Goldman Sachs QUIETLY Shifts Jobs to Texas and Florida

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William Reports News  "For 157 years, Goldman Sachs was synonymous with New York — a firm founded in 1869 by an immigrant trading commercial paper from his hatband on a Lower Manhattan street corner. In this breakdown, we examine the internal initiative, reportedly nicknamed "Project Voyage," through which Goldman has pressured senior managers, vice presidents, and managing directors to relocate to Dallas or leave the firm, even as an 800,000-square-foot campus rises in North Texas — set to become the bank's second-largest U.S. facility when it opens in 2028. We trace how a quiet regional outpost became a rival power center, and why Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded with public criticism followed by a private meeting with Goldman's CEO at City Hall.

"The deeper story is fiscal. Goldman's move is part of a wider pattern: JPMorgan has shifted thousands of positions from New York to Texas over the past decade, other major firms are expanding in low-tax states, and New York now ranks dead last in the Tax Foundation's state tax competitiveness rankings — all while Mamdani proposes higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy to close a budget gap of roughly $12 billion. At the center of this video sits a single overlooked statistic about how much of New York's tax revenue depends on one industry, and a budget projection that has already fallen short. This is not a story about billionaire grievances. It is structural math about who funds the city — and what happens when those people begin mapping out new addresses."

Mamdani is destroying New York. One departing business at a time.

Ken Griffin CANCELS Massive NYC Midtown Project

Meet James Talarico, Radical DEI Activist and 'Defund the Police' Promoter

 HotAir

"Time to start spending some money to define Talarico for exactly what he is: a progressive wolf in "centrist" sheep's clothing." 

. . . "Democrats have tried to package the state legislator as a centrist who can connect with Texans in the suburbs, exurbs, and rural precincts of the Lone Star State. They hope especially to push his time in a Presbyterian seminary as a way to connect to Christian voters, particularly with the controversial Ken Paxton as his Republican opponent. As the Free Beacon reported yesterday, however, Talarico has spent his political career advancing a radical-progressive agenda aimed particularly at public schools, and joined forces with a group seeking to "defund the police" in Austin: . . ."

James Talarico trained at seminary that teaches social justice-based preaching: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

. . . "The school’s public theology focus area also offers several biblical interpretation classes that analyze gospel text through a liberal lens, such as “Bi.315: Womanist and Feminist Readings of the New Testament,” “Bi.240: Activism and Old Testament Scriptures,” and “Bi.195: Immigration and the Old Testament.”

"Other course options within the public theology discipline include “TH.206: Environmental Ethics,” which covers climate change and “environmental racism,” and “TH.310: Social Justice,” an introductory class to social justice theory.

"The seminary mandates that students in the Master of Divinity program wishing to concentrate in public theology take three elective courses of their choosing from a list largely consisting of similarly styled classes structured around social justice discussions." . . .

Explaining James Talarico’s theology   . . . "Talarico has stated that “Jesus never said anything” about abortion, transgenderism, or gay marriage. In his view, Mary’s agreement to become the mother of the Messiah means that “creation has to be done with consent,” affirming what abortion activists call “reproductive rights” for women. Speaking against a bill restricting transgender student athletes, he stated that “God is nonbinary

"In an interview with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, Talarico said he believes “Christianity points to the truth,” but “other religions of love point to the same truth.” He views Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism as “circling the same truth about the universe, about the cosmos. And that truth is inherently a mystery.” Because he is a student at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, the media often characterizes him as a “Bible scholar.”

"Talarico’s positions are consistent with a stream of theology often called “liberalism.” Where does it come from? How are we to understand its core beliefs in light of biblical truth?" . . .

Rising Texas Dem Talarico faces backlash for 'creepy' remark about trans kids

  . . . "In the same speech, Talarico also said that "God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary."

"At the end of his speech, Talarico shared a message to children directly, saying, "To the trans kids watching at home, I just want to say, I love you and so do a lot of people in this room, and so do a lot of people around this big state. I know it may not seem like it tonight, but you are loved beyond measure."

'It's War': Spencer Pratt Says Campaign Is Over, but LA's Corrupt Machine Is Now in His Crosshairs

 Jennifer Van Laar – RedState

"As the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for."

"Spencer Pratt released a concession video of sorts Friday morning, and after Karen Bass and Nithya Raman watch it, they'll wish the mail ballot fraud scheme to elevate Raman had never taken place. Pratt says he's moving on from the "campaign phase of [his] mission to save Los Angeles to the next, more interesting phase," reminding people that his goal wasn't to become mayor, but to expose the corrupt machine - and that he's laser focused on doing just that." . . .

. . . "Referencing Jimmy Kimmel's offer of a U-Haul to move the Pratt family's non-existent possessions out of Los Angeles, Pratt said:

You think you can get rid of me that easily?

Hey morons. I didn't get in this for political power. I got in this to expose this corrupt machine. Nothing's changed. You enjoy your worthless meetings in City Hall. I've been lighting you up every single day and now I don't have to worry about offending CNN viewers. I don't have campaign laws hamstringing me now. It's war.

"That's a great point. As I said on Victoria Taft's podcast on Thursday, sometimes not getting what we think we want is a huge blessing and leads us to better ways of achieving our goals. Without being hamstrung by campaign laws, he's free to go about dismantling the machine in whichever way he chooses. " . . .More...

Afflicted With TDS, Four Senators Kill Election Integrity

"Why Murkowski, McConnell, Collins, and Tillis sided against a popular voter-ID and proof-of-citizenship bill."

The American Spectator  

"In reality, not one of this querulous quartet of Senators voted against the SAVE America Act based on genuine principles or the will of the people"

"Last Thursday, even as California’s chaotic primaries demonstrated the need for a nationwide election integrity law, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) voted to kill the SAVE America Act. This would be understandable if the bill were unpopular with the electorate. But its requirement that voters in every state must provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote and produce a photo ID when casting a ballot are wildly popular among Republicans and Democrats. Yet, because its passage is one of President Trump’s top priorities, TDS forced them to ignore his agenda and that of the voters.  

"The only member of this cadre of recalcitrant Republicans with a rational excuse, other than TDS, to vote against the SAVE America Act is Maine Sen. Susan Collins. She is involved in a tough reelection campaign and had she voted for the bill her depraved Democrat opponent, “oysterman” Graham Platner, would no doubt use that vote to bolster the ridiculous claim that she is a rubber stamp for Trump. According to a bulletin published by the Maine Democratic Party, “FiveThirtyEight found that she voted with Trump 67 percent of the time during his first term.” North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has no rational excuse for his vote against the SAVE America Act. In a statement issued after the first of his two votes against the bill he said,

All of my Democratic colleagues currently serving supported nuking the filibuster to try to pass their own partisan election reform bill. Democrats were dead wrong to try to change the filibuster when they controlled the Senate, and Republicans would be dead wrong to try to change the filibuster now that we control the Senate. The only real path to address the American people’s declining confidence in our elections is for both parties to find common ground on legislation that supports universal adoption of voter ID, proof of citizenship, and other vital election integrity measures.

This alleged concern for the “sacred” filibuster is frequently offered by Republican Senators who dislike President Trump and know he wants to get rid of it. Their lofty rhetoric is nothing more than hot air. Sen. Tillis is retiring at the end of his current term because he is very unpopular in North Carolina and would probably lose against any credible primary challenger. In fact, at least one poll found that his approval rating in his home state was a mere 25 percent. So, all his balderdash about both parties finding common ground on legislation that supports universal adoption of vital election integrity measures means nothing. He knows the Democrats have no intention of working with Republicans on genuine election integrity.". .  More...

Freezing crypto and dropping missiles: the inside story of how Trump got Iran to bend

 Still miss Joe Biden?

Just The News  

"Any new deal with Iran should therefore be approached with caution, verifying compliance through rigorous, ongoing inspections rather than naive hope, while maintaining strong deterrence to guard against further deception.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​" 

"Under President Donald Trump, Iran has endured a debilitating escalation by the U.S. in the last 72 hours, and two strategies in particular tightened the screws enough to bring the Persian nation closer than ever to waving the white flag. 

"The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer. Pending its finalization, the media should refrain from entering speculation about its content. In line with our responsible and transparent approach, all details will be shared with the public in due course," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted to his X account.

Missiles and crypto: "A brilliant move"

"On June 9 and 10, the U.S. conducted fresh "self-defense" strikes on Iranian air defenses, radar, surveillance, communications and military sites near the Strait of Hormuz. The escalation, involving Tomahawk missiles, aircraft, and naval assets, followed Iran’s downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter and came amid stalled talks over a potential peace deal. 

"Equally crushing for Iran's Islamic regime was action by the U.S. Treasury Department, under Secretary Scott Bessent, targeting Iran’s cryptocurrency networks to enforce pre-existing sanctions and starve the regime of revenue. 

"Taking crypto accounts, that's really going to focus their attention, because they may or may not care about how their people are suffering, but they really care about their private fortunes that they've skimmed off of their society. It's a brilliant move by the secretary," Former Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of War James Robbins told Just The News exclusively" . . .  More...

 Amanda Head serves as White House Correspondent for Just The News. You can follow her here. 

Self-Serving Politicians Spawned Today’s Festering Dystopia

"Voltaire’s purported remark about “common sense” not being so “common” has no greater application than modern Democrats and their philosophies."  Read also: Election Security Is Nonnegotiable

 Marc E. Zimmerman

"If officials who continue to promote these philosophies have their way, America will no longer be a nation of laws but a country where political expediency is the rule."

. . . "One of the most recent egregious examples cited, according to the General Accounting Office, occurred in FY 2025. Rampant fraud discovered in the Medicaid and Medicare programs in Minnesota, Ohio, California, and Maine has resulted in $186 billion (thus far) spent on “improper payments stolen from taxpayers.” In Minnesota, more than 90% of those indicted for massive swindles in the “Feeding Our Future” food program, housing stabilization, and specialized Medicaid programs were centered in the Somali community. Testimony revealed that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were put on notice of fraud in 2020, but funds kept flowing as their oversight responsibilities were ignored. In another instance, in Van Nuys, California, investigators found that a three-story dilapidated building, which was supposed to house 50 hospices and 97 home health companies, did not; the building even lacked a constructed wheel chair ramp for incoming patients. Even more proof of fraud was uncovered in a government report finding that six million ineligible people were  enrolled in “Obamacare” in 2026; these illegal subsidies cost taxpayers upwards of $25 billion.

In all of these cases, elected officials were unwilling to enforce laws which prohibited “paying someone who was ineligible for federal assistance.” To be clear, these amounts were not minor rounding errors but the result of governing authorities who ignored established laws, their responsibilities and, in many instances, gained political support from recipients for their largesse. Treasury Secretary Bessent estimated that if  all 50 states are audited for these brazen thefts and such schemes are eliminated, the U.S. could balance its budget. In 2025, the federal deficit added up to $1.8 trillion in overspending."   More...

Marc E. Zimmerman was a Legislative Assistant to a Member of the U.S. Congress.

Wow: Iranian Regime Scolds Its Own State Media After It Ticks Off Trump, Indicates How Close Deal Is

 Nick Arama – RedState

"We reported earlier how President Donald Trump lit up the Iranian state media for leaks that they were claiming about the deal that is about to be finalized. 

"As we noted, the regime's foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed the deal was close to being finalized. 

"Now, in what has to be a first, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, scolded the Iranian media for what they had reported about the deal, indicating they were getting things wrong. Then, Trump quoted Araghchi, probably another first. 

. . . "Araghchi said:  

The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer. Pending its finalization, the media should refrain from entering speculation about its content.

In line with our responsible and transparent approach, all details will be shared with the public in due course.

. . . "That followed Trump chastising the regime for the false details, and saying they'd "better get their act together fast." 

"As Townhall's Cameron Arcand reported, a senior Trump administration official had told Townhall that the agreement involved five key points.

1. Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed

2. Nuclear program will be dismantled

3. None of their money released until they perform

4. Strait of Hormuz will be open

5. No Iran funding of terrorist groups

 More..

Rep. Ilhan Omar Slams Jerry Seinfeld for ‘Palestine Doesn’t Exist’ Comment at NBA Finals

Where Is The Buzz

"Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, has criticized comedian Jerry Seinfeld after he told a streamer that “Palestine doesn’t exist” as he walked out of an NBA Finals game after he was repeatedly asked to say “Free Palestine.”

While being interviewed by TMZ on Capitol Hill, Omar called Seinfeld’s comment “disgusting,” “disturbing,” and “genocidal language,” and argued that the remark is intended to erase Palestinian existence.

“Jerry Seinfeld has been a really horrific human being and an example when it comes to talking about the reality of the genocide that Israel has carried out,” Omar told TMZ. “And I think when people prioritize their own people in the interest of harming others, it’s very dangerous.”

"The congresswoman argues that the danger extends beyond Seinfeld’s platform and his celebrity’s public reach.

"'I don’t even think of him as like just a celebrity and someone who has a platform in that danger, but it is dangerous just as a human being to talk the way that he does,” Omar told TMZ. “It’s very disgusting, it’s very disturbing, and it’s very genocidal language that he uses, and people need to call him out for it.”

"Omar said that the contrast between Seinfeld’s heritage and his comments is troubling. As a Jewish person who endured the Holocaust, Omar says he should know better than to use what she described as genocidal language.

"'For him knowing that his people suffered the Holocaust and experienced what genocide looks like, for him not to recognize the genocidal language that he’s using to wipe out a whole group of people is very disturbing, and people need to recognize that,” Omar told TMZ.

"Regarding the impact of Seinfeld’s comments on a global scale, Omar added: “It does, because it carries weight,” she said. “So many people are able to see it and hear it.” . . .More...   Plus: "Low IQ" Baby Trump & Ilhan Omar