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Real exchange from the Bible scholars over at The View: Joy Behar says Jesus didn't run around saying He's the Messiah, says it would be narcissistic to do so. Haines: "When you are the Messiah, it's not narcissism to say it." Behar: "Yes it is."

Iowa forward Tavion Banks shares via Iowa Hoops that he will enter the NBA Draft, while also entering the transfer portal. Adds that if he's granted a fifth year of eligibity, he wants to be a Hawkeye. So, his future remains a big ole' TBD. Banks finished as Iowa's second-leading scorer and leading rebounder this season.

Trump: "I had the greatest year, the greatest opening year. I ended 8 wars. The greatest economy ever. But even when you have a great president, they tend to lose the midterms. It doesn't make sense to me. We've had the greatest year in the history of the presidency, first year. We should be given credit."

1. Aldi spend their own money, not yours 2. Aldi make money and create wealth, not destroy it

BREAKING: U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who admitted to having an affair with a staffer who died by suicide, resigns from Congress.

NYC Mayor Mamdani announced on Sunday that his administration will build a city-run grocery store on city-owned land in East Harlem. He says he “looks forward to the competition” of battling against corporations. But what he’s failing to say is that small grocery stores, which need to make a profit to survive, will be the ones that suffer when faced with a city-run grocery store that isn’t necessarily funded by what it sells. It’s a lose/lose. Other U.S. cities (and other countries) have tried to make city-run grocery stores work. They’ve all failed, so many don’t even try anymore. Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago bailed on his plan to open city-run grocery stores after public criticism and feasibility concerns. Some of the consistent problems with these kinds of grocery stores are long lines, shortages, lack of variety, outdated products, corruption, bad customer service, and inefficiency. New York City also doesn’t really have a demand for these grocery stores. There are over 1,000 grocery stores already in NYC, most within walking distance. The bigger stores have sophisticated systems and are able to negotiate lower prices by buying in volume. City-run stores can’t do this since there are always so few of them if any. So these stores end up operating at a loss and failing. It’s always the same result. Mamdani is naive and will fail. He already has with almost everything he’s tried to do. Instead of coming up with new positive solutions or implementing old successful strategies, he’s going with old failed ideas. Socialism has never worked. It never will. (nbcnewyork on TT)