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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The former CEO of Evolve Bank sought sex from someone he thought was a 15-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr, according to court documents submitted by an FBI agent. The FBI agent said that they signed onto Grindr on October 19, 2025, and pretended to be a 15-year-old boy. They said they received a message from someone on Grindr going by the name "Tomm." That user asked the agent, pretending to be a 15-year-old boy, "Hey any chance u would hu with an older and chill guy?" according to the agent. Authorities later identified "Tomm" as...

I've been refining this list for several years now. Earlier revisions have been posted in other venues, although most of them are gone now. Even Rush Limbaugh had his 35 Undeniable Truths. As for me — cough, cough — being somewhat less influential, I only have 26. Buckle up, kids.

Trump shares footage of Rep. Ilhan Omar saying “Somalia is our home” during a Minnesota rally, urging her to “go back” to Somalia.US President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a member of “The Squad” of anti-Israel Democrats, in a post on Truth Social. “She should go back!” Trump wrote, sharing a video of Omar addressing a crowd in Minnesota and saying “Somalia is our home” and referring to the President of Somalia as “our President”. The President has repeatedly suggested Omar should be removed from the country. In September, he told reporters in the Oval Office,...

President Donald Trump on Sunday publicly confirmed that he was working to help "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams secure treatment for prostate cancer. Adams publicly reached out to Trump seeking his aid the same day. Trump promptly responded by sharing Adams's plea and simply saying "on it." Earlier in the day, Adams's plea for assistance went viral on X after he announced that he had been unable to schedule his treatment for a recently approved drug. "On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life. He offered to help me if I needed it. I need...

Every few years, Democrats rediscover something shocking: Americans don’t like them. Not just die-hard Republicans. Not just Fox News viewers. Normal, everyday people who work, pay taxes, believe that men can’t become women, and think “Latinx” is a typo.The latest wake-up call comes from a new report by a left-wing group hilariously named “Welcome” – as in, “Welcome back to reality.” After consulting hundreds of thousands of voters, the group found that 70 percent of Americans think the Democrat Party is out of touch.Apparently, it took Democrats six months and a 60-page report to learn what anyone outside of D.C....

There is a hatred in America that still dares to speak its name — loudly, publicly, and without fear of consequence. It doesn’t hide behind euphemisms or coded language. It mocks, it smears and it flourishes in the open. That hatred is Islamophobia. Today, it remains one of the last socially and publicly acceptable forms of bigotry.Muslims are a community that leading political figures can still slander on air, that journalists can frame as suspect by default, and that candidates can use as props in their culture-war campaigns without major consequences or jeopardizing their careers.Recently, Andrew Cuomo, New York City...

It reminds New Yorkers of Colin Ferguson’s 1993 massacre on the Long Island Rail Road.For those of us who ride the commuter rails and subways daily, Saturday night’s mass stabbing on a London-bound train is a nightmare brought to life. In such confined and well-lit spaces, there isn’t any way to do what the experts say you should: run, hide and, as a last resort, fight. A train car moving at high speed with the doors and windows closed is a violent psychopath’s dream—a veritable barrel full of unarmed, unsuspecting fish. Most of us have our heads buried in our...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was pressed by NBC News host Kristen Welker on whether he thought former President Joe Biden could have served through 2029, his defense of the former president and Kamala Harris' failed campaign during "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "Governor, did you legitimately believe that he was capable of serving as president until January of 2029?" Welker asked. The governor recently praised Biden as one of the most successful presidents. "Yeah, I think my focus was, frankly, situational. It was making sure Donald Trump didn't get back into office, to experience everything that we're experiencing today. And...

Illinois has now joined California and Connecticut in barring federal immigration agents from conducting "civil arrests" of illegal aliens in or around state courthouses. The sanctuary law appears largely performative since it also appears unconstitutional. It is difficult to see how a state can bar the exercise of federal jurisdiction, at least after the Civil War.Gov. JB Pritzker has been ratcheting up the rhetoric against ICE and the Trump administration for months, including analogies to the Nazis and claims that democracy is dying. The new law, however, crosses the constitutional Rubicon by not only limiting the operation of Immigration and...

Will “Palestinian liberation” become New York City’s political future?Zohran Kwame Mamdani wants to be the next mayor of New York City. But before voters even consider handing him the keys to City Hall, one question demands an answer: How can someone who proudly backs the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel – a movement that violates New York State policy – be trusted to lead the nation’s largest city?New York’s BDS BanNearly a decade ago, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo took a clear stand against anti-Israel boycotts. In 2016, he signed Executive Order 157, which prohibits New York State agencies...

[Catholic Caucus] From the Church of the Twilight ZoneYou know you're in the Twilight Zone of Catholicism when:A German priest, with full approval of the diocese, holds a "queer Mass" publicly broadcast and not a peep or rebuke comes from the Vatican in correction. Meanwhile the attack on the Traditional Latin Mass and all things traditional get the hobnailed boot!The priest wears a rainbow flag stole.The paschal candle celebrates not Christ the King but LGBTQ pride.The lights in the church, glorify, not God, but the LGBTQ lifestyle.Rorate Caeli reported:German public broadcaster ZDF has for decades presented Sunday "divine services": Evangelical...

One woman has found a solution to having her Government Cheese cut off…. She’ll just start eating the White People! And honestly I don’t think she’s joking…. Watch here: DEMENTED: Black Woman Says She's Going To Start EATING White People VIDEO AT LINK................. TRANSCRIPT: I just wanted to come real fast just to make this video, just to make something very, very clear to the White man. Black Americans do not care about your government shutdown, and Black Americans do not care about you taking away our EBT and our government assistance, because Black Americans never depended on the American...

Cardinal Müller warns bishops are pushing traditional Catholics towards the SSPXCardinal Gerhard Müller has warned that some bishops are effectively forcing conservative Catholics to stay at home or seek refuge with the Society of Saint Pius X. In a wide-ranging interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said: “I heard from some bishops that Catholics who do not want the newer form of the liturgy can either remain at home or go to the Lefebvrians [FSSPX].” He called instead for dialogue, saying, “We must be very open, speak with the...

A man, 32, is being treated as the only suspect in a stabbing attack that occurred on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday, police say A 35-year-old man, also arrested last night, has since been released after they confirmed he was not involved Authorities say a LNER staff member who tried to stop the attack remains in life-threatening condition - five others injured have now been discharged The injured employee's actions "were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people's lives", British Transport Police say On Saturday, armed officers boarded the train after the 18:25 service was diverted to...

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his criticism that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. "If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump posted on social media. "I am hereby instructing our Department of...

Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar. The students in Queensland ended up being exempt from the statewide exam on Wednesday while Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he would investigate the mix-up, describing the experience for the students as "extremely traumatic." Since the error in the curriculum was discovered on Monday, schools applied — and were granted — an exemption from the exam for their students, even as panicked high schoolers...

Former CIA Director John Brennan snapped at a man who confronted him for signing the infamous letter in 2020 that claimed the bombshell Hunter Biden email scandal exposed by The Post had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Brennan, 70, grew visibly incensed and angrily got in the face of the man who pressed about the letter, poking him on the chest repeatedly before backing off. “You misrepresented that,” Brennan shouted at conservative national security consultant Thomas Speciale during the tense clash. “We never said it was disinformation; we said it was Russian influence operations, which is...

MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) — Wendy, a mischievous foster cat, was caught on her owner's kitchen cam adding her own "spice" to the family dinner. The owner says she was out feeding the dogs, when Wendy snuck into the kitchen and decided to contribute her own meat to the soup pot. Her mom only discovered the feline's culinary surprise after reviewing the footage when she found Wendy sitting on the floor, continuously crying and staring at the pot.

Johnson's House Republicans passed the current "Clean" Continuing Resolution "on or about" Sept 19. It extends last year's 2024 Budget until 21 Nov. After that extension - which should not be needed anyway, but that is an editorial remark - the next budget was to be "discussed and voted upon" by both House and Senate, and life would continue under Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and its guidelines through the 2026 fiscal years. But. Johnson's House Committees have not been in Washington in regular session since that CR was passed. What is the status of their "continuing budget proposals and discussions?...

[Catholic Caucus] Pius XI’s Encyclical on Education Schools Leo XIV’s Letter on EducationThe entire Vatican II revolution has been evil, but God has permitted it for some good. We should fight this emasculating scourge on the Church and world with all our might so that souls will finally awaken to the reality that the Faith of Pope Pius XI remains the immutable Faith of the Catholic Church, today and always.In his recent homily to celebrate the "Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies,” Pope Leo XIV made two statements about truth:“No one possesses the whole truth; we must all...