Events From Around the Nation and the Globe

By Robin Itzler 

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From Around the Nation.

DOGE—Currently, the federal government spends $2 TRILLION more each year than it takes in. So, when we hear that the DOGE team has identified $160 BILLION in fraud, waste or abuse, let’s temper our exuberance since it takes $1,000 BILLION to equal $1 TRILLION.

San Francisco:  Theater going used to include fantastic plays and musicals. But like everything else, progressives want to destroy that, too. “Luigi The Musical” opens on June 13 at the Taylor Street Theater. The disgusting show is about killer Luigi Mangione who murdered United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Sometimes there are no words.

Ivy League Universities: The presidents are kvetching about the potential loss of federal funds and/or nonprofit status. Look at their endowments as of fiscal year 2023 and they still demand taxpayer money! 

1. Harvard University—$50.7 BILLION 
2. Yale University—$40.7 BILLION
3.  Stanford—$37.6 BILLION 
4. Princeton—$34 BILLION
5.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology—$24.6 BILLION

Georgia:  Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act. Effective July 1, males identifying as females will not be able to compete in girls’ and women’s sports at public schools and colleges. (Duh!) To share your thoughts with Gov. Kemp:

Email: Click here Phone: 404-656—1776 Write: 206 Washington Street, #203, State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334 

American Pride Replaces LGBTQ++++++ PRIDE

Next month is the traditional 30-day focus on mental illness, aka Pride Month. We devote ONE day to many military and historic events, but for some reason we need a full month for mental illness. The good news is that major companies are reducing or withdrawing support for ridiculous “pride” events. However, don’t be fooled! We know these same companies would swing back if a communist Democrat were to regain the White House. Some major companies (for now) pulling back on some/all their past pride financial support include:

• Anheuser-Busch (AB)—no surprise since the boycott started with Budweiser 
• Comcast, Diageo, Nissan & AB—withdrew sponsorship in SF Pride. 
• Deloitte—reduced support for various pride events. 
• Mastercard—has not renewed its sponsorship of the NYC Pride March. 
• Nissan—reduced support for various pride events. 
• Pepsico—reduced support for various pride events.

Boston Marathon: Women have no chance

For the past three years, there were THREE categories in the Boston Marathon:

• Men
• Women
• Non-binary

Interestingly, a biological MALE has won the non-binary division since the category was introduced. Is anyone surprised?

The trans folks (those who suffer from mental illness) were given their own category. Shouldn’t that have been the end of the discussion? Of course, not! This year, the Boston Marathon allowed a BIOLOGICAL MALE to run in the women category!

Having MALES run in the WOMEN’S division appears fine with the Boston Marathon’s two biggest sponsors: Bank of America and Adidas. To share your thoughts: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan Email: i_r@bofa.com (investor relations) Phone: 800-432-1000 

Colorado’s gender confusion - The Supreme Court is reviewing a Colorado law that regulates mental health practitioners by banning conversion therapy. While the law is being challenged, and rightfully so, on First Amendment grounds, it also reveals the confusion inherent in gender ideology..........Colorado’s law is yet another example of how the left prefers confusion over clarity.....

From Around the Globe

Paraguay: President Santiago Peña has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Paraguay has also expanded its 2019 terrorist designations to include the armed wings of Hizballah and Hamas to encompass the entirety of these organizations.

Newsmax in Isreal and Armenia: Honest reporting will be advanced overseas as Newsmax Broadcasting has signed distribution agreements with Cellcom Israel and Telecon Armenia.

France: President Macron has banned Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu from visiting the country and has said he would arrest him if he entered France. But the spineless Macron has no problem welcoming Al-Queda terrorists such as Syria's new interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Germany: Germany’s Fiscal Suicide - Germany’s general state debt spiral should be a constant feature in daily headlines. Its prominence should force policymakers into a radical fiscal turnaround. Yet while Germany is working under immense pressure to ban the AfD, forming alliances with left-wing extremists and eroding the political culture, on the other side of the Atlantic, preparations are underway for the approaching storm.....

1. Germany’s War on Democracy: Intelligence Agency Declares AfD a 'Right-Wing Extremist' Organization
2. Germany’s Descent: From Democracy to Pogrom Politics?

South Africa:  Trump's underlying message to South Africa's government: You're a fourth-world dump - Trump's acceptance of white South African farmers is a way of telling the puffed-up satraps of South Africa's failing democracy that they're not in the big leagues. ...

Trump Rips Reporters for Refusing to Write About ‘Genocide’ in South Africa - President Donald Trump ripped legacy and establishment media reporters on Monday, saying they refuse to cover the “genocide” taking place against farmers in South Africa...

First White South African Refugees Arrive in U.S., Welcomed by Trump Administration -  White South African refugees were welcomed into the United States by the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday, as President Donald Trump condemned the “genocide that’s taking place” against them...

South Africa’s President Calls Afrikaner Refugees ‘Cowards’ for ‘Running Away’ -Ramaphosa, who styles himself as a pro-business moderate, and is set to speak to U.S. President Donald Trump later this month, made the remark at a surprise visit to a local agricultural convention, where he apparently aimed to change perceptions of the government as hostile to farmers — one reinforced when he signed the Expropriation Act earlier this year, allowing the seizure of property without compensation......“Transformation” refers to South Africa’s policy of redistributing wealth by to race, under penalty of law.....

•  South Africa Publishes Steep Race Quotas for Jobs, Fines for Non-Compliance
•  Black terrorists talk ‘seizing the means of production’ in South Africa
•  South African Police Open ‘Treason’ Investigation into Critics of Government

Episcopal Group Quits Refugee Program over South African Arrivals - An Episcopal group is quitting a taxpayer-funded refugee program because President Donald Trump is importing white South Africans whose lives are threatened..............Tutu Lives - The Episcopal Church betrays refugees – because they’re whites from South Africa.......The Episcopal Church Will Resettle Muslims, Not Christians....

United Kingdom: UK PM Keir Starmer now says migrants should learn English -- after arresting Brits for hate speech for saying the same thing - A U.K. leftist leopard tries to changes its spots overnight and it doesn't go well for him as polling repeatedly shows Brits oppose mass migration.