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Netflix plans Trumpian charm offensive
after Paramount submits bid for Warner
Bros. Discovery: sources
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 6:32:59 PM Post Reply
Streaming giant Netflix is planning a Trumpian charm offensive on the heels of some very anti-MAGA comments made by one of its board members and as it faces heightened scrutiny from White House antitrust regulators over its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio units, The Post has learned. The maneuvers come as Paramount Skydance submitted its last and final offer for WBD on Sunday, said sources with knowledge of the matter. The company previously weighed taking its bid up to around $32 a share. In Netflix land, the planned meetings, which have yet to be reported,
Ex-British Ambassador to US Peter Mandelson
arrested in Epstein probe — in case
similar to ex-Prince Andrew
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 5:05:59 PM Post Reply
Former British Ambassador to the US Lord Peter Mandelson, who was fired over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, police in London said Monday. The ex-diplomat, 72, was seen being led out of his London home by cops Monday afternoon after he was accused of leaking sensitive British government intelligence to the pedophile financier. Mandelson, who infamously appeared in the Epstein files in just his underwear and a T-shirt, looked stony-faced as he was put in the back of an unmarked car. Mandelson, the UK business secretary at the time, allegedly tipped off Epstein about potentially market-
Homeless nonprofit boss who drove around
with ‘trunk full of jewelry’ hit with
felony fraud charges
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 5:01:36 PM Post Reply
The former head of a San Francisco homeless charity has been charged with stealing money intended to help struggling locals avoid homelessness — to fund a “lavish” lifestyle that included luxury cars and trunks full of jewelry. Gwendolyn Westbrook, who was CEO of United Council of Human Services, allegedly grifted more than $1.2 million in public funds — after the organization received tens of millions in government grants over the past 20 years. Prosecutors allege the 71-year-old nonprofit boss skimmed funds through cash withdrawals, payments to herself and improper reimbursements for her personal use. She directly stole $91,000 from the organization and additional funds once held by the charity are “unaccounted for,”
Trump's Big, Beautiful Cartel Crackdown:
92 Cartel Members Extradited Before Jalisco Raid
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 6:45:51 AM Post Reply
We've been reporting as more information comes to light about Sunday's raid in Mexico that resulted in the permanent revocation of Jalisco New Generation cartel honcho Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes's birth certificate. The late, unlamented cartel boss, also known as El Mencho, is still cooling to room temperature, thanks to Mexican police and military troops, aided by American intelligence. Now, in the latest development, a New York Post exclusive story has come out indicating that Mexico may have sweetened the deal for America by quietly extraditing 92 cartel members to face charges in the Estados Unidos.
Netflix’s Stock Plunges After Refusing
to Fire Susan Rice Over Threats to Trump Officials
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 4:26:11 AM Post Reply
Rice was national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under former President Barack Obama, and later served as a senior advisor in the Biden White House. She returned to Netflix’s board in 2023 after leaving her role as director of the Domestic Policy Council in the Biden administration. Rice boasted during a podcast last week that “it is not going to end well” for corporations, news organizations, and law firms that “bent the knee” to Trump, claiming that their deference to the president is unpopular.She said that firms aligned with Trump could face an “accountability agenda” if Democrats return to power, stating,—
The Graveyard of Destructive Ideas replies
Posted by Mercedes44 2/24/2026 4:24:17 AM Post Reply
How do destructive ideas and bouts of collective madness so quickly become policy, law, and the status quo? After all, most have little public support—and are not Western nations supposedly rationally governed? There is usually a multi-step process on the road to these self-destructive fits of society-wide insanity. The suicidal impulse so often begins with left-leaning researchers in elite universities (i.e., the tenured in search of a novel, grant-getting theory). They begin insisting that a new existential threat requires immediate government intervention, novel legislation, ample funding, and public awareness of the impending danger.
ABC Poll Stunner: Americans STILL Trust
Trump More Than the Dems — and in Every
Category, Too!
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/23/2026 7:31:41 AM Post Reply
“Are you crazy?” hollers the second guy. “Lions can reach a top speed of 50 mph! You can’t outrun a lion!” “I don’t need to outrun the lion,” huffs the first guy. “I just gotta outrun you.” That’s the blessing and the curse of binary decision-making: Unless perfect is on the ballot, whoever the voters choose will have flaws. It’s a curse for good governance, because it means the process itself is inherently flawed. Its features and bugs are one and the same; it’ll always be an arduous, inefficient, slow-moving system. (Which, in all honesty, is often a positive.) But it’s a yuuuge blessing for candidates, because having flaws and character defects isn’t fatal.
US Embassy tells Americans to shelter
in place after Mexican army kills cartel leader
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/22/2026 10:02:30 PM Post Reply
The State Department on Sunday issued a warning to U.S. citizens in certain parts of Mexico to shelter in place until further notice on account of “ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity.” The regions listed in the advisory include the Mexican states of Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon. The warning came after the Mexican army killed the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” on Sunday, Mexico’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement on the social platform X. Violent clashes erupted in parts of western Mexico after the drug lord’s death,
Stephen A. Smith knocks Democrats boycotting
Trump address: ‘Ticks me off’
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/22/2026 10:00:05 PM Post Reply
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Friday blasted the Democratic members of Congress who plan to boycott President Trump’s State of the Union address this week, calling it “the kind of stuff that ticks me off.” “You see, when you go to the American people and you ask the American people, ‘Yo, stand up, step up and hand them your business, stop b—-ing and screaming all the time when you’ve got problems at the job, when you’ve got bills to pay, when you’ve got a family to take care of, find a way to work around it, adhere to your business,’ how come that can’t apply to elected officials?”
Mexico Erupts in Flames After Death of
Largest Terrorist Cartel Boss, El Mencho
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/22/2026 9:54:56 PM Post Reply
Cartel gunmen have begun carrying out terrorist attacks in various states in Mexico in response to the death of the country’s most powerful terrorist cartel leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes. Mexico’s government confirmed the death of the cartel boss, which resulted from an enforcement operation. Mexican officials confirmed the death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes early Sunday afternoon. Officials reported that El Mencho died during a targeted enforcment operation where government forces killed four gunmen. Officials claim El Mencho was among those killed in the gun battle.
Americans Told to Shelter in Place Across
Mexico After El Mencho’s Death Sparks
Widespread Cartel Violence
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/22/2026 9:52:34 PM Post Reply
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued an emergency shelter‑in‑place alert on Sunday, warning Americans to remain indoors as cartel violence erupted across multiple states following the Mexican military’s killing of CJNG leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The alert covers Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero, and Nuevo León, where roadblocks, burning vehicles, and armed clashes have shut down travel and triggered widespread flight cancellations. As violence erupted across the region, the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued a security alert, warning, “Due to ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity, U.S. citizens in the named locations should shelter in place until further notice.”
Two Republicans Surge
to the Top in California Governor’s
Race — Democrats Fear Jungle Primary
Vote-Splitting Could Hand GOP a Stunning Victory
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Posted by Mercedes44 2/22/2026 9:48:12 PM Post Reply
The California political machine is officially in panic mode. With the June 2026 primary fast approaching, a shocking new reality is setting in for the Golden State’s Democrat establishment: the very voting system they championed could shut them out of the Governor’s mansion completely. Unlike most states that hold partisan primaries, California dumps all candidates from all parties into one single primary election. The only rule? The top two vote-getters advance to the general election Party affiliation doesn’t matter That means: If Democrats split their vote among multiple candidates, and Republicans consolidate behind just one or two, it is entirely possible for two Republicans to advance to the November runoff, shutting Democrats out completely.