Suspect in New York City Subway Shove Death was Released from Psych Hold Hours Before

ABC7NY.com:

The man charged with murder in the fatal shoving of a 76-year-old man at a Chelsea subway station was released from psychiatric hold mere hours earlier, police say. 

 

Police say their suspect, 32-year-old Rhamell Burke, came up behind the victim, 76-year-old Ross Falzone, and pushed him down the 18th Street station stairs just after 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. 

 

Officers found Falzone unconscious and unresponsive. Officials say he suffered a traumatic brain injury, a fractured spine and a fractured rib and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital just before 3 a.m. on Friday. Police say the shoving appeared to be unprovoked, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.

Unbelieveable. But the death of 76-year-old retired teacher Ross Falzone is yet another grim example of what happens when soft-on-crime policies, ideological naïveté, and misplaced “suicidal empathy” are allowed to override basic public safety. Indeed, the man accused of killing Falzone, repeat offender Rhamell Burke, already had a long history of arrests involving assault and other crimes, yet he continued cycling through a system more concerned with protecting criminals than protecting innocent people. Even more disturbing, a black woman Burke allegedly attacked weeks earlier admitted she declined to cooperate with prosecutors because she “didn’t want to put another black man in jail”: a tragic illustration of how racial guilt and activist-driven thinking can cloud moral judgment. Within weeks, Burke allegedly escalated from subway harassment to lethal violence, pushing an elderly man to his death only hours after being released from psychiatric evaluation. it's cases like this that fuel growing frustration with progressive criminal justice policies that repeatedly prioritize offenders, excuses, and social theories over law, order, and the safety of ordinary people.

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Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Democrats’ Redrawn US House Maps

APNews.com:

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. 

 

The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the vote’s result meaningless. 

 

Writing for the majority, Justice D. Arthur Kelsey wrote that the legislature submitted the proposed constitutional amendment to voters “in an unprecedented manner.” “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” he wrote.

Putting aside the giddiness that Democrats and the mainstream media showed when this redistricting plan first passed on the Virginia ballot last week, there’s also a sense of political karma at play here. After all, newly elected Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger (who presented herself to voters on the campaign trail as a “moderate Democrat” despite governing from the far left) knowingly violated the Virginia Constitution in an effort to disenfranchise millions of Republican voters in her state. An obnoxious and deceitful plan designed to do whatever it took to help Democrats retake the House in November. Instead, thanks to this ruling, the Constitution prevailed, and Spanberger gets handed a deeply humiliating defeat..

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Sues New York Times for Discriminating Against White Man Passed Over for Promotion

APNews.com:

A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times, claiming that the news organization passed over a white male employee for a promotion in favor of a lesser qualified woman to meet its diversity goals. The New York Times called the lawsuit politically motivated and said it would defend itself “vigorously.” 

 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a New York Times editor who lodged a complaint after he didn’t get the role of deputy real estate editor in 2025, alleging gender and racial discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race, national origin or religion. 

 

The EEOC claimed the news organization’s publicly stated goals of increasing the number of women and people of color in its leadership ranks influenced the decision to exclude the white male applicant for a final round of interviews, while advancing three women and a Black man.

Of course, there’s tremendous irony here considering that DEI policies have often been criticized for disproportionately benefiting white women. Either way, while white men still largely dominate corporate promotions and board seats, it’s often white men (like this guy) lower on the corporate ladder who end up feeling the greatest impact. That said, the most practical solution would obviously be a performance-based meritocracy, though whether corporations will ever fully embrace that approach remains to be seen.

RELATED: More on the EEOC Lawsuit Against the NY Times

Andrew Schulz Calls Out Podcast Co-Host Charlamagne tha God for ‘Justifying’ Latest Trump Assassination Attempt

Mediaite.com:

Comic Andrew Schulz called out his podcast co-host Charlamagne tha God for “justifying” the latest assassination attempt against President Donald Trump after Charlamagne complained the “brutality” of Trump’s policies could easily spur people to murder him. 

 

The two squabbled on the latest episode of their Brilliant Idiots show on Saturday. 

 

They got into it after Charlamagne said last week he was “sick” of the narrative that violent rhetoric against Trump needed to be toned down, even after he was targeted in an attempted killing spree at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Schultz is right to call out Charlamagne, an attention-grifting con artist who's been playing this game of debauchery for awhile now: spouting Democrat talking ("wrecked our economy", "weakened our Democratic institutions", "rolled back protections for public health") points with no substance or facts to justify some crazy person shooting Trump or any pushack at political violence (which is mostly done by the Left). And Charalamagien gets away with it because the msm loves him and when it comes to politics, he makes sure that he's the smartest guy in the room. And now he's blaming Trump for his own assassination attempt?!? Serious, what a clown.

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Power-Hungry Democrats Embrace Nazi-Tattooed Graham Platner in Hope to Win Maine Senate Seat

TheHill.com:

Democrats are coalescing around progressive political outsider Graham Platner and his bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine after primary rival Gov. Janet Mills ended her struggling bid Thursday. 

 

Mills, who is term limited as governor, jumped into the race late last year as one of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) top recruits, but she had trouble gaining traction in polls and fundraising while Platner surged ahead — despite various controversies around his campaign. She ended her bid Thursday in a statement without endorsing Platner. 

 

But Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm got behind Platner as Mills exited the ring, joining progressive Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and nearly two dozen state legislators who were expected to endorse on Thursday. The winnowed field adds to Democrats’ bullishness about what’s expected to be one of the closest Senate races in the country this fall. “The base couldn’t have spoken more clearly,” Democratic strategist Christy Setzer said.

When you're a bunch of lying, despicable hypocrites and all you care about is regaining power so you can put a stop to Trump's agenda, then you're even willing to embrace a Hamas-loving, Nazi symbol-wearing, law enforcement-hating misogynist like Graham Platner. It's really that simple.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana's Majority-Black District as Racial GerryMander

APNews.com:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats and affect the balance of power in Congress. 

 

In a 6-3 ruling, the court’s conservative majority found that the district, represented by Democrat Cleo Fields, relied too heavily on race. Chief Justice John Roberts had described the district as a “snake” that stretches more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) to link parts of the Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas. 

 

The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, called the decision a “bullet in the heart of the voting rights movement.”

Liberal media outlets, Democrats and the usual professional race-baiters (like Al Sharpton) on the Left will argue that this ruling by SCOTUS 'weakens' the Voters Rights Act, but what it actually does is make it more strict. Indeed, Justice Alito’s interpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act raises the standard for justifying race-based redistricting. Alito argues that such measures are only constitutional if they directly remedy intentional discrimination, not simply to enhance minority representation. To the Left's severe disappointment, this shifts the burden onto proponents to prove minorities lacked meaningful participation in prior redistricting—something increasingly difficult given modern political realities. With significant minority representation now common in state legislatures, Alito contends that the original need for race-based remedies has largely faded. As a result, Section 2 remains valid, but is limited to rare, extreme cases. His reasoning parallels the Court’s approach to affirmative action, emphasizing that eliminating racial discrimination requires ending race-based decision-making altogether.

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New Jersey Congresswoman Analilia Mejia Debuts Federal $25 Minimum Wage Bill a Week After Winning Special Election

NYPost.com:

A national coalition of more than 100 organizations, including teachers unions and lawmakers, is pushing for a federal $25 minimum wage bill. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., on Tuesday introduced the Living Wage for All Act — a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25-per-hour and eliminate subminimum wages. 

 

Mejia, a founding member of the Living Wage for All coalition, is pushing the bill as her first legislative action since winning a special election for a New Jersey House seat in a landslide last week, defeating Republican candidate Joe Hathaway. 

 

Mejia ran on a platform that emphasized Medicare for all, a $25 minimum wage, a wealth tax, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Cheers for Rep. Mejia, especially when you consider that the entire Democrat platform, these days, revolves around how much you hate Trump. Which is why Mejia's bill will go nowhere, because Democrats sole goal, if they take back the House in 2027, is to impeach Trump. But hey, at least Mejia is keeping her word and trying to speak to the needs of working-class voters, unlike 99% of her Democrat colleagues.

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Melania Trump Condemns Jimmy Kimmel, Urges ABC to Take Action After Host Cracks ‘Joke’ About First Lady Becoming a Widow

Mediaite.com:

First Lady Melania Trump urged ABC to take action on Monday after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about the first lady becoming a “widow” – just days before President Donald Trump was targeted in a third assassination attempt against him. 

 

During a parody White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner speech on Thursday’s edition of his show, Kimmel joked, “Our First Lady Melania is here. Look at her, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expected widow.” 

 

Days later, after the real White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was abruptly shut down due to yet another assassination attempt against the president, Kimmel’s speech went viral on social media, where it was criticized by many users.

When you consider that Jimmy Kimmel previously faced little to no consequences after wearing blackface on an ABC show years ago, it seems unlikely he would be fired now over a tasteless joke--even one about the 1st Lady. There’s also the reality that, regardless of how critics view his political shift or tone, Kimmel's speech is protected under the First Amendment. That said, a more strategic response from Trump might be to discourage members of his administration from appearing on ABC unless the network takes action against Kimmel (or even going after Kimmel's sponsors as the Left would do if the situation was reversed). From that perspective, since late-night comedy is so politically biased, there’d be little incentive to continue engaging with it on equal terms.

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Judge Rules Virginia Gerrymandering Vote Unconstitutional

BBC.com:

A Virginia judge on Wednesday paused the certification of referendum results that would lead to redrawing the state's congressional map. 

 

Virginians approved a measure on Tuesday to change district lines, possibly helping Democrats win control of the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections. 

 

The court deemed the new map and the bill that triggered it unconstitutional, following a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee. The state has said it will appeal.

The only goal of the Democrats, should they take back back the House in November, is to impeach Trump/ Everybody knows this and from Barack Obama to the lying scumbag that is VA Governor Abigail Spanberger to Hakeem Jeffries, they have been very open about it--which makes this gerrymandering move even more wrong. Not just because, as the judge states here it goes against the VA Constitution, but also becasue Democrats shouldn't have to rely on redistricting to win. But for a party that only talks about their sheer hatred for everything Trump (instead of Medicare 4 All, raising the federal minimum wage, fighting crime, etc.) Democrats would rather engage in scorched-earth tactics, lose the moral high ground and undermine our political system than work on an agenda that speaks to working-class voters.

RELATED: Democrats’ Virginia Gerrymander is GOP’s Sign to Play Hardball

Far-Left Southern Poverty Law Center Charged with Defrauding Donors with Payments to Extremist Informants

APNews.com:

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. 

 

The Justice Department alleges the civil rights group defrauded donors by using their money to fund the very extremism it claimed to be fighting, with more than $3 million paid to informants through a now-defunct program to infiltrate white supremacist and other extremist groups. Prosecutors allege some of the money was used by extremists to carry out other crimes, but court papers did not include specific examples. 

 

“The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” Blanche said.

The fact that the SPLC never added Antifa to their list of 'hate groups' always made them suspicious to conservatives. But with huge backers like liberal big-shots that include George Soros and George Clooney, the SPFC (which has been used by Democrat politicians as far up the ladder as Joe Biden on the campaign trail to deride and smear Republicans) spending millions to keep the narrative of 'white supremacy' as the 'greatest threat' known to man going, all the while using their loot to pay informants to infiltrate far-Right extremists groups (and promote and fund bigotry), is wild as hell.

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