We lost a couple of icons this weekend. One good, one not so good.
Another trans person loses his crap in Rhode Island.
And New York is getting what it deserves.
Some News
Here is some news:
- Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84.
- Inventor of the Rainbow Coalition.
- Ran for president in 1984 and 1988.
- Was a shadow senator for Washington DC.
- Robert Duval has died at the age of 95.
- Starred in movies like Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, and The Great Santini.
- He won an Oscar for Best Actor for the movie Tender Mercies 1983.
- Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey both made public overtures to the feds for reimbursement for usage of state and city resources and recouping of other alleged damages.
- Frey estimated economic and financial costs to his city to top $203 million, telling Minnesota Public Radio he would like to see the state and federal governments help pay.
- Minneapolis estimated $47 million in lost wages for people “afraid to leave home” for work, $81 million in small business revenue losses and $4.7 million from hotel cancellations, according to the outlet.
- This comes as Minnesota is under investigation for $19 billion for fraud.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/civil-rights-activist-jesse-jackson-dead-at-84
https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-duvall-star-of-apocalypse-now-and-the-godfather-dead-at-95
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-democrats-demand-reparations-ice-losing-18-billion-somali-fraud
Here We Go Again
According to the Daily Wire:
Two people were killed and at least three others critically injured after a man who identifies as a woman opened fire at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed in a Monday evening press conference that Robert Dorgan, who goes by the name Roberta Esposito, killed himself after what she said was likely a targeted shooting stemming from a family dispute. A clip circulating on social media appears to show Dorgan’s daughter leaving a police station and telling reporters that her father “shot my family” and “he’s dead now.” The woman added that Dorgan “has mental health issues,” and “was very sick.”
Court records from 2020 confirm that Dorgan had undergone gender reassignment surgery. Dorgan claimed to North Providence Police at the time that his father-in-law attempted to throw him out of the house following his surgery. Around that time, Dorgan’s wife filed for divorce, initially citing “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” as the reason before crossing them out and writing “irreconcilable differences.”
Authorities have not publicly identified the victims, nor have they confirmed the precise relationships involved in the apparent family dispute. Police have also not released information about the weapon used.
This is the latest shooting perpetrated by a transgender-identifying attacker. Earlier this month, a man who identified as a woman and wore a dress killed 10 people at a Canadian school. Transgender-identifying shooters perpetrated deadly attacks on schools in Nashville in 2023 and in Minneapolis in 2025. The latter attack was the subject of the last question Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was asked when he was assassinated in September.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-identifying-man-opens-fire-at-rhode-island-hockey-game-killing-two
https://thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-reports-rhode-island-trans-shooters-posts-show-years-of-obsessive-humiliation-of-his-ex-wife
They Deserve This
According to the Post Millennial:
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his preliminary budget, saying that in order to raise enough tax revenue to fill the gap in New York City‘s budget, New York Governor Kathy Hochul will have to allow him to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, or that the tax burden will be passed onto property taxes, which would increase costs for everyday New Yorkers. The funding would primarily go to social services, as Mamdani presented on Tuesday.
Here he is during a press conference yesterday:
Mamdani said that Hochul and Albany should raise income taxes on those earning over $1 million a year and the “most profitable corporations.”
Mamdani, when asked about the prospect of raising property taxes, said that it should be a “last resort” and that the tax increases would have to be imposed on those who are the wealthiest in the city. The proposal, as a “last resort,” would be a raise of property taxes by 9.5 percent.
Without pursuing either of those two options, Mamdani said that the revenue gap would stay at around $4.7 billion.
Some facts:
- The budget has a deficit this year of $3.5 billion.
- He wants to spend another $1.2 billion.
- The city has spent $3.75 billion on illegal aliens.
- The total budget for New York is about $110-120 billion.
| Property class | Typical use | 2025–26 NYC tax rate (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1–3 family homes, small residential | About 19.8% of assessed valuenyc+1 |
| Class 2 | Large residential, co-ops, condos | About 12.4–12.5% of assessed valuenyc+2 |
| Class 3 | Utility and special franchise property | About 11.1% of assessed valuenyc+2 |
| Class 4 | Commercial/industrial (offices, stores) | About 10.8–10.9% of assessed valuenyc |
How your bill is actually calculated
For a given property in NYC, the tax bill is roughly:
- Assessed value (after assessment rules, caps, and exemptions) × class tax rate = base tax.
- Then NYC applies any exemptions or abatements (e.g., STAR, co‑op/condo abatements, senior/disabled homeowner exemptions) to reduce the bill.
Example: If a Class 1 home has an assessed value of 100,000 (not market value), the property tax before exemptions would be roughly 19,800 for the year at a 19.8% rate.
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-details-plans-to-tax-nyc-homeowners-to-fund-social-agenda-if-hochul-doesnt-fork-over-more-cash
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-property-taxes-in-orlp4zbCTwa2UA.QNb7Kjg