Socialism doesn’t work: City-Funded Grocery Store in Kansas City has Empty Shelves, Plagued by Crime

Legal Insurrection 

"At a community meeting last year, Pierson played videos of security incidents so graphic he gave a warning in advance — a naked woman parading through the store throwing bags of chips to the ground, another person urinating in the vestibule and a couple fornicating on the lawn of the library in broad daylight."

"New York City mayor frontrunner Zohran Mamdani wants to build a city-run grocery store.

"Kansas City, MO, built its own city-funded grocery store, KC Sun Fresh, in 2018, and it has failed.

"Community Builders of Kansas City, a nonprofit led by Emmet Pierson Jr., “leases the site from the city.”

"Empty shelves. Rotting food. Persistent crime.

"The $15 million idea is a bust. From KSHB

:

A rancid odor fills the market, with shoppers turned off by bare shelves and coolers, along with empty meat and deli departments.

Jannine Owens told KSHB 41’s Alyssa Jackson on Monday she’s been shopping at the store since it opened, but in recent weeks, she can’t leave with everything she needs.

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Sorry, CNN, We're Not Going to Stop Talking About the Russian Collusion Hoax

 RedState  

"For a self-proclaimed journalist to respond this way isn't professional. And the funny thing is that taking this kind of stunning attitude only makes people look into it more." . . . 

"It's certainly been an interesting news week, with the bombshells the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has dropped about the Russia Collusion hoax. 

"Then, on Wednesday, the drama truly ramped up even more. As we reported, Gabbard said that they'd referred the matter to the DOJ.

"This may be one of the biggest political scandals ever. It's a huge story. 

"But let's listen in on what CNN, an outlet that pushed the propaganda leaks, has to say about the issue and its newsworthiness. Jeff Zeleny, their National Affairs correspondent, believes we in the media should just all be quiet."

"Listen to this stunner from Zeleny. 

This is hardly information that we should even be repeating. Never mind that it is some, some years after the fact, eight years more than that after the fact, but also just to look at the source. But look, this is the, what this White House wants to talk about. And I'm not sure we should spend that much more time on it.

"This explains in part why the story has taken so long to come to light, when the media has this attitude. Oh, and I love how he's talking here, with Gabbard in the background, but they don't have the sound on, so you can't hear what she's saying. He's telegraphing, "Let's move on - who cares what's being alleged, what the documents or the whistleblowers might say?"

"And they wonder why the American people don't trust them. 

"Zeleny actually claimed that the Russia Collusion document dump was part of Trump's "retribution campaign," that it was a distraction from Jeffrey Epstein, and that it was a "conspiracy theory." This was the same kind of nonsense they pushed about the Hunter Biden laptop." . . .

READ MORE: Gabbard at WH: Reveals Obama Is Named in Criminal Referral, Says Evidence 'Directly Points' to Him

The Receipts Have Dropped: Tulsi Gabbard Posts Russiagate Evidence Obama Had Been Fearing

Obama? What of Biden’s Complicity?  

. . . "Never let them see you coming, right?  Attorney General Pam Bondi has set up a “Strike Force” to investigate everything Gabbard has sent to the DOJ One can only hope she doesn’t let them see her coming." . . .

Stephen Colbert’s Costly Mistake; Johnny Carson he is not.

 Jeffrey Lord 

 "Late-night audiences are not climbing into bed after a hard day of work to be lectured on the politics of the moment. They want to chill. To laugh."

"More than $40 million.

That’s the pricy sum the Stephen Colbert–hosted Late Show was losing every year for CBS, according to news reports.

One would think that, this being the case, Colbert and his bosses would have long ago taken a serious look at what wasn’t working and changed course. Simply put: Fix the problem!

"The problem, of course, was something Colbert was unwilling to fix.

"That problem? His obsession with President Donald Trump.

"One of the reasons for the continual success for the man known back in the day as “The King of Late Night” — that would be NBC’s Johnny Carson — was that he made sure that when he or his guests went after the president of the moment, it was always done for laughs. 

"Take a look here from this clip now on YouTube. Carson’s guest of the moment was the comedian/impressionist Rich Little — and, as you can see, Little’s Nixon routine was not some serious lecture on Nixon’s politics and issues of the day. To the contrary, Little did his best Nixon imitation, exaggerating Nixon’s mannerisms to the max and leaving both his audience and Carson in stitches. 

"Alas, Colbert is utterly unwilling or unable to go down the road of making humor out of a president. What Colbert is about is thinly veiled humor that is so obviously a stern, humorless lesson promoting far-left politics. And, in doing so, he usually includes a stern lecture about Trump. Or addresses the president directly, as just in the last few days when  Colbert looked into the camera and told Trump…

"Hmmm. This being a family publication, I will not print what he said. A link to a Fox News headline will suffice to get the point across of the kind of anti-Trump behavior Colbert thinks acceptable.

"Bear in mind that this is late-night TV. Americans are either getting ready to head to bed or already tucked in, slowly starting to doze off to dreamland. The last thing they want after a long day of work and kids is some humorless alleged comedian acting like a jack lecturing them on politics." . . .

Colbert just could never come up to Johnny Carson's level:

Johnny Carson as Reagan, a "Who's On First" spoof   "Johnny Carson is posing as Ronald Reagan preparing himself for a press conference. Originally aired in 1982, it is a spoof on the famous Abbott & Costello "Who's On First" routine. Except this time it is Hu (premier of China), Watt (Sec of Interior, James Watt), Where, Y (YMCA), and Yassir (Arafat). Fred Holliday (born Fred Grossinger) is the actor playing Reagan's Chief of Staff."

Firing Colbert has to be the end of America.

Not "Democratic", but now "Democrat"

 We are no longer the knights who say "Democratic"

Rich Terrell

What’s in an adjective? ‘Democrat Party’ label on the rise   . . . "The shared grammatical construction — incorrect use of the noun “Democrat” as an adjective — was far from the most shocking thing about the two men’s statements. But it identified them as members of the same tribe, conservatives seeking to define the opposition through demeaning language.

"Amid bipartisan calls to dial back extreme partisanship following the insurrection, the intentional misuse of “Democrat” as an adjective remains in nearly universal use among Republicans. Propelled by conservative media, it also has caught on with far-right elements that were energized by the Trump presidency.

"Academics and partisans disagree on the significance of the word play. Is it a harmless political tactic intended to annoy Republicans’ opponents, or a maliciously subtle vilification of one of America’s two major political parties that further divides the nation?

"Thomas Patterson, a political communication professor at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, said using “Democrat” as an adjective delivers a “little twist” of the knife with each usage because it irritates Democrats, but sees it as little more than that." . . .

Media's never-ending Trumpgates

 Don Surber    

"What is it this time? Qatargate? Paradegate? Not Epstein AGAIN!"

"So what was the media-made scandal this week? Not Epstein again. Sheesh, the dude died six years ago. They are really desperate.

"BORING!

"But if the media insists on talking about Epstein, let’s see them report on the letter Dom Lucre posted on Twitter. He said, “On July 6, 2007, a 23-page letter from Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Lefcourt stated that Epstein was Co-founder of the Clinton Global Initiative which became the Clinton Foundation.

" 'The letter was tied to a successful plea deal before Epstein was charged, this directly ties Hillary and Bill Clinton to Epstein’s network.”

"Don’t expect George Stephanopoulos to break the story.

"Many things have changed from the first Trump presidency in his second presidency. Congress is cooperating. His Cabinet is capable and loyal. The border is closed. DEI is dead. Spending is being cut by a trillion-plus dollars over the next 10 years.

"But the media has not changed. It keeps trying to bring him with a new complaint just about every week.". . . 

. . ."Then there was the scandal manufactured by Jonathan Karl of Disney’s ABC. Karl has written 3 anti-Trump books while being a totally objective reporter.

"On May 11, Karl reported, “In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar—a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.”

"The headline called the plane a Palace in the Sky.

Wrong.

The gift was to the Air Force.

The plane will be stripped down and rebuilt.

The plane will be used by the next president and likely several more presidents after that as an Air Force One plane.

"But the Deep State Drudge Report spread the lie so Mickey Mouse’s favorite reporter got away with it."

"Obama has officially moved from “shifty guy in the shadows”

Revolver  

"Tulsi Gabbard strikes again.
"A newly declassified 2020 House Intelligence Committee report found that the Obama intel community did not have direct evidence Putin wanted to help elect Trump 2016 but published it anyway on the orders of Obama. pic.twitter.com/SeQoUyX7yy

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 23, 2025

The walls are caving in… fast and furious style. Yes, pun intended.

"For years, the American people have been gaslit, silenced, and lied to. We were told that Russiagate was real, that Trump was Putin’s puppet, and that the intelligence community had the evidence to prove it.

"But now, the whole thing is blowing wide open, thanks to President Trump and Tulsi Gabbard. And what’s being exposed isn’t just some shady political hit job; it’s something way bigger. This was an orchestrated coup attempt. A deliberate, calculated, and sinister scheme to take out a presidential candidate and then sabotage him once he won.

"This wasn’t some leak or a goofy misunderstanding. This was fake intel, manufactured in the shadows of the Obama White House and funneled straight into the media through a pipeline of deceit, manipulation, and weaponized propaganda.

"And the key players weren’t low-level flunkies or anonymous bureaucrats. They were the highest levels of Obama’s regime.

"Obama has officially moved from “shifty guy in the shadows” to full-blown conspirator. The situation is changing fast, and there’s something else developing that your average reader hasn’t fully grasped yet—a new DOJ “Strike Force” operation aimed at Barry and his merry coconspirators that could change everything.

"We’ll get to that in a minute…

"But first, Tulsi Gabbard just dropped a nuclear truth bomb, and it might go down as one of the most important six-minute press conferences in US political history.

"In this presser, Tulsi doesn’t speculate or theorize. She’s got actual receipts.

"She explains that the intel presented to Obama and his top brass in 2016 made it painfully clear:

• Putin was NOT backing Trump
• He was convinced Hillary would win.
• He was holding “blackmail-level” dirt on her for when she took office.
• Including the explosive revelation that Hillary Clinton appeared to be a bipolar mess, drugged up on tranquilizers.

"We’re not talking about some run-of-the-mill dirty politics game. This appears to be a criminal conspiracy that ran straight through the heart of the Obama regime.

Watch:

Obama’s Self-Incriminating Defense

Obama: the man who referred to his administration as "my Secretary of Defense", my Secretary of State", "my Cabinet", ad nauseum.

  Jeannie DeAngelis  

"Barack Obama had the power and influence to set things right, but his ego, hatred for Trump, and his evil intent toward anyone who disagrees with him led him to do otherwise." 

"For two decades, Barack Obama has demonstrated, through words and deeds, that his deference is toward no one other than himself.  This is a man who behaves as if he were ordained to deliver America from the faults of the forty-two presidents that preceded him and to straighten out any president who succeeds him.  That’s why it took the former Commander-in-Chief a whole seven days of being subjected to prison memes and accusations of “treason” to manifest public indignation over being perceived as anything less than Messianic.

"Barack Obama pretends that he would never levy a war against the U.S. or take up arms against the American people.  However, by providing material support to a party at war with the Constitution, it appears he would, and he has.  The only difference is that Obama’s weapons of warfare are political subterfuge, deceit, and manipulation.

"Partial to what constitutes “misinformation” and what does not, the former president defended himself against the recent controversial accusations coming from the Trump administration.  In response to Donald Trump’s statement that Obama and his band of sleazy warriors committed “treason” during and after the 2016 presidential election, the former president sent out a spokesperson to address what he is calling “a desperate distraction,” “misinformation,” and “bizarre allegations.”

"Obama is reacting because the current Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, recently declassified documents revealing that he was integral in a plan to cover up intel gathered by then-Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, that proved Russia tried but could not exercise influence over the 2016 election.  Because the intelligence did not serve the left’s goal to diminish Donald Trump in the eyes of the nation, the then-president of the United States chose instead to cover up the facts.  In place of making the truth about Russian non-interference public, acting under his guidance and approval, Obama and his administration coordinated a treacherous plot to promote the idea that Russia was the only reason Trump defeated Hillary."...

Karoline Leavitt just CALLED OUT the Fake News reporters in the Briefing room to their face over their efforts to spread the Russiagate Hoax!

 Whatfinger; Karoline Leavitt just CALLED OUT the Fake News reporters   

Democrats: unearned Pulitzers and unmerited Nobels  . . ."This is truly one of the greatest political scandals in American history," Leavitt told the press. "And reporters at legacy outlets, some of which are sitting in this room today, like The New York Times and The Washington Post, were ridiculously awarded Pulitzer prizes for their perpetuation of this hoax."

"It's well past time for those awards to be stripped from the journalist who received them," she added. "It is not journalism to propagate political disinformation in service of the Democrat Party and those in the intelligence community who hand over out-of-context and fake intelligence to push a false political narrative." . . .

Karoline Leavitt's Takedown of CNN Reporter Over Russia Collusion Hoax Docs Is a Thing of Beauty  

Gonzo Gaslighting: How the Media Turn Molotovs into Protests and Prosecutors into Villains 

 . . . "That piece—The Ideological Hustle Masquerading as Journalism—examined how “advocates say” and incendiary or manipulative language are increasingly used to distort facts, assign victimhood, and turn criminal enforcement into a moral offense.

"Politico offers yet another case study in narrative manipulation—this time leaning hard into passive framing and insinuation by adjacency, subtly recasting law enforcement as persecution and protest as immunity.

"What Politico delivered here is gonzo gaslighting—where Molotov cocktails are softened into protest props and federal law enforcement is painted as the villain for doing its job." . . .

Scott Adams: Prosecute Obama & Brennan for Russia Hoax, Even if it Risks Civil War  “For most of my adult life, I would have said, “No, no, you don’t want to go prosecuting the last administration.” Because once you start doing that, everybody’s going to be trying to prosecute the last administration. Except that’s what the Democrats did to Trump when he was out of office. They went after him. And to which I say, well, they took the gloves off. They changed the rules. So, I believe that they have given Trump a free punch.”

Much ado about Colbert*, who "built a career on smug, anti-Trump screeds"

Kevin O’Leary: 'Only a Moron' Would Behave Like Stephen Colbert

"But that wasn't the fatal blow. CBS could have cut the staff to the bone and hired a cheaper host — if they believed there was still life left in the late-night format. Fox’s Greg Gutfeld is the lone exception — but he abandoned the format years ago. No desk, no monologue, no scripted celebrity guests. Just a budget setup, a panel of sharp weirdos — and ratings that make the networks wince." 

"Stephen Colbert built a brand on letting his Trump Derangement Syndrome drive his comedy. It finally caught up with him, and CBS is cancelling his show.

"Of course, leftists blame everything they don’t like on Donald Trump. When the president celebrated CBS’s decision, Colbert took to the airwaves on Monday to get ugly.

“ 'Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: ‘Go f*** yourself,’” Colbert said with particular nastiness.

"I would argue that profanity doesn’t take talent. If Colbert had the level of talent and sophistication that he claims he possesses, he would’ve been able to come up with something witty. Instead, he revealed himself to be a nasty hack with nothing better to say than an F-bomb." . . .

"To be fair, I can’t imagine how frustrating it is to lose your job like Colbert has. But to handle it as gracelessly — TDS or not — as he is reveals something unflattering about his character. It’s not a good look."

Letterman was funny and entertaining, sure, but never missed a chance to dig at Republicans. 

CBS announced it will not replace Stephen Colbert with another chat program. Maybe they could try a comedy show.  . . ."For the Democrats, the Colbert cancellation is just one more loss inflicted on them by Donald Trump in his first six months in office. The proof is their hysterical — in both senses of the word — reactions. “Stephen Colbert is the best in the business,” tweeted former VP nominee and Dem macho man Tim Walz. “He always told truth to power and pulled no punches.” Best what, one might ask — mope, hack, scold? Certainly not comedian. And as for always telling the truth, his cringeworthy vaccine dance number during the COVID scare should dispel that idea." . . .

"Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld mocked them all, to include Joe Biden poop jokes*. The result is Gutfeld’s 3.2-million nightly viewers tops Colbert’s 2.4 million, Kimmel’s 1.7 million, Fallon’s 1.2 million, and Meyer’s sub-million at a fraction of their production cost. Gutfeld hit close to five million viewers one night last September, when his guest was Donald Trump. He has one more big advantage over his four rivals. He’s funny." . . .  

*Sorry, but I find Gutfeld a turnoff at that particular juncture. TD

Johnny Carson Silences '60 Minutes' Host with Answer He Didn’t See Coming

"Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" shares a DM clip of Johnny Carson telling "60 Minutes'" Mike Wallace why he didn't discuss politics on "The Tonight Show" and why future late night comedians like Stephen Colbert would be wise to follow his advice."

Remember when Barack, Hillary, and the media ruled America? UPDATED

Be aware that Tulsi Gabbard now holds the post once held by James Clapper.

How many Hillary Clinton foibles will it take before all but the true believers understand how corrupt many democrats are?  . . ."But 2016 politics? There was a simple rule: If the topic is Hillary, just shut up and smile.

"Today, we've read intelligence documents, eyewitness accounts, foreign heads of state, and Secret Service agents all telling the same stories: That lady was unstable and everybody knew it.

"The media just didn't fail us; they lied, mocked, and protected a walking liability with both physical and emotional explosions." . . .

  

All the President’s (Obama’s) Men and Women   "Reporters leapt at the chance to use the Watergate burglary to drive Nixon from office. Obamagate elicits no such urgency."

. . ."Obama never would have become president had it not been for a fawning media exemplified by former MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews who once admitted that he felt a “thrill going up my leg” when Obama spoke. They won’t turn on him now. Nor will they turn on Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, James Comey, John Brennan, Andrew McCabe, Loretta Lynch, James Clapper, and other officials whom Obama reportedly directed to create a new intelligence assessment that implicated Russia in helping Trump win the presidency in 2016 — because the original intelligence assessment did not support the Trump-Russia collusion story." . . .

Tony Branco

Report: Hillary Clinton Was a Little 'Psycho-Emotional,' Given ‘Heavy Tranquilizers’ During 2016 Campaign  "A declassified 2020 House Intelligence Committee report alleges that Russian intelligence claimed Hillary Clinton suffered from "psycho-emotional problems" and was on "heavy tranquilizers" during the 2016 presidential campaign.

"The report, declassified and made public Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, claims information on the former First Lady's fragile emotional state was reportedly kept secret by President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders at the time." . . .

UPDATE: HAAA! X Reacts to PROOF Hillary Took Meds for Her Psycho Hosebeast Syndrome and the Memes, OH the MEMES   "As Twitchy readers know, Tulsi Gabbard has been laying waste to the monsters who worked endlessly to take Donald Trump and his campaign ... heck, even his presidency DOWN. Finding out that Hillary Clinton was reportedly taking meds for psycho-emotional problems has just been the cherry on top of this Russiagate cake.

"Wonder if Hill-dawg regrets smearing Tulsi as a Russian asset yet? . . .More here...

Karoline Leavitt's Takedown of CNN Reporter* Over Russia Collusion Hoax Docs Is a Thing of Beauty

Karoline Leavitt TEARS INTO THE MEDIA for perpetuating the Russian collusion hoax:   "Reporters at legacy outlets...were ridiculously awarded Pulitzer prizes for their perpetuation of this hoax. It's well past time for those awards to be stripped from the journalists that…

pic.twitter.com/vVIX5tHxDG

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 23, 2025

* Who else? 

Hillary and Barry should be at the top of the indictment list. Watch the corrupt Democrats who played their parts as Democrats wanted.

https://spectator.org/

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama Faked Trump-Russia Narrative and Almost Got Away With It Video

"Is it serious? If it’s credible, then you have a conspiracy of the top people in the United States intelligence and investigative communities conspiring with a sitting president of the United States to destroy the administration of his opponent, successor, Donald J. Trump."

 Matt Taibbi: The Smoking Gun That Indicts Obama Is the December 10, 2016 Story In The NY Times And Washington Post

Megyn Kelly and Matt Taibbi look at the documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that President Trump says implicate President Obama in "treason."

10 Ideas For Better Shows To Replace 'The Late Show' With Stephen Colbert

Babylon Bee

"After announcing the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS is hard at work searching for a better program to replace their old flagship. Here are ten great ideas that would be way better than The Late Show:

1. "Larry The Dying Leper: This show is just watching a man slowly die of leprosy. Way funnier!
2. "Kidney Stone Watch: 90 straight minutes of a dude trying to pass a kidney stone.
3. "That old "KaBoom" infomercial with Billy Mays on loop: Such a classic.
4. "Cemetery Cam: Nothing but a livestream from a camera at a cemetery. Big upgrade, CBS.
5. "The Ingrown Toenail Experience: Way less painful than the "Vax-Scene."
6. "Dora The Explorer: Eh, pretty close call.
7. "Mold: Watch bread slowly grow mold in some family's closet. What an improvement.
8. "Moist Madness: People saying the word "moist" repeatedly for an hour and a half. Much less cringey.
9. "Who Wants To Be An Orphan?: Sad, yes, but still better.
10. "A commie screeching and crying but at the end someone comes out and whacks him with a stick: Sweet.

"So many great options. You're welcome for the help, CBS."

Is Decapitation a Job Americans Won’t Do?

 Ann Coulter

  "The permanent war crowd demand that we get deeply involved in every catastrophe all over the world, just not the catastrophe happening to us. Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again!” has never been so apt."

"Oh look, another American’s been beheaded by a Mexican.

This week’s beheader is Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien who, according to the Department of Homeland Security, decapitated 37-year-old Megan Bos, then stashed her body in a bleach storage container. Arrested for the crime in April, Mendoza-Gonzalez was promptly released from custody by Illinois judge Randie Bruno, who is the same physical type — chubby, short-haired, white woman — as the Milwaukee judge charged with helping an illegal sneak out of her courtroom to avoid ICE agents.

"Illinois: sanctuary state for Mexican decapitators.

"Because they’re not busy enough rounding up the 20 million pillars of society Joe Biden allowed to sneak into America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had to devote time and resources this week to recapturing Mendoza-Gonzalez. Otherwise, you never would have heard about it, and liberals could keep pretending not to know that Mexican drug cartels decapitate people.

"Remember the hilarity that greeted Gov. Jan Brewer back in 2010 for talking about cartels leaving beheaded bodies the Arizona desert?

The left exploded in angry indignation, with mocking cartoons, parodies, fact-checks and blistering headlines in newspapers around the country.

"You’d think she’d accused Mexicans of something totally preposterous, like dominating the Nobel Prizes in physics. Heard of the Aztecs? Human sacrifice and cannibalism were the high points of Mexican culture.

"Politifact ruled Brewer’s claim “PANTS ON FIRE!” saying it was “completely made up and an example of fearmongering of the worst kind used by Brewer to manipulate an already emotional national debate on immigration.”

"The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank’s witty take was: “Ay, caramba! Those dark-skinned foreigners are now severing the heads of fair-haired Americans? Maybe they’re also scalping them or shrinking them or putting them on a spike.”

"Actually, Dana, the scalping and head-shrinking are practices of other primitive cultures that also have no place in an advanced Western society. Mexican culture is the one known for decapitation and dismemberment. Don’t worry — lots of people make that same mistake. After a while, primitive cultures all start to look alike." . . .  More here...