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Mamdani’s City Grocery Store Official Explains How Their Plan to Keep Privately Owned Stores in Business Will Make Things Even Worse

A woman who is supposedly the lead person from Zohran Mamdani’s team for city-owned grocery stores was recently asked if their plan will put privately owned stores out of business, which, it obviously will.

She explained that privately owned stores that are in trouble will be able to apply for grants from the city, which is only going to make things worse, and far more expensive.

To recap, taxpayers pay for city-owned grocery stores and then, when those stores threaten privately owned stores, taxpayers will fund grants for those stores. The taxpayers just keep paying and paying, no matter what happens.

Townhall reports:

In an interview on Wednesday, Waverly Neer, a senior vice president of the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), which is overseeing Mamdani’s city-run grocery-store rollout, revealed that one proposal under consideration would let nearby grocers apply for grants to offset revenue lost to the city’s subsidized stores. In other words, New York City may use taxpayer money to undercut local businesses, then use more taxpayer money to compensate them for the damage they caused.

“I think ultimately the goals of these locations, not just here in East Harlem, but you know, any borough location is to be complementary to the neighborhood,” Neer said. “And really, you know, rising tides, right? We can we can all cooperate and work together in a meaningful way. ”

“Do you mind? What is the I’ve heard that that term from EDC officials that these are meant to be complementary. What does that mean?” Spectrum News NY1’s Dan Rivoli asked. “What does that complimentary mean in terms of policy operations and things like that? ”

“Yeah, I think we’re, you know, as an agency, looking at a number of different complementary policies and programs, grants, incentives that can come alongside these grocery stores to support other, you know, local independent businesses that are in the neighborhoods,” Neer replied. “We’re going to continue to listen and we’re going to continue to engage and be, you know, alongside the operator as our partner. Like I said, making sure that we are complimentary to the other businesses that are here in the neighborhood.”

“So other locations, other grocery stores can get grants from the city under this?” Rivoli clarified.

“[That’s] something on the table,” Neer said.

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I’m Sorry, The Feds Wasted HOW MANY TRILLIONS in Improper Payments?

Instead of drawing out the big mystery over how much of your money Washington wastes on improper payments, I’ll just tell you right up front: In the 20 years between 2003 and 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates the total money blown on payments made in error, or in the wrong amount, or with no documentation (!!!) is $2.7 TRILLION.

That’s a two followed by a seven followed by 11 zeroes. That’s almost double what we spent last year on Medicare/Medicaid combined, or on Social Security. It’s triple last year’s defense budget. It’s almost triple the unconscionable amount we spent last year just servicing Washington’s outstanding debt.

It is almost exactly the same amount Washington collected last year in personal income taxes. And if that doesn’t make your blood boil, you must be reading this inside a walk-in freezer, chewing on a mouthful of Lopressor.

The incomprehensible numbers come from a Cicero Institute report earlier this year titled “Rebuilding Public Trust by Ensuring Accountability in Government Spending.”

Dream on, right?

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New York Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to ‘Put a Bullet’ in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro

A New York man has been arrested for allegedly saying he would ‘put a bullet’ in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

It is a day ending in ‘y’ so a leftist is threatening to kill someone connected to the Trump administration. All of the threats and violence come from only one side, and the media pretends that all of the problems in society are on the right.

Just look at the image of this nut case.

From the New York Post:

An unhinged Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to travel to Washington, DC, to “put a bullet” in US Attorney Jeanine Pirro‘s head.

Daniel Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, posted two vile and menacing videos to X on June 30, threatening violence against Pirro and further suggesting he may also attempt to assassinate President Trump, according to a criminal complaint filed earlier this month in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

“Because you’re such a lying despicable piece of s–t,” Kretsinger allegedly said in a terrifying video replying to an X post from Pirro’s account, “I’m specifically targeting you when I come to Washington, D.C., and put a bullet directly between your eyes c–t.”

Kretsinger, who was shirtless and appeared enraged in the video, then warned: “And if Trump keeps up his bulls–t I may kill the president too.” …

“I’m gonna come to DC very f—kin soon sweetheart and I’m gonna put a bullet in your f–kin head,” the crazed man said, according to the complaint. “I love you, you evil lying dirt bag thieving f–king b–h!”

An arrest warrant for Kretsinger was issued on Aug. 7 and he was taken into custody on Aug. 11. He is facing charges of transmitting a threat to injure a person across state lines, a violation of federal law that carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.

Given the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the multiple attempts on Trump’s life, none of these threats can be ignored. They all must be taken seriously and investigated.

Meanwhile, Democrats and the media keep dialing their anti-Trump hysteria up to 11 every single day, which in turn inspires more crazies to threaten violence. Rinse and repeat, daily.

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Ro Khanna Says Democrats Ditching Extremist Hasan Piker Would Show ‘Weakness’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) advised Democrats against ditching left-wing extremist Hasan Piker, saying it would convey “weakness.”

The congressman expressed his thoughts on the issue of Hasan Piker, who previously said that America “deserved 9/11,” during an appearance on The Left Hook podcast with Wajahat Ali on Wednesday. When asked if Democrats should abandon Piker, Khanna called it “absurd,” citing his appearances on Joe Rogan’s podcast and his appearance on the Ben Shapiro Show.

“Should I not go on Ben Shapiro’s podcast because I disagree with him?” Khanna asked. “We had an oral argument on the minimum wage. Just because someone is engaging with Hasan Piker who has strong viewpoints on these issues doesn’t mean that you’re endorsing every single one of Hasan Piker’s positions.”

“And if you’re going to argue that we should exclude left-wing commentators and, frankly, some of these people were arguing that we should be cancelling and excluding right-wing commentators, you’re left with a party that is basically a status quo party,” he added.

Khanna even said that Democrats lost “two elections” for those stances, adding that Democrats should be willing to go into “uncomfortable spaces.”

“I think one of the biggest reasons the Democrats are seen as weak is because we’re a party that has been too afraid to be bold, to be consistent, to be willing to be criticized, to be willing to go into uncomfortable spaces, to be willing to take the fire,” he said. “That’s the point of democracy!”

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Radical Far-Left Afghani Muslim Wins California US House Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell

Islam is on the march.

State Senator Aisha Wahab, a radical, far-left Afghan Muslim, won California’s US House 14 in a special election to replace Eric Swalwell.

Aisha Wahab defeated ‘moderate’ Democrat Melissa Hernandez after the two advanced in the June 16 primary.

The special election moved to a race between Wahab and Hernandez after neither of the women received a majority of the vote.

Wahab previously accused Israel of genocide and attacked pro-Israel AIPAC.

AIPAC reportedly dumped millions of dollars into Melissa Hernandez’s campaign.

With more than 95% of the vote in, Wahab won 53% to Hernandez’s 47%, Decision Desk, NBC News and AP projected.

Wahab will serve out the remainder of Eric Swalwell’s term.

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Mass Casualties In Large Russian Assault On Ukraine’s Capital, Air Defenses Dwindle

Ukraine started the week with near record-setting drone attacks on Moscow, with over 600 UAVs sent against the Russian capital Monday night into Tuesday.

The expected major Russian retaliation has come overnight, with a huge missile and drone barrage on the Ukrainian capital. Many dozens were sent, killing over 16 people and injuring more than 40, local authorities report.

The casualty rate was high despite that Ukraine says it managed to intercept nearly 90% of inbound projectiles, which it did not give a total figure for.

Local media reports indicate the capital city’s Solomianskyi district district was the worst hit:

In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a Russian attack damaged buildings on non-residential property. In addition, a fire broke out in the warehouse facilities there.

In the Solomianskyi district, debris damaged the upper floors of a 9-story residential building, after which a fire broke out there. Rescue workers have already extinguished it. Windows were also shattered in four nearby residential buildings.

At another location, debris caused a fire on the upper floors of a 4-story building.

In addition, a school and a children’s hospital were damaged in the Solomianskyi district. Windows were shattered at the hospital, and cars caught fire on its grounds. The fire has been extinguished. Garages were also damaged.

President Zelensky used the devastation to once again call on the West to urgently provide more Patriot systems, amid dwindling anti-air supplies.

“The interceptors for Patriot systems have not yet been replaced, and they are needed every day,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post on Thursday. “Each additional missile saves the lives of our people.”

The Russian defense ministry said in familiar messaging that it was targeting military-industrial sites connected to the Ukrainian armed forces.

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Iowa GOP Governor Candidate Slams Democrat in Ad For Massive Tax Hike Plot

Republican Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn released a campaign ad Thursday saying Democrat rival Rob Sand plans to raise the average Iowan’s taxes by $7,500 a year.

The 30-second spot was provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release. Filmed on Lahn’s farm in Belle Plaine, it opens on rising costs before cutting to an attack on Sand, the state auditor and Democrat nominee for governor. The ad casts Sand as a billionaire out of touch with working families.

In it, Lahn ties the cost of gas and groceries to his opponent and delivers the central charge directly to camera.

“But Rob Sand wants to raise your taxes by $7,500 a year. You can look it up. He is a billionaire. He doesn’t get what regular folks go through. He’s opposed tax cuts his whole career,” Lahn says in the ad. “I’m going to do everything in my power to help Iowa families as governor, because I know how hard you work. Iowa First.”

Lahn’s campaign argued the attack is grounded in Sand’s personal wealth. In a statement, campaign spokesman Dan Capodilupo said Sand’s opposition to tax cuts is easier to understand given who covers his expenses.

“It’s easy for Rob Sand to oppose tax cuts for families when someone else is paying his bills,” Capodilupo said. “His entire lifestyle and political career have both been financed by his father-in-law’s chemical fortune.”

The campaign claimed Sand married into the Lauridsen Group, Inc. (LGI), a family-owned chemical company, and asserted that Sand’s family has bankrolled his campaigns “to the tune of $13 million, the most in Iowa history.” The campaign described Sand’s operation as “effectively the seventh wholly owned subsidiary of LGI.”

Sand’s documented tax positions include a higher tax on out-of-state landowners, a ban on hedge funds and LLCs buying Iowa farmland, and ending state tax breaks for data centers. He has said he would consider an increase in the state cigarette tax to address Iowa’s cancer rates.

Sand’s campaign has cast Lahn as the outsider in the race. Press secretary Maddie Moher said Sand “has spent his career working with Republicans, Democrats, and independents to hold government accountable, uncover misspent taxpayer dollars, and deliver results for Iowans,” and would do the same as governor.

“Zach Lahn is a career political operative, and his latest attacks are a distraction from his own record and frequent flights to Kansas,” Moher said, referring to Sand’s line of attack over Lahn’s ties to Wichita.

Sand, of Decorah, has served as state auditor since 2019 and is the only Democrat holding statewide office in Iowa. He built his profile prosecuting the Hot Lotto rigging scandal as an assistant attorney general and has centered his campaign on lowering costs for Iowa families.

The ad comes as Lahn, a venture firm owner and Make America Healthy Again supporter, tries to hold an open seat Republicans have held since 2011, with Gov. Kim Reynolds not seeking reelection. Lahn won the GOP primary in a June upset, edging Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra by less than a point.

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Washington is driving America toward a debt crisis we can’t ignore any longer

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. Those words are widely attributed to Alexander Tytler, the Scottish judge and historian who lived from 1747 to 1813. There is, however, some debate over the attribution. Historians and researchers have questioned whether Tytler actually wrote the passage in the form in which it is commonly quoted, whether he expressed a similar idea that was later expanded and attributed to him, or whether the passage originated elsewhere. The exact authorship may be debatable. The warning itself is not.

Here is the prophetic quote:

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”

This is no idle warning. Look at the United States today and the pattern is hard to miss. This is exactly what is happening today.

Our founders were statesmen who sacrificed much to create a system focused on the common good. They had businesses, farms, and families, and they risked everything to build a limited government unlike any the world had seen. Today we are governed largely by professional politicians, many of whom have never signed the front of a paycheck or run a business. Their careers are spent in government, and they are focused on re-election, promising voters increasingly more, but not paying for these programs.

The late Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a practicing physician, saw this coming. In his book “The Debt Bomb”, written 15 years ago, he warned of the fiscal path we were on. The problems he described are here.

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Report Suggests Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs May Face Charges Linked to Tupac Shakur’s Murder

Duane Davis – on trial for the murder – reportedly told police Diddy offered him $1 million to kill rival rapper.

30 years after the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur at the height of his fame, Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis is on trial for masterminding the murder.

According to prosecutors, Tupac’s shooting was part of an LA gang war.

And legal sources suggest to The Telegraph that disgraced rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs could face charges linked to the murder.

The Telegraph reported:

“The prosecution’s case hinges on Mr Davis’s own claims to police, in documentary interviews and a memoir, that he sought out Shakur after his nephew was targeted as part of a rival gang feud. They also allege that he was in the white Cadillac from which the fatal bullet was fired, and that he ‘tossed’ the gun to the rapper’s killer.”

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Greece Rejects the Cashless Trend as Cash Acceptance Hits 99%

Greece has emerged as the euro area’s most cash-friendly country, with new European Central Bank data showing cash acceptance among Greek businesses reached 99% in 2026. That rate is the highest in the currency bloc, matched only by Italy among the 21 countries that use the euro.

The finding comes from the ECB’s latest survey on how companies handle cash. Researchers conducted telephone interviews with more than 8,200 businesses between February and April 2026. In Greece, retailers reported a perfect 100% acceptance rate, a distinction shared only with Slovenia, according to the survey.

The results place Greece well above the euro area’s overall cash acceptance rate, which rose to 92% in 2026 from 90% the year before. Researchers said the increase suggests that a decline in cash acceptance, which began during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, has paused.

Greece leads on cash acceptance, but doubts remain ahead

Even so, the survey uncovered a contrast in Greece. Despite the country’s top ranking, 23% of Greek businesses said they were unsure whether they would keep taking cash over the next five years.

That uncertainty was far higher in Cyprus, where 51% of businesses questioned their cash future. Cyprus also posted the lowest overall acceptance rate in the euro area, at 76%, while Belgium followed at 81%.

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