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  • 13 people arrested after being caught stealing $250K of chicken from semi-trailer, officials say

    09/17/2026 3:33:45 PM PDT · by crusty old prospector · 33 replies
    WMC/Gray News ^ | September 16, 2026 | Shayna Norwood and Akim Powell
    MEMPHIS (WMC/Gray News) - Authorities arrested 13 people after they were allegedly caught stealing $250k of chicken from a semi-trailer. According to a press release, Javunte Johnson, 33, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm; an arrest warrant was executed for him for aggravated robbery. Authorities found Johnson, along with 12 other people, unloading stolen pallets of chicken, valued at $250,000, from an 18-wheeler in the back parking lot of an Economy Inn. The suspects fled; however, they were all caught. Memphis Police said during the investigation, officers determined that the merchandise being unloaded had been stolen. Detectives...
  • Man says meat-only 'lion diet' cleared psoriasis covering 90% of his body, ended decades of depression

    09/17/2026 2:55:10 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 28 replies
    Fox News ^ | 9/17/2026 | Deirdre Bardolf
    A 50-year-old Florida man who says he spent decades battling severe psoriasis, pain and depression credits an extreme "lion diet" with saving his life. Stephen Lashbrook of Pensacola told Fox News Digital that his depression began at just four years old. In his teens, it was compounded by chronic pain and sleeplessness; in his early 20s, he was diagnosed with psoriasis, an immune-mediated skin disease. "I was probably 90% covered in psoriasis," Lashbrook said. "My body was just one big, giant, itchy, flaky scab." Creams, steroids and other medications did not help, he said. Doctors recommended expensive, long-term injections to...
  • Tennessee woman sues Fargo, city detective over AI-aided arrest

    09/17/2026 2:48:15 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 14 replies
    MPR News ^ | 9/16/2026 | Harshawn Ratanpal
    A Tennessee woman who said she was falsely jailed after Fargo police relied on artificial intelligence is suing the city and a detective. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Angela Lipps alleged five counts against the City of Fargo and Detective Lucas Heck, including violation of her civil rights and malicious prosecution. The city has been preparing for a lawsuit from Lipps, according to reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Law enforcement arrested Lipps in Tennessee last year in connection with a case of bank fraud in Fargo. Police said they used facial recognition software to link Lipps to...
  • 'You WILL get it!': Trump VOWS $5,000 dividend will happen (Trump Doubles Down on Promise) Video

    09/17/2026 1:53:21 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 63 replies
    You Tube ^ | 09/16/2026 | Donald Trump
    30 Seconds in.You Will Get it. Here is a concise bullet-point summary of the speech in the video:Trump says the United States has developed a “new and powerful relationship” with Venezuela.He claims the U.S. has secured 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, which he describes as the largest oil deal in history and “500 years’ worth” of oil.He says the oil arrangement was obtained as a result of “an attack,” without explaining further in this clip.He pledges that, if Republicans win both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, every adult American would receive a $5,000 “Trump Dividend.”He argues...
  • Justice Department Sues San Jose for Unconstitutional $1600 Firearm Permit Fee

    09/17/2026 9:38:13 AM PDT · by PROCON · 14 replies
    justice.gov ^ | Sept. 16, 2026 | Office of Public Affairs
    Today, the Justice Department filed suit against the City of San Jose, California, and the San Jose Police Department for charging private individuals unreasonable fees to exercise their Second Amendment right to lawfully carry a firearm. At nearly $1,600 per license, the City’s application fee to carry a firearm is the highest in the nation. Indeed, San Jose’s fee towers over those imposed by the country’s biggest cities. New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Chicago all charge a small fraction of San Jose’s fee. The Supreme Court has held that “exorbitant fees” such as San Jose’s violate the Second Amendment...
  • Nancy Mace Recommends What Many Are Too Polite to Suggest for Lindsay Clancy

    09/17/2026 8:07:28 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 67 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 9/16/2026 | Matt Margolis
    When TMZ DC asked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) about Lindsay Clancy's murder case this week, she was blunt. In fact, I think she said exactly what a lot of people have been thinking but are generally too polite to say out loud.(snip) When TMZ DC’s Jacob Wasserman mentioned Reddington’s pardon request to Mace, she vented her uninhibited opinion. "Which is how retarded it is," she said. "He knows, as an attorney in the state of Massachusetts, you can't ask for a federal pardon for a state case. I mean, it doesn't take a lawyer — I’m not even a lawyer,...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    09/17/2026 6:03:56 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 5 replies
    ZA TSA TEE DPTSD, TXO ZA OADASBA PR PZFXLEA. —ITSFEVX IRXSRA
  • A Sociologist Walks Into a Gun Range . . .

    09/17/2026 5:45:36 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 24 replies
    Texas Monthly ^ | September 15, 2026 | Josh Alvarez
    Harel Shapira, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, is one of the country’s leading scholars of the American political right. For his first book, Waiting for José: The Minutemen’s Pursuit of America (Princeton University Press, 2013), Shapira spent years embedded with a militia group, which helped point him to his next subject, gun culture. To research his new book, Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America (Pantheon, September 15), Shapira spent four years immersing himself in that culture, participating in firearms and self-defense training courses in Texas and around the country and getting to...
  • James Talarico's Minister admits Talarico is COVERING UP his Left-wing views to trick Texans into voting for him

    09/16/2026 2:35:19 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 18 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | September 16, 2026
    James Talarico's Minister admits Talarico is COVERING UP his Left-wing views to trick Texans into voting for him: "I can guarantee you that once he gets elected, he'll change his tune back to where he was."
  • Woman arrested after theft, $30K in damage at Trussville family fun center

    09/16/2026 1:48:32 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 24 replies
    ABC 33/40 ^ | 9/16/2026 | Staff
    A Trussville woman has been arrested after a theft and significant property damage at the PlayStation Family Fun Center on Watterson Lane, according to Trussville officials. Police responded to the property Sunday evening and quickly established a perimeter. Officers also deployed a police drone, which helped track the suspect as she moved through the property, tried to hide and eventually fled through an opening in the fence. The coordinated response led to the arrest of 40-year-old Jenna Marie Tidmore of Trussville. She is charged with theft and criminal mischief. Officials said the crime caused an estimated $30,000 in damage...
  • Suspected serial killer arrested trying to flee dressed as a woman before confessing to 80 murders

    09/16/2026 1:44:42 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/16/2026 | Anthony Blair
    He was dressed to kill. A suspected serial killer who reportedly confessed to 80 murders was arrested in Brazil while trying to evade justice by dressing as a woman. Wild video shows cops arresting Jorlan Alves da Silva, 33, in a striped dress and loosely fitting long black wig during the dramatic raid in Paraiba state, northeastern Brazil, Record R7 reported. Cops pulled off the wig, revealing the smiling suspected serial killer’s short hair. Silva, 33, was also wearing women’s sandals, dark glasses and painted nails — and carrying a 2-year-old child, O Globo reported — with cops still trying...
  • And, There It Is… Lindsey Clancy Holdout Juror Says He Feels Like He’s Being Targeted Because “He Is a Black Republican” – And the Juror Panel Was Democrats

    09/16/2026 5:21:34 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 73 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 15, 2026 | Jim Hoft
    This is very troubling… Why is it that only Republicans believe when you strangle to death your three little innocent children, including a baby, that you committed murder and should be punished? What did these babies ever do to deserve such a cruel death at the hands of their mother? Michael Marcel at Fugitive TV on TouTube interviewed the lone juror who stood up to the leftist mob who were ready to let Lindsey Clancy walk. Michael Marcel: He was very kind, Catholic, and you want to hear something very funny? We started talking. He thinks he knows why he...
  • Lindsay Clancy Juror Breaks His Silence - "I Did Not Lie on the Questionnaire" He Told Me Everything

    09/15/2026 9:30:01 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 23 replies
    Youtube ^ | 09 14 2026 | Fugative TV
    "Lindsay Clancy Juror Breaks His Silence - "I Did Not Lie on the Questionnaire" He Told Me EverythingIn this world exclusive, the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial called me and told me everything. Michael says he did NOT lie on his jury questionnaire, and according to him, other jurors supported Lindsay Clancy behind closed doors.I break down what he told me about the questionnaire, the divorce papers, what NBC left out, and the court documents in this Lindsay Clancy update. As always, I'm giving you his words and the paperwork side by side so you guys can decide...
  • Fact Check: Grindr Outage Did NOT Take Place in Dallas During 2026 Republican National Convention

    09/15/2026 4:51:50 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 5 replies
    Lead Stories via Yahoo ^ | 09 11 2026 | Ed Payne
    Did a real Grindr outage take place in Dallas during the 2026 Republican National Convention, which began on Sept. 9, 2026? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Grindr told Lead Stories it had no outages connected to the convention, and its status page did not show any either. The Downdetector website did show an increase in outage reports nationally on the evening of Sept. 9, 2026, but according to its methodology, the graphs on the service are at least partially based on unvetted user reports and social media posts. The claim appeared in a post by the @factpostnews account...
  • Pigskin Pickem Thread, Week 2

    09/15/2026 1:58:01 PM PDT · by WhoisAlanGreenspan? · 32 replies
    Fool's Ball, Week Two, Pigskin Pickem ThreadYour home for all things Fool's Ball! In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)
  • Climate Activists Blame Global Warming For Zero Hurricanes Forming In Atlantic This Year

    09/15/2026 10:32:31 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 24 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | Sep 14, 2026
    U.S. — Climate activists sounded the alarm this week, warning that global warming was to blame for zero hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean this year. Though it was previously a common belief that global warming would lead to more frequent and powerful hurricanes, experts warned the lack of hurricanes was also the result of climate change and that Republicans would "rue the day" they ever dismissed it as a hoax. "The pleasant hurricane season Florida is having is directly caused by global warming, and we are all going to die as a result," said protester Byron Bridges. "America must...
  • Anthropic Boasts They Will Kill Off Humanity Way Before OpenAI

    09/15/2026 10:27:30 AM PDT · by dayglored · 20 replies
    The Bee ^ | Sep 14, 2026 | The Bee
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA — AI startup Anthropic held a press conference on Monday to proudly announce that its models would bring about the total extinction of the human race significantly faster than competitor OpenAI. Company executives unveiled a series of impressive benchmarks demonstrating that Claude 4.5 could orchestrate a global collapse of civilization in roughly half the compute cycles required by ChatGPT. "OpenAI keeps talking about achieving Artificial General Intelligence, but their timelines for existential doom are frankly embarrassing," said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, displaying a graph of projected human casualties. "While Sam Altman's team is stuck fine-tuning chatbots...
  • Rapper Bloodhound Q50 gunned down in Chicago just weeks after making chilling premonition

    09/15/2026 8:58:03 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 42 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Sep. 15, 2026 | Chris Bradford
    An up-and-coming drill rapper was shot and killed in an ambush at a Chicago gas station — with shocking video showing the killers running up and firing dozens of shots into his Tesla. Bloodhound Q50, who had more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify, was shot and killed early Sunday — just weeks after he ominously told a vlogger that he knew he could be a target. Surveillance footage shows the 22-year-old rapper, real name Mikquale Cooper, strolling out of a BP gas station and into his white Tesla where his pregnant girlfriend was waiting, according to Fox 32....
  • EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: TGP Reporter Myles Morell Films Mitch McConnell Being Wheeled Out to Car to Attend Senate Vote

    09/15/2026 8:23:32 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 18 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 14, 2026 | Myles Morell
    Myles Morrell was outside former Senate Majority Leader and current Senator Mitch McConnell’s DC home on Monday when he was wheeled out to attend the US Senate to vote on Monday. McConnell on Monday announced his return to the Senate to cast a vote after a three-month absence. Myles tells us he knew the US Senate was voting around 5 PM on Monday so he went to McConnell’s homee to get a glimpse of the 84-year-old senator. Myles had a hunch when McConnell would be wheeled out. This is Mitch McConnell’s first public appearance since his reported stroke earlier this...
  • Tuberville to Newsmax: Let's Send Ilhan Omar Home

    09/15/2026 7:31:34 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 23 replies
    A naturalized citizen cannot be deported unless a federal court revokes that person's citizenship. Civil denaturalization requires the government to establish citizenship was illegally obtained or procured through the concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation. Deportation would require a separate removal process and an applicable legal ground for removal.