No More (Bureaucrats Who Would Be) Kings
Posted By: Mercedes44, 10/19/2025 4:53:13 AM
If you’re reading this today, you probably did not join the aged hippies marching around with signs saying “No more Kings,”a multistate demonstration whose sponsors are not yet fully disclosed. (I don’t think Meghan and Harry are among them, though there are some foreign donors involved.) But rest assured, you didn't miss much. John Bolton: This Week in “No Man is Above the Law” The biggest domestic story of the week in my view was the indictment of former National Security Adviser John Bolton. If the 18-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Maryland where he resides is proven, he demonstrated astonishing arrogance and disregard for national security.
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House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) unloaded Friday on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after he officially endorsed “jihadist communist” Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, declaring the decision will doom Democrats’ chances of retaking the House.In a blistering statement, Stefanik did not mince words. “Like the Worst Governor in America @KathyHochul, Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally bent the knee and endorsed the jihadist communist Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor,” she said, calling it “an AWFUL decision for Jeffries” that exposes “just how bad his judgment is.”
Fetterman, McCormick Unite in Bipartisan
Push to Reopen Government as Shutdown
Hits Pennsylvania 5 replies
Push to Reopen Government as Shutdown
Hits Pennsylvania 5 replies
In a joint video posted to social media, Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators urged colleagues in both parties to prioritize reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its 23rd day. The message marks a rare moment of bipartisan unity between Fetterman, a Democrat known for breaking with his party on several recent votes, and McCormick, a first-term Republican elected in 2024.Here we are in Washington, D.C., and it is shut down,” Fetterman said in the video. “But now here it’s both Pennsylvania’s voice here in the U.S. Senate, even though we are in a different party,
When socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral primary, we said that the concern expressed by some Democrats was phony, because they didn’t want to admit just how far left their party had drifted.
Now, they’ve given up that pretense entirely.
On Friday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed socialist Mamdani, saying the 33-year-old trust fund baby “has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers.”
He’s the most senior-ranking Democrat to do so, but he joins a list that already includes Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren,
Election Day offers hope for ousting soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg: Republican Maud Maron.
Yes, independent candidate Diana Florence, a 25-year veteran prosecutor, has also called out Bragg’s penchant for letting repeat offenders walk and his failure to protect women from violent criminals.
But Maron, a former public defender and mom of four, is the better choice to head one of the most important prosecutor’s offices in America — a job that Bragg has made impotent during his tenure.
Her 20-year career as a public defender enables her to understand the need to hold criminals accountable, deliver justice to crime victims and hold repeat offenders responsible for their actions —
President Trump late Thursday evening announced all trade negotiations with Canada have been terminated after the government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio of President Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
Trump accused the government of Ontario of interfering with the Supreme Court’s decision on his tariffs. The high court is set to hear oral arguments on November 5 on Trump’s tariffs after a lower court ruled they were illegal.
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump said.
FBI Director Kash Patel skewered ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith for suggesting that President Trump was behind the arrests of NBA stars and coaches in an illegal sports betting scheme.
“I’m the FBI director. I decide which arrest to conduct and which not to conduct,” Patel told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday.
“That may be the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of anyone in modern history. And I live most of my time in Washington, DC,” he railed against Smith’s suggestion.
Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Billups
among dozens arrested in gambling probe
tied to the Mafia 13 replies
among dozens arrested in gambling probe
tied to the Mafia 13 replies
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by Mafia, authorities said on Thursday.
Rozier is accused in participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information, officials said. Billups is charged in a separate indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families, authorities said.
The indictments are related to two major cases,
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been charged in a bombshell alleged illegal poker scheme tied to organized crime that netted upwards of $7 million.
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was charged as well, in a separate but related illegal gambling case.
Thirty one people — including members of the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese mafia families, and coaches and players from the Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trial Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors — have been arrested in the scheme carried out between January 2022 and March 2024,
Democrats are trying to blame Republicans for the healthcare crisis that “they themselves” created, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Wednesday, discussing the Democrat government shutdown.
Democrats, he said, have rejected the GOP’s clean proposal to reopen the government a dozen times now and continue to refuse to cooperate under the guise of the healthcare crisis — something Johnson said Democrats created in the first place. In their desperation now, they’re trying their very best to somehow blame Republicans for the forthcoming healthcare crisis that they themselves created by way of —
If you watch The Five on FOX News, you know that Dana Perino does not usually go out on a limb to make political predictions. She is much more likely to follow traditional polling and play her cards very close to her chest.
That is not what she did today.
Perino was talking about the horrible optics for Democrats with the government shutdown when she suddenly predicted that Democrats are going to lose BOTH of the upcoming gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey Dana could very well be right. The polls in both races have tightened in recent weeks and are basically neck and neck.
Andrew Cuomo declares Trump will knock
Zohran Mamdani on his ‘tuchus’ if
he’s elected NYC mayor 7 replies
Zohran Mamdani on his ‘tuchus’ if
he’s elected NYC mayor 7 replies
President Trump will knock Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani on his “tuchus” if he becomes the Big Apple’s next mayor, rival Andrew Cuomo contended during Wednesday night’s debate.
The former governor, when asked about how he plans to work with Trump, said the way to deal with the “hyper-aggressive” president is to confront him.
Cuomo, running as an independent, then cast proud socialist Mamdani as simply not up to the task. He thinks he’s a kid and he’s going to knock him on his tuchus,” Cuomo said. “It is a balance, but you’re going to have to be adversarial when you need to.
A knife-wielding gang of shoplifters is terrorizing supermarkets across New York City, making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods – and store owners gripe that cops are ignoring the rampage, The Post has learned.
The crew of five has hit dozens of stores since July, brazenly stuffing backpacks with pricey beef, salami and seafood – and flashing their blades at workers who dare try to block their exit before they speed off in getaway cars, store owners told The Post.
“Every time they come in, they are stealing about $800 worth of Dominican salamis,” Efrain Castro, who owns a Fine Fare in Upper Manhattan, told The Post.
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President Trump late Thursday evening announced all trade negotiations with Canada have been terminated after the government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio of President Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
Trump accused the government of Ontario of interfering with the Supreme Court’s decision on his tariffs. The high court is set to hear oral arguments on November 5 on Trump’s tariffs after a lower court ruled they were illegal.
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump said.
The Instagram photos show Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his daughter Hope on a sunny autumn Sunday after they finished a 10-mile race during the Twin Cities Marathon weekend. The father-daughter duo trotted over cracked asphalt in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Oct. 5, race bibs pasted at his stomach and her right thigh. (Snip) Since the election, Hope Walz has gained half a million TikTok followers posting from her home in Bozeman, Montana. She courts Gen Z women – Harris won young women by a lesser margin than Biden in 2020 – with her takes on pop culture and politics. Trump's electoral victory
Mamdani: My Aunt Was 9/11’s REAL Victim
Because She Couldn’t Wear Her Hijab
on the Subway. 23 replies
Because She Couldn’t Wear Her Hijab
on the Subway. 23 replies
Zohran Mamdani, the far-left, anti-white Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, addressed what he called “racist, baseless” attacks against him on Friday, linking these criticisms to a broader culture of “Islamophobia.” Speaking outside a mosque in the Bronx, he also paid tribute to “the memory” of an aunt of his and suggested she was the real victim of the September 11, 2001, radical Islamic terror attack on the city, as she did not feel comfortable wearing her Islamic headscarf on the subway afterwards.“I thought that if I behaved well enough or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist, baseless attacks… it would allow me to be more
A Virginia couple has gone to court to try to block President Donald Trump from proceeding with demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new ballroom.
Charles and Judith Voorhees filed a motion in Washington federal court Thursday afternoon, asking a judge to halt any further damage to the White House while the legality of the project is assessed.
The motion seeks a temporary restraining order against the demolition, arguing it is taking place “without legally required approvals or reviews.”
Hoo Boy: Chelsea Clinton Jumps Into the
White House Ballroom Debate, and She Really
Shouldn't Have 22 replies
White House Ballroom Debate, and She Really
Shouldn't Have 22 replies
An underrated quality in life is knowing when to stay out of a debate. I won't claim to have always been perfect in that area, but hoo boy, did Chelsea Clinton fail the test on Thursday.
If you've been following the news, you're likely aware of the ongoing meltdown over President Donald Trump using private donations to remodel the East Wing into a ballroom. Since pictures of the construction went viral, nearly every Democrat politician and those adjacent to them have chimed in to claim it's symbolic of the destruction of our democracy. To call it mind-numbingly pretentious would be an understatement. But while the protestations from Elizabeth Warren,
Target, which has been struggling with sales in recent years, is eliminating 1,800 roles or about 8% of the company’s global HQ team, in a restructuring aimed to reduce “layers and overlapping work,” according to a memo seen by ABC News. The Minneapolis-based company is in the middle of a CEO transition with incoming chief executive Michael Fiddelke, a company veteran who will take the top job in February, and has started to implement his vision. "The truth is, the complexity we’ve created over time has been holding us back. Too many layers and overlapping work have slowed decisions, making
Two national public employee unions sued the Trump administration over its restrictions preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial drivers licenses. The American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed a petition for review against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The employee unions challenged a rule implemented by Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy restricting foreign individuals from receiving commercial drivers licenses. Commercial drivers licenses are used for operating large vehicles such as tractor-trailers and buses. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia allow unauthorized immigrants to receive commercial drivers licenses.
Burned Body Found Hanging from Houston
Railroad Freeway Overpass — Homicide
Suspected, Say Police 18 replies
Railroad Freeway Overpass — Homicide
Suspected, Say Police 18 replies
HOUSTON, Texas — A Union Pacific railroad employee reported the discovery of a brush fire near a storage facility along an interstate highway in Houston. Firefighters responded and found the partially burned body of a man hanging by a rope from the overpass, police officials stated.
The grim discovery of a man found hanging and partially burned beneath a Houston freeway Thursday night has drawn chilling parallels to cartel-style executions long documented by Breitbart’s Cartel Chronicles Project in northern Mexico, where bodies are often displayed in public as a message. While Houston police have not confirmed any connection to organized crime, investigators say the circumstances strongly suggest homicide,
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 23 that an anonymous donor has sent the federal government a $130 million check to cover the shortfall in military troop pay during the ongoing government shutdown.
“He called us the other day and he said, ‘I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I’d like to contribute, personally, contribute any shortfall you have with the military, because I love the military and I love the country, and any shortfall, if there’s a shortfall, I’ll contribute it,’’’ Trump said during a roundtable meeting with his Cabinet.
Trump said the donor—a friend of his—sent the federal government a $130 million
On Thursday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) responded to questions on whether migrants who were allowed into the country under the Biden administration would qualify for taxpayer-funded health care by saying, “It depends on the circumstance.” And “those people who have applied for asylum and are going through the process are here legally.”
Host Mimi Geerges asked, “Congressman, as you know, Republicans are accusing Democrats of trying to give government health care, Medicaid to illegal immigrants. Democrats are denying that that’s the case. However, there’s a large number of people that were paroled into the country under the Biden administration. Are they considered illegal
Social Security Benefits to Rise 2.8 Percent
in 2026, Boosting Payments for 75 Million Americans 15 replies
in 2026, Boosting Payments for 75 Million Americans 15 replies
Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8 percent in 2026, federal officials have announced, with the inflation-related adjustment boosting payments for an estimated 75 million Americans.
The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment(snip)was announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Oct. 24,(snip). It affects both Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments,(snip)
On average, Social Security retirement benefits will rise by about $56 per month starting in January 2026, the SSA said. Nearly 71 million Social Security beneficiaries will see the higher payments beginning in January, while about 7.5 million SSI recipients will receive their increase on Dec. 31, 2025.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, a non-voting delegate representing the District of Columbia, has the “early stages of dementia,” according to a police report detailing how scammers took advantage of the oldest member of the House of Representatives.
Norton, 88, was duped by multiple suspects Thursday who went to her Washington, DC, home claiming to be HVAC workers, according to an internal police report obtained by NBC News4.
The swindlers charged $4,362 to the Democratic congresswoman’s credit card without performing any work.