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New York Post
26-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
This week in whoppers: Former aide's ‘anti-war' Obama fantasy, Nina Turner's ignorance on Iran's abuse of women and more
Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This claim: 'I worked for an anti-war president.' — Former Obama aide Johanna Maska, Monday We say: Talk about revisionist history: Angry about President Trump's bombing of Iran's nuclear sites, Maska wants Americans to believe that President Obama was a dove. Huh? He may have talked like an anti-war leader, but he didn't act like one. Is Maska forgetting that her boss was responsible for the overthrow of Moammar Khadafy in Libya and the chaos that followed? Or that after calling ISIS 'the JV team,' Obama declared all-out war on the terrorist group, authorizing airstrikes on the jihadists in Iraq and Syria? Speaking of strikes, in 2016, the final year of drone-happy Obama's second term, the US dropped an estimated 72 bombs per day — or an average of three per hour. Sorry, Maska: 'Anti-war' your president was not. This statement: 'We don't have moral high ground [on Iran's treatment of women].' — Former Ohio Democratic state Sen. Nina Turner, Sunday We say: Turner's ignorance is beyond foul: Iranian women live under a regime where marital rape is legal, security forces beat women and girls who fail to comply with mandatory hijab laws, authorities turn a blind eye to 'honor' killings and female activists are often sentenced to death. Turner should ask real Iranian women, like brave dissident Masih Alinejad, who is still being targeted by the mullahs for fighting for women's rights, where they'd prefer to live. This column: 'Killings in Arizona and Minnesota shine light on the crisis of Christian extremist violence.' — MSNBC's Ja'han Jones, Wednesday We say: Jones has cherry-picked two ghastly incidents — the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota by an anti-abortion wacko and the grisly April murder of a pastor in Arizona by a (certainly not Christian) lunatic who says that Jesus is the 'son of Satan' — to paint right–adjacent extremism as a major threat. He charges that 'these killings have occurred in an environment that is awfully permissive of Christian nationalist violence.' Nonsense: The real 'crisis' is mental illness — and irresponsible rhetoric that encourages deadly violence. And the bulk of that comes from the left: Just look at the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, the killing of two Israeli Embassy workers in DC, the attack on an event for Israel hostages in Colorado and the firebombing of Gov. Josh Shapiro's home in Pennsylvania — all carried out by left-wing nutjobs in the last year. This assertion: 'Democrats are very orderly. They're almost too orderly for fascism.' — Joy Reid, Tuesday We say: Orderly? This claim by Reid, on Charlamagne tha God's podcast 'The Breakfast Club,' proves she hasn't gotten any saner since leaving MSNBC. Just since the November election, anti-Trump protesters have sparked riots in Los Angeles, lefties have firebombed Tesla dealerships and vandalized Cybertrucks and multiple Democratic politicians have been arrested at ICE facilities. If this is 'orderly,' we'd hate to see Reid's idea of chaos. — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
Hindustan Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Rana Daggubati joins hands with makers of Baahubali to back Ram Pothineni's next film
Popular Telugu star Ram Pothineni is currently awaiting the release of his new film Andhra King Taluka, which also has Kannada superstar Upendra in a key role. It has been a while since Ram has had a hit, and he has now pinned a lot of hopes on the Mahesh Babu P directed film. Rana Daggubati will present Ram Pothineni's next A fan of Ram Pothineni? Stream his films, Maska and Nenu Shailaja, on OTTplay Premium As exciting as Andhra King Taluka is for Ram, he's also signed a new film with a debutant director Kishore that is being backed by Arka Media Works, the banner behind Baahubali, with popular actor Rana Daggubati presenting it in theatres. The project has been locked and will be announced soon. Ram Pothineni was not the first choice for the role Interestingly, not long ago, it was heard that Kishore's film would have Naga Chaitanya in the lead, and pre-production had begun. A source close to the film has revealed to us that Naga Chaitanya decided against being a part of the film for reasons best known to him. The makers then approached Ram Pothineni, and he okayed the film right away. Rana Daggubati and Naga Chaitanya are cousins and were quite excited about collaborating on the film, but sadly, the latter has walked out. On the other hand, Ram Pothineni is thrilled to work on a biggie that the makers of Baahubali are associated with. Director Kishore makes his debut with this film and has worked hard on the project for a long time now. Though things have been delayed, with Ram Pothineni joining the project, things will soon take shape. As of now, Naga Chaitanya is busy working on his new film that is being directed by Karthik Varma Dandu, who last made Virupaksha with Sai Dharam Tej. More details about this project will be out soon.
