New York City Mayor Mamdani just gave one of the most amazing speeches you will ever hear:
"We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, and more powerful than everyone else.
"The truth, my friends, is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place. The frontier may be closed. We may have walked on the moon. But the work of fulfilling the values first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence — that work endures, and it belongs to us all.
"It belongs, too, to our newest Americans: those standing here with me today, all of whom were recently naturalized. Nearly a decade ago, I, too, felt what you feel: the joy of no longer being just a New Yorker, but an American, too.
"You each hold a special power: the power to determine what America means.
"The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom; where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit.
"How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal.
"At every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics — and the cheapest.
"But time and again, including 250 years ago, those forces of division have been vanquished by the forces of progress."
NEW: 🇪🇺🇮🇷 European nations have made peace with the fact that Iran will impose fees in the Strait of Hormuz, per Bloomberg
They are asking now Iran to introduce tolls on Russia as well
One European official reportedly said ‘if we must pay, then China and Russia have to pay too’
They view tgis as ‘inevitable’ and urging that Iran does not discriminate regarding which vessels must pay the fee
BREAKING: The US has offered Iran a new $6 billion bribe from Iran's own frozen funds of $100 billion to relinquish control of the Strait of Hormuz and drop its planned fees, but Iran has directly rejected the offer as it targets $40 billion in annual Hormuz fees and permanent control over the Strait, per WSJ.
Iran's chief negotiator Ghalibaf reaffirms the Strait is "under Iran's command, not the US's," with Iran's IRGC warning this morning that any ship not using Iran's approved route and any American interference will face an "immediate and powerful" response.
No, THANK YOU! Truly a honor to wear the 💜💛 while trying to continuing the greatness & legacies that came before me! Hope I made a few proud during my stint. 🙏🏾🫡👑
BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN.
BREAKING: The United States House has rejected Thomas Massie’s amendment to stop the integration of the United States military with Israel’s under Section 219 (formerly Section 224) of the NDAA.
NEW: 🇴🇲🇪🇺 Oman has informed European officials there is no return to the pre-war status quo in the Strait of Hormuz. Transiting vessels will now have to pay fees for services such as navigation assistance and pollution control, Bloomberg reports.
BREAKING: Michael Saylor's $MSTR hit $103 yesterday, a new 23 month low.
It is now down -81% from its all time high and has wiped out $153 billion from its market cap.
Strategy holds 847,363 Bitcoin worth $53 billion at current prices. The stock is trading well below the value of its own Bitcoin reserve.
They now have $11.2 Billion unrealised loss on their BTC position, which is almost 29% of their entire Marketcap.
BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly furious that the annual ranking of US presidents by a committee of 50 top presidential historians was released today, and the committee almost unanimously ranked Trump’s second term as the worst in US history.
Republicans are in charge because we promised:
to Make America Healthy Again.
to start No New Wars,
to put people above corporations,
to put America above foreign countries,
to release the Epstein files,
to not spy on citizens,
to eliminate fraud,
what the hell happened?!
Listen to this video.
All these promises, he told us exactly what we wanted to hear.
And then he turned around and broke them all.
He protected the elites, built a fortress around the swamp, endorsed all the RINOs, and became a warmonger waging wars.
Trump is the very snake he warned us all about.