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The Midtown high-rise that dangerously buckled Tuesday will need to be partially demolished — although stabilizing it to even attempt the risky move could prove extremely harrowing, experts told The Post. The 37-story former Pfizer headquarters at 235 E. 42nd St. near Second Avenue will first need to be stabilized as soon as possible to prevent a possible localized collapse, they said. Without intervention, it poses a “significant danger” and “could collapse,” said Ronald Hamburger, a structural engineer with five decades of experience and who served on the federal team that investigated the World Trade Center catastrophe.
From what I understand, were it not for the fact that the building was undergoing renovation/conversion the buckling beam might very well have gone undiscovered and then might well have ultimately snapped and potentially catastrophically collapsed the structure. Reminds me of the potential catastrophe that could have collapsed the then new in 1977 nearby Citicorp Center tower, had it not been for the fact that an engineering student IIRC by accident discovered that the design was never tested for wind loads hitting the tower obliquely. And this was right before that year's hurricane season and so a massive retrofit program was begun just as a major hurricane was barreling up the east coast, and it was a race against time. Given who and what is running NYC, there couldn't be a more perfect metaphor than a collapsing skyscraper, which could have been avoided were it not for competence and common sense at the outset. And yet we have Hurricane Mamdani already cutting a swathe of destruction there as well as primed to sweep across the rest of the land, as both CBD and I discussed on the newest episode of the podcast linked here and on the usual outlets listed below.
"It's because the recent polling shows that Graham Platner was going to lose to Susan Collins," Perino said. "And they thought, wow, we only have two weeks to figure this out."
. . . "If they pull a Biden switcheroo, the Democratic brand is just so damaged in the state," Perino said. "And Susan Collins, what is the knock against her? She's so steady. There's no drama. Okay, well, maybe the state will be looking for that."
. . . The bigger picture is even uglier for Democrats. The base wanted Platner or somebody like him. The establishment wanted a safe pick like Gov. Janet Mills. That civil war didn't end this week, and Perino identified exactly who keeps losing it.
Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) said a fellow House Democrat dismissed concerns about antisemitism by claiming it is no longer a problem because “all the Jews are rich.” Speaking to CNN, Balint said the unnamed lawmaker made the remark during a bipartisan House antisemitism task force meeting. She recalled the incident after watching footage of California state Sen. Scott Wiener being forced out of a transgender rights event by protesters angry over his support for Israel, saying it reminded her of other examples of antisemitism she has encountered. . . “I know at some point there will be a day of reckoning, because I still believe that Jews should have a homeland,” Balint told CNN. “There will be people, I think some of my own supporters, who will turn on me, because I still believe in a two-state solution. I still do. I still believe that Israel should be safe and secure. I believe that the Palestinians have been so ill-treated for so long and deserve a safe and secure homeland. I do not believe Israel should be dismantled.”
At some point and I believe we've reached that point, it's no longer going to be about Israel.
In an interview with ABC News’s This Week, Mamdani offered his short tenure as proof of concept for socialism. “We don’t have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins,” he said. “I won last November, and over the course of these last six months, what we’ve delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.”
After finally passing the largest budget in New York City history, Mamdani claimed that “if these past months have shown us anything, it is that socialists not only understand economics as well as the capitalists who came before but that we can solve their years of mismanagement through an embrace of our principles.”
On the contrary, Mamdani’s first six months in office indicate the success of capitalism and the regular machinations of municipal government, not democratic socialism.
To a Muslim Communist, Capitalist is just another word for JEW. Of course one doesn't actually have to be Jewish to be a target, just an honest, hard-working, successful tax-paying law-abiding citizen. And the Mamdani pestilence is not confined to New York as can be seen from sea to shining sea, especially in California from whence the ever-popular billionaires' taxes sprang,
and will not be limited to billionaires. Anyone with two nickels to rub together will ultimately be targeted because having two is racist, homophobic and unfair. Since that second nickel of course came about because of slavery and white supemacy inflicted on the downtrodden by white interlopers, colonists and diamond merchants, doncha-know?!!!
Trump says Iran cease-fire is ‘over,’ vows to no longer deal with ‘sick people’ The revocation of oil sanctions waivers signals a hardening U.S. stance and raises questions about the viability of the Trump administration’s ongoing negotiations with Tehran. Further disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could have significant implications for global energy markets and U.S. strategic interests in the region.
If the President no longer wants to deal with "sick people" when do we go after Leftists?! Because it's a miracle what's left of the Republic made it to 250 and if these vermin have their way, we're not making it to 275, let alone 500!
What does it take to get arrested for treason around here, anyway? The last person to be arrested for working for the enemy and against the United States was Tomoya Kawakita, an American who switched sides to become a Japanese POW slave labor camp overseer who brutalized American soldiers in World War II. Then there was Tokyo Rose, who served the Imperial Japanese as a radio propagandist. Old Tokyo was arrested, tried, and convicted when she tried to get back into the U.S. after the war.
And that gives me an idea. I don't know about you, but I think that's a splendid idea for what I've dubbed the "Tokyo Bros," two American media influencers who went to Tehran to lead cheers with the "Death to America" crowd and fete the dead Iranian ayatollah. They claimed that the dead ayatollah was "fighting for humanity" against "evil" Zionists when he met his 72 old bags in the afterlife.
That's no hyperbole. This guy, Jackson Hinkle, a communist and anti-American — but I repeat myself — was on stage and literally led a "Death to America" and "Down with America" chant over the weekend in an IRGC-approved massive crowd in Iran. We know it was an approved propaganda ploy because, were it a collection of thousands of "free" Iranians rising up against the dead-ender Twelvers, the Basij would have mowed them down like they did the estimated 42,000 souls murdered during Iranian street protests last January. Wink, wink. Why would we want that treasonous bastard to come back to our country in anything less than a ball, chain, and leg irons? Then there was Sid Vicious Blumenthal's son (Hillary's boy, Media Matters et al.), Max Blumenthal, who visited Tehran to fanboy over what a great guy the dead ayatollah was and be the hypeman for "these popular mobilization rallies" that have been approved by our sworn enemies in the IRGC. I don't wish to be indelicate or anything, but we're in a hot war with Iran at the moment. We were just dropping bombs and strafing some bad hombres on Tuesday morning.
Hinkle amplified this message about killing the president while he was over in Tehran. We recognize that Americans have free speech rights, but ... pssst ... treason on foreign soil isn't protected free speech. Pass it on.
Max Blumenthal is one of the most heinous examples of what I call the "Self-gassing Jews" anywhere. And is Hinkle related to Adenoid Hinkle?
Line up the two against a wall and let them sandwich Jane Fonda for good measure and have a raffle where the winners get to be in the firing squad.
Have a good day,
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
The evacuation suggests serious safety concerns over the high-rise, located in a built-up and densely populated area of Midtown Manhattan. No injuries have been reported, but a collapse could cause major disruption and possibly damage neighboring buildings. Former Pfizer High-Rise Evacuated in Manhattan Amid Fears of Imminent Collapse.
“Camilo Campos-Hurtado preyed on children, rendered his victims incapable of resisting, recorded his horrific crimes, and concealed his true identity through fraudulent immigration and identification documents while remaining unlawfully in the United States,” U.S. Attorney Braden H. Boucek said in a statement: Illegal Alien Soccer Coach Gets 30 Years in Prison for Filming Himself Raping Unconscious Boys
The revocation of oil sanctions waivers signals a hardening U.S. stance and raises questions about the viability of the Trump administration’s ongoing negotiations with Tehran. Further disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could have significant implications for global energy markets and U.S. strategic interests in the region. Trump Revokes Iran Sanctions Waivers Following New Attacks on Tankers.
We recognize that Americans have free speech rights, but ... pssst ... treason on foreign soil isn't protected free speech. Pass it on. I sure hope the FBI has a posse waiting for the boys and that chick wearing the head scarf who used to work for Senator Fauxcahontas, and who, in Tehran, called the dead ayatollah the "greatest leader of her life." 'Tokyo Bros' Go to Tehran to Call for 'Death to America,' and We Have Questions About Treason
The whole point of the left is that the middle class, the bourgeoisie, should be regulated, controlled, hemmed in, forced to bend the knee to the hegemonic educated class. America 250: Our Great Challenge
American exceptionalism was never about perfect people. It was about a system of liberty that unleashed unprecedented freedom, prosperity, and self-correction. We Must Have a Rebirth of Instinctive Patriotism (How do we resist the figurative Sanger/Gosnells and their womb-scrapers - jjs)
Rob Bonta says he's protecting California's future. His critics say he's defending energy policies that make housing, electricity, and living in the state even less affordable. California AG Rob Bonta’s War on Affordability
Promises notwithstanding, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first six months in office indicate the success of capitalism and the regular machinations of municipal government. Democratic Socialism—or Democratic Capitalism?
That group, the Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM), is responsible for 44 percent of civilian killings during that period, according to the Observatory. Yet U.S. and Nigerian counterterrorism operations remain focused on the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram, which together account for just 12 percent of civilian killings. The Terror Network Slaughtering Nigerian Christians Has Escaped America’s Blacklist
The next geopolitical battle is over the past. Pakistan Can’t Rewrite Civilization (Dr. Zaius is ready to dynamite the cave and bury the evidence forever - jjs)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Purdah-style restrictions on social media would undermine free speech and suppress independent journalism, with platforms like YouTube warning that related policies aimed at artificially boosting “public service” broadcasters like the BBC would demote smaller, independent creators in favor of state-backed outlets. British Government Wants to Censor Social Media Before Elections.
A New York Times columnistcommunistwho has repeatedly risen to the defense of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is now publicly accepting "blame," saying that she "deeply" regrets a column she wrote defending the Democratic nominee, who put his Maine campaign on hold this week after being accused of rape. Apologies from the rest of the paper’s staff for the newspaper’s oddly gentle treatment of Platner haven’t yet emerged, but they’d be warranted. Anatomy of a Hype Job: How the New York Times Boosted Graham Platner
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Mythos to scan code in government systems that may be leaving doors open for foreign spies and cybercriminals, according to Reuters who cited three anonymous sources. Censorship-Pushing Federal Agency Teams Up With Tech Company Trump Feuded With
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
U.S. manufacturing slightly cooled in June, but the bigger story still holds. The Institute for Supply Management said its Manufacturing PMI registered 53.3 in June after May hit 94.0, the highest reading since May 2022. Readings above 50 show expansion, and June marked the sixth straight month of growth. New orders also stayed in expansion at 56.0. America’s Factory Floor Is Still Its Greatest Superpower
Americans buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of items online every year, plopping down their money, tracking their packages and trusting they will receive them. But a barcode like that on a ballot is the end of democracy? Please. Dems freak out over USPS plans to for ensure mail-in ballot integrity
Him too — ...alleging that this individual “struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her” during a disagreement, corroborated by several witnesses.alleging that this individual “struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her” during a disagreement, corroborated by several witnesses. Leftist Group Reveals Troubling Allegation Against Potential Platner Replacement
We all know that if the polls had shown Platner still beating Collins, he'd still be the toast of the party, allegations and all. Why? Because literally none of the other scandals swayed his party one bit. Democrats spent months looking the other way because they believed he could win. The moment he became a liability, they ran for the exits. Dana Perino Just Exposed the Real Reason Democrats Turned on Graham Platner
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They hold the seat long after they lose their ability to do the work. To change that, we would have to get Congress to act. You can see how likely that is. Congress Can’t Require Members To Show Up Or Quit
According to a report by the Daily Mail, Hines was left out of Trump-hating Larry David’s new left-wing “history” comedy entitled, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America, despite that she was a main cast member in 12 seasons of David’s popular Curb Your Enthusiasm series. Report: Michelle Obama Sabotaged Cheryl Hines’ HBO Role Over Her Marriage to Robert F. Kennedy
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Our flag sales are normally almost entirely US, state, and military flags. So when we started getting more and more inquiries about world flags during our offseason in January and February, I knew something was up.
Then I started putting it all together. The World Cup was coming, and it was about to change our business.
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When we took over, our goal was simply to survive those first few months and build out the e-commerce side of the business. We certainly weren't looking ahead to the World Cup or America's 250th birthday, but we've definitely benefited from some tailwinds.
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The World Cup, combined with America's 250th anniversary, has supercharged our business. We've seen tremendous national growth, and these events have definitely moved the needle for us. We've been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time.
Seventy years ago, on June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, into law. It created the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, better known as the Interstate Highway System. Or, simply, “the Interstate.” Ike signed the bill, along with 26 others that day, from a hospital bed at Walter Reed after an intestinal infection and operation. No press. No photographers. His press secretary was there to witness the signing, and that’s it. It was a shrug-worthy opening ceremony for what would become this country’s largest-ever public works project as well as an agent of almost immeasurable cultural, economic, and physical change.
Aside from being a marvel of civil engineering, the Interstates created jobs and boosted the economy. They made travel easier and more accessible. They made shipping more efficient. They also brought added safety compared to other highways. But they also screwed a lot of people over. Small towns bypassed by new Interstate routes withered and died. According to Department of Transportation estimates, Interstate construction displaced over a million Americans and destroyed 475,000 homes.
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When the original 1916 Federal Highway Aid Act expired, the Federal Highway Aid Act of 1921 superseded it. The ’21 bill further consolidated the federal/state partnership, allowing states to conduct their own road-building projects, albeit to federal standards, with $75M allocated annually for the construction of a national road grid of interconnected “primary highways.” The “later [1956] interstate highway bill… would not have been possible, or necessary” without the 1921 bill, according to Swift.
By 1921, the Office of Road Inquiry had grown into the Bureau of Public Roads. Its head, Thomas MacDonald, wanted a better understanding of the nation’s road system, not just for public use but for military use. That year, he commissioned the Army to produce a map of public roads that were useful for interstate travel as well as for defense. The so-called “Pershing Map,” after the general who produced it, included 78,000 miles of public roads and proved to be an important tool in later planning for the Interstate system.
Another important step in the growing road network was the United States Numbered Highway System, first designated 100 years ago in 1926. Interstate trails and named highways had been spreading across the country, but with no uniformity and spotty maintenance. The Numbered Highway System addressed this by creating the “U.S. Routes,” with numbers instead of names, identified by a recognizable white-and-black shield. North-south routes were to feature odd numbers, with the lowest number starting on the East Coast and the most significant routes ending in “1” or “5.” East-west routes featured even numbers, with the lowest number starting on the northern border and primary routes ending in “0.” Despite the name “U.S. Routes,” these roads were built and are maintained at the state level. By the end of the 1920s, the Bureau had invested three-quarters of a billion dollars in road building and improvement, paving or resurfacing over 90,000 miles of highway, according to Spencer Headworth’s book Rules of the Road.
Very long article but fascinating for aforementioned map / highways nerds like me. Check it out and catch me at the next MoMe so we can discuss this kin of stuff!
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Breaking: Graham Platner Covered Up His Death Head Tattoo With a Rape Head Tattoo
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Okay that's probably not true but it caught your attention and Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson have taught me that's all that matters.
Here's some catch-up on the Nazi Rapist.
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
9h
It's quite funny that the case for Platner, up until about 15 hours ago, was, "well, yes, he has a Nazi tattoo and a history of saying terrible things and treats women abominably, but on the other hand he's a communist."
Clay Travis
@ClayTravis
Democrats waited until after the July 4th holiday to code red Platner. They did it with a full week left to force him out of the race. It's diabolical how they are fine with erasing primaries & hand picking new "nominees" all while claiming Republicans will destroy democracy.
Khanna, arguably more than any other national Democrat, provided political cover for the Maine Senate candidate before calling for him to drop out.
In the blast radius from the sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner, few politicians are taking a harder hit than Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna.
Khanna, arguably more than any other national Democrat, provided political cover for the renegade Maine Senate candidate. He stood by Platner as he was buffeted by a series of controversies and physically stood with him onstage at a campaign rally in Maine, one day after the New York Times reported on the oysterman's toxic behavior toward former girlfriends.
That alliance was severed Monday, after POLITICO reported on allegations that Platner sexually assaulted Jenny Racicot, a woman he once dated. Platner denied the allegation, saying that "any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue."
But Khanna, who had earlier defended Platner as someone deserving of grace, had had enough.
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But Khanna's [retraction of his support] did not spare him the backlash for being such a steadfast supporter of Platner until this point, despite the Senate candidate's tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol or old offensive online posts. Republicans piled on to Khanna's post, accusing him of hypocrisy, and fellow Democrats were also critical.
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Khanna bet big on Platner as a rising star among progressives,
the wing of the party he has assertively courted in the run-up to a potential 2028 presidential run. For months, he basked in the attention that came with being a prominent surrogate for a buzzy Democrat in a top-tier Senate race. Now, that wager has proven to be a bust.
"Ro Khanna will always and forever be the Graham Platner defender" said one California Democratic strategist who was granted anonymity to speak frankly about the developing political dynamics. "I don't think damage control is going to fix the damage he's created by getting himself in the middle of this."
Overton
@overton_news
18h
Scott Jennings just blew up the Democrats' favorite excuse.
They're now claiming Graham Platner wasn't properly vetted, but Jennings wasn't buying it for a second.
He reminded the CNN panel that prominent Democrats like Ro Khanna, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Tim Walz all knew about Platner's past -- and backed him anyway.
JENNINGS: "The only thing I disagree with is when she said that he hadn't been vetted."
"No, he had been vetted!"
"All of the things that have been stated, it was all out in the public and people like Ro Khanna, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Walz, the Bulwark, Pod Save America, all these people came together to overlook it all, to explain it all, to rationalize it all."
"He was vetted. People knew all these things and a whole bunch of Democrats in Maine showed up and voted for him anyway. And a bunch of donors from around the country sent him money anyway."
"I agree with Alyssa's question. What changed? Why are you bailing on Graham Platner now?!"
"You already signed off on Nazi tattoo, a self-described communist, somebody who's had rape fantasies, somebody who has been on a social media platform known as a playground for predators."
"And on and on and on and on and on."
"And the difference between this accuser and the previous one is simply this, she's a liberal. It's okay, I guess, for Democrats that their candidate's assault conservatives."
"But he broke into someone's house. And apparently, according to her, raped her. And because her politics are correct, they can now believe it."
"All of this whole thing is disgusting. But to say that they hadn't vetted him, or that they didn't know about all this is totally false."
"They knew it and they signed up for it, and I don't know why they're backing away from this scumbag today when they had already signed off on all that other crazy behavior."
Now It Can Be Told: Chris Hayes (Allahpundit's old favorite) and Rachel Maddow admit that when Graham Platner promised there would be no further scandals coming, he was lying.
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow say that they really didn't buy it when Platner said there wouldn't be more scandals coming.
Now that it's not politically damaging to Democrats to say it.
Leftists extremely vain and insecure fake-intellectuals -- so much so that they will immediately admit to a grave moral sin, like lying in support of a rapist, rather than admit that they didn't know something or were duped.
Though in this case, I do believe them -- they knew he was a rapist. They didn't care.
Virginia Democrat Elaine Luria says the accusations against Graham Platner are a "shiny new thing to scare people."
This takes balls: Abby Philips, CNN's ludicrous DNC shill, thinks that other leftists have to apologize for their shilling for Platner:
Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
Watch Abby Phillip on CNN demand "soul searching" from people who trashed Lyndsey Fifield as a GOP operative -- until this accusation of rape emerged against Graham Platner.
Phillip calls out Democrat media figures including Krystal Ball, Matt Stoller, Jack Cocchiarella, and Emma Vigeland for their past full-throated support of Nazi sex pest Graham Platner.
As someone pointed out, Abby Philips and CNN could have interviewed Lyndsey Fifield -- but they didn't. They were part of the cover-up.
Marjorie Taylor Greene went on The View to defend Graham Platner, and to claim that Jews were behind the rape charges.
The Bulwark's frumpy professional homosexual and Eric Swalwell's Sex Friend Rueben Gallego just couldn't stop praising the incredible masculine charisma of Graham Platner.
Ugly big-nosed hag Mika Brzezinski grilled the Politico reporter on why he would print such insubstantial allegations against Platner.
The reporter says they had a lot of corroborating evidence (contemporaneous statements, etc.)
That's not good enough for Mika who Believes All Women, except if it's about a left-wing politician.
She essentially wants video.
MS NOW's Mika Brzezinski appeared to cast doubt on a bombshell allegation of rape against Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, repeatedly pressing one of the journos who broke the story for "concrete evidence."
She grilled Politico reporter Adam Wren over his report in which Platner's ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot accused the candidate of breaking into her home and raping her almost five years ago -- instantly triggering calls from prominent Dems for Platner to exit the Maine race....
"My question to you, given the very high standards Politico has before they write something like this and publish it -- what aspects of this story brought it to the level of publishable?" Brzezinski asked Tuesday morning, noting there was no police report or legal filing about the rape allegation.
Wren replied that he and his colleague Jessica Piper reviewed email exchanges between Racicot and her therapist, in whom she confided "in almost real-time;" talked to people who Racicot spoke to after the alleged rape; and spent a lot of time talking to Racicot across multiple interviews.
"We asked her why she didn't file a police report and she described sort of the insular nature of where she lives in her corner of Maine that she shares with Graham Platner and she, you know, debated sort of how to handle this, and we found ultimately the number of corroborating pieces of evidence to support her story in a way that we could report it," Wren added.
Brzezinski pressed: "So, what are some of those corroborating pieces of evidence? ... Any conversations with Graham Platner at the time ... do you have that? What do you have that actually connects this literally? Graham Platner to raping this victim?"
"Yeah, she reached out to him the day after via Instagram and essentially told him that, you know, she didn't want to hear from him again," Wren said.
Brzezinski jumped in: "But you were able to see those DMs [Direct Messages]?"
"She, uh, tried to recover those DMs. We were not able to review those DMs but she described them to us. We also -- long before he was a political candidate -- we saw her essentially explain to others that he was in her words 'consensually careless,'" Wren said.
But Brzezinski pressed again: "Right, but were you able to see the interactions between Graham Platner and this alleged victim? Did you actually physically see them? Did she produce them for you?"
"She attempted to uncover them, but was unable to," Wren said.
MS NOW co-anchor Willie Geist then questioned Wren about the timing of the story, noting that it was published exactly one week from the deadline when Platner would have to drop out of the race in order for Dems to select a new candidate to take his place.
Wren said Racicot "wanted Maine voters to sort of have the full story here."
At the end of the interview, Brzezinski again leaned into Wren for more concrete evidence that helped Politico publish the story.
"So Adam, in closing, obviously this is a huge political bombshell story, a story that might -- probably will -- lead to the end of Graham Platner's campaign, and I'm going back to the decision to publish, and I'm curious what concrete evidence ... took this story beyond Graham Platner saying this was consensual, Jenny Racicot saying this was not consensual?" Brzezinski asked.
"What took it over the edge and had you and your editors decide to publish, of course, kind of an earthquake in Democratic politics? What was the piece of evidence or pieces of evidence that made you sure of this?" she added.
Wren repeated that Racicot had confided in several people about the alleged rape long before Platner was a political candidate and shared screenshots of messages and emails with the reporters.
Brzezinski cut him off, saying, "Right, well those are the things I said. What is the actual -- is there evidence between her and him, evidence of a crime? Because he's being accused of rape. What put this over the edge? Because he says he didn't and he has people on his side who say he didn't. She says I did and I'm trying -- what's the throughline?"
Obviously she never questioned the leftwing media for running absurd rape stories about Donald Trump and Bret Kavanaugh.
But now? She's gonna want to see bruises.
Michael Brennan Dougherty rips one of the New York Times' fake reporters assigned to cover up and bury the rape allegation -- when they were told all about it in early June.
Emily Zanotti
@emzanotti
5h
To me, the bigger NYT sin, was watching them tell Lyndsey that they had other women on the record and that her story would be "one of several" and "not the lead," in order to, I guess, deceive her into going public, only to drop the other women's accounts and make the story a catch-and-kill.
When we talked about me going to the NYT to substantiate her story, Lyndsey told me the Times had five women willing to talk. She was the only conservative. What happened to the other three?
Ultra leftwing and Jewish propagandist Michelle Goldberg spins her prior support of the Nazi rapist. You see, she was just swept up in this fat piece of shit's "political charisma."
You know -- the same way Hitler's supporters were overwhelmed by his Aryan charisma and hypnotic blue eyes.
Jennifer Sey tells her to find a line of work where judging character isn't a required skill.
Maybe she needs to find a new religion, too. She seems frighteningly easy to turn into an Nazi kapo. Almost like she's eager to turn her own people over to the camps.
DSA types seem to have the wildest emotional swings of any of the major American political subgroups when they get good news its HA HA HA HA WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE! WE ARE COMING FOR YOU WE ARE COMING FOR YOUR FAMILIES YOU WILL BOW TO US YOU WILL BOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW and then five minutes later they get bad news and its "capital is undefeated we will NEVER get a fair shake Israel AIPAC Israel media"
YouTuber Joshua Carr: Pudgy Nazi Pussy Tucker Carlson Has Hired a Company to Copyright-Strike Any Channel Using His Clips to Critique Him
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Joshua Carr
@Joshua_the_car
Tucker Carlson hired a company this week to demonetize any political commentator talking about him.
I've had 8 videos claimed so far this week.
Every single one is protected under fair use.
Make no mistake, Tucker won't win a single copyright dispute. He's doing this to discourage future commentators from talking about him.
He's been independent for years and he's never done this before. Why now?
Because he sees the power independent voices have, and that we are showing Americans the truth of who he is. As he tries to take over the GOP he knows better than anyone that controlling the narrative is paramount.
@ArtyTrolls @paramounttactcl @LauraLoomer
Is this true? I don't know yet. I suspect it is.
Carr does provide a notice of a copyright claim from "SuperBam," who would be acting on their client's behalf. He also says that there are "dozens" of reports from other people making the same complaint.
Tucker Carlson's Nazi Followers sure acted as if it were true, swarming to accuse this guy of being a Hasbara Israeli Subversive.
Free speech should always be cherished.
Now, you work for Salem Media Group, which has financial entanglements with the Israeli Ministry. Can we discuss that and how it might result in you going after voices critical of Israel and Zionism?
There's a reason for Tuq'r to want video of his statements suppressed -- he's constantly lying and claiming he didn't say things he definitely said right on videotape.
But he's a totally hardcore Christian! He read the Bible at age 52!
It turns out that Tucker lied when he claimed that Dan Bongino emailed him to say that Trump personally demanded an end to the Butler assassination investigation. (Because, Tucker implies, he knew the assassin would be traced back to -- get this -- Israel.)
Dan Bongino released emails disproving this. Tucker Carlson scoffs, saying he only released emails where he wasn't saying that Trump ordered an end to the investigation (to protect, get this, Jews).
Bongino then told him, "Well, release these emails where I say otherwise."
Tuq'r, incredibly, then responds: I don't release people's emails. I'll tell you about the emails and lie about what's in them, all right, but I'm a Gentlemen, and Gentlemen don't release the emails of another person."
So Bongino told him directly: I hereby relinquish all privacy rights to the emails I sent you and authorize you to release these emails. So we can see what I said, and what you're lying about.
Dan Bongino
@dbongino
I'm granting nepo baby @TuckerCarlson permission to publish the text messages he claims to have stating that I told him "President Trump shut down the investigation into Butler."
Those were his words, and he should show he has a pair of balls and publish them.
Spoiler alert 🚨:
He won't. Because they don't exist. I've already shown you the messages which say the opposite. I'm really sorry if you're still dumb enough to fall for this Times Square "Rolex" salesman's act.
And now Tuq'r just doesn't want to talk about it. He could prove that Trump covered up his own assassination and that his frequent enemy Dan Bongino is lying, but, get this: he doesn't feel like it right now.
🚨Tucker Carlson, after being debunked by @dbongino, is now claiming he can expose the former FBI Deputy Director for lying about Trump shutting down the Butler investigation.
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) July 2, 2026
Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
Imagine a journalist so committed to the truth, who claims to have evidence that the President of the United States shut down the investigation into his own assassination attempt -- and that the former FBI Deputy Director lied about it.
But they refuse to publish that evidence because they: "don't want to."
Tucker Carlson is that journalist.
Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
Tucker appears to have talked himself into a corner...
23 days since @dbongino exposed Tucker Carlson for falsely claiming Bongino texted him, while deputy director of the FBI, that Trump had stopped the Butler investigation - backing it up with receipts of their actual texts.
4 days since Bongino gave Tucker permission to release every single text between them after Tucker claimed Bongino was the one preserving the messages, but that Tucker "didn't want to" release them - despite previously pointing to those texts as evidence for his original allegation.
I'm sure Tucker is hoping this will just blow over. Because it appears he made the whole thing up - and has now been completely called out.
Dan Bongino
@dbongino
As we all anxiously wait for Tucker to produce a single piece of evidence for any of his psychotic claims, I sense a growing rage amongst his shrinking number of groupies.
They must know by now that they've been played. They've invested their time in a circus clown who has backed himself in a corner. So rather than admit they got played, they rage out and claw at their own faces while emptying themselves into their pull-up diapers. It's a sad thing to witness. The doomers and grifters are all being exposed.
Tuq'r has, of course, joined Candace Owens in insisting that Tyler Robinson is innocent and that Charlie Kirk was killed by Mysterious Forces we may never uncover, but smart money says it's The Jews.
What you did to Charlie Kirk, Tucker, is unforgivable. We'll never forget. The sun will set on your evil, though. You should remember that part. https://t.co/SQg6Lt6HhR
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) July 4, 2026
Donald Trump's most vocal supporters are demanding that Mitch McConnell's office provide proof that the Kentucky lawmaker is still alive after he disappeared amid a three-week hospitalization.
McConnell, 84, was admitted to a hospital on the morning of June 14 following a medical emergency at his Washington, DC home. Paramedics responded to a report of an unconscious person believed to have suffered a 'cardiac arrest,' with a medic reporting 'CPR in progress' at the address.
The senator was not named on the call, and his office has never confirmed what sent him to the hospital, saying only that he is receiving 'excellent care.'
The speculation surrounding McConnell has intensified in recent days because his aides have refused to release new information regarding his condition or whether he will return to work as the GOP fights to maintain their razor thin majority.
Trump conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer claimed that an unnamed White House source told her that McConnell is in a 'vegetative state' or 'brain dead' and is 'not coming back' to work.
DC outlet The Hill even accidentally published an obituary of the senator which was swiftly deleted. A screenshot spread on X, and a copy reportedly stayed live on Yahoo News.
Independent journalist Desirée Townsend confirmed Loomer's allegations: 'I have heard the same thing from my sources for days. At this point, I am at the hospital for when they eventually decide to cut him off of life support and move his body.'
As online chatter continued to grow about McConnell's health condition, MAGA activists like Breitbart editor Matthew Boyle wrote on X, 'McConnell's staff should produce proof of the senator's condition one way or another right now.'
Is this true? I don't know.
What makes me think it's false is that this retard thinks it's true:
Sen. Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, was in China three days after her 84-year-old husband was hospitalized on June 14.
Chao, who married McConnell in 1993, met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on June 17 in Beijing, according to Chinese state media service Xinhua. The report, which was also published by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America, claims Han "urged further efforts to strengthen" the relationship between the U.S. and China during the meeting.
"Chao said maintaining stable U.S.-China relations serves the interests of all parties, and expressed the willingness to continue making efforts to promote practical cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and China," read the report, which was accompanied by a picture of Han and Chao.
Rasmussen Reports says that claim is mostly false: Chao was already in China when McConnell suffered his health event.
Rasmussen Reports
@Rasmussen_Poll
Good Morning !
Elaine Chao was already IN China when Mitch was getting CPR. The real question is, why didn't she immediately fly back to DC instead of meeting with the Chinese VP 5 days later? And who exactly did John Thune speak with on June 15th?
June 12 - Wife Elaine Chao in China at University
June 14 - DC - McConnell in "full cardiac arrest," w/CPR
June 15 - John Thune tells Politico he spoke with Mitch
June 17 - Wife Elaine Chao in China w/Chinese VP
Day One of Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing: Prosecution Detonates Candace Owens' Lie That Robinson Never Set Foot on the Campus
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Gator Gar
@gatorgar
It appears the prosecution has video from UVU showing Tyler Robinson approaching the campus, entering the building, reaching the roof, and taking the shot. We won't know for sure until it goes to trial, but we do know UVU has cameras everywhere and that they provided the footage to investigators.
Going to be hard to refute that folks.
Here's video of Tyler Robinson skulking around the campus of Utah Valley University, including video of him walking stiff-legged because he was concealing a rifle down his pant-leg.
Remember, Cavernous Nostrils and her "Mommysleuths" have insisted for a year that this rifle could not have caused the wound to Charlie Kirk and that the actual murder weapon was either a concealed handgun fired by a TPUSA staffer (under orders from Israel, of course) or an "exploding microphone." And by the way, the microphone plainly did not explode. It was on video, and nothing happens with the microphone.
But Cavernous Nostrils and her Mommysleuths still insist the "exploding microphone" is a possible murder weapon.
Anything but the rifle Tyler Robinson is seen on video preparing for a sniper shot.
🚨Candace Owens' conspiracy slop is IMMEDIATELY EXPOSED on Day 1 of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing.
Candace Owens, repeatedly the last nine months: "Tyler Robinson has never even set foot on UVU's campus."… pic.twitter.com/BynGLsHeJT
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) July 7, 2026
Liz Wheeler reports that it was a bad day not just for the tranny avenger Tyler Robinson, but for Candace Owens and her brain-dead housewife "mommysleuths."
Liz Wheeler
@Liz_Wheeler
Tyler Robinson is on video on campus four times. (So, he was there.)
Medical examiner's report says cause of Charlie's death was a gunshot wound to the neck. (So, not an exploding mic from Israel.)
TPUSA turned over HD video footage from their cameras of the shooting to law enforcement. (So, the videographer did not steal the footage to hide some secret reality about the murder.)
The lead investigator testified that their big tip came when a person -- Tyler Robinson -- turned himself in to Washington County police. (So, he did turn himself him.)
Access to the rooftop is easy, a staircase open to the public and a small guardrail that can be hopped over to gain entry to the gravel rooftop. (So, no Spider-Man ability necessary to get to the roof).
Defense actually DOES have access to the state's discovery. They've filed ZERO motions to compel because they are satisfied with state cooperation on this. (So, no fed conspiracy to deny defense exculpatory evidence.)
No bullet casing on the roof? So what? Bolt action rifles don't auto reject casings if only one shot is fired. The casing was found inside the rifle with three other unfired rounds. (So, not a "set up" framing Tyler Robinson's rifle.)
Tyler Robinson was laughing in court. (So, not distraught about "false allegations.)
What is the defense here? A mass conspiracy of Israel, Egypt, France, the U.S. Military, Charlie's former security, Erika Kirk, Cabot Philips, Kash Patel, the FBI, the ATF, Utah police, the judge, and TPUSA all in on the plot together... only without a SHRED of evidence implicating any of them?
If you believe that, you need to set down your phone, immediately go to Confession, pray in humility for wisdom and discernment, and start reading a rigorous curriculum of the classics to train your mind to think rather than be swayed by cultish emotional groupthink. I say this with love because otherwise you have surrendered the mind and soul God gifted you to the Great Deceiver.
Here, Cavernous Nostrils insists to low-IQ moron Shawn Ryan that Tyler Robinson wasn't even on the campus, and is a "total patsy." She says "they get look-alikes and get everyone to wear the same outfit" to fake Robinson's apparent presence on the campus.
Liz Wheeler also alerts us that the Candace/Tucker conspiracy zombies are already distorting a prosecution statement -- the prosecution said we didn't release video of Robinson taking the shot. The Candace/Tucker communist Nazis take this to mean there is no video of the shot.
That's not what they said.
Liz Wheeler
@Liz_Wheeler
You're about to see MASSIVE fake news about an out of context quote from the Tyler Robinson hearing.
Here's the TRUTH.
The prosecution did NOT say they don't have video of footage of Tyler Robinson firing the shot that killed Charlie Kirk.
What actually happened...
The prosecution was asked if the compilation video that was released to the media today showing Tyler Robinson on campus four times on 9/10 included footage of Robinson firing the shot. To which the prosecution answered no.
Very big difference.
Nonetheless you're about to hear, "omg the prosecution doesn't HAVE video of the shot I WONDER WHY HMMM ISRAEL ERIKA FED SLOP" peddled by the liars who want you to buy their evil baseless false allegations and so need you to ignore the truth.
Be forewarned.
Meanwhile: Me-Again Kelly has refused to call out Candace Owens' year-long op to get Tyler Robinson acquitted in the murder of Charlie Kirk because she believes it was all a Jewish-Mormon-Egyptian-French Intel-Fedlsop-Bee Cult conspiracy (no really) that involves a suspicious number of people on the campus wearing maroon shirts to identify themselves to other members of the Jewish-Mormon-Egyptian-French Intel-Fedlsop-Bee Cult conspiracy.
No, really -- three men were wearing maroon shirts so that means they're elite special forces sent by some country (Israel) to kill Charlie Kirk.
🚨Candace Owens clocked it in real time: muscular men, alone, wearing maroon, not together, not talking—just present when Charlie Kirk got hit.
That’s not fashion. That’s a formation in plain clothes.
The maroon beret has been the universal symbol of airborne elite forces since… pic.twitter.com/2d3bI2yjZ0
But Me-Again knows the trial will mean big ratings, so she says that, out of "love" for Charlie (the man whose wife has been defamed, stalked, and tortured for a year by Candace Owens without a single comment from Me-Again) she'll be covering it with "no bullshit."
The absolute gall of Megyn Kelly. Your refusal, @megynkelly, to call out Candace Owens' baseless conspiracies, false allegations, and the harassment of Charlie Kirk's loved ones by her cult out of "pride" means you've forfeited all objectivity and any integrity you may have had.… https://t.co/98VyTqpujt
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) July 7, 2026
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Yeah, I'm very much doubting the "I care about Charlie, I care about his family" part given you kept praising the psycho trying to destroy his widow with malicious lies and even gave credence to her conspiracy slop.
Ryan Saavedra
@RyanSaavedra
You cared about Charlie so much that you repeatedly praised the demonic psychopath who has been attacking his wife and you have refused to call out her lies aimed at destroying his wife and the organization he built.
Bonus: Candace Owens spoke with fellow homosexual Milo Yiannopolis and called the American Revolution "fake and gay," denying the conventional history about a determination for self-rule and against taxation without representation and championing instead a -- get this -- conspiratorial narrative, in which the Revolution was fomented by -- get this -- Jews.
Well, Jews ("B'nai B'rith," the biggest Jewish humanitarian organization) and the Freemasons.
Candace Owens and Milo call the founding of America "fake and gay!"
"Oh, it was just the tea tax was too high, so we started throwing tea into the harbour. We're ready to go to war. Now that I say it, it sounds so stupid. REALLLLYYYY basic and DUMB."
Can we not do this again in the future? That is, when a minority makes noises that maybe they're slightly conservative, can we not do exactly what we claim what only leftists do and overpromote them to the highest levels based on nothing but their race and gender?
I would love if we could stop doing that.
Seth Dillon
@SethDillon
She lies, then lies about whether she lied. Every response she receives just gives her more opportunity to dishonestly smear the people responding to her dishonest smears. There's no end to it, no correcting the record, because the lies, and the harm they cause, are the point.
The Coldblooded Christian
@ColdblodedChrit
Yeah, it doesn't make much sense!
...
Remember when Candace Owens blamed the maroon hoodie guys... or the French Legion?
Then the U.S. military and Donald Trump.
Or the bees. Or the Egyptian planes. Or the exploding mic.
Now she's back on the exploding mic... while saying Charlie was definitely shot from the front.
Do you remember?
Do you remember how she changes her target every single day -- who to dehumanize and character assassinate next?
Yeah... you remember.
It's crazy how these Candace supporters are razor-sharp critics on everything *except* Candace.
But when it's her? Excuse after excuse after excuse.
Go ahead, keep scrolling...
This is gonna take a while.
Excuse after excuse after excuse after excuse after excuse.
Excuse after excuse after excuse after excuse after excuse.
Coldblooded Christian (@ColdblodedChrit
)
Truth over tribalism 💯
Christ over clout 🙏
Megyn Kelly now claims that she cares about "being factual" when it comes to Charlie Kirk's death.
Yet when everyone asked her to call out the person spreading lies and conspiracies, she not only told everyone to “f*ck off,” but also said she supported the conspiratorial… https://t.co/Tzc88r9XjKpic.twitter.com/anpyWdjxVc
Me-Again specifically endorsed Cavernous Nostrils' insane antisemitic theory that Israel murdered Charlie Kirk -- she believed Important Questions must be Asked -- because, Me-Again herself says, of "Charlie's increasing skepticism of Israel."
Here's another one who we -- and I include myself here -- elevated entirely for DEI reasons. "She's a woman, she will appeal to other women, who cares if she's a liberal feminist and a bit of a retard? Look at all the D I V E R S I T Y this nasty self-obsessed cunt brings us!"
Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner appears to be holding the Democratic Party hostage -- refusing to drop out after he was accused of rape unless he gets to approve his successor to run for the Senate, The Post has learned.
A source familiar with the campaign discussions said Platner, his campaign and political strategist Morris Katz are deliberating about the Maine Democrat dropping out but only if his replacement has the same anti-Israel, left-wing values that he does.
The communist Nazi wants to make sure that his successor shares his love of communism and anti-Jewish pogroms.
And the clock is ticking for Dems -- there's a deadline of Monday for Platner to withdraw and be replaced on the ballot, according to state election law.
"This vibes to me like a play from Bernie Sanders to slide in Troy Jackson," another source said.
The elderly Vermont independent -- who was Platner's biggest backer -- reportedly wants former Maine senate president Jackson to get the Democratic nomination to run against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Jackson, who appeared with Platner and Sanders at a "Fight the Oligarchy" rally in May, recently came in third in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Update from Washington Nearsider:
Mark Halpern said he's hearing Platner won't step aside unless his wife is his replacement.
French Court Lifts Ban on Le Pen Standing for Next Presidential -- But Slaps Her With House Arrest That Will Prevent Her from Campaiging Outside Her Home NIGEL FARAGE RESIGNS HIS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
—Disinformation Expert Ace
First: Nigel Farage has resigned over his personal finances scandal, which I naively assumed was a lot of smoke and partisan nonsense.
Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
Beege Wellborn writes that Farage could have accepted these payments from "generous friends" if he disclosed them -- but apparently, he did not.
Farage appears to have broken MPs' rules by failing to declare that Cottrell provided funding for his operation in the year before his election.
We can also reveal that:
• The Reform leader received "in kind" benefits ranging from his back office to his private security, staff, transport and accommodation.
• Cottrell recruited and paid three staff to transform Farage's social media presence, producing content on immigration, human rights law and political correctness, and that promoted Reform...
Well, this stinks. Though I know a lot of #Based people have been very much against Farage, who they claim is a soft liberal who actively promises to not deport all the migrants. They prefer the Restore movement, led by Rupert Lowe, who led that private inquiry into the grooming gangs.
What happens to Reform now? I don't know.
Meanwhile, in France, the lawfare against Le Pen continues.
The ban on National Rally leader Marine Le Pen running in the 2027 French presidential election was overturned by the Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday; however, other aspects of the ruling may still derail her campaign.
After over a year of waiting, the appeal court finally issued a ruling on the eligibility of three-time candidate Marine Le Pen to stand again in next year's race to replace Emmanuel Macron.
Le Pen faced a five-year ban from standing in any election in Europe over alleged embezzlement of European Union funds intended for her party's use in the EU Parliament, which were claimed to have been used to pay for party operations in France.
On Tuesday, the Paris Court of Appeal reduced her sentence from five years' ineligibility to 45 months, with 30 months suspended. This means that from the initial ban issued in March of last year, her 15 months of ineligibility would expire well before the April 18th vote next year, Le Figaro reported.
However, the court also handed down a €100,000 fine and sentenced her to three years in prison (suspended) and one year of house arrest with an electronic monitoring tag, which would likely severely limit her ability to campaign.
Le Pen had previously stated that she would not run for the presidency if she were subjected to electronic monitoring by the court. She has previously stated that if she is prevented from running, she would back her long-standing deputy, Jordan Bardella, to run in her place.
The New York Times Knew All About Graham Platner's Rape Allegation But Deliberately Buried It Update: North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association Grifter Rick Wilson Weighs In
—Disinformation Expert Ace
They also buried the allegations of non-rape abuse by Lyndsey Fifield -- and she says she gave them the names of five friends who would corroborate the story (at least as far as her telling the same story contemporaneously).
Two of those friends, she told them, didn't know about the abuse, but could corroborate the dates of their relationship. The other three could corroborate the abuse.
The New York Times chose to only contact the two friends Fifield expressly told them could not corroborate the abuse. They didn't contact the three who could corroborate the abuse, deliberately.
Then they Times wrote that they contacted two friends "who could not corroborate" Fifield's claims of abuse.
Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I actually understand why Democrat leaders didn't take our stories seriously when the Times reported them in June but are taking them seriously now.
It was by design.
The line most shared from the piece was the claim that the Times "could not corroborate" my story despite talking to two of my friends.
I gave them the contact information for five friends.
They called the two who I clarified would not know about the abuse but would be able to affirm our relationship timeline, events, etc.
They simply did not call the other three.
She also gave the NYT the names of people who could corroborate Platner "stalking" her, and apparently stalking her so menacingly she wrote to her landlord to tell him she was immediately terminating her lease to find a new place to live.
The NYT refused to contact these witnesses, too.
I also gave them the names of all my former roommates who remembered him stalking our row house (which was about 5 houses down from his) and waiting for me to return. I gave them screenshots of messages between these roommates and I discussing it.
I gave them the names of other men I dated who might have remembered him following us around the hill and showing up on my stoop after we walked home from dates to confront us. I gave them emails to my landlord urgently ending my lease and moving to an apartment across town and diary entries talking about it - all time marked.
I told them that during pre-marital counseling I had spoken to my ex-fiance about the abuse because I had to explain to him why I reacted with such terror any time he lost his temper. They said oh NO we don't need to bother HIM (or my priest). Besides, I had written about it in my diary in detail, they reassured.
As the weeks dragged on I stopped trying to give them evidence because the amount I had already given them seemed to overwhelm them and I thought it meant they clearly had more than enough to verify my every claim.
My friends might not have known the details of the abuse, but they affirmed that yes, I had told them that he was abusive--long before he ran for Senate.
Besides, they assured, my part in their reporting would be small. I thought my details would only serve to affirm Jenny and the other anonymous woman.
Jenny and I - having never met or spoken - both shared with these reporters terrifyingly similar details of intimate partner violence, coercive control, and cycles of abuse/love bombing. The third unnamed woman in the story did as well.
But tell me again how they "could not corroborate."
The New York Times did NOT report these allegations of stalking at all, and instead portrayed the relationship as "emotionally volatile" on both ends.
And there's a reason for that -- women hate three things men do: rape, physical abuse, and stalking. (The Times did admit Fifield's claims of physical abuse but, as noted earlier, refused to contact the friends who could corroborate those claims.)
The Times engaged in the journalistic practice called "Catch and Kill," in which a news outlet rushes to get ahead of a story that damages one of their favorites by getting the story and either completely burying it, or doing a "modified limited hangout," in which the allegations are addressed, but in such a way as to make them less damaging or even non-credible.
The Times had been informed of the rape, but because it was shared off the record, they only described the concerns of his victim, Jenny Racicot, in the vaguest possible terms that implied that Platner's behavior was merely ungentlemanly. Here's the one paragraph they printed referring to what they KNEW was a rape:
Jenny Racicot, 41, a Maine Democrat, who said she dated him casually off and on between 2019 and 2021, said the posts deepened her belief that he did not respect women. "When I saw the old comments that he made online," she said, "I recognized a version of him that I had experiences with."
Racicot had told them, off the record, that he had sexually assaulted her. They buried it, implied his on-the-record accuser was a political operative slandering him, and gave permission to all Platner's boosters to dismiss her story as a political hit job.
I take Strom's point but there is a wrinkle here: Racicot told the Times about the rape but she refused to make that allegation under her own name. That is, while she's quoted in the story accusing Platner of unspecified past behavior, she didn't want them to use her name in connection with the rape allegation.
So, one might say, the Times used good judgment to not report a claimed rape when the actual victim (or alleged victim) refuses to clearly accuse Platner of rape.
You could say that, except for the fact that the New York Times published completely-anonymous allegations of sexual assault against Bret Kavanaugh.
Google AI's overview of the first anonymous allegations of sexual assault against Bret Kavanaugh:
The New York Times detailed an anonymous accusation of sexual misconduct against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in September 2019. Originally reported by reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, the allegation involved a male classmate who witnessed Kavanaugh with his pants down at a Yale University freshman party, where friends allegedly pushed his hand onto a female student.
The female student involved did not speak to The New York Times. The classmate who reported the incident stated he brought it to the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and senators during Kavanaugh's confirmation process, but it was not investigated.
The publication faced criticism and scrutiny over its handling of the story, primarily because the article's editors omitted a crucial detail from the initial essay: the female student in question told friends she did not remember the incident. This omission prompted the New York Times to add an editor's note clarifying that the victim did not recall the event, and it renewed broader public debates about media reporting practices during the Supreme Court confirmation process.
So anonymous claims of sexual assault are fair game for reporting, even when the woman allegedly victimized denies the incident ever took place.
And of course the New York Times pushed Chrissy Blowsy Ford's allegations when she was still anonymous, with her "beach friends" pushing the story to media allies.
Letter Claims Attempted Assault by a Teenage Brett Kavanaugh
By Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt
Sept. 14, 2018
WASHINGTON -- A secretive letter shared with senators and federal investigators by the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee charges that a teenage Brett M. Kavanaugh and a male friend trapped a teenage girl in a bedroom during a party and tried to assault her, according to three people familiar with the contents of the letter.
The letter says that Mr. Kavanaugh, then a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in suburban Washington and now President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, had been drinking at a social gathering when he and the male friend took the teenage girl into a bedroom. The door was locked, and she was thrown onto the bed. Mr. Kavanaugh then got on top of the teenager and put a hand over her mouth, as the music was turned up, according to the account.
But the young woman was able to extricate herself and leave the room before anything else occurred, the letter says.
The woman says she considered the episode an assault. She has declined to be publicly identified, and she asked Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, not to publicize the letter.
So the media can and often does report anonymous sexual assault allegations -- but only against Republicans.
Democrats, who claim to #BelieveAllWomen, are protected against such lying whores who lie.
Below: Jodi Kantor, who works at the New York Times and therefore would know all about the rape allegation, spun for Platner a month ago claiming the only charges against Platner concerned him being "a bad boyfriend."
Note the attempt by the NY Times's Jodi Kantor to soft-peddle the accusations that had been made against Platner. Remember: the NY Times had been told about the rape allegation that Politico reported today. https://t.co/5fLNoVO11S
They also leveraged Racicot’s then off-the-record story to get Lyndsey to go on the record, intimating to her she’d be the least of the accusations in the article and then hung her out to dry. Not only is Jenny great for speaking, but her move may discourage that kind of… https://t.co/iG7cBJ6s2m
A judiciary that does not reflect the cultural desires of a country is out of step with the people they are sworn to protect. A judiciary that actively subverts the obvious intent of the law, subordinating it to their own peculiar and disturbing brand of social justice is irreparably broken and must be discarded.
And this is a good start, but one that must be expanded to the federal judiciary, whose politically motivated temper-tantrums are now simply assumed to be coming after every significant policy decision by the Trump administration.
For too long, leftist judges have flouted the law and put criminals back on the streets. Following the principles of Critical Legal Theory, which holds that the “law supports a power dynamic which favors the historically privileged and disadvantages the historically underprivileged,” they actively subvert the legal process in any way they can. This usually translates to accepting bogus claims of mental incompetence, issuing lighter sentences for serious crimes, and seeking out alternatives to incarceration. By doing so, they can do their part to remedy the “disparate impact” of the law on black Americans who proportionally commit crimes in far greater numbers than other those in other racial groups.
Pour encourager les autres!. Maybe other Florida hacks-in-black will think twice before releasing some malignant evil onto the streets of their state. Or maybe their arrogance will overwhelm their sense of self-preservation, and the Attorney General will create an "Office Of Judicial Conduct" and go after every single Judge who considers his personal morality to be superior to the will of the people of Florida.
And if that doesn't work? How about changing the law in Florida and making judges personally liable for the criminal acts of those they release? That would be a joy to behold!
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
Jenny Racicot, 41, told Politico that while she and Platner had been involved in an “on-and-off relationship,” in 2021 he allegedly “entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night” while intoxicated. Platner allegedly “forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop.” “I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot explained to the outlet. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.'”
So, a Nazi-loving Jew-hating rapist. As America's 250th birthday gradually recedes in the distance, I can honestly say I can't think of a more ideal presidential candidate . . . for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers “As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”
Meh, Graham cracka Platner is just another cardboard cutout Democrat Socialist, er Socialite. Shove his ass in a Cutlass Supreme and sink it off the coast of Chappaquidick to see if he floats.
“Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw as the Democrat nominee for Senate and allow Maine Democrats the opportunity to choose a new candidate who can defeat Susan Collins,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Sen. Kristin Gillibrand of New York said in a statement. “The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.” Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren also joined the pile-on, saying in a statement that “the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside,” while Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote on X that Platner “must drop out” and that the party “should continue to stand with all survivors of sexual assault.”
A new YouGov survey found Democrats are more likely to view the Black Lives Matter flag positively than the American flag, with 74 percent expressing a very or somewhat positive opinion of the BLM flag compared with 72 percent for the U.S. flag. The poll also found ten percent of Democrats held a negative view of the American flag. Among Republicans, just ten percent said they viewed the BLM flag positively. The survey also measured reactions to other flags and symbols, finding only three percent of Democrats had a positive view of flags associated with President Donald J. Trump, while nine percent viewed the Confederate flag positively and 27 percent viewed the Palestinian flag favorably. The findings were released shortly after a Marist poll reported that fewer than half of Democrats said they were proud to be Americans, compared with 93 percent of Republicans. A 2025 Gallup poll similarly found a sharp partisan divide in national pride. YouGov surveyed 1,088 U.S. adults online between June 30 and July 2.
Before politics enters the room, prayers should. I can't read about a possible heart crisis or stroke without thinking of my father, who lived through a heart attack, suffered a stroke, and endured hard months before he died.
Families live inside those hours; they're not campaign props.
But McConnell isn't only a husband, father, and grandfather. He is Kentucky's senior senator, holding one of 100 seats in a chamber where every vote cast decides war powers, judges, spending, taxes, and the president's agenda. If he's recovering, Kentucky deserves to know enough to trust that recovery. If he's gravely ill, Kentucky deserves honesty without cruelty.
Conservative activist Laura Loomer and journalist Desiree Townsend claimed Monday that McConnell has been declared “brain dead,” citing unnamed sources. McConnell's office hasn't confirmed or denied that claim.
Mitch McConnell's record has to say the least been spotty at best when it comes to advancing an America first constitutional agenda and opposing the Democrat traitors who have run wild especially since the coming of Obama and well before that. McConnell and all the other elderly doddering career politicians on both sides of the aisle who enrich themselves via elective office are why we desperately need term limits, as well as the severest of penalties for graft. Public flogging perhaps.
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao traveled to Beijing just three days after her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was rushed to the hospital following an apparent heart attack that required CPR.
Nope, not a smidgen of a hint of corruption at all, eh? This would be the same China that's doing this... Between Chao, Swalwell, the late Feinstein whose lifelong chauffeur was a Chi-Com spy and how many others nationally and locally who are the same, as well as all the spies in our academic institutions and the private sector, it's a race to see who finishes us off first, them or the Muslims...
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has tracked Chinese nuclear and missile proliferation concerns across multiple decades and report iterations. The six editions examined here span the period from May 2021 through May 2026. Taken together, they reveal a consistent underlying pattern—Chinese government-level transfers have largely ended, but a persistent, arguably worsening problem of Chinese entity-level proliferation continues unabated—while the diplomatic and rhetorical framing around that problem has shifted considerably over time.
These transfers undermine the official Chinese position—namely, that China firmly opposes the proliferation of nuclear weapons, missiles, and related technologies/means of delivery and commits to rigorous export controls while balancing nonproliferation with the peaceful uses of dual-use technologies, especially for developing countries (see “China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures").
Have a good day,
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot explained to the outlet. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.'” (Dear Iran, I think we've found your ideal next president! - JJS) Report: Graham Platner Accused of Breaking into Woman's House, Sexually Assaulting Her
The elder Khamenei, who brutalized his citizens for decades as dictator, was eliminated in an American military action on February 28, as announced by President Donald Trump. The Iranian terror regime waited until the weekend of July 4, which marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, to organize massive nationwide events of forced mourning for the bloodthirsty ruler. Iran ‘Supreme Leader’ Skips His Dad Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral
Victor Davis Hanson: Mamdani’s Independence Day message says more about his own politics than the country that gave his family extraordinary opportunity. Mamdani’s Embittered Fourth of July Rant to America
The findings underscore the growing cultural and political divides in the U.S., particularly as the Democratic Party faces an internal transformation, with far-left socialist candidates gaining traction. The poll also coincides with broader trends showing declining patriotism among Democrats, as highlighted by a Marist survey indicating less than half of Democrats are proud to be Americans. Poll: Democrats Say BLM Flag Better Than USA.
Congress should pass it. Trump’s already bailed farmers out once since December 2025. He shouldn’t have to do it again just because Congress can’t get a tax bill across the finish line. Give farmers a customer instead of a check, feed America with American grown agriculture and create a whole new incentive structure that allows American family farms to thrive year after year. There’s a Bill in Congress That Could End the Farm Bailout Cycle.
Or at least that's the impression I got from a Monday morning New York Post exclusive detailing the showdown between Gracie Mansion and local retailers threatened by Mamdani's campaign promise to build and operate city-run grocery stores. New York Bodega Owners to City: Drop Dead!
On July 3, French Jews visiting Barcelona, Spain, left a synagogue after Shabbat services and dinner, identifiable by the kippahs on their heads. I recently wrote about a video showing passersby unleashing rage on a journalist holding an Israeli flag on the streets of Barcelona. What happened to two of the French Jews on their walk back to their hotel shows that the kippah can trigger similar unhinged responses. Barcelona Horror: Mob Chases French Jews Through City Streets
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Solar-powered black boxes have been installed in communities across the U.S. under the
guise of “public safety.” Yet, in true American
fashion, resistance is rising against what can only be described as the arrival of a full-fledged
surveillance state.
Flock Safety cameras, the most prominent brand in this AI surveillance space, are automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that
capture high-resolution images of every
passing vehicle. Flock and similar systems
now operate in thousands of communities,
with over 110,000 cameras mapped
nationwide, according to DeFlock, an
open-source project mapping license plate
readers. Surveillance State Has Arrived, And Masked Heroes Are Already Fighting Back
America can't win the AI race, rebuild manufacturing, or strengthen national security without abundant, reliable nuclear power—and SMRs offer the fastest path forward. Act Now to Solve the Data Center Power Problem
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of these people living and sh*tting on our streets, and you probably are too. It’s going to take some harsh measures to deal with the problem, but it’s a problem that has a solution, if only we had the political will to implement it. Outlaw Homelessness and Make Workhouses & Asylums Great Again
Johnson announced his plan to include the SAVE America Act in a budget reconciliation package alongside $350 billion for the Pentagon and other spending priorities. This move would be difficult to achieve since it would aim to bypass the Senate filibuster and require support from House Republican holdouts. Mike Johnson Has Plan To Pass Save America Act, But It Will Face Several Tripwires Along The Way
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Democrats who had previously pledged support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have begun pulling their endorsements of the candidate following a new report of sexual assault from Politico. Democrats Stick The Knife In Graham Platner
UPDATE: In response to the claims, a spokesperson for McConnell said the senator continues to improve in the hospital and is working closely with his staff on “Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.” Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell Is ‘Brain Dead’
The verdict will have significant implications for France’s political landscape, as the RN under either Le Pen or Bardella is currently leading French presidential polling by a significant margin. The attempt to ban Le Pen from standing is widely viewed as an attempt to prevent her from winning via legalistic rather than democratic means, similar to the efforts to bar Donald J. Trump from ballots or imprison him prior to the 2024 election in the U.S., and growing efforts to penalize Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage for a range of supposed administrative missteps in the United Kingdom. French Courts Set to Rule on Le Pen’s Appeal Against Election Ban.
For five years, Congressional reports have documented a troubling reality: Chinese entities continue supplying America's most dangerous adversaries. Chinese Nuclear and Missile Proliferation
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Kimberly Polk’s lawyers say the school district is making her mouth wrong-sex pronouns and hide from parents that their children are transitioning genders in school—in violation of her free exercise and free speech rights. Maryland Teacher Takes Gender Policy Challenge to Supreme Court
“This ideological capture has moved the Museum’s mission away from straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism that seeks to transform our country,” the report states. Smithsonian Leadership is ‘Extremist’ Says White House.
“Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don’t want you to love your country.” That’s a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new White House report excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and its flagship museum. Free the Smithsonian — and our history — from America-hating elites
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Starting at $509 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD, and limited to just one performance core (and four efficiency cores) it's not going to set the world on fire.
If you already have a bunch of DDR4 SODIMMs and are worried about the hardware around them aging out, this looks like a pretty good solution. Would handily beat my 5560U mini PC or my 11800H laptop.
Systems based on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128GB appeared last year priced around $2000. By cutting out the middle man AMD had managed to reduce the price to $4000.
[Isle of Reflections 10" x 13" Acrylic on basswood plank]
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The Quotes of The Day
Quote I
“We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans,” he said. “We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with callous dirt streaked hands, those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone. And we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few.” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Quote II
The newly emerging socialists, like recent congressional nominees Darializa Avila Chevalier or Analilia Mejia, can never explain why their parents left socialist paradises in Latin America to come to cutthroat capitalist America. Victor Davis Hanson
Quote III
“Now, do I like their political position? Yes, I do. I believe that reproductive rights are a thing. And I think that they are obviously invested in women, and they should be. And that taking it from them was taking a right from women. And that’s the first time I’ve seen that done, except for prohibition. And I think it was wrong. But legally, I think it was the right decision.” Chris Cuomo
I hope you Morons had a great time celebrating our country's birth and independence this past weekend. In the event you had an accident or two, yours truly hopes you didn't need this medical care team.
Nude Recreation Week invites everyone to explore the benefits of naturism and body positivity, running from Monday, July 6 through Sunday, July 12, 2026. This week encourages shedding inhibitions along with clothes, promoting a natural and liberating lifestyle. Join the movement by visiting a naturist resort, learning about the community, or simply embracing self-acceptance.
Well here in the Frozen Tundra the deer and horse flies are as thick as thieves in Washington D.C. No way I'm going to embrace self-acceptance with those little blood suckers.
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As many of you know, I think the world of the late great Frank Zappa. Imagine if the Maestro had been alive for our recent 250th birthday. I wonder what beautiful piece of music he would have created. Because in 1975 he put out this wonderful song about our bicentennial in 1976. As a caveat, Zappa's "Bongo Fury" was my first Zappa LP I purchased as a teenager from a little shop called Pipe Dreams.
Hundreds of freedom lovers are rallying behind a US Air Force engineer accused of chopping down over a dozen AI-integrated surveillance cameras last year.
According to local channel WAVY, Virginia-based Air Force engineer and mechanic Jeffrey Sovern is facing 13 counts of destruction of property, as well as six counts of both petit larceny and possession of burglary tools related to the destruction of Flock license plate cameras.
These automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, are starting to blanket the United States, spreading across small towns and bustling cities alike by the thousands. While ostensibly framed as crime fighting tools, the AI-powered spy devices have raised significant privacy and social policy concerns, especially as innocent citizens get caught up in the dragnet. Like AI data centers, they’ve become a hot political issue at the local level, fueling public outrage and organized campaigns from coast to coast.
Maybe 2020 did plant some seeds of rebellion. Time will tell.
The Pilgrims stopped at Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer. The U.S. Marine Corps was founded in a bar. One of the reasons Prohibition failed in in the United States is probably because this country was founded on and was fueled by booze from the get-go—and there just isn’t a lot Americans won’t do to keep the party going a little longer.
The best example of this might be the legendary Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, whose first order of business after famously taking Fort Ticonderoga from the British was to raid its liquor stores and “drink the place dry.”
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The Fabulous is a great cook. And often she will say, "Slow down and enjoy your meal." She's never met Florida Keys resident Kevin Renly.
A Florida man who finally captured the title at the World Famous Key Lime Pie Eating Championship said his winning strategy came down to eliminating the biggest obstacle first: the whipped cream.
Florida Keys resident Kevin Renly, 62, claimed victory at the annual Fourth of July competition in Key West after devouring a whipped cream-topped 9-inch Key lime pie in 59.6 seconds — all without using his hands.
Contestants were required to eat the pies without using their hands, though goggles and dive masks were allowed.
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The ONT Musical Interlude & Nothing To Eat In The House Emporium
July 6th, 2024 - Joe Egan
Scottish singer-songwriter Joe Egan died from a heart attack at a hotel in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 77. Along with Gerry Rafferty, Egan was one of the two main members of the folk rock band Stealers Wheel, and co-writer of their hit song 'Stuck in the Middle with You'. The song was used in Quentin Tarantino's 1992 movie Reservoir Dogs, during the famous "ear" scene.
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July 6th, 2020 - Charlie Daniels
American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a hemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.
Man 'cut off his own penis and sliced throat’ after 'extreme' amount of meth
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Man bled to death after cutting off his own penis with a pen knife wgho was on a fatal amount of meth during the horror, a medical report has discovered
On a happier note...........
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BREAKING: Mitch McConnell has passed away, according to a source close to the White House. - per Laura Loomer
Thanks to rickb223.
Trump spoke of God and against communism on July 4 which Axios thinks is just terrible.
Axios is one of those shills who would tell you Democrats are also opposed to communism. But when Trump speaks out against communism, it's just the worst thing for some reason.
I thought we agreed on this, Axios...?
Trump's God, guns and anticommunist Fourth of July
President Trump championed American military might, a Christian U.S. and his top legislative goal in a delayed Fourth of July speech from the National Mall, wrapping just minutes before the calendar switched to Sunday morning.
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Driving the news: Throughout the speech, Trump nodded to a modern-day battle against communism, a frequent element of his midterm messaging.
"We don't want communists in our country," he said. "Never worked, and it never will work."
Trump later added, "Communism is a loser, and it always will be."
Zoom out: The president's language was also markedly religious -- in line with the tone from the White House and its allies that has steered America's 250th birthday toward prayer and divine guidance, Axios' Russell Contreras reports.
"All over the world, they try and be like us, nobody can be like us, and with God's help, we will always be this, or even better," he said.
"As our Declaration of Independence tells us, we are all made in the image of one almighty God, and a communist will never say that, that's for sure," he added.
Speaking of July 4th: they had a Mostly Peaceful holiday in California.
Fourth of July descended into mayhem across parts of Southern California as unruly crowds overwhelmed packed-out fireworks displays, looted stores, ignited fires and saw cops charge on horseback.
The worst unrest erupted in Newport Beach, where Independence Day revelers poured into Orange County, choking traffic and triggering a police response as disorder spread near the pier.
Authorities ultimately shut down businesses from the Newport Pier to Pacific Coast Highway as officers moved in to restore order.
Officers were swarmed by hundreds of people who hurled bottles and other debris at them before the crowd turned on one another and began fighting.
Mounted officers rode horses into them to clear the area so additional arrests could be made.
Video from the scene also appeared to show the aftermath of the reported looting of a Pavilions grocery store in Newport Beach, with merchandise strewn across the parking lot while groups of people lingered outside the business, laughing and joking.
Newport Beach police with riot shields and bean bag rounds disperse a crowd on July 4th.
Eight people, including four children, were shot during a Fourth of July family barbecue in Brooklyn's Coney Island when a masked gunman opened fire on the group without warning, police officials said.
New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives are working to identify the suspect, who fled the scene on foot and remains at large, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Sunday.
"There is no place for this kind of violence in our city. We will not tolerate it. We will fight it with every single tool at our disposal," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the news conference.
A migrant driver of a semi-truck was arrested and charged with running down and killing a Chicago man who was trying to change his tire alongside a suburban highway late in June.
The accident occurred early in the morning of June 24 when 24-year-old Sebastian Stone pulled off to the side of I-80 near Torrence Ave. to change a flat tire. While in the process of changing the tire, Stone was struck and killed by a semi-truck, which did not stop after running him down, CWBChicago reported.
Police were called to the scene by witnesses, and officers found Stone dead on the side of the road.
Witnesses described the truck that struck the stranded motorist and gave police the license plate number, the name of the company on the side of the truck, and the truck's company ID number. By 9 a.m., police had confirmed the witness statements with license plate reader data.
Officials also confirmed that the semi was being driven by Kulgeet Kang, 34, whose name is of Punjabi origin and common among Sikh communities.
Further information on Kang's immigration status has not been released.
Investigators contacted the company Kang was driving for and informed them of the incident, and company officials called the driver on his cell phone to alert him that he was being sought for killing a motorist. Company officials told police that Kang answered the phone, but then allegedly hung up on his bosses without speaking to them. He then refused to answer follow-up calls.
maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸
@maybedanielleee
This will be very interesting to follow.
> Death by hit-and-run --> semi-truck.
> Found the semi-truck, abandoned, at a truck stop near I-65/State Road 2 in Hebron, IN.
> The truck and trailer were towed for processing.
> The truck driver was not found with the truck.
> The truck driver may have been found.
> Person taken into custody.
"The driver, according to my sources, ditched the semi at a truck stop in Indiana and hours later showed back up to his company in Illinois, where he was taken into custody." -@CourtSpinelliTV
A Muslim murder-priest said this in Maryland, and no one is doing anything about it.
Yossi BenYakar
@YossiBenYakar
An imam in Alabama, Ragab Abdelmoneim of the Islamic Academy of Huntsville, openly told his audience that Muslims must be ready to sacrifice their lives through jihad in order to establish "the religion of Allah" in the United States.
He claimed that victory over America is closer than ever.
This isn't being preached in some remote village overseas. This is being said openly on American soil.
At what point does this stop being protected "religious speech" and become a national security threat?
How is he not arrested?
The trans community being "seen" more and more is exactly why it keeps taking more and more Ls. But that's a message that will never get through to Mad Scientist Fat Albert because his mane keeps blocking the signal. https://t.co/sPsr71WHQA
Graham Platner: Any Suggestion That I Strong-Arm Raped Someone After Bursting Into Her Home Uninvited Is Categorically False, But I'm Now Working Out a "Path Forward" from This Totally False Accusation
I'm sworn to secrecy and I can't prove any of this but:
- If what I heard is real, it's a problem
- I think he drops out if it's real, because he's already facing significant financial problems
- I doubt this is a smear, the GOP would want him to stay in
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024
I've heard the allegation as well and Platner would have to drop out if confirmed by a reputable news outlet
(It's worse than the NYT story from last month)
So what is the allegation? It's not sexual assault back in his days at Hotchkiss boarding school.
Rather, it's an allegation of sexual assault just five years ago:
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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BREAKING: Politico reports that a Maine woman who dated Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him almost 5 years ago despite her repeated objections.
"I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me," she said. "I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, 'This is no longer my choice.'"
Platner has immediately posted a video denying the allegations.
Extremely serious allegations here. The woman says Platner came to her house in 2021 despite her telling him not to. She claims he let himself in, was drunk, raped her over her objections, and ejaculated inside of her despite her telling him not to because she wasn't on birth control.
More:
Racicot said she was torn over coming forward in part because she agrees with Platner politically.
"One of the reasons I didn't come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person," she said. "I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person."
I'm sure we'll be told he's "grown a lot" and "matured" since.... 2021.
It was the Quarantine. We all got a little assault-y back then, huh?
POLITICO
@politico
1h
A woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her.
"I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person," she said of the Maine Dem, who has faced a string of scandals over past offensive online comments and accusations of mistreating women.
Platner responded: "These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue."
POLITICO
@politico
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BREAKING: Graham Platner said he is "taking the time to reflect on the best path forward" for his candidacy minutes after POLITICO reported that a woman who dated him said he forced her to have sex with him, which he denies.
Robby Soave
@robbysoave
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The sexual assault accusations against Graham Platner by Jenny Racicot are really quite severe. She says that he entered her home in a blackout state after she had definitively told him not to come. Then he forced himself on her. She cut off all contact afterward.
Barging into someone else's house really puts this in a different category. It doesn't leave room for mixed messages about given or withdrawn consent or something like that.
He can maintain he did no such thing, but I think a reasonable person would find that doubtful.
There was a report from Washington Reporter that said that Platner already decided to drop out:
Washington Reporter
@DC_Reporter
🚨A well-placed source told us that Graham Platner is dropping out of the Maine Senate race this week.
Note that Platner has yet to release his Q2 fundraising totals, a sign he may have underperformed expectations.
If true, that would explain the attempt to poll Maine to see the best replacement.
The accuser says she would not have come forward publicly now -- except that the NYT attempted to cover this up and sugar-coat his crimes, which outraged her into action. (She had spoken to them without giving permission to use her name.)
She'd told the NYT about the rape, but the NYT refused to report on it, instead spinning the charges as "he was a bad boyfriend."
So, in Platner’s accusers own words, she would probably not have come forward if the Times had played this one straight. Instead, it leaned into the implication that the claims against Platner were partisan and dismissible.
The politico story confirms that the NYT writers had the details of the sexual assault but chose to omit them and instead focus their article overwhelmingly on the claims from LF so that they can just be spun as a partisan attack.
It is worth noting that not only is this accuser someone with the same politics as Platner but she also has clear evidence referencing his behavior from years ago.
Cenk defending Platner even after the sexual assault allegation because Platner is critical of Israel is really a perfect encapsulation of his entire persona and ideology now. pic.twitter.com/Fgn3Z5CH3L
In just another regular reminder that this is the dumbest campaign in history, they're attacking Racicot as "coached and coordinated" by out of state establishment operatives.
James Gunn's Job Is Definitely At Risk as His Woke Partygirl Movie Supergirl Not Only Opens Worse Than Morbius, but Suffers Humiliating -73% 2nd Weekend Drop
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The movie never should have been made, period.
First of all, they just released Superman last year. Their follow-up is the Superman-knockoff character Supergirl, who has the same costume and same backstory (pretty much) and same powers. The only difference? She's a Strong Empowered Woman, and hooboy, people just can't get enough of those these days.
Even if you think Supergirl is a big enough character to do a movie about -- she's really not, she's a C level character -- surely you don't make a movie about this gender-flipped clone less than a year after the last Super-Family movie.
Worse yet, because Supergirl is so similar to Superman, and they were releasing the movie so close on the heels of Superman, they decided to completely change Supergirl's personality to make her seem different from her more famous Kryptonian cousin.
The Supergirl of the comics is the ultimate good girl. Just like Superman is a boy scout, Supergirl is a girl scout.
But they just did a movie about a Kryptonian boy scout so they changed Supergirl into a "messy," selfish, "trauma scarred" (can we stop making every character scarred by trauma) alcoholic party-girl. (Hollywood also doesn't like making morally good characters generally, and especially not morally good female characters, because women shouldn't do Emotional Labor for you Racists.)
So nothing like the actual Supergirl. And because alcoholic party-girls are usually -- sorry to be so direct -- promiscuous, this is the last movie a parent would want to take a young girl to see. That should be the target audience, parents bringing young girls to the movie to have a role model, but they made the character a substance-abusing partygirl so who's going to bring their daughter to that?
In fairness, Supergirl does pass out on a toilet (as one does) but doesn't have promiscuous sex with any rando dudes.
But that's not because she's moral. It's because all Empowered Female Characters must be lesbian-coded and have no sexual or romantic interest in males at all.
So again: Most parents will not want to take a young girl to see a movie about a drug-abusing lesbian.
So because Superman came out less than a year ago, they had to show that Supergirl isn't your grandfather's Supergirl by making her a grungy drunken whore.
If that's the only way to differentiate her from Superman -- then don't make the movie at all. It will be a disaster.
Which is what it was.
The movie made less than $38 million its opening weekend. Warner Bros kept lying and claiming that it made $38 million, but many disbelieved them, because they saw the daily numbers getting worse everyday. But Warner Bros. kept saying it made $38 million because they didn't want the real headline -- Supergirl made $37.1 million, less even than the disaster called Joker: Folie a Deux.
And while it opened so low you'd think it would have nowhere lower to go, you'd be wrong.
It also has a huge drop in its second weekend, one of the worst drops of any superhero movie.
'Supergirl' suffers catastrophic 73% drop, gets obliterated at box office by patriotic 'Young Washington'
Friday grosses plunged 80% in week two, with domestic totals stalling at $58.4M against a $275M cost
James Gunn was supposed to revamp and revitalize DC Studios at Warner Bros. The director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" would, in theory, bring the type of overarching creative vision that Kevin Feige had so successfully demonstrated at Marvel Studios.
Two movies into Gunn's vision of DC Studios, it's safe to say that this reboot has been an unmitigated failure.
The 2025 edition of "Superman" was, at best, a moderate success. While hardly the type of franchise-changing success the studio and Gunn hoped for, box office results and reviews were acceptable, if not a bit underwhelming. Thanks in some part to Gunn's bewildering decision to tell audiences that the film was about politics, calling the Superman character an "immigrant."
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Alcock spent most of the press campaign making herself as unlikeable as possible, insulting potential moviegoers, bizarrely claiming that audiences felt "ownership" of her body, then doubling down after the inevitable backlash. The trailers looked awful, with a predictably sloppy anti-hero feel, atrocious visual effects, and an uninteresting plot and villain.
Still, as recently as May, hopes were that "Supergirl" could make as much as $65 million in its opening weekend. In actuality? It made just over $37 million.
With an estimated production budget of around $175 million, and a massive marketing campaign that likely cost Warner Bros. at least $100 million, the film needed to reach at least $450-500 million globally to break even. That opening weekend, and an anemic international debut, meant it was tracking towards a significant loss. The only hope? That positive word of mouth would overcome the apathy towards the film's plot and the off-putting remarks from Alcock.
Well, we now have the second weekend box office data, and not only did word of mouth not help "Supergirl," it may have destroyed it.
Friday grosses dropped an astonishing 80.4% from opening day on June 26 to just $3.6 million. Saturday estimates are for just $2.6 million, another 77% drop, despite the Independence Day holiday. All told, it's a remarkable 74% drop from the first weekend to the second. Total domestic gross for "Supergirl" now sits at just $58.4 million. On a $275 million production, from a major studio, with a massive marketing campaign, and the creative backing of James Gunn.
If the third weekend has a similar fall, grosses would plummet to just $2.49 million. For an entire weekend. A film that needed to make $200 million+ at US theaters to break even may not even reach $80 million. And considering the woeful international numbers, it's going to cost Warner Bros. hundreds of millions in losses.
It its first weekend, this very female-skewing movie was attended by 59% men, and only 41% women and girls -- the very audience it was designed, theoretically, to appeal to.
The film received a "rotten" rating from the review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Ticket buyers were similarly unimpressed, giving "Supergirl" a B-minus grade in CinemaScore exit polls.
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Still, box office analysts on Sunday noted an uncomfortable truth: Female-led superhero movies have been rejected almost uniformly over the past five years or so, perhaps reflecting a resurgent misogyny among the core fan base, which is largely male. Before its release, "Supergirl" became caught up in a now-familiar cycle of online abuse, with some fanboys attacking Milly Alcock's casting and appearance. Warner Bros. executives said they were surprised by both the ferocity of the backlash and its reach, believing the culture had evolved past that sort of campaign.
I repeat: 59% of tickebuyers were men. Yeah, a specific gender failed this film, and that gender was female.
I don't like Bill Burr, but this reminds me of his rant about women attacking men for not giving the WNBA good ratings: "You complained and complained so we gave you a stupid women's basketball league, and now you're telling us we have to watch it for you, too??!"
BTW: I don't mind Supergirl being a "girl boss" because, well, canonically she's one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe, so it's not like they're reinventing the character (as they did with Captain Marvel) to make her a girlboss.
So the girlbosshood is justified... by the lore, at least.
But man oh man, are people just tired of girlbosses, whether justified by the lore or not. I hear Furiosa was pretty good, but people rejected it anyway.
We're just tired of it. Hollywood keeps making the same movie (basically) about the same female character (basically). How often do they think we want to keep seeing the same movie about the same unlikable bitch character?
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) July 1, 2026
Speaking of woke movies and woke marketing: Lupita Nyongo, an actual African woman playing the blonde Macedonian woman Helen of Troy, decides that now is the best possible time to attempt to #Cancel the author of The Odyssey, Homer:
"What 1 thing would you say to Homer?"
Lupita Nyong'o (Helen Of Troy): "How do you feel about the screen time given to women?"
I won't be seeing this. I don't think the film will lose money -- Christopher Nolan's fanbase is zealous and passionate -- but I do think this would-be blockbuster will be a bit of a disappointment, because we are just sick of it.
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