Half the battle in life is believing the future looks bright, especially when nothing around you suggests it will.
The easiest thing to do is blame others, assume bad intent, and expect the worst.
Those who believe the future looks bright tend to create it.
ICYMI: I had a great conversation with @PatrickBetDavid on his podcast. We discussed a lot, from COVID and individual liberty to immigration, welfare reform, and ending costly regime-change wars. I appreciated the thoughtful discussion we had.
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10 indicators of a future CEO:
1. Extremely reliable
2. Comfortable confronting issues respectfully
3. Structured thinker
4. Sees 5 moves ahead
5. Obsessed with learning
6. Filters signal from noise
7. Enjoys the day to day grind
8. A builder people, products, processes
9. Strong at selling ideas and vision
10. Has energy people want to follow
Fathers, no matter how tired you are when you get home from work, remember this.
One day, they’ll stop asking you to play. And you’ll wish you were this tired again.
This is why they made an example of Don Lemon disrupting a place of worship.
Things could escalate fast if similar actions hit any house of worship.
Imagine independent journalists protesting in 100’s of mosques claiming it’s their right to do so?
You’re playing with🔥.
Arresting Don Lemon is the right move.
Never in the history of journalism has a well known journalist joined protestors to enter a church during worship and confront a pastor.
If nothing happens here, it sets a dangerous precedent. It invites copycats, YouTubers, activists, citizen journalists, to storm churches, mosques, and other places of worship chasing clicks and virality.
That’s playing with fire.
Even Hunter S. Thompson, the pioneer of gonzo journalism, never crossed into active worship.
I disagree with Don Lemon on many issues, there is a need for his views whether you agree with him or not. But entering a place of worship crosses a line.
Socialism never changes.
They promise you free things until they get elected.
They blame the rich for your financial struggles.
Majority buys into it.
The rich leave the state.
Then they raises taxes on YOU.
Finally, the middle class gets DESTROYED.
WOW! @PatrickBetDavid says Tim Walz may be looking for a “PARDON” after he struck a deal with Trump 💣🚨
“I don’t know what he’s going to ask for. WINK, WINK. “Hey, if I work with you on this, can I get a pardon?” 😉
“These guys have a lot of “AUDACITY”
Trump officially took over permitting process in California.
Only about 2,500 homes received permits (13% of homes). Less than 10 homes have been rebuilt, a year after the fires.
This is embarrassing!
The state deserves less campaigning & more Governing from @GavinNewsom.
Babak,
my position hasn’t changed. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was a great leader who transformed Iran and the Middle East. The region was far more stable under his leadership than it has been during the last 47 years under the IRGC.
That said, my view of RP hasn’t changed either. I’ve consistently felt he lacked urgency and diplomatic effectiveness. I do give him credit for the last two weeks he’s shown more urgency and activity and I genuinely hope he’s able to close the deal.
I have strong opinions on where I believe he can do better, and that won’t change.
I’ve also seen firsthand how hostile some of his supporters become the moment you offer criticism. That mentality is exactly why Iran hasn’t been free since 1979.
There’s been a monopoly on ideas: anyone who disagrees is labeled MEK, IRGC, or irrelevant. That’s a massive mistake and a turnoff for people like me and many others who would like to support but have some criticsm.
If he succeeds, he’ll earn my respect. If he doesn’t, he won’t be remembered as a closer, diplomat, or strategist.
I understand the Pahlavi community expects 100% loyalty. I also understand the pressure that comes with his bloodline. That’s why I asked him twice whether he actually wants the job and both times, he said no.
As for having guests you don’t like, that won’t stop. I speak to everyone, especially those I disagree with. That’s how you avoid blind spots, something the pro-monarchy movement should seriously reflect on. There have been too many blind spots over the years.
I’m responding because you’ve always been respectful toward me, both in 2019 and again in 2026.
Future looks bright.
The left’s formula for Creating Chaos:
1.Label opponents as Hitler, Gestapo, or extremists. Use language that inflames.
2.Stoke emotion: hate, fear, and animosity.
3.Deploy NGOs to fund paid protesters & agitators.
4.Raise tensions until violence erupts.
5.Exploit the crisis and blame Trump.
6.Amplify chaos.
7.Gaslight the American people.
8. Win elections.
9.Implement bad policies that weaken America and empower enemies.
10.The public eventually recognizes the manipulation.
11. You lose the next election.
12.Reset & repeat the same playbook.
13.Voters forget the previous administration and assume “you’ve changed.”
14.Long-term goal: destabilize and destroy America.
🚨President Trump on Putin and Zelensky
"I believe they’re at a point where they can come together and get a deal done.
And if they don’t, THEY'RE STUPID!
That goes for both of them."
The Profaci–Gallo war was the first big mob war I remember as a kid, and it changed the Colombo family forever. I was there when my father moved us out of Brooklyn, when guys were getting kidnapped, and when this started turning from a money dispute into open season on both sides. In this video I break down how Joe Profaci’s $25 “tribute” demand lit the fuse, why the Gallo brothers kidnapped top Profaci men, how my father and Sally “The Sheik” Masaccio went in to negotiate the hostage release, and why Carmine “The Snake” Persico switched sides and tried to kill Larry Gallo. We go through Joe Colombo’s rise, the so‑called peace, the shooting at the Italian‑American Civil Rights League rally, Joe Gallo’s murder at Umberto’s Clam House, and why I now believe the FBI – not Gallo – was behind the hit on Colombo. If you’re into the mob history and especially the Colombo family, you’re going to want to watch this one all the way through. Let me know in the comments what you think really happened and who was calling the shots behind the scenes.