N.A. Ferrell

Writer and legal research specialist. administrator of The New Leaf Journal (@newleafjournal, and

[Varad Mehta @varadmehta]

Everyone knows John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. What they may not is that the next president to die also died on Independence Day: James Monroe, in 1831. Which means the first three presidents to die after George Washington all died on the Fourth of July.

[N.A. Ferrell @nafnlj]

Nine links of the day for July 14, 2026, along with my evening photo of three American Flags on the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina.

https://t.co/YFoTGWiues

[Upstate Federalist @upstatefederlst]

New York City will deadass look you in the face and say you need to show ID to access a public street to watch fireworks but ID to vote is beyond the pale.

[The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome @TheMossadIL]

Agent @JerrySeinfeld just executed another hit. 💥

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

New York area sports fans ranked from least annoying to most annoying:

8. Islanders

Cool guys! Will give you a ride in their dad’s Porsche and not even make a big deal out of it.

7. Knicks

Could all change with a title victory but they’ve been so bad for so long and took it all in stride.

6. Mets

Lovable losers. Heartily boo and heckle their own team.

5. Rangers

Yeah yeah “Original Six” who cares. You haven’t won a Cup since 94. Get over yourselves.

4. Giants

We’re starting to get into People You Actively Try to Avoid territory. Finance bros. Decent coke but take a day off dude.

3. Jets

There’s different TYPES of metro area annoying people: elite trash and poor trash. These are the low rent mouth breathing Jersey trash. They are incapable of talking without yelling.

2. Nets

Hoopster trust fund failson Communists. Absolutely worthless people who could vanish off the face of the planet and no one would miss them.

1. Yankees

Somehow combines the worst of the high rent and low rent trash. Hedge fund dad, Mamdani super fan, for Obama but still uses the n word. They should all be jailed.

[N.A. Ferrell @nafnlj]

RT @LeeroyPress: Park 4

Homeless/ Migrant shelter in Park Slope Brooklyn NY.

Since the FIFA world cup is coming to NYC a lot of the mid…

[Tour Pro 🏌️‍♂️ @OfficialTourPro]

Corey Pavin’s recovery shot that he pulled off on his way to victory is still one of the best up and downs I’ve ever seen.

[Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando]

During bath/after bath facial expressions

[Eric W. @EWess92]

After threatening the mother of his baby and firing a gun in a park, a man led police on a 30 minute chase that included helicopters and SWAT. He was shot while dangling a baby in an alley. Qualified immunity: no money to the wild man.

[Sam E. Antar @SamAntar]

In defense of Ilhan Omar, I made the same “accounting error” when I cooked the books at Crazy Eddie. Shit happens!

[Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew]

Imposing this charge for NFL games would land pretty much 99% on voting US Citizens.

Imposing it for the World Cup means they are mostly picking the pockets of foreign tourists.

That's the basic taxation model for the State of Hawaii.

[David Marcus @BlueBoxDave]

I’m completely confused about the Met Life stadium transit crisis for the World Cup. This place hosts 17 NFL games a year and massive concerts, how many people are they expecting for Ghana vs Bosnia-Herztagovina match, or whatever?

[Omri Ceren @omriceren]

There was a time in our public discourse when the phrase "I learned today..." was how a person explained why they were not qualified to comment on a topic, since they had just learned the very first thing about it.

[Kitten 🐈 @kitten_beloved]

This is maybe the most weaselly rationalization I've ever heard from a skin-suited institution, pravda was more forthright than this

Just say rocket man bad

[The New Leaf Journal @newleafjournal]

Daily Pook-Emu Bee links for April 6, 2026:

https://t.co/fDKkVYjbIw

Topics include e-bikes, World Cup-related shutdowns in NYC, AI foibles, ukueles (with FLCL references), NBA rookies, glass storage media, and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya at 20.

[Critters @RandoCritters]

Happy Easter from Mouse the opossum! I mean... the Easter bunny! 🤫🐰

[Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock]

This is pretty wild.

Every one of these accounts has been tied to paid influence operations - and they all tweeted disinformation at the same time about the President being at Walter Reed.

That’s some suspicious stuff.

[Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka]

For those who don’t get the reference, this is the chief of the Ugandan military announcing a statue of Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother Yoni, who fell in action 50 years ago this July, after Arab and German Marxist terrorists hijacked a Tel Aviv-bound plane and took the hostages at Entebbe Airport with the full collaboration of Idi Amin’s military. One hundred Israeli commandos traveled across Africa to rescue the hostages. They saved 102; four were killed, along with Yoni Netanyahu. The day Israel killed Khamenei would have been Yoni's 80 birthday.

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

Chuck Norris didn't join the Marine Corps...the Marine Corps applied to him.

Heaven’s streets have always been guarded by Marines. Today, Chuck Norris reported for duty.

We mourn the passing of Chuck Norris, a @usairforce veteran, who also became an honorary Marine in 2007 when awarded the title by then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway.

Chuck Norris is one of just over 100 individuals to be awarded the title of Honorary Marine in the entire 250-year history of the Corps.

Some missions may require a battalion, but this one just requires an Honorary Marine.

#USMCHistory #USMC #SemperFidelis