Read this First 6/17/2025
TRUMP PHONE?!?
The Trump Organization said it will launch a mobile-phone service called Trump Mobile and plans to offer a U.S.-built smartphone later this summer, looking to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung.
The Trump Organization said the mobile service would work with all three major wireless carriers. It would rely on resale deals, known as mobile virtual network operator agreements, in which the carriers sell excess capacity on its networks and gain customers without having to bear the costs of marketing to them or signing them up.
President Trump has targeted phone makers in his tariff push, threatening extra levies on Apple if it didn’t shift to domestic production. No major smartphone manufacturer currently makes its products in the U.S., as the displays, processors and cameras they use are mainly sourced from Asia. America doesn’t have advanced manufacturing facilities akin to those in China or even India and Vietnam, where electronics assembly has expanded in recent years, nor does it have a mass of skilled laborers trained to do the required work. — WSJ
This is…. in a word… ridiculous ..
You can’t have the President’s family going into business AGAINST other US Companies.. I mean… Yeah.. They owned hotels and golf clubs before he was in office .. But.. I dunno man. .. seems wrong…
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MINNESOTA: The different theories and guesses as to, “What caused Vance Boelter to shoot those people” are all over the map .. I think it’s all gonna just boil down to .. He SNAPPED…
His businesses failed .. his “pastorship” failed.. everything failed.. he is 57 .. Life is HARD.. He was working the midnight shift at a company that “handled eye donations” (WHAT ?? Like .. he’d be on call at night in case of a bad accident and harvest eyeballs??) … He probably said.. “I hate these politicians.. and I’m done.. I’m taking a few with me” .. and just SNAPPED !!!
Now, OF COURSE I could be wrong.. I mean.. I have ZERO first hand information… But, “my life suxx… Im outta here” is as good a theory as ANY of these others I’ve heard..
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NJ/PA: Sleazeball former US Senator Bob Menendez is due to report to a federal prison in Pennsylvania today to begin his 11-year prison sentence for a corrupt scheme that earned him the moniker “Gold Bar Bob.”
Menendez, 71, was ordered to surrender at FCI Schuykill — a two-and-a-half-hour drive from his Englewood Cliffs home — by 2:30 p.m. following his conviction for selling out his powerful Senate post to enrich himself with gold bars, cash and other bribes.
How many more of them belong behind bars??
IN DA SWAMP:
President Trump is reportedly proposing a meeting with Israel and Iran to end the bombing/war there.
I DO like the idea of trying to end wars .. But, in this case I think it’s a waste of time .. Iran has said over and over they want nuclear power .. The world believes if they enrich uranium for power that they will then use it for weapons.
Iran won’t agree to back down .. and the rest of the world doesn’t want Iran with Nukes .. There is no “middle ground” for an agreement .. So.. The short term answer is destroy their nuclear facilities .. which Israel is doing…
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How do you even know that???? ..
I read a report that talked about deportation.. and the struggles to find many of the illegals.. and it said 1 million have self deported since Trump became President…
Really? .. How do you know? Is there a turnstile at the border clicking off? .. They were saying it’s way cheaper to pay them $1,000 to leave because a “physical arrest and deportation can cost $10,000-$20,000 a person depending on the circumstances” ..
I dunno man.. I’m sure some of them are going back.. but.. It’s needle in the haystack trying to find them (unless they are committing crimes) .. How could you possibly know if a million left??
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FLORIDA: Hurricane Erik? What is currently “Tropical Storm Erick” formed early Tuesday near southern Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurriane Center in Miami said.
The storm was about 450 miles (725 kilometers) southeast of Punta Maldonado, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (60 kmh), the center said. It was forecast to approach the coast by late Wednesday.
Erick was moving west-northest at nearly 12 miles an hour (19 kmh). ..A hurricane watch was in effect Tuesday for southern Mexico as a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific gained strength.
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Today in History: In 1994, OJ Simpson was arrested ..which led to a years long media circus.. In 1972 was the Watergate Break-In which led to the resignation of President Nixon .. and it is the Birthday of world famous Russian composer Igor Stravinsky in 1882 …and Barry Manilow in 1943..
You may know Barry Manilow from songs like, “Copacabana” or “Mandy” .. But he got his start writing jingles for $500 .. Some you may know? “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” .. “I am stuck on Band-Aids and a Band-Aids stuck on me” .. and he didn’t write it.. but he sang, “You deserve a break today. So, get up and get away to McDonalds!!!!!”
SPORTS:
GOLF: There has long been discussion about how the average golfer would do at a US Open course under US Open conditions.. Years ago Tiger Woods said a 10 handicap couldn’t break 100.
Well, Oakmont is one of the HARDEST US Open venues .. and they had a scratch golfer out there yesterday.. 51 on the Front Nine (it is unclear whether he had “spotters”. The PGA Tour guys never lose balls in the rough because the spotters standing in the rough watch their balls) .. Solid 42 on the back for a 93.. That is a SCRATCH… How would YOU do?
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NBA: Oklahoma is one game from a Championship .. They win 120-109 .. Pacer Tyrese Haliburton was limited due to a sore calf .. He’ll need to get better if they want a chance in game 6..
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NHL: The Florida Panthers are one game away from another Stanley Cup .. Game six tonight .. Can Edmonton force game 7??
Also NHL .. The Rangers sent Chris Kreider and a 2025 fourth-round pick (Anaheim's own, previously acquired in the December 2024 Jacob Trouba trade) to the Ducks for center prospect Carey Terrance and a 2025 third-round pick (Toronto's, acquired in the Feb. 2024 Ilya Lyubushkin trade). Kreider has spent all of his 13 NHL years with the Rangers..
CELEBRIDIOTS:
A scary RIP .. Billionaire Sanjay Kupur was longtime friends with Prince William. They were playing in a polo match when a bee flew into Kupar’s mouth and stung him. He was allergic. He went into anaphylactic shock and had a heart attack and died. Kapur was 53.
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11 years later.. The Supreme Court has rejected a copyright lawsuit alleging that Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit song "Thinking Out Loud" copied music chords from Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On."
The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to hear the case brought by Structured Asset Sales (SAS), which owns a portion of the rights to Gaye’s song. The decision keeps in place the lower court decision that Sheeran was not liable in the copyright infringement lawsuit. … Sheeran showed in court that you can use 4 chords to play nearly any song…
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Singer Sabrina Carpenter ..HERE.. got “called out” over her super-sexed up shows she has been doing ..HERE... “Does she have a personality outside of sex” ..She replied, “girl yes and it is goooooood.” ..
My advice to you, Sabrina?? .. If they’re buying the records.. and watching the videos .. and going to the concerts .. and payin’ that money .. TURN OFF the Instagram and IGNORE those “chirpers” .. They’re aren’t your fans !!! ..HERE..
