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Chris is said to have confirmed that Ahmo passed away recently to fitness and bodybuilding outlet Generation Iron. The outlet reported the news on Thursday and states that the cause of death has not yet been disclosed. It's believed that Ahmo would have celebrated her 50th birthday later this month. Her apparent death appears to have come just over two weeks before the occasion on September 18, which has been noted on social media.

No one should have been surprised when Eminem told Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping to his music….Eminem is famously not chill about candidates from the right using his music, …In 2020, Eminem not only allowed Joe Biden to use the song but actually appeared in a campaign commercial adapting the song as an endorsement of Uncle Joe. … Less expected was the reaction of Oliver Anthony, owner and operator of 2023’s hottest song. “Rich Men North of Richmond” jumped onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 and stayed there a second week…At first blush, “Rich Men” seems like a...

Days before The Atlantic reported that Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wanted to know how many federal agents present on the planes that hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had already identified a kindred spirit. “This Vivek guy, he’s Alex Jones 2.0,” argued Jones last Friday. He went on to explain the reason for his high praise: And what did he say? He said we’re in a 1776 moment, we’re in the spring of 1776. What comes next? July 4th, the war. We’re in the war. And he said the dam is breaking,...

Throughout the summer, Ukraine has struggled to mount a counteroffensive that could puncture defenses Russia had spent months erecting. Allies watched in frustration as the Ukrainian military used sophisticated weaponry from Western Europe and the United States to seemingly little effect. The Russians were dug in and, it seemed, going nowhere.But this week, the Ukrainians appeared to be showing signs of forward momentum in the Zaporizhzhia region. The village of Robotyne was liberated earlier this week. Since then, Ukrainian forces have advanced toward nearby Novoprokopivka and Verbove.The recent advance does not mean the counteroffensive can be deemed a success —...

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrived in Ahmedabad this afternoon for a 36-hour visit to India.

President Joe Biden on Thursday laughed off a question on if he will hand over his bank records to Congress for an ongoing investigation into his son’s foreign business dealings and whether he was involved or profited from them. After Biden delivered remarks at the FEMA headquarters on federal response efforts to Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires, a reporter asked him if he would give his bank records to Congress as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has requested. Biden raised both of his hands, laughed, and said, “Let’s talk about why I’m here.” He ignored the question — which...

According to a report from the Washington Times, should Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decide to step down due to health concerns, Kentucky's Democratic governor already has already made the constitutional case that he can pick a Democrat to fill the seat despite a law the state GOP majority passed in 2021. With questions being raised about how long the senior Republican will remain in Congress after an incident last week where he stood stock-still and appeared unable to speak before reporters -- only to be led away by some of his GOP colleagues -- attention in Kentucky has...

Senator Addison Mitchell McConnell, R-KY, was born on February 20, 1942, the same year as his former Senate colleague, Joe Biden. This makes him exactly nine months older than the current pretender-in-chief. The comparisons don’t end there. Both went to law school and quickly entered government. In fact, Mitch McConnell has occupied high office in the federal government almost continually since the Nixon administration, so both men have been in government for half a century. Some might say that’s about enough; few would say that it isn’t. That being said, the differences are stark. McConnell has been a standout in...

Please watch to the end. The officer used a very creative way to flush out the teen car theives.

NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Statistics show that hate crimes and incidents, both white supremacy and antisemitic, are on the rise in Connecticut. The landscape creates fear in communities, but Friday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced a new grant to ensure 23 Connecticut faith organizations are prepared for potential threats. It’s a grant Temple Sinai wishes it didn’t need, but after recent antisemitic incidents across the country and at the synagogue, leaders are ready to enhance security. “I wish we didn’t need to combat this but because it’s present we do,” said Brett Esterson, the president of the board of trustees...

It appears McCarthy is backing down after claiming he will look at opening a Biden impeachment inquiry without a floor vote since several Republican lawmakers are not convinced there is enough evidence of Biden corruption. Because bank statements, informants, witnesses, credible whistleblowers, emails, WhatsApp messages and documents from Hunter Biden’s laptop from hell isn’t enough evidence. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he will not open an impeachment inquiry without a formal vote on the House floor. House Republicans currently have a slim majority of 222 to 212 and one vacancy. McCarthy is now backing down as he continues to...

The Hawaiian Stand Off: A Teachable Moment.By J. JohnsonWhile watching with earnest about the happenings on Maui since August 8, 2023, a ran across a YouTube video of a man I believe named Eric West, who has been documenting actions there ever since. This video in question was a live stream where he and his son (I believe) ended up in a law enforcement matter that thankfully ended peacefully. During this standoff, Eric tried to assert his rights to film on a public road at or near Lahaina against the wishes of law enforcement. This was a teachable moment, and...

Greene said:“I’ve already decided I will not vote to fund the government unless we have passed an impeachment inquiry on Joe Biden.“I will not fund the government because I will not fund the weaponized part of the government.“I’m not going to continue to fund the Biden regime’s weaponized government. “So there should be no funding for Jack Smith’s special counsel.“We have to fire David Weiss, who is protecting Hunter Biden as his special counsel. “And we have to rein in the FBI.“I will not vote for money to go towards those things.

The long-term consequences of Covid-19 vaccination are now being realised… A year ago, doubly vaccinated Australians were 10.72x more likely to catch Omicron than the unvaxxed. Now they are 20x more likely and the triply or more vaxxed are 35x more likely, as the latest NSW Health stats show (see below). Meanwhile, the latest Cleveland Clinic Data and the latest US data analysed by Josh Stirling, founder of Insurance Collaboration to Save Livess and former #1 ranked Insurance Analyst, shows a really really disturbing trend. The damage to health caused by each vaccine dose does not lessen over time. It...

Associated Press video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VesUUuaZnwTa’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot. Body camera footage showing the moments before the fatal shooting last week of a pregnant woman by an Ohio police officer was released Friday. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot on Aug. 24. After repeatedly being asked to get out of her vehicle by the two officers, one of whom pointed a gun at her, Young slowly accelerated her car toward an...

When moderns think of the afterlife, if they believe in it at all, they tend to imagine the Great Retirement Village in the Sky. It’s a pleasant grassy field next to a placid lake, where it’s always mid-September, rain never falls from the fluffy white clouds, and the sun is always warm but never hot. Waiting on the shore are Grandmama, Uncle Albert, and Rover, who you haven’t seen since he got hit by a car when you were eight but is of course present because as everyone knows, unlike people, all dogs go to Heaven. Getting into Heaven isn’t...

A brilliant strategy, rooted in both common sense and law, has resulted in a victory for both decency and parental rights. Moms for Liberty, a conservative group dedicated to defending parents and students against government overreach, capitalized on a new Florida statute and compelled a school board to bypass its own procedures by voting immediately to remove obscene literature from school libraries. The group’s strategy unfolded in a dramatic way at a school board meeting on Monday in Indian River County, Florida. According to WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Florida, parents and others affiliated with Moms for Liberty selected books from the...

In a development that can’t be independently confirmed – yet nevertheless offers an ephemeral blast of schadenfreude for those so inclined – close observers of Ukraine’s military actions against Russia and its assets have said four highly valued fighter jets that were destroyed or seriously damaged at a base in Western Russia late Saturday were the victims of Australian drones made of cardboard. The aerial attack took place when drones struck a MiG-29 and four Su-30 fighter jets – plus missile launchers and an air defense system – at a base in Kursk, about 100 km inside Russia’s border. Per...

GOP Senators are weighing a ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell’s latest freezing incident. 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is “medically clear” to continue work after he froze up for the second time within the last month on Wednesday. And this is just what we have seen in public. Certainly, McConnell is having these episodes in private as well. McConnell was holding a press conference in Covington, Kentucky on Wednesday when he went into a catatonic state. Mitch McConnell temporarily froze and was unable to speak. An aide came to his rescue and promptly ended the press conference....