Seattle’s newly elected far-left Mayor Katie Wilson speaks at a campaign event surrounded by progressive activists and supporters
Leftists love a good boycott until, of course, it interferes with something they enjoy.
Last year, far-left Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson virtue-signaled her anti-capitalism “pro-labor” views to her base and urged them to boycott coffee giant Starbucks.
In November, while speaking at a Starbucks Workers United rally outside the recently closed Reserve Roastery on Capitol Hill, Wilson said, “That is why I am proud to join them on their picket line and proud to say loud and clear, I am not buying Starbucks and you should not either.”
In a recent interview, however, Wilson admitted she can’t even stay committed to her own performative woke directives.
During an interview published on Wednesday with FOX 13, Seattle co-anchor Hana Kim asked Wilson if she still supports the boycott.
“I had the pleasure of visiting the Pike Place Market Starbucks a little while ago, and I ordered, I think it was a blueberry muffin latte that was like a staff creation.”
“I guess I broke my boycott,” Wilson continued.
“And yeah, but I, you know, I don’t know. What do you want me to say about that?”
Watch:
Listen to the ghastly white liberal female mayor of Seattle trying to answer a question about her boycott of Starbucks that led to them moving their corporate office to Nashville Tennessee!
Wilson’s decision to prioritize wokeness over the economic interests of her community’s people has had real-world consequences.
Wilson, however, has laughed at the notion that millionaires are leaving the city over new and higher taxes supported by her and her cohorts, saying ‘Bye!’ as she shrugged it off glibly.
INSANE. Seattle’s Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying “BYE” … then laughing. We’re doomed. pic.twitter.com/gP8CbPkqEl
Howard Schultz, the company’s former CEO, and his wife announced in March that they were fleeing woke Washington state for Florida for their “retirement phase” following the state’s advancement of a new “millionaire tax.”
Arkansas resident Aaron Spencer, who is charged with murdering a sexual predator after catching him with his daughter, announces a run for Lonoke County Sheriff. Credit: Aaron Spencer for Lonoke County Sheriff Facebook video screenshot
In 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that an Arkansas father, Aaron Spencer, who killed a man he discovered in a car with his 14-year-old daughter last year, announced that he is running for sheriff in Lonoke County after the system failed his daughter.
As TGP’s Brian Lupo previously reported, Spencer called the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Department on October 8, 2024, to report his missing 14-year-old daughter.
While deputies were en route to his home, Spencer called back around 1:12 am to inform dispatch that he had found his daughter in a truck with Michael Fosler, a 67-year-old man.
After pursuing Fosler, there was a vehicle crash, at which point an altercation allegedly ensued. Spencer shot Fosler during the altercation.
Fosler had previously been arrested and booked in July by another agency for internet stalking of a child and sexual assault, according to Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley.
In October 2024, Spencer was initially charged with the second-degree murder of Fosler.
Now, according to court records obtained by Fox News Digital, “Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. dismissed the charges against Spencer on Thursday.”
The judge cited law enforcement’s mishandling of dash-camera and SD card evidence from Spencer’s truck, adding a dismissal is “an extraordinary and extreme remedy” in any criminal case.
“However, based on the totality of the circumstances and the unique, specific, and particular facts and circumstances of this case, the Court finds that conduct by law enforcement was so egregious that dismissal of this case is warranted,” the judge wrote.
Spencer’s defense team argued that law enforcement lost a critical SD card that may have contained video footage of the altercation — and failed to provide any documentation about when it went missing or how it disappeared.
The judge ruled that “the loss or destruction of the internal SD memory card of the dash camera has adversely impaired the Defendant’s ability to defend himself pursuant to these defenses, and thus his right to a fair trial,” according to court documents.
In his decision to run, Spencer noted that the justice system failed to protect his daughter.
“This campaign isn’t about me… It’s about every parent, every neighbor, every family who deserves to feel safe in their homes and safe in their community.”
Watch Spencer’s campaign announcement below:
BREAKING: Aaron Spencer, the Arkansas father accused of k*lling a s*x predator whom he found in a car with his missing daughter, is running for Sheriff of Lonoke County.
Spencer says he’s running because the justice system failed to protect his daughter.
Basilica and Dome, University of Notre Dame/Image: Wikicommons Creative Commons License/Author: Eccekevin
Why can’t the University of Notre Dame find an American citizen to teach English?
Apparently, that is such a difficult task that the Catholic university, located in Indiana, is turning to foreign workers via the H-1 B visa to fill the role.
The College Fix reports that the university has filed a “Notice of Intent to Hire,” signaling it plans to hire a professor of English under H1-B for the $87,000+ a year position.
Apparently, foreigners are better at teaching English.
Wages are suppressed, discouraging Americans from entering these fields and reinforcing the false claim that there are jobs Americans “won’t” or “can’t” do.— The College Fix (@CollegeFix) June 4, 2026
Per The College Fix, other jobs the university says it must fill by hiring non-Americans include “an associate librarian ($96,000 per year), a marketing program analytics manager ($85,000 per year), and a ‘program coordinator for student success’ ($47,000 per year).”
The Gateway Pundit reported that two other Indiana universities, Purdue University and Indiana University, are both using H-1B visas to fill roles, despite Indiana’s wealth of qualified American candidates.
The program was originally intended to bring in temporary employees with highly specialized skills that few Americans possessed.
However, as a White House proclamation states, the H-1B program “has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers.”
According to the American Chamber of Commerce, the official intent of the H1B visa is to help employers temporarily hire foreign professionals for specialty occupations that require specialized knowledge.
Does teaching English at an American University require ‘specialized knowledge’?
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the data shows that the program has largely become, instead, a cheap source of skilled labor for companies, taking jobs, including ‘white collar’ jobs, from U.S. citizens and suppressing wages.
When he returned to office, President Trump cracked down on the H1B visa program, requiring companies to pay $100,000 to sponsor a worker.
It is concerning that the University, which boasts thousands of its own graduates with English degrees, can not find even one of its own alumni to fill the role.
Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Steven Vaden/Image: USDA
In a letter to House Democrats, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Steven Vaden slammed the ‘apologists for leftist organizations and the welfare complex’ for propping up a failing system, full of rampant fraud at the expense of American taxpayers.
In his letter, Vaden reaffirms the overall goal of the Trump administration to relocate much of the USDA’s Washington, D.C.-area workforce to five regional hubs across the country in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and costs, get closer to farmers, states, and people the department serves, improve efficiency, and fight fraud/waste in programs.
The Food and Nutrition Administration (formerly Food and Nutrition Service – FNS) will now move most headquarters and regional staff out of the D.C./Northern Virginia area and will consolidate from 7 regional offices down to 5 hubs aligned with broader USDA hubs: Raleigh, NC, Kansas City, MO, Indianapolis, IN, Fort Collins, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT.
Deputy Secretary Vaden and Secretary Brooke Rollins have noted that there have been decades without stable, Senate-confirmed leadership in nutrition programs, and that the structure is fragmented and rife with high administrative costs.
Vaden also points to the erroneous payments and fraud in nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP).
In November, Rollins revealed that her department uncovered massive fraud within SNAP and that 21 Democrat-led states are actively blocking efforts to expose it.
Just the News reported in November that Vaden cited an instance of one individual getting SNAP in six separate states, and another person had over $50,000 loaded onto their electronic benefits card.
In 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that a longtime USDA employee and five others were busted in one of the largest food stamp frauds in U.S. history.
Perry Carbone, Attorney for the United States, Charmeka Parker, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General and Christopher G. Raia, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI revealed a superseding indictment was unsealed charging six people in connection with a $66 million-plus fraud and bribery scheme under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aka food stamp program.
The letter reads in part:
However, I might remind you of two recent instances that did significantly impact access to nutrition programs. The first was the Obama and Biden Administrations’ mismanagement of the Food Distribution on Indian Reservations Program, which disrupted food availability and access across Indian Country. The Biden Administration’s failures were so serious that the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture of the Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations held a rare joint oversight hearing’ to investigate how the Biden Administration’s incompetence caused those shortages. That was a failure of execution, twice over, by Secretary Vilsack.
The second was the government shutdown last fall, when Congressional Democrats refused to open the Federal government to feed families in need. Rather than negotiate a compromise that would restore Federal operations, Democratic lawmakers prioritized ideological grievances over the immediate needs of our Nation’s most vulnerable. On May 13, 2026, the House Committee on Agriculture held a roundtable where I discussed the reorganization and took questions from attending Members. Noticeably absent were these questions raised in this public letter. However, I welcome a second opportunity to provide information.
When a business is not serving its customers or operating within its budget, corporations regularly restructure. Some recent notable private sector restructurings include Chevron’s relocation to Houston, Texas, to escape the over regulation and hostile business climate found in California? Walmart similarly announced it was relocating about one thousand workers as it sought to combine its global technology and product teams into two primary locations.
Read the full letter below:
This morning, I sent a response to House Democrats, apologists for leftist organizations and the welfare complex. The reorganization of @USDA_FNA is long overdue. Decades with no Senate confirmed leadership. Fragmented and siloed program staff. Rampant fraud and erroneous… pic.twitter.com/riuVUZjl8C
— Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden (@DepSecVaden) June 4, 2026
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Image: Video screenshot MSNBC
White liberal women talk a good game when it comes to ‘racial equity.’ That is, until it interferes with their own quest for power and control. Case in point, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
In May, The Gateway Pundit reported that a Leon County circuit judge UPHELD Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) new congressional redistricting map.
Judge Joshua Hawkes denied the request for a temporary injunction from Equal Ground Florida and their attorneys at the Elias Law Group. The ruling means Florida’s new map — which shifts the state’s congressional delegation from a previous 20R-8D advantage to a dominant 24R-4D — will be used in the 2026 elections.
This map eliminated Wasserman Schultz’s old district, Florida’s 25th, and split it into five different districts, most of them more Republican-leaning.
Rather than facing competition and running in the newly drawn FL-22, where she actually lives, Wasserman Schultz is putting her desire for personal power above all else and has chosen to run in Florida’s 20th District — a plurality-Black district in Broward County that has long been represented by Black Democrats.
FL-20 is a heavily Democrat district and is a safer bet for her to win re-election than the more competitive district where she resides.
She has said publicly that her seniority and political clout would allow her to deliver more for the district and, if Democrats regain the House majority in November, her long tenure would position her to chair a major committee.
Her self-serving decision has faced near-universal condemnation from Black Democrats in Florida.
Elijah Manley, the first candidate to enter the primary race for the district’s seat, noted, “I would not have expected the call would come from inside the house.“
“I didn’t think a white Democrat would be the one to take away a Black seat.”
“I would not have expected the call would come from inside the house,” said Elijah Manley, a teacher and activist who was the first candidate to enter the primary race for the district’s seat. “I didn’t think a white Democrat would be the one to take away a Black seat.” https://t.co/LQ8iIj6VI6
Per NBC News, former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, who is also running in FL-20 shared:
“It is disappointing that she was not sensitive to the call by many in the community,” he said. “I actually gave her polling data that showed she could win 22. At the time, there were not candidates in the race on the Democratic side.”
According to Fox News, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, (D-NY) has declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz’s re-election bid.
“Haven’t made a decision, as it relates to that particular race,” the lead Democrat said at a news conference when asked if he supports Wasserman Schultz’s run for the Fort Lauderdale-based seat.
The Black Crowes/Image: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, DickClarkMises at English Wikipedia. This applies worldwide.
Over the weekend, as part of the Black Crowes’ “Southern Hospitality Tour” along with Whiskey Myers, Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson tried to shut down the patriotic Tampa crowd and instead watched a steady stream of concertgoers leave mid-set rather than listen to his woke nonsense.
During the show, according to TMZ, a screen showed the band’s crow mascot as Uncle Sam, which sparked “USA” chants from the crowd.
Robinson seemed miffed by the patriotic outburst and snidely lectured the crowd, saying, “Thanks for the geography lesson.”
As the chants continued, he added, “I don’t know what you have to be so proud of right now.”
He doubled down and lectured people who spent their hard-earned money to enjoy music, not a woke lecture from a millionaire celebrity, and told them, “Some of us are not afraid. And we most assuredly are not f***ing ignorant.”
One man, who claimed to be at the show, shared his experience on Facebook saying, “The Black Crowes were excellent right up until the crowd chanted USA USA after seeing a Black Crowe character wearing an Uncle Sam Red White & Blue Top Hat on the Jumbotron. Chris Robinson replied……Thanks for the geography lesson….I don’t know what your so proud of right now……”
“The crowd Booed and Booed…..he called us ignorant MF’s and stated ‘Boo all you want you ignorant MF’s……Some of us have class……and we’re not afraid.'”
“I just wanted to hear good music……”
Others who said they were at the show responded to his post and shared their perspectives.
“We left too. I’m so pissed we wasted money on 2 of their shirts.”
“We were there, and walked out with the numerous other people. Went home and placed the Koozie I bought in the trash can. We were there for Whiskey Myers, they were just an add on for us.”
“Never seen so many people walk out of a concert, music is supposed to bring us together, I will never support the Crows again.”
Brendan John Geier of Madison, New Jersey./Image: Berks County District Attorney’s Office
The Gateway Pundit reported that an anti-ICE rioter, identified as Brendan John Geier, was arrested and charged last week after kicking and biting ICE agents during protests, leaving the agent with horrific bite wounds.
In gruesome photos of agents’ injuries, gashes and teeth marks are seen on the agents’ skin.
Anti-ICE rioter in Newark BITES federal agents
Acting Attorney General Blanche shared the following after the arrest: “Today @TheJusticeDept charged rioter Brendan John Geier for allegedly kicking and biting ICE officers at Delaney Hall last night. We will not tolerate the vicious attacks on ICE officers we’ve seen in New Jersey the last few days. These riots are clearly not ‘peaceful protests’ as you can see from the photos of these horrific wounds. Assault a federal officer, you’ll be held accountable.”
The Justice Department has confirmed to The New York Post that Geier, of Madison, New Jersey, was previously charged with sexual abuse of children related to the dissemination and possession of child pornography in Pennsylvania.
In 2019, the Berks County District Attorney’s Office shared, “On September 21, 2018, the Berks County Detectives received a complaint from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC.)This complaint involved the possession and uploading of child pornography through “Skype” on September 17, 2018.”
“Detectives learned that Microsoft reported to NCMEC that someone utilized an I.P. address to upload seven digital images of suspected child pornography. The I.P. address was identified and that information was provided to the detectives. On October 1, 2018, detectives learned that the I.P. address and device was associated with the defendant, Brendan Geier.”
“On November 9, 2018, members of the Berks County Detectives and the Kutztown University Police Department served a search warrant on the defendant’s residence, which was a room located at Lehigh Hall, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530.”
“As a result of this search warrant, the Berks County Detectives seized a laptop computer as well as an iPhone. A forensic examination was conducted on these devices. The forensic examination yielded numerous digital images of suspected child pornography.”
“On March 12, 2019, the Berks County Detectives Office filed charges of Sexual Abuse of Children related to the Dissemination and Possession of Child Pornography, (F-2), against the defendant at Magisterial District Judge Gail Greth’s Office.”
“Today, March 13, 2019, the defendant surrendered to the Berks County Detectives at their office, accompanied by his attorney, and was turned over to the Berks County Sheriff’s Department for preliminary arraignment by Magisterial District Judge Gail Greth.”
In 2021, Geier pleaded guilty to a lesser, third-degree felony charge of criminal use of a communication facility.
He was sentenced to two years’ probation, ordered to have “no contact with anyone under the age of 18” and undergo “sex offender evaluation and treatment.”
Geier describes himself as a “shut-in” with “high-functioning autism” who enjoys “spending most of his time alone in his room” on a website he created in 2024 that is largely devoted to Japanese animation and rock music.
He faces a maximum of 20 years behind bars and $250,000 fine if convicted of the assault charge.
Mark Davis, Air Force veteran and small business owner, is running unaffiliated (No Party Affiliation / NPA) in Florida’s 16th Congressional District, which covers parts of Hillsborough and Manatee counties, including areas around Parrish and Tampa Bay.
In the 2026 general election for U.S. House, he faces incumbent Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan.
Davis has become known for his very public use of “86 47” anti-Trump messaging, the same violent messaging that led to an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
Davis has worn “86 47” hats in photos, driven with an “86 47” license plate, and sells hats, t-shirts, and other merch directly on his campaign website.
After Comey was indicted, Davis doubled down. He posted defiant photos of himself in the hat with the license plate and said things like “Arrest us all. I dare you.”
He called the crackdown “silly” and vowed to keep wearing/selling the merch daily through the election.
In a recent post on Instagram, Davis said, “January Sixers don’t deserve a billion dollars. They deserve a f***ing noose.”
“And if I find out that any of you January Sixers request funds from this little fucking slush fund that Trump set up, I’m gonna personally dox the living fucking shit out of you.”
Libs of TikTok noted Davis’ odd behavior in December and noted at the time, “Meet Mark Davis. He’s running for Congress in Florida.”
“He proudly posed with an “8647” hat and license plate which signifies kiIIing Trump. He says it’s not just merch, it’s a “mission.”
“Extremely alarming.”
“What does he mean when he says 8647 is a “mission”?”
Meet Mark Davis. He’s running for Congress in Florida. He proudly posed with an “8647” hat and license plate which signifies kiIIing Trump. He says it’s not just merch, it’s a “mission.”
Extremely alarming
What does he mean when he says 8647 is a “mission”?
Image: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license./Author: FranHogan
On May 30th, a 17-year-old girl was arrested for allegedly stabbing three horses at a National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA) barrel racing event in Las Vegas.
The incident, which occurred early that morning, happened at the South Point Arena & Equestrian Center during the NBHA Professional’s Choice Las Vegas Super Show.
According to police, the suspect had access to the barn where the horses were held awaiting competition, and three horses were “intentionally injured with a sharp object.”
The Las Vegas Metro Police Department said in a statement, “On May 30, 2026, at approximately 2:07 a.m., LVMPD Communications received a report that a horse had been injured at a barn located in the 9700 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard. Patrol officers arrived and learned that three horses had been intentionally injured with a sharp object.”
“The LVMPD Animal Cruelty Section was notified and responded to the scene. Through the course of the investigation, detectives identified a teenage girl as a possible suspect. The teen had access to the barn, and investigators believe she may have used a knife to inflict multiple injuries to the horses.”
“While the injuries are not considered life-threatening, they are expected to prevent the horses from competing.”
“Detectives located the teen at a nearby hotel and took her into custody without incident. She was transported to Clark County Juvenile Hall, where she was booked for 12 counts of Willful/Malicious Kill/Maim/Torture Animal – Horse and three counts of Felony Malicious Destruction of Private Property over $5K.”
The injuries, while serious, one horse was stabbed six times, they do not appear to be not life-threatening. The horses received stitches, antibiotics, and are recovering, though they remain traumatized and have been sidelined from competition.
NBHA shared the following statement after the violent incident: “The 2026 NBHA Professional’s Choice Vegas Super Show, held May 29–31 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, experienced an isolated incident during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 30, involving the mistreatment of a limited number of equine athletes by an event competitor.”
“The situation was addressed immediately in coordination with the National Barrel Horse Association, the South Point Hotel & Casino Security, Metro Police, and all appropriate parties. The individual involved has been removed and placed in the care of authorities, and there is no ongoing threat of any kind.”
“We ask for respect and consideration for all involved during this sensitive time. Please direct any further questions to NBHA.”
The Treasury Department subpoenaed Hasan Piker and Code Pink founder Susie Benjamin as part of the federal government’s investigation into Communist activists who traveled to Cuba earlier this year in violation of US sanctions.
The federal government is investigating whether Piker and other activists coordinated with the Communist Party of Cuba in violation of US laws.
Piker openly admitted that Neville Roy Singham, a notorious, ultra-wealthy American Marxist tycoon currently hiding out in Communist China, has been using his massive fortune as a “funding vehicle for a lot of political movements in the country.”
Then, over the weekend during the anti-ICE protests (leftist tantrums) at a facility in Newark, New Jersey, he was ruthlessly heckled as people called him a “f—ing fraud, ” “fake-a– grifter” and “dog abuser.”
Now, Piker claims, although currently unsubstantiated, that he has been barred from entering the UK.
Now, Piker told his loyal following on the gaming platform Twitch that British authorities denied his Electronic Travel Authorization, or ETA, preventing him from traveling to the United Kingdom for a series of scheduled appearances, including events at SXSW London and the Oxford Union. Approved U.S. travelers to the UK can enter the country with a simple Electronic Travel Authorization, which is easier to get then a formal visa.
“I’ve been banned from the UK,” Piker told viewers. “I’ve been to the UK on numerous occasions, and all of the things they’re complaining about now are things I’ve said before.”
Piker, of course, blamed ‘the Jews,’ saying, “Israel advocacy organizations have unbelievable amounts of power over what even the United Kingdom has to say and do.”
Labour MP David Taylor commented on an X post from Piker whining about the alleged blocking, noting, “Thank you Home Secretary for revoking Hasan Piker’s visa.”
“There’s no reason to open our doors to those who seek to spread hate and division, especially to those who’ve supported a proscribed terror group.”
“SXSW London must review it’s vetting policies so it doesn’t happen again.”
Thank you Home Secretary for revoking Hasan Piker’s visa.
There’s no reason to open our doors to those who seek to spread hate and division, especially to those who’ve supported a proscribed terror group.
SXSW London must review it’s vetting policies so it doesn’t happen again. https://t.co/nOJjWADChK
Taylor likely was alluding to Piker’s pro-Hamas/pro-Hezbollah remarks. Piker has publicly said that America deserved 9/11, and it doesn’t matter if rapes happened on October 7.
Piker also boasted during a podcast that his favorite overall flag is ‘Hezbollah’s.’
As The Gateway Pundit reported, radical socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was the first mayor in over 60 years to skip the city’s annual Israel Day Parade, which was held on Sunday, despite attending other events that celebrate the city’s diverse cultural landscape.
As The Geller Report notes, “Mamdani’s hatred of the Jewish people is so consuming, it defines his mayoralty.”
Mamdani, instead, bizarrely rode around the city on a bicycle in a full suit.
Ex-mayors join Hochul, Tisch and thousands at NYC’s Israel parade – while No-Show Zo bizarrely rides bike around town in business suit and no helmet https://t.co/x1AJW7XzB8pic.twitter.com/X1QHD6fDXA
Mamdani was also seen without a bike helmet, ignoring basic safety and serving as a terrible role model for children, despite having only recently touted the importance of bike safety.
I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine.
We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave.
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) May 7, 2026
Despite Mamdani’s insult, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch joined the parade alongside former Mayors Eric Adams and Michael Bloomberg.
The crowd started chanting “We miss you, Mike!” and “Jessie for mayor!” when they saw the pair marching behind the Police Department’s banner, flanked by a cadre of New York’s Finest.
Tisch last week stood beside her boss Mamdani at a press conference about security at the event and said, “It’s the mayor’s decision not to march, and it’s my decision to march proudly.”
Former Mayor Adams took to X to troll Mamdani ahead of the parade, noting, “This year, it means even more.”
“At a time when antisemitism is rising across our country and Jewish New Yorkers are facing hatred, intimidation, and attacks at unprecedented levels, you cannot afford silence.”
On Friday, The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump held a meeting with advisors in the Situation Room to discuss the ongoing war with Iran, where he said he would “make a final determination” and potentially sign a deal.
The President announced a “largely negotiated” framework for a 60-day “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) last weekend. Included in the plan is a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, concessions from Iran on nuclear enrichment, and an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.
A deal was not finalized, and President Trump requested amendments to the deal during the Situation Room meeting.
Although Iranian officials have denied ever approving a deal, the chaos in the country continues to unfold, and a source claimed that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted his resignation letter to the Office of the Supreme Leader.
Citing a source, Iran International reported Sunday that the letter stated the president and his government had been excluded from major decision-making in Iran.
The report also said the ensuing vacuum had allowed hard-line factions within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to take control of key affairs.
In the letter, Pezeshkian reportedly wrote that, under such circumstances, he is unable to govern effectively or fulfill his legal responsibilities and, for that reason, requested to step down immediately.
Pezeshkian, however, is denying the claim.
Iran International English shares, “President Masoud Pezeshkian has not resigned and continues to carry out his duties, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported, citing an informed government source, denying an IranInternational report that he had sought to step down.”
“Separately, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy head of communications and information at the president’s office, dismissed the Iran International report in a post on X and said Pezeshkian would not step back from serving the people.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian has not resigned and continues to carry out his duties, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported, citing an informed government source, denying an Iran International report that he had sought to step down.
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) May 31, 2026
Pezeshkian’s leadership has come under consistent scrutiny.
A few weeks ago, he caused tension within a country trying to create a posture of strength by suggesting, during a meeting of the Government Information Council, which was televised by Iranian media, that Iran has suffered ‘harm’ from US attacks.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich shared his thoughts on the war with Iran and his conviction that President Trump is on the edge of “an historic victory.”
Gingrich shared on X, “After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the edge of an historic victory.”
“The real breakthrough for me came as I reviewed President Trump’s decisions and maneuvers not from the standpoint of American unilateralism but from the standpoint of the leader of a remarkable historic coalition, the largest coalition ever put together in the modern Middle East.”
“Everyone understands that Israel is an important ally. What is little discussed is the depth of support from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region.”
“It has to be sobering for the Iranian dictatorship to realize that it does not have a single ally willing to challenge the American naval blockade. Slowly, gradually, timidly, our European allies are lining up to help with the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.”
A great deal of President Trump’s maneuvers against Iran make sense once he is seen as a coalition leader and not just as a unilateral American President. I spent a lot of the last couple weeks reviewing kinetic options including wining the battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and if necessary using the shocking and shattering level of force President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger used against Hanoi and Haiphong in Christmas 1972 (which both leaders believed convinced the North Vietnamese to agree to a truce and the freeing of American POWs).”
“If this were a unilateral American campaign I could enthusiastically support a more aggressive kinetic campaign. However it is also clear it would shatter the coalition because our Arab allies are convinced Iran could still do enormous damage to their oil fields and infrastructure.”
“Coalitions are inherently slower than unilateral campaigns. However coalitions ultimately bring vastly more power to the fight. I am as frustrated as everyone else by the pace of talking with the dictatorship but having reviewed the correlation of forces and the options available to the coalition on one side and the Iranian religiously motivated dictatorship on the other I am prepared to assert that President Trump’s coalition leadership (something almost none of his critics want to acknowledge) is within reach of an enormous historic victory.”
“And if the Iranian dictatorship ultimately proves it is hopelessly committed to a suicidal position there will be plenty of time for a kinetic campaign of enormous power and effectiveness.”
“Either way we are on the edge of an astonishing victory for our values and for a safer Middle East.”
After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the edge of an historic victory. The real breakthrough for me came as I reviewed President Trump’s decisions and maneuvers not from the standpoint of American unilateralism but from the…
For the crowd that doesn’t seem to be able to define what a woman is, Democrat Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) recently went full ‘girl power’ during a press conference.
The trio complained that employers who won’t pay female workers to stay home during menstruation are committing ‘economic violence’ against women.
Reps. Yassamin Ansari said, “Today we are here to talk about women’s pain and how long it’s been overlooked. In the summer of 2015, while starting my career in New York City, I woke up on the floor of my local bodega, drenched in sweat, being dragged into an ambulance. Two male paramedics hovered over me and continued to ask me if I was pregnant. I had passed out from period pain.”
“Even now, every month, I have days where it feels like barbed wire is tightening inside me. I’ve taken 2,000 milligrams ibuprofen in 24 hours and still been in tears from the pain. Often end up on the bathroom floor in the fetal position crying, moaning, or vomiting. Still, I’ve put on a blazer and gone to work.”
“I’ve sat in committee hearings nauseous from the pain, quietly breathing to make my way through it. I’ve given speeches at rallies and run town halls while my body was in full revolt. I smiled for photos while silently wondering if I might faint right then and there. In fact, about 15% of women have period pain so debilitating that it disrupts work or school. That is no small number, and yet we are told to’ suck it up.'”
“It’s why during Women’s History Month, I’ve introduced legislation to give workers up to 12 days of paid leave a year for reproductive health. This would cover period pain, yes, but also menopause symptoms, IVF miscarriages, endometriosis flare-ups, and more.”
Rep. Adelita Grijalva added, “I’m here to speak to the, to the thousands of women in Southern Arizona who are tired of being ignored. They are tired of having their pain minimized. They are tired of a healthcare system that treats women’s bodies like an afterthought.”
“Forcing a worker to choose between paying her rent or losing a day pay to recover from a grueling gynecological procedure is not a choice. It’s an economic violence.”
“We are done being gaslit in the exam room. Health is not a luxury and our pain is not an inconvenience. It is time to pass healthcare agenda that truly sees us, respects us, and protects us. It’s time to acknowledge our country’s history history of systemic injustice in women’s healthcare and needs to end.”
Rashida Tlaib closed out the remarks saying, “We’re sick and tired of women having to be expected to say suck it up or still perform at the highest level. They are expected to show up to work despite incredibly painful periods and sit through meetings after being denied competent healthcare. And for far too long, women’s pain has been minimized, ignored, dismissed, and even politicized.”
“We have to guarantee paid leave for reproductive health. That is the minimum.”
“No one should have to choose between their paycheck and their health to be able to manage that kind of incredible pain. This is about listening to us, listening to women when they say they are hurting and that they’re in so much pain, and rejecting the dangerous idea that suffering is simply the price of being a woman.”
“Women’s pain is so often dismissed, minimized, or treated as inconvenient instead of a medical priority. I know this personally. For years, I lost 1 or 2 days of work every month to hormonal migraines, nausea, and severe period pain. And when I did stay at work, I wore sunglasses to block the fluorescent office lights. Our pain is real, and it can no longer be ignored.”
“I’ve seen what happens when women, especially Black women, don’t have access to the care that takes their body seriously. We have been penalized economically for our biology that has been ignored clinically.”
“Only now in 2026 is science finally catching up to women’s pain. And that’s because women like the one standing here with me have refused to be silenced as friends, partners, and even our own doctors have told us when we are being overly dramatic.”
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WOKE OVERLOAD: Democrat lawmakers Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Rashida Tlaib recently held a press conference on how much their periods hurt — and how it is “economic violence” when employers don’t pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating. pic.twitter.com/7vQgk2iH2p
Rep. Marie A. Hopkins, a Republican state legislator serving in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, reminded the gals of the obvious, “Ladies, you can’t keep saying men can be women, but then also say that women are a special category. You’ve got to pick a lane. You’re very confusing to the rest of us.”
Ladies, you can’t keep saying men can be women, but then also say that women are a special category. You’ve got to pick a lane. You’re very confusing to the rest of us.
— Representative Marie Hopkins (@MarieForRI) May 31, 2026
