Bill Ross

Isn’t it fitting that Donald Trump takes office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? The darkest four years of my life is finally over.

Boston has a housing crisis, so Michelle Wu’s City Hall debates taxpayer-funded wellness perks for migrant activists. That’s not leadership. That’s watching the roof collapse and asking whether the lobby should have cucumber water.

@RealJamesWoods Unfortunately, those who really need to see it would just pooh-pooh it if they saw it and vote progressive anyway. You can't fix stupid.

Chicago is drowning in deficits, crime, and failing schools, so Brandon Johnson wants taxpayers funding legal defense for illegal immigrants. That’s not budgeting. That’s watching the house burn and arguing the real priority is valet parking for the arsonists.

ABOUT FACE! Zohran Mamdani spent years chanting “defund the police.” Now he’s helping sweeten NYPD pensions to keep officers from leaving. Turns out when crime, budgets, and reality show up, socialism drops the bullhorn and starts offering retention bonuses.

Texas Democrats may nominate Maureen Galindo, who floated turning an ICE site into a prison for “American Zionists.” The party of tolerance has gone from coexist bumper stickers to gulag Pinterest boards. Even Democrats are reaching for the fire extinguisher.

Bernie Sanders and AOC are backing a moratorium on AI data centers. China is building the future. Progressives see the engines of prosperity, jobs, and national security and reach for a giant PAUSE button. Their growth strategy is basically “Do Not Disturb.”

Summer Lee and Maxwell Frost want ATF grilled for easing gun rules. The same crowd that treated cops like a virus now wants federal bureaucrats hovering over lawful gun owners. Progressive public safety: handcuff police, excuse criminals, frisk the Constitution.

Bernie Sanders found a Democrat running against AI data centers. Perfect. China builds for the future; Bernie sees the engines of prosperity and national security and reaches for a zoning clipboard. The left’s jobs plan: invent tomorrow, then unplug it.

Summer Lee and Maxwell Frost want ATF grilled over easing gun rules. Same crowd that treats cops like disease vectors now wants bureaucrats frisking law-abiding gun owners. Progressive safety: handcuff police, coddle criminals, then pat down the Constitution.

Zohran Mamdani’s answer to a multibillion-dollar budget hole is more taxes, more fees, fewer cops, and a new “community safety” bureaucracy. That’s like fixing a leaking roof by hiring a rain consultant. The water still comes in. The bill just gets bigger.

Oakland already taxes like a hostage note, but Barbara Lee says cough up another parcel tax or lose fire stations and shelter beds. Progressive budgeting: spend the city broke, call 911, then put the fire truck behind a paywall.

Today's pic is of a yellow calendula, commonly called pot marigold.

On Memorial Day, Jacob Frey paused to praise the “change” after George Floyd. Minneapolis did change: a torched precinct, a gutted police force, and residents handed the bill. Progressivism: break the glass, call it reform, then commission a plaque.

@adamcarolla There is an incredibly large portion of the population that has been bullied from using their common sense. After 30 years in Silicon Valley we left 5 years ago because we couldn't stand being surrounded by them anymore.

They are insane

L.A. gave Baywatch a $21M tax-credit life raft, then nearly drowned it in permit sludge over drones, parking and beach hours. Karen Bass now calls streamlining “progress.” In normal cities, that’s called taking your boot off the industry’s throat.

AOC says she isn’t focused on 2028 while touring the country, courting power brokers, and preaching “systemic change.” Not a campaign, obviously. Just a political gender reveal with Medicare-for-All confetti and your wallet as the piñata.

Texas Democrats are now speed-running the obvious: their TX-35 candidate wants to turn an ICE center into a prison for “American Zionists” and former ICE officers. The party that calls border security fascism somehow wandered into making actual detention-camp brochures.

@Skepticalfa @GadSaad @NobelPrize It's like the Medal of Freedom after Biden gave it to Hillary Clinton and George Soros. I wouldn't accept it if it were given to me now.

@GadSaad @NobelPrize The Nobel Prize isn't good enough for Elon. Arafat won it. Do I need to continue?

Dear @NobelPrize, give Elon his deserved prize.

Seattle’s socialist mayor spent campaign season sneering at Starbucks. Then Starbucks flirted with Nashville and suddenly she discovered “complex relationships.” Amazing how fast the revolution orders decaf when the payroll tax base starts packing boxes.

Boston says it’s broke, but Michelle Wu still found room for migrant “wellness” perks. Families get higher taxes and thinner services; City Hall gets moral vanity with a receipt. Progressive budgeting: light your checkbook on fire, then brag about the warmth.