As you know at times Joe gets a little 'foggy'.
But his aides found him a sure cure.
These two would have made the NYT's best seller list.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Tennessee, Texas, and Indiana top CNBC’s 2026 list of the 10 worst states to live in
CNBC’s 2026 ranking evaluates states using a Quality of Life category, which accounts for 11.6% of a state’s overall score. Metrics include crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, childcare availability, inclusiveness of state laws, reproductive rights, and worker protections. The 10 states ranked as the worst to live in are all Republican-led and voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
What a damn coincidence!
1. Tennessee – Score: 64/290 (F)
Weaknesses: High violent crime, drug-related deaths, restrictive LGBTQ+ laws, limited anti-discrimination protections. Strength: Air quality
2. Texas – Score: 78/290
Weaknesses: Highest rate of uninsured residents (16.7%), limited access to primary care, low worker protections. Strengths: Childcare, air quality
3. Indiana – Score: 82/290
Weaknesses: Severe childcare shortage, high costs, limited healthcare access, poor air quality
4. Louisiana – Score: 89/290
Weaknesses: Fifth-highest violent crime rate, strict abortion bans, limited inclusiveness. Strength: Childcare
5. Georgia – Score: 89/290
Weaknesses: Minimal protections for LGBTQ+ residents, limited worker rights, low inclusiveness. Strength: Childcare
6. Utah – Score: 95/290 (F)
Weaknesses: Low wages, limited childcare, poor healthcare access, high ozone levels. Strength: Crime
7. Missouri – Score: 98/290
Weaknesses: High violent crime, firearm deaths, limited inclusiveness. Strengths: Air quality, worker protections
8. Alabama – Score: 99/290
Weaknesses: Poor mental health access, minimal worker protections, lack of anti-discrimination laws. Strength: Childcare
9. Oklahoma – Score: 103/290 (D–)
Weaknesses: Strict abortion restrictions, low wages, limited worker protections. Strengths: Childcare, air quality
10. Arkansas – Score: 103/290 (D–)
Weaknesses: High violent crime, food insecurity, weak anti-discrimination protections. Strengths: Childcare, air quality
The truth be told when it comes to crime Democrats take the cake. The highest rates of crime originate in cities run by Democratic mayors and many of them are black.
Monday, July 13, 2026
Former Iranian president 'is arrested over secret dealings with Israel to install him as new leader'
This sounds too wild to be true. If this took place he would be dead already.
Former Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been placed under house arrest by the country’s notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following a failed Israeli plot to install him in place of the current theocratic regime, according to a stunning new report.
Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured at the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The New York Times, citing four Iranian officials, reported Monday that the 69-year-old is being held by the IRGC’s intelligence wing after he left a safe house run by Israel’s Mossad.
Before last week, Ahmadinejad had not been seen in public since an Israeli airstrike hit his compound in the early hours of Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28, after which he was spirited away to the safe house, the Times reported, citing US and Iranian officials.
Ahmadinejad (R) kisses the hand of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) after receiving a certificate declaring him as president of the Islamic Republic as outgoing president Mohammad Khatami looks on in Tehran August 3, 2005.
The former president, who ran Iran with an iron fist from 2005 to 2013, re-emerged last week — apparently flanked by security guards — during funeral ceremonies for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the same day as the strike on Ahmadinejad’s compound.
The Times initially reported in May that the US and Israel had attempted to put Ahmadinejad — who became a global hate figure during his presidency for publicly denying the Holocaust, calling for the destruction of Israel, and restarting his country’s nuclear weapons program — back in the seat of power.
Ahmadinejad increasingly clashed with the Islamic Republic’s rulers, having been blocked from seeking his old job in 2017, 2021 and 2024.
Since leaving office, the former president had cultivated what Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies described to The Post as a “hybrid populism-nationalism-Islamism” that “posed a real ideological and class-based challenge to the Islamic Republic.”
Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad reportedly told associates that he saw himself as a reformist leader in the mold of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin — and would even normalize relations with Israel if he came to power.
More importantly, the outlet reported Monday, Ahmadinejad made contact with Israeli intelligence as early as 2023, when he traveled to Guatemala for an environmental conference — but not before staging an hours-long sit-in at Tehran’s airport after security forces initally prevented him from traveling.
The following year, Ahmadinejad was invited to a climate change conference at Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary, an invitation the university’s rector told the Times was extended at the request of a Hungarian government official as a pretext for the former Iranian leader and the Israelis to meet.
“You have two enemies, and if these enemies want to talk with each other, then it’s best to do what you can to make them talk,” the rector, Gergely Deli, explained his decision to the Times.
The Budapest meeting included then-Mossad chief David Barnea, former US officials told the outlet, while the Israelis covered some of Ahmadinejad’s housing and travel expenses.
However, a former adviser to the onetime president claimed greed played no role in his former boss’ activities.
“Ahmadinejad would not do this for money,” Abdolreza Davari claimed to the Times. “He has money; he has a wide economic network. He would do it for power. He wants to be at the helm of power.”
Mick Jagger says fans don’t want political lectures at concerts after Bruce Springsteen’s anti-Trump speeches
Maybe he should place a call to Kimmel and the rest of those late night dogs who do the same thing.
If I wanted to listen to Trump bashing I could turn on CNN.
Mick Jagger says fans don’t come to concerts to hear a political lecture in the wake of Bruce Springsteen’s on-stage speeches targeting President Trump.
The Rolling Stones frontman weighed in during an interview on The New York Times’ podcast Saturday after host David Marchese questioned him about Springsteen, who has repeatedly criticized President Trump during his latest tour.
Marchese said Springsteen “clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth” with fans before asking Jagger, “What does your relationship to the audience mean to you? What do they represent, all those people out there?”
Mick Jagger says Rolling Stones fans come to concerts for an escape — not political lectures.
“The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is [for] those people that come is to have the best time they possibly can,” Jagger said.
“For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.”
Jagger, 82, insisted live shows should offer fans an escape from the pressures of everyday life.
“It’s similar to going to a sports event, really, because everything else is shouted out,” he continued. “You’re just watching who’s going to win. You’re not worrying about everything else.”
“You don’t want to lecture them,” he added.
The “Paint It Black” rocker stressed that no two audiences are the same and performers should adjust to the crowd instead of expecting the same reaction everywhere they play.
“Your job is to make them have the best time they possibly can,” Jagger said.
The comments come after Springsteen has repeatedly blasted Trump during his concerts this year, as part of the Boss’ “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.”
Springsteen has used his concerts this year to call Trump’s administration “reckless” and “treasonous.”
President Trump hit back at Springsteen, calling the rocker a “dried up prune.”
Springsteen labeled Trump’s administration “reckless” and accused the president of being “treasonous.”
The New Jersey native also released a song referring to “King Trump” and his “federal thugs” after the deaths of anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Trump has fired back at Springsteen, calling him a “dried up prune” in a Truth Social post and urging his supporters to boycott the singer’s tour.
Bruce Springsteen hugs Barack Obama at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, June 18, 2026.
Jagger explained he’s not opposed to politics making their way into his music — he just prefers a lighter touch.
“I’ve got into this habit of doing songs that are about personal relationships and then I throw a verse about politics in there,” he said.
“Nobody wants to hear a whole song about politics,” Jagger added.
Despite his comments, the Rolling Stones singer did take a swipe at Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry while performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May 2024.
“We’re a welcoming crowd, aren’t we?” Jagger told the audience. “I hope Mr. Landry is enjoying the show. He’s real inclusive you know. He’s trying to take us back to the Stone Age.”
Landry fired back on X: “You can’t always get what you want. The only person who might remember the Stone Age is Mick Jagger. Love you buddy, you’re always welcome in Louisiana! #LoveMyCountryMusic.”
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Mayor Mamdani’s map of NYC immigrant neighborhoods sparks outrage for ignoring Little Italy and other notable Irish and Jewish immigrant neighborhoods
Mayor Zohran Mamdani caught some Italian heat Wednesday after releasing a map of the Big Apple’s ethnic enclaves that includes places like Little Palestine — but ignores historic Little Italy and other notable Irish and Jewish immigrant nabes.
The map, titled “New York City Immigrant Enclaves,” highlights 30 areas across the five boroughs, ranging from Koreatown in Manhattan to Little Pakistan in Brooklyn and Little Yemen in The Bronx.
But critics were quick to roast the socialist mayor for overlooking the city’s very own “original Little” — a nationally recognized historic district that brought you everything from meatballs to the mafia.
(For tourists visiting NYC I'm sure the first thing that comes to mind is to visit Little Bhod-Tibet!)
The Mayor’s map of New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods.
(I expected Little Hamas to be next under Little Haiti)
“No italians. … Give me a break,” one observer fumed on X Wednesday.
Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) said snubbing Little Italy, which was established in the late 19th century, was a major flub.
“They were able to get a Little Bhod-Tibet in there, but what about the original ‘Little neighborhood,’ Little Italy?” Ariola told The Post.
“And what about areas like Woodlawn, in the Bronx, which are home to plenty of Irish immigrants? Do the Irish and Italians not count for the Mayor’s office?”
Joseph Scelsa, founder of the Italian-American Museum on Mulberry Street, called the exclusion of Italian-American enclaves a “terrible mistake.”
“To respect one is to respect all,” he said.
“Italian-Americans are still a major population in New York City. To not recognize where Italian-Americans came from and settled is a terrible mistake. I don’t understand why Little Italy isn’t included. I hope it’s an oversight.”
The map, which appears to have been released in May, also includes Little Guyana in Queens, Little Mexico in Staten Island and Little Dominican Republic in Manhattan.
Kevin McCabe, a former City Council chief of staff, said the map shamefully leaves out generations of folks hailing from The Emerald Isle.
“I guess they never heard of Woodlawn or Sunnyside but that’s OK, the Irish are everywhere, the way it’s supposed to be,” McCabe, an original Working Families Party operative, told The Post.
“The British Empire at the height of its powers couldn’t cancel the Irish, I’m not too worried about a couple of ill-informed bureaucrats.”
Others slammed Mamdani for ignoring neighborhoods such as Brooklyn’s Borough Park, which is home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside of Israel.
Mamdani came under fire for leaving out Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants.
“The Mayor’s Office made a map of NYC’s immigrant enclaves: Little Africa, Little Poland, Little Palestine. But they just couldn’t figure out how to represent 11% of the city. Couldn’t decipher where the Jews are from,” writer Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt fumed on X.
“Huge riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, who represents heavily Orthodox Jewish southern Brooklyn, said it’s not the first time Hizzoner has tried to “erase” the Jews.
“Mr. Mamdani’s erasing Jews is an essential part of his brand. No surprise,” Yeger said.
BTW...Never understood this. One’s a Jew and the other wants all Jews dead.
In a statement, a City Hall spokesperson said the map wasn’t designed to highlight religious enclaves in the Big Apple, adding it instead “highlights neighborhoods in New York City that have substantial foreign-born populations from regions and countries around the world.”
“It does not highlight religious groups,” the spokesperson told The Post.
Islam's not a religion?
“Little Odessa, which is featured in the map, has a substantial Jewish population.”
The guide is designed for tourists to experience some of the vibrant cultures in New York City, but is not considered a full list of “all of the rich diversity across the city,” the spokesperson added.
In other words we got caught.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Dead man walking
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was reported dead at the start of the war, has been spotted at the funeral of his country's Supreme Leader. He is pictured in this image wearing a light brown jacket and a mask pulled down to his neck
Pretty good turnout for a people who supposedly hate their regime.
Can't help but look at these photos and think... what a golden opportunity for a MOAB!
Monday, July 6, 2026
Ann Coulter feels the same way about 'teens' as I do
Feral:
Resembling or characteristic of a wild animal.
Can't believe the cops were so lenient with these bastards!
Ann Coulter reacted to the video on her X profile
Friday, July 3, 2026
Celebrate the fourth
After the fireworks its feed the Christians to the lions for believing Leviticus 18:22 "You shall not lie with a male as a woman. It is an abomination."
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
Obama Center isn't a traditional presidential library. Critics say it's an activism center.
Now we know why it's so ugly and it only cost a $Billion:
Don't call it a library.
The $1 billion Obama Presidential Center opened with huge fanfare last week in a park near the shore of Lake Michigan, but critics say what the public thinks is a library will function as the headquarters of Barack Obama's private foundation, promoting the 44th president's left-wing worldview to future generations.
While every other modern presidential library houses that former commander-in-chief's papers for public viewing, the Obama Presidential Center has no such component. Instead, Obama's presidential records are being stored elsewhere, though digital versions may one day be available there.
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Signs reading "Home For Action" and "Bring Change Home" are displayed outside the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on June 19, 2026. Critics point to the messaging as evidence the Center functions as more than a traditional presidential library.
At its core, the center serves two purposes: a museum dedicated to Obama's presidency and the headquarters of the Obama Foundation, Obama's private nonprofit organization.
The sprawling 19.3-acre campus will host various leadership programs, while spaces there include a "Democracy in Action Lab," conference facilities, foundation offices and a major athletic complex designed for youth sports and community programs — features not typically associated with a presidential library.
Signs reading "Bring Change Home" and "A Home For Action" surround the perimeter of the campus. The messaging mirrors how the Obama Foundation has described the center in its annual reports — not as a traditional presidential library, but as a "campus" and "living institution."
"We are building more than a campus. We are creating a living institution that will inspire, empower, and connect the next generation of leaders," the foundation's 2024 annual report reads.
The center, which as of 2021 had cost well over $800 million and is believed to have eclipsed the $1 billion mark, is a departure from presidential libraries, in both scale and purpose.
"Usually, these libraries are a monument to a presidency and the presidency is in the past, it's in the rear-view mirror," Tevi Troy, a presidential historian and former George W. Bush administration aide, told Fox News Digital. "It looks like Obama wants to use it as some kind of activism center, something that continues to promote his ideas and his political views."
Troy said the direction did not surprise him.
A "Bring Change Home" banner is displayed outside the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
"Obama was a community organizer. He's an activist. That's how he came up, and it doesn't surprise me that he wants to go in this direction," Troy said.
Obama himself offered a glimpse into how he views the center's mission during Thursday's opening ceremony.
"We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum," Obama said, while highlighting Obama Foundation leaders from around the world.
Among them was a Polish human-rights lawyer behind more than 30 lawsuits involving refugees, climate policy, LGBTQ rights and anti-discriminationlitigation.
"This center is devoted to lifting up their stories, giving them the tools and support they need to expand their impact," Obama said.
Obama later underscored that mission in his speech.
"While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view," he said
Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois.
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Critics say Thursday's ceremony confirmed what they feared all along: The center seems designed not just to preserve Obama's presidency, but to carry his vision into the future.
The center's opening has reignited debate over whether the project evolved far beyond the traditional presidential library model for which many Chicagoans originally believed they were handing over their historic parkland.
The public land fight
The distinction matters because the center occupies roughly 19 acres of Jackson Park — Chicago's equivalent of New York's Central Park — under a controversial 99-year agreement city leaders approved for a one-time $10 payment.
Opponents argue that transferring public parkland to a private foundation violated the public trust doctrine, a legal principle intended to preserve public assets for the public benefit.
Those challenges were ultimately unsuccessful in court, although critics note that the central public trust arguments were never fully tested on the merits.
"When we were defeated, we weren't told that we were wrong on the merits," Richard Epstein, a New York University law professor and one of the nation's foremost experts on the public trust doctrine, who represented the local Protect Out Parks group.
A map graphic shows the footprint of the Obama Presidential Center inside Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side along Lake Michigan.
"We were told that we had no right to bring the complaint at all."
The Chicago City Council approved the deal with Obama, but Epstein said lawmakers were not free to simply set aside the public trust doctrine.
"The public trust doctrine is meant to be a restraint on the legislature," Epstein told Fox News Digital. "This has been an epic frustration."
Epstein said his concerns extend beyond the use of public land. Courts never fully examined whether the foundation had sufficient financial safeguards in place before receiving control of the site, including a long-promised $470 million reserve fund intended to shield taxpayers from future liabilities, Epstein said. A Fox News Digital investigation found that just $1 million has been deposited into the fund.
Epstein warned that handing over public land without fully vetting the foundation's finances could expose taxpayers to future risks if the center encounters financial trouble down the road.
WATCH: NYU law professor Richard Epstein says courts never ruled on key Obama Center claims
Those concerns resurfaced after a Fox News Digital investigation found minority-owned and local subcontractors who worked on the center say they were stiffed for millions of dollars.
Critics also point out that the public land transfer was only part of the taxpayer contribution. Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on surrounding road, utility and transportation improvements tied to the project. Supporters say those upgrades modernized the area, but opponents argue they were done to serve a privately run institution.
Bait and switch?
Bob Grogan, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said the project was initially promoted as a presidential library to win public support and secure the land, but then morphed into something very different.
"This isn't a presidential library. It's a Democratic headquarters on the South Side," Grogan told Fox News Digital outside the facility.
Grogan described the shift as a classic Chicago politics bait-and-switch.
"They go and sell it with the most palatable thing," Grogan said. "Then they just incrementally, drip by drip, make it worse until they get back to the reality."
The Home Court athletic facility is seen at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on June 19, 2026. The facility is designed for youth sports, mentoring programs and community events.
"It's not just a museum. It's the home base for the foundation and everything it does," he added. "They're not going to go and pay rent someplace else when they're going to have this big mausoleum here to go and hold their meetings and plot their plans."
The National Archives and Records Administration — which has oversight on all other presidential libraries — told Fox News Digital that the Obama Center is operated entirely by the Obama Foundation and sits outside the federal presidential library system.
That means the foundation — not the federal government — decides how the center is run, what exhibits visitors see and how Obama's legacy is presented.
The campus does include a branch of the Chicago Public Library.
WATCH: Illinois GOP chair says Obama Center is political operation on public land
Troy: A mixed verdict
Troy said presidential libraries have evolved over time and that making records available digitally could ultimately benefit historians if the system works as intended. Presidential researchers like himself may no longer need to travel across the country to review presidential records, he noted.
Troy also acknowledged that presidents have traditionally had broad discretion over the non-archival portions of their presidential libraries.
"At the end of the day, presidents raise the money for these things and they have leeway to do what they wish with that part of it," Troy said.
(Was looking for We Almost Got Them All by Heinrich Himmler)
"It's not the direction I would choose, but he raises the money," Troy said. "He gets to do what he wants."
But Troy cautioned that the center should not lose sight of the traditional purpose of presidential libraries.
"I worry about getting too far afield from the purpose of what these things are supposed to be, which are memorials to a presidency and a repository for all their documents," he said.
A fence banner featuring former President Barack Obama is displayed outside the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
Monday, May 18, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Mexican voter ID laws
Mexican voter law explained:
Mexico does not have a voter ID law that requires citizens to present a specific form of identification to vote in federal elections. Instead, the country relies on a robust system of voter registration and authentication managed by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Mexican citizens are issued a voter ID card, known as the *Credencial para Votar*, which serves as both a national identity document and proof of voter registration. This card is widely accepted and ensures that voters can participate in elections securely and efficiently. While the *Credencial para Votar* is the primary means of identification, alternative documents, such as passports or driver’s licenses, may be accepted in certain circumstances, though this is less common. This system has been praised for its inclusivity and effectiveness in safeguarding the electoral process.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
At what point does resignation turn into jail time?
New accuser says Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her in 2018
Five woman can’t be lying. But then you think back to Cuomo... not only did he not go to jail he ran for mayor!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Saturday, April 11, 2026
He's toast
Two can play this game
No oil in or out of the Straight of Hormuz. Let them choke on their own oil. Is this a pain? Yes it is. I'm sure there's a lot of problems associated with it. But is it doable? I don't see why not.
Make this permanent and watch them slowly wither and die on the vine. The United States and the rest of the world have to come to grips... there's no such thing as a “deal" with Iran.
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