. Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves,” he added.
The “block by block” program, according to the mayor’s office, will involve the building of 200,000 “new affordable homes” in the city and spending $22 billion on housing in the Big Apple over the next five years. An additional 200,000 homes will also be made into rent-stabilized properties.
However, the mayor offered no specifics on how seizures and transfers of private property would be carried out legally. One possible avenue is the city’s contentious Third Party Transfer (TPT) program, which previously enabled New York City to foreclose on struggling buildings whose owners had fallen behind on taxes and fines.
The TPT program was suspended in 2019 following pushback from property rights groups and lawmakers. Legislation that could revive it is currently under review by the New York City Council.
Mamdani added in his speech that he will “prove that government can deliver on the solutions to the toughest problems, not just debate them.”
Mamdani went on to say that the presence of a “good government” will be able to “build the solutions we now need” for housing.
As Mamdani presented the plan, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Leila Bozorg also spoke, and said that the “block by block” plan is “clear that homelessness is a housing problem.” The message runs against a recent video that was posted by LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, who said that homelessness is really an addiction problem.
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-reveals-new-housing-plan-to-seize-property-from-bad-landlords-classify-homelessness-as-housing-problem
Communism=Famine
According to the Post Millennial:
A petition initiative in Oregon that supporters are seeking to have put on the November ballot would make it illegal to kill or injure animals in the state, a move that opponents say would effectively ban hunting and fishing in the state.
The proposed initiative, called the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act, makes it a crime of animal abuse in the first degree if the person “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly” causes the death of an animal. The initiative also includes a provision extending sexual abuse of animals to include artificial insemination used on farm animals.
Per KATU2, supporters of the measure have reached the number of necessary signatures, putting it one step closer to being on the November ballot. The Secretary of State’s Office now has to verify the signatures.
Industry groups have spoken out against the measure, with the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association saying that the PEACE Act “would prohibit processing of animals, in addition to restricting hunting and fishing, under the guise of preventing animal cruelty” and remove “the freedom of choice from every consumer.”
The Oregon Farm Bureau wrote, “Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28) asks Oregon voters to dramatically redefine animal abuse in state law by making the killing or injury of animals illegal. While the language may sound straightforward, the implications are sweeping. IP 28 would fundamentally alter Oregon’s animal abuse statutes in a way that criminalizes longstanding, lawful, and necessary activities across agriculture, natural resource management, and daily life.”
“Most concerning for agriculture, IP 28 would redefine “sexual assault” to include routine breeding practices, potentially applying this classification to livestock, equine operations, and even domestic pets. This would expose farmers, ranchers, veterinarians, breeders, and animal owners to criminal liability for standard, humane practices that are essential to animal health, food production, and genetic management,” the Bureau added.
The bureau said that passage of the measure would force Oregonians “either into a vegan lifestyle or to rely on food shipped in from other states or countries. This would increase food costs for families, undermine local food security, and make Oregon dependent on the national and global food supply chain.”
The Oregon Hunters Association said that “approximately one million Oregonians who hunt, fish, trap, or work in agriculture would be at risk of criminal prosecution under IP28,” adding that Oregon’s fishing and hunting industries generate over $1.9 billion in economic activity for the state.
Yes on IP28 states on its website that the measure “would extend the legal protections that keep our companion animals safe to animals currently on farms, in research labs, and in the wild—which would then protect those animals from slaughter, hunting, fishing, and experimentation.” It adds,”IP28 would also expand protections against animal sexual assault by classifying both the masturbation and impregnation of animals as sexual assault even when done for agricultural purposes.”
We believe it is possible to meet all of our needs as human beings while simultaneously meeting the needs of the animals we inhabit this state with. Using the killing of animals as a strategy to meet our needs is a choice, and our campaign wants to propose making a different one. Whether that looks like greater investment in plant agriculture, utilizing non-lethal wildlife management practices, or implementing non-animal methods for research, many alternative strategies already exist to choose from,” the group adds.
https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-petition-to-ban-hunting-fishing-farming-of-animals-moves-closer-to-being-on-november-ballot
She Should Lose Her Job
According to the New York Post:
An Alabama judge has been suspended after she was accused of making racial remarks about a white court clerk and postponing critical hearings for patients committed in hospitals so that she could walk her dogs, according to court docs.
Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard is facing dozens of allegations of incompetence in her courtroom and creating a chaotic backlog of cases, with one attorney begging for a hearing to go on as scheduled because he was concerned that their client was “going to die.”
Blanchard, who was allegedly consistently late to court, did not hear a single case related to involuntary commitments until nine months into her term — leaving patients languishing in hospital mental wards, according to the complaint filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission.
“Judge Blanchard told her staff on one occasion that she was late to her involuntary commitment docket because she had three dogs to walk,” the complaint states.
Outraged hospital staff wrote to Blanchard’s office last year regarding a canceled hearing, which would have caused a patient to “remain hospitalized for an additional two weeks solely due to the lack of timely access to the hearing process,” 1819 News reported.
“Beyond this single case, the cancellation of the docket disrupts unit flow, delays care for other patients needing admission which can pose a threat to public safety and places our staff in untenable operational positions. It is difficult to reconcile today’s action with our shared responsibility to ensure patients receive timely due process and appropriate, least-restrictive care.”
In another of the 24 instances of hearings delayed or canceled outlined in the complaint, an attorney responded to an email about a hearing being rescheduled with a desperate plea: “Just hoping we do not have a continuance because I am so worried that my client is going to die.”
Blanchard is also accused of targeting Chief Clerk Amanda Reid.
When a court staffer told the judge on her first day that she liked Reid, who is white, “Judge Blanchard then said, ‘Oh, I forgot you all like kissing white ass,’” the complaint states.
Blanchard also allegedly moved Reid’s desk to a cubicle in front of her bailiff in retaliation for complying with a subpoena from the Judicial Inquiry Commission, according to WBRC.
In total, Blanchard faces seven charges for violating multiple provisions of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics. She has been suspended indefinitely.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/judge-accused-of-postponing-hearings-to-walk-her-dogs-keeping-patients-in-hospitals-complaint/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
