Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Supreme Court Ain't S***!

Roger Taney was a terrible Chief Supreme Court Justice. John Roberts will join him in being one of the most terrible. Over 20 years and some the worst decisions in history.

Major rulings are coming and it will likely not be good for the United States.

Once again, white men are becoming more of threat to the structure of the nation.

President Donald J. Trump has proven that white men can not be leaders much longer. The Congress proves they can't govern on behalf of the public. The Supreme Court is not ruling like a body of justice but more like an activist with a podcast or talk show.

We are about mark 250 years of misinformation and deception. The United States was founded by white colonialists with a lack of education, improper hygiene and this notion that they must have shiny things. The founders looked upon the elites as inferior only to become those they loathed. Out of 45 men, one Black man was the U.S. president. They saw other people who were their likeness as cattle and toys for their pleasure. They molly wopped religious nonsense on the indigenous and Africans to keep them in fear of death.

They took our history and made it into their own. They refuse to pay for the labors that made this country exist.

They hijacked islands, expelled royals (the Kingdom of Hawa'ii), colonized communities and place their own branding of how governance to exist.

They literally fought one another over how they can keep people enslaved either as servants or pleasure to their misguided families.

Since 1948, all the U.S. presidents maintained a special relationship with a religious apartheid genocidal ethnostate. As we are moving closer to another world war, our current president isn't stepping off that boat yet.

He is afraid that country could ruin his legacy as a playboy real estate developer turned politician. He is afraid that the facade of his namesake will be tarnished for generations.

More and more Americans are looking at the -isms as distractions. Because your free speech should not impede on me feeding my family, paying my bills, providing my safety or the luxury to do anything. The -isms are inherited from your family members or some dumb ass agitator getting rich off the words spewed in the junk food media.

I do not condone hate. But if these assholes want to hate people because of their race, gender, religion, disabilities, mental fitness, body type, sexual orientation, gender identification, political votes, social standings, economic standings, immigration status or the feelings of others, let them cook in the filth.

They are repressed in their feelings. Even if they scream in your face, all you see is a red nose, makeup, a goofy wig, a big suit and big shoes. They are juggling around balls.

We can rid ourselves of one only to have thousands of others to reenact the very same shit.

They want to gas you up to commit crimes against one another. I am done worrying about someone using their free speech to disrespect me. They can say whatever the fuck they want.

They are going to bathroom dropping ducces like me and everyone else.

I support a country that works for the public in the common good. I believe everyone has the right to be themselves. 

I am supportive of Black culture. I support more Black own and employed businesses.

I support the rights of our gay, lesbian, transgender, non conforming and bisexual community.

I empathize with Palestinians, Haitians, Cubans, Iranians, Congolese, Sudanese and Somalis as they face decades of colonialist punishment because they stood on business to not exploit their resources for betterment of the capitalist.

I empathize with our indigenous communities in the United States and Canada.

I empathize with our Americans who have disabilities.

I support Black fatherhood and Black empowerment.

The Trump Administration won. They can now legally deport Haitians and Syrians who filed for temporary asylum.


I support Black women and date them. I have dated outside my race and will continue to do so. I hold no bias towards white women, Asian American women, transwomen, women with disabilities, women with body type and any woman of color. I would date anyone who like me for being me. For now, I rather stay single.

I am not anti anything. 

I am basically relying on survival as my tool for success now in this chaotic second term of Donald J. Trump.

Here's a question.

Why are we paying federal and state taxes to a government that don't give a fuck about you?

They want to take away your rights but still have you pay them to do so. Make it make sense.

Current Supreme Court.

Clarence Thomas - longest held. George H.W. Bush.
John Roberts - second longest, current Chief Justice. George W. Bush.
Samuel Alito - George W. Bush.
Sonya Sotomayor - Barack Obama.
Elena Kagan - Barack Obama.
Neil Gorsuch - Donald J. Trump.
Brett Kavanaugh - Donald J. Trump.
Amy Coney Barrett - Donald J. Trump.
Kentaji Brown Jackson - Joe Biden.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day under the Obama administration and during Trump’s first term.

Advocates said the tactic created a humanitarian crisis as thousands of people settled in unsafe makeshift shelters to await their turn. The Trump administration said it was necessary to deal with an increase of asylum seekers at the border.

The policy isn’t in place now, though authorities have imposed other restrictions on asylum seekers.

The administration argues that metering is a critical tool that’s been used by presidents of both parties and should stay available. Federal attorneys say people turned away at the border could come back later, though lines were thousands of people long when the policy was in place before.

The case is one of several immigration suits is considering this term, including Trump’s push to end restrict birthright citizenship and his administration’s effort to strip legal temporary protections for migrants fleeing instability and armed conflict.

Under federal law, migrants who arrive in the U.S. must be able to apply for asylum and be screened for fear of persecution in their home countries.

Louisiana and many southern states can now remove hair or religious symbols from inmates at their discretion.

The Justice Department argued that people stopped by authorities haven’t arrived, so immigration agents don’t have to let them apply.

But attorneys for people seeking asylum say the law has long meant anyone arriving at a port of entry should be screened, and blocking arrivals disregards the nation’s ideals.

Metering was first used during President Barack Obama’s administration when large numbers of Haitians appeared at the main crossing to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. It was expanded to all border crossings from Mexico during Trump’s first term in the White House.

Under federal law, migrants who arrive in the U.S. must be able to apply for asylum and be screened for fear of persecution in their home countries.

The Justice Department argued that people stopped by authorities haven’t arrived, so immigration agents don’t have to let them apply.

But attorneys for people seeking asylum say the law has long meant anyone arriving at a port of entry should be screened, and blocking arrivals disregards the nation’s ideals.

Metering was first used during President Barack Obama’s administration when large numbers of Haitians appeared at the main crossing to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. It was expanded to all border crossings from Mexico during Trump’s first term in the White House.

It ended in 2020 when the government introduced greater restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and President Joe Biden formally rescinded it in 2021.

The same year, a California-based federal judge found that metering violated the asylum seekers rights and the law requiring screening. A divided appeals court panel affirmed the ruling but nearly half of judges on the full San Francisco-based court voted to rehear it, a strong signal that might have caught the attention of the Supreme Court.

U.S. law allows people seeking refuge to apply for asylum once they are on American soil, regardless of whether they came legally. To qualify for asylum, they must show a fear of persecution in their homeland for specific reasons, like race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.

People who are eventually granted asylum can’t be deported. They can legally work, bring in immediate family, apply for legal residency and seek citizenship.

Hawai'ians can carry firearms into private facilities. It now justifies folks who want a revolutionary movement to reclaim Hawai'i as sovereign kingdom.

The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government’s power over green card holders accused of crimes.

The 6-3 decision centers on an immigration officers’ 2012 decision to put lawful permanent resident Muk Choi Lau on immigration parole when he returned from a short trip to China because he had been accused of a counterfeiting crime.

Lau argued that the officer overstepped their authority, and the decision wrongly allowed the Department of Homeland Security under then-President Barack Obama an easier path to removal after he pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit clothes in New Jersey.

The high court disagreed. “Border officers did not have the burden to establish by clear and convincing evidence that Lau had committed a crime involving moral turpitude,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the opinion.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, writing that the decision to put Lau on immigration parole effectively sentenced him to “immigration limbo” before he’d been convicted of any crime.

“I worry that the Court has now handed the Government a massive blank check,” she wrote in the dissent joined by her two liberal colleagues.

The liberal group Alliance for Justice echoed that concern, saying the ruling could provide an expanded path for revoking green cards.

But Advancing American Freedom, a group founded by former Republican Vice President Mike Pence, called it an important case to allow the removal of people who “abuse the privilege of being granted lawful permanent resident status.”

The decision comes as the high court considers a series of immigration-related issues against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, though this case started before Trump took office.

His administration argued that suspicion of a crime is enough to put a lawful permanent resident, also known as a green-card holder, on immigration parole. Federal attorneys urged the court to take an expansive view of executive authority over immigration.

The court is also considering cases over Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, potentially revive a restrictive asylum policy and end temporary legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disasters in their homelands.

The court also gave the federal government the power to rescind temporary protection visas for Haitians and Syrians.

The court also ruled that Hawai'i cannot bar gun owners from private facilities for public use. So basically, a person can carry firearms into malls, schools, restaurants and religious facilities without being told to leave. 

The court also ruled that Louisiana was justified in cutting off dreads of a man who is a Rastafarian.

The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor. But they ruled that a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for money damages against individuals even when rights are violated.

The high court, in a 6-3 decision, agreed with lower courts that without exception had ruled that the law, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, can’t be used to hold those who violate inmates’ rights financially responsible.

Soon.

Folks are going to look at the Supreme Court as fucking joke. They are going see the court members feel the heat. Just you wait. You don't see the out in public much because they are protected by the U.S. Marshals. But folks are seeing that the decisions are not going to sit well.

You keep poking the hive and bees come out and sting.

Again, I am not endorsing violence. I have a strong feeling that the status quo will tear this nation apart. Again 1 out of 20 Americans believe violence is the only way to stop problems. That is a problem.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Tucker Carlson: I'm Done With The Republican Party!

ChatGPT perfectly sums up the MAGA split.

After his 2023 firing from Fox, Tucker Carlson went to the independent circuit and became one of the most popular podcasters on the right. He was considered one of the most prominent figures in helping President Donald J. Trump win his 2024 bid.

Now two years later, Carlson has officially severed ties with Trump and the Republican Party. He is no longer willing to call himself a Republican.

Carlson, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brandon Straka and Megyn Kelly have "walked away" from MAGA because Trump failed to keep his promises,

The U.S. and Iran are still at war. Iran directly told the U.S. that for a truce, the United States must end sanctions, repay for all the damages it causes to its sovereignty, stop labeling them terrorists, stop Israel from invading Lebanon, hand Benjamin Netanyahu over to the International Criminal Court, acknowledge the genocide in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, acknowledge Iran has full control of its waterway (Strait of Hormuz), leave their nuclear power alone and apologize for the killing of children in Minab.

The president said the U.S. did not attack the school and he deflected to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Israel continues invading Lebanon, bombing Gaza ans allowing occupiers kill without impunity in the West Bank.

Carlson was recently banned from Israel after he did his interview with U.S. Ambassador To Israel, Mike Huckabee. 

The Epstein Files are still being delayed by Interim Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Republicans are too busy worrying about distractions instead of focusing on the economy.

Tucker Carlson has major influence on the MAGA base. If he says he is sitting it out, bet you money many others will too.

Carlson said on a podcast that “there’s no chance I would support the Republican Party” ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he’s defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Channel’s most popular hosts.

“Not gonna support the Democratic Party,” Carlson was quick to add, speaking late last week on the show “Can’t Be Censored.” “I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Carlson, who has amassed a large following on his own podcast since being fired from Fox News in 2023, has more recently diverged from the party, a disillusionment supercharged by President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran in February.

Carlson supported Trump in 2024. After the war began, he apologized for supporting the then-presidential candidate and “misleading people,” saying it wasn’t intentional.

He’s repeatedly criticized the war as being at the behest of Israel at the expense of Americans, and attacked the party for failing to represent its own voters, citizens and nation.

“They are making decisions on the basis of other criteria, what’s best for this company, what’s best for Israel, what’s best for our donors,” he said. “That’s not just, like, they are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that’s treasonous, it’s immoral, it can’t continue.”

“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party, I mean very consistent defender, but there’s no defending this,” he said. “So no, I’m out. And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.”

The Monsters Hide Under The Bed!

AIPAC claims victory. Adrian Boafo, a gay Black Democrat wins the seat occupied by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD). The Pro Israel lobby continues to put a wedge between the party's establishment and the insurgent wing.

We slept on this one.

The establishment pick wins. The AIPAC backed Democratic candidates better not get comfortable with the status quo. Harry Dunn, the former U.S. Capitol police officer who survived the Jan. 6 attacks comes up short again.

AIPAC and the dark money came in like a vulture and picked the bones.

They relied on a crowd field to push through their choice.

We are dedicated to removing Pro Israel Democrats. Ritchie Torres, John Fetterman, Josh Gottheimer, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer ain't shit and they'll never be shit.

Their days are numbered. They win this round, but 2028 is coming and they will be targets for defeat.

Adrian Boafo, a Maryland state delegate will be the nominee to replace Rep. Stony Hoyer (D-MD) who announced he will not seek reelection in 2026.

Boafo was then a campaign manager for Hoyer. He was endorsed by Hoyer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and many of the Democratic Party's establishment wing.

Ironic, progressives didn't focus on stopping this guy.

Boafo has won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 5th Congressional District, the Associated Press projects, prevailing in a crowded race to succeed retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer. The AP called the race at 9:28 pm.

Boafo is a state delegate from Bowie and Hoyer's endorsed choice. He's also backed by Gov. Wes Moore and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD).

His bid drew more than $8 million in outside spending, including from a cryptocurrency-aligned super PAC — prompting rivals Dunn, Bareebe and Baker to jointly criticize the "dark money" supporting him.

His bid drew more than $8 million in outside spending, including from a cryptocurrency-aligned super PAC — prompting rivals Dunn, Bareebe and Baker to jointly criticize the "dark money" supporting him.

The 5th District seat came open after Hoyer — first elected in 1981 and a former House majority leader — announced he would not seek another term, ending one of the longest congressional tenures in Maryland history. Two dozen Democrats filed to replace him.

Boafo advances to the Nov. 3 general election and is favored in the Democratic-leaning district. 

Warning to any candidate that continues to back Israel....

Don't get too comfortable with the seat.

Mamdani Means Business!

State assemblywoman Claire Valdez secures the Democratic nomination to replace Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)

So how are you doing?

Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier were endorsed by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. They were vehemently opposed by KHive, Zionists and establishment Democrats.

It appears that Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) learned that their support for Israel doomed them. Soon, Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Haley Stevens (D-MI) are gonna find out too.

Israel and AIPAC are toxic to Democrats.

That idiot who accosted Chevalier and her mother by shouting "You hate the Jews" helped push the vote clearly in her favor. You cannot be worrying about Israel while living in New York City, the country's most expensive community.

All that smoke from several of KHive's most fiercest Kamala Harris supporters did not stop the momentum.

Michael Blake and Jose Vega were too polarizing. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) would have been defeated had the progressives lined up a candidate that no ties to Israel or LaRocheism.

But hey, three for three is the Mamdani effect. It helped Adam Hamawy win his nomination to become the U.S. House member from New Jersey.

It helped Katie Wilson win. First democratic socialist to win the mayor seat in Seattle, the largest city in Washington.

It helped Janeese Lewis George become the Democratic nominee for Washington, DC mayor. She is a democratic socialist.

Hasan Piker, a progressive agitator and streamer can claim victory once again. 

Mamdani’s slate of fiery progressives swept establishment-backed Democrats in the state’s congressional primaries on Tuesday, ousting two sitting congressmen in a resounding show of force for the democratic socialist leader of America’s largest city, who is fighting to reshape the Democratic Party in New York and beyond.

Espaillat, who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is in his fifth term, was defeated by Mamdani’s most polarizing pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.

Goldman, a two-term incumbent, was beaten by the Mamdani-backed former city Comptroller Brad Lander, a fixture among New York progressives who has often shown sympathy to the democratic socialist movement. And another Mamdani ally, democratic socialist state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, defeated the handpicked successor of retiring Velázquez.

Tuesday’s primaries represented a major political gamble for the 34-year-old mayor, whose strength is surging, and a potential headache for Democratic leaders, who fear that Mamdani and his loyalists may push the party too far left ahead of November’s midterm elections — when voters across the nation will decide which party controls Congress for the last two years of Trump’s final term.

The sweep also sends an undeniable message to establishment Democrats in Washington, including House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who campaigned against Mamdani’s candidates and lost. Mamdani and his slate were openly fighting for dramatic change on key issues, Israel’s war in Gaza and affordability chief among them.

The mayor ping ponged across the city to celebrate his allies’ victories, declaring that his election had helped ignite a new era.

“A year ago, it was not the end of a political movement. It was the beginning,” a smiling Mamdani charged at Valdez’s celebration party in Brooklyn, reflecting on his mayoral victory last year, as the crowd chanted, “DSA! DSA!”

Later, at Avila Chevalier’s celebration in Manhattan, he added: “We are showing there is a new path for politics in our city and in our country.”

In Washington, Jeffries downplayed the influence of the Mamdani-backed candidates before polls closed on Tuesday.

“We have agreed to strongly disagree,” Jeffries said of Mamdani on Capitol Hill. “There are 215 members of the House Democratic caucus. A handful of primaries that go in one direction or the other, in a given state or two, aren’t going to reshape who we are as House Democrats.”

Meanwhile, Democrat Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, failed in his bid to write his own chapter in Camelot lore as he competed in a crowded field for a seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler. Mamdani made no endorsement in that hotly contested race.

Establishment Democrats celebrated the victory of state Assembly member Micah Lasher, a longtime government hand backed by Democratic leaders, who prevailed in a field that also included anti-Trump activist George Conway and assembly member Alex Bores, whose proposals to regulate artificial intelligence triggered tech industry blowback.

Mamdani’s insurgents sweep to victory

Mamdani, whose first six months in office have drawn praise from establishment Democrats and even President Donald Trump, had made a big push to promote the three congressional candidates who challenged Democrats supported by the party’s leadership.

Two of Mamdani’s congressional slate identify as democratic socialists, while Lander has allied himself with the movement in the past.

In his celebration speech on Tuesday, Lander vowed to abolish the federal bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, described Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocide” and referred to “Trump’s fascism.” He has been especially outspoken against Trump’s immigration crackdown and was acquitted earlier this month on charges related to a protest inside a building housing an immigration court.

All three of Mamdani’s candidates have promised to “abolish ICE,” condemned the “genocide” in Israel and vowed to “tax the rich” if elected.

Claire Valdez is the next generation.

Avila Chevalier, 32, was in her first race for political office in facing a longtime member of the House. Espaillat, 71, was the first Dominican American elected to Congress and has been representing his district in upper Manhattan and the Bronx for nearly a decade.

Avila Chevalier cast herself as an outsider. Espaillat’s allies called Avila Chevalier unfit for office, pointing out a history of inflammatory and profane social media posts when she was in her 20s.

Around an hour before polls closed, she was standing on a street corner in Harlem campaigning with controversial streamer Hasan Piker. Later, with Mamdani at her side at her Manhattan celebration, said slammed the “Democratic machine” for discounting her supporters.

“Today we make it clear -- the politics of the past ends today,” she said. “No longer will we accept a politics that throws scraps at us and acts as if we should be grateful for them.”

In East Harlem, 47-year-old voter Sara Hyler said she flip-flopped several times between Avila Chevalier and Espaillat in the lead up to Election Day, but eventually cast her ballot for Avila Chevalier after learning about heavy support for the incumbent by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

“It was the breaking point, my last straw,” she said of the donations to Espaillat by the lobbying group, also known as AIPAC.

Hyler said it was important to elect a new crop of progressive Democrats who aren’t beholden to AIPAC and the Israeli government. “As much as I support Israel, I don’t think we should be paying for them,” Hyler said.

The war in Gaza was a dividing line between Goldman and Lander, both of whom are Jewish. Lander assailed Goldman for not being tough enough on Israel over its military action against Palestinians. Goldman has consistently criticized Israel’s government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.

Mamdani had backed Valdez over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, in the race to succeed Velazquez in a district covering parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Though Reynoso won Velazquez’s endorsement, he failed to earn the mayor’s backing.

A Trump acolyte triumphs in upstate New York

In northern New York state, a Trump acolyte with no previous political experience prevailed over a conservative state lawmaker in the Republican primary for a seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Anthony Constantino, head of the custom sticker company Sticker Mule, won the GOP nod in New York’s 21st Congressional District, overcoming New York state Assembly Member Robert Smullen for the nomination.

Constantino had showcased his enthusiasm for the president by putting a massive “Vote For Trump” sign atop one of his company buildings. He also released a hip-hop album titled “Thank You President Trump,” and commissioned a statue of Trump and gave it to the president in Florida. Trump has endorsed him.

Smullen, who had strong support from local Republicans, had argued that Constantino’s antics, which include regular bashing of the state GOP, make him unfit to serve in the House.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Ouch!

The road ends for controversial South Carolina lieutenant governor. Whomp, whomp.

Lieutenant Governor Pam Evette was endorsed by President Donald J. Trump. What happened?

He endorsed the other guy too. It kind of screwed her.

It appear the run off election did not favor her.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), I guess she got her revenge. She endorsed Alan Young, the South Carolina Attorney General. He ended up being the nominee. 

Young is now likely to be the next governor. Republicans will likely keep the governor seat.

Trump has now fully endorsed Young despite his backing of Evette.

Wilson has won the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina, NBC News projected Tuesday, after a closely watched runoff that featured President Donald Trump’s unusual double endorsement of two candidates.

Wilson is now heavily favored heading into the general election in South Carolina’s first open governor’s race since 2010. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster was term-limited and could not seek re-election. Democratic candidate Jermaine Johnson won his primary this month.

In the initial June 9 Republican primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette finished first with 29% of the votes, while Wilson placed second with 26%, with both advancing to the runoff.

Alan Wilson wins the runoff.

Trump had expressed support for Evette less than two weeks ahead of the initial primary. 

However, he posted on Truth Social a few days before Tuesday’s runoff that he would now endorse both Wilson and Evette.

“These were the two that I was hoping would get into a Runoff, and they did. I can’t hurt one of them by only endorsing the other, so, therefore, I am going to endorse, for Governor of South Carolina, both Pam Evette and Alan Wilson! It’s a Wealth of Riches — With either one, you can’t go wrong,” he wrote.

Before Trump’s double endorsement, Reps. Ralph Norman and Nancy Mace (R-SC) endorsed Wilson after they finished third and fifth, respectively, in the first primary. Sen. Tim Scott(R-SC) also backed Wilson.

South Carolina has elected Republican governors in every election since 2002, when its last Democratic governor, Jim Hodges, was leaving office.

Before this race, Trump’s preferred candidates had faced challenges in several recent governor’s races.

In Iowa’s and Georgia’s campaigns for governor this month, the Trump-backed candidates lost in their primaries.

Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), whom Trump endorsed, lost his Republican primary in Iowa to businessman Zach Lahn. After the race, Trump suggested he had not been fully familiar with the contest and remarked that “the other person was much more Trump” than Feenstra.

Then, in Georgia, political newcomer Rick Jackson, a billionaire businessman, defeated Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the race for governor.

Dan Goldman Out!

Whomp, whomp.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), once a promising figure who was a part of the Jan. 6 committee was defeated. The Democratic Party's support for Israel became his undoing. 

This is a warning.

Don't get comfortable.

Goldman has lost his New York City primary to former City Comptroller Brad Lander, NBC News projects, following a battle that highlighted Democratic divisions over Israel and showcased the clout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who backed Lander.

Lander won in New York’s 10th Congressional District amid a wave of challenges from Mamdani allies to sitting members of Congress as Mamdani looks to build on his momentum from last year’s election and further reshape the city’s politics.

Goldman is the fifth House incumbent to lose a primary so far in 2026, as a swath of voters express frustration with their party’s leaders.

Goldman had been seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party because of his high-profile role as lead counsel during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial. After he narrowly won a crowded primary in 2022, he has been a prominent voice fighting the Trump administration on issues like abortion and immigration. He also leaned on his personal wealth in the primary and touted endorsements from Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and key labor unions.

But his greatest vulnerability among Democratic voters in a district that pushes down into the rapidly gentrifying corners of Brooklyn was on the issue of Israel. Goldman, who is Jewish, is supported both by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a bipartisan group that has drawn the ire of progressives, and the more liberal group J Street, which also designated him an “approved” candidate.

Goldman sought to style himself as a progressive supporter of Israel, seeking to separate criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war against Hamas in Gaza from calls to block military aid to the country.

You better not back Israel, Brad Lander.

Lander, who is also Jewish, has been far more critical of Israel’s government and its conduct in the war, which he calls a “genocide.” He has promised to co-sponsor legislation that would put new restrictions on American military aid to Israel and repeatedly sought to use Goldman’s support from AIPAC as a cudgel with Democratic voters who have become more critical of Israel in recent years.

Lander also got a significant boost from Mamdani, whom he made an important alliance with during his own unsuccessful bid for mayor, and won endorsements from national progressives like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

He also framed himself as a dogged critic of the Trump administration’s deportation policies, regularly advocating for defendants in federal immigration court, where he was arrested last year after a high-profile altercation with federal officers. A judge found Lander not guilty of misdemeanor charges related to the episode this month.

And he leaned on his work on the City Council and as the city’s chief financial officer to argue that he will be ready to hit the ground running and capture the sense of urgency many Democrats feel in the fight against the Trump administration. 

Adriano Espaillat Out!

Whomp whomp.

Hey @WonderKing82, @Iamchanteezy, @Tify330, @Bowiegrrl1@ArrogantNBlack, @IsaiahLCarter, @bookergwash @2RawTooReal, @notcaptamerica and @LattinaBrown: let's rap right quick.

I've said it time after time. Words don't pay the bills. Words do not feed the families.

We warned you that this is not a joke.

Okay, do you believe the Democratic Party is about to ride the Blue Wave?

Do you believe that Democrats are motivated after seeing the results of President Donald J. Trump's return to power?

Will these No Kings protests be a turning point in American politics?

Are you going to vote "Blue No Matter Who?"

Well before I go into my rant, I want to say that if any Democratic operative reads this, I want to say thank you for getting an opportunity to read this. Maybe I can inspire a change in how the party runs things.

I give them a 47% chance winning the House and a 43% of winning the Senate.

So my honest opinion about the Democratic Party.

They are garbage. Trash. A total colossal cluster fuck.

And they can thank former president Joe Biden, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the Democratic National Committee. A party trying to stay popular when their policies are never delivered. A party that continues to gaslight us about the opposition being in the pockets of the elite while doing the same. The party that calls out the opposition for being racial extremists but end up being racial extremists too.

We got a lot a work to do.

The Republican Party is becoming a bunch of big government nannies who want to push culture wars into federal laws. This overreach will generate backlash due to the hypocrisy they've carried as small government and freedom loving patriots.

First things first, the Democrats must focus on issues that matter to all Americans. The economy for one thing is a big issue. We are witnessing the potential for a catastrophic crash thanks to Trump's tariffs, his fly off the handle policies and this government shutdown.

If the Democrats are motivated to talk about how the policies of the past are not working, they better start talking now.

Capitalism isn't prospering for the middle class or the lower class. This trickle down economics is not benefiting the working class. The need to be honest about capitalism being a disaster has to be addressed. 

The Democratic Party is still supportive of capitalism which is rooted in white supremacy, economic inequality and greed. 

The policies the Republican Party are presenting are status quo. They are becoming the big government nannies they tagged the Democratic Party for years as.

Socialism, once a toxic word and a tag on almost every Democratic politician should no longer be a slur. It is time for Americans to understand that the oligarchy that led to wealth inequality is a product of capitalism. We need to equate capitalism to the rise in food prices, health costs, insurance premiums increasing and private equity firms destroying companies.

Israel, Israel, Israel..... When the party support for Israel is a mere 8%, why is the Democratic Party still trying to encourage their voters to support this country?

They're on their knees giving in to Israel and its minions. 

As Israel continues to commit a genocide under the guise of a ceasefire, some Democrats and the influncers are calling out the progressive base for moving on from Gaza.

I haven't moved on from Israel. I am laser focused on ensuring Israel will fall. I am seeing the endless attacks on Zohran Mamdani, Graham Platner, Cori Bush, Katie Porter and even former vice president Kamala Harris.

Say all want, but Hasan Piker has proven to be a powerful force.


I get it Harris should face criticism for ignoring the concerns.

I voted for Harris for president. I have told family members that Israel will be a major factor. Trump's near assassination was a big factor. His mugshot too. He tapped into the grievances of the American people. 

Democrats wasted too much time scaring voters. I get it. Trump is an essential threat to the country. I posted on this blog numerous times about it. But I also said that Biden's support for Israel and not focusing on the economy could hurt him come 2024.

White men cannot get the U.S. back on the right track. We seen how Trump and Biden led us into endless chaos within their terms. Trump has become the first 21st Century president to never achieve 50% in positive successes. Yet, we reelected him for a second term despite the dangers he posed in his first chaotic term.

The supporters of former vice president Kamala Harris are playing on this "We tried to warn you" nonsense. How can you morally stand on principles of being a progressive and back Israel?

First and foremost, Americans have a right to vote for whomever they chose.

Second, Harris failed to win over voters. She stuck with former president Joe Biden on the economy, Israel, Ukraine, immigration and inflation. The former president failed to listen to voters and his base.

The former president gave unilateral support and cover. We knew Trump would be worse. We demanded that Biden put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel to stop killing and invading other countries.

The social media influencers who backed Harris ignored the progressive base and the calls for a ceasefire. They ignored the concerns about banning TikTok and calling everyone who opposes Israel a terrorist. They literally were on the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" mantra.

That shows the "tone deafness" within the party. 

It is not Rep. Rashida Tlaib's (D-MI) fault for Biden and Harris' missteps. She warned them that Arab Americans did not like being ignored. 

30% of Biden's 2020 base were disappointed with his stances on Israel. His iron clad support for that apartheid ethnostate harmed his reelection bid and hurt Harris when she took over after he dropped out. Somehow his stupid Catholic faith led him down this road to destruction. Not to mention the nearly $234 million in AIPAC funding.

Democratic establishment influncers are practically on these platforms saying that they ain't helping the former Biden/Harris voters who voted for as Trump. 

That's perfectly fine. 

It makes progressives more independent and it declines support for Democratic candidates.

MAGAland politicians are going crazy. They belive the No Kings protesters are not genuine. The protests are growing and it appears to be more inclined to white grievances about Trump not delivering on lowering the costs of living.

I voted for Harris for president. I have told family members that Israel will be a major factor. Trump's near assassination was a big factor. His mugshot too. He tapped into the grievances of the American people. 

Democrats wasted too much time scaring voters. I get it. Trump is an essential threat to the country. I posted on this blog numerous times about it. But I also said that Biden's support for Israel and not focusing on the economy could hurt him come 2024.

If progressives need to divorce the Democrats, the time is now. I am not voting for the status quo.

I am going to vote for a candidate that focuses on issues that impact the growth of this flawed nation. Not distractions or words. Words do not pay the rent. They do not feed the families. They do not pay my bills. Words do not control the movement of policies.

No more slogans. 

It's noise.

Folks, the Democrats must end the rules of engagement. They need to kick out the filth.

End their support of Israel, stop pandering to win votes, embrace embarrassments and stop trying to be friends with MAGAland.

Blue MAGA is a threat too. Because they are too cozy with religion, apartheid, income inequality and racism.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has lost his primary to a challenger backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, NBC News projects, in a major victory for the progressive wing of the party.

Afro-Latina, Muslim and unapologetic. Congratulations Darializa Chevalier.

Community organizer and activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists of America, defeated Espaillat, 71, after casting him as an insufficient fighter for the working-class residents of the upper Manhattan district and out of step with Democratic primary voters on Israel policy.

“Where is our congressman when [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is kidnapping his constituents? Why should we let Adriano Espaillat vote to spend billions on bombs overseas when we’re struggling to afford rent and groceries right here in New York City?” Avila Chevalier, who works at a public defender’s office, said in a video launching her campaign.

“We live in the richest country in the history of the world. It’s never been that our government lacks the resources to help us. It’s just that the establishment lacks the courage,” Avila Chevalier continued.

She had support on the airwaves from Justice Democrats, which backs progressives taking on Democratic incumbents. But she also faced an onslaught of attacks from groups backing Espaillat, including allies of the Hispanic Caucus, which Espaillat chairs. The attacks highlighted some highlighting her past social media posts, where she profanely criticized Democratic leaders, including calling former President Joe Biden a “rapist” and writing “F--- Kamala Harris.”

The posts, according to reports from the New York Post and CNN, also included comments that “Israel doesn’t exist,” that “a world without prisons or police” is needed, and that “all deportation is wrong.”

Avila Chevalier told NBC News earlier this month that now that she’s older she’s “understanding a little more how a lot of these systems function.”

“My values have always been my values,” she said. “But my understanding of how to approach the systems has grown.”

She also responded with a TV ad, saying, “The same billionaires that attacked Zohran Mamdani are now spending millions against me. They know that unlike Adriano Espaillat, I can’t be bought and I won’t back down to Trump.”

Avila Chevalier’s campaign in the 13th District had mostly flown under the radar both nationally and in New York City until Mamdani endorsed her last month, despite initially promising to back Espaillat. He stood by her following the revelation of those posts.

The congressman had endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in last year’s mayoral primary, but backed Mamdani after he won the nomination. Mamdani then privately promised to support Espaillat, a pledge first reported by The New York Times and Politico, and confirmed by one person familiar with the conversation, before he eventually reneged and backed his challenger. Mamdani’s campaign did not comment on any agreement.

Mamdani cast Avila Chevalier as the future of the Democratic Party, saying as he announced his endorsement on MS NOW that she will be “on the front lines” of showing that Democrats “have to be fighting for a vision that reckons with the fact that working people were not left behind just four years ago or 16 years ago. They were left behind a long time before that.”

“And it will take a new generation of leadership to ensure that the heartbeat of this party is once again the struggles of the working class,” Mamdani said.

Avila Chevalier is also a vocal critic of Israel, calling the country’s war against Hamas in Gaza a genocide. A Columbia University alumna, she participated in the pro-Palestinian protests at the university and was present during last year’s standoff with police at Hamilton Hall, which she described as “quite horrific.” She also attended a controversial pro-Palestinian rally the day after Hamas’ 2023 attacks in Israel — an event that Brad Lander, the former city comptroller also sporting Mamdani’s endorsement in his congressional bid, condemned.

Avila Chevalier has voiced support for legislation blocking certain arms sales to Israel, also known as the “Block the Bombs” bill. She has also called for abolishing ICE, Medicare for All and national tenant protections.

Espaillat, meanwhile, leaned into his experience pushing for affordable housing and immigrant rights. He was the first former undocumented immigrant, and the first Dominican American, elected to the House.

“I’m running on my record, a record of accomplishment, a record that has listened to people and that has brought back results to the community I represent,” he said during a Spectrum News NY1 debate.

Espaillat had support from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Attorney General Letitia James, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, the Congressional Black Caucus and the state AFL-CIO.

The race had turned negative in its final days, with Avila Chevalier, an Afro-Latina who is Muslim, accusing Espaillat and his supporters of racist attacks and “lies about my identity, my faith and my family.”

Avila Chevalier said in a video posted on social media that the congressman’s supporters have been “standing at poll sites in our district shouting lines and slinging racial slurs.” She said, “I have been hit with attacks that use Haitian as a slur” and that people have reached out to her family demanding to see her birth certificate.

Espaillat told The City Reporter, “I condemn — the campaign has been very aggressive. I ask for people to tone it down.” 

Desperation!

It's almost over.

If you are more concerned about words than actions, vote for the establishment. If want your lawmakers to continue to fund Israel, tell you that we don't have the money for ideas that improve working class Americans's life or you want to continue to just mind you business and not worry about the issues, vote for the establishment.

The Democratic Party is fighting within itself. The progressive wing is mounting a fierce challenge against longtime members who continue to push the status quo.

While Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Tom Suozi (D-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) will likely continue to be headaches within the Democratic Party, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Adirano Espaillat (D-NY) are at serious risk of being defeated in their primaries.

Today is the New York primary.

This will decide whether Gov. Kathy Hochul gets a third term. This will also be a pushback against members who did not back New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani endorsed three candidates for the House. He endorsed Brad Lander, Clarke Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier. 

AIPAC and the Democratic Party establishment are aggressively targeting these candidates.

Activist Darializa Avila Chevalier is facing a smear campaign from Zionist, the establishment Democrats and the KHive. 

Avila Chevalier is an Afro Latina and Muslim. She vehemently opposes American taxpayer money going to Israel. She withheld her vote to support former president Joe Biden and later former vice president Kamala Harris over their support for Israel as they were conducting a genocide in Gaza.

She wants to prioritize American affordability, housing, efficiently with New York services, affordable healthcare, ending ICE and opposing President Donald J. Trump's misuse of federal resources.

You don't hear much of this because the topics that I've heard on social media is mostly about her race and the allegations that she hates Jews.

Again that comes from the Zionists who are trying desperately to intimidate people of color. 

On Sunday, Avila Chevalier and her mother were early voting when she was accosted by a small group of provocateurs.

Rusking Pimentel, who is currently on unpaid leave from Espaillat’s congressional office, accused Avila Chevalier, who identifies as Afro-Dominican and Muslim, of working with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to replace Dominicans in Washington Heights with Muslims and Haitians.

“Mamdani, who is also Muslim, his goal is to change the demography of Washington Heights, that Washington Heights no longer be a bastion of the Dominican community, that it rather become a bastion of the Haitian, Muslim community allied to him,” Pimentel said in Spanish on the “Entre Líneas” podcast.

“And for Darializa Chevalier, who is the candidate running against Adriano, Washington Heights cannot continue to be Dominican,” he added. “For them, Washington Heights must follow the same pattern in Brooklyn. That is because since Haitians are converting to Islam in high numbers, they must be moved to the Dominican district.”

In another interview, with the YouTube channel “Las Exclusivas de José Peguero,” Pimentel cast suspicions on Avila Chevalier’s Dominican identity. “She came from Florida, a young woman that identifies as an Afro-Latina, and she says that supposedly she has Dominican parents, and that now says she wants the opportunity to represent this community,” he said.

Avila Chevalier has been brigaded with anti-Haitian racism in the final weeks of the campaign, as anonymous Espaillat fans have also inundated Avila Chevalier’s social media posts with comments accusing her of being Haitian.

Bouncin' Back To The Iron College!

The man right here.

Former rapper Michael Tyler, 55 will officially be in a Louisiana iron college after he was convicted of another sexual abuse crime. 

Formerly known as Mystikal, the sexual predator received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, will serve 20 years in prison for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022.

Michael Lawrence Tyler pleaded guilty to third-degree rape in March with a sentencing cap of 20 years, five years less than the maximum punishment for the crime. His plea deal reduced the charge from first-degree rape, which carries an automatic life sentence.

Days before his Tuesday sentencing hearing, he asked a judge to withdraw his guilty plea, saying he “did not have sufficient opportunity to fully consider the consequences,” according to ABC affiliate WBRZ.

The victim spoke in court before sentencing and asked the judge to give Mystikal the maximum sentence, WBRZ reported. She reportedly said the rapper had punched her, choked her, pulled out her braids and forcibly raped her at his home in Prairieville, about 18 miles (29 kilometers) from Baton Rouge.

“If I did that to you, I deserve the max sentence,” he tearfully said in response, according to the local TV station.

A lawyer for the rapper did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mystikal has been held without bond at the Ascension Parish Jail since his arrest in 2022.

The Louisiana rapper rose to national recognition in the 1990s and is known for his 2000 hit “Shake Ya A(asterisk)(asterisk),” which was nominated for a Grammy in the best rap solo performance category.

In 2003, he pleaded guilty to sexual battery and was sentenced to six years in prison. That same year he was a Grammy nominee in two categories: best rap album for “Tarantula” and best male rap solo performance for his single “Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against The Wall).”

Mystikal was associated with No Limit Records. He signed to the label in 1995 and became a major success when he released Unpredictable and Ghetto Fabulous which went platinum. 

He released his two final albums Let’s Get Ready and Tarantula before heading to the iron college for the 2003 conviction.

He ended up briefly signing to Cash Money/Rich Gang. He ended up leaving in 2016 and was an independent artist until his second conviction.

He and C-Murder will not see the light of day. 

No Limit Records and Cash Money Records are launching a reunion tour. Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Mac, KLC, Romeo will join Juvenile, Birdman, Mannie Fresh and B.G. on a New Orleans style rap tour.

Monday, June 22, 2026

Clive Davis Passed Away!

Clive Davis, the man who made Whitney Houston an iconic pop star has passed away.

The music industry loses a legend. A controversial legend.

The man who gave us Whitney Houston, Alicia Keyes, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, Diddy and so many others has passed away.

Clive Davis, 94 the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars has died. His family confirms it.

Davis died in his Manhattan apartment, weeks after being hospitalized for an upper respiratory issue, his publicist Aliza Rabinoff said.

“To the world, our father was the iconic music legend whose vision, instincts, and relentless pursuit of excellence shaped the soundtrack of countless lives. He discovered, mentored, and championed the greatest artists in modern music history, leaving an indelible mark on culture that will endure for generations,” the statement read.

Many artists mourned his passing on Monday. Carlos Santana called him “a visionary.” Michael Bublé said the music executive “believed in people and their dreams.” Patti Smith thanked Davis for a half century of “love and support.”

Unlike other record moguls whose influence waned as they got older, Davis’ might only seemed to grow, spanning multiple genres and labels. Into his later years, he was directing the careers of everyone from Barry Manilow to “American Idol” winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. And his exclusive pre-Grammys gala, held the Saturday night before the Sunday award show every year since 1975, continued to be an institution.

“Clive’s talent has always been seeing and hearing what other people don’t,” former President Barack Obama said in a video message played at this year’s gala.

A Brooklyn background

Clive Jay Davis was born on April 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, where he grew up in the Crown Heights neighborhood. His father was an electrician and traveling salesman. He attended New York University and then Harvard Law School, eventually landing a job as an in-house lawyer at Columbia Records.

Davis always had a knack for business, and by 1967, became president of the company, just seven years after being hired as an attorney. He cited attending the Monterey International Pop Festival that year as pivotal; it eventually led him to bringing Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Neil Diamond and many other groups to the label — bringing a counterculture spirit to a company that had resisted rock ‘n’ roll.

Davis took big swings in the music industry, particularly in his support for Black artists, beginning when he signed Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International Records in 1971.

In 2015, the NAACP recognized Davis for his groundbreaking work by presenting him with the Vanguard Award. And last summer, Davis was presented with the Apollo Theater’s Apollo Legacy Award and inducted onto its Walk of Fame.

An unrivaled career

His success stories were staggering, with Houston a crowning achievement and devastating tragedy: Davis signed her to his Arista record label when she was just a teen and turned her into America’s reigning pop princess.

Houston racked up multiple No. 1 hits and became one of the top-selling artists in pop history before drug abuse hobbled her career. She died in a Beverly Hills hotel room in 2012, hours before she was to appear at Davis’ annual pre-Grammy Awards gala. He had been convinced she was turning her life around.

“Maybe I should have been more skeptical,” Davis wrote in his 2013 memoir, “The Soundtrack of My Life,” “but I’ve always been optimistic, and I felt hopeful. It felt like old times.”

He also launched the career of multiplatinum, multiple-Grammy winner Keys — and was quick to note other talents he signed, including Joplin and Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears and other “all-timers,” as he so often put it.

“I signed Patti Smith, the great Renaissance woman ... I signed Lou Reed ... I signed the Grateful Dead,” he proudly touted in an interview with The Associated Press in 1999.

He also signed the then up-and-coming producer Sean “Diddy” Combs to a label deal with his Bad Boy Records. Under Davis, the label would have some of its biggest successes, most notably with late rap icon the Notorious B.I.G. That was long before the hip-hop mogul Diddy would be incarcerated, convicted of violating the federal Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for any sexual crime.

An exec who built lifelong careers

Davis didn’t simply have an eye for new talent — he also knew how to keep veterans relevant, decades after their first hit. Aretha Franklin, whose legend was made at Atlantic Records, flourished in her later years at Arista, as did Luther Vandross, who made his last albums for another Davis label, J Records.

It was Davis who conceived of the 1999 album “Supernatural,” which paired guitar god Santana with some of the day’s hottest talents. The record won a record-tying eight Grammys and gave Santana more success than he had ever enjoyed in his decades-long career.

And he had middle-aged star Rod Stewart trade in his rock hits for standards from “The Great American Songbook.” The album, released in 2003, sold millions and was so successful it spawned four titles in all.

Davis didn’t always make the right choices; he turned down a chance to sign up Meat Loaf. And he and his collaborators didn’t always agree.

He and producer David Foster fought bitterly over the arrangement for Houston’s all-time hit, a cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” Davis won that fight — and the song was published with its iconic a cappella intro.

And Manilow strongly objected to recording “I Write the Songs,” noting that he didn’t even write the song, a Bruce Johnston ballad that became a signature hit for Manilow, who would have similar latter-day success mining the music of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

“He’s just brilliant at picking ideas he thinks the public will connect,” raved Manilow, who had worked with Davis since he was a budding singer at Columbia Records.

But not an infallible figure

Davis also had his struggles. Though he became president of Columbia Records in 1967 after joining the label in 1960 as a lawyer, by 1973 he was gone in a bitter fallout. The label accused him of mismanagement of funds and he was fired. Although Davis says he was later cleared, it wasn’t the end of his problems; he later was indicted on tax evasion charges, pleaded guilty to one count and had to pay a $10,000 fine.

However, Davis would declare victory: He says Columbia gave him the money to start Arista to resolve the dispute, and the label would become a huge success with artists like country superstars Brooks & Dunn, sassy R&B group TLC, Babyface, Houston, Franklin and others.

Legends don't die. 

The label had huge success with a debut act — Milli Vanilli. But the male pop duo would become the embarrassment of the industry when, after winning a Grammy, it was revealed that they weren’t actually singing their songs (Davis blamed the debacle on the label’s European division, which he said signed them; the group was later stripped of its best new artist Grammy).

In 1999, as Arista was celebrating its 25th anniversary, Davis faced another crisis: The label’s then-parent company, BMG Entertainment, a division of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, wanted him to retire; most of its executives were eased out by 60, and Davis was in his mid-60s.

In 2000, despite support from his superstar roster, the company ousted him in favor of producer and songwriter Antonio “L.A.” Reid, who would later become chairman of Island/Def Jam.

Still, Davis’ successes were many

However, instead of severing its ties with Davis, BMG helped him launch J Records in what BMG has described as the largest record company startup ever created. Vandross was one of his initial artists, along with forgettable acts like the boy-band O-Town.

J Records was a success from the start, though, and only grew in stature with the arrival of a young singer named Keys, a piano-playing singer-songwriter with powerful pipes and dramatic R&B songs. Keys’ albums would go on to sell millions and win several Grammys.

His influence grew even more when Davis was tapped for BMG’s U.S. division.

Clive Davis and his partner Greg Schriefer.

He became a key backer of the careers of the winners of “American Idol,” guiding many albums to platinum status. The show’s link to Sony BMG came through a deal between Davis and 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by “Idol” creator Simon Fuller.

In 2007, however, Davis disagreed with the direction of Clarkson’s “My December,” and she publicly criticized him. The album was a flop, and she later apologized.

In 2008, Sony BMG replaced Davis as chairman and chief executive officer of the BMG label group, giving him the title of chief creative officer.

He was serving as worldwide chief creative officer at Sony Music Entertainment up until his death.

A love-filled personal life

In his memoir, Davis confirmed longtime rumors that he was bisexual and had been living with a man in recent years.

“Do I feel I could have been similarly attracted to a woman?” Davis wrote. “The answer is yes.”

He is survived by his four children, sons Fred, Doug and Mitchell, daughter Lauren, and his eight grandchildren Austin, Charlie, Matthew, Hayley, Harper, Sloane, Billie and Cody, two great grandchildren, cousin Jo Schuman and partner Greg Schriefer.

His family shared a loving statement on Monday.

“Through every chapter of his remarkable life, family remained Clive’s greatest pride and deepest joy. Today, we celebrate not only a towering figure whose influence changed music forever, but the man who led our family with grace, generosity, and kindness. We will miss him greatly, cherish him always, and carry his love with us for the rest of our lives.”

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