Wondering why there is such a resistance to the "organic Palestinian support" protests?  FYI - These protests are NOT organic.  These protests are bought, paid for and very coordinated.  Law enforcement is anticipating the group(s) that supports HAMAS (a terrorist organization) in Palestine may be positioning for something big to happen. 

IDK - Considering the number of new illegal aliens that have entered the country in the past 3 years, maybe the increased security is warranted.....

It may sound like hyperbole, but Seriously, anyone that still believes President Biden was able to garner the most votes of any President in history really needs to have their head examined. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13350787/x-users-construction-worker-biden-video.html

One of the hundreds of construction workers who turned out to support Donald Trump in New York has captured the heart of the nation with his savage takedown of Joe Biden. 

The unknown worker had been part of the crowds gathered as the former president made a visit to a construction site in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday morning. 

Crowds of construction workers and supporters lined up through the night as they anxiously waited to catch a glimpse of their beloved former president in what is normally Liberal heartland. 

After Trump left the site one construction worker was asked by a Newsmax reporter: 'What's it like seeing so many Republicans in Manhattan, so many Trump supporters in Manhattan. Does that surprise you?'

The man, dressed ready for work, didn't hesitate. 

'No, not at all. It's turning now. It's Trump's turn again.' 

He was then asked for his message to Joe Biden. 

Without missing a beat, he quipped: 'F**k you.' 

17 hours ago, swordfish said:

Compelling as well - Where were all these left-wing protesting nuts when Russia invaded Ukraine?  

OIC - Guess the protesters weren't getting paid enough!  Very interesting since Mr. Soros is supposed to be Jewish.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13353941/George-soros-paying-left-wing-activists-college-protest-camp.html

Multiple leaders of the anti-Israel protests at college campuses across the nation have been revealed to be paid fellows of George Soros-connected groups.

Three of the major figures in the pro-Palestine encampments in universities are fellows at the Soros-funded US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, the New York Post reports.

USCPR 'community-based' fellows are paid up to $7,800 for their labor, while 'campus-based' fellows are given between $2,880 and $3,660 for spending eight hours a week organizing 'campaigns led by Palestinian organizations.'

The organization instructs its fellows to 'rise up' and spark 'revolution,' while specifically telling them to reject 'reform.' 

It has received at least $300,000 from Soros' Open Society Foundations since 2017.

Compelling as well - Where were all these left-wing protesting nuts when Russia invaded Ukraine?  

ONE WORD - (Two words) Term Limits

Interesting indeed....

Doesn't everybody remember when they (the Biden administration and the Fed) said higher prices were temporary?  

Econ 101 - the only way for prices to come back down is called DEFLATION.  That is NOT going to happen.  The inflation rate may be back at the 3% level now, but THAT IS STILL INFLATION - WAKE UP - Prices are not coming DOWN, they're just going UP SLOWER.

They're still going to call this a win when inflation settles at about 2.5 - 3% sustained, down from the 9 - 10% that built up from 2021 all the way through 2022, but these high prices are here to stay.  Inflation is still inflation.....I was alive in the late 70's and early 80's when my father was starting his business, prices never went down then and they won't now.

"Inflation is proving to be stickier than usual" says Yellen.....Who knows very well, inflation doesn't ever leave for any length of time.  

https://thehill.com/business/4529787-yellen-regrets-saying-inflation-transitory/

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she regrets describing inflation in 2021 as “transitory,” the term several Federal Reserve and Biden administration officials used to describe the pandemic-induced price surges they initially thought would be temporary.

“I regret saying it was transitory. It has come down. But I think transitory means a few weeks or months to most people,” Yellen said during an interview with FOX Business Network’s Edward Lawrence on Monday.

Treasury spokesman Christopher Hayden said in an email to The Hill that this was not the first time Yellen expressed regret for calling inflation “transitory,” which she previously said during an interview with WBUR in January.

Headline inflation fell to 3.2 percent year-over-year in February from its 9.1 percent peak in June 2022, a significant improvement but still higher than the Fed’s mandate to keep price increases to 2 percent annually.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who was also dinged for initially calling inflation transitory, and the central bank have hiked interest rates from near-zero in March 2022 to a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent to try to curb inflation by cooling demand. 

While many economists feared the rate hikes could push the economy into a recession a year ago, it now looks like the U.S. economy could be coming in for a rare “soft landing,” the term for slowing down the economy just enough to bring down high prices without triggering a recession.

The runway for the soft landing may be a bit bumpy as inflation is proving to be stickier than usual, but Yellen, a former Fed chair, was optimistic about the overall downward trend in price pressures.

“I wouldn’t expect this to be a smooth path month to month, but the trend is clearly favorable,” Yellen said.

This is prime example of the sheer stupidity of these Palestinian supporters.......Although with her nose-ring on prominent display, she must be pretty bright......

https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/us-news/clueless-columbia-student-at-nyu-rally-why-are-we-protesting/

Anti-Israel protesters at NYU admit they have no idea what they’re protesting: ‘I wish I was more educated’

Does this drag queen really understand Palestine.....and what really goes on there?

https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/us-news/outrage-as-drag-queen-leads-kids-in-free-palestine-chant/

Video of a drag queen in Massachusetts leading a group of young kids to chant “Free Palestine” has sparked fierce backlash — with some calling it “indoctrination” that is “wrong on every level.”

The encounter, which unfolded at a “Queer Storytime for Palestine” event organized by the Valley Families for Palestine group in Amherst last week, had gone viral by Thursday as outrage mounted.

“Today what we’re going to do is shout ‘Free Palestine.’ Can I hear that?” the drag queen, known as “Lil Miss Hot Mess,” was filmed telling the children in the 30-second clip.

On 2/5/2024 at 10:55 AM, swordfish said:

Out of $118 billion, only $20 billion goes to the border.....$75 Billion goes to Israel and Ukraine, with the rest going to Indo-Pacific (Taiwan) 

How does this bill even warrant being deemed protecting our border?   

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13046811/Mitch-McConnell-faces-fury-118-billion-border-package.html

House Speaker Mike Johnson has joined other Republicans who have already deemed the bipartisan Senate border deal 'dead on arrival' and dubbed the proposal 'worse than expected.'

Three chief negotiators for the border security package, Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), unveiled the text of the sprawling deal on Sunday.

But Republican infighting is likely to tank the compromise as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring the first procedural vote to the floor on Wednesday.

Knives are out for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is facing much of the fury from Republicans opposing the bill after he insisted last year that border policy changes be included in the funding package for embattled countries. 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said the Republican Party 'NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP – NOW.'

'This feels like an elaborate practical joke. But it's not funny. Not one bit,' Lee posted to X, formerly Twitter. I cannot understand how any Republican would think this was a good idea—or anything other than an unmitigated disaster.

The $118 billion deal, backed by the White House, includes $14 billion in aid to Israel, $60 billion to Ukraine and also $20 billion for securing the southern border amid a massive increase in illegal migration. It also includes billions for critical partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan.

Just re-posting incase anyone forgets why the Senate "Border" Bill didn't pass.....And a reminder that the House passed a very good border bill that would have passed the Senate had Chuck Schumer brought it to the floor...... 

Aren't the schools in Indiana required to have a specified amount of school days and hours each year?  Wouldn't this mean longer days, or less summer break?

IDK - SF feels pretty confident because President Biden said that not a single dollar released by the US to Iran is being used to purchase any of their Military's equipment......I base that confidence on the the fact that President Biden sees Hunter Biden as the "smartest guy he knows"....... 

IDK - Anyone else connecting the funds from the Obama administration released to Iran and the amount of sophisticated missiles they are throwing at Israel that the US is now aiding in the defense of?  Probably nothing to be concerned about......

https://www.the-sun.com/news/11092635/israel-iran-missile-attack-catastrophic-escalation-war-middle-east/

Iran threatens ‘1,500 missile’ strike if Israel launches revenge attack as Middle East risks ‘uncontrollable war’

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-administration-acknowledges-1-7-billion-transfer-to-iran-was-all-cash/

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Obama administration is acknowledging its transfer of $1.7 billion to Iran earlier this yearwas made entirely in cash, using non-U.S. currency.

A premium example of a "Hypocrite"

https://nypost.com/2024/03/27/real-estate/jon-stewart-found-to-have-overvalued-his-nyc-home-by-829/

Jon Stewart benefited by 829% ‘overvalue’ of his NYC home even as he labels Trump’s civil case ‘not victimless’

But it didn’t take long for internet sleuths to look into Stewart’s own property history, which shows his New York City penthouse sold for 829% more than its assessed value, records confirmed by The Post reveal.

In 2014, Stewart sold his 6,280-square-foot Tribeca duplex to financier Parag Pande for $17.5 million.

The property’s asking price at that time is not available in listing records.

But according to 2013-2014 assessor records obtained by The Post, the property had the estimated market-value at only $1.882 million.

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The actual assessor valuation was even lower, at $847,174.

Records also show that Stewart paid significantly lower property taxes, which were calculated based on that assessor valuation price — precisely what he called Trump out for doing in his Monday monologue.

Pande, who purchased the penthouse from Stewart, then resold the property at a nearly 26% loss, according to the Real Deal — at just over $13 million — in 2021.

Timothy Pool, a political commentator known for more right-leaning views, alleged on X that Stewart was being a hypocrite.

His handlers better get a grip......Next thing he'll be talking about is how he was riding in the limo with Kennedy in Texas one time and some guy started shooting at them.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/26/us-news/biden-jokes-about-trump-being-crushed-by-debt-after-ex-prezs-net-worth-soars-to-6-4b/

Biden jokes about Trump being ‘crushed by debt’ after the former president’s net worth soars to $6.4B

Still waiting for the sane in the country to show up......When the current President piles on in front of his supporters but his comments are covered up by by his propaganda machine (main street media) it absolutely screams "Banana Republic".....This is just a frickin game to the Democrat Party and their ilk.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13219965/trump-bond-james-new-york-fraud-josh-hammer.html

Nothing's better for Republican unity than Democratic lunacy! Biden and the Left are salivating at the chance of bankrupting Trump, but JOSH HAMMER reveals why the $454M ruling against Donald will end up costing THEM dearly

By JOSH HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The clock is ticking for Donald Trump to secure a $454 million bond by Monday or have his assets seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James - and liberals can't contain their glee.

There's no crisis at the border......Especially when you just "fail" to file the paperwork.....

https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/200000-migrant-deportation-cases-tossed-because-biden-administration-didnt-file-paperwork/

Immigration judges dismissed deportation cases against some 200,000 migrants under President Biden because the Department of Homeland Security failed to file the required paperwork before their court dates, according to a new report. 

The DHS’s failure to file thousands of notices to appear before scheduled hearing dates left courts without jurisdiction to handle deportation cases and rule on asylum claims, according to a report released Wednesday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.

“These large numbers of dismissals and what then happens raise serious concerns,” the TRAC report, which includes data through February 2024, states.

The nonpartisan research organization called it “troubling” that there was an “almost total lack of transparency on where and why these DHS failures occurred.” 

“Equally troubling is the lack of solid information on what happened to these many immigrants when DHS never rectified its failure by reissuing and filing new NTAs to restart their Court cases,” the report notes.

Notices to appear, or NTAs, are issued when migrants are apprehended illegally crossing the border into the US.   

Migrants claiming asylum are assigned a hearing date — often years in advance — where they are offered the opportunity to explain to an immigration judge why they shouldn’t be deported. 

But the NTA must also be filed with the court where the individual is told to appear for the hearing to take place. 

“Almost all Immigration Court cases are removal cases for which DHS must file an NTA for the case to go forward,” the TRAC report explains. 

Cases dismissed because of NTAs not being filed jumped when Biden took office, from 6,482 in 2020 to 33,802 in 2021. 

The amount of no NTAs ballooned to 79,592 in 2022 before falling t0 68,869 in 2023. 

So far in 2024, 10,598 deportation cases have been dismissed because of no NTAs, according to the report. 

Between 2014 and 2020, less than 1% of deportation cases were dismissed because of NTAs not being filed with courts. 

1 - Term limits clears up a lot.  (will never happen though)

2 - Biden won't make it to election day, something will happen.  (thoughts of his proxy are scary)

Interesting - So (quietly) AG James (NY) is OK with overvaluing property to entice better loans, except for when someone can actually pay it back......(like the Trump Organization)

https://nypost.com/2024/03/17/opinion/an-irish-society-an-unpaid-loan-and-the-hypocrisy-of-letitia-james/

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, here is a tale of financial shenanigans at the American Irish Historical Society, in which Trump-deranged New York Attorney General Letitia James is hoist with her own petard.

It involves a grand old building on Fifth Avenue, an unpaid loan, a fading family dynasty, a James Joyce theatrical production which almost ended in fisticuffs, and hypocrisy from the AG as obvious as a glass of green beer.

It all began when James Doyle, a wealthy Georgia businessman with a love of his Irish roots, joined the board of the nonprofit Society, whose jewel in the crown is a rare Gilded Age mansion at 991 Fifth Avenue, right across from Central Park and The Met. 

Over the years, financial mismanagement and misfortune had befallen the Society, and it was facing foreclosure. So, in 2017, the board turned to Doyle for a $3 million loan, structured like a private mortgage. He was told that the Beaux-Arts townhouse was worth $80 million that included valuable air rights.

However, the Society only made a few repayments and Doyle soon found things weren’t quite as they seemed.

The Society had been dominated for half a century by the Cahill family, and President Emeritus Dr. Kevin Cahill was accused of treating the townhouse as his own “private club,” with one of his four sons, Christopher, becoming its “well-compensated executive director,” according to the New York Times. Christopher earned $88,459 in 2020, and between $134,768 and $179,402 in previous years, according to IRS returns.

Cahill, a tropical-disease specialist said to have treated Pope John Paul II after he was shot, reportedly raised the money to renovate the mansion to its former glory when he took over in the 1970s. A stocky man with bushy white eyebrows, he would dress each year in morning coat and Irish tri-color sash to preside over the St. Patrick’s Day parade from its Fifth Avenue balcony. He held a grand annual gala where he would hand out gold medals to the great and the good.

Then, in 2019, his son Christopher, then 55, got embroiled in an ugly confrontation with the director of the Irish Repertory Theater, which was staging a play in the townhouse, adapted from the James Joyce short story, “The Dead.” 

“I’m going to kill you, Ciaran!” yelled Christopher, while lunging at the director after the performance, according to The Times.

The Society’s financial woes and dysfunction had reached crisis point by 2021, when Cahill tried to sell the building for $52 million (later reduced to $44 million).

He died the following year, and in stepped the New York Attorney General, citing a petition she had received opposing the sale. 

She announced that, by state law, any sale of a nonprofit asset had to be approved by her, effectively kyboshing the plan.

“It’s an amazing place,” James gushed to the Irish Voice. “We had to save it, had to save it … One day people can come in there and enjoy it again.”

Which was all very well, but Doyle still was owed $3 million.

The AG appointed an interim Board of Directors and Doyle was persuaded not to try to collect his money or foreclose on the mortgage before July 2023. 

But by August 2023, he still hadn’t been repaid, so he initiated foreclosure proceedings — and promptly was blocked by the AG, who claimed the mortgage was invalid because he was a board member.

On Friday, Doyle launched a lawsuit against the Society and requested a subpoena be issued against James requiring her to produce a raft of documents, including anything relating to campaign events hosted at the townhouse or any contributions to her political campaigns from the Society or any of its members or directors. 

Doyle’s lawyer, Tim Parlatore, alleges that James’ enthusiastic involvement in the Doyle case may be driven by “connections with the Defendant.”

And he points out the uncanny similarities between his client’s predicament and the notorious case James brought against Donald Trump for supposedly inflating the value of his properties to get a better mortgage, “although her office is now taking a polar opposite position.”

The lawsuit alleges that Doyle was given “fraudulently inflated valuations” of the townhouse, putting its market value at over $80 million. Dr. Cahill and the Society’s current President-General, James Normile, “made representations to [Doyle] that the building had ‘air rights’ and could be built, or rebuilt, higher than its current height. 

“In reality, there were no ‘air rights’ and the actual value is closer to $20 million. [The Society] made a gross over-valuation” of the townhouse, which induced Doyle to make the $3 million loan.

“Tish James said, ‘nobody is above the law,’ which should include Tish James, who seems to have actively aided and abetted in the Art of the Steal,” Parlatore told The Post.

“This organization fraudulently inflated the value of their building to induce my client into giving them a mortgage which Tish James is now trying to help these fraudsters avoid having to repay. 

“The theory of fraud Tish James accused the Trump Organization of engaging in is identical to the fraud she is aiding and abetting here.” 

James has come down on the side of the Society against its lender, Doyle. And yet, in her signature case of People v. Trump, she took the opposite position, holding that “where an organization inflates the value of a property to obtain a loan, that is fraud, even where the lender was aware of the actual value and was paid in full,” Doyle’s lawsuit says.

Trump was punished with a $355 million fine. So delighted was James by the verdict last month that she started live-tweeting Trump’s daily interest bill: “+$114,553.04.”

Parlatore points out that the Society inflated the value of its property to obtain a loan, just like Trump was accused of doing, but the difference was that Doyle could not conduct the sort of “sophisticated due diligence” that Deutsche Bank did. Therefore, unlike Trump’s lenders, Doyle didn’t know the true value of the townhouse. 

An even more important difference is that Trump paid back every penny he owed, but the Society never paid back Doyle. 

As the old Irish proverb says, forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.

Yeah sure - Lets cut the work week to 32 hours.  Then when the majority of people have to take a second job to make up for lost wages, we can call it a win with the increased job growth.  No thanks Bernie.....