Mick Jagger takes a swipe at Bruce Springsteen over anti-Trump rants at gigs

Bruce: The Rosie O'Donnell of rock. Included below is my favorite Springsteen post and will be used as long as Bruce and I live. TD

James Gordon For Dailymail  

"The comments come after Springsteen turned many of his concerts this year into platforms for outspoken criticism of Trump."

"Mick Jagger took aim at Bruce Springsteen's increasingly political concerts warning that fans don't want to be lectured from the stage.

The Rolling Stones front man made the comments during an interview on The New York Times' podcast with David Marchese, where Jagger laid out his philosophy for entertaining stadium crowds. 

He appeared to distance himself after Marchese brought up avowed Donald Trump critic Springsteen who has repeatedly used his concerts this year to launch blistering attacks on the president and his administration.

Asked how he views his relationship with audiences compared with artists such as Bob Dylan and Springsteen, Jagger said his priority has always been making sure concertgoers leave feeling uplifted rather than weighed down by politics.

'The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is those people that come is to have the best time they possibly can,' Jagger said.

'For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.'

The 82-year-old rock icon compared attending a concert to watching a major sporting event, arguing that audiences should be able to switch off from the anxieties of daily life while the show is happening.

'You don't want to lecture them,' he said. " . . . More...

Ted Nugent has labelled Bruce Springsteen a "dirtbag"   . . . "Nugent continued: “So, I give them that salute for having that quality of virtuosos that deliver his music and instead of going after Bruce for being a dirtbag and supporting communists like Biden and Obama. People that ruined the quality of life, especially for minorities. How he can’t see that, I don’t know." . . .

Bruce Springsteen is hoping he can find common ground with former fans who have walked away from him because of his outspoken left-leaning beliefs.  

Bruce Springsteen Sucks, And Here Are 10 Reasons Why

Strange to post this because for years Bruce was a staple on my car and home satellite radios, but no longer. I loved so much of his music, even if I had to ignore his words at times. But to me now, that voice is the voice of bitter hate that sends thrills up the legs of lesser beings as Colbert, Kimmel, and people who listen to MSNOW and wear those Hamas scarves. The Tunnel Dweller

Nick Shirley's Latest Fraud Video Is Another Gold Mine

 Townhall   

“Your tax dollars are paying for elderly Koreans and Chinese to play ping pong and do tai chi, while the fraudsters give kickbacks to those who enroll,” Shirley wrote. 

 "Nick Shirley is back, this time exposing large-scale Medicare fraud involving senior centers for elderly Koreans and Chinese. It’s another video that’s nearly an hour long, which he posted in full here: . . .  

"Fraud is running rampant in NYC.

Palace Daycare collected $9.4 million last year by allegedly handling 8,000 different patients. But when Nick Shirley and Dr. Oz show up on camera to ask the staff for their actual daily numbers, the math immediately falls apart, and the manager fakes a phone call to hide it. The staff claims they see about 100 patients a day across two shifts. But the receptionist admits 8,000 patients a year is impossible. But the most revealing evidence is the staff itself--every single person in the front office was hired exactly one month ago. The entire previous workforce left at once. The current employees do not know who manages the business. They have never met the owners. They cannot name their actual employer. This is known as a structural reset. In organized fraud, clearing out legacy staff creates a human shield of ignorance. If new workers lack operational history, they can sit under questioning and truthfully say they know nothing. This is not a business with high employee turnover. Rather, it's a financial crime scene.

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— American Debunk (@AmericanDebunk) July 11, 2026

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK - Don Surber

 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK - Don Surber  

"Housing prices have fallen in Red China’s 70 major cities from a peak in September 2021 to a low that wipes out 20 years of gains. They must have communist mayors like Chicago, LA and NYC do."

"ITEM 1: It used to be all about the Benjamins. Thanks to Bidenflation, the $1,000 bill, which features President Cleveland, has replaced the $100 bill.

"Now it is all about the Grovers.

"OK, I used the line in a previous newsletter but a reader sent this image and it was too good to throw away.

"ITEM 2: In a segment on Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, CNN quoted a tweet from non-existent Congressman Jack Kimball.

"Senators Anita Mann, Mike Hunt and Ben Dover must have been unavailable for comment.

"ITEM 3: Democrats struggled to find a replacement for Graham “Cracker” Platner for the Senate in Maine.

"Hard to nominate a normal person when your party has none

"ITEM 4: CNN tweeted:

The 2026 Dem insurgency is a new tea party on steroids

Approval of Own Party

🔵 Democrats 2026: 47%

🔴 Republicans 2010: 52%

House Members that have lost primaries:

🔵 Democrats 2026: 5

🔴 Republicans 2010: 2

"Judging by what happened to the Tea Party, expect massive disappointment within the Vodka Party next year.

"ITEM 5: France beat Morocco in that World Cup thingy. Moroccans tried to burn down the Eiffel Tower.

"So I thank the USA team for tanking to Belgium because I would not want to have my Belgian waffles burnt.

"The Moroccan moles also vandalized London, which was a relief to all the children they didn’t defile that night." . . . More...

European Fans Mocked U.S. Stadiums… Until They Actually Saw Them

 Host Nation Report

"European football fans spent months mocking American stadiums, NFL venues, soccer culture, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States… until they walked into SoFi Stadium, MetLife, AT&T Stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and Levi’s Stadium. From Los Angeles and New York/New Jersey to Dallas, Atlanta, and Santa Clara, the billion-dollar World Cup venues, massive crowds, USMNT support, American Outlaws, fan zones, and hybrid grass pitches completely flipped the narrative. The same critics who called it a FIFA money grab and said America wasn’t ready for football were suddenly shocked by the scale, atmosphere, technology, and fan experience inside the biggest stadiums in the world."

From before the World Cup began: "For anyone who has not only traveled throughout Europe, but spent time and lived there for months/years, the condescending European attitude towards the United States, Americans and the American sports experience should come as no surprise. Europe, western Europe especially, vacillates between annoyance to outright contempt for the US. It's baked into their minds from a young age and continually broadcast and reinforced via their media. The World Cup has done something even I didn't expect, it revealed the corrupt agenda that the European media operates by (sound familiar?). And to the credit of the Euro football fans, they're being honest about how much they're enjoying the US and their interactions with Americans. What I'm really looking forward to is the months/years after World Cup and the new narrative that may be coming from Europe about America. We shall see."

Washington Post: Yes, the DSA Really Does Want to Destroy Capitalism

 HotAir   

"The DSA approach wouldn't restore the monarchy, but it would put all of the power of all of the largest corporations in the hands of the government. Instead of diversifying power centers, it would consolidate them. And before you know it, you're Cuba or Venezuela or China."

"I've written a few of these articles at this point. There was this one with a run-down of what Democratic Socialists want. And there was this one based on a Thomas Edsall column saying the DSA were really just pretending to be working class.

"Today the Washington Post business section has an article which, similar to the first one linked above, walks through the differences between mainstream Dems and the DSA. For instance, on how many hours people should work:

The 40-hour workweek has been the law since 1940. Although some Democrats have advocated a shorter workweek, they are largely content to focus instead on protecting overtime pay, union organizing rights and worker safety. The DSA, on the other hand, has made cutting the standard workweek to 32 hours part of its economic platform.

"On the minimum wage, Dems want to put it up to $15 an hour (or maybe $17) while the DSA is talking about pushing it to $30. But as the story notes, the Dems seem to be moving the DSA's direction. As I wrote here, Sen. Chris Murphy is backing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $30.

"And of course the Dems have been trying to defend and expand Obamacare while the DSA is demanding Medicare for All.

The DSA wants to replace the system entirely, framing health care as a basic need that should be “decommodified,” meaning it shouldn’t be bought and sold on the market like other goods. Their solution is Medicare-for-all, a single-payer government system that would eliminate most private insurance.

"As I pointed out before, Bernie Sanders has been promoting this for years. But there's a very good reason it hasn't happened, not even in California where progressives have a supermajority. The reason is the cost." . . .More...

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Charlie Kirk Assassination Trial, Day 5

 We Won't Know If Tyler Robinson Will Stand Trial Until September

“A prompt determination is imperative in the interest of justice. The Court is approaching the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death. Ten months have passed since the defendant was arrested, and the preliminary hearing has now concluded.” Breccan F. Thies

Rookie judge

"The preliminary hearings used to determine whether Tyler Robinson will be tried for capital murder ended Friday, with no answer as to whether Robinson will stand trial for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

"Judge Tony Graf will need to review all the evidence put before the court over the last five days to determine whether the bar of probable cause is met in order to send the case to trial. State prosecutors, Robinson and his counsel, and Graf will meet again on Sept. 1 at 10:00 a.m., after which Graf will, at some point, make the decision.

"The defense introduced one new witness Friday, Caitlin Oliver, a forensic biologist for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) who worked on the DNA analysis of evidence pertaining to the gun and ammunition allegedly used by Robinson.

"Robinson’s attorneys have exclusively called forensic analysts as witnesses in an attempt to create a level of doubt about forensic and DNA science as a whole. Defense attorney Michael Burt did the same Friday with Oliver, often reading from standard operating procedure (SOP) manuals and textbooks about the reliability of the science.

"He has pointed to the fact that there is no scientific way to be 100 percent certain of one’s DNA evidence on an item, but Oliver and others on the stand have said that is why they use a statistical representation of the possibility that someone’s DNA is on a piece of evidence — as opposed to another person’s — instead of claiming absolute certainty.

"For numerous pieces of evidence, including multiple locations on the rifle, cartridges, and other items, the likelihood that the DNA is Robinson’s has been extraordinarily high.

"Utah State Bureau of Investigation Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina, the lead for the evidence response team in the Kirk case, testified, for example, that the DNA profile obtained from swabs of the trigger and trigger guard is “at least 1 trillion times more likely if it originated from Tyler Robinson as a major component and three unrelated unknown individuals than if it originated from four unrelated unknown individuals.” . . . More...

Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. 

Before you contribute to Talarico think what you are supporting

The more loony tunes the Democrats are, the more I fear the ignorance of leftist voters. TD

Talarico’s begging video  

"In between Talerico in Texas and Standartenfuhrer Platner in Maine, it really does look as if the Dems have put the Senate out of reach by their own actions. Nicely played.".

. . . "So why the tone of panicky near-desperation in these ads? It’s a mystery to me. But the key point here is that he’s trying to raise money not just from Texans, but from lefties across the country, a recent innovation that seems to have evolved into standard practice for the Dems. Traditionally, of course, fundraising for state-centered campaigns was limited to the state in question. But that appears to have gone by the board for the Democrats, even though it might well threaten fundraising in other states. If they’re funding little Jimmy, that’s less money they have for their own home candidates. This method of funding has its own built-in limiting factor which the Dems don’t seem to have figured out yet" . . .

"Does it work? There’s no sign of it." . . .

Wait, That Cannot Be James Talarico's Latest Voter Outreach Strategy?

. . . "This guy is a woke mess, with claims that God is nonbinary, and refusing to vote for a law that would’ve banned sexually oriented performances in front of children, because it might impact the drag queens in the state. This is the tip of the iceberg. If that’s the way they want to go, so be it. It won’t save him from his past record of donating to a group that wanted to gut police funding in Austin (via NY Post): . . ."

Talarico: Banning 'Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Children' Is ‘Christofascism’ 

James Talarico says Islam and Christianity are "equal pathways to truth."

"I always think of all the world's faith traditions as a circle, with that divine mystery of the universe in the middle. We all have different names for that mystery, whether it's God or Yahweh or Allah or… pic.twitter.com/esjcNOopm4

— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) July 8, 2026

Megan Rapinoe Just RUINED The World Cup.

Liberal Hivemind   "Our ladies may not see it at the moment, but the future is not looking good for them. Stealing from those who earned money and giving it to those who are undeserving will certainly not end well. The same goes for education and job opportunities. Think I'm wrong? Just wait..." Reader comment. Mamdani will love this. So will Bernie and AOC.

Platner may be gone, but the new leftist Democrat party remains

"Graham Platner was not an anomaly: The spoiled scion of an affluent family perfectly represents the Jacobin takeover of the Democrat party."

Geoffrey P. Hunt

"Who shall succeed Graham Platner? It’s a sure bet: another communist sociopath and antisemite in love with Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Iranian terrorists, and Mamdani."

"Graham Platner, anointed by the Maine Dems and endorsed by the national Dems—along with their spawn, the Democratic Socialists of America—was their perfect U.S. Senate candidate, until he turned out to be a little less than perfect.

In deference to family readers’ sensibilities, I won’t dwell upon Platner’s most prurient, vile, and disgusting comments about white working people, especially lobstermen; sexual assault victims; a multiply wounded U.S. Army combat veteran; Platner’s affinity with Antifa thugs; and his preoccupations with porta-potties. Just for starters.

All of Graham Platner’s graceful poesy is easy enough to find for yourself. His sexting selfies and alleged serial sexual assaults were finally enough for his major donors, sponsors, and erstwhile future U.S. Senate colleagues to pull up their pants and zip up their wallets, albeit reluctantly.

Still, not enough has been said about Platner’s apparent hatred of Jews, especially his Hamas sympathies. His display of evil Nazi Holocaust body art should have been automatically disqualifying, except for new-age Democrats, who believe antisemitism is the most essential and virtuous among their elitist credentials.

Here’s the real issue, though: Graham Platner was a mere placeholder. He is the Democrat party. What was tick-picked a short while ago by the Democratic Socialists is now the full-blown infectious disease inside the party that once belonged to JFK, FDR, and Harry Truman." . . .  More...

The Jacobins and the Reign of Terror    Don't respect them; fear them.

Uncle Paul's Parodies

Graham Platner: vile to the very bitter end - Andrea Widburg  "Within a few months, except for what I assume will be a lucrative MS-NOW gig, we will all have forgotten Graham Platner. He won’t even be an endnote to a footnote in future history books, including those written for Maine. Nevertheless, his message announcing his formal withdrawal from the Maine Senatorial campaign is worth studying because it is a textbook example of Marxism in America, and embodies the new Democrat party.

"For months, Democrats pointedly ignored the Nazi tattoo, the accusations of sexually aggressive behavior, the fact that he cheated on his wife, the weird things he said about being glad to see American soldiers shot, his sexual response to Porta-Potties, and his longing to rape people (presumably men) who invaded his home.

"These details were irrelevant because Platner was a construct." . . .

Let’s Get it Right This Time

"Half-measures emboldened the IRGC. A second round should leave no doubt who won."

  The American Spectator   

"There is something to be said for utter ruthlessness. You don’t dabble at war."

"The peace with Iran has broken down. We frankly did a half-baked job of fighting the war in the first round. Let’s finish it in the second. America’s flag and general officers (FOGOs) are superb tacticians and technicians, but they are poor strategists and practitioners of the operational art. So far, Iran has been a good example.

"It was clearly President Trump’s initial intent to use the war as a means to encourage the restive Iranian people to overthrow the regime. Instead of using a mix of information warfare and intimidation of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps — the real power brokers in Iran — our FOGOs chose to treat the whole thing as a targeting exercise, concentrating mainly on purely military targets. The Israelis took out leadership individuals, but the real power was in the ability of IRGC units to disperse to their homes and only come out in force to suppress the large gatherings of dissidents intent on storming government buildings, as happened in the 1979 revolution.

"In the second round, we should go after the IRGC, which is the real center of gravity of the regime. Using a combination of drone-delivered leaflets and radio broadcasts, we should call for the people to occupy government buildings in key cities such as Tehran, Qom, and Bandar Abbas. When IGRC units come out of hiding to disperse the crowds, drone-delivered precision-guided munitions should target them, giving the revolutionaries confidence. This will require imagination and initiative that the U.S. military has not shown to date. This is not armchair generalship; it is common sense. I suggested it in this publication shortly after the war began. Plodding military leadership merely wounded the tiger in its den instead of killing it. Now, it is more dangerous than ever.  

"As it turns out, the IRGC’s power has been increased by the war. It is reportedly building new bases in Iraq already, and they would use the billions that they gained in the peace agreement to restore their influence with Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis in Yemen. We are admittedly poor at managing regime change in foreign countries, but we do not really care what happens as long as the IRGC is eliminated as a factor. The best case would be a democratic government; the worst would be a civil war. In any case, the Iranians would not be causing trouble in the region for a long time. We need to finish this." . . .   More...

Report: Tyler Robinson admitted to lover he 'wishes he hadn't done it'

So, your husband and the father of your children has been murdered in cold blood, meaninglessly, and now the murderer says he wishes he hadn't done it. The left is overjoyed by it all, MSNOW is sympathetic toward the murder, Joy Reid and her guest stomp on Charlie's widow, and now the killer says he wishes he hadn't done it. TD

Daily Mail  

"'I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it . . ." 

"Tyler Robinson returned to his shared apartment after allegedly assassinating Charlie Kirk and admitted he 'wished he hadn't done it,' his roommate and lover claimed to police. 

"Lance Twiggs, 23, the former partner and roommate of the suspect, was seen making the bombshell allegation in police interview footage played in Robinson's pretrial hearing on Thursday. 

"Twiggs said Robinson texted him to check under his computer keyboard after Kirk was shot dead on September 10, 2025, which prosecutors say read, 'I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it.'

"Twiggs said the note panicked him, and when Robinson returned home the next day, the alleged assassin began pacing around their home and avoiding questions. 

"Twiggs claimed Robinson eventually admitted to the assassination, and said Robinson began crying and told him he wished he 'had not done it,' before conceding that he was going to turn himself in. 

"He said on the morning Kirk was assassinated, Robinson left early in the morning and claimed he had to work a long shift, and Twiggs did not hear from him again until 11pm that night when he received a message about the note under the keyboard.  

"After Twiggs' video statement to the police was played, prosecutors presented text messages allegedly sent between Robinson and Twiggs after Kirk was killed. 

"The first message shows Robinson telling Twiggs to 'drop what you're doing, look under my keyboard.'

"Twiggs replied, 'What? You're joking right?... You weren't the one who did it right?'

"To which Robinson allegedly replied, 'I am, I'm sorry.'" . . .

See what Reid's followers have to say about her statements...

Why did Trump ditch his new Qatari Air Force One on way back from Nato?

The Independent   "President Trump is back at the White House after a whirlwind visit to Turkey for this year's NATO leaders summit. But he didn't get back without a little bit of drama with regards to his mode of transportation.

"The Independent's White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg breaks down the confusion surrounding the new Air Force One."