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Macron, your UN speech was pure historical amnesia. “Hamas has never been active in Judea and Samaria”? Two days earlier a Hamas terrorist murdered French citizen Netanel Shukrun (father of six) while he was at a spring with his kids. Hamas has run cells, recruited, planned, and carried out attacks across Judea and Samaria for decades. They claim them. Israel dismantles them regularly. You don’t get to erase their blood just because it doesn’t fit your talking points.

There isn’t a money tree outside City Hall. Shocking, I know. So when someone decides to siphon 2% of the general fund—about $16 million every year—that money has to come from somewhere. It doesn’t materialize because someone slapped the word “equity” on a ballot measure. So…what gets cut? Parks & Rec? Transportation? Police? Public Works? Shelter beds? Investigators? Which essential service gets thrown under the bus so we can fund the latest brilliant experiment in Portland government? Even Mayor Wilson—whom I don’t exactly make a habit of agreeing with—managed to get this one right: “Pulling at least $16 million a year from the fund that pays for shelter beds, park maintenance, and investigators, and handing it to a process the measure doesn’t even define. No future mayor or council could adjust it. Portland can’t afford it.” Finally, something we can agree on. Mark your calendars. And because Portland apparently believes its government isn’t nearly dysfunctional enough, this measure would lock the money into a permanent bureaucratic hamster wheel that future mayors and councils couldn’t even adjust. What could possibly go wrong? Well, this is Portland, so I’m sure we’ll find out. I can already see the brainstorming session: “Should we fix the potholes?” “No.” “Address homelessness?” “Absolutely not.” “Improve public safety?” “Let’s not get crazy.” “I know! A $16 million fund with vague rules and no clearly defined process that lets us spend the money on whatever exciting nonsense someone dreams up next!” BRILLIANT. APPROVED. And naturally, we can look forward to spending millions on projects that make absolutely no discernible difference to anyone who actually has to live here. More sparkly gender-affirming street paintings? Sure. A twelve-month “community-informed” process to determine whether a mural should contain 14 or 15 shades of lavender? Fund it. A $300,000 consultant to tell us that Portland’s potholes are actually a manifestation of systemic transportation inequity? Write the check. Maybe they can paint a giant black hole over the potholes. Then, technically, the potholes would have an appropriate artistic representation. At this point, I’m done saying “things can’t get any worse” about Portland and Multnomah County. Apparently, someone keeps finding that sentence in the archives and treating it as a dare. An idea this spectacularly stupid will probably pass—and, naturally, we’ll congratulate ourselves afterward for being progressive enough to have done it. Portland: where the money is never enough to fix the problems, but somehow there’s always enough for another spectacularly expensive solution in search of a problem. @MayorKWilson @jvegapederson @PortlandDSA @mitch4portland @TeacherTiff4PDX @pnwpolicyangel @portland_watch wweek.com/news/city/2026/08/…

🚨 Musk vs OpenAI's lawyer — the cross-examination exchanges William Savitt — Wachtell Lipton's lead defense lawyer, Supreme Court clerk, trained to break witnesses. Savitt opens with a misleading premise. Musk: "You're being misleading. What you're saying is false." Savitt tries again with a different loaded frame. Musk: "Your questions are not simple. They are designed to trick me." Savitt demands a yes or no answer to a complicated question. Musk: "If you ask a question where there is no possible simple answer, I must give a longer answer because any simple answer would be misleading the jury." Musk reaches for an analogy: "The classic answer to a yes or no question is not so simple. For example, if you ask the question 'will you stop beating your wife?'..." Judge Gonzalez Rogers cuts him off: "No, we're not gonna go there." The courtroom laughs. Savitt apologizes for the question. Musk: "I find it funny you saying it wasn't an unfair question since you're only asking unfair questions." Savitt: "I'm doing my best." Musk: "That is not true." OpenAI's lawyer came to break Musk. Musk wasn't having it.

The Pope cites Lebanon as an example of peaceful “coexistence” between Christians and Muslims. Fun fact: Lebanon was literally created to be a homeland for persecuted Christians in the Middle East. And it was for a few decades. The moment Muslim invaders thought they had the numbers, they started a civil war that lasted 15 years because they didn’t want to live with the same Christians who made them part of the country. Thousands of Christians were massacred, Muslims became the majority, Hezbollah took over, and the country hasn’t known peace ever since. Lebanon is the first and ultimate example that coexistence between Christians and Muslims is quite literally impossible. It’s mind-blowing that anyone would use it as an example of coexistence, let alone the Pope.

There is a major free speech victory out of the Ninth Circuit, which just vacated the order of District Judge David O. Carter, who had ruled against a child punished for declaring "all lives matter" in the California school system. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datasto…

Today marks the end of the survivor participation for our rape gang inquiry hearings. I simply have no words that describe the bravery and courage of these women who have come forward. No words. What they have been through is indescribable. It has been a life-changing experience for me. I never thought such evil was possible. Never. Not here, in Britain. In our towns, in our communities. It is pure evil. These men are so utterly depraved. If it were up to me, thousands of them would receive the death penalty. To do what they did, on such an industrial scale, to innocent young girls - many of whom were already in such an incredibly vulnerable place? There is no redemption possible. The world is a better place without them in it. I started this inquiry because so many others failed. Speaking honestly, I did not understand how deep this evil is rooted in our society. Police, politicians, council officials, the NHS, social workers, children’s homes - it is everywhere. IS everywhere. Not was. IS. Meeting these women, and men, listening to how severely they were failed by those tasked to protect them? My views have changed forever. I knew it was bad. I never knew how bad it was. Every single one who has come forward is a hero in my view. The courage and grace in how they have conducted themselves is unlike anything I have seen in my life. All because they don’t want others to suffer the same fate. That is an extraordinary sacrifice. They could have just moved on with their lives. Tried to forget. But no, they chose to do this. I am in awe of all of them. Our hearings will finish tomorrow, following the contribution of three more expert witnesses. Then the next stage begins. We will produce a report, and then we will seek to put people in prison. There are FAR more testimonies and evidence to release - this will keep coming and coming and coming. Even with a media blackout, we have reached tens of millions. We have made real progress. And following such immense demand, we will reopen the portal so that more women can tell their stories. This is just the beginning. Politicians from all parties have failed these girls, again and again and again. I do not intend to join that list. To everyone who donated, thank you. To our team, thank you. And especially to the survivors, thank you. I believe that together we can start to make Britain understand what is happening, and then finally do something about it.

Trump sent thousands of armed federal officers into our state, and it took just one day for them to kill someone. Now he wants nothing more than to see chaos distract from that horrific action. Don’t give him what he wants.

A Minneapolis McDonald's is REFUSING to let ICE agents enter. @breccastoll: "We couldn't help but notice there's a sign that says, 'No ICE,' on the door." Security Guard: "This is private property, so you can't just break the law because you're a federal agent..."

Question: Democrats have said the Venezuela operation was illegal. Should service members have refused to obey those orders? Kelly: That’s different from what I meant.

Scammers thought Minnesotans were easy targets. They were wrong. From student loan scams to fake utility callers, we shut them down this year — fast.

This is ridiculous. His hat doesn’t make him a criminal now a danger to anyone. If someone get on plane with an LBGTblahblahblah, not a word would be said. His rights are being violated. Period.

This will never get old.

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