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  • Minnesota Somalia Day Care Center Fraud – AI Parody Song

    01/11/2026 5:45:24 PM PST · by Bullish
    YouTube ^ | 1/11/26 | Bullish
    Hilarious!! "Quality Learing center PARODY"
  • Travis Kelce Urged to Make Call on NFL Future as Chiefs Await Clarity

    01/11/2026 5:17:07 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 17 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Jan 11, 2026 | Tyler Erzberger
    It has been a week since the Kansas City Chiefs played their final game of the NFL season, and we still do not know if legendary tight end Travis Kelce is calling it quits after 13 seasons. Following the game, Kelce opened up with raw honesty when asked if he was going to continue playing, saying it was different than last year's Super Bowl loss, where he knew immediately that he would be back. Instead, he answered that he didn't know what his future held, as Kelce mentioned that the decision could come quickly to him or take some time...
  • BREAKING LIVE: Truck Plows Into Crowd of Protestors in West Los Angeles lIVE STREAM

    01/11/2026 4:55:57 PM PST · by Morgana · 26 replies
    iCkEdMeL youtube ^ | January 11, 2026 | iCkEdMeL
    A U haul truck that had a sign reading "No Shah" was attacked during LA protest
  • Amid Widespread Humanities Cuts, Elite Universities Suspend or Reduce Art History Graduate Admissions

    01/11/2026 4:40:20 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 30 replies
    ARTnews ^ | January 8, 2026 | Brian Boucher
    In an undated post regarding admissions to graduate arts and sciences programs for the 2026–27 academic year, Boston University indicated that the history of art and architecture program was not admitting candidates, along with American studies, anthropology, religion, and romance studies programs. In November 2024, meanwhile, the school had already indicated that its department of the history of art and architecture would not accept Ph.D. students for the next academic year, according to a report from Inside Higher Education. In an email obtained by the publication, the heads of the College of Arts and Sciences, which includes the art history...
  • 1960s actresses then and now

    01/11/2026 4:22:43 PM PST · by SmokingJoe · 31 replies
    YouTube ^ | 01/11/2026 | The Time Lens
    Most people want to live long....but handle it takes a heavy toll on one's looks. You can't even recognise some of the girls. Watch.
  • California Family Loses Custody Of Daughter After Refusing To Medically “Affirm” Her Transgender Identity

    01/11/2026 4:13:34 PM PST · by Morgana · 19 replies
    Reduxx ^ | January 7, 2026 | Anna Slatz
    A Ukrainian family in California says Child Welfare removed their teenage daughter from their home and placed them on the child abuse registry after they declined to “affirm” her transgender identity. Speaking to Reduxx under the condition of anonymity, the parents say the removal followed a report filed by their daughter’s psychiatrist without their knowledge. The mother, who will be referred to as Ellie, told Reduxx that a social worker from Shasta County Child Welfare Services arrived at the family’s home on June 3, 2024, without prior notice. According to Ellie, the worker accused the parents of emotional abuse and...
  • Screaming Leftist Protester Receives Instant Karma After She Unwisely Decides to Bang on Federal Agent’s Window Following ICE Self-Defense Shooting (VIDEO)

    01/11/2026 4:01:21 PM PST · by Morgana · 33 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | January 11, 2026 | Cullen Linebarger
    A loony, anti-ICE protester was left with a nasty taste in her mouth last week after deciding to harass federal agents following last week’s ICE self-defense shooting in Minneapolis. As The Gateway Pundit reported, chaos erupted on Wednesday after ICE fatally shot a rioter who attempted to run over agents in Minneapolis. Video posted to X shows the moment an unhinged female was shot as she carried out her act of violence. Additional footage clearly shows that an ICE officer was in danger of being run over as Good accelerated. However, something humorous and satisfying has emerged from this unfortunate...
  • MAGA billionaire Bill Ackman 'donates $10,000' to GoFundMe for ICE agent Jon Ross who shot Renee Nicole Good dead

    01/11/2026 3:45:13 PM PST · by Morgana · 16 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 11, 2026 | Sonya Gugliara
    Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman appears to have donated $10,000 to a fundraiser in support of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good. William Ackman is listed as the top donor to a GoFundMe for Ross, which has already raised more than $160,000. Ackman also reposted the fundraiser on X. Ross has been embroiled in controversy since he shot Good, 37, in the face three times at a Minneapolis protest on Wednesday after she refused demands to exit her vehicle. ICE claimed that trouble arose after the mother-of-three deliberately tried to run Ross over with her burgundy...
  • Choose Life, Choose to Live.

    01/11/2026 3:45:08 PM PST · by CptnObvious · 2 replies
    Vanity | 1/11/2026 | Self
    Dems and Dem Media have chosen their hill to die on. They will do anything to defend rapists, murders, drug dealers, fraudsters, if and precisely if they are Border Hoppers. They have chosen they want the votes from people like these and care exactly nothing for the rest of us. No matter that their cause is toxic, no matter whether Americans are fed up with these narratives.The Dems and the Dem media are force feeding us with Garbage daily. They spew their worst at us daily thinking there is nothing we can do about them.So, what can we do?Choose Life,...
  • Obama Presidential Center slammed for promoting ‘far-left' agenda on public land

    01/11/2026 3:00:00 PM PST · by Libloather · 25 replies
    Fox News ^ | 1/11/25 | Michael Dorgan
    The Illinois Republican Party has blasted as "divisive" the hiring language the Obama Foundation is using for the Obama Presidential Center, arguing it shows the privately run project is using public land to advance a political agenda. The Obama Foundation, which is developing the hotly debated center on Chicago’s South Side, recently advertised roughly 150 jobs at the facility, stating that successful applicants are expected to align with the foundation’s "anti-racism" goals. "It’s an Illinois Democrat tradition to insert divisive, far-left policies into the lives of everyday Americans and to balk at the rule of law," Illinois Republican Party Chair...
  • 'The answer cannot be nothing': The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease

    01/11/2026 2:51:08 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    BBC ^ | 2026.01.10 | Joel Gunter, Nadine Yousif
    Five hundred people in a small Canadian province were diagnosed with a mystery brain disease. What would it mean for the patients if the disease was never real? In early 2019, officials at a hospital in the small Canadian province of New Brunswick noticed that two patients had contracted an extremely rare brain condition known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD. CJD is both fatal and potentially contagious, so a group of experts was quickly assembled to investigate. Fortunately for New Brunswick, the disease didn't spread. But the story didn't end there. In fact, it was just beginning. Among the experts...
  • Tennessee mom loses leg in attack by her own pit bull that left limb ‘basically hanging off’

    01/11/2026 2:46:07 PM PST · by Angelino97 · 37 replies
    New York Post ^ | January 11, 2026 | Anna Young
    A Tennessee mom was forced to have her leg amputated after her pitbull savagely locked its jaws around the limb, leaving it “hanging on by a thread” as she tried to break up a dogfight inside her home. Amanda Mears, 42, was preparing to take her mixed American Pit Bull-American Staffordshire, named Dennis, out for a walk when the dog lunged at Ralphie, an American Bully, after he escaped from a bedroom where he had been kept inside her Murfreesboro home... “When he charged at my other dog, Ralphie, I got in between them, and that’s when Dennis latched on...
  • Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) BEGS Leader John Thune to stop the fraud!

    01/11/2026 12:50:47 PM PST · by RandFan · 13 replies
    United States Senate ^ | John Kennedy
    @SenJohnKennedy I’m begging, @LeaderJohnThune : Let’s pass another reconciliation bill to fight welfare fraud and prevent the theft in Minnesota from EVER happening again.
  • Florida man dressed in red lace bra accused of hiding gun under prosthetic silicone breasts: ‘It was ugly’

    01/11/2026 12:48:14 PM PST · by simpson96 · 25 replies
    Fox13 News ^ | 1/5/2026 | Nancy Gay
    POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man landed behind bars after Polk County deputies say he had a gun hidden under prosthetic silicone breasts while he was trespassing at a construction site. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Matthew Zaccarino, 39, of Altamonte Springs, was sitting in a vehicle by himself at a construction site last month. When deputies approached him, they said he was wearing a red, lace bra with prosthetic silicone breasts. "Then, we notice he is wearing a G-string, showing off the boys. You know what I mean?" asked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Judd...
  • 2 women arrested at O’Hare Airport with 22 kilos of suspected cocaine [TWO women? You sure about that? photo]

    01/11/2026 12:39:18 PM PST · by simpson96 · 19 replies
    Fox32 Chicago ^ | 1/9/2026 | Staff
    [L-R] Nancy G. Ramos, 27, and Vanessa A. Perez, 20. (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division) CHICAGO - Two California women were taken into custody on drug trafficking charges shortly after arriving at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The Average Walk-In Shower Cost in 2026 Kohler Safe Showers | Sponsored Officials from the Chicago DEA field division announced Friday that charges had been filed against the women with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. What we know: Acting on a lead, DEA agents located Nancy Ramos, 20, of Huntington Park, California, as she arrived at O’Hare from...
  • Zohran Mamdani and Steven Spielberg Privately Met at Director’s NYC Apartment This Week

    01/11/2026 12:32:44 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 23 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | January 9, 2026 | McKinley Franklin
    New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Steven Spielberg had a private meeting on Monday at the director’s Central Park West apartment, per The New York Times. The Times reported on the pair’s pre-dinner meeting on Thursday, which was confirmed by City Hall and Terry Press, Spielberg’s spokeswoman. Press additionally told the outlet Mamdani and Spielberg agreed to keep their meeting private, while Dora Pekec, a spokeswoman for the mayor, declined to comment, aside from sharing that he returned to work after the events. Knowledgable sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the meeting was not initiated by Mamdani or Spielberg but...
  • Florida woman accused of throwing collard greens and threatening victims with skillet [mug shot is just perfect]

    01/11/2026 12:32:01 PM PST · by simpson96 · 46 replies
    Jake Jordan ^ | 1/10/2026 | WFTV
    PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — Wendy Leigh Messer, a 58-year-old woman from Satsuma, was arrested Monday night after a food-related altercation that included allegations of battery and aggravated assault with a weapon. She faces charges including battery, aggravated assault, and possession of cocaine following the incident at a residence in Putnam County. Deputies responded to a report of an altercation at Messer’s home in Satsuma around 9:15 p.m. on Monday. One victim claimed that Messer threw a plate of collard greens at her and threatened to use a knife against her. The second victim reported fear when Messer approached her while...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

    01/11/2026 12:26:52 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 12 replies
    NASA ^ | 11 Jan. 2025 | Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech, SSC, R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al.,
    Explanation: This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light actually glows brightly in infrared light. The featured image, digitally sharpened, shows the infrared glow, recently recorded by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, superposed in false-color on an existing image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as...
  • Mayor Mamdani’s Nightmare Start

    01/11/2026 11:53:58 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 33 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 9 Jan, 2026 | Shane Harris
    When New York City’s 8.5 million residents elected a self-professed socialist to be their next leader, conservatives across the country warned that his tenure would be a disaster. But the first week of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s term has been even worse than most predicted. Like a true Marxist, one of Mamdani’s first acts was erecting a monument to himself. The 34-year-old Ugandan-born immigrant was officially sworn in as the Big Apple’s 111th (or 112th, depending on how you’re counting) mayor just after midnight on January 1. Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of the city, took his oath of office on...
  • Grocery store receipt from 1997 reveals just how cheap American life used to be: ‘Makes me sick to my stomach’

    01/11/2026 11:47:56 AM PST · by Libloather · 99 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/10/26 | Andrew Court
    A grocery store receipt from 1997 shows just how much prices of everyday items have skyrocketed in less than three decades. TikTok user Zoe Dippel shared the shockingly low costs in a viral video after a family member found the proof of purchase in a box of mementos. “$155 for all of this!” one of Dippel’s relatives remarked after holding up the lengthy receipt from Texas chain H-E-B dated June 20, 1997. “That’s a lot of stuff,” Dipple declared, as she started to sort through the 122 items and read the prices out loud. The receipt revealed that Little Debbie...