UPDATED: The BBC announces the BBC has launched a coup against the BBC

 The Times (London) 

"Meanwhile, Trump is suing the BBC for a reported $1 billion in damages, the damage having been done in a broadcast that was made shortly before his landslide election victory, and of which he has only now become aware." . . 

"Traditionally, you know there’s been a coup when a man in military fatigues turns up on the state broadcaster to announce that there hasn’t been a coup.

"So when the familiar voice of the state broadcaster, that of the BBC’s Nick Robinson, keeps waking you up at 7am to warn that a coup at the BBC is under way, you know it’s probably OK to go back to sleep.

"Not just OK, but positively encouraged. If you try to actually understand what’s going on at the BBC you might not sleep again until you’ve sat in a dark room for quite some time, with a wet towel wrapped around your head.

" 'All we can know for sure, at this point, is that the director-general, Tim Davie, and the chief executive of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have resigned. Technically this was because last year, without anyone actually noticing until now, someone on BBC Panorama casually snipped out a minor, inconsequential, 50-minute-long segment of President Trump’s notorious speech on January 6, 2021, and welded together the front end and back end of what was left. What was broadcast was a cut-and-shut of a speech, which, with terrible inevitability, has now been involved in a horrific accident." . . .

UPDATE: The president said the BBC ‘butchered’ his Jan. 6, 2021, speech and ‘made it sound radical.’   . . . "The Epoch Times has reached out to the BBC for comment.

"A letter from Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito has demanded that the BBC immediately retract “the false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements,” apologize, and “appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused,” or face legal action for $1 billion in damages.

“ 'If the BBC does not comply with the above by November 14, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST, President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages,” the letter, obtained by The Epoch Times, states.

"A BBC spokesperson told The Epoch Times by email on Nov. 11 that it will review the letter and “respond directly in due course.”

"The broadcaster issued an apology after the resignations of its director-general, Tim Davie, and its CEO of news, Deborah Turness, on Nov. 9." . . .

AAG Dhillon Lowers the Boom on UC Berkeley After TPUSA Violence

 Nick Arama

"My colleague Jennifer Oliver O'Connell did a great report on the violence at the TPUSA event at the University of California at Berkeley on Monday. 

"Things got way out of hand with violence breaking out, and with radical leftists trying to break down the barriers keeping them back from the sold-out event.

We saw all of this at Berkeley back in 2017. @UCBerkeley was sued, and settled the case.
The @CivilRights will investigate what happened here, and I see several issues of serious concern regarding campus and local security and Antifa’s ability to operate with impunity in CA. https://t.co/aN7JzouXwl

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) November 11, 2025

"Then there was this exchange, which started with the agitators harassing an attendee who was wearing Charlie Kirk's "Freedom" t-shirt and trying to talk about Jesus Christ. It ended in violence and with an arrest. "Chinga la Migra" means basically "F**k the immigration authorities.". . .

 

"One of the agitators harassed the guy in the red shirt, calling him "white boy," as agitators tried to "de-arrest" the other man and pull him away from the police. They were unsuccessful.

"The Berkeley Police are now alleging that the man in the plaid shirt, Jihad Dphrepaulezz, took the chain that the Freedom shirt guy had around his neck and that the man was trying to get it back. Police said Dphrepaulezz was booked on suspicion of robbery and battery resulting in injury.

"Now Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has weighed in on the matter, and she's not happy with how Berkeley handled the matter. Sounds like Berkeley has got a lot of explaining to do. She noted that there had been problems there before." . . .

PANIC in NYC as Mamdani’s SCAMS Just BLEW UP in His Face

This is what happens when IDIOTS elect an IDIOT.

Everand     "New York City is facing a political and economic crisis following the election of Democratic socialist Zoran Mdani, who has publicly vowed to obstruct federal immigration enforcement. The backlash includes threats of arrest from President Trump and a withdrawal of funding promises from Governor Kathy Hochul, leaving Mdani's ambitious agenda in jeopardy. With businesses fleeing the city due to proposed tax increases and a failing economic plan, Mdani's administration is quickly unraveling, serving as a stark warning of the consequences of radical political ideologies clashing with fiscal realities. –Patriot wins, victories, faith renewal & momentum—all in one uplifting Friday email. Join the Weekly Wrap-Up free today at https://turley.pub/recapHighlights:"“Zoran Mdani's victory leads to immediate economic panic and business exodus.”""“Trump threatens arrest over Mdani's plans to obstruct federal immigration law.”""“Governor Hochul dismantles Mdani's funding promises, leaving his agenda in tatters.”""“Failure to understand tax systems highlights the dangers of electing radical ideologies.”"–Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode."

Bill Maher Finally Speaks Out AGAINST Gavin Newsom On Live TV

Agenda Insight  Comments to this video included.   "Bill Maher takes California Governor Gavin Newsom to task live on TV in a moment that’s got everyone talking. Maher challenges Newsom on key issues like homelessness, taxes, and the state’s ongoing struggles — sparking a heated and honest exchange.

"Watch the full clip and see why this conversation is making headlines across the country.

"Newsom refused to listen. Everything Maher said fell on deaf ears. If this man Newsom EVER becomes President, America will become one big California, with absolutely no apologies from Newsom. You've been warned.

"Roads in Los Angeles (at least) are crap, broken tar, ruts from the heat and constant 18 wheeler traffic. The movies lie, they only shoot on the the more rare 'good' roads. The stuff we drive on every day is absolute garbage, an obstacle course. Thats why people drive SUVs, bigger tires and suspensions that deaden the hammering cars take from these roads. Yet Cal Trans has a $16 BILLION annual budget... theft?

Trump plans a billion-dollar lawsuit against the liars at the BBC who interfered with OUR election.

Don Surber; Substack 

"BBC sounds just like AP, NYT, WaPO and every TV network in America except Fox when it comes to these biases. In the Telegraph report, the Beeb checks all the current boxes of fanatical liberalism."

"The British call the BBC the Beeb, which makes sense only if Beeb is the plural of boob. The broadcaster—paid in large part through a licensing fee, which is a property tax on television sets in England—doctored President Trump’s speech to a quarter million supporters on the National Mall on January 6, 2021. BBC edited his speech to make it sound like he was inciting a riot at the Capitol . . .

. . . "The New York Times headlined its version of the story, “BBC says Trump threatened to sue over how a program edited his speech.”

"Bad headline, but Paragraphs 5 and 6 were devastating:

The hourlong documentary—titled “Trump: A Second Chance?”—was broadcast as part of the BBC’s Panorama series days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. It spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote in which Trump urged supporters to march with him and “fight like hell.” Among the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.

In a resignation letter to staff, [Tim Davie, drector general of the BBC] said: “There have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility.”

This was not an honest mistake. This was dishonest reporting by charlatans who wanted to meddle in an American election.

The New York Times reported:

A highly critical letter, written by a former external adviser to the BBC board, Michael Prescott, said that a documentary called “Trump: A Second Chance?,” broadcast before the presidential election last year, at one point spliced together footage from comments that Mr. Trump made about 50 minutes apart. In his speech on Jan. 6 to supporters in Washington as Congress was certifying the results that showed Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the election, Mr. Trump said, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.”

But the documentary, produced as part of the BBC’s long-running Panorama series, cut that together with a previous sentence in which the president said, “I’ll be there with you,” and with a much later quote from his speech. The edited version suggested that he had said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol … and I’ll be there with you … and we fight. We fight like hell.”

The documentary is no longer available to watch on the BBC’s online player. Samir Shah, the BBC’s chairman, said in a letter Monday that complaints about the editing of the clips had been discussed by the standards committee in January and May, and that the points raised in the review had been relayed to the Panorama team.

“With hindsight, it would have been better to take more formal action,” he wrote. He added: “We accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologize for that error of judgment.”

Hindsight? . . .

Chicago Declares War on Faith

 Townhall  

"If America is to remain the land of the free, we must defend the right of every citizen—and every college, ministry, or school—to live by the truth they profess, even when it’s unpopular. The founders of this nation enshrined religious liberty as the first freedom for a reason. Without it, every other right eventually crumbles."

"Chicago’s public school bureaucracy has decided that the faith of a Bible college is suddenly disqualifying—and that should chill every freedom-loving American to the bone.

"In a lawsuit now drawing national attention, the Moody Bible Institute alleges that Chicago Public Schools barred its students from student-teaching positions because Moody’s hiring practices require faculty and staff to affirm a biblical statement of faith and live accordingly. In plain English: because Moody hires Christians to teach in a Christian school, Chicago says they can’t send their students to teach in public classrooms.

"Let’s be clear—Moody isn’t discriminating against anyone. It’s being discriminated *against* for daring to live out its faith.

"What Chicago has done isn’t some paperwork misunderstanding. It’s a direct assault on the idea that religious institutions have the right to exist openly, consistently, and without apology in accordance with their own beliefs. CPS demanded that Moody sign a nondiscrimination policy that would forbid it from limiting employment to those who share its Christian confession. When Moody refused to violate its own conscience, CPS responded by kicking them out of the district’s student-teaching program.

"That’s not inclusion. That’s coercion. And it’s the kind of governmental overreach our Founders specifically wrote the First Amendment to prevent.

"The irony is rich. Chicago will gladly accept teachers from almost any secular institution that preaches every kind of ideology imaginable—but if your worldview happens to be biblical, you’re unfit to teach? What Moody believes about human nature, morality, and truth is not a PR slogan—it’s the foundation of their education model. Expecting them to “turn off” their faith to participate in a government program is like asking a doctor to renounce medicine before performing surgery. It’s absurd." . . .

. . . "Chicago Public Schools may think they’re punishing one Bible college, but what they’re really testing is whether the First Amendment still means what it says. Moody Bible Institute is right to fight back. They are right on principle, right on the law, and right for the country. Because if we don’t draw the line here—we may never get another chance."

Michelle Obama tries so hard to play the victim that she instead provides comedy gold

Miranda Devine   

. . . "Poor Michelle. Has any flesh-and-blood human ever gotten more universally favorable media coverage than her? Well, besides her husband? This was the woman, after all, whose last unscripted utterance was back in 2008, when she told an adoring crowd, “Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country — and not just because Barack has done well but because I think people are hungry for change.”  Source

It’s no coincidence that multimillionaire Michelle Obama is on a self-pity jag as she promotes her latest expensive coffee table memoir as her husband’s Democratic Party succumbs to its socialist fringe.

"You see it everywhere. Democratic Marie Antoinettes moaning about their plight and the ingratitude of the serfs as the revolution devours their dominion.

"For the former first lady, a week of softball interviews for her new $50 tome, “The Look,” has been dominated by bizarre complaints about her time in the White House with President Barack Obama.

"She is rewriting history to claim bitterly that, as the first black first couple, “we didn’t get the grace that I think some other families have gotten.”

"Whom does she think she’s kidding? Martians?

"Melania Trump would like a word. There was no grace in the daily savaging that President Trump’s wife was subjected to in her first term in the White House. There were invasive questions about her marriage designed to damage it, dirty gossip packaged as news, xenophobic attacks on her accent and Slovenian origins. Even her Christmas decorations were slammed as ugly and cold.

"Despite being a successful international model who always dressed impeccably, and without complaint, she was never asked to grace the cover of Vogue, while far frumpier first ladies who dressed like sofas were lavishly showcased in the fashion mag two or three times each. No wonder she has retreated into herself in her husband’s second term.

"By contrast, it’s hard to remember another presidential couple so swooned over by the media as the Obamas, even by the standards of Democrat privilege. They were treated like Camelot Redux.

"But Michelle Obama, with all her millions, is at such pains to portray herself as a victim that she inadvertently provides us with comedy gold while begging more questions than she explains." . . .  More...

What's the Worst, Most Divisive Thing Michelle Obama Has Said as First Lady?

"While delivering the commencement speech at City College in New York City, Michelle Obama notably referred to waking up every day in a house built by slaves. Mrs. Obama never misses an opportunity to bait racism and divide the country. She's made many divisive remarks during her tenure as first lady."  "Which is the worst?" . . .

Ronald Reagan said, "If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism."

 Ronald Reagan: 'If Fascism Ever Comes to America, It Will Come in the Name of Liberalism'

The Economics of Zohran Mamdani’s New York: A Radical Turn in America’s Urban Policy     Price freezes will result in shortages; a rule in economics.

What Zohran Mamdani's big win means for Main Street business owners: . . The $30 minimum wage issue

"Bufano says the biggest concern she hears from small business owners is about the proposed $30-per-hour minimum wage by 2030, something she says could cause a real headache for some. Bufano points out that pay structures inside most small businesses are tiered, with more experienced workers receiving higher wages.

“ 'If wages jump to $30 per hour for entry-level workers, small businesses will have to raise pay across the board to keep the tiered structure in place. And that will add up fast for small businesses,” Bufano said, with many small businesses running on thin margins unable to absorb the cost.

"This proposal could create new pressures for small business owners already navigating high overhead and post-pandemic recovery.

“I work directly with small businesses and entrepreneurs across the NYC metro area and nationally, and as a small business owner myself, I see every day how even small policy shifts can have big ripple effects,” Bufano said. “This is especially true for small businesses operating on tighter margins, with limited budgets, and lacking the financial cushion or capital reserves that larger companies can rely on.” . . .More...

The Economics Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Biggest Plans  "Zohran Mamdani's ambitious plans as New York City's mayor aim to reshape the economic landscape by prioritizing social equity through policies like a $30 minimum wage, rent freezes, and increased taxes on the wealthy."

. . . "His plans include:

• Phased $30 Minimum Wage: Mamdani aims to raise the minimum wage to $30 by 2030, which he argues is necessary to keep pace with the cost of living in New York City.
• Rent Freeze: He proposes freezing rents for one million rent-stabilized apartments, which is intended to provide immediate relief to tenants facing rising housing costs.
• Universal Childcare: Expanding access to affordable childcare is a key component of his ageand, aimed at supporting working families and promoting economic participation.
• Free Public Transportation: Making city buses free is another initiative designed to ease the financial burden on residents and encourage public transit use. . . . 

Much more here in this article

When Should You Use ‘Lay’ vs. ‘Lie’?

Word Smarts

"One of the trickiest (and most easily forgotten) lessons seems to be the difference between “lay” and “lie” and when it’s appropriate to use one over the other."

"When you’re feeling tired, sometimes you just need to lay down. Or wait — is it lie down? Grammar can be confusing, but don’t fret: You’re not the only person who is fuzzy on the details of grade-school English class. One of the trickiest (and most easily forgotten) lessons seems to be the difference between “lay” and “lie” and when it’s appropriate to use one over the other. To clarify, in this context, “lie” doesn’t mean “to fib” — we’re talking exclusively about the placement meaning of the verb.

"“Lay” and “lie” are mixed up more frequently than identical twins, as both words refer to people or objects positioned horizontally on a surface. But it’s actually quite easy to tell the two words apart — at least in the present tense. The past tense, however, is where things get tricky. Here are a few easy tips to help you differentiate between the two words.

“Lay” is a transitive verb, and “transitive” refers to objects that are being acted upon. So, if you’re in the act of putting down a book before going to sleep, you’d say, “I lay the book on the nightstand,” because you’re performing an action on the book. In the past tense, you would say, “I laid the book on the nightstand.” 

"Intransitive verbs such as “lie” refer to things acting of their own volition — such as humans. (Here’s a quick memory tip: Only a person can lie on a bed and tell a lie.) An appropriate use here would be, “I lie on the grass in my yard.” But this is where things get even more confusing — the past tense of “lie” is “lay.” So, if you were sitting in the grass hours ago, you’d say, “I lay in my yard.”

"As for that nap conundrum? It’s “I’m going to lie down,” but “I lay down for a nap earlier.”

Lining Up For Gas In California

From the state that gives us Eric Swalwell, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff,  performance artist  Alex Padilla, and ad nauseum, et in. TD

Issues & Insights

"So the pain will be doubled – time burned “a mouldering” in lines waiting to pay the Golden State premium just to get to work, the store and home again."

"California has the trendiest, and most foolish, energy policies in the U.S. The result is a return to the early ’70s, when drivers lined up around the block, hoping and praying the gasoline wouldn’t run out before they got to the pumps.

"“California’s oil industry now sits at the precipice of complete collapse,” says Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy at the California Policy Center, “and if that happens, more imports will not prevent lines at the pumps.”

"How could California, which has the sixth most proved crude reserves in the country, be looking over the edge of a gasoline crisis?

"California is hurtling toward the gas panic of ’25 because it has been at war with fossil fuel for decades. In the case of motor fuel, “the state legislature has disincentivized the production, distribution, and refining of oil in California,” says Ring, while “cities and counties have followed suit.”

"Two refineries are closing their facilities, the companies that own them having determined that it’s become too difficult to do business in California, which is hostile to energy companies that aren’t sucking up taxpayer-provided dollars to build politically preferred solar and wind projects.

"“By this time next year,” says the Pacific Research Institute, “there might not be even a dozen refineries left in the state to produce the 38 million gallons of California’s boutique blend that’s consumed every day.” 

"A quarter of a century ago, there were 23 refineries in California, 40 in 1983. The remaining sites are the only ones in the country that make California’s special formulation – which adds 10 to 15 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline – so importing fuel from other states is not a readily available option." . . .More

Lines for Gas Coming to California — Californians for Energy and Water Abundance

Mayor-elect Mamdani reeks of Lenin — but NYC’s wise safeguard against Marxism stands in his way

 Charles Gasparino

"No matter how many freebees Mamdani doles out, how many grocery stores or rent-free apartments he creates, bondholders get first dibs on city tax revenues because Carey & Co. knew that we need them to keep buying debt or the place shuts down."

"Zohran Mamdani’s victory-lap speech Tuesday night reeked of Vladimir Lenin after Russia’s 1917 communist revolution.

"But instead of commanding a Red Army, the mayor-elect should be aware he will be facing lots of red ink. 

"That’s on top of some very strict and sensible financial rules put in place some 50 years ago — just in case a deranged Marxist ended up running New York City. 

"Yes, socialism can sound rousing when it’s pitched by a skilled orator.

"Mamdani spoke of soaking the rich — failing to mention, of course, that they’re already paying some of the highest taxes in the country.

"He ranted how the poor will finally have their day — in a city that already doles out everything from free health care to subsidized housing. 

"He also dared President Trump, who was in DC undoubtedly watching this spectacle, to “turn up the volume” as he doubled down on his vision: free buses, government groceries, more welfare and free trans medical treatment — even for children. 

"But NYC — with plenty of welfare statism already on the books — will never go full-on Soviet ­Union.

"That’s because laws must be followed — even by a 34-year old backbench, lefty assemblyman with a degree in “Africana Studies” who visions himself as the second coming of Fidel. 

"Those laws include something called “The Financial Emergency Act” of 1975.

"It was the brainchild of former Gov. Hugh Carey and his outside adviser, the great philanthropist and investment banker Felix Rohatyn.

"It was designed to prevent another politician-made catastrophe like the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, when the Big Apple nearly went bankrupt and began to implode, fiscally and socially. 

"Cops were laid off and garbage piled up because we had no money and no one would lend to us — the budget was such a mess, no one knew if they would get paid back.

"The mayor at the time was Abraham Beame but years of bad government, perverse spending and spotty accounting contributed to the mess. " . . .More

How Nancy Pelosi Betrayed the People She Pretended to Protect

 The American Spectator  

"Pelosi leaves behind a party addicted to performance and a nation more cynical than ever."

"Nancy Pelosi’s farewell was less a retirement than an encore — one final pirouette in the long, exhausting pageant of American power. For nearly forty years, she ruled Washington like a monarch in pearls and Prada. A mistress of manipulation whose smile stretched wider than the chasm between her sermons and her sins. When Barack Obama gushed that she was “one of the best speakers the House has ever had,” he wasn’t lying. Pelosi could speak. She could sermonize, sanctify, and spin with unmatched flair. What she never managed was to see beyond herself.

"Her gift was never governance; it was performance in its purest form. Pelosi turned morality into marketing, and the House into her own Broadway stage. The taxpayer was merely her patron. When she wasn’t preaching unity, she was kneeling in a Kente cloth beside Chuck Schumer, a tableau so contrived it made Hollywood blush. The moment was hailed as courage by the credulous and as comedy by everyone else. Yet it defined her perfectly: the politics of pose over purpose, where conviction is cosmetic and every crisis demands a wardrobe change.

"Behind the podium, she preached compassion; behind closed doors, she perfected profit. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, traded stocks with timing so immaculate it bordered on clairvoyance. From Tesla to tech IPOs, the Pelosi portfolio outperformed the market like divine revelation. Any other citizen might have faced indictment; Pelosi faced applause. “We’re a free-market economy,” she quipped once, flashing that lacquered smile. Indeed — and few have freeloaded on freedom with such finesse.

"In Washington, she ruled not by charm but by fear, flattery, and an inexhaustible supply of donor cash. Committee seats became favors; loyalty, currency. To her admirers, she was Saint Nancy, defender of democracy. To her detractors, Machiavelli in Manolo heels. Both descriptions fit. She was relentless, calculating, and convinced that virtue, like diamonds, mattered only when it caught the light.

. . . "Pelosi learned early that outrage paid better than compromise. Every cultural wound became a weapon — every tragedy, a means to tighten her grip. When George Floyd’s death convulsed the nation, she moved quickly, not toward compassion but control. She spoke of justice while supporting policies that gutted police forces and left the poorest neighborhoods to fend for themselves. Businesses burned, families fled, and those meant to be helped were hurt most. Yet the fury persisted, because it served its purpose. Pelosi understood what few dared admit: outrage could be organized, monetized, and endlessly recycled. The country didn’t need healing — not when division had become the Democrats’ most dependable currency." . . . More...