Parallel timeline: 2026 Olympics if Kamala won.
Trump expected to become first sitting president to attend Super Bowl, White House confirms visit
President Donald Trump plans to attend Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported.
A White House official, speaking anonymously, confirmed Trump's plans to the Associated Press.
Trump will be the first sitting U.S. president to attend the game. Previously, three sitting vice presidents have attended the Super Bowl.
Al Gore visited Atlanta's Georgia Dome in 1994 to watch the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 30-13. George H.W. Bush was at the game in the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan in 1982, where the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21. And Spiro Agnew was in attendance at Miami's Orange Bowl in 1971 when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cowboys, 16-13.
Trump's visit to the Caesars Superdome will increase a security presence that was already going to be significant in light of the terror attack on Bourbon Street early on Jan. 1. The Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was delayed one day as a result.
Additionally, Trump is expected to appear on Fox News for an interview with Bret Baier, according to Axios. The interview will be taped at Trump's estate at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will air during the Fox pregame show at 3 p.m. ET.
This will be the first time in three years that a U.S. president has agreed to a network interview for Super Bowl pregame coverage. President Joe Biden opted not to sit with Fox News and CBS News in 2023 and 2024.
Trump declined an interview with NBC News in 2018, but agreed to interviews with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly in 2017 and Sean Hannity in 2020.
https://sports.yahoo.com/trump-expected-to-become-first-sitting-president-to-attend-super-bowl-white-house-confirms-visit-161805429.html
Daniel Penny hired by Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz
“Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire.
In less than two months, Daniel Penny has gone from facing a potential 20 years in prison to landing a role at Andreessen Horowitz, the premier investment firm in Silicon Valley.
In an internal statement seen by The Free Press, David Ulevitch, a general partner at the firm, confirmed the hire.
“He will learn the business of investing and he will work to support our portfolio companies,” wrote Ulevitch in a note sent to all employees this afternoon.
On May 1, 2023, Penny’s case became a lightning rod for controversy when Jordan Neely, a black homeless man with more than 40 prior arrests and a history of mental illness, wandered onto his subway car and, according to witnesses, began “threatening” passengers. Penny intervened, placing Neely in a chokehold. When Neely died shortly afterward, much of America turned on Penny—and the city’s progressive district attorney charged him with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter. Penny faced a possible 20 years in prison.
After a months-long trial, a New York jury acquitted Penny in December.
Announcing the hire, Ulevitch did not shy away from the May 2023 incident—in fact, he cited Penny’s actions that day when explaining the hire.
“I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” he wrote. “He was acquitted of all charges. Beyond that, it has always been our policy to evaluate the entire person and not judge them for the worst moment in their entire life.”
He added that he envisions Penny, a former Marine, helping to strengthen the firm’s relationships with the Department of Defense and public safety sector. Penny will work in New York for the firm’s American Dynamism practice, a branch of the company that “invests in founders and companies that support the national interest.”
Penny has largely avoided the spotlight since his acquittal, but attended the Army vs. Navy football game with then–president-elect Donald Trump. He also revealed in his only post-acquittal interview to date that he still rides the subway—and was recently spotted reading a book while seated on the train.
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm’s founders, are among the high-profile Silicon Valley leaders who came out for Trump ahead of last November’s election.
“We believe in Daniel and are excited to have him as part of our team,” said Ulevitch in the note.
https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-daniel-penny-hired-at-andreessen-horowitz
Trump’s hilarious reaction to Biden signing with talent agency
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1886883507294658825
Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Strange. Hakeem Jeffries said it was time to "fight" Trump's agenda "in the streets," and sure enough, a few days later there were coordinated protests of thousands of Mexican nationalists waving the Mexican flag, and burning the American flag, in the streets.
Which NGOs organized the protests? Who funds them?
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1886600104154738917
Obama Center subcontractor files $40M discrimination lawsuit against engineering firm for overruns
A Chicago-based subcontractor is suing one of the firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center for $40 million, claiming racial discriminatory practices forced the firm to do extra work that left it at risk of bankruptcy, according to a lawsuit.
Robert McGee, the owner of II in One, which provided concrete and rebar services for the center starting in 2021, filed the lawsuit in federal court last month against New York-based Thornton Tomasetti, which oversees structural engineering and design services for the $830 million project.
McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards, which resulted in "excessively rigorous and unnecessary inspection" and massive overruns.
This, McGee, claims, incurred extensive paperwork that impacted productivity and resulted in millions in losses, according to the lawsuit.
However, Thornton Tomasetti defended its actions nearly a year ago, writing in a memo to the lawsuit that the subcontractors were "questionably qualified," and the delays were due to their own shortcomings.
The Obama Presidential Center is being built near Jackson Park in Chicago, and will consist of a planned museum, library, community and conference facilities. The center will house the nonprofit Obama Foundation, which is overseeing the center’s development and operates a scholarship program through the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy.
McGee claims Thornton Tomasetti falsely accused II in One of lacking sufficient qualifications and experience to perform its work, while stating that non-minority-owned contractors were sufficiently qualified.
He is seeking to be paid back for roughly $40 million in construction costs the firm covered itself along with its joint venture partner, Concrete Collective.
"In a shocking and disheartening turn of events, the African American owner of a local construction company finds himself and his company on the brink of forced closure because of racial discrimination by the structural engineer," the lawsuit reads.
"II in One and its joint venture partners… was subjected to baseless criticisms and defamatory and discriminatory accusations by the Obama Foundation’s structural engineer, Thornton Tomasetti.
However, Thornton Tomasetti claimed in an attached February 2024 memo that construction costs and delays "were all unequivocally driven by the underperformance and inexperience" of that subcontractor, II in One.
In a memo, Thornton Tomasetti shared images of cracked slab and exposed rebar.
In the memo, Thornton Tomasetti tells Obama Foundation leadership that it spent hundreds of hours reviewing, analyzing, re-designing and responding to corrective work and that contractors caused "a multitude of problems in the field."
Thornton Tomasetti said the challenges with the concrete were due solely to the performance of the contractors.
"We cannot stand by while contractors attempt to blame their own shortcomings on the design team," the memo states.
The memo goes on to state that Thornton Tomasetti and an architectural firm "bent over backwards to assist what everyone knows was a questionably qualified subcontractor team in areas where more qualified subcontractor would not have required it."
The project has faced problems in the past. Construction was initially anticipated to get underway in 2018, but it was kicked back to 2021. It is scheduled to open sometime in 2026.
Some community activists claim the new center will cause prices for homes and rent to increase and may price many of those who live in the area. Environmental activists have also been critical of the project, arguing that it would remove too many trees and destroy some bird habitats.
Activists threatened to sue to block developments, but the plan to build the center was approved shortly after a lawsuit was filed, according to Newsweek. The Supreme Court denied the request to hear the case in 2021.
Obama has said he hopes the center would help promote the city’s South Side and bring Chicagoans together.
The Democrat downplayed those controversies during his 2021 groundbreaking speech at the site saying that the center will "plant new trees" and "provide new habitats for birds and wildlife."
The Obama Foundation said it is not a party to this lawsuit, nor will it cause any delays in the concrete work, which it says has already been largely completed.
"If the Foundation believed that any vendor was acting with a racist intent, we would immediately take appropriate action," Emily Bittner, the vice president of communications at the Obama Foundation told Fox News Digital via a statement.
"We have no reason to believe that Thornton Tomasetti acted with racist intent."
Representatives for II in One said they have no comment to make at this time. Fox News Digital contacted Thornton Tomasetti for comment but did not receive a response.
This story has been updated to include a statement from the Obama Foundation.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/obama-center-subcontractor-files-40m-discrimination-lawsuit-against-engineering-firm-overruns
Can you imagine they still lost against anons with all that moola.
$350k to develop 'Spanish-language homosaurus'. Seems they started to get lazy with the naming of these fake subsidies since they got away with it for so long.
$350k to develop a 'Spanish-language homosaurus'. Seems they started to get lazy with the naming of these since they got away with it for so long.
https://datarepublican.com/award_search/?keywords=homosaurus
Trump saved Netanyahu from literally breaking his ass earlier today.