Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Time to restructure NATO to a group go the willing and dump the parasites.
US plans to cut bombers, fighter jets and warships available to NATO allies in time of war: report
A wastrel murderer
‘Golden boy’ Ivy Leaguer who murdered NYC dad over allowance debuts shocking new look in first-ever interview
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/thomas-gilbert-jr-gives-first-interview-since-2015-dad-murder/
Calling this stuff coffee is an insult to coffee! It should be called flavored sugar drinks
Fast-growing coffee giant plans California expansion with multiple locations
A rising coffee competitor that is giving Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts a run for their money will be expanding westward in the very near future.
7 Brew Coffee – a chain based in Rogers, Arkansas and has been rapidly expanding – is planning to open its first three stores in California.
Two proposals have been filed to open 7 Brew shops in Visalia, California, one at 2800 N. Dinuba Blvd. and the other at 3627 S. Mooney Blvd.
The chain also filed a design review application in Roseville, California for a 911-square-foot stand at 10201 Fairway Drive, via Sacramento Bee.
Another shop in Clovis, California is in the works, with a 910-square-foot shop with dual drive-thru is being eyed for a lot on the corner of Shaw and Clovis avenues, via Your Central Valley.
All of these plans have not been finalized by the various cities as of yet, and it’s unclear which of these stores would be the first to open for business in the Golden State.
7 Brew was founded by Ron Crume, with the first store opening in Rogers, Arkansas in 2017, and in under a decade, it has expanded quite rapidly.
Ferrari virtue signals with the first unworthy model in its history
Ferrari shares slump after it unveils first fully electric car
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter
Luxury sports car maker Ferrari has unveiled its first fully electric car - the $640,000 (£474,320) Luce.
The new model departs from the look of typical Ferraris as the Italian brand's first ever five-seater, created in collaboration with the LoveFrom agency founded by former Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive.
Responses on social media to the launch ranged from describing it as "straight to the junkyard trash" to an "absolute masterclass in design". On Tuesday, the firm's shares fell more than 8% on the Milan stock market and by over 5% in New York.
Supercar rivals like Lamborghini and Porsche have scaled back on their EV plans due to poor demand and intense competition from Chinese brands.
Ferrari chief executive Benedetto Vigna said in Rome that the Luce, Italian for "light", has taken half a decade to develop.
Vigna also showed the new car to Pope Leo on Tuesday, who sat in the vehicle and was presented with its steering wheel.
Ferrari plans to roll out the electric vehicle (EV) after previously ruling out such a move, opting instead to make hybrid cars that are powered by both petrol and electricity.
The Luce runs with a Ferrari-made electric motor on each wheel, helping the car to hit 60mph (96km/h) in around 2.5 seconds.
How the Democrats and their media lapdogs chose to celebrate Memorial Dat
A Senator Got Pepper-Sprayed, and Greg Gutfeld’s Response Was Brutal
California gubernatorial hopeful Becerra has deep ties to migrant NGOs, Mexican government
California gubernatorial hopeful Becerra has deep ties to migrant NGOs, Mexican government
https://justthenews.com/world/becerras-network-three-powerful-migrant-ngos-deep-ties-mexican-government
The relationships with Becerra are both personal and political. His daughter Clarissa interned at UnidosUS in 2012.
California gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's relationship with the Mexican government doesn't run through one nonprofit. It runs through many.
Newly detailed investigative reporting from the Government Accountability Institute tracks Becerra's long-standing, documented relationships with several of the most politically powerful migrant nonprofits in the country, including those with deep, operational ties to the Mexican government.
UnidosUS: Decades of Alignment
UnidosUS, formerly the National Council of La Raza and one of the largest Latino advocacy organizations in America, has been a Becerra ally for decades. GAI notes the group was created as a militant liberation movement in the 1960s.
By 2024, Mexican government officials were explicitly citing the need to engage UnidosUS to mobilize "citizen participation and collective action" inside the United States.
The relationship with Becerra is both personal and political. His daughter Clarissa interned at UnidosUS in 2012. The organization sponsored and paid for a $600 trip for Becerra to attend their Philadelphia conference in 2005.
When Becerra was nominated to lead HHS in 2020, UnidosUS supported his nomination and shepherded him throughout his Senate confirmation process. He has repeatedly spoken at their events.
In Arizona, a UnidosUS director participated in a January 2025 meeting hosted at the Phoenix Mexican Consulate. The event featured a who’s who of top Mexican officials and was centered on how Mexico could help counter the immigration policies of the incoming Trump administration.
UnidosUS's work on civic engagement, political advocacy, and get-out-the-vote efforts frequently intersects with Mexico's U.S. agenda, as seen in partnerships with groups like Mi Familia Vota and Unidos's own Civics for All program.
Becerra calls CHIRLA "My Family"
CHIRLA, a group that Becerra describes as part of his “family,” is another nonprofit whose influence looms large over the gubernatorial hopeful. CHIRLA has been a close ally of Becerra’s since 2015. Last April, the group issued its official endorsement, vowing to "work hard to get him elected" because of his support for immigrants.
CHIRLA's ties to Mexico span more than two decades. In 1995 Mexico gave CHIRLA computers to track hate crimes. Since then, the two have worked closely on various events, including workshops for illegal migrants hosted at consular offices. CHIRLA's CEO even received the Mexican Government's prestigious Ohtli Award in 2015.
In addition to providing services for migrants, CHIRLA mobilizes anti-ICE rallies and deploys legal observers at ICE operations. The group also conducts voter outreach initiatives.
During the 2024 election, CHIRLA placed a Mobile Voting Center in a Los Angeles migrant hub, notably, right near the Mexican Consulate.
All the while, they have collected millions in taxpayer money.
Public records show that CHIRLA's government grant revenue was nearly $34 million in 2022. The group was awarded nearly $1 million in grants for citizenship and naturalization services during the Biden presidency.
Last summer, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) launched a House Judiciary investigation of CHIRLA on suspicion that the group was using taxpayer funding to support protests in Los Angeles. More than $100,000 in federal funding was clawed back before the probe officially opened.
CARECEN: The Earmark and the Consul General
Becerra has also kept a close working relationship with CARECEN-LA, another nonprofit with deep ties to the Mexican government. He has held press conferences at CARECEN offices, spoken at their events, and sponsored a $100,000 congressional earmark directly benefiting the organization in 2009.
The organization has spent years partnering with Mexico on citizenship workshops and immigration classes with Consuls General. In August 2014, Becerra spoke at CARECEN about asylum policy. Days later, Mexico's Consul General appeared at the same organization for a workshop.
Taken together, the reporting highlights Becerra’s position at the center of Mexico's U.S. infrastructure and California's most powerful migrant NGO networks. His political alliances align consistently with Mexico's U.S. agenda. How well — if at all — that meshes with any gubernatorial responsibilities he may owe California's residents remains to be seen.
Communism in NYC: Guess who gets to decide what's negligent!
Zohran Mamdani Just Announced Plans to Begin Seizing and Redistributing Private Property
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
A snapshot of the homeless NGO industrial complex madness
The cost of San Francisco's homeless alcohol program was $454,000 per person.
The enemy y is the Islamist mentality
Iranian Leader Calls For Muslim Unity, Says 'Death To America' Will Become Common Slogan
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times,
Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a message on May 26 calling for greater unity across the Muslim world against the United States and Israel, saying that the chants “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” will become the rallying slogans of Muslims and “the oppressed of the world.”
Khamenei’s message was to mark Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage. In it, Khamenei described a historic struggle against U.S. and Israeli influence in the Middle East, repeatedly invoking the revolutionary slogan “Allahu Akbar” as the “weapon” that had enabled Iran and its allies to resist outside pressure.
He said Iran had succeeded in “making the Zionist regime helpless under its severe blows during the second imposed war” and in delivering “a harsh slap to aggressive America,” while thwarting efforts to force Tehran into submission.
The statement also praised what it called the “Resistance Front,” saying Iranian forces and allied fighters in Lebanon had secured “notable victories” against “the two terrorist armies, armed to the teeth by the American-Zionist side.”
Khamenei coupled the militant rhetoric with a broader appeal for cooperation among Muslim-majority countries, calling on regional countries to “no longer serve as shields for American bases” while denouncing Israel as a “faltering” regime that was nearing “the final stages of its cursed life.”
Fragile Diplomacy Continues
Khamenei’s message came as the United States, Israel, and Iran remain locked in a tense standoff following months of fighting that included U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, Iranian retaliation across the region, and disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Although a ceasefire has largely held, negotiations continue over a proposed memorandum of understanding intended to end hostilities and establish a framework for future talks.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on May 25 that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely” but warned that failure to secure an acceptable agreement could lead to renewed military action.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio similarly said Trump would not accept a “bad deal” with Iran and warned that Washington would pursue “another way” if diplomacy failed.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the U.S. State Department in Washington on April 14, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
“The President said he’s not in a hurry. He’s not going to make a bad deal,” Rubio said during a briefing in India. “We’re going to give diplomacy every chance to succeed before we explore the alternatives.”
Details of the proposed memorandum of understanding remain unclear, with Trump saying that “nobody has seen it, or knows what it is.”
According to Iranian officials, the proposed memorandum focuses primarily on ending the fighting, easing sanctions and blockades, and reopening maritime routes through the Strait of Hormuz, while postponing the most contentious nuclear issues—such as the fate of its stockpile of enriched uranium—for later negotiations.
Trump said in a May 25 post on Truth Social that Iran’s uranium would either be “destroyed in place” under the proposed deal, or handed over to the United States, or taken to another “acceptable location” for disposal under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission or equivalent authority.
He has also linked a broader regional settlement to an expansion of the Abraham Accords, saying countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan should normalize relations with Israel as part of a comprehensive peace pact.
Iran Eyes Strategic Shift
Senior Israeli security officials told Epoch Magazine Israel that Tehran views the emerging memorandum not just as a mechanism to halt the fighting, but as a potentially transformative geopolitical turning point.
According to the officials, Iranian leaders increasingly view the shift from direct military confrontation toward gradual negotiations as a strategic success after months of military, economic, and diplomatic pressure from the United States and Israel.
Iranian media reports, cited by the Israeli officials, have portrayed Tehran as successfully pushing Washington toward a step-by-step negotiating framework rather than a rapid comprehensive settlement.
A woman holds up pictures of Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei (L) and his father, the slain Ali Khamenei, in a state-organized rally celebrating the birthday of Imam Reza, the 8th Shiite Muslim imam, and supporting the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP Photo
From Tehran’s perspective, the officials said, the evolving arrangement is being presented domestically as evidence that the United States retreated from maximalist demands and failed to achieve key objectives through force. These include the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program, weakening the Islamic Republic, and diminishing Iran’s regional influence.
That interpretation aligns with the tone of Khamenei’s Hajj message, which presented Iran and the broader “Resistance Front” as growing in power while portraying the United States and Israel as weakening.
Campaign Assessment in Focus
Debate has emerged in Washington and among foreign policy analysts over whether the U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iran has been a success or a failure.
The White House has strongly defended the operation, pointing to Iran having suffered major military setbacks, including damage to missile stockpiles, naval assets, and leadership structures.
Emergency crews work at the site of a US-Israeli strike on a residential building that also destroyed the adjacent Rafi-Nia Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, on April 7, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said the United States had “met or surpassed all of our military objectives in ‘Operation Epic Fury.’”
“President Trump holds all the cards and wisely keeps all options on the table,” she added.
Alexander Gray, a former senior adviser in Trump’s first term and now chief executive officer of the American Global Strategies consultancy, said that the war had pulled Gulf states closer to the United States and away from China, while the blow to Iranian military capabilities should be seen as a strategic success.
Critics contend that Tehran has survived the assault while retaining key leverage, particularly its ability to threaten global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator for Republican and Democratic administrations, described the conflict as “a war that was designed to be a short-term romp for Trump” that was now turning into “a long-term strategic failure.”
A couple with a dog ride a motorbike at Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 28, 2026. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
Other analysts have argued that Iran’s leadership increasingly views survival itself as a victory, especially as negotiations move away from immediate dismantlement of Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure and toward a slower diplomatic process.
“What they discovered is they can exercise that leverage and with few consequences for them,” said Jonathan Panikoff, a former deputy national intelligence officer for the Middle East, adding that Iran appeared confident it could outlast Trump by being able to tolerate more economic pain.
Iran’s effective control of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil soaring, with prices at the pump for American drivers jumping to a four-year high, pushing consumer sentiment to record lows.
Karen Bass is an incompetent liar...she is what the left is capable of
Furious LA firefighters take rarely seen step in fight against Karen Bass: ‘Domino effect’
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