REPORTER: “Has there been a single moment since 1967 when you thought that the Arabs are ready to talk?”
GOLDA MEIR: “No. The world must realize that it’s not about a piece of land. They just refuse to believe that we have the right to exist at all."
She was right all along.
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. 🙏🏾🫡👑
Ben Affleck opens up to Howard Stern about sobriety in a way that feels genuinely honest.
He says early recovery is a “10 out of 10” in difficulty because addiction often isn’t really about the substance, it’s a habitual response to pain. He points out this shows up for people through gambling, relationships, or even social media just as easily.
For about 18 months, he tried pure willpower. His own words capture why that doesn’t work: you can win a thousand times, but you only need to lose once.
The real turning point came through pain, specifically realizing the impact his addiction had on his relationship with his kids. That’s when he says he truly hit “done.”
Since then, he says the urge itself has been gone. Not white knuckling it, genuine peace, with the obsession fully lifted.
A rare amount of honesty about what recovery actually looks like
Florida @GovRonDeSantis has become one of the strongest fiscal case studies in the country.
Population growth has surged alongside Texas since 2020, Florida holds an $18B reserve, maintains AAA credit ratings from all major agencies, and has delivered nearly $9.7B in tax relief while balancing the budget.
Washington should be taking notes, not excuses.
My official statement on the budget, as read in chambers this evening, before I was muted:
"I’ve been a member of this city council going on five years now. And I’ve voted yes on the budget every year so far. All of them had problems. All of them contained things I didn’t like or agree with. But I’m not here to demand perfection, I’m here to work with what we have — within reason.
Unfortunately, this year is very different. And I must vote no.
Even in the context of our dysfunctional city government, this year’s budget represents a complete departure from reality, spending more money than we’ve ever spent — precisely when we can least afford it.
We have never seen a larger single-year increase in spending in the history of this city. Requiring not only new taxes from Albany, but pension deferrals and an eight billion dollar bailout from the Governor. And even still, the revenue projections are optimistic at best.
This isn’t a ‘balanced budget’ — it’s budget by bailout. A ticking time bomb.
And it’s the beginning of a fiscal death spiral that our current leadership will not be able to pull us out of, because they lack both the experience and the seriousness to do so.
What will we do next year? And the year after?
The only responsible way for our city to spend more is to grow the economy. New businesses, new private economic development, major investment. That’s how you grow an economy, and get more money into the city budget.
But we’re doing the opposite. Deliberately chasing away everything our city needs to sustain our spending with childish political attacks on very people we need most.
Our tax base is isn’t growing. It’s leaving.
The middle class, the financial sector, and businesses of all sizes are choosing to go elsewhere. And they’re being replaced with low-income foreigners and transplants who require significant subsidies just to survive here.
We’re trading investment banks and small businesses for delivery app drivers on welfare, and nonprofit workers whose paychecks ultimately come from government spending. That isn’t growth.
And when ordinary New Yorkers complain, they’re told to shut up and leave if they don’t like it. And that’s exactly what many are doing.
This is obviously unsustainable. But nobody in this chamber really seems to care.
And what are we getting for our money? We already spend more in real dollars AND per capita on everything from schools to housing to healthcare than anyone else in the country.
We can’t even build a public bathroom for less than three million dollars.
Why would anyone believe that shoveling even MORE money into this broken system will improve anything?
It won’t. I guarantee that we’ll all be sitting here again a year from now, with the exact same problems, listening to the exact same lectures about how the city needs even MORE money, AGAIN.
At what point do we, as a City Council, start to demand results before we allow more spending? When do we demand accountability?
The answer seems to be never. Because this spending isn’t really meant to fix anything. It’s meant to keep the machine going, keep the money flowing into the special interests and nonprofits and the political allies of the Mayor, with no real consideration for anything else.
I realize a lot of people don’t want to hear this, but we are a municipal government, not a sociology experiment or a political slush fund or the United Nations.
We are here keep the lights on, keep the water running, pave the roads, and put criminals in jail. That’s it. And we would be very well advised to get back to basics. Because we’re failing on nearly every count, other than our peerless ability to hand out free money.
Shame on this Council for pretending this budget is anything other than a disaster. I know that my single vote ultimately doesn’t matter here, but nonetheless I won’t put my name on it. I respectfully vote no."
BREAKING: Dozens of financial firms including @Visa, @Stripe, @Mastercard, @BlackRock and @Coinbase are launching a new stablecoin called $OUSD, sharing revenue among partners, per Bloomberg.
🚨BREAKING: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself in southern Lebanon, speaking to IDF soldiers:
“Hezbollah was once the strongest pillar of Iran’s regional axis, with roughly 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel.
Today, only about 8% remain.
Our message to Iran and Hezbollah is simple: you have no place here. The future of Lebanon should be decided by Lebanon and Israel, not by Tehran or its proxies.
Our goal is lasting security and prosperity for both sides of the border.”
🇦🇷 MILEI CALLS ON LATIN AMERICA TO STAND WITH ISRAEL 🇮🇱
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is urging Latin American countries to join the Isaac Accords — a new diplomatic initiative aimed at strengthening ties between Israel and Latin America.
Modeled after the Abraham Accords, the Isaac Accords are being framed as a moral, diplomatic, and cultural coalition against antisemitism, terrorism, and drug trafficking.
Speaking to pro-Israel lawmakers in Buenos Aires, Milei made it clear:
“Neutrality is not an option.”
@JNS_org
Miami has pound for pound, the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the country when using the Rivals Industry Average Ranking per commit tool. More on what Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes staff has put together this 2027 cycle here: https://t.co/TWLFwIQ8r8
🚨 BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career next season and has informed the Lakers that he plans to play elsewhere, per @ShamsCharania
Bron will enter FREE AGENCY at 41 😳
BREAKING: 2027 4-Star WR Eli Woodard has committed to Miami over UCLA and Cal.
The 6’0 189 WR decommitted from USC on May 19th.
Miami adds another ELITE receiver to a room already with 5-Star Nick Lennear.
🚨BREAKING: The IDF has released new footage of the massive Hezbollah terror underground tunnel it destroyed yesterday, full of weapons.
The tunnel was just 6 miles from Israeli civilians.
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