Mamdani Is Collapsing Faster Than We Thought

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"You can’t say we didn’t warn New York what was going to happen if it elected Zohran Mamdani, but I gotta say, I don’t think anyone predicted it would start collapsing so quickly. But, alas, it has. That socialist utopia that Mamdani was supposed to deliver has instead turned into a slow-motion fiscal catastrophe a mere two months in — and even the liberal media is starting to notice.

"Mamdani unveiled a $127 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 this week — a staggering $5 billion increase over the prior year.

"But what's $5 billion between socialists, right?

"To put that into perspective, Mamdani’s proposed budget is actually larger than the budgets of 47 U.S. states, including Florida, which has nearly twice the population. And somehow, it still isn't enough. The city is staring down a $5.4 billion deficit, with the real gap potentially closer to $12 billion when you do the actual math.

"So what was his plan? Tax someone else." . . .More...

Mamdani's Rent Freeze Fiasco Is Squeezing Landlords Dry, While NYC Housing Crumbles – RedState  "There's one utterly reliable thing about socialism: It fails, every time it's tried. It may fail on the national scale, like the Soviet Union, or it may fail on the municipal scale, like New York City is in the throes of doing right now. The "democratic socialist" mayor of the Big Apple, Zohran Mamdani, has never seen a commie policy he didn't like.

"One of those policies is freezing rents in the city. That's already producing predictable results: Landlords are selling out and leaving" . . .

"As far as housing is concerned, the only silver lining is that Mamdani's ability to freeze rents is limited."

Rice and Obama are plotting and planning and saying way too much out loud...

  Revolver News 

"Sometimes politicians accidentally say their innermost thoughts out loud. It is rarely smart. But sometimes it is strategic. It sends a signal to their voters: elect us, and we will crush MAGA.

"Honestly, that kind of message often lands harder than any polished campaign speech ever could.

"A new clip catching fire online features former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice laying out what sounds exactly like that… it’s clearly a threat, a promise, and a warning shot. She’s vowing to take down any corporations or institutions that she thinks “took a knee to Trump.' ” . . .

Susan Rice Threatens Trump Supporters: 'Revenge Is Best Served Cold'

"President Joe Biden’s domestic policy chief is promising revenge against the voters, business executives, and appointees who support President Donald Trump’s 2024 election mandate.

“ 'A very prominent public figure, who has served at nearly the very highest levels, once told me … ‘Revenge is best served cold,’ and the older I get, the more I see the wisdom of that,” Susan Rice said in a February 19 video interview by a fellow Democrat.

"She added:

When it comes to the elites, you know, the corporate interests, the law firms, the universities, the media … it’s not going to end well for them, for those that decided that they would act in their perceived very narrow self-interest, which I would underscore, is very short-term self-interest, and, you know, take a knee to Trump.

"The comments reflect the Democrats’ deep personal resentment and anger at voters’ rejection of their elite agendas, and of the voters’ support for Trump’s populist agenda in 2016 and 2o24." . . .More

The Women Who Will Haunt Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Campaign

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

"Perhaps the woman in Newsom’s life who should raise the most questions, however, is Newsom’s mother, who was murdered in front of him in an act of illegal euthanasia that he did nothing to stop."

"As Gavin Newsom prepares to announce his presidential bid, likely sometime at the beginning of next year, and is set to release his memoir next week, he is attracting increased press scrutiny into his early political career.

"That invites all sorts of risks for Newsom, as his early history is filled with colorful scandals and controversies. Of course, that’s likely why Newsom is putting his book out now: It will get the media scrutiny out of the way, thereby preventing things from blowing up in his face during his official presidential campaign. (RELATED: Newsom Confesses His Disturbing Role in the Euthanization of His Mother)

"One topic that Newsom really wants to get out of the way is .

"On the one hand, some of his relationships exhibited enormous and inappropriate power imbalances. On the other hand, some of his relationships with celebrities and the elite showcase the extent to which Newsom has lived a charmed life of privilege among the upper class. (RELATED: Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Feminist Meltdown)

"On Friday, the London Times published an explainer on seven of the women who have engaged in romantic relationships with Newsom. But the paper missed much about how these seven relationships all showcase negative characteristics of the future presidential candidate.

"I’ll give you the real lowdown on all of these love affairs. But really, if you want to know the full extent of how bad Newsom’s womanizing makes him look, you’ll have to check out my book, .

Kelley Phleger

"Kelley Phleger is the woman who tore Newsom’s heart into a million pieces and left him with an inferiority complex that could only be satisfied by seeking the presidency.

" 'If Newsom was Gordon Getty’s pseudo-son, Phleger was Gordon Getty’s . Getty employed her in his mansion as a private nursery school teacher for his grandchildren, but she could more accurately be described as a San Francisco socialite. In Gordon Getty’s eyes, Newsom and Phleger were the match made in heaven who were destined to be together." . . . More...

‘Sparkle Beach’ Newsom Admits It:  Trump Is No Threat To Democracy – Issues & Insights

. . . "Newsom must think he’s pretty savvy to reassure Europeans that there are elections here in the United States and that presidents come and go, as they have 45 times in our history.

But that’s not what Newsom has been telling Americans.

No. Here in America, Newsom has been saying the exact opposite. That Trump is an existential threat to democracy. That he will inflict permanent damage on the country. That he must be stopped at all costs.

Gavin Newsom's Presidential Ambitions Sunk After Nation Discovers He's The One Running California | Babylon Bee Parody 

. . . "Oh, that was him?" voter Randal Caspian said. "I didn't realize he was the governor of that state. California isn't really the state I want to model the entire country on. That place is the worst."

"Many other Americans expressed similar feelings of surprise after learning Newsom is the one running the Golden State. New data showed that once people learned Newsom runs California, his prospects of winning the election evaporated.

" 'Yikes, that's awful." American Rachel Robinson said. "He looks qualified, he's got hair and a nice smile, I guess. He can talk. But I didn't realize he was the Governor of California. Didn't part of their state just sort of, like, burn to the ground last year?" . . .

‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?

  California Political Review 

"The malaise threatens “below-the-line” crew members such as grips, electricians, carpenters, set decorators, sound engineers, costume designers and makeup artists who came to Hollywood because that was where the work was. If that allure fades they could take their talents elsewhere, sending the ecosystem into a death spiral."

"Filming in Los Angeles is at a historic low, with some suggesting the city might go the way of Detroit

"When screenwriter David Scarpa visits the great Hollywood studios these days, he is struck by what is missing. “It used to be you’d walk around those back lots and you’d see many people and they were very busy,” Scarpa muses. “They were like small cities. Now often you’ll walk around and have nobody else there. It feels empty. You definitely feel the absence of life on those lots.”

"Like the once proud industrial factories of the midwest, the dream factories of southern California are in decline. Last year was the worst for on-location filming in Los Angeles since tracking began 30 years ago apart from pandemic-hit 2020. Of all the TV shows and feature films that North American audiences watch, only one-fifth are now made in California.

"This is because Hollywood is facing intense competition for film production from domestic rivals such as Atlanta and New York, and international challengers such as Australia, Britain and Canada, all offering more aggressive financial incentives. California’s politicians stand accused of resting on their laurels too long.

"Donald Trump has a plan but, critics say, it will be no more effective for Hollywood than his notorious tariffs for the rust belt. The US president’s appointment of the actors Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight (combined age 233) as “special ambassadors” to rescue the local industry met with widespread scepticism. Instead campaigners are focused on the hard graft of legislating new tax incentives in California’s state government." . . .

Click here to read the full article in the Guardian

The Sad Life of Jesse Jackson

American Thinker   

To Jesse Jackson, though, nothing was ever solved or improved, because that would mean the end of the money and the beginning of responsibility for one’s own life.  

"When I think of the late Jesse Jackson, I recall my brother Andy’s encounter with him back in the 1984 presidential election.  No one could beat Reagan, and Jackson’s run was just a vanity project for one of the country’s great publicity hounds.

"Jackson wanted to book thirty rooms at a suburban Sheraton hotel my brother was managing in Louisville before the Kentucky primary.  That was the year of the million-dollar presidential primary boondoggles.  John Glenn’s campaign to this day owes record amounts of money to creditors across the country.  Naturally, the hotel’s owner and the Sheraton company were not eager to extend the struggling Jackson campaign credit.

"In the end, though, they did, and Jackson’s people were there a week; ordered room service without hesitation; and then skipped town, never paying any bills.  Small price — what the hotel feared was Jackson’s talent for shaking down corporate America for money and favors by screaming “racism” at the drop of a hat...which he would have done if anyone had complained.

"Jackson’s career doing this began by running Operation Breadbasket in Chicago for Martin Luther King — a job placement project that Jackson turned into essentially a racket: Contribute to my organizations and give favors to my friends and family, or face a massive boycott.  Not surprisingly, Jackson hired a young Al Sharpton to run the Brooklyn branch of Operation Breadbasket and learn the “business.”

"Dr. King’s body was not cold when Jackson and Ralph Abernathy (King’s deputy) began fighting for control of the SCLC.  Jackson was with King in Memphis and is often accused of running to the hotel balcony to grab King’s body to smear blood on his shirt and solidify his status as King’s real successor.  A few years later, Abernathy forced Jackson out of the SCLC under a cloud of financial irregularity, but that only emboldened Jackson, who set up the Rainbow Coalition/PUSH.  He started national boycotts of sensitive consumer product companies — especially Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch.  “Bud is a dud,” Jackson rhymed, before the beer giant eventually caved, even handing over the Chicago franchise to his youngest son." . . .

The other face of Jesse Jackson | Power Line   

He seems to have had a weakness for terrorist thugs and Communist regimes. If your memory has blanks that need to be filled in, see the long, detailed, and helpful Discover the Networks profile for help in remembering the other face of the late Reverend Jackson.

Described Fidel Castro as “the most honest, courageous politician I have ever met”

The Inconsistent Legacy of Jesse Jackson: Good Man or Grifter? › American Greatness

  . . . "Throughout the 1980s and 90s, Jackson also faced scrutiny for what has been described as a shakedown of companies and larger corporations accused of discriminating in their hiring practices and business operations.

"When a company was targeted by Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, it could purchase absolution from his organization in the form of large donations that functioned as a kind of bribe that was then used to fund Jackson’s lavish lifestyle while maintaining his appearance as a selfless civil rights activist."

Jackson did what Democrats do. 

Mystery swirls around possible 'second suspect' spotted in Nancy Guthrie case

 NY Post  

However, federal authorities have kept open the possibility that more than one person was involved. FBI Director Kash Patel previously said the agency was investigating more than one “person of interest” in the case.

"The masked, armed intruder seen in Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera may not have been working alone, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Friday.

" 'The sheriff has said all along that while investigators are working to identify the person seen on doorbell video, they are not ruling out that that was the only person involved,” a Pima County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

"The response comes after growing speculation that a “second suspect” may have been spotted on camera at Nancy’s house the night she disappeared.

"Since the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie went missing on Feb. 1, authorities have provided conflicting reports on how many suspects they are looking for in her disappearance." . . .   More...