Two years after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump staged a New Jersey press conference flanked by grocery staples to spotlight inflation under Democrats, food prices are still rising despite his pledge to bring them down. The gap between promise and reality now looms as a vulnerability for Republicans ahead of November's midterm elections.
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 60 miles (95 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it attracted an audience of more than 460,000. Read more
The American taxpayer-funded Israeli Death Forces (IDF) -- unstoppable serial killers of the Middle East -- liquidated eleven people with airstrikes, including children, while wounding several others in southern Lebanon, bringing the 2026 casualty count to at least 4,057 killed; 12,121 wounded; and over one million innocent Lebanese people internally displaced in what the UN has been reporting is a "man-made catastrophe."
Benjamin Netanyahu is not a good human being
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed staggering military and intelligence capabilities from Beirut to Tehran, has yet to fully remove the settlers from the area of the village, about an hour's drive from Tel Aviv.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the same page with the NYPD when it comes to a security detail for his wife during her upcoming Middle East trip ... because it's NOT happening.
NYC's pied-a-terre tax on wealthy property owners like Dummkopf Trumpf and other plutocrats can continue its planned rollout while it faces a legal challenge from greedy Republicans and detestable Islamophobes like Scott LoBaido who recently suffered a hate-inspired myocardial infarction while stalking NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).
The Honorable NYS Justice Phillip Hom signed the order
A group of parents is suing the Palo Alto Unified Schol District and Palo Alto High Principal Brent Kline for allegedly encouraging students to wear Islamic religious attire during a field trip to a local mosque and for distributing photos of students without consent, according to a complaint that was filed last week in federal court. The suit is being brought forward by a group called Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools " San Francisco Bay Area and involves several parents of current and former Paly students as well as parents from other nearby communities. According to the suit, the group includes Jafi Lipson and Josh Lehrer, who are Jewish parents of Paly students, and Sasha Ava Lehrer, a former Paly student who is Jewish. Read more
Melissa Farris (41) of Elizabethtown, KY was jailed and faces ten years imprisonment for allegedly vandalizing the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall with red paint and bubble bath mixture.
This Samaritan is an active pacifist
The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul are proposing staff layoffs and significant property tax hikes in order address budget shortfalls in both cities. Those potential increases come at a time when frustrations about property taxes are at an all-time high in Minnesota. In Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey proposed raising the city's property tax levy by 11.3% and cutting 100 city jobs as part of his 2027 budget address. The layoffs and tax increase would help tackle a $60 million budget shortfall the city is facing.
"Every day, the brave men and women of ICE work tirelessly to arrest and remove dangerous illegal aliens from our country," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. "Just last week, we deported killers, drunk drivers, sexual assailants, and weapons traffickers. With deportations up, it's no wonder that crime rates have fallen to historic lows across the country. Thanks to the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we are making America safe again."
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the top US priority in the Iran war was keeping oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, with preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon ranking second. The remarks contrasted with President Donald Trump's repeated framing of the fight: that entering the war had the sole objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, even if that meant short-term economic sacrifices for Americans.
When reporters in the Oval Office asked Dummkopf Trumpf about Democratic Party candidates in the midterm elections, the number one recipient of AIPAC money on the planet bleated: "We have jihadists being elected all over the place. We have this -- whether it's communism, jihadism."
In addition to MBS, Dummkopf Trumpf previously hosted former ISIS emir Ahmed al-Sharaa and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in the Oval Office
The United States Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after a crash this week near Fort Hood, Texas, killed two soldiers. "Army leaders directed a temporary stand-down of AH64 Apache training flight operations," the Army said in a statement. "The stand-down will remain in effect until we have a better understanding of the root cause of the accident."
The fragile monthlong ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appears set to expire Monday absent a last-minute deal to extend it and potentially end the war between the two nations. A senior White House official, granted anonymity to share details of the negotiating process, described the situation between the two countries as "static" ahead of the Monday ceasefire expiration deadline. The official had not heard of any forthcoming extension as of Friday afternoon. "It doesn't matter how close or how far we are," the official said. "What matters is if Iran wants to come to the table and agree to a deal. Right now, they haven't done that."
Aug 14, 2026
Donald Trump seemed to channel Jeffrey Epstein just a bit today, as he referenced 'beautiful young girls' coming to visit him at the White House. Here's a moment of that speech. And I have to warn you ahead of time, it IS a bit creepy.
Former Republican NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa rebuked families of 9/11 victims who have illogically demanded Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) stay away from this year's annual ceremony marking the 2001 terror attack.
No uproar about His Honor being at Ground Zero with King Charles III this past April 2026, but that was before the devastating AIPAC primary election losses this summer.
