The most unpopular president in the 21st Century wants to leave his namesake on American currency. He still wants his face on Mount Rushmore. He still believes the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen from him. He continues to keep his predecessors Barack Obama and Joe Biden on his daily conversations. He still tells the world that he has done more things than most presidents ever had.
Donald J. Trump, Sr. is the 45th and 47th President of the United States. He is the second man to serve two non consecutive presidential terms. The last one was Grover Cleveland.
Both wrecked the country with their policies. Neither understood the frustration.
The U.S. Mint has begun producing a new $1 coin bearing President Donald Trump’s face to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
The final design for the commemorative coin, being released in the fall, was approved earlier this year by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were appointed by Trump. But the finished product unveiled Wednesday differs from that version in a few aspects, including that it is not made of gold but rather has a gold finish.
The coin is intended “to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X. “Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all.”
The president on Wednesday told Fox Business Network that the move to put his face on a coin is “very unusual, but I was honored by it,” adding that “it’s very cute they gave me a coin.”
Trump, a Republican, has a penchant for putting his name and likeness in the historical record, following his renaming of the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Kennedy Center performing arts venue and a new class of battleships, among other tributes. The move to put his face on the gold coin has drawn criticism in particular because federal law prohibits the depiction of a living president on U.S. currency, though the treasury secretary has the authority to authorize the minting and issuance of coins in some circumstances.
The president on Wednesday told Fox Business Network that the move to put his face on a coin is “very unusual, but I was honored by it,” adding that “it’s very cute they gave me a coin.”
Trump, a Republican, has a penchant for putting his name and likeness in the historical record, following his renaming of the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Kennedy Center performing arts venue and a new class of battleships, among other tributes. The move to put his face on the gold coin has drawn criticism in particular because federal law prohibits the depiction of a living president on U.S. currency, though the treasury secretary has the authority to authorize the minting and issuance of coins in some circumstances.
The front of the coin features an image of Trump in a suit and tie and with a stern look on his face. Lettering on the top half of the coin’s arc spells “LIBERTY,” with the dates 1776-2026 on the bottom half of the arc. The words “IN GOD WE TRUST” are in the middle.
The reverse side depicts the traditional image of the bald eagle in the Great Seal of the U.S., with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” on the top half of the coin and the Latin phrase “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” meaning “Out of many, one,” on the shield emblazoned on the bird’s breast.
Among the other differences from the design approved earlier this year is that Trump doesn’t have his fists resting on top of what is supposed to be a desk as he leans forward. The Treasury Department did not specify Wednesday why the final product diverged from the originally approved design.
The Treasury Department announced in March that it would be putting Trump’s signature on all new U.S. paper currency.
Traditionally, U.S. paper currency carries the signatures of the treasury secretary and the treasurer, not the president.
I just watched him do a local interview just a week ago. Man, this was hard.
I am an 80s baby. I grew up watching sitcoms. One in particular was 227.
It starred Marla Gibbs, Regina King, Jackée Harry, Alaina Reed Hall, Helen Martin and Hal Williams. The show focused on Mary Jenkins, a homemaker who was the apartment gossip in Washington, DC. Her husband Lester Jenkins was a successful Black construction owner and developer. They raised their rebellious but sweet daughter Brenda. Their neighbors were the landlord Rose, the flirty Sandra and the sarcastic but wise Pearl.
It was NBC for five seasons. It had backdoor pilots to Sandra's new life and Brenda and Calvin going to college.
Hal Williams, 91 has passed away. He was like that strong Black TV dad.
I looked up to him similar to my dad. Working hard to take care of his wife and kids.
Williams died July 15 in California after an illustrious multi-decade screen career. But before the world came to know him as Officer "Smitty" Smith on the sitcom show "Sanford and Son," he called Columbus home.
A native of the area, Williams was born on Dec. 15, 1934, in Columbus. He started his acting career by performing in Ohio theater shows until he packed up his bags in 1968 and set his sights on making it big in Hollywood. Beyond his role in "Sandford and Son," Williams was also featured in "The Waltons" and "227," among many others.
“I didn’t tell nobody but my parents, who thought I’d lost my mind,” Williams said in an interview with Columbus Monthly for a past feature. “I said, ‘My career has come to a stop in social work. My marriage is failing. I’m extremely unhappy. What’s the one thing I want to try to do?’ … I was scared to death, but I said, ‘If I don’t do this now, I know I will never get the guts to do it.’”
The definition of a Black family on television.
While the change of heart was unexpected for some of the people in his life, Williams told Columbus Monthly in 2022 that he always had the itch to become an actor. When he moved, he was a then-recently divorced father of three. He left his children in Ohio with his parents until he bought a home, and they relocated to join him in California.
While growing up in central Ohio, Williams bounced between living with his great-grandmother in Fort Hayes and spending time at his parents' home, which was located where the Easton Town Center is now situated at the intersection of Steltzer and Morse roads.
In the interview with Columbus Monthly, Williams said he used to hunt rabbits around his house because there were so many open fields. He attended Franklin Junior High and East High School in the 1950s, where he participated in the track team and performed in school musicals. While there, he also delivered newspapers for The Columbus Dispatch.
Before moving to California, Williams worked with children in the central Ohio juvenile detention system. He was also employed for a time at Franklin Village, an 80-acre property in Grove City that was a residence for children from troubled homes operated by Franklin County Children's Services.
He later went on to develop script proposals for shows, including one titled "Residential Center," inspired by his time at Franklin Village. The operation, which was located on Gantz Road, closed in 1996, according to the Franklin County Children Services' website.
NBC made Black sitcoms a success with 227.
After taking the leap and heading to Hollywood, Williams spent multiple years attending auditions and working on films while working a separate everyday job. When the schedules conflicted, he would skip work to make it to set on time and convince his boss that he was visiting family in Ohio.
“I would write a letter asking for an excuse to be gone, then take it upstairs and drop it in the Ohio mailbag, and then they’d see there was a postmark from Columbus. I got away with it for almost three years,” then-83-year-old Williams said to Columbus Monthly.
“One morning, they said, ‘The postmaster wants you to stop by his office.’ So I walked in, and he said, ‘Halroy, you’re not fooling anybody. You’ve been taking your sick leave and all your vacation and saying you’re in Columbus on family business. But I saw you on Sanford and Son in a cop uniform last Friday night. You’re either going to throw Uncle Sam’s mail, or you’re going to go be an actor.’ So I quit.”
Williams died in his home in Rancho Mirage, California from natural causes after a prolonged illness.
After a long battle with cancer, progressive activist and professor Dr. Denise Oliver-Velez has passed away. Weeks away from her birthday.
A long time civil rights advocate and professor, Oliver-Velez became active in civil rights work through the Queens branch of the NAACP, and in 1963 took part in a civil disobedience action demanding employment for Black workers at a Queens construction site.
Oliver-Velez transferred to Howard University in 1965, where she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Students for a Democratic Society. In 1970, she was appointed Minister of Economic Development within the Young Lords Party, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the organization and its first woman elected to its central leadership committee.
Within the Young Lords, Oliver-Velez helped push back against the group’s original platform language around “Revolutionary Machismo.” She later reflected on that moment: “I was in the Young Lords, and one of the points in the original program was ‘Revolutionary Machismo.’ Machismo is reactionary, so you can’t have revolutionary machismo. We women weren’t having it. So we made a very different kind of statement. ‘We want equality for women. Down with machismo and male chauvinism.'”
She wrote for many progressive blogs like The Daily Kos, The Raw Story and The Grio.
Fighting for the equality that many people of color was a key focus of her life. She stood up for women who were in need and never apologized for being what they called radical.
She was 78.
Oliver-Velez was a program director and co-founder of WPFW-FM in Washington, D.C., Pacifica's first minority-controlled radio station and worked in public broadcasting and community media for many years.
She was also the executive director of the Black Filmmaker Foundation.
Oliver-Velez is featured in the 2014 feminist documentary film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.
In August 2020, Oliver-Velez gave a rare interview on Bryan Knight's Tell A Friend podcast, where she candidly spoke about her life and activism in the Young Lords.
American television may preempt summer programming or not carry it all. Especially if the president doesn't offer anything meaningful or live sports is active.
The president threatened to sicc the FCC on networks that refuse to carry it.
An 80 year old curmudgeon rambling about how he was denied an election victory.
The fool blames China for the election loss. Let's ignore the fact he failed to handle one of the biggest threats in our country. The coronavirus pandemic was done so poorly by the president, it was one of the biggest reasons to why he lost.
Also the failure to sympathize with Americans who want police reform in the wake of the George Floyd murder.
President Donald J. Trump is addressing the nation on Thursday. He will likely give updates on the war in Iran. He will pivot to how great the U.S. is and some random story about how his frenemy Lindsey Graham changed America.
He might discuss the elections and demands of Congress to pass another of his signature proposals. The SAVE Act is stalled because of the filibuster and Republicans are slowly developing a plan to end cloture and pass it through simple majority.
Democrats had an opportunity but Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin and John Fetterman blocked it.
Trump went into minutes of random disinformation and gaslighting.
About 25 minutes of his rant he claims that China interfered in the 2020 election. The president announced he declassified intelligence he claims China hacked into American voting machines.
The 25-minute address underscored Trump’s effort to make election security a central political issue ahead of November’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their congressional majorities and face the possibility of losing control of one or both chambers.
Trump has pressed his fellow Republicans in Congress to pass legislation imposing new voter identification and citizenship requirements, despite longstanding findings that voter fraud in U.S. elections is rare.
The president said he was declassifying sensitive information that showed China had illicitly acquired 220 million U.S. voter files, including names, addresses and other data used to register to vote.
He asserted that members of the U.S. intelligence community deliberately suppressed information about the extent of China’s activities.
His allegations contradict an unclassified 2021 U.S. intelligence community assessment that found no indications any foreign actor attempted to alter or succeeded in altering “any technical aspect” of the 2020 presidential election vote, including voter registrations, ballots, tabulations or results.
The assessment was conducted under John Ratcliffe, then Trump’s director of national intelligence and now his CIA director.
Ahead of Trump’s speech, some White House officials expressed concern that disclosing the China information could be misleading, sources told Reuters.
Trump’s harsh language about China risked rocking a relationship that has steadied following last year’s costly trade war. Trump hopes to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in September about improving trade relations.
Before Trump began speaking, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy, Liu Chang, said in response to a request for comment, “China has never and will never interfere in the presidential elections of the U.S.”
Trump has spent years raising doubts about electoral outcomes, falsely asserting that his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden was rigged. He has also advanced other false claims, including that mail-in balloting is rife with fraud, voting machines are vulnerable and non-citizen voting is widespread.
Numerous courts and vote recounts found no evidence of large-scale fraud in the 2020 election.
Trump also said he was declassifying data that would reveal “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure.”
But many of the documents appeared to show the opposite, or were not related to U.S. election infrastructure at all. One CIA document, prepared last month, concerned Venezuela’s election, not America’s.
“We assess that vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to compromise election results,” another document said.
A third document - produced by the CIA - detailed efforts by Chinese spies to target Biden’s campaign and noted that Beijing “does not currently intend to covertly interfere to try to sway the outcome of the election,” although it said China might later decide to do so.
“Trump’s shocking ‘bombshells’ about China are totally bogus,” Democratic Senator Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. “The fact is our intelligence agencies unanimously agreed that China did not even try to change a single vote in the 2020 election.”
Familiar Claims
Earlier on Thursday, Democratic members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to the acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, along with the leaders of the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, warning them not to allow Trump to “weaponize intelligence to support false claims about election security.”
Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN decided not to broadcast the prime-time address on their primary platforms, departing from a practice typically reserved for major addresses on issues of national import.
Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has sought to expand federal power over the administration of elections, which legally resides with state governments under the U.S. Constitution.
In recent months, he has also pressured Senate Republicans to advance a bill, the SAVE America Act, that would require photo ID to vote and proof of U.S. citizenship to register while also mandating that states share voter registration information with the federal government. Democrats and voting-rights advocates say that voter fraud is exceedingly rare and argue the legislation would suppress legitimate votes.
AIPAC Shakur keeping Israel close and Americans voters at a distance.
President Donald J. Trump once again has engaged in aggression. He ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran. The Iranians have now closed the Strait of Hormuz. They vow to cripple the world’s economy. They want the International Criminal Court to hold the United States and Israel accountable for their aggressions.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now threatened to dismantle the ICC by pushing for sanctions and disbarrment. Rubio is pressuring countries to end financial support to the court.
Iran has responded to the death of Lindsey Graham. They did not wish the controversial senator any sympathy. They looked at him as an agent of chaos and destruction.
The Congress is trying to honor his legacy by passing sanctions on Russia, the ICC and Iran. They even got his sister, the inexperienced member, Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) to vote with them.
The Senate didn't have enough votes to push through its controversial merger of the U.S. military and the Israeli Defense Forces. The cloture was 50-46. The Republicans failed to pass the National Defense Authorization Act.
Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) were not able to vote. They didn't get Sen. John Fetterman (I-PA). He was unavailable for votes. Senate Leader John Thune (R-SD) voted against the measure and pulled it.
Democrats along with Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Angus King (I-ME) have voted against the measure.
It is not completely out of the picture.
House members are about to vote on the measure as well. But two members are trying to stop it. Reps. Thomas Massie. (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) have pushed an amendment to strip the annual $3 billion in funding to Israel. They want a permanent end to aid for Israel.
Massie who was defeated in his primary by Trump backed opponent Ed Gallrein is hinting an insurgent senate bid if McConnell dies.
Khanna went to the West Bank and was accosted by violent Israeli terrorists. They tried to drag him and a few of his guides out. Khanna told the junk food media that if this how Israel treats U.S. lawmakers, they have no shame in how they operate.
Israel and Fox went to defense by claiming that Khanna took no legal proceedings before entering the area. They claimed he is staging incidents to generate support to cut off aid.
Why are U.S. taxpayers still funding Israel?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) seems to always use his hands when he explains himself.
Well he probably used one digit on his ring finger when he told Khanna that he and his top Democratic members will not support the Massie Amendment.
103 Democrats and Massie voted for an end to Israel aid.
The final vote was 314-104, with Massie joining 103 Democrats on the measure. Another 98 Democrats voted alongside Republicans while 10 Democrats voted "present."
Ohio members who voted to keep supplying Israel $3.3 billion in military aid while you and others are paying for this war.
Reps. Greg Landsman (D-OH), Dave Taylor (R-OH), Mike Turner (R-OH), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Bob Latta (R-OH), Mike Rulli (R-OH), Warren Davidson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Carey (R-OH), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Max Miller (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) voted no.
Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) voted no but changed it to present.
They seem to have no problem with Ohioans paying high gas prices, high grocery prices, high insurance premiums, high shipping costs amd high medical bills.
They have no problem with potholes in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Akron, Canton, Springfield, Lima, Mansfield, East Liverpool, Stuebenville, Portsmouth, Athens, West Chester, Hamilton, Middletown, Sandusky, Ashtabula, Delphos, Elyria, Youngstown, Warren, Delaware, Wooster, Urbana, Upper Sandusky, Van Wert, St. Mary's, Zanesville, Cambridge, Marietta and Jackson.
AIPAC's favorite Democrats.
They have no problem with Ohioans paying for Israeli debt by buying their bonds.
They have no problem with blighted neighborhoods in every corner of this fucking state.
Hell, they all will get a nice paycheck from their AIPAC handlers.
Ohioans are concerned with affordability. If $3.3 billion in federal funding were redirected entirely to Ohio, it could provide a direct stimulus check of $276.37 to every single Ohio resident, fully cover universal free breakfast and lunch for all Ohio school children for 11 years, or pay the average rent for nearly 250,000 Ohio families for an entire year.
To put the scale of $3.3 billion into perspective against Ohio's current affordability crisis, the money could be broken down across these major domestic areas:
Direct Financial Relief
Individual Checks: A one-time payout of $276.37 for each of the state's roughly 11.94 million residents.
Family Rent Relief: Complete payment of a full year's rent for 247,080 households, based on Ohio's average rent of $1,113 per month.
Energy Assistance: Wiping out winter heating and utility bills for over a million low-income households.
Education & Childcare Universal School Meals: Funding a statewide universal free school breakfast and lunch program for 11 years, which advocates estimate costs around $300 million annually.
College Tuition: Covering full four-year undergraduate tuition at an in-state public university for over 70,000 Ohio students.
Childcare Subsidies: Funding early childhood education and preschool programs for tens of thousands of working parents.
Infrastructure & Public Health
Roads and Bridges: Resurfacing thousands of miles of state highways or accelerating major repairs on structurally deficient bridges.
Healthcare Safety Nets: Expanding Medicaid coverage or offsetting medical debt for uncompensated care at Ohio community clinics and emergency rooms.
The Democratic Party is losing enthusiasm within it movement. Dems (or Dem leaning voters) are demanding strong leaders capable to take on that curmudgeon president and his couch humping dorky vice president. They want an end to aiding Israel as it conducting a fucking genocide. The establishment wants to play it safe and win over former MAGA. Big fucking mistake.
President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are very unpopular. Congress is very unpopular. The Supreme Court is very unpopular.
Folks, they keep this up and next election every member is at risk of primary defeat.
The members are too old, too comfortable with being in office, always on television spitting garbage instead of policies, trying to enrich themselves, always telling us that things that are means to survival aren't possible.
Where's Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?
Where's the governor of Utah, Spencer Cox?
Where's the two polarizing U.S. Senators, John Curtis and Mike Lee?
Where are those polarizing U.S. House members?
Where is the president and vice president?
President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance: Why don't you take your heads out your asses and realize the biggest threat to the United States is a sixth grade education! Oh gun violence is the No. 1 threat in the country. My bad.
An education that puts millions of Americans in the bubble of misinformation which leads to bigotry, hate and division.
Christians, Catholic and Jewish Americans seem to think that their religion is civilized. Well hate to break the news to the world, no religion is above one.
So for all the villainizing of Islam, Buddhism, Satanism, Witchcraft, Scientology and Hinduism, they all have a place in the United States.
UTAH — man stabs Muslim mall worker 15x in broad daylight, tells police he targeted him because of his religion and "intends to kill Muslims”
See you are free to worship whomever ditty you believe in.
You are also free to hate. As long as you're not gassed up by the agitators who make millions sowing discourse, you can freely be a hateful piece of shit. The only line is the violent line. When it comes to carrying out an attack on someone you deem not worthy of your presence it becomes a crime.
A Utah man told police he repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man because of the man's faith and intended to kill him, according to court records filed Monday.
Bystanders served this terrorist a hot plate. In several videos, you see the victim trying to repel the suspect and bystanders quickly apprehend him. One served him two plates and put his ass to sleep.
The man survived the attack Monday afternoon at a mall southeast of Salt Lake City. But he's expected to face a long recovery after suffering more than 15 stab wounds, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help with medical expenses.
Bystanders were able to get the knife out of the suspect's hand before police arrived at the scene at Valley Fair Mall, court records show.
The suspect, Peter Michael Larsen, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and carrying a prohibited dangerous weapon. He told police he targeted the employee over his religious beliefs, according to the court records, which didn't list an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
The Associated Press was unable to locate any of Larsen's immediate family in public records.
All he wanted to do was help a man in distress.
The Valley Fair Mall did not immediately respond to email and voicemail requests for comment.
Larsen, 48, was on parole for a previous violent felony, court records show. He is being held without bail.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, whose office is determining whether to pursue charges, declined to comment.
"We don’t want to say anything else until we receive the results of the investigation,” Gill said in a statement.
They claim the left is violent. In reality, white men are violent.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, called on elected officials to reject anti-Muslim rhetoric.
“Our nation’s political and community leaders have a moral responsibility to reject anti-Muslim hate in all its forms before more innocent people are harmed,” Nihad Awad, the organization's national executive director, said in a statement.
In May, two terrorists killed three people and then themselves at an Islamic Center in San Diego in an attack that has left the community reeling. The AP obtained writings of both teenagers, including hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims and Islam, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, Black people, women, and both the political left and right.
A man was seriously injured when he was close to an angry bison. The bison gored the man. The man who survived the attack talked to the junk food media about the ordeal.
The man was from Washington.
Well these idiots.
Yellowstone National Park has warned visitors to respect nature. Yet, they want to take photos of bears, bison, wolves, elk, bobcats and gysers from up close.
And guess what?
Nature responds.
Mike MacLeod, a professional photographer from Bozeman, Montana, said the incident happened at the Bridge Bay Campground, south of Fishing Bridge.
MacLeod said the man was walking with his grandson when the agitated bison made them the targets of its aggression.
“I was just trying to get some dramatic footage of that bison having a fit,” he told Cowboy State Daily. “It’s changed my idea of what to expect from these guys at this time of year, because I would not have predicted that happening.”
The National Park Service has not released any information on the incident.
Bull In A China Shop
MacLeod was camping in at the Bridge Bay Campground when his wife pointed out the bull bison entering the area. He grabbed his camera and started shooting from a safe distance.
“He started walking through the campground,” MacLeod said. “He was coming up to this group of kids, who were taking pictures on their cellphones from a good distance away, and then the buffalo charged these kids.”
When the bison charged, the kids safely scattered. But the bison wasn’t done yet.
That’s when McLeod started filming.
“I used to be a combat photographer in the Army,” he said. “I could see this thing coming.”
MacLeod said the bison kept running through the campground, while people occupants yelled and screamed at each other to alert one another to the threat. After a while, the bison found a patch of dirt to wallow in.
Then, the victim appeared. He had no idea what was about to happen.
“They weren't even in that camping loop,” McLeod said. “They were walking along the road, quite a ways away from the bison, and it started running at them.”
Closed The Distance, Up And Over
The victim and his grandson were at what even the National Park Service would say was a safe distance, at least 100 yards, from the bison. They stopped for some pictures while the bison lay down and seemed to have calmed down.
“He was sitting in the dust, like bison do, with his head out towards the road,” MacLeod said. “When the bison started to get up, the grandfather's like, ‘OK, time to leave,’ and they moved off behind these trees.”
Then, a white pickup appeared. For whatever reason, that set the bison off again.
“The bison was charging the truck,” MacLeod said. “The guy in the truck saw that happening, and he just kept going. The bison (then went) to where these two were hiding in the trees.”
After expending some of its energy on a sapling, the bison tore into the trees and chased the victim and his grandson.
While the grandson escaped, his grandfather wasn’t so fortunate. The bison chased him around the trees while he tried to escape.
Then, according to MacLeod, the victim got flipped.
“The bison hooked him with his left horn on his hip and tossed him in the air,” he said. “He made a perfect flip and landed on his side. The bison was at least 6 feet tall, and (the victim) was several feet above him.”
Observer To Rescuer
When the older man hit the ground, the bison stopped but didn’t run away. It stood over the man he’d just tossed, shaking his head in an obvious display of agitation.
That’s when MacLeod decided he had to do something.
“I had to get the bison's attention,” he said. “I was really afraid he was going to gore the guy on the ground, so I stopped videotaping and ran at the bison, yelled loud, and was trying to be as big and intimidating as possible.”
Following MacLeod’s lead, a few other observers did the same and darted toward the bison. That was enough to send it running.
“He really took off when he left,” MacLeod said.
When the bison was gone, everyone rushed toward the victim. He was in a lot of pain, particularly in his hips and the leg he landed on, but MacLeod and others couldn’t see any external injuries.
“One guy held his hand,” MacLeod said. “Another guy pulled security on the outside to make sure that bison didn't come back. A gal in a car was on the phone with 911, and another gal did a blood sweep, but we couldn’t find any blood.”
Yellowstone EMS quickly arrived and took over. MacLeod has been in touch with the victim’s grandson, who told him that his grandfather “has some pretty significant injuries and is not out of the woods yet.”
“He was really worried and wanted to see the video to make sure that it wasn't his fault,” MacLeod said. “You can tell in the video it's not his fault. You can tell from the very beginning.”
A photographer capture himself getting gored by a bull bison.
No Fault
This is Yellowstone’s second human-bison incident in 2026. The first occurred on June 26, when a 12-year-old was injured near Mud Volcano, north of Fishing Bridge.
What stuck out to MacLeod in the Friday incident was that nobody was at fault for what happened at Bridge Bay Campground. People do “stupid things” in Yellowstone all the time, but this wasn’t one of those cases.
“I didn't see anybody getting close,” he said. “People were yelling, ‘Careful, there’s a bison coming through,’ and they kept their distance. They were very respectful.”
In this incident, the bull bison was the instigator. MacLeod said it was extremely evident that the bison entered Bridge Bay with a chip on its humped shoulder.
“You can tell he was agitated, pissed off, and charging anything and everything,” he said.
The biological explanation for what happened is the annual bison rut, which runs from June to September. During that time, bull bison surge with energy and aggression as they compete for dominance and females.
MacLeod doesn’t blame anyone, especially not the victim or his grandson, for what happened.
“They were just out for an evening walk, just happened to turn around the corner, and there’s a bison,” he said.
In MacLeod’s opinion, this bull bison was looking for a fight and, for reasons known only to itself, chose those two as the targets of its aggression.
“I’ve been around bison for a while, but this was really weird,” he said. “Why did it pick those two? There were so many people around, and most of them were closer to and behind the bison. It was really weird.”
To avoid a bison attack, always maintain a minimum distance of 25 yards (75 feet) from the animals, and up to 100 yards during mating or calving seasons. Back away slowly if they show warning signs like raised tails or pawing the ground, and never run, as they can sprint up to 40 mph
The Golden Rules for Bison Safety
Keep your distance: Authorities, such as Yellowstone National Park, advise staying at least 25 yards away from bison. If a bison looks at or acknowledges you, you are already too close and should back away slowly.
Watch for warning signs: A bison is agitated and about to charge if it raises its tail straight up, paws at the ground, swings its head back and forth, snorts, or makes short bluff charges.
Never outrun them: Bison are deceptively fast and agile, capable of running up to 40 mph and jumping nearly 6 feet in the air. You cannot outrun them.
Use physical barriers: If you are approached or charged, immediately put an obstacle like a tree, large boulder, or vehicle between you and the bison.
Protect your vital areas: If you are attacked and cannot reach safety, drop to the ground and curl into a tight ball, protecting your head and neck with your arms.
Can we get the Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?
You can't fix stupid!
You can't change minds!
You are completely trapped in stupid.
You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.
Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated?
I don't get why some of these people believe it's their mission to disrupt the lives of others.
This is why Republicans are idiots. Democrats are idiots too but at least some of them have the sense to not engage in stupidity. Not saying all Republicans are idiots, but definitely the ones who voted for President Donald J. Trump are.
I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"
Interacting with uncontacted people is dangerous. Well, they are.... you know!"
If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.
Senate failed to pass the controversial U.S.-Israel military merger.
America First.
Not to Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton and Rick Scott. They sponsored a controversial rider to the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). It would officially allow U.S. military to share its resources with the Israeli Defense Force.
It was about to merge the U.S. Armed Forces with the Israel Defense Forces. That means any American or U.S. national associated with Israel military could get benefits. It failed cloture and it is stalled for now.
As with the SAVE ACT, President Donald J. Trump wants to end the filibuster. It is picking up momentum and with a very narrow majority, the Republican Party is desperate for a win.
The measure failed 50-46.
They were trying to push this as a rush and tribute to that warhawk Lindsey Graham who died in July.
His sister Darline Graham Nordone voted in favor of this.
Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
Jim Banks (R-IN)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Johb Boozman (R-AR)
Katie Britt (R-AL)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV)
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Jim Cramer (R-ND)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
John Curtis (R-UT)
Steve Daines (R-MT)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
Josh Hawley (R-MO)
John Hoeven (R-ND)
Jon Husted (R-OH)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Ron Johnson (R-WI)
John N. Kennedy (R-LA)
James Lankford (R-OK)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Dave McCormick (R-PA)
Ashley Moody (R-FL)
Jim Moran (R-KS)
Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
Rick Scott (R-FL)
Tim Scott (R-SC)
Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Todd Young (R-IN)
Sens. Jim Justice (R-WV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) did not vote. Sen. John Fetterman (I-PA) did not vote either. Senate Leader, John Thune (R-SD) voted against the measure.
This week the Senate will vote to merge our military’s most sensitive & secretive capabilities with Israel. This merger is buried within the massive NDAA and they’re hoping you won’t notice.
Merging our military with a foreign country is a treasonous betrayal of our… https://t.co/9ZUjFLkNWQ
50 Republican senators voted to advance the NDAA with Sec. 1217 (U.S.-Israeli military integrations) included. The final vote was 50-46, falling short of the 60 votes needed for the motion to proceed.
This is the Senate version of Section 219 (previously Sec. 224) in the House. pic.twitter.com/cGD22GmQxF
The uniparty special: The House just tied Voter ID to the US-Israel military merger in a 215-211 procedural vote.
They know the SAVE Act can’t stand alone, so they’re forcing it onto the NDAA.
Accept the defense bill, or you don’t get voter ID.
Your treasonous government at…
— ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 (@ImBreckWorsham) July 14, 2026
BREAKING: THE SENATE BLOCKED THE NDAA which is rare. That means no Section 219 for now (merging militaries with Israel) 🙏 But they didn’t block it for that reason, they blocked it because Trump resumed military action in Iran. BUT, this is unprecedented and we have some time to…
This week the Senate will vote to merge our military’s most sensitive & secretive capabilities with Israel. This merger is buried within the massive NDAA and they’re hoping you won’t notice.
Merging our military with a foreign country is a treasonous betrayal of our… https://t.co/9ZUjFLkNWQ
The provision would establish a United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, according to Military.com
This would have the defense secretary appoint someone responsible for doing joint research and weapons development between the two countries.
This would be a permanent merger which no other president can't repeal. This would make a lifetime payout to Israel.
Let this be the final years of America's alliance with Israel.
Thinking if the U.S. decided to allow Israel be aligned in our resources. Our electronics, our bank accounts and our medical records could be compromised by these agents.
When young Americans are seeing children being blown up, Israeli Defense Soliders wearing the clothes of their victims, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lecturing Americans on what is justified opinionated concerns, the AIPAC lobby trying to deflect by painting critics as being bought by foreign influence, the ADL trying push censorship campaigns on social media, the deflections to blame Muslims, the calls to deport critics because they oppose Israel, calling people "antisemitic" and a "terrorist" to stifle critics is seriously backfiring.
This 🇮🇱 And Zionism Will Be Regarded As A Symbol Of Evil In The 21st Century.
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Dave Smith, Pat Buchanan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Glenn Greenwald, Candace Owens, Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate have split MAGAland.
I strongly disagree with the opinions and views of these figures. I don't endorse their opinions but I will only say that their opposition to Israel is the only thing I will agree with them.
Why are they becoming influential to them over Fox and the status quo?
The cause is simple: Why are we giving billions to Israel while Americans are on the streets or struggling here at home?
American home ownership is down. The average age of home buyers is 40 years old.
More Americans are waiting to having children.
They know that it cost $395,000 to raise a child.
When the right is claiming the government is run by Zionists, the calls of being antisemitic are loud.
Why is the far right slowly accepting the narrative the progressives pushed during the Biden Administration?
Generational gap of politics. Censorship and identity politics is a weapon used by Republicans and Democrats alike. They have convinced people that the status quo is better than generational change. President Donald J. Trump is the emboldenment of white privilege, elitism and a decline of American dominance.
Antisemitism is becoming a weapon that is running out of bullets.
The words lost meaning when Americans are frustrated with a government that isn't working for them. When Americans are seeing stagnant wages, frustration with their jobs, frustration with the increasing prices of food, not being able to take vacations, fear of medical debt, fear of financial debt, not achieving the American Dream, you are seeing the collapse of support for Israel.
The calls of antisemitism is not working either. It seems like "crying wolf."
When the right is claiming the government is run by Zionists, the calls of being antisemitic are loud.
Why is the far right slowly accepting the narrative the progressives pushed during the Biden Administration?
Generational gap of politics. Censorship and identity politics is a weapon used by Republicans and Democrats alike. They have convinced people that the status quo is better than generational change. President Donald J. Trump is the emboldenment of white privilege, elitism and a decline of American dominance. The white leadership structure is collapsing.
Those who tried to push for former vice president Kamala Harris to stop Israel from committing a genocide were ignored. Even Harris acknowledged that she gambled on trying to win over dissatisfied Trump voters while pushing aside concerns progressives had with former president Joe Biden.
Both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to end the fighting and bring back the captured IDF members while providing extensive military and diplomatic cover to Israel.
Israel and its allies overplayed the use of antisemitism. From now on, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing Judaism or Islam, I will not hold my tongue when criticizing Israel, Jews, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, members of Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, Zionism, colonialism, imperialism, slavery, racism, Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
Again, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing religious beliefs, there is no antisemitism when criticizing the Jews.
Torence Ivy Hatch, Jr. known as Boosie BadAzz (formerly Lil Boosie) is feeling like an idiot. He put his ass on the line for President Donald J. Trump. I guess he got duped.
Okay, TMZ reports that Boosie was planning on suing the U.S. government and two idiot pranksters after he allegedly paid $600,000 to get the president to consider a pardon for his federal convictions.
His biggest mistake was to trust a notorious online troll and his business partner.
The Baton Rouge native had been ordered to serve 10 days in jail and be under three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Boosie has an issue with two men whom he believed could secure him a federal pardon from Trump.
The rapper is suing Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, two known lobbyists and far-right political operatives in the MAGA world, for $300,000, alleging they failed to comply with a stipulation in the contract he signed with them. He's demanding a contractual refund months after his lawyer informed him that the duo had secured a pardon from Trump for his federal charges.
According to a lengthy exposé published by NOTUS, Boosie paid Wohl and Burkman $600,000 after he hired them in October 2025, months before his sentencing. The duo, per NOTUS, has claimed they are "effectively bankrupt."
Wohl and Burkman are the same duo who pleaded guilty to an illegal robocall scheme in 2022 in Ohio that targeted primarily Black voters.
The lawsuit is the first known to arise in the new era of pardons under the Trump White House. Under previous administrations, pardons were handled through extensive vetting and a formal Justice Department process before being submitted to the President for final approval. That has mostly eroded with Trump's return, as many have effectively been handled by longtime aides who suggest a name and then give it to Trump.
"Boosie has no reason to be unhappy. In 30 years of lobbying, I doubt we have ever done more work and harder work. The provision in the contract he is referencing was never agreed to at all. The other factor is that Boosie's quest for a pardon was made much tougher by an arrest for an alleged crime of violence in Texas earlier this year. We tried very, very hard," Burkman told TMZ.
Ignorance begets ignorance.
For years, Boosie had been advocating on social media for a pardon, writing in 2024 that he needed one from whoever won the election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump. After Trump won, Boosie brought up his pardon again, questioning people who were mad at him for asking Trump when he attempted to get VP Harris' attention via Twitter.
Since his return to office, Trump has issued more than 1,700 pardons, most related to those who were tried and convicted of crimes related to the Insurrection attempt on the Capitol on January 6. His most recent batch of pardons came on July 3, and none of those names belonged to the "Set It Off" and "Wipe Me Down" rapper.
In 2023, Boosie was arrested in San Diego, California, and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The case dragged on for two years until January, when he pleaded guilty to the charge and was credited with time served (10 days) along with three years of supervised release.
A recent incident in Houston earlier this year has prosecutors wanting to revoke his previous sentence, as he stands accused of smashing a glass hookah base atop the head of a security guard. During conversations with Wohl and Burkman, the two frequently told the rapper about their connections to Laura Loomer, a longtime Trump ally who has his ear. They also named several individuals in Trump's orbit, including Erika Kirk, other MAGA influencers, Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Andy Biggs, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
All either flatly declined to know anything about endorsing the pardon or even knowing Boosie.
"Speaker Johnson's office categorically denied that there was any merit to the claims made by these individuals or any connection between the speaker and these individuals or the parties involved," a spokesperson for the House leader said.
Boosie, despite not receiving clemency, remains hopeful that a pardon application filed directly with the White House would be approved, thereby nullifying the felony conviction on his record.
He lacks self-awareness and doesn't know when to shut his mouth up. The dude is playing in the snow. He allegedly engage in sexually predatory behavior.
Hatch, 43, is a known as either Lil Boosie or Boosie Badazz. He is a Baton Rouge rapper who has a string of underground hits in the early 2000s. He is unabashedly homophobic and pretty ignorant to the changing demographics. He allegedly allowed a woman perform a sex act on underage children. One being a son and the other being their cousin.
He has been most notorious for staging a square up with a Lil Nas X impersonator.
