AOC mocked after calling Elon Musk ‘one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met’

NY Post

"Here’s a rich one. Lefty New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Monday that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is stupid during a fiery screed that drew mockery from her critics. 

“ 'This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, said during an Instagram Live video session.

“This dude is not smart, and the danger in the lack of intelligence and the lack of expertise that Elon has, I mean, this guy is one of the most morally vacant but also just least knowledgeable about these systems that we know of,” she added, referring to his efforts to reform government spending — which she and her Dem cronies vehemently oppose.

"The South African-born Musk, 53, moved to the US from Canada in the 1990s and quickly formed the multimillion-dollar company Zip2 before starting another firm that later became PayPal." . . .

"Critics quickly lampooned her efforts to dunk on Musk’s intellect.

“ 'AOC calling Elon Musk ‘unintelligent’ might actually be the dumbest thing she has ever said, which is really saying something,” conservative pundit Charlie Kirk jeered.

"Defiant L’s wrote on X, “Who’s gonna tell her?”

"GOP operative Kevin Smith said, “He’s literally going to Mars… She has a [hard] time getting to Queens.”

"New York City officials have ripped her in the past for being out of touch with the borough on such issues as crime.

"Commentator Stephen Miller said, “She doesn’t actually do anything but instagram videos.

“ 'She hates her job so much. She has to review committee assignments and check emails all day and all she wants to do is make instagram videos.”

"In 2023, Musk joked that the progressive darling would never date him and chided that she’s “not that smart.' ” . . .

Texas Dem launches first Trump impeachment articles over Gaza

'It is time for us to lay the foundation [for impeachment] again,' Rep. Al Green said  

"Green’s previous attempts were separate from those successful impeachments forwarded by now-California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and others – which related to Trump’s 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the 2021 Capitol riot."

 

. . ."Green was also a prominent civil rights attorney and the president of the Houston NAACP for nearly a decade."   "Green serves on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees banking, economic policy and housing regulations.

What Did Donald Trump Say About the Gaza Strip?   . . ."On Tuesday, Trump said during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States wants to "take over" the Gaza Strip, drawing backlash from some lawmakers and praise from others.  

When Did Al Green Bring Articles of Impeachment Against Donald Trump? "Al Green has been a leader in the impeachment efforts against Trump since 2017. He was one of the first members of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment during Trump's first administration, citing obstruction of justice in connection with Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

"Green later introduced additional impeachment resolutions, arguing that Trump's rhetoric and actions—such as his response to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville and his immigration policies—constituted impeachable offenses.

Adam Schiff: "I can help!"

"On Wednesday, Green announced plans to introduce new articles of impeachment while speaking on the House floor.

" 'The movement to impeach the president has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring Articles of Impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done," Green said.

" 'Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, especially when it emanates from the President of the United States, the most powerful person in the world," Green added. "The prime minister of Israel should be ashamed, knowing the history of his people, to stand there and allow such things to be said."  . . .

Al, these are the people you feel so compassionate about: Hamas Torture Bodycam Footage: "These Monsters Filmed it All"

So now we know it was DEI Policies that caused the shortage in Air Traffic Controllers . . .

Education Department spent hundreds of millions injecting DEI into school districts  "The Department of Education, which is facing the ax under President Donald Trump’s new administration, set aside over $300 million in grants intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing resources for racial minorities, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of grant records.

"Federal disbursements identified by the Washington Examiner occurred under both the Biden administration and the first Trump administration. Trump’s Office of Management and Budget, however, recently ordered a freeze of all federal grants shortly after the president took office, partially to rein in government DEI spending." . . .

Trump takes executive action on aviation DEI, appointing FAA lead in wake of plane crash

So now we know it was DEI Policies that caused the shortage in Air Traffic Controllers according to a lawsuit from Mountain State.

• Imagine other businesses these DEI policies has impacted including in the medical field. This is a huge problem and will take a long minute to solve but a short second to figure out. We are starting to see the impact now as it is removed. Now the answers come to light.
• This is criminal in my opinion !!! The Biden administration set the stage for this tragedy to happen!!! Every one of those people who scored on that air traffic controller exam should be hired immediately!!! In addition to being given a huge sigh on bonus !!!
• Affirmative action and DEI are the same change my mind. All based on what you are instead of what you know and proficiency. – Gregory Davis
• So we have 3000 people that passed the test that we could offer a job!
• If you use DEI as the main driver of new Air Traffic Controllers and couldn’t even get enough of those to fill the positions then why wouldn’t you then go to the 1000 qualified applicants that scored 100 on the test. They are white? That’s why? That’s insane! – Louis B

600,000 Men Died for Anchor Babies

Ann Coulter

   "Like everything with the left, in five minutes, we go from the manifestly absurd to constitutional right. We had the body, we had witnesses, we had fingerprints, we had his confession. Damn — we forgot to read him his Miranda rights! You’re free to go, sir." . . .

"This Kushner-less Trump presidency is fantastic! Instead of the president’s son-in-law releasing criminals, Rep. Paul Ryan prioritizing tax cuts over the wall, and Kushner pal Gary Cohn preserving Wall Street’s tax boondoggles, we’re finally getting all that great immigration stuff Trump ran on in 2016. (Maybe he finally read “In Trump We Trust” and remembered how fantastic he was.)

"Trump’s most important executive order is the one that returns to the American people the ability to determine who becomes a citizen. The way things are now, that decision is put in the hands of illegal aliens, who are here against our will and in violation of our laws or — in the case of birth tourism — in the hands of the Chinese government.

"Apart from trivialities such as there being no law, no court ruling and no history to support treating kids born to illegals and tourists as “citizens,” it’s preposterous that America would cede control over who becomes a citizen to foreigners.

"The media’s incessant references to “birthright citizenship” — I’m looking at you, New York Times — deceptively suggest that the Constitution already contains a right to citizenship for anyone born here. There is no such right, and no sane nation would create one.

"The constitutional provision allegedly bestowing this right is the 14th Amendment, one of the Civil War amendments, guaranteeing full citizenship rights to former slaves.

"Give me a scenario — it doesn’t have to be true, give me any scenario — where, immediately after the Civil War, Americans felt compelled to amend our Constitution so that, 100 years hence, a pregnant Mexican could run across the border, drop a kid, and that kid would be a citizen, entitled to all welfare and education benefits, who could then bring in six more relatives.

"You’re telling me that if a foreigner sneaks into our country and has a baby, that kid isn’t already a citizen? Damn straight we have to fix that!

"Obviously, the Civil War amendments were exclusively about slavery — as the Supreme Court has repeatedly held." . . .

"Unfortunately for the left, Trump is not, in fact, a dictator. His executive order on citizenship is a good way to start his presidency with a bang, but given recent history, Republicans surely understand that it will be revoked on Day One by the next Democrat to sit in the Oval Office. Congress needs to make it law."

Barack and Michelle Obama's biggest supporters abandon them amid rumored marriage turmoil

Having avoided these stories due to the tabloid-ish nature, but this source and it's content may be worth considering. TD

UK Daily Mail 

. . ."Jennifer Aniston publicly shut down 'absolutely untrue' claims by a gossip magazine that she and Barack were in a relationship. The rumor was compounded by the hosts of a popular pop culture podcast Who? Weekly, who claimed that the Obamas were 'living separate lives' while he and Jennifer were having a full-blown affair." . . . 

Obama Presidential Center is reflected in the West Lagoon in Jackson Park 

"Some of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's largest donors have abandoned them amid rumors that the couple's marriage is on the rocks.

"The 44th president of the United States is in the process of building his Obama Presidential Center on the south side of Chicago, but at least some of the donors the couple has turned to over the past few years are now backing down, according to the Daily Beast. 

"Among them is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who bailed the Obamas out in 2022 with $100million each, boosting the year's total to more than $311million.

"But fundraising nosedived by more than 50 percent the following year, according to IRS filings. 

" 'He's arrogant,' said one donor who ended up giving substantially less for the building of the 225-foot watchtower library and museum than in prior years. 

" 'He didn't help others when they were trying to fundraise and so they're not going to look out for the Obamas now.

" 'They're no quid-pro-quo because it's a one-way street.'

"Donors are also wary about the more than $5million that was paid out in 'executive compensation' and more than $27.36million in other wages in 2023, when Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett pulled in a $740,000 salary." . . .

NJ governor Phil Murphy taunts Tom Homan with claim he’s housing an illegal; Homan calls his bluff; Murphy admits it was all a lie

 Olivia Murray   "Everyone already knows how a showdown between an alpha male and a beta male will end, but it doesn’t make it any less entertaining to watch, and since President Trump took office just a few weeks back, we’ve been treated to a number of performances." . . .

JUST IN: Border Czar Tom Homan says he plans on going after NJ Governor Phil Murphy who taunted the Trump admin when he revealed that he was housing an illegal immigrant.

Murphy: We are housing an illegal above our garage. Good luck to the Feds who will try to get her.

Homan:… pic.twitter.com/a9JmGp5Nmo

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 4, 2025

. . . "So far, we’ve seen foreign leaders like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, Panama’s José Raúl Mulino, and Canada’s Justin Trudeau all get in line with Trump’s demands, but his team is working the same magic stateside too—it happened between New Jersey governor Phil Murphy and Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan, and it was comedic gold.

"Act I: New Jersey governor Phil Murphy announced at an event this past weekend that he and his wife Tammy were hosting an illegal alien in a space above their garage, and he dared the Feds to “try to get her.” . . .

Murphy is exactly who you don’t want fighting your battles—at the first sign of pressure, he’ll roll over and sell out the moment he thinks it might personally cost him anything.

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Even a short list of how USAID spent our money is outrageous

 Tending toward pessimism, I cannot help but think the next election, bringing us a Biden or an Obama to the Presidency, supported by campus-educated voters who burn cities or wear trendy scarves; ignorant young people feeling the need to hate this nation for whatever reasons. They will cancel out anything done by this Presidency and take us back to Democrat-Bidenism, causing our allies to consider America too bipolar to ally with. TD

Trump’s decision to end USAID is constitutionally and legally solid 

DOGE Walks Among Us  

Even a short list of how USAID spent our money is outrageous . . "Paid $1,999,900 to Asociacion Lambda to strengthen transgender organizations in Guatemala.

Paid $1,499,999 to Grupa Izadiji to advance LGBTQ+ diversity in Serbia.

In the years leading to the October 7 attack on Israel, USAID did nothing to prevent at least $151 million in aid from going straight to Arab terrorists in Gaza and the West Bank.

In the years since the October 7 attack on Israel, USAID sent around $420 million to the Gazans and West Bankians without any assurance that it would be kept from terrorist organizations, including Hamas. And indeed, much of it went straight to those organizations.

Canceled $237 million in contracts for work in Afghanistan but still paid $61 million for work that was not performed and $74 million for work with questionable results.

Paid $70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland.

Paid $30 million to study HIV in Africa among sex workers, especially so-called “transgender” sex workers. This money seems to have been used for chemically and surgically mutilating mentally ill Africans.

Directly and indirectly funneled $200 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which introduced COVID to the world.

Paid $2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam, with only one battery station built. When I was in Vietnam in 2017, most people traveled using small scooters.

Paid for a “trans” care clinic in Vietnam.

Paid $25,000 for a “trans” opera in Colombia.

Paid $32,000 for “trans” comic books in Peru.

Paid $500,000 to expand atheism in Nepal.

Paid $6 million to promote tourism to Egypt.

Paid $20 million for an Iraqi version of Sesame Street.

Handed out $4.4 billion to Haiti in 2010, much of it under the aegis of the Clinton Foundation when Hillary was Secretary of State. Almost none of the Clinton Foundation money went to the Haitian people. Bill and Hillary Clinton are estimated to have a net worth of around $120 million.

Funded an Irish event that attacked Catholicism and promoted mass immigration to Ireland.

Paid over $300,000 to BBC’s media action fund.  The BBC is a British government entity that receives its funding from a mandatory tax on any UK residents who own televisions. Its annual revenue is £5.389 billion ($665,0295,450).

Paid $27 million for “reintegration gift bags” to illegal aliens being returned to Latin America.

Paid an estimated $300 million to Afghanistan during the Obama years, an unsupervised activity that funded the Taliban.

Funded hundreds of thousands of meals to Syrian al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters.

UPDATED spending info:

Millions have been sent to religious charities to fund resources for illegal immigrants.

Millions have been sent to the hard-left American Bar Association, which has been using its money to keep illegal immigrants in America. . ."

Like WW2 tanks? 3 things the M4 Sherman did BETTER than other tanks

Imperial War Museums    "M4 Sherman has a bad reputation. It had a relatively low velocity gun, it was rumoured to burst into flames at a moments notice and was seen to be inferior to German heavy tanks. But is the Sherman's notoriety deserved?

"In this video, IWM's John Delaney will examine the M4 Sherman in the round. He'll look at the tank's design, what it was produced to do, and how it compared to its German equivalents. Plus he'll examine some of the Sherman's forgotten attributes which outclassed even the heaviest German tanks. "As a result we'll gain a more nuanced view and a better appreciation of just how effective the Sherman was in the Second World War."

"Everyone forgets one big issue. The Sherman had to fight all over the world and the American logistics system couldn't transport a bigger and heavier tank. The Germans could build a tank and then put it on one rail car and have it at the front in less than two days. The Sherman got put on a rail car, had to be lifted into a boat, taken off the boat, put on a rail car, put in another boat and then put on another rail car."

Mazie Hirono’s Sad Sex Life

The Lid

  . . ." ‘Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any physical or verbal harassment or assault of a sexual nature?”

"There has to be something wrong with someone who constantly asks others about their sex lives. Personally, I believe it’s pretty gross. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) is one, and others believe asking others is just not normal. She must have a sad sex life.

"Lawrence Diggs, Roslyn, is an author and professional public morality speaker,v told the Aberdeen News. “What makes people obsess over the sex lives of others?” 

I have a hard time understanding why some people are so interested in the sex lives of other people I don’t know why some people feel the need to discuss, examine and pass judgement on the sex lives of others. What kind of mind obsesses so much that they actually write and pass laws dictating what other people can do sexually?    It all seems to come from sick minds, but I am trying to understand it.

"Mazie seems to concentrate on the sex lives of men. When talking about Christine Blasey Ford’s claims against Justice Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings, she said, “Of course, it helps that there are women on that committee. … But really, guess who’s perpetuating these kinds of actions? It’s the men in this country. And I just want to say to the men in this country: Just shut up and step up. Do the right thing for a change.

"During  the 2020 confirmation  hearings of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, Mazie Hirono asked Barrett a question about kinky sex:, ‘Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any physical or verbal harassment or assault of a sexual nature?' ” . . .

Senator Hirono Didn’t Always Tell Men to ‘Shut Up’ and Believe Accusers  "When it mattered in her own backyard, with a male Democratic senator, she turned a blind eye to sexual abuse."

Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden, NPR  ..."His hands went underneath my clothing and he was touching me in my private areas and without my consent," Reade told NPR." . .  .

Is Trump Ushering In An Era Of Responsible Journalism, Too?

 Issues & Insights   "In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump talked about ushering in a new golden age for America. Is he also ushering in a new era of responsible journalism?

"Yes, that’s harder to believe than any of the other promises Trump made, such as the one about how he’d “keep our children … disease-free.” But we thought we saw a faint glimmer of what honest journalism could look like on Monday.

"For years, journalists had decided to label anything Trump said with which they disagreed a lie. That was especially true when it came to any Trump claim about the integrity of the 2020 election.

"For example, here’s a headline from the New York Times in October."

"This wasn’t about correcting the record. It was about attacking Trump every which way they could. When Joe Biden told an outright lie, the press routinely dismissed it as a “gaffe,” or an “exaggeration,” or just Joe being Joe.

"But anytime Trump made a boast, the press would scream “Liar!” If he exaggerated for effect. Liar! It got to the point where if Trump said the sky was blue, the press would call him a liar because, in fact, the sky isn’t blue, it only appears blue because of the way the light interacts with the atmosphere.

"But look at the “fact check” the New York Times ran on the day of Trump’s second inauguration." . . .

NY AG Letitia James tells hospitals to continue sex-change procedures for minors despite Trump’s executive order

 NY Post

  The New York Times reported that two different families seeking to implant their 12-year-olds with a device that dispenses puberty blockers had their appointments at NYU Langone Health “abruptly canceled following the executive order.” 

Broc Smith

"New York Attorney General Letitia James warned local hospitals Monday that they will be in violation of state discrimination laws if they comply with President Trump’s executive order aimed at outlawing sex-change procedures for minors. 

" 'Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status,” James wrote in a letter to New York health care facilities.

“ 'Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,” she added. " . . .

California EPA killing the state

 Don Surber; Substack

"How do you put a lithium battery out? The same way Bob Uecker said you catch a knuckleball: You “wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.' ”

 

"Readers know the perils of the government of California SSR. It is a place where shoplifting is a right, pooping in the streets on demand is the law, and illegal aliens are as protected as snail darters. Neither type of animal is on the endangered list.

"Under Chairman Brylcreem’s command, the state blows up dams to save fish. That exploding the dam killed hundreds of thousands of fish and deer is no reason to criticize Governor Gavin. His heart was in the right place.

"The state suffered the worst manmade disaster in America this month when wildfires destroyed much of Los Angeles. The combination of the state ignoring basic forestry management, draining reservoirs ahead of the annual Santa Ana winds, and Los Angeles cutting back on fire department spending—which meant it postponed checking fire hydrants—doomed the people.

"And for good measure, Mayor Karen the Cuban Commie Bass put lesbians in charge of the fire department, emphasizing DEI over competence.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Democrats refused to let insurers raise their rates, which led to them canceling policies.

"When the fires inevitably hit, the devil orgasmed. No water, no fire department leadership and no raking of the underbrush to keep it from turning to kindling.

"Oh and no insurance, which meant people would blame State Farm instead of state government for this calamity, Jane.

"Even the normally rational actor James Woods fell for it, tweeting:

State Farm, my insurer for decades, canceled my insurance and everyone in our immediate neighborhood just before the fire. State Farm WASN’T there, no matter how much they tell you otherwise in their stupid commercial jingles.

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