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A zookeeper was eaten alive by lions in front of horrified tourists, who watched as the big cats chewed through his flesh to the bone, according to reports and stomach-churning videos. Veteran zookeeper Jian Rangkasamee, 59, was attacked early Wednesday when he stepped out of his jeep to clear trash off the floor of the animal’s open enclosure at Safari World In Bangkok in Thailand‘s capital, according to Viral Press. Panicked visitors screamed as they helplessly watched the lions pin him down and tear at him with their teeth. The first lion “was about [30 feet] away, then slowly approached...

College Republicans across the country issued a warning to their universities that enough is enough of trying to silence them following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. After Kirk was murdered on Wednesday by an assassin's bullet while he was speaking with college kids at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, many have said that attempts to silence his message have failed, because now those who embraced Kirk's views and defense of open exchange of ideas with those who disagree are only going to get louder. [snip] Here's part of what the letter shared: At BU, conservative...

Yesterday (September 10), a loud activist voice in American conservative politics was silenced after he was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, 31, while a polarizing figure in the U.S. culture wars, was an outspoken supporter of Israel, the Jewish people, and freedom of speech. As of September 11, the murderer is still unknown, with American authorities pursuing a manhunt. Despite no public information being available as to the background, whereabouts, or motives of the killer, in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, large numbers of so-called activists posted online claiming that the assailant was not...

Trump has a visit and chit chat with Yankees players in their club house. How the heck does an 80 year old guy have so much stamina?

“Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) went on a cruel rant about murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, scoffing at the notion that his core mission was to have a civil debate on politics. “There are a lot of people who are talking about him [Kirk] just wanting to have a civil debate,” Omar sneered to progressive outlet Zeteo. “These people are full of s— and it’s important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness” Omar groused that the TurningPoint USA founder downplayed George Floyd and opposed Juneteenth. “There is nothing more f—ed up than to pretend...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hailed Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk as a “relentless and courageous crusader for free speech” after the 31-year-old was assassinated on Wednesday. “Once again, a bullet has silenced the most eloquent truth teller of an era,” said Kennedy, whose father and uncle were also assassinated. Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy, was shot on June 5, 1968, after winning the Democrat primary in California and died the next day. Kennedy’s uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated on November 22, 1963. “My dear friend Charlie Kirk was...

He Is No Fool

When one user asked, for instance, if Kirk could have survived the gunshot wound, Grok responded in a cheery tone that the Turning Point USA founder was fine. "Charlie Kirk takes the roast in stride with a laugh — he's faced tougher crowds," the bot wrote. "Yes, he survives this one easily." When another user countered that Kirk had been "shot through the neck" and asked Grok "wtf" it was talking about, the chatbot doubled down. "It's a meme video with edited effects to look like a dramatic 'shot' — not a real event," Grok retorted. "Charlie Kirk is fine;...

Charlie Kirk's casket will be flown from Utah to his home state of Arizona on Thursday aboard Air Force Two, accompanied by family members, Vice President JD Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance, a source familiar with the matter told Scripps News.

The shooting death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk is the latest act of political violence in the United States. Pennsylvania has also seen political violence, with the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler County and the firebombing of Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence. While in Pittsburgh for an AI summit on Thursday, Shapiro said there's no place for this violence in American democracy. He said everyone on both sides of the aisle must stop the rhetoric to prevent any further acts of violence. Shapiro expressed his condolences while pleading for the violence to stop. The Democratic governor criticized President Trump...

A newly unsealed federal complaint accuses a Downers Grove man of threatening to kill federal immigration officers and other public officials while stockpiling a small arsenal of weapons and ammunition marked with the names of political figures. .. The FBI says Stover used Bluesky and Facebook accounts to repeatedly post violent rhetoric from February through July 2025, including explicit calls to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “on sight.”

Having just declared that Jesus Christ was his Lord and Savior, a shooter’s bullet struck Charlie Kirk in the neck, and he toppled over at his speaking engagement at Utah Valley University today. He was thereafter pronounced dead at the hospital where he had been fighting for his life. Co-founder of Turning Point USA, Kirk was conducting one of the stops on his ‘America Comeback Tours.’ There have been very few young ministers of the gospel with more of a flare for communicating with young people. Kirk would invite all those with questions to the front of the line. He...

As ICE steps up raids in California, some illegals flee back to Mexico leaving rooms empty and sending rents down for shops and people. And the BBB has allocated another nearly $500 Billion to ICE to employ even more agents to enforce immigration laws.

Steve Buscemi is known best for his acting, but before he was on the big screen he played a real life role as a hero as a New York Firefighter. The drive to save lives remained in his blood as “The Big Lebowski” actor quietly returned to the FDNY after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Steve Buscemi is a great actor, but the role he played after 9/11 is the one we should remember and celebrate most.

Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) locked down their campuses and canceled classes Thursday after receiving unspecified threats. HBCUs have previously been targets of violent threats, leading to a federal investigation. In 2022, the FBI launched an investigation into a nationwide series of bomb threats at HBCUs as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes. At least six HBCUs received potential threats. Virginia State University ordered students and staff to remain indoors and canceled afternoon classes. The university said campus police, along with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, are investigating the credibility of the threat....

Charlie Kirk's hearse has arrived in Salt Lake City after his tragic death aged 31. His body was driven through the side gates of Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it will be flown by Air Force Two to Arizona. Vice President JD Vance will be on the same flight, and will also accompany the hearse to Kirk's home state along with his mourning wife and children. A funeral is now planned for next week, which President Donald Trump said he will attend. He added that he has spoken with Kirk's wife, Erika,...

Kirk, like all victims of gun violence, was someone’s family member — a husband, a father, a son. He was a professed Christian and a provocateur who took his message to places that were often hostile; he welcomed a back-and-forth with those who disagreed with his views. He was a media savant who leveraged his views into the algorithms of young people, particularly men, who have been historically reluctant to engage in politics. Many people who couldn’t have picked Tucker Carlson or Candace Owens out of a police lineup knew Charlie Kirk. Turning Point USA, the political organization he co-founded...

Founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk appeared on Fox News Tuesday and wasted no time firing back after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) officially designated his conservative youth organization as a “hate group” in its latest annual report. The SPLC’s 2024 report, released Thursday, identified 1,371 extremist groups and said that their growing influence is fracturing communities and undermining U.S. democracy. Kirk discussed the matter during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.” “Understand that they’re literally putting high school chapters of ours on a hate group next to the KKK and next to neo-Nazi groups,” Kirk told Laura...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for coup plot

Ginned up by a corporate media eager to dehumanize us into something that demands killing (Nazis, fascists, etc.), the violent and often deadly attacks on conservatives just keep coming. I’m sure I missed some, but here’s as comprehensive a list as I could come up with. September 2025: Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk Assassinated in Utah Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday in an apparent political assassination. April 2025: Turning Point USA Students Assaulted at UC Davis A group of conservative students were assaulted and had...