NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Propose Property Tax Hike

AOL.com:

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to propose raising property taxes to balance the city budget on Tuesday, in the face of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s continued resistance to raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. The mayor is set to reveal his preliminary budget plans Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. 

 

“We do have a big gap to fill, and he’s put a pretty extreme option on the table, which is a combination of raising property taxes and taking money from reserves, and relying on some pretty aggressive revenue projections to boot,” said City Comptroller Mark Levine, who was briefed on the proposal Tuesday morning. 

 

On the campaign trail, Mamdani emphasized a need to reform the city’s property tax system, which economists say favors single-family homes, luxury condos and predominantly white neighborhoods overall, and places more weight on multi-family buildings and homeowners in mostly Black neighborhoods.

Of course, Mamdani will blame Kathy Hochul for not passing a wealth tax. But imagine how the average Mamdani voter (esp. homeowners) feels now after hearing this news, especially after being promised a bunch of free shit on the campaign trail--nonetheless it wasn't like Eric Adams, prominent conservatives and even Andrew Cuomo didn't warn them.

RELATED: Mamdani Wants to Fix Property Taxes. Eric Adams’s Failure Is a Warning Sign.

Adam Schiff Walks Right Into Bill Maher’s Trap With Trump Quote Fakeout

Mediaite.com:

Bill Maher slapped Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) with a gotcha moment after he got him to critique a statement from former President Barack Obama, while the lawmaker thought it was from President Donald Trump. 

 

“This statement from the administration: ‘The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.’ That too vague for you?” Maher asked Schiff on Friday’s Real Time. 

 

“Totally vague,” Schiff said. “Okay, because that’s from Obama about Libya,” Maher said. The 2011 statement from the administration reads: “The President had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force in Libya because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.”

This is so good because you can see Schiff's face light up at the idea of going off on presidetial authority to use the military when he thinks Trump made the quote, before changing the subject once he realizes it was actually Obama. But then Schiff wouldn't be lying, corrupt weasel of a politician if it wasn't so easy to make him look like a fool.

RELATED: James Carville Proudly Declares He Has Trump Derangement Syndrome in Blistering Rant: ‘I Hate the Motherf**ker!’

After a Litany of Issues, Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

CNN.com:

President Donald Trump said Thursday on social media he was firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and would name Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her. 

 

Trump thanked Noem for her service, saying in his Truth Social post she “has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!)” and that she “will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere.” 

 

He said Mullin would take over the position March 31. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Trump administration will work to confirm Mullin “as quickly as possible.”

Despite bipartisan calls for her to resign for weeks now, one kept trying to give Kristi Noem the benefit of the doubt because its only been a year and change since she got the DHS post, she'd already been sidelined by Trump after that disastrous Minnesota press conference and of course it'd be a win for Democrats (who've long despised her), but to be fair the now-former DHS Secretary brought this firing onto herself. Indeed, a steady stream of controversies that ultimately made her position untenable. The most damaging crisis erupting after immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota led to the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti, whom Noem quickly labeled “domestic terrorists,” only for cellphone and body camera footage to cast doubt on her department’s account. Her refusal to apologize during congressional hearings alienated members of both parties. At the same time, lawmakers questioned her approval of luxury Gulfstream G700 jets for the Department of Homeland Security, including one reportedly equipped with a bedroom, while a vain, $220 million horseback-themed ad campaign urging migrants to self-deport reportedly angered Trump after he denied ever approving it. Combined with smaller but damaging optics controversies (from the “Blanketgate” incident involving noted numbskull/aide Corey Lewandowski to her widely criticized memoir anecdote about shooting the family dog) Noem’s tenure became defined by a long list conainging poor judgment and political liabilities that ultimately led to her firing.

RELATED: What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ role

James Talarico Defeats Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Primary Election

HoustonPublicMedia.org:

Austin state Rep. James Talarico beat Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, prevailing in a tight race that boosted the party’s hopes for a statewide win in November. 

 

With all but one of Texas’ counties and 85% of its polling locations reporting, Talarico had received 53.1% of the vote compared to 45.6% for Crockett, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. The Associated Press early Wednesday morning called the race in favor of Talarico, who got a surge of exposure and financial backing at the start of early voting after his appearance on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert was scrapped from the CBS broadcast but viewed by millions on YouTube. 

 

“We’re about to take back Texas,” Talarico said in a Wednesday morning statement, referring to Democrats’ quest of winning a statewide election for the first time in more than 30 years. In the November general election, Talarico will face the winner of the Republican primary, which is headed to a May 26 runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

I'm convinced that Crockett never truly wanted to win this Senate rcae. First, there's the fact that not too long ago she went on The Breakfast Club and bragged about how she could make more $$$ outside of politics. Secondly and more importantly, there's Crockett's Senate campaign itself: an awful strategy that contained nothing but identity politics, continuous Trump smears, only doing friendly interviews with press (while being hostile towards those doing real journalism) and almost never talking about her actual policies or what she could do as a Senator to make Texan working-class voters lives better. That said, a Biden shill through and through and certified Democrat-establishment leech, even after her loss I highly doubt that we've seen the last of Jasmine Crockett when it comes to politics.

RELATED: Texas Senate Race Is Gonna Be Lit!

Diddy Friend Deon Cole Roasts Nicki Minaj for Becoming a Trump Supporter

Yahoo.com:

Here’s what made eleven seconds of televangelist energy into a news cycle. Cole didn’t pull those references from nowhere. 

 

Nicki has spoken publicly about getting butt injections in the past, including in a 2022 conversation on The Joe Budden Podcast that was widely covered at the time. And “hasn’t been herself.” That line has been writing itself for weeks. 

 

On January 28, 2026, Minaj appeared at the Trump Accounts Summit in Washington and called herself the president’s “No. 1 fan,” telling the room that she wasn’t going to change. She pledged between $150,000 and $300,000 toward Trump Accounts, a new investment account program tied to Trump’s 2025 tax law.

Of course, if you work in uber-liberal Hollywood like Deon Cole (a mid-tier comedian) does, you almost have to be anti-Trump or olderwise it''l cost you future jobs, gigs and perhaps even your whole entire livelihood. But Hollyweird extremism aside, several factosr are also at play here. For starters, there's the sheer stupidity of people continuing to care what celebrities (who are often clueless when it comes to politics) think about everyday issues--this latest brouhaha coming two years after Democrats and Kamala Harris losing an election partly because they put way too much stock (and $$$) into celebrity endorsements. Then there's an entire undustry ganging up on Nicki and dragging her through the mud for supporting Trump?!? You know the same group of hypocrites with nothing but a shitload of decadence and debauchery in their backyards. But leave it Cole (an old pal of Diddy), the corrupt NAACP and the rest of the merry band of celebrity liberals to get up on their high horse and roast a Black (the same group they always claim to protect) for daring to be different.

RELATED: Why Nicki Minaj Appearance at TPUSA AmericaFest Matters

Israel and Trump Launch Strikes Against Iran; Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Dead After IDF Strike Hits Tehran Compound

CNN.com:

Iran’s militant and unyielding supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and oversaw an era of harsh internal repression and confrontation with the United States and Israel, has died following the Israeli strike in Tehran, as his compound was reduced to rubble, a senior Israeli official told Fox News Digital. 

 

"Khamenei was the contemporary Middle East’s longest-serving autocrat. He did not get to be that way by being a gambler. Khamenei was an ideologue, but one who ruthlessly pursued the preservation and protection of his ideology, often taking two steps forward and one step back," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program, told Fox News Digital. 

 

"Khamenei’s worldview was shaped by his militant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, which first manifested itself in his protests against the Shah of Iran," he added.

Well, to the ire of the msm and many liberals online, reports that Khamenei has been killed have sparked celebrations in many corners of the world, particularly among those who have long viewed his regime as one that governed through violence, intimidation, and the relentless repression of dissent while making “death to America” a guiding slogan for nearly five decades. For critics of Tehran, the moment feels historic, potentially marking the end of a theocratic system that exported jihadist ideology and destabilized the region. Yet the jubilation is tempered by a serious question: if this truly signals the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s leadership structure, what comes next? After all it's well-known that regime change alone does not guarantee freedom, and the harder task is building a stable, genuinely democratic state. If Trump is poised to play a decisive role in shaping Iran’s future, skeptics are warranted in asking whether there is a concrete, realistic plan to help foster democratic institutions and prevent a power vacuum or whether the fall of one strongman could simply open the door to another cycle of chaos, like we've seen enough times before. Only time will tell.

RELATED: Netanyahu: 'Many Signs' We Got Khamenei; UPDATE: Body Found? UPDATE: Trump, Bibi Shown Photo

Rep. Lauren Boebert Proves Waht a Waste of Time it Was Inviting Hillary Clinton to House Hearings

PBS.org:

The House Oversight Committee's deposition of Hillary Clinton was paused after Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert sent a photo of the closed-door proceeding to a conservative influencer. Benny Johnson, a right-wing Youtuber, posted a photo of Clinton at the deposition online and said Boebert had provided it. 

 

The deposition is being recorded on video, but Comer has said that will only be released after Clinton's attorneys have a chance to review it. The committee's rules do not allow outside press or photographers to take photos of the proceedings. Boebert, R-Colo., was defiant in remarks to reporters as she left the closed-door deposition for Hillary Clinton. 

 

Boebert had violated committee protocol by sharing a photo of Clinton with a conservative influencer who posted it online. When asked why she had shared the photo, Boebert responded, "Why not?" Boebert also sarcastically said she admired Clinton's blue suit and wanted to show it to everyone.

What a complete and utter farce, That is after begging for Hillary Clinton (who outside of the 2016 presidential election, has owned GOP whenever they confront her) to testify on the Epsteain files, knowing damn well she'd deny everything, much less behind closed doors all the while knowing that it's her husband Bill (who should be the focus here when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein). And then an unserious person like Rep. Boebert chooing to leak a photo of Hillary mid-trial to a pro-MAGA figure--any wonder why this GOP can't get anything done?

RELATED: Bill Clinton's Sgt. Schultz Act: I Knew Nothing, I Saw Nothing About Epstein

Jasmine Crockett’s Senate Campaign Reportedly Called Police on CNN Reporter

Mediaite.com:

The Senate campaign of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is intensifying hostilities with disfavored reporters, according to Semafor. 

 

In a report published on Tuesday, the outlet said that in separate incidents this month, Crockett’s campaign called the police on CNN reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere and escorted Atlantic reporter Elaine Godfrey off the premises at a campaign rally. 

 

Earlier this month, Crockett’s campaign called the Capitol Police on Dovere because “he may have trespassed when he attempted to visit a campaign office location.” Dovere interviewed Crockett in December before she announced her Senate run.

Recent polls show Crockett leading her primary challenger, James Talarico, by as much as 12 points, and that sizable advantage may be emboldening her campaign strategy. With a comfortable margin, Crockett appears increasingly willing to take a harder line with the press, including reportedly removing reporters she doesn't like from campaign events, while benefiting from her media allies who lobe her for always bashing Trump. Her lead in the polls also helps Crockett avoid less predictable platforms like Stephen A. Smith's podcast (who've been begging Crockett for an interview fot awhile now) where she might face more pointed questions about her policy positions and often combative demeanor> But with a huge lead in the polls Crickett can instead opt for friendly interviews that focus heavily on attacking President Trump rather than scrutinizing her own record. So right now there's little incentive for Crcokett to change course, meaning voters are likely to see more tightly controlled appearances and continued confrontational moments on the campaign trail.

RELATED: Why I Got Thrown Out of a Jasmine Crockett Rally

Don Lemon Sued for ‘Severe Emotional Distress’ Over Minneapolis Church Protest

YahooNews.com:

Don Lemon was sued this week with a group of protestors for “severe emotional distress” following the January “ICE Out” protest inside a Minneapolis church. 

 

Churchgoer Ann Doucette claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday that the protest unlawfully interfered with her ability to freely exercise her religion and resulted in “severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety and trauma.” 

 

Lemon documented an anti-ICE protest that took place at a Jan. 18 church service led by the church’s pastor David Easterwood, an alleged ICE field officer, following the fatal shooting of Renee Good.

Took this parishioner long enough because there's no justification for protesting inside a church and Lemon knew the deal when he decided to show up there and make himself an active participant. In other words, not the actions of a so-called "journalist" (as he loves to claim, but really for legal purposes), but that of an activist. As since he got canned from CNN not too long back, Lemon knew that the only way to keep himself relevant was to join the anti-Trump Resistance. There's also the fact that as a former journalist, Lemon knew that there was no way those protestors would've done this to say a mosque, or any non-Christian house of worship for the matter--there would've been hell to pay for that. That said, every person who was in that church, when Lemon and his crew barged in to scare and harass them, should sue them. And not just for emotional distress, but on civil terms too as the best way to wreck Lemon's life is to make an example of him and go after his pockets.

RELATED: The ‘Don Lemon law’? Idaho lawmakers want to keep protests out of churches

White, Female Hunter College Professor Caught On Hot Mic Making Racist Remarks About Black Students

NYPost.com:

A Hunter College professor who sparked widespread outrage after she was caught making a “blatantly racist” comment during a New York City public schools video meeting is being reviewed by her employer — but may keep her job thanks to her cushy tenure. 

 

Allyson Friedman, an associate professor of biology at the Manhattan CUNY school, came under fire after her shocking remarks were caught on a hot mic, interrupting a black eighth-grader who was raising concerns about her Upper West Side school possibly facing a shutdown during a Community Education Council meeting on Feb. 10. 

 

“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” Friedman was heard saying while her mic was unknowingly unmuted, according to a recording of the meeting posted online. “If you train a black person well enough, they’ll know to use the back,” she said. “You don’t have to tell them anymore.”

Now there's some good 'ole fashioned racism  there. And yes, she should be fired immediately, especially since the evidence is right there on tape for everyone to see. What's funny tho is how Professor Freidman thought that she was on mute when she made her racist remarkss, but she wasn't..poor thing. And the lack of outrage from her fellow panelists is also pretty noticable, which tells you more about the state of white liberalism.

RELATED: UPDATE: Racist Remarks Shock Participants at UWS Schools Meeting: ‘We Take These Matters Very Seriously’