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Here's today's roundup. | Sean “Diddy” Combs released an apology letter on Thursday, begging his case’s judge for a light sentence after the court convicted him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
“Today, I humbly ask you for another chance — another chance to be a better father, another chance to be a better son, another chance to be a better leader in my community, and another chance to live a better life,” the note reads. He also apologized to his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, whom cameras caught him beating the living daylights out of in a California hotel in 2016.
“The scene and images of me assaulting Cassie play over and over in my head daily,” Diddy said. “I literally lost my mind. I was dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved. I’m sorry for that and always will be.”
Combs will receive his sentence today. It could be up to 20 years. Read more.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Harvard Hires Drag Queen Named “LaWhore Vagistan” as Visiting Professor |
Harvard charges $86,926 for a year of school, room, and board. Given that mind-bogglingly high rate, you’d think the university’s students would only receive instruction from the world’s most distinguished, accomplished, and studious academic minds. People like Robert Oppenheimer or Alan Turing. Maybe even Albert Einstein.
You know what parents shelling out fortunes for their kids to attend the elite Ivy League institution probably don’t expect? Classes taught by drag queens. But they’re getting at least one.
Harvard recently hired a visiting professor who goes by “LaWhore Vagistan” to teach in its Women, Gender, and Sexuality department. LaWhore reportedly instructs courses on “Queer Ethnography,” which centers around “gay neighborhoods, trans raves, sex work, and lesbian parties,” and “Drag, Race, and Desire.”
You may be wondering where the professor got such a spicy nickname. She explained in a 2015 interview. She chose “LaWhore” because, in her words, she’s “a bit of a whore,” and “Vagistan” because she sees her home subcontinent of India as “one, big, beautiful Vag … istan.” How inspiring. Read more.
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America Is in an “Armed Conflict” with Drug Cartels |
America’s military ambitions can be hard to track.
We’re committing huge resources to fighting Russia, are constantly getting involved in Israel’s messes, appear open to deploying troops to Greenland, and now, according to President Trump, are in a “non-international armed conflict” with the drug cartels.
The White House made that declaration in a memorandum to Congress on Thursday, tying recent airstrikes in the Caribbean to Trump’s “responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests.” The letter justified the administration’s use of immediate lethal force against suspected drug traffickers rather than intercepting their vessels and pursuing due process.
“The United States has now reached a critical point where we must use force in self-defense and defense of others against the ongoing attacks by these designated terrorist organizations,” it reads.
The Pentagon deployed thousands of troops and several naval warships off the coast of Latin America in August. Read more.
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FDA Approves New Abortion Pill
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The Food and Drug Administration approved a new version of the abortion pill mifepristone on Thursday, setting the stage for a potential spike in terminated pregnancies.
The move permits telehealth company Evita Solutions to produce the deadly drug and marks its first approval since the Clinton administration greenlit the original version in 2000. Since then, mifepristone, along with the accompanying pill misoprostol, has become America’s most common abortion method. Approximately 63% of all abortions in 2023 involved their use.
Many anti-baby-killing conservatives expressed outrage over the decision, including Josh Hawley, who called it “shocking” and chastised the pill as “dangerous and even deadly for the mother. And of course 100% lethal to the child.” A recently published Ethics and Public Policy Center review found that nearly 11% of women who take the drug experience possibly life-threatening complications within 45 days.
RFK Jr. also chimed in, writing that the FDA only approved the pill “because federal law requires approval when an application proves the generic is identical to the brand-name drug.” Read more. |
TikTok’s U.S. Owner Vetted Marco Rubio for Loyalty to Israel |
Wouldn’t it be strange if political megadonors required their candidates to swear loyalty to Nepal? Or Singapore? Bangladesh, Chile, or Luxembourg? Doing so would betray the idea that America’s leaders are supposed to serve the American people.
So why is it okay for them to demand politicians pledge allegiance to Israel? The practice is stunningly common. Take billionaire Larry Ellison and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Newly released 2015 emails reveal that Ellison vetted Rubio for his fealty toward Israel during the then-senator's quest for the 2016 Republican nomination, probing whether the candidate would be obediently loyal to the Netanyahu government before deciding if he deserved support.
Ellison hosted a fundraiser for Rubio months later and pumped $5 million into a super PAC that supported his candidacy throughout the campaign. We guess he passed the test. Read more.
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BERNIE SANDERS: Trump Presidency Is America’s Worst Crisis “Since the Civil War” |
We try not to be too hard on Bernie Sanders. Yes, many of his ideas are insane, but he appears to be one of Washington’s few politicians who earnestly believes what he says. It’s refreshing, in a way.
That said, the Vermont senator tends to go off the deep end. He did so on Thursday, blasting the Trump presidency as “the worst crisis in America literally since the Civil War.”
“We are living in an unprecedentedly dangerous moment, possibly the worst crisis in America literally since the Civil War,” he said on MSNBC. “You have a president who is acting unconstitutionally and illegally… who is a megalomaniac, who wants more and more power for himself and his oligarchic friends. I want everybody to understand that.”
For the sake of this argument, let’s say everything Sanders claimed was true, and Trump really is a megalomaniac, a threat to the Constitution, and all the rest of the charges. Would that really be worse than anything America has endured since the Civil War? More of a catastrophe than Pearl Harbor, the Cold War, the Iranian hostage crisis, or 9/11? Of course not. The senator claiming otherwise makes him seem cartoonish and hurts his own cause. Read more. |
Florida County Approves “Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway” |
Ron DeSantis announced the designation of a section of Lake County roadway as the “Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway” on Thursday, marking the first local government decision to memorialize the Turning Point USA founder after his assassination. The vote was unanimous.
The highway will not be the Sunshine State’s only tribute. City officials in Melbourne are considering renaming a strip of road “Charlie Kirk Lane,” and New College of Florida has unveiled plans to erect a statue of Kirk on its campus. On a national level, GOP congressmen are pursuing legislation to mint silver dollar coins bearing the slain father’s image, and the Senate passed a resolution establishing October 14, Charlie’s birthday, as a National Day of Remembrance. Read more. |
Students at Biden’s Alma Mater Praise Charlie Kirk’s Killer |
The University of Delaware’s student TV network recently included a “Special Thanks” to “Charlie Kirk’s Killer” in the closing credits for one of its shows.
Upset students reportedly complained about the line quickly after the video’s release, prompting its swift deletion, modification, and republication. The school’s Department of Communication, which oversees the network, is said to have wanted the issue to “go away quietly.”
As cruel as heralding the murderer of a young father is, college kids do stupid things all the time. The reason this story matters isn’t because a bunch of 20-year-olds acted like jerks on TV. It’s because school faculty, who are supported by taxpayers, allowed them to do it. The State of Delaware contributes millions of dollars to UD each year. The everyday citizens whose paychecks those funds come from deserve better. Read more. |
Divers Discover $1 Million Worth of Treasure at 310-Year-Old Shipwreck |
A Florida diving crew recently discovered over 1,000 silver and gold coins in the remains of an 18th-century shipwreck. The haul is worth over $1,000,000.
The riches come from the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwreck, a vessel that fell victim to a hurricane as it attempted to travel from the New World back to Spain. The coins came from the Spanish colonies of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia, and many still bear visible dates and mint marks.
You’d probably think the divers would be free to keep the treasure for themselves. They found it, after all. But no. Under Florida law, any “treasure trove” or other historic artifacts “abandoned” in government waters belong to the state, meaning 20% must be forfeited upon discovery. The remaining assets will be split equally among the salvage company’s owners and its subcontractors. Read more. |
“You'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude.”
That was JD Vance’s message to fired MSNBC race lady Joy Reid on Thursday after the multi-millionaire complained about America not providing her enough “opportunity.” Reid reportedly raked in seven figures during her years on cable news. That sounds like a pretty good opportunity to us.
The former primetime host isn’t the only person, or group of people, who should hear the vice president’s advice. Neocons’ reactions to Donald Trump granting Qatar a NATO-style security guarantee showed that they, too, could use some gratitude.
War hawks like Mark Levin aren’t angry at the president’s decision because they think it’s bad for the United States. Our country is barely their concern. The reason they’re upset is that the pledge could hurt the nation they actually care about: Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an attack on Qatar’s capital city last month, and he’d love to be able to do so again. America’s new commitment serves as a deterrent that even he is unlikely to ignore. So he and his allies are very, very upset.
Before going on their usual rampages about how anyone who opposes their views is antisemitic, these foreign shills should take a step back and recognize the enormous amount of charity the U.S. and Qatar have done for their cause. The Qataris allow America to have its largest Middle Eastern military base on their home soil for the main purpose of protecting Israel, have subjected themselves to multiple attacks because of Israel in the past four months alone, and yet have never sent rockets flying toward Tel Aviv in return. Instead, the country’s prime minister allowed Benjamin Netanyahu, the man responsible for the death of one of his government officials, off the hook with a disingenuous telephone apology. That’s pretty gracious.
Do the Levins of the world appreciate those facts? Do they even acknowledge them? Of course not. Because the overwhelming philanthropy they receive is never enough.
We see this time and time again. Donald Trump did the Israeli government an enormous favor by bombing Iran in June. A successful Iranian nuclear program would have threatened Israel, not the United States, but the president selflessly put his country at risk to shut it down anyway.
How did the neocons reward him? Did they express profuse gratitude for his dumping of American resources into the Israeli agenda? Maybe for a moment, but it didn’t last. Within days, these lunatics went back to criticizing Trump for not doing enough to support Israel. They punched air as he blocked Netanyahu from violating the ceasefire he’d just negotiated, and immediately began plotting their next scheme to get the administration to do their dirty work for them. They always want more.
Joe Biden encountered the same jarring entitlement. The former president oversaw the donation of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to Israel during his time in office, repeatedly applauding as Congress sent the American people’s money to the Israelis. His generosity was remarkable, and he never asked for anything in exchange.
Were the recipients grateful? Of course not. Israel’s national security minister accused Biden of being a Hamas ally. Its parliamentarian said his policies “jeopardize[d] Israel.” American lawmakers like Tom Cotton and Brian Mast blasted him for appeasing terrorism. It’s hard to think of anything more ridiculous. Gifting a country $30 billion equates to siding with its enemies? Please spare us.
Now let’s get to the big one. Fighting Israel’s wars has been America’s most consequential favor for its “special ally.” Iraq is the clearest example. That invasion’s goal of ousting Saddam Hussein did not exist in the name of U.S. interests; neocons created it at the behest of Netanyahu. Israel wanted Saddam gone because they thought it would be best for them, and they fed the Bush administration lies about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to convince the president to start the war on their behalf. Tragically, he took the bait, and America lost thousands of troops, wasted trillions of dollars, and further destabilized the Middle East.
Once again, how did the Israeli government respond? Did they marvel at the sacrifices the U.S. made in their name? Did they kiss the ground our leaders and taxpayers walked on? We’re sure you’re noticing the theme. Of course they didn’t. Instead, they pivoted to luring America into even more wars, next in Libya, Syria, and Iran. We bend over backwards for them, they do nothing for us, and the cycle repeats. Over and over and over.
The good news is that the public is waking up to how obscenely parasitic this relationship is. Poll after poll shows a majority of Americans recognizing that support for Israel does not serve U.S. national interests. The percentage of people on board with the status quo has plummeted by 20 points in the last two years alone, according to Quinnipiac University. That trend will likely continue.
Why? Because the country woke up one day and decided to turn into Nazis, like Netanyahu says? Of course not. Taxpayers are sick of a foreign country treating them like lapdogs. It’s demeaning, insulting, and entirely out of line. Israel thinks America’s support isn’t enough, but they’re wrong. It’s been more than enough. It’s time for them to fight their own wars.
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October 3, 1863: Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday. Abraham Lincoln announced that the U.S. would celebrate an official Thanksgiving holiday on November 26th of that year, when expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg. The declaration designated the holiday as the final Thursday of November, and harkened back to when George Washington called for an official celebratory “day of public thanksgiving and prayer” during his first term. Before Lincoln’s announcement, the government believed such a holiday would be inappropriate in a nation based in part on the separation of church and state. |
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