June 25, 2025
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Andrew Cuomo concedes as Zohran Mamdani wins NYC Democratic mayoral primary in stunning upset . . . Dark-horse socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani staged a stunning upset Tuesday night by knocking off former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary. "Tonight we made history," Mamdani told supporters at his victory party after midnight. "In the words of Nelson Mandela, 'It always seems impossible until it is done.' My friends, we have done it. I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City." The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman defied polls and expectations. New York Post
Time to invest in New York City-based moving companies.
Zohran Mamdani victory in NYC mayoral primary is 'political earthquake' for the Democratic Party
Cuomo, Chastened, May Back Off Plans to Run as an Independent
Politics
128 Democrats join House GOP to block progressive's bid to impeach Trump . . . The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines to quash a lone progressive lawmaker's bid to impeach President Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon. Lawmakers agreed to table the measure in a 344–79 vote. A vote to table is a procedural mechanism allowing House members to vote against consideration of a bill without having to vote on the bill itself. Fox News
DOJ probing Garland anti-conservative memo . . . Former Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a memo in 2021 directing the DOJ and the FBI to "launch a series of additional efforts in the coming days designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel." Conservatives saw the memo as an attempt to use the FBI to threaten and silence parents who voiced concerns with left-wing school board policies, such as critical race theory and radical gender ideology. Daily Signal
Trump soothes MAGA nerves with Iran-Israel ceasefire push . . . President Trump's attempt to keep a ceasefire alive between Israel and Iran appeared to calm the concerns of his top supporters Tuesday after fissures emerged within his base over the conflict and the prospect of regime change in the region. Saturday's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and the tumult leading up to them had become a flashpoint for the MAGA universe, splitting Trump's most loyal supporters. The Hill
Culture
Trump Admin Sues Democrat State Forcing Priests to Divulge Confessions . . . A newly enacted law forcing priests to reveal the details of their members' private confessions under penalty of fine or imprisonment is illegal and violates the core rights guaranteed to every American, says the Justice Department. SB 5375, passed by the overwhelmingly Democrat state Legislature and signed into law by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, on May 2, singles out priests as mandatory reporters if they hear a member admit to child abuse or neglect during confession. Washington Stand
Democrats Stage 'Guerrilla Theater' Pride Show Inside Kennedy Center in Protest of Trump . . . Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., booked a space at the venue earlier this month under the pretense of a "talent show," failing to disclose the event's true nature. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, were also part of the event. The 90-minute show was a gay pride concert, featuring performances of songs from Broadway shows and LGBTQ+ monologues. Daily Signal
National Security
Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran's nuclear program by months . . . A U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran's nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not "completely and fully obliterated" as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. The report issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that while the Sunday strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, the facilities were not totally destroyed. Associated Press
Admin pushes back: Iran 'much further away' from building nukes after US strike, Rubio says . . . Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran is "much further away from a nuclear weapon" amid new intelligence assessments that a U.S. strike did not destroy three of the country's nuclear sites. Rubio, in an exclusive interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns on the sidelines of the NATO summit, offered a more measured assessment than President Donald Trump, who has insisted that Iran's sites at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan have been "completely destroyed." Politico
Why Trump was confident Iran was building a bomb . . . A renewed push to make a bomb — as opposed to just enriching the fuel for one — was probably the trigger for the devastating war that Israel began on June 13 and ended, at least temporarily, with Monday night's ceasefire.Israeli intelligence on Iranian weaponization was shared with me by a source familiar with the reports. Much of it tracks IAEA reports published on June 12 with the agency's stern warning that it couldn't "provide assurance that Iran's nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful." Washington Post
ICE nabs Iranian army sniper as sleeper cell fears grow . . . U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 11 Iranian nationals over two days, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. Among those in custody is Ribvar Karimi, who "reportedly served as an Iranian army sniper from 2018 to 2021," according to the DHS. An Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card was in Karimi's possession when he was arrested in Locust, Alabama, on Sunday. Daily Signal
B-2, Tomahawk strikes on Iran send a warning to China, strengthen deterrence of a Taiwan attack . . . The mission sent a warning to China that it faces similar bombing strikes if President Xi Jinping orders his forces to attack Taiwan in the coming months, as U.S. military leaders are warning. Mr. Xi has ordered the People's Liberation Army to be ready for a military takeover of Taiwan by 2027. The regional bomber deployment could serve as a check on the Chinese Communist Party as well as North Korea — both Iranian allies. Washington Post
International
Trump Formally Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize Over Iran-Israel Ceasefire . . . Representative Buddy Carter, a Georgia congressman, wrote to the Norwegian Nobel Committee recommending Trump for the prize "in recognition of his historic role in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and preventing the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining the most lethal weapon on the planet," he posted on X. Daily Wire
Actually, he should get it for bombing Iran and share it with Netanyahu for waging war on Iran and its proxies. Nothing promotes peace better than destroying those who want war.
Money
Federal drilling permits rise under Trump as U.S. oil production surges to new records . . . President Trump's declaration of an energy emergency has helped clear hurdles and push the U.S. to the fastest rate of new oil and gas drilling permits in years, running 44% ahead of the Biden administration at the same point in his term. As of June 18, the Interior Department had approved 2,990 permits on federal and Indian lands, compared with 2,071 for President Biden in 2021. Washington Times
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Judicial Insurrection Breaks New Ground as Judge Defies Supreme Court Itself . . . The Supreme Court Monday issued a stay on an April 18 injunction in the case D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security. That injunction slapped restrictions on DHS' attempts to deport illegal aliens to countries other than their original home countries. Yet Judge Brian E. Murphy, an appointee of President Joe Biden confirmed by the Senate less than a month before Trump took office, issued an order mere hours after the Supreme Court stay, acting as though the nation's highest court had not thrown out his initial injunction. Daily Signal
Guilty Pleasures
Jasmine Crockett Says She's 'The One That's Supposed To Make The F***in Decision' On Iran Attacks . . . Rep. Crockett, who has made a show of complaining that she was not given any kind of briefing on President Donald Trump's decision to execute a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, could be seen in a widely-shared video clip saying that she — and other members of Congress — should have been who ultimately decided whether or not the United States should have gone ahead with the move. Daily Wire
No, she definitely cannot be the one to make the F*** decision.
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