Socialist Seattle Mayor Walks back Stinging Comments about Starbucks, as Fears Mount that the Coffee Giant may Pull out of the Liberal City

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Seattle’s lefty Mayor Katie Wilson admitted she was wrong to slam Starbucks and push for a boycott of the mega-coffee chain birthed in the Pacific City.

Wilson, 43, issued a terse mea culpa to the New York Times this week as questions swirl about whether the liberal Northwest city can attract and retain businesses, including Starbucks, which recently chose to expand its footprint in Tennessee.

The democratic socialist made waves last fall when she joined a barista union rally as mayor-elect and expressed her disgust with one of Seattle’s most recognizable businesses.

“I am not buying Starbucks, and you should not either,” she whined in November, according to KUOW.

But several months later, Wilson appeared to walk back her statement.

“Those comments were not productive in the sense that they caused more harm than good,” she told the New York Times. (Read more from “Socialist Seattle Mayor Walks back Stinging Comments about Starbucks, as Fears Mount that the Coffee Giant may Pull out of the Liberal City” HERE)

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3 People Dead, Nearly 20 New Mexico First Responders Hospitalized after Exposure to ‘Unknown Substance’

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Three people are dead, and nearly 20 first responders in New Mexico were hospitalized for exposure to an “unidentified substance” on Wednesday, according to authorities.

New Mexico State Police arrived at a residence in Mountainair around 11:00 a.m. to assist the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office with a suspected overdose involving an unknown substance.

After entering the home, cops grimly discovered four unidentified people unresponsive. Three of the four people have since died, authorities added.

Eighteen first responders who arrived at the property were exposed to the substance and began experiencing symptoms, including nausea and dizziness, police said.

The remaining occupant and the slew of emergency workers were rushed to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where they are “currently being quarantined, evaluated, and monitored,” the department continued in a statement. (Read more from “3 People Dead, Nearly 20 New Mexico First Responders Hospitalized after Exposure to ‘Unknown Substance’” HERE)

US Indicts Former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 Downing of Planes

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Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government. President Donald Trump has set a calamitous energy blockade on the island and has been threatening military action ever since U.S. forces captured the Cuban government’s longtime patron, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters sued Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from receiving payouts from a new nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions. The lawsuit’s filing comes a day after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during his congressional testimony, wouldn’t rule out the possibility of fund payouts for rioters who assaulted police on Jan. 6.

Also, Trumpscored another win Tuesday against a Republican rival, dislodging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill. Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side, pushing for the release of the Epstein files, opposing the war with Iran and voting against Trump’s signature tax legislation last year.

The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against Trump, according to a settlement document made public Tuesday, in an extraordinary use of executive power that could effectively help shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct. As part of the settlement deal, the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization’s current tax examinations. (Read more from “US Indicts Former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 Downing of Planes” HERE)

Trump’s Push Fends off America First Thomas Massie’s Kentucky Reelection Bid; Massie Says He had to Find Primary Winner ‘in Tel Aviv’ to Concede Race (VIDEO)

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By New York Post. President Trump claimed his latest political scalp Tuesday night after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his hotly contested House primary to the commander-in-chief’s hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein.

Gallrein, a Trump-backed farmer and retired Navy SEAL, triumphed over Massie by about 10 percentage points in the Bluegrass State’s Fourth Congressional District race, which will go down as the most expensive primary race in US history, with more than $32 million spent on political ads.

“For the same reason I entered as a Navy SEAL officer in 1983, because I had the audacity to think I could make a difference,” Gallrein said in a speech after winning. “I will serve this district, my party and my nation with that same audacity.”

Trump repeatedly urged his supporters to oust Massie, an MIT-educated, seven-term congressman, after he broke with the president on key votes and led the charge to release the files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie’s defeat came on the heels of Trump’s successful intervention in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who had voted to convict the 45th president following his impeachment for incitement of insurrection following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. (Read more from “Trump’s Push Fends off America First Thomas Massie’s Kentucky Reelection Bid” HERE)

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Massie says he had to find primary winner ‘in Tel Aviv’ to concede race

By The Times of Israel. After being defeated in the GOP primary, US House Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky tells supporters that he would’ve announced his concession sooner but he first called his opponent “and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.”

He also claims in his concession speech that young voters are still on his side.

“People that want somebody that will go along to get along, I’ve never heard of that strategy but that seems to be what the voters want,” Massie says. “But not the young voters.”

The crowd is still energetic despite Massie’s loss, and starts a chant of “No more wars!” that the congressman joins in on. Massie’s speech meanders through different topics and touches on other politicians before another chant start of “America First!” (Read more from “Massie says he had to find primary winner ‘in Tel Aviv’ to concede race” HERE)

Trump Endorses Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn Ahead of Texas Republican Senate Runoff

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President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Senate, dealing a massive political blow to longtime Sen. John Cornyn as he faces off against Paxton in an Republican primary runoff.

“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social.

Of Cornyn, meanwhile, Trump wrote, “John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough.”

Cornyn and Paxton advanced to a May 26 runoff after neither won a majority of the vote in the March 3 primary, with Cornyn, who is in his the four term, narrowly ahead of Paxton, 42%-41%.

The nominee will take on Democrat James Talarico in the fall. While Trump won Texas by 14 points in 2024, Democrats have long sought to win the state, and they believe they could have a shot this year as Trump’s approval rating has dropped. (Read more from “Trump Endorses Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn Ahead of Texas Republican Senate Runoff” HERE)

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TSA Quietly Starts Letting Passengers Bring Their Weed on Planes — with a Big Catch

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. . .The Transportation Safety Administration updated its policy last month to allow medical marijuana to be taken on commercial flights.

The change is significant because although cannabis for medical use is now legal in 40 US states and the District of Columbia, it remains outlawed at the federal level, which has jurisdictional control over the nation’s airports.

It comes after the Trump administration signed an order reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug, effectively acknowledging that it has known medicinal uses and allowing medical research at a federal level.

Doctor-prescribed weed is now formally allowed on flights, both within customers’ checked and carry-on baggage, according to the TSA website, which says it’s more concerned with thwarting potential safety threats than narcing on passengers’ stashes.

“TSA’s screening procedures are focused on security and are designed to detect potential threats to aviation and passengers,” the policy revised April 27 spells out. (Read more from “TSA Quietly Starts Letting Passengers Bring Their Weed on Planes — with a Big Catch” HERE)

San Diego Mosque Shooter Encouraged Cain Clark to Kill Him after Mass Shooting

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San Diego mosque killer Caleb Vasquez urged his accomplice to shoot him in the head in a twisted exchange captured on a livestream broadcast after the pair murdered three people.

Vasquez, 18, is seen in the passenger seat of the white BMW he and 17-year-old Cain Clark used to flee the Islamic Center of San Diego, in footage captured by a camera the pair placed on the car’s dashcam while the vehicle was stopped.

Vasquez grabs the barrel of Clark’s rifle and brings it to his own forehead at multiple points in the livestream clip. The video, circulating on social media, did not have audio.

Finally, the camera turns to include only Clark — sitting in the driver’s seat — who uses his pistol to shoot Vasquez in the head twice and then turn the gun on himself.

The FBI is currently investigating the livestream video, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The livestream also showed the teen terrorists descend on the Islamic Center, opening fire. (Read more from “San Diego Mosque Shooter Encouraged Cain Clark to Kill Him after Mass Shooting” HERE)

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Nobody Panic (Yet) — W.H.O Fears Ebola May Be Spreading Faster and Further Than First Thought

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As the world watches the Ebola outbreak which has claimed 131 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a World Health Organization (W.H.O). representative warned Tuesday the deadly malady may be disseminating faster than first thought.

W.H.O. representative Dr Anne Ancia told the BBC the more the agency investigates, the clearer it becomes that cases have spread to other areas at a scale and speed not previously predicted..

Officials said more than 513 cases were suspected in DR Congo as of Tuesday, while one person has died in neighbouring Uganda.

The emergence of cases in urban areas, the deaths of healthcare workers, significant population movement in the area and a lack of vaccines and therapeutics are the main cited reasons for growing fears, AP reports.

The warning comes after W.H.O. chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the outbreak a global emergency last week and said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,” as Breitbart News reported. (Read more from “Nobody Panic (Yet) — W.H.O Fears Ebola May Be Spreading Faster and Further Than First Thought” HERE)

JPMorgan Exec Sues Ex-Banker for Defamation over ‘Sex Slave’ Allegations

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JPMorgan Chase executive Lorna Hajdini is suing disgraced former banker Chirayu Rana for defamation, accusing him of completely fabricating claims that she used and abused him as her “sex slave,” The Post has learned.

Hajdini filed a defamation lawsuit against Rana in the New York State Supreme Court earlier on Tuesday.

The suit alleges that the 35-year-old finance professional, who lied about his dad dying to get time off work, orchestrated a months-long campaign of false accusations that torched her career, damaged her reputation and turned her life into a global tabloid spectacle that first lit up social media last month.

“Ms Hajdini categorically and unequivocally denies each and every allegation of unlawful conduct,” the countersuit reads.

“These allegations are entirely false, malicious, and fabricated, and were concocted for the improper purpose of personal enrichment at the expense of defendants and others,” it said. (Read more from “JPMorgan Exec Sues Ex-Banker for Defamation over ‘Sex Slave’ Allegations” HERE)

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Report: Old Posts Show Dem Sen. Candidate Admitting to Masturbating in Porta Potties

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Unearthed social media posts reportedly show Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner admitting to masturbating every time he defecates in a porta-potty, as well as praising crude penis drawings he has spotted while inside portable toilets.

“I still have to jerk off every time I sit in a portashitter … that blue water smell conditioned me,” Platner wrote in a March 2017 post on Reddit’s r/Military forum, responding to a discussion about nostalgic military smells, according to a report by Fox News.

In another post from 2021, on Reddit’s r/USMC forum, the Maine Democrat Senate candidate recalled seeing a detailed penis drawing on the inside of a porta-potty while he was deployed overseas.

“It was beautiful,” Platner wrote on a Reddit thread dedicated to “GWOT [Global War on Terrorism] “Dick Art.”

“Engorged and veiny, it rode towards its penetrative glory upon two smoking hot rod wheels, smoke and fire enshrouding its tumescence, winged like Nike as it pushed ever forward toward its conquests,” he continued. (Read more from “Report: Old Posts Show Dem Sen. Candidate Admitting to Masturbating in Porta Potties” HERE)