Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 5/25

[SVPete]

NeverTrumper Bill Kristol Announces He's a Dem, Gives Most Preposterous Reason for the Change

https://www.westernjournal.com/nevertrumper-bill-kristol-announces-dem-gives-preposterous-reason-change/

In the most stunning revelation since it was confirmed Liberace liked the dudes, Bill Kristol — neocon, publisher, and one-time Republican operative extraordinaire — has announced he’s now a Democrat.

Kristol is best known both for his punditry in print and on various cable news hits, as well as publishing The Weekly Standard, long known as one of the pillars of the conservative establishment.

However, while the conservative establishment generally didn’t like Donald Trump as he became a serious candidate during the 2016 cycle, Kristol had an anaphylactic reaction to suddenly being displaced by the populist rabble. Fast-forward 10 years and the professional NeverTrumper has become yet another professional mouthpiece who has decided he’s so much of a Not That Kind of a Republican™ that he’s not a Republican.

I guess the $$ for Never-Trumpery has dried up.

[SVPete]

Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Does Campaign Stop in Rough Part of LA – Gets Violent Threats, Man Pulls Knife on Staffer (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-does-campaign-stop-rough/

Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer recently decided to make a campaign stop in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles. Things did not go well.

Clearly angry residents surrounded his vehicle and some of them shouted threats. One man even allegedly pulled a knife on one of Steyer’s staffers.

Some people in the small mob were even demanding reparations.

This almost sounds funny but as you’ll see below it was actually a very tense situation.

Steyer had been attending a gathering last Saturday at ORA Cafe in Leimert Park, during which he told a crowd of black voters that they are owed a “gigantic debt” and that the black community is “the moral leader of the United States,” journalist Maeve Reston reported.

The event took a turn when a group of protesters arrived and things turned ugly.

I guess some residents of this century-old neighborhood didn't buy his pander-shtick.

[SVPete]

Democrat California Congressional Candidate Refuses to Say Pledge of Allegiance, Sparking Outrage

https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2026/05/25/democrat-california-congressional-candidate-refuses-to-say-pledge-of-allegiance-sparking-outrage-n4953207

Far-left Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang, a Democrat candidate challenging longtime incumbent Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) in California’s 7th Congressional District primary, is facing criticism over her repeated refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and turning her back to the American flag during public meetings and ceremonies.

Vang, the daughter of Hmong refugees whom the United States rescued from Laos after the Vietnam War, has declined to participate in the pledge at several public events, including a Veterans Day ceremony last year, district meetings in January and March, and a Sacramento City Council meeting in July 2025.

But for the nation she seems to hate, her parents would have birthed her in Communist Vietnam (instead of Sacramento) ... unless the Communists killed them before Mail could be conceived and born.

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Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Does Campaign Stop in Rough Part of LA – Gets Violent Threats, Man Pulls Knife on Staffer (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-does-campaign-stop-rough/

I guess some residents of this century-old neighborhood didn't buy his pander-shtick.

He got a taste of what people have to deal with outside the safe area he likely resides in.