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  • Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews

    07/02/2025 7:34:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    The Forward ^ | July 2, 2025 | Jacob Kornbluh
    Sliwa, a radio personality, has a long history of slurs and stereotypes, many aimed directly at Orthodox JewsZohran Mamdani’s Jewish dilemma has dominated headlines, but the Republican facing the Democratic nominee in the general election for New York City mayor has his own history of troubling statements about Jews. Curtis Sliwa said in an interview this week that apologizing is his strength and will help him overcome his own vulnerabilities with Jewish New Yorkers to defeat his Democratic rival. The founder of the Guardian Angels volunteer safety patrol and longtime radio personality also said he’s not interested in the anti-antisemitism...
  • 'Maga Mark' Zuckerberg unceremoniously kicked out of Oval Office after White House tour

    07/02/2025 2:15:09 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 56 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 02 Jul 2025 | SOPHIE GABLE and GEOFF EARLE
    Meta head honcho Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly asked to leave a meeting at the Oval Office after he 'walked in unexpectedly' while President Trump met with high-ranking military leaders. Sources familiar with the recent meeting told NBC News that military leaders were shocked when Zuckerberg waltzed into the Oval Office during a discussion on the Air Force's next-generation fighter jet platform. The exact date of the reported incident was not divulged. Officials were reportedly concerned about Zuckerberg's presence, citing that he didn't have the security clearance to be a part of the conversation. He was then asked to leave the...
  • House Republicans Threaten to Sink Trump’s Megabill

    07/02/2025 12:12:25 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 128 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 2, 2025 | Olivia Beavers
    Some House Republicans are already lining up to oppose President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” with conservatives and centrists blasting the legislation just hours after Vice President JD Vance cast his tiebreaking vote on the Senate version. The number of House Republicans vowing to oppose the Senate version is enough to block the bill’s passage, though past standoffs have been resolved after successful pressure campaigns by the president and party leaders. Given Republicans’ thin 220-212 majority, the bill would fail if more than three House Republicans join Democrats in opposing it. Holdout lawmakers headed to the White House on Wednesday morning....
  • Trump Threatens to Deport Elon Musk by Using DOGE: ‘DOGE Is the Monster’ That Might ‘Eat Elon!’

    07/01/2025 9:22:16 PM PDT · by RandFan · 83 replies
    mediaite ^ | July 1 | Joe DePaolo
    President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday morning that he is open to deporting Elon Musk — amid his renewed battle with the Tesla boss. Speaking with reporters ahead of a flight to Florida on Tuesday, the president was asked about whether he would consider deporting the South African mogul. “We’ll have to take a look,” Trump said. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon! Wouldn’t that be terrible?” After a brief detente between the president and his former DOGE lieutenant, the war...
  • Why are Jews voting for Zohran Mamdani?!

    07/01/2025 4:46:46 PM PDT · by Angelino97 · 103 replies
    JFeed ^ | June 10, 2025 | Gila Issacson
    While Mamdani’s Israel stance alienates many, his focus on affordability and social justice resonates with a growing subset of Jewish voters who see local issues as paramount. “Should we really care about what the mayor of a city thinks about foreign politics?” asked voter Seinuk, a Jewish civil engineer. In the bustling, diverse landscape of New York City’s 2025 mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist and New York State Assembly member from Queens, has emerged as a strong mayoral candidate. Known for his unapologetic criticism of Israel, support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and advocacy...
  • ECONOMYRanked: U.S. States Most Dependent on the Federal Government

    07/01/2025 6:07:10 PM PDT · by thegagline · 46 replies
    Visual Capitalist ^ | 06/22/2025 | Pallavi Rao
    How reliant is your state on Uncle Sam’s wallet? Every year, billions in federal tax dollars are redistributed to the 50 states and the District of Columbia through grants, contracts, and benefit programs. *** Their dependency score blends two metrics: the state’s return‐on‐taxes ratio and the share of state revenues coming from federal sources. Importantly, this data does not include Medicaid payments.Finally, a state’s political affiliation is based on its voting history in the past five presidential elections. New Mexico tops the 2024 list for states most dependent on the federal government, with a perfect score of 100. Its residents...
  • Donald Trump issues warning to Elon Musk - 'head back home to South Africa'

    07/01/2025 1:35:53 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 127 replies
    Express Newspapers ^ | Tue, Jul 1, 2025 | Aditi Rane
    A feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view again, as the US president took to Truth Social to attack the billionaire entrepreneur, telling him to “head back home to South Africa” and accusing him of surviving on government handouts. The outburst followed a string of fiery posts by Musk on X (formerly Twitter), in which he condemned Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, known among critics as the "big beautiful bill." Musk, who has clashed with Trump in recent weeks, accused politicians who backed the legislation of hypocrisy and pledged to help unseat them. “Those who...
  • Trump threatens to unleash DOGE on Musk to save money tied to his numerous federal subsidies: ‘Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history’

    07/01/2025 5:08:44 AM PDT · by Callahan · 71 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/1/25 | Richard Polina
    President Trump threatened to unleash Elon Musk’s brainchild, DOGE, against him to investigate his company’s government subsidies — warning his former ally that he may have “to close up shop and head back home to South Africa.” “Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate,” the president posted on Truth Social early Tuesday. “It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one.” The commander-in-chief then warned the SpaceX CEO that if his...
  • Elon Musk escalates Trump feud — vowing to back Rep. Thomas Massie, one of the prez’s biggest rivals

    07/01/2025 7:21:27 AM PDT · by bitt · 90 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | July 1, 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    Elon Musk escalated his feud with President Trump, announcing that he would be backing one of the commander in chief’s biggest foes in congress, Rep. Thomas Massie — the libertarian-leaning House lawmaker who Trump has vowed to see defeated in the midterm election. Musk signaled he would donate to the Kentucky Republican’s 2026 reelection campaign on X when he responded “Me” to a post asking who would be backing Massie’s congressional bid. Trump, meanwhile, had pledged to support whichever candidate runs in the primary against Massie, who the president lambasted as a “loser” and “Third Rate Congressman” in an online...
  • Powell confirms that the Fed would have cut by now were it not for tariffs

    07/01/2025 11:57:59 AM PDT · by CFW · 77 replies
    CNBC ^ | 7/1/25 | Alex Harring
    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank would have eased monetary policy by now if not for President Donald Trump’s tariff plan. When asked during a panel if the Fed would have lowered rates again this year had Trump not announced his controversial plan to impose higher levies on imported goods earlier this year, Powell said, “I think that’s right.” “In effect, we went on hold when we saw the size of the tariffs and essentially all inflation forecasts for the United States went up materially as a consequence of the tariffs,” Powell said at...
  • Musk Vows to Back Trump’s Nemesis (Rep. Thomas Massie!)

    07/01/2025 10:07:01 AM PDT · by RandFan · 23 replies
    MSN / Daily Beast ^ | July 1 | Story by Ewan Palmer
    Elon Musk has promised to donate to Rep. Thomas Massie’s re-election campaign as the Kentucky Republican faces down the wrath of Donald Trump. The world’s richest man responded with a simple “Me” on X after a user asked who else would support Massie’s 2026 re-election bid, as Musk’s feud with the president enters proxy war territory
  • 'America Party will be formed': Musk vows to form new political party if Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' passes Congress

    06/30/2025 8:51:53 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 57 replies
    Sky News ^ | July 1, 2025 | Charlie Tchetchenian
    Billionaire Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of Donald Trump’s controversial $3.3 trillion spending bill, vowing that if the legislation passes Congress then he would immediately launch a new political party. US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated ‘big, beautiful bill' is currently making its way through the US Senate which will bolster tax benefits for businesses and higher income households while threatening health insurance for millions of Americans. The bill, which is more than 900 pages long passed a significant hurdle on the weekend and passed a procedural vote advancing in the Senate largely along party lines with all but...
  • Elon Musk doubles down on ‘big beautiful bill’ criticism, calling it ‘utterly insane’ and ‘political suicide’

    06/28/2025 8:07:19 PM PDT · by bitt · 52 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | June 28, 2025 | Shane Galvin
    Elon Musk waded back into politics Saturday with a series of sharp social media criticisms of the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill,” calling it “utterly insane” and “political suicide.” The SpaceX CEO, who turned 54 on Saturday, expressed his frustration and rage at the massive spending bill on social media ahead of the critical vote on which the Trump agenda hinges. “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” the former DOGE chief wrote on X ahead of a Senate debate on the legislation. “Utterly insane and destructive. It...
  • Trump Team Launches SuperPAC Focused Solely on Ousting Thomas Massie

    06/26/2025 5:43:39 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 70 replies
    thelibertydaily ^ | thelibertydaily
    Rapidly making good on President Trump’s promise to back a 2026 Republican primary challenger to libertarian-minded Rep. Thomas Massie, the Trump team has already launched a super PAC dedicated entirely to removing Massie from office next year. It promises to make for the strongest challenge Massie’s faced yet. The new “Kentucky MAGA” super PAC will be run by top Trump political operatives Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita, with La Civita telling Axios the new entity will spend “whatever it takes” to replace Massie. Trump’s political circle has already had discussions with potential challengers. “Massie’s long-time opposition to…really anything to do...
  • The Oreshnik Missile

    06/25/2025 10:40:00 PM PDT · by delta7 · 47 replies
    Armstrong Economics ^ | 26 June 25 | Martin Armstrong
    Russia is increasing production of its Oreshnik missile system as NATO pledges an additional $40 billion to Ukraine. The nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile is a powerful system with the capacity to travel 3,415 miles, effectively enabling Russia to strike anywhere in the West from Europe to the United States. “Serial production of the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system is under way,” Putin told a graduating class of military cadets in televised comments. The system became operational on November 21, 2024, and used in an attack whereby it carried multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) payload and six warheads that were each...
  • Trump press conference wraps with a question: Does he consider NATO members his children?

    06/25/2025 12:30:49 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 10 replies
    AP ^ | Wed 25 June 2025
    President Donald Trump responds to a reporter's question about Secretary General Mark Rutte calling him "Daddy" and whether he considers NATO members "children." Laughing, Trump said Rutte "did it very affectionately."
  • Trump says his feelings about NATO changed after summit

    06/25/2025 12:43:32 PM PDT · by McGruff · 53 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | June 25, 2025 | Mallory Wilson
    President Trump said he left the NATO summit feeling differently about the alliance than when he arrived, after countries showed their appreciation for the U.S. “I came here because it was something I’m supposed to be doing, but I left here a little bit different,” Mr. Trump said at his post-NATO press conference Wednesday. He said he watched other world leaders at the summit talk about the love and passion they have for their countries. “I’ve never seen quite anything like it,” he said. “They want to protect their country, and they need the United States, and without the United...
  • Britain Warns Its People Prepare for War

    06/25/2025 8:59:33 AM PDT · by delta7 · 52 replies
    Armstrong Economics ^ | 25 Jun 25 | Martin Armstrong
    The UK government has warned that the nation must “actively prepare for the possibility of the UK coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario”, following a tense 12-day war between Iran and Israel, which threatened to spill over at any moment. The UK has also acknowledged, as has the US Department of Homeland Security, that domestic terrorism is likely because of the Iran-Israel War, but also war with Russia. The UK government said that “confrontation with those who are threatening security,” with Russia’s war in Ukraine described as “the most obvious and pressing example of this.” They added...
  • Trump threatens tough trade deal for Spain after it refuses to meet NATO defense spending target

    06/25/2025 10:39:42 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 26 replies
    CNBC ^ | June 25, 2025 | Sam Meredith
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Spain's refusal to meet the NATO defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product will mean a tougher trade deal for the southern European country. Speaking at a news conference at NATO's annual summit in the Netherlands, Trump said it was "terrible" that Spain wouldn't commit to meeting the target by 2035. "You know they are doing very well. The economy is [doing] very well. And that economy could be blown right out of the water with something bad happening," Trump said. "You know what we're going to do? We're negotiating with...
  • Where’s the much-hoped-for organic Iranian regime change?

    06/24/2025 9:50:05 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 44 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/24/2025 | Norman Krieg
    Last week, I made a slightly bold prediction that the Iranian mullah regime would fall somewhere between June 17 and 24. The predicate was that, since the end of WW2, the US Deep State (along with its Cold War enemy, the USSR, for the first half of that period) has been managing the world’s regions by situating relatively equal forces in opposition to each other. This keeps regional conflicts at a low-simmering boil, which is controlled and limited—and, most importantly, restricted from overflowing beyond the region and thrusting the world into WW3. Further, this strategy, while noble and even successful,...