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Good morning kids. Lots of news to unpack this morning, especially the thoroughly unsurprising yet utterly disgusting revelations about Anthony Fauci courtesy of his little red book, that is his diary. It is not hyperbole to state that he has the blood of tens if not hundreds of thousands of people on his hands because of his direct actions in creating the COVID-19 virus for the Red Chinese and then unleashing it on the world in a lab that was in whole or in part funded by our taxpayer dollars. This horrid bastard will for sure be roasting in Hell one day, but likely will be untouched by our justice system, such as it is.
As it turns out, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is good for something after all.
Just to recap, Paul obtained and released more than 1,100 pages of the private diaries Fauci kept between 2019 and 2022 as part of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. You've probably seen by now that they contained a lot of Fauci fawning over himself and tracking his own celebrity, awards, and media coverage, as well as him saying some not so nice things about his critics.. . Then-Sen. Rubio was quite critical of many of Fauci's statements back then, particularly saying that there was no need for people to go around wearing masks. He also accused Fauci of distorting the percentage of the population that would require vaccinations to reach herd immunity. Fauci's response? He said he was being a "real a*****e."
Speaking of Marco Rubio, Democrat election thievery as well as Democrat-fomented assassination attempts and political terrrorism notwithstanding, I think Marco Rubio stands a pretty good chance at becoming POTUS if not in this go round then perhaps 2032 or afterwards. His tenure as Secretary of State has been outstanding, the situation in Iran notwithstanding, although that situation really is on President Trump, and it is his to resolve despite the fact that he's dealing with dark age savages intent on unleashing armageddon on the world as the precursor to total Islamic conquest of the planet,
The truth is it's a complicated process. This isn't Venezuela. We likely won't have a clean and tidy(-ish) ending to the regime. You can't just take out one guy, neutralize his cronies, cut off their revenue stream, and start over with Marco Rubio in charge. The Cuban regime is older, more decentralized, and designed to withstand such moves. The power lies within the Communist Party, the military’s economic empire (GAESA), and a deep security apparatus.
There's also the media problem. The number of MSM fake news stories from anonymous sources about Cuba is exhausting, and it drives me insane how many prominent people report on them or share them as if they are fact. For example, for a while, there was this idea that the Trump administration's goal for liberating Cuba was the end of this year. It was fun to buy into, and I didn't find it all that outlandish pre-Iran, but Rubio put a stop to that kind of talk last week when speaking to the press.
Well, as the President himself is wont to say, we'll just have to wait and see. Look how far we've come from "Little Marco" to perhaps being his most trusted and effective ally.
Both men were convicted on charges stemming from clashes that Iranian authorities say resulted in the deaths of four security officers. Human rights groups say the men were sentenced after proceedings marred by allegations of torture, forced confessions, and closed-door trials.
The executions stem from the nationwide uprising that began in late December after a currency collapse, soaring inflation, and worsening living conditions sparked protests across Iran. Iranian regime forces responded with a sweeping crackdown that included internet shutdowns, mass arrests, and the widespread use of lethal force. . . Videos shared by Iran International showed residents gathering overnight in hopes of stopping the executions before authorities dispersed the crowd.
We've long hoped and prayed that something might ignite the spark that at long last lets the Iranian people take to the streets and directly take on the regime, or gives those within the security services the ability to turn on their overlords and join the people.
At this point, it's a pipe dream but that's what the Ceaucescus thought as they were hoisted up on a lamp post not all that long ago.
You’d think socialism’s 100-plus-year record of failure would be enough to dissuade people from embracing tenets that led to the horrors of Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, etc. But hope springs eternal, apparently.
(And, just for the record, despite what Bernie Sanders says, the Nordic countries are not socialist. Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway come in seventh, eighth, 10th, and 11th, respectively, in the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. Switzerland comes in second place. The U.S. ranks 22nd.)
What’s even more unfathomable is why Democrats have such a positive view of the DSA when they reject many of its central positions.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The Court has had 9 seats since 1869, and every serious attempt to alter that number has been understood as an effort to capture the Court for political ends Pete Buttigieg Wants to Pack Supreme Court With 13 Justices (and pack Chasten's fudge - jjs)
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a White House meeting Tuesday with both governments describing the talks as “positive and productive” and reaffirming their shared commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as the president weighs whether to continue negotiations with Tehran or authorize additional military action. Netanyahu, Trump Meeting in D.C. ‘Positive, Productive’ — Reaffirmed Iran Nuclear Red Line
Radio Free Europe (RFE) reported on Sunday that the crackdown on Muslim attire has been effective. One Tajik Muslim interviewed by the outlet explained that he was arrested, fined about $18, and held for three days because he had a long beard – and he is now required to send weekly selfies to the police, to prove that he remains clean-shaven. Tajikistan Punishing Citizens for ‘Alien’ Islamic Headscarves and Beards
The change is the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to remove the names and images of officials it views as having failed or worked against the country’s intelligence and defense institutions, and it comes amid renewed scrutiny of Clapper’s own record atop the intelligence community. Pentagon Strips James Clapper’s Name From DIA Auditorium(at least we still get to call syphillis the Clap - jjs)
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
When it comes to political comedy or satire, the left only tolerates it from their side. As soon as someone makes a joke they don’t like, they bring out the cancel culture mob. This phenomenon is easily observable when the leftist media tries to cover President Donald Trump, which is what Ali Velshi did on Monday’s episode of The 11th Hour on MS NOW when he and Vox correspondent Zack Beauchamp took issue with Trump joking about running for president a fourth time at his recent rallies and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. ‘It's a Joke, But It's Not a Joke’: MS Nsdap Claims Trump Wants 2028 Run
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Lux Claridge was yanked out of a chair by three police officers and carried out of the Emporia City Commission meeting on July 22 for seemingly disobeying the mayor’s orders regarding clapping against the controversial Flint Hills Digital Campus data center proposed in Emporia, Kansas, the Emporia Police said. Kansas high school teacher dragged out, arrested for clapping at city meeting over proposed data centers
The Federal Communications Commission announced the restrictions, extending a push that has already targeted foreign-made drones and wireless routers. The new rule covers mobile robots, including humanoid and quadruped models, along with power inverters used to connect solar energy systems to the electric grid, equipment increasingly common as green energy mandates spread across the country. Trump Administration Blocks Imports of Advanced Robots, Solar Power Inverters Over China Security Fears
The survey underscores broad public backing for election integrity measures. These findings make congressional Democrat obstruction of the SAVE America Act in Congress even less tenable, considering that a clear majority of the party’s supporters back election integrity measures, including voter ID. This is likely to reinforce the President’s argument that congressional Democrats only oppose the Act because it would hurt their chances of getting elected via fraud. Another Poll Reveals Overwhelming Public Support for the SAVE America Act.
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down Democrats’ lawfare against Trump’s March elections order. That directive, as summarized by the court, “directs the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, and other agencies to begin developing new rules and procedures for mail voting in the upcoming midterm and future elections.” D.C. Circuit Court Hands Trump Win In Battle Over Mail-In Voting Order
Circuit Judges Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins, and Gregory Katsas upheld U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols' refusal to issue a preliminary injunction. The executive order isn't self-executing, and the injuries claimed by the plaintiffs depended on agency decisions that hadn't been made. D.C. Circuit Tells Democrats They Sued Trump’s Voting Order Too Soon
Vance remembered Graham as a man who could disagree without being disagreeable, recalling how Graham quietly backed a rail bill Vance had supported as a senator even though the issue meant little to him personally. Vance also credited Graham with helping save Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination during the bruising 2018 confirmation fight. 'He Never Quit.' Trump Honors Lindsey Graham’s Relentless American Spirit at D.C. Funeral.
Martin, who has found himself increasingly isolated as he worries about losing his job, threw a phone at a junior aide’s desk earlier this month in frustration, sparking a human resources complaint, according to a report by the New York Times. Report: Democrats Frustrated with Embattled DNC Chair
The job of a think tank is to generate the ideas that politicians implement in office. If politics were the movie industry, those we elect would be the stars on the big screen; think tanks help write the script. What is a Think Tank?
Spain will hold new elections next year, expected to occur no later than August 22, 2027. Although the Spanish conservative People’s Party obtained the most amount of seats in the August 2023 elections, Sánchez and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) managed to cling to power by securing alliances with minority leftist parties — allowing PSOE to secure enough votes for Sánchez’s current four year term. Spain: 60% Reject Current Socialist Government While 30% Find It ‘Disastrous’
Last month, the High Court approved an injunction brought forward by Oxfordshire Council which prevented the flags of England and Britain from being displayed on public infrastructure. Back in March, a leaked draft of the British government’s social cohesion policy suggested the British, English, and Scottish flags could be “tools of hate.” UK Govt Minister Calls for Removal of ‘Unsettling, Intimidating’ British Flags.
The truth is it's a complicated process. This isn't Venezuela. We likely won't have a clean and tidy(-ish) ending to the regime. You can't just take out one guy, neutralize his cronies, cut off their revenue stream, and start over with Marco Rubio in charge. The Cuban regime is older, more decentralized, and designed to withstand such moves. The power lies within the Communist Party, the military’s economic empire (GAESA), and a deep security apparatus. Cuba Falling: A Lot Happened Last Week. Let's Talk About It.
The start of the review could spell a radical alteration in the structure of NATO, including reduced U.S. military presence in Europe. “It’s a review that some countries will fail, and others will pass with flying colors,” Hegseth warned at the time. U.S. Launches Comprehensive Review of Military Presence in Europe.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that help regulate metabolism, growth and tissue repair, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Some, including insulin and GLP-1 weight loss drugs, are already FDA approved, while others have remained in regulatory limbo even as demand exploded among patients seeking help with weight loss, muscle building, chronic disease and performance. FDA Panel Backs Wider Access to Six Peptide Therapies, Citing Grey Market Concerns
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
For starters, he insisted time and again that the “lab leak hypothesis” was a wacky conspiracy theory, that the virus had jumped naturally from animals to humans, presumably at the “wet market” in Wuhan, China.Yet the diaries reveal that he knew early on that it had not come from the wet market, and was confronted with scientists he’d selected who argued with strong evidence that “lab leak” was the truth — and that the bug was likely bio-engineered in the Wuhan Institute Virology. Anthony Fauci’s own diary proves what a despicable villain he truly is
Well, that didn't age well. The nation's most famous public health official — at least, most famous, according to himself — was having a private meltdown over then-Sen. Rubio's challenges. He literally sounds like a 12-year-old girl writing about how a mean girl named Jennifer called her names at school because she did a lame science fair project or something. Anthony Fauci Just Handed Marco Rubio One Heck of a Campaign Ad
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The black hole itself is estimated to have a mass about a million times that of the Sun, placing it in the middle range of sizes between stellar-mass black holes, formed when a star dies, and super-massive black holes, found in the center of galaxies and formed by the swallowing of massive amounts of the galaxy’s material. Astronomers discover the first mid-sized black hole wandering outside of a galaxy
Engineers are presently working to stop the spin. If they succeed, they will upload new software to accommodate operations using one reaction wheel (the equivalent of a gyroscope) and the issues with the cold gas thruster system. At that point Katalyst and NASA engineers will access whether Link’s mission to save Gehrels-Swift can go forward. Problems with Katalyst’s Link rescue spacecraft
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
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Okay-ish. The tricky part is when you see benchmark numbers for older AMD chips like the 5800X3D you know they are using DDR4, because that's all they support. Intel's 12th, 13th, and 14th generation chips all support both DDR4 and DDR5, and using DDR4 can lop off 14% from published benchmarks.
There was quite a storm up in Alberta a few days ago. Check out this video from Twista Hunterz on Facebook
Amazing stuff!
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Big day for Dr. Fauci tomorrow. Will he show up? If so, will he actually answer any questions?
Guy sure is full of himself
🚨 YES, THIS IS REAL: FAUCI WAS IN LOVE WITH JULIA ROBERTS AND JOAN BAEZ 🤣
"Dear Diary... She was so CHARMING when my image came up on the screen, she GASPED and said that every time she sees me, her THROAT gets DRY and she gets nervous" 🤣 🤣 pic.twitter.com/bHSd7wtfHw
What's that, you ask? Here's Grok (replying to your humble host)
Cootermogging is a fresh internet slang blend of "cooter" (crude slang for female genitals) and "mogging" (looksmaxxing term for dominating or outshining someone in physical appeal).
It describes a woman delivering talking points while using overtly sexual body language or presentation—tight clothes, open legs, suggestive poses—to capture and dominate male attention. Coined yesterday about a viral conservative influencer clip.
Not gonna post the video in question here. But feel free to check out this post from "allan" on X to get the backstory.
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Thomas Massie can be asshoe a lot of the time, but I think he's correct with this idea. Not sure of the specifics of his bill, but Flock cameras are VERY much asshoe!
Rep. Thomas Massie is introducing a bill to strip federal funding from any local governments or police departments that deploy controversial Flock Safety security cameras, the Kentucky Republican announced on Saturday.
Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company behind the controversial smart-cameras that can track a car based on its dents, bumper stickers and roof racks, is now the target of new legislation being sponsored by the Libertarian congressman in an effort to strengthen the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and government surveillance.
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Flock has quietly become law enforcement’s go-to surveillance tool around the country and has already wired itself into more than 5,000 police agencies nationwide with nearly 90,000 cameras since 2018, according to DeFlock, an activist group tracking the company’s surveillance and expansion.
Seriously, there is an outrageous amount of overreach with all of these cameras everywhere.
Here's an example from Phoenix
The city of Phoenix Arizona started a ‘Photo Safety Program.” They setup speed cameras that take a photo if you go 11 mph over the speed limit
🚨 A private company then comes to your door to serve you the ticket and get your signature, dressed very similar to Amazon
The elected officials who authorize this stuff don't like it when the tables are turned
The one thing that is interesting about all this is they can put an unlimited amount of Cameras on you, but if you put one Camera on them it gets ugly. These people work for the Citizens. pic.twitter.com/OFbIFsTO1o
FLOCK: 100,000+ plate cameras bolted to poles across America. They read your plate everywhere you drive and never forget.
NOVA: Flock's AI that turns your plate into you. Your name, address, family, everyone you know, in seconds, no warrant.
SIGNALTRACE: a competitor's tool that tracks the Bluetooth off your phone, your AirPods, your watch. Doesn't even need your plate.
Then I followed the money and the lead investor behind Flock also funds an Israeli company that can hack cameras and change the footage. Another lead investor backs a 911 app that flips on your phone's camera and mic. Trace it all the way back and you hit a former Israeli prime minister and Jeffrey Epstein's money.
Full article with photos and receipts is on my Substack now (link in bio). Enjoy!
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Interesting graphic about convenience stores. Which is tops in your area?
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., has issued subpoenas to three tax-exempt organizations tied to socialist megadonor Neville Roy Singham, an American multimillionaire living in Shanghai with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
The subpoenas have been served, a spokesperson for Smith's office told Just the News, on BreakThrough News, Tricontinental and The People's Forum, all three of which are funded, at least in part, by Singham. The subpoenas come after nearly a year of the Committee's attempts to get answers from the three non-profit organizations regarding foreign influence in U.S. nonprofits.
Hundreds of millions in campaign funding concealed
"For months, the Ways and Means Committee has been investigating how the Chinese Communist Party has been taking advantage of our country's laws through its tax-exempt sector to sow chaos and division here in the United States," Smith said in a statement. "Public reporting has traced hundreds of millions of dollars from Neville Roy Singham -- a tech mogul living in Shanghai -- that was funneled through a web of shell companies and donor-advised funds that concealed the true source of the money before it reached these organizations."
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"Three non-profits connected to Mr. Singham -- BreakThrough News, Tricontinental, and The People's Forum -- have stonewalled the Ways and Means Committee's investigation. That ends now," Smith said in his statement. "These subpoenas will compel the production of the documents they have withheld for months and will help expose how America's tax laws and charitable sector may have been exploited to advance the CCP's influence operations inside the United States. The American people deserve to know whether the CCP has exploited America's tax-exempt sector to advance its agenda. These subpoenas will allow the Ways and Means Committee to identify the networks that exploit our tax laws, and further expose the urgent need for legislation to close those loopholes for good."
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The congressional subpoenas are the latest move against Singham, who is also under federal investigation by a grand jury in New York for possible violations of tax and foreign agent laws, Just the News previously reported. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the grand jury to issue subpoenas as part of an investigation into Singham and his financial network. The investigation was launched by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York.
Meanwhile, Natalie Winters has published a list of fake journalists whom she claims are being funded by China to propagandize for them.
It's a Who's Who of execrable online leftistss.
Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China's Payroll 🚨
I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking "favorable coverage" and "positive messages" about Beijing. 🧵
The names include:
- Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist
- Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder
- Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst
- Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter
- Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president
Also identified:
- Steve Clemons, former The Hill editor-at-large
- David Rohde, MS NOW senior national security reporter
- Jonathan Alter, NBC News and MSNBC political analyst
- David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor
- Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist
Also on the roster:
- Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor
- Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek editor
- Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent
- Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist
- Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent
The list continues:
- Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief
- Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter
- Shikha Dalmia, former The Week columnist
- Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer
Also identified:
- Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor
- Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor
- Julian Pecquet, former Foreign Affairs reporter
Trip organizer CUSEF was founded by Tung Chee-hwa, a former senior official in the CCP's United Front system, the influence apparatus Beijing uses to cultivate foreign elites and shape institutions outside China.
A bipartisan congressional report says the United Front works to "co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition" to the CCP.
American media was not incidental to the strategy. It was a target.
The access went far beyond conference rooms.
American journalists were taken on curated tours through China, including visits to Chinese military bases, by the same network seeking favorable coverage.
Then came the coverage.
Shikha Dalmia published "China Bashing is for Losers."
Bradford Plumer praised Beijing's climate agenda.
Bruce Stokes warned that economic "decoupling" from China would "backfire."
Catherine Rampell repeatedly attacked Trump's China policies.
One dispatch from her CUSEF-funded trip amplified Chinese officials portraying America as the aggressor and urged Washington to abandon its "zero-sum-game attitude" toward Beijing.
The internal report obtained by this publication concerns C100's November 2012 delegation to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
The operation cost approximately $60,000.
It brought five American media figures to China:
Clive Crook
Brian Lehrer
Winnie O'Kelley
Gary Silverman
Jonathan Tepperman
The journalists participated in approximately 20 meetings and visits involving Chinese government officials, state media representatives, business executives, academics and policy figures.
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The itinerary also included upscale hotels, regional Chinese cuisine, sightseeing and corporate tours.
Journalists Returned Ready to Reshape Coverage
Winnie O'Kelley was then deputy business editor at The New York Times.
She called the trip "eye opening" politically, economically and culturally, adding that it made her more aware of what she characterized as the Chinese preference for "gray areas" and pragmatism.
She then explained how the experience would influence her work at the newspaper:
"I think that I will do a much better job of editing stories from all cross Asia. I am taking back several story ideas and will shape my staff across Asia in some different ways. I hope to add at least one business reporter in China."
Gary Silverman, then U.S. news editor and deputy managing editor at the Financial Times, was equally direct:
"I don't think that I will ever think or write about China in the future without reflecting on what I learned this week."
WNYC's Brian Lehrer said the trip improved his understanding of the complexities of Chinese politics and the boundaries of political debate inside the country.
The internal report then states:
"He confirmed that his perception of China changed 'in 100 ways.'"
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The operation gave the editor of one of America's most influential foreign-policy publications a network of handpicked Chinese contacts he intended to continue consulting.
Clive Crook, then a senior editor at The Atlantic, said the program gave him a new conviction that China was a "huge and fascinating story" and that the world was pivoting around the country.
He told the organizers:
"I don't see how you could do a better job in the time available. Just keep it up!"
The internal report then listed articles Crook published after the trip, including:
"Why China and the U.S. Can Be Capitalist Comrades"
"China's Ghost Towns Won't Have a Hard Landing"
C100 even documented the change in attitude and then recorded the resulting coverage.
Fudan University professor Shen Dingli offered perhaps the clearest assessment of the operation:
"It is hard to speak on China without being to the country. You made the change!"
That statement captures what C100's public descriptions attempted to obscure.
The program targeted influential American journalists, controlled their exposure to China and privately celebrated when their perceptions changed.
The Paper Trail Shows This Was an Influence Operation
The leaked internal report was not an outlier.
In 2007, C100 launched an initiative to "enhance understanding and improve perceptions of China in the U.S." By 2010, it explicitly described the role participants were expected to play after returning:
"We hope that they will share their China experience with their peers to make reporting and coverage of China as balanced and objective as possible."
C100 controlled the experience it wanted those journalists to share. Delegates stayed at the St. Regis Beijing, visited the Great Wall and Forbidden City, attended a dinner inside the Great Hall of the People, toured the China Tibetology Research Center and received access to senior political figures, including United Front-linked CUSEF founder Tung Chee-hwa.
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By 2013, C100 was publicly touting the statistic that most clearly exposed the program's purpose:
"70% reported improved opinions of the country after visitation."
Families of 9/11 victims are demanding NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani be banned from the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero, branding him an apologist for Islamic terror whose presence would be an insult to the memories of nearly 3,000 people murdered.
"Our objection is based on his public record -- his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment of, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America 'deserved' the attacks," said Giovanni Galante -- whose 29-year-old wife Grace Catherine Galante was among 2,977 innocents killed by al-Qaeda terrorists.
Galante, 55, is one of the organizers of a petition drive that has collected over 1,100 signatures in a little over a week, including from at least 300 victims' families.
"This day is sacred to us," said the Brooklyn-born real estate agent who now lives in Florida.
"It is not political, and it is not a platform for those connected to such views. His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate -- like an unwelcome guest at a deeply personal ceremony."
Galante and other petition organizers hope to gather enough signatures to convince local lawmakers and the ceremony's organizers, the nonprofit 9/11 Memorial & Museum, to keep Mamdani away from the silver-anniversary ceremony planned for the former Twin Towers site in Lower Manhattan.
The petition posted on Change.org cites an array of concerns about Mamdani, who is the city's first Muslim mayor and has promoted his religion since taking office in January. They include:
* Mamdani's refusal to condemn the "globalize the intifada" rallying cry for violence against Jewish people.
* His palling around on the mayoral campaign last year with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a notorious, gay-hating Brooklyn imam who once urged followers to participate in gun-free jihad and "march through the city of New York." Wahhaj was an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
* His appointment of Ramzi Kassem as the city's chief counsel. Kassem has defended Ahmed al-Darbi -- an al-Qaeda terrorist who pleaded guilty in a 2002 plot to bomb a French oil tanker -- and Mahmoud Khalil, the radical lead organizer of the 2024 anti-Israel tentifada at Columbia University.
* The mayor's endorsement of fellow Democratic Socialist of America member Aber Kawas for a state Senate seat -- despite her once describing 9/11 as a terror attack that "a couple of people did" and expressing sympathy for Ahmed Ferhani, who pleaded guilty in 2012 to plotting to blow up a Manhattan synagogue.
* Hizzoner's endorsement of Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress. Mamdani has called the DSA insurgent the "perfect candidate" despite her radical past, which includes once calling the U.S. "a f--ing disgrace" and boasting she desecrated the American flag by using it like a napkin to wipe her filthy hands.
* Mamdani defending al-Qaeda fiend Anwar al-Awlaki -- and blaming America for turning the prostitution-loving cleric into a terrorist, according to some of his 2015 social media posts that resurfaced last year. Al-Awlaki became a prominent imam at mosques in San Diego and Virginia, eventually interacting with three of the heinous 9/11 hijackers there, U.S. officials have said.
* Mamdani's dad, Mahmood Mamdani, a chaired professor of African history and colonialism at Columbia University, has expressed sympathy for suicide bombers.
"Given these concerns, we respectfully ask that the organizers carefully consider whether Mr. Mamdani's participation would align with the intention of the ceremony and the expectations of the families most directly affected by the tragedy," the petition says.
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They include Mamdani's longtime association with vile left-wing influencer Hasan Piker, who once said "America deserved" the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and Mamdani's outlandish claim that he and other fellow Muslims were also victims of 9/11 because it supposedly triggered a horrible wave of "Islamophobia," added Sparacio, of Staten Island.
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[Q]ueens Councilwoman Joann Ariola told The Post she's ready to assist.
"This is a mayor who has endorsed candidates and has been endorsed by individuals who openly said that 'America deserved 9/11,' so I completely understand why families of those who lost loved ones would not want him there," she said.
Dave Portnoy
@stoolpresidente
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Hmm I wonder why the families of 9/11 don't want Mandami at the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony. Could it be for any of the following reasons?
He campaigned with Hassan Piker who said US deserved 9/11
He endorsed Claire Valdez who also said America deserved 9/11
He endorsed Darializa Avila Chevalier who founded a group at Columbia with a stated goal of overthrowing Western Civilization
He sympathized with the Boston Marathon bombers before the murdered bodies were even cold?
His dad has justified "suicide bombing" (like the ones in 9/11) as "first and foremost a category of soldier".
Mandami has refused to condemn the phrase "Globalize the Intifada" which is exactly what 9/11 was
During his mayoral campaign he took a smiling picture with his arm around Iman Siraj Wahhaj who was accused of being one of the co-conspirators of the 1993 world trade center bombing
He has said he wanted to defund the police about a million times and demonized law enforcement
Yeah I wonder why the families don't want him there. The bigger question is how the hell did we get here in the 1st place?
Ps - All the above is readily accessible with a quick google search. He hasnt hid who he is.
Mitch McConnell Released from Hospital, But Still Not "Medically Cleared" to Do His Job; Democrat Governor Andy Beshear Demands He Return to Senate or Resign
McConnell out of hospital, still not 'medically cleared' to return to Senate
The longtime Senate Republican undergoes multiple daily physical therapy sessions as childhood polio complicates his mobility, his office says
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is out of the hospital and on the mend after suffering a fall last month, but he still isn't "medically cleared" to return to the Senate.
His office on Monday released the latest update on the longtime Senate Republican, who has been absent from the upper chamber and the public eye for over a month. The Office of the Attending Physician said in a statement that McConnell "continues his recovery from a fall at home in June."
"OAP physicians visit with the senator every day, discussing all aspects of his rehabilitation care," the Office of the Attending Physician said. "Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls."
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is still recovering from a fall he suffered at home last month and is not "medically cleared" to return to the Senate, per the Office of the Attending Physician. (Courtesy of the Office of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.)
"His bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility," they continued. "He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office."
The latest update from McConnell-world comes after weeks of speculation and allegations that the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history was dead or in a vegetative state.
McConnell's extended absence from the Senate and murky timeline for his return come as Republicans are sprinting to clear the decks of several legislative priorities where his vote could be needed, including advancing a Russia sanctions package and confirming blockbuster nominees.
His prolonged absence has prompted lawmakers in both chambers to call for more clarity and transparency about his condition and has led some to question the protocol for lawmakers going missing for months at a time.
Democrat governor Andy Beshear wants him to resign so that he can appoint a Democrat to serve out the rest of his term. As I've mentioned before, Republicans passed a law presuming to dictate to the governor that an appointment to an open senate seat must be from the same party as the departing senator, but that seems like it would be struck down in court.
Democrat Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has called on Sen. Mitch McConnell, one of the two Republican senators from his state, to explain his long-term health absence or resign.
In a letter sent to McConnell on Monday, Beshear called upon the former Senate majority leader to fully explain his health status, believing that the carefully released photos do not paint the full picture. His letter came after the McConnell family shared another photo of the senator as he recovers from a reported fall.
"I am addressing this letter to Senator McConnell under the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition. If the Senator is unable to respond for either of those or other conditions, consider this letter a demand for his Senate staff to be honest and transparent with the people of Kentucky," Beshear wrote, per CNN.
On Monday, McConnell's office said the senator wishes to get back to work but has not yet been medically cleared to leave the rehab facility. Beshear said more information is needed.
"Even the attending physician's written statement does not discuss your actual condition, including whether you can speak, reason, or carry out your duties as a senator. I understand anyone's desire for privacy, but when you run for office and serve as one of a state's two US senators, you willingly abdicate much of your personal privacy," Beshear wrote.
"As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign," he continued.
Revealed: Five Months After Fauci Got Vaccinated, He Suffered a Pulmonary Infarction, an Adverse Effect Associated With the "Vaccine." He Kept This a Secret.
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Anthony Fauci is Science, you know.
He suffered the exact kind of adverse effect millions of other people were experiencing. Rather than reporting this, he kept it secret from the public.
🚨 RFK JR: “[Fauci] got vaccinated at a very, very public press conference … and then five months later, he had a pulmonary infarction — which is one of the adverse events NIH, CDC and FDA said are expected from the vaccine. He never told anybody.” pic.twitter.com/8W4nT45akX
Just so much Science going on here I don't know what to do:
Fauci's diary entry for May 21, 2020 is one of the most grotesque documents you will ever read. It opens with the mounting Covid death toll and people dying across the country, then abruptly pivots into an extended exercise in self-congratulation about his newfound fame. How was… pic.twitter.com/IMpCWerfTR
NEW: Dr. Fauci records released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reveal that in 2013, Fauci disparaged those who opposed or questioned gain of function research as "nay-sayers", including Sir Richard John Roberts, who Fauci calls a "Nobel Prize winning asshole" for "bad mouthing" the… pic.twitter.com/GCW0gP1Wkv
Zwonitizer Tapes Demonstrate Biden's Serious Cognitive Decline; Massive Amount of NSA/CIA Redactions Show Biden Sharing Tons of Classified Information with a Civilian
Joe Biden appeared confused, struggled to remember facts and lost his train of thought during a series of meandering conversations with his ghostwriter roughly four years before he was elected president.
The former commander-in-chief also repeatedly made reference to retaining classified information in the discussions with his biographer Mark Zwonitzer, according to newly-released audio tapes.
The heavily-redacted recordings of Biden working on his 2017 memoir with Zwonitzer were released Monday to the House Judiciary Committee and the conservative Oversight Project nonprofit after a two-year-long court battle.
"We now know what has been long assumed: the autopen scandal extends far back beyond just when Joe Biden 'ran' for president from his basement," Oversight Project President Mike Howell said in a statement.
"These tapes have so many pauses and 'ums' that it sounds like Biden is buffering like a dial-up Internet connection," Howell added.
In one part of an interview with Zwonitzer, Biden says, "Alright -- what was I going to ask you? Something else... Uh... um. Oh gosh. I can't think of anything else."
In another moment, Biden asks his ghostwriter to "Hang on a second," while he apparently studies his notes. "Um ... it's confusing me," the former president later says.
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According the Oversight Project, the recordings prove "Biden was already demonstrating significant cognitive decline" when he began meeting with Zwonitzer -- just a few months after leaving the Obama administration -- for the 2017 book, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose."
"In the sections of the audio tapes that were not redacted, Biden references his confused state of mind on many days," the group said in a statement. "As we know occurred during his Presidency, Biden was clearly experiencing good days and bad days as far back as 2017."
During Zwonitzer interviews with Biden the former president read "nearly verbatim" from notebooks that contained sensitive national security and foreign policy, according to Hur's 2024 report on the classified documents investigation.
"So this was, I early on, um, in '09 I just found all the classified stuff downstairs," Biden is heard telling Zwonitzer in one snippet from the roughly 70 hours of recordings.
"Some of this may be classified so be careful with it," the 46th president warns his ghostwriter at one point. "I'm not sure ... It's not marked classified but --"
On the tapes, Biden could be heard discovering classified material in real time as he leafed through papers with Zwonitzer nearby.
"The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified ..." Biden says in another snippet.
The former president also described potentially classified White House meetings with Zwonitzer, according to CBS News, which first-reviewed the tapes, including "a big meeting with the CIA and everyone," "a big meeting down in the Situation Room," and "a long meeting where DOD brief ... POTUS."
In an Oct. 10, 2016, recording, Biden brags that he retained notes without anyone being aware.
"I have extensive notes over this period of time... They didn't know I have this," he said, according to the outlet.
Hur found that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials" after leaving the vice presidency but refused to charge the then sitting president because he would "likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
The Oversight Project argued that the extent of Biden's disclosure of classified information is "much more egregious than previously disclosed" by Hur.
"At several points in the tapes, Biden references the information he is reviewing is likely classified, which is followed by significant audio redactions for classified information," the group said in a statement. "This was not just once or twice, these classified redactions cover significant portions of the audio files released.
"The listener shouldn't overlook the audio redactions because those redactions are intended to cover the disclosure of classified information."
Pages of one of the interviews were also blacked out that was between Zwonitzer and an "unidentified male speaker," and other portions were blacked out because of the National Security Act. Other information was blacked out by the CIA.
Audio recordings:
The Oversight Project released hours of audio recordings, which were filled with breaks that highlighted the sharing of classified information. Biden also acknowledged that he had documents still in his possession that the White House had not been aware of.
The audio recordings also highlighted the former president's memory lapses, where he failed to recall the names of some of his associates and got days confused, showing that Biden's memory issues were prevalent before he even became president.
One example occurred in April 2017, where Biden could not remember the name of one of his economic advisors, Alan Krueger.
"I'll think of his name," Biden said. "I should write the names down because I keep forgetting them."
Oversight Project:
The Oversight Project highlighted that the extent of Biden's sharing of classified information was far greater than Hur previously indicated, and that multiple times in the tapes and transcripts, Biden references the information he is reviewing is likely classified, which is followed by audio redactions.
"The listener shouldn't overlook the audio redactions because those redactions are intended to cover the disclosure of classified information," the Oversight Project wrote in a news release. "The silence of the redactions loudly demonstrates that Biden knowingly and willfully disclosed classified information to his ghostwriter."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration has published a searchable database of Big Apple properties that could fall under the state's new pied-a-terre tax, effectively doxxing thousands of wealthy New Yorkers.
The city's Department of Finance uploaded the comprehensive list -- which purports to cover all unoccupied, non-primary residences in the five boroughs worth north of $1 million -- including the full names and addresses of every property owner.
"It's a reckless and foolish move, especially considering there are potentially thousands of properties on this list that do not qualify as second homes or whose owners will successfully dispute their inclusion," Council Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island) -- whose own home appears on the list -- told The Post Monday.
Elderly women who had lived at their properties for decades were in the lists. Note it's supposed to be a list of basically-empty properties used as a vacation homes or, as the name of the tax puts it, pied-a-terres. But properties where the owner lives there year-round are on the lists of estates to be seized.
The move follows a widely panned X post by the mayor in which he put wealthy residents on notice to "check your mailbox when you're back in the five boroughs, because you've got mail," a warning that notification letters were on their way.
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The socialist darling has long touted the policy enacted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats to tax second homes in the city -- though critics have warned it could cause property values to plummet.
Mamdani threatened to raise city property taxes by a staggering 9.5% in February unless he was allowed to "tax the rich" to cover a $12 billion budget gap that was later revised down to $5.4 billion.
But Democratic city Comptroller Mark Levine's office said the real figure would be closer to $340 to $380 million and could diminish over time.
Unsurprisingly, the colossal database of names and addresses included several A-list New Yorkers, including director Woody Allen, longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour and actress Cynthia Nixon -- a loyal Mamdani supporter.
What is surprising is the document's sheer size and some of the properties included.
Citywide, The Post counted over 960,000 residences and individuals listed as potentially in line to be hit with Mamdani's pied-a-terre tax, even though just 31,000 homes were supposed to be subjected to the new levy as he and Hochul initially sold it to the public.
Many of the homes included in the database appeared to be misaligned with a tax aimed at well-heeled residents with multi-million dollar vacation homes, including some two dozen modest homes on Chaffee Avenue in working-class Throggs Neck in the Bronx.
Challenger Drive on Staten Island was another middle-class enclave with dozens of addresses appearing on Mamdani's list, though it wasn't clear that they were in fact second homes.
The average home values on Chaffee Avenue and Challenger Drive ranged from mid-$500,000s to the low $800,000s -- a far cry from the price tag of your average New York summer residence.
Weird! A socialist promised he would only seize the properties of the very wealthy turns out to want to seize the properties of the middle-class as well. I never saw that one coming.
Journalist Miranda Devine drops the hard truth this morning on FOX: Zohran Mamdani’s searchable database of New Yorkers hit by his second-home tax isn’t policy theater—it’s a public doxxing list.
Mamdani’s Dept. of Finance just published a searchable database of names and… pic.twitter.com/nbJwDF9Wpu
Journalist Miranda Devine drops the hard truth this morning on FOX: Zohran Mamdani's searchable database of New Yorkers hit by his second-home tax isn't policy theater--it's a public doxxing list.
Mamdani's Dept. of Finance just published a searchable database of names and addresses for about 960,000 NYC properties tied to his new "wealth tax" on second homes -- nearly 30x the 31,000 homes it was supposed to cover. It's already drawn "dangerous precedent" criticism from business leaders and City Council members.
Addresses and names of people--as @mirandadevine
points out--whose only "crime" is owning a NYC pied-à-terre, handed to "professional squatters... or worse case, Luigi Mangione wannabes" who already romanticize violence against "capitalists."
Devine calls it out as classic Mamdani. He poses as a "principled defender of human-rights while doing his Israel and capitalist bashing, but really he is a Marxist Islamist revolutionary." He's driven by grievance and destruction and that's why 9/11 families don't want him at Ground Zero.
Watch the full 1.20 clip about why this latest Mamdani policy isn't governance but rather incitement with a government logo on it.
Hello! I'm under the weather today. I hope you're well.
Good morning. CBD is on special assignment. Again. So you get this.
To be honest with you. I've been pretty busy with projects. And my daily upkeep of the news has been lacking.
As I was looking at my Face Book account Sunday morning there were some notifications from several people I know. They were responding to a news item I had no knowledge of. But, from what I gathered. Someone was killed by a cop in my home state's capitol city, Madison.
So before I even searched web for "Madison Man Killed By Police", my guess was a black male with a felony record decided to play FAFO. Of course his death was not a result of his piss poor decision making skills but Madison's finest. Although Madison is about as woke as woke goes. The average LEO wants only one thing. To return home at the end of his/her shift. No "Madison Man Killed By Police" you cannot play FA and not face FO.
State Sen. Kelda Roys, another candidate in the primary, said, “Let this city wrap its arms around Corey’s family and loved ones, and demand justice for him and them and all of us. There must be a full, independent investigation and the responsible officers held fully accountable under the law, as required by Wisconsin statute. The Department of Justice should serve as the lead investigator to ensure fairness and impartiality. We do not have to accept this as normal or inevitable. It is NOT. No other country in the world tolerates this level of police violence. We can and must create a more just, safe world for all of us.”
My curiosity was certainly piqued about this man, Cory Ruiz, killed by Madison police.
What did I find out when I went to the wonderful Wisconsin Circuit Court Access record of one Cory Ruiz? Mr. Ruiz was born on January 5, 1988. At the time of his death on July 22, 2026 he was 38 years of his age.
Dane County Case Number 2009CF000495 State of Wisconsin vs. Corey D Ruiz
The defendant Corey D Ruiz was found guilty of the following charge(s) in this case.
Strangulation and Suffocation, a class H felony, Wisconsin Statutes 940.235(1).
Robbery with Use of Force, a class E felony, Wisconsin Statutes 943.32(1)(a).
Strangulation and Suffocation, a class H felony, Wisconsin Statutes 940.235(1).
Charge(s) in this case were read in to this or other case(s). A "read in" charge is a charge that is dismissed as part of a plea agreement, however:
The defendant agrees to have the court consider the charge(s) when sentencing for another crime, under Wis. Stats. 973.20(1g)(b); and
The defendant cannot be prosecuted for these charge(s) in the future.
I'm guessing the sealed juvenile record of this distinguished citizen is about as long as long as my 2 arms.
As with Officer of Derek Chauvin of the St. George Fiasco of Minnehopelis. These 4 Madison cops don't stand a chance. And I for one am sick and fvcking tired of an American race that cannot and will not act civilized; the politicians which enable their predictable criminal behavior and the resulting mayhem affecting the law abiding citizens which they supposedly "represent".
Obviously the black community has forgotten the PSA put out by Chris Rock. I guess it's time to remind all people who might have contact with a LEO.
Exile is hard enough on its own, but days like today make it even harder.
America gave me safety, freedom, and the opportunity to rebuild my life. I learned the language, embraced the culture, and came to appreciate the rule of law. I built a career. I made friends. I built a life. I am proud of everything I have accomplished here.
Because of that, people often assume that after twenty-seven years, I have gotten used to being away from my homeland. But that is only half the story.
The other half is watching the life I was forced to leave behind, in a matter of minutes, slowly disappear.
It is difficult and heartbreaking to read the erudite Anni Cyrus' cri de couer not only for her and for sure many Iranian expats and of course those still suffering at the hands of the Mullahs but her words hit me on a gut level for what we ourselves perhaps are on the precipice of having to experience ourselves. As I commented there, "Given who and what the Democrat/Left are and the rise of soicialism and it’s ally Islam here in the USA, I sometimes feel as if one day I might wind up being an exile in my own homeland. God forbid."
The Democratic Socialists of America mean to end the United States — and if you don't believe me, take a look at what DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer had to say about it this weekend. . . Welcome to the U.S.S.A., comrades. There might not be any prisons for criminals, but why do I get the feeling that there will be plenty of camps for resistors?
As my old-school blogging acquaintance Peter "Da Tech Guy" Ingemi put it, "Well, I'll give her 10 out of 10 for honesty." To that, I'd add: You've been warned.
Update: Commenter I used to have a different nic points out the utter failure to oppose this is de facto being co-conspirators (Take a look at the actions of Congressional Republicans over the past 30 years and tell me that it's only one of the parties.) Sadly all too true, sir. JJS
New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani doxxed a wide swath of his own constituents — just days after a terrorist attack — by publishing a searchable database of properties impacted by his new “pied-à-terre” tax. The database, uploaded by the New York City Department of Finance, includes the addresses and names of property owners of homes valued at over one million dollars that the city has determined are not being used as primary residences.
Good and hard New Yorkers, you're going to get it right in the neck. He and his cadres will kick you out on the streets, take all your money and if you dare make a peep in protest, quite likely your life.
In 2009, Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year-old woman, went hiking in a Canadian park on a public trail and was attacked by coyotes. Some hikers heard her screams as she was assaulted for half an hour, but did nothing to help, when rescue finally arrived, she was conscious and bleeding badly.
The young woman was airlifted to the hospital, but did not survive.
Under pressure from environmentalists, Canada, like parts of the United States, had allowed coyotes and wolves to expand their territories, especially the coyote-wolf hybrids who had killed Taylor, and the animals had become increasingly aggressive, wiping out their natural prey, and eventually stalking and attacking humans. The attack on the young woman was one of a series.
Taylor’s mother however pleaded with the authorities to spare the coyotes who had killed her daughter. “When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor’s voice say, ‘Please don’t, this is their space.’ She wouldn’t have wanted their demise, especially as a result of her own,” she wrote. “She was passionate about animals, was an environmentalist.”
Forget about Mamdani and all the rest, it's fools like this who vote for them election after election that's the problem.
Have a good day,
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s socialist revolt did not come from nowhere—it was the inevitable offspring of years of Democrat radicalization, now turning against the party that created it. The Socialist Monster Awakens
Democrat congressional candidate Adam Hamawy defended far-left streamer Hasan Piker’s “America deserved 9/11” comments in an interview posted Thursday, insisting the remark should be kept “in perspective.” (Evil reptile farted it out with his forked tongue - jjs) New Jersey Democrat Defends Piker’s ‘America Deserved 9/11’: ‘I Still Love the Guy’
. . .41-year-old Elaine Angene Escoe arrived back in South Florida Thursday after Jamaican authorities arrested her after a federal manhunt. Escoe was accused of masterminding a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million in taxpayer-funded pandemic aid according to Fox News. Fugitive on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Fraudsters’ List Arrested, Returned to U.S.
Despite the attacker reportedly claiming that he was motivated by “Allah”, the case is not currently being treated as a terror incident. A source close to the investigation told Le Parisien: “The guy said Allah sent me to kill women. But no, he’s crazy.” Pregnant Woman Among Three Injured in Paris ‘Allah Commanded Me’ Stabbing Spree
Talarico’s resurfaced comments are likely to create problems for the Democrat candidate. Texas is a Christian, conservative stronghold where Democrats have not won a U.S. Senate seat in over 30 years. Talarico’s comments continue to spark questions about the authenticity of his Christian faith. This is not the first comment of its kind from Talarico, who previously hailed the virtues of non-Christian “spiritualism.” Talarico will face off against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in November later this year. Talarico Credits ‘Islamic Mystics’ for Influencing His Christian Beliefs.
Those who want to destroy the United States because of its sins of slavery and colonization are eager to replace it with Islam, which has the same sins. Imagine America under Sharia
New law makes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha official state holidays, with a “curriculum guide” for public schools. CAIR Colonizes California for Islam
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
In Ohio, the current standard is that your friends can come over to party without a permit but not to pray. That can’t be right. A Permit to Have Friends Over
In April, the a grand jury delivered a two-count indictment against Comey, charging that he “did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States, in that he publicly posted a photograph on the internet social media site Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern making out ’86 47,’ which a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States.” James Comey Asks Charges Be Dropped, Says ’86 47′ Not a Threat
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Outrider Foundation, a Madison, Wisconsin-based charity funded by Democratic donor Frank Burgess, describes itself as a "non-political, nonpartisan 501c3 organization that educates the public about nuclear security threats and climate issues." Its website claims "it is possible to dismantle our nuclear weapons" and urges readers to act. Anti-Nuke Charity Pays for CNN Reporter on Nuke Beat
The easing of oil prices may provide global central banks, including the Federal Reserve, with some assurance on inflationary pressures as they consider interest rate adjustments. Analysts suggest oil prices could retreat further if a lasting resolution to the Iran war emerges, which could stabilize global markets and reduce energy price-driven inflation. Oil Prices Drop Amid Pause in Iran Fighting, Hope for Fresh Ceasefire.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a significant shift is emerging in corporate America’s approach to staffing, with major employers across multiple industries announcing intentions to hire new workers despite previous predictions that artificial intelligence would substantially reduce workforce needs. Major Corporations Resume Hiring as AI Limitations Become Apparent
Glenn Reynolds: Academia has a diversity problem, and people are starting to notice. Oh, it’s not a race/gender diversity problem; academia has paid a lot of attention to that. It’s a political diversity problem. Even the left is now flagging the gross bias at America’s universities
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
That brings the total of senators demanding Thune do a vote before the recess to five. And Presler has almost daily updates exposing the number of non-citizens on Pennsylvania non-juror lists and voter rolls to illustrate why Thune is so irresponsible in continuing to stall the SAVE America Act and the House budget resolution that included provisions of the act. 5 Senators Press Thune on SAVE America Act as Voter Roll Cleanup Costs Dems 9,000 in Pennsylvania
Trump signed the order in March, directing the Postal Service to restrict delivery of mail-in ballots in states that refuse to hand over lists of eligible voters. It also orders the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to compile lists of verified absentee voters for the Postal Service to reference, and threatens to withhold federal funds from states that do not comply, part of a larger effort by the president to tighten a mail voting system he has long argued is vulnerable to abuse. Trump Administration Asks SCOTUS to Revive Mail-In Voting Order Ahead of Midterms
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Do you remember how, during the 2020 campaign, Donald Trump warned voters that China knew things about the Biden family's business dealings that gave Beijing real leverage over Joe Biden? He said Biden was compromised, and the legacy media rolled its eyes, called it a conspiracy theory, and moved on. Well, it turns out Trump was right the whole time. Bombshell Documents Point to China Blackmail Efforts Targeting Biden Family
An attempt to cancel medical giant Dr. Howard Maibach demonstrates how deeply DEI and CRT have penetrated modern medicine. Has Medical Education Gone Woke?
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Using the data from the most detailed Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby Andromeda galaxy (shown above), astronomers have mapped out the galaxy’s stars in a way that shows the likely star formation rate over the past 500 million years, and discovered that the rate has been dropping steadily, with a sudden decline about 40 million years ago. Star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has slowed precipitously in the past half billion years
If true, this issue raises the risks of this very risky $3 billion mission that is vastly overbudget and, according to a September 2025 inspector general report, not likely to meet its 2028 launch window. Is Dragonfly’s power source less capable than planned?
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino will step down as of August 9 and has hopefully been replaced by a CEO who does not hate Cracker Barrel and its customers and will not target kids for grooming. Disastrous CEO Julie Masino Out at Cracker Barrel
They pushed on, despite seeing friends cut down around them. Some pushed on even when wounded. The invasion had to succeed. It was the only way Europe could be liberated from the Nazis, and the American dream of freedom and the pursuit of happiness could be secured for later generations. D-Day: A vast plan built on a grand heritage
Every loss closes another door to the country I still call home. (Given who and what the Democrat/Left are and the rise of socialism and it’s ally Islam here in the USA, I sometimes feel as if one day I might wind up being an exile in my own homeland. God forbid - jjs) Exile Never Ends
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
Nvidia has just raised card prices by another 30%. A minor inconvenience for me, as I do have four perfectly adequate graphics cards and two kind of crappy ones already. If you were waiting for prices to come down, well, keep on waiting I guess.
Because while Apple's Vision Pro headset was a resounding flop, it was at least a product you could buy. Make it smaller and lighter and cheaper and it might not fail so hard next time. And the entire project cost less than some AI companies are burning in a week.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: People are people! You're peopling people!
Good evening Horde. The time has come for Monday? shenanigans. That's right! Monday shenanigans. This is what happens when someone leaves the keys to the blog unattended. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked. Grape nehi soda for everyone tonight!
Welcome to the Monday night ONT which means vintage overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. I am not sure of the customary tradition for pants on a Monday, so we'll say that pants are optional. I am sure that this ONT is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Fauci is fair game.
[Top photo: 240mm shell handling at the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts in 1945. 240mm?! Yikes!]
The ONT has dialed up the wayback machine tonight with very random results.
Springfield Armory museum, circa 1950s (the boy's weapon appears to have a rubber barrel and a flexible bayonet?):
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo Annex, Building 99, 1905 (built in 1900, the interweb says this two-story firehouse was notable for being the first steel-frame building constructed on the island. It was moved in 1916 but I don't know if it still exists.):
St. Francis Hotel after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - it fared better than surrounding buildings due to its steel structure but the fires gutted the interior:
Construction of Husky Stadium on the University of Washington Campus, 1920:
Secondhand store in Peoria, Illinois, 1938 (I do not believe the horse is real. Well, it is real but it isn't living.):
Late stage excavation activity of the Panama Canal, 1914:
USS Maine at Hunters Point, San Francisco, circa 1908 (not the same USS Maine that blew up in Havana Harbor):
Los Angeles Alligator Farm, circa 1907 (note the alligators going down the water slide):
From 1907 until its relocation in 1953, the area of Lincoln Heights was home to what the Los Angeles Times dubbed "the city's most exotic residents": a thousand-strong collection of alligators that welcomed visitors every day of the year to see, pose with, and even ride them.
Lincoln Heights is on either side of the 5, between the 10 and 110. Think adjacent to Chinatown in downtown LA. Fun for the whole family, right? Seems like sensible entertainment for a toddler.
SpaceX Starship Ship 40 update: Ship 40 landed in the Indian Ocean at the end of Flight 13 last Friday. Unlike other landings, Ship 40 did not explode. Instead, it softly toppled over, fully intact, and floated on the surface. Apparently, this contingency was not expected. There were no on-site provisions to tow it to port or sink it. SpaceX was undoubtedly delighted to be able to see test results but we don't know their plans. Last I saw (6 hours ago), Ship 40 was still floating and had drifted over 200km from its landing position. A SpaceX vessel on-site to document the landing is shadowing it, but doesn't seem to be towing it. Elon Musk has said that they will try to catch the ship back a the launch pad tower for the next test if the post-flight mission review goes well.
Stay tuned...
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Fauci Bragged In His Narcissist's Diary That He Caused the Greatest Single-Day Loss in Stock Market History
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Before that: Fauci recorded in his narcissist's diary that he was fully aware that Covid-19 had been engineered by humans while publicly dismissing this claim as a "conspiracy theory" -- and of course organizing 12 bought-and-paid-for grant recipients to claim it had evolved naturally.
KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
🚨 FAUCI'S PRIVATE DIARY VS. HIS PUBLIC STORY
Jan 31, 2020
Jeremy Farrar and Kristian Andersen warned Fauci that the virus might have been engineered.
Scientists on the call believed the mutations surrounding the furin cleavage site could not have evolved naturally because they required an evolutionary "jump" not found in known bat viruses.
They raised the possibility that the site had been deliberately inserted and then accidentally released from a laboratory.
Fauci proposed assembling a larger group of virologists the following day.
Feb 1, 2020
On the call that ultimately produced "Proximal Origin," 10 of 12 scientists reportedly believed deliberate insertion was possible.
Fauci's notes cited Wuhan scientist Zheng-Li Shi's years of gain-of-function research modifying coronavirus spike proteins to bind human ACE2 receptors.
Eight days later, Fauci went on Newt Gingrich's podcast and publicly dismissed the idea:
"I've heard these conspiracy theories. And like all conspiracy theories, Newt, they're just conspiracy theories."
In March, scientists from the call published "Proximal Origin," which dismissed laboratory engineering as implausible.
In April, Fauci cited the paper from the White House podium without mentioning his role in organizing the discussions behind it.
Why did Fauci publicly ridicule a possibility his own specialists had privately considered credible?
His agency had funded Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In 2018, EcoHealth proposed inserting a furin cleavage site at the S1/S2 junction of a coronavirus.
In 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan with a novel furin cleavage site at that exact junction.
The record shows Fauci knew the laboratory-origin hypothesis was considered scientifically plausible.
He lied to the public and called it a "conspiracy theory" anyway.
Now, as for tanking the stock market in an election year: Was Fauci bragging about being the cause of the greatest percentage drop in history just because he's narcissistic evil dwarf, or was bragging that he was doing the Deep State's work in taking Trump's miracle economy away from him?
Tara Servatius
@TaraServatius
DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu.
At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu.
While he was going on TV saying the opposite to terrify the public into shutting down the economy.
It was all a lie designed to take out Trump's most formidable weapon for reelection: his booming economy.
DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu.
At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu.
Fauci was also receiving market-moving insider information from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla before that information was made public:
Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
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This is a bad look for @pfizer. We have multiple instances of CEO Albert Bourla giving Fauci market-moving info the night before it's released publicly. (Although it's important to note there's no record of Fauci personally trading off of these tips.)
Nov. 8, 2020, Bourla at 7:45 p.m. calls Fauci to tell him what the Data Safety Monitoring Board had just seen: 94 infections in the first interim look at the mRNA vaccine trial. Four in the vaccine arm, 90 in placebo. "95% efficacy."
Fauci wrote it down in his diary, exclamation points & all, adding (p. 460): "This will be announced tomorrow."
Nov. 4, 2021, Bourla called again -- "late at night," Fauci notes -- to alert him that Pfizer would announce Paxlovid's "extremely favorable results" the following morning (p. 914). As before, Fauci gets the numbers first.
In July 2021, Pfizer got out ahead of the administration on boosters without warning. Fauci's entry (p. 806): "I received a phone call from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla who was very sorry and apologetic that he did not Alert me about the Pfizer announcement ahead of time."
Nobody apologizes for skipping a courtesy they never extended. The apology means they had a standing arrangement.
Fauci also helped Pfizer with their European competitor, @AstraZeneca
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On Aug. 24, 2020, Bourla called "expressing concern about AstraZenica [sic] likely trying to get an EUA [emergency use authorization] for their vaccine before the big companies (Moderna, Pfizer, J & J) complete their phase 3 trials."
Fauci recounts: "We discussed what to do." (p. 313)
Bourla wanted the companies to sign a mutual agreement. Fauci's counter-proposal was to mobilize the scientific community to publicly demand the FDA show its data before authorizing anything, knowing that would delay AstraZeneca's application.
Earlier that month, Fauci recounted a meeting where EUA was being considered for AstraZeneca, & Fauci frets that this happening would help Trump & hurt Pfizer's ongoing trials:
"An EUA will likely get in the way of completing the RCTs that are going on. Clearly. This is politically driven and will be a ploy for Trump to get re-elected."
Ultimately Pfizer received the first EUA in December. AstraZeneca never received it.
Six months later, at Yale University's "Legend in Leadership" award, Bourla and J&J's Alex Gorsky delivered tribute speeches to Fauci.
This is a bad look for @pfizer. We have multiple instances of CEO Albert Bourla giving Fauci market-moving info the night before it's released publicly. (Although it's important to note there's no record of Fauci personally trading off of these tips.)
Fauci lied to the public in claiming that he had nothing to do with "locking down anything" -- while bragging in his diary that he convinced mayors to shut down schools:
David Zweig
@davidzweig
Fauci: "Show me a school that I shut down and show me a factory that I shut down. Never. I never did." (2023, NYT)
"First of all, I didn't recommend locking anything down."
Many are saying that Jake Tapper's expose about what Jake Tapper knew and when he knew it is going to be a must-read... in six years.
Jaker Tapper's book about how Jake Tapper had no idea Jake Tapper had cozy dinners with Anthony Fauci while the rest of us weren't allowed to attend funerals hits shelves in February. https://t.co/RlJPrroXlI
Incompetent Woke Karen Who Ran Cracker Barrel Into the Ground Fired and Replaced (by a Man)
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Breaking911
@Breaking911
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after the company's controversial rebrand sparked backlash from longtime customers. The overhaul removed the iconic Uncle Herschel mascot and many of the nostalgic decorations that had defined the chain for decades.
After widespread criticism, Cracker Barrel reversed course and embraced its traditional identity. The company says former Bloomin' Brands CEO David Deno, whose company owns Outback Steakhouse, will take over as CEO on August 10.
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after the failure of her "woke" rebrand last year, which was rolled back following intense backlash from loyal customers, the company announced Monday.
David Deno, a restaurant exec who most recently served as CEO of Bloomin' Brands, which owns Outback Steakhouse, will replace Masino on August 10, according to a Cracker Barrel press release.
Masino will remain at Cracker Barrel in an advisory capacity until October 9 to ensure a smooth transition, the company said.
Shares in Cracker Barrel slipped 2.4% Monday.
Her departure comes after less than three years at the helm, during which diners revolted against the company's attempts to modernize the Southern dining chain last August by axing its beloved mascot Uncle Herschel and revamping restaurants without its trademark tchotchkes.
Following heated backlash from longtime customers and even President Trump himself, Cracker Barrel reversed the changes and leaned into its folksy charm -- ultimately sending the stock up 100% so far this year.
I can't help noticing that in four cases -- Bud Light; Cracker Barrel; Star Wars/Lucasfilm; and Disney's Marvel studio -- executives have decided to throw over/ignore the brands' historic male (or traditionalist) customer base in an insane drive to remake them into something Carrie Bradshaw would write about on Sex and the City.
In three of those cases, a female executive decided that "old" customer base just wasn't hip and Fashion Forward enough and decided to remake the brand into something that would make her the heroine of her feminist friend circle. In the fourth case, a similar rebrand was performed by Kevin Feige, who is a weak cuck pussy.
This is unprofessional, obviously. If you're trusted with a business or brand, it's your job to strengthen the brand's sales, not remake it into something you or your urban coastal liberal galpals would be proud to patronize. (Or matronize.)
I don't think this is necessarily something to do with women, but it does have everything to do with feminism, a cult to which a lot of "professional" (or maybe not so professional) women belong to.
Men aren't compelled to remake female brands into ones they and their buddies would be proud to spend money on, because there is no political cult popular among men demanding we do that.
But many women do belong to the cult of feminism, which demands that every single product or service be made appealing first and foremost to urban coastal liberal women. This is not a business calculation; in terms of business strategy, it's a lunatic disaster, and it was obviously a lunatic disaster before the actual data came in.
This is the doctrine of a nasty pseudoreligion. Whether it makes money or loses it hand over fist is besides the point. The important thing is, Women Must See Themselves Represented In All Products at All Times, period.
In the Wake of the Latest Muslim Mass-Casualty Attack, Leftists and the Media (But I Repeat Myself) Scramble to Blame "Masculinity," "White Men," "Christians" and of course the Car
—Disinformation Expert Ace
This is a cult. A cult that justifies mass murder, even of its own fellow cultists.
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) July 26, 2026
I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸
@ImMeme0
Jul 26
The writing has been on the wall for a long time, yet leftists still refuse to see it!
Gay American in Berlin says that, after Islamists plowed a van into Pride parade-goers, he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany.
REALITY CHECK!
In the past 5 years, with the U.S. population roughly 4 times larger than Germany's:
🇺🇸 United States (pop. ~344M)
Islamist attacks: 5--8
Killed: 3--6
Injured: 15--30
This is what happens when you open your borders to radical Islamists who hate the West.
Again and again they prove Islam is incompatible with Western culture and values. Yet somehow it's always the fault of white Christian men.
The writing has been on the wall for a long time, yet leftists still refuse to see it!
Gay American in Berlin says that, after Islamists plowed a van into Pride parade-goers, he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany.… https://t.co/KDip2pNcxcpic.twitter.com/vX6IaDMdRD
President Donald Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to keep the Senate in session to terminate the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act.
Trump took to Truth Social in the morning to pressure Thune to keep senators working in Washington until the SAVE America Act, which takes a number of steps to secure federal elections, is passed.
"John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to 'leave town' until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929!" Trump wrote.
Because 60 votes are required for passing the SAVE America Act -- which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, voter ID, and end universal mail-in ballots with a few exceptions -- Republicans would need to end the filibuster to advance it with a simple majority.
Trump stressed that if and when Democrats return to power, they will immediately nuke the filibuster.
"The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can't believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership. Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!" Trump added.
Thune's scheme was to move to adjourn the Senate. If there is no objection, the motion would be approved unanimously with no roll-call.
Scott Presler called for a Senator to object and force a Yea or Nay roll call. At least then the McConnell sell-outs like Thune, Lankford, McConnell, Murkowski, etc. would be on-the-record in favor of continued vote fraud by Democrats.
ThePersistence
@ScottPresler
We need ONE brave Senator to force a roll call vote in order for the Senate to vote
on leaving for a 37-day paid vacation for August recess.
We need ONE Senator to object to unanimous consent & "ask for the yeas and nays."
Meanwhile, Thune continues his mentor Mitch McConnell's practice of never formally recessing the Senate, thereby denying Trump the right enjoyed by all previous presidents of making temporary (one-year) recess appointments when the senate is recessed.
.@LeaderJohnThune, I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act—and hereby request a roll call vote.
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