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Philon Green was forced to move out of Woodlawn because of skyrocketing rent prices. He wanted to stay at Jackson Park Terrace — down the street from the under-construction Obama Presidential Center — but his landlord raised the rent from about $800 to $1,300. Green said the property wasn’t in the best condition, but he enjoyed the area. Being priced out of the neighborhood was a concern shared at a protest Tuesday morning by other Woodlawn and South Shore residents, who now fear rental prices will rise if a proposed luxury hotel gets city approval. “When you got people’s rent...

SALT LAKE CITY — Four people involved in an apparent robbery attempt at a hotel, resulting in the shooting deaths of two of their friends, have been charged. But no charges were filed against the alleged gunman. "We have charged all the appropriate people with criminal charges in this case," the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office told KSL.com on Thursday. Tiffani Marie Papach, 40, of West Jordan, and Kendra Diane Mitchell, 38, of Salt Lake City, were charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; and obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony. Kevin Leroy...

A veteran real estate developer and friend of former President Barack Obama is vying to build a 26-story hotel blocks away from the incoming Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. The developer, Allison Davis, submitted a rezoning application to City Council last week for a parcel of vacant land he owns at 6402-20 S. Stony Island Avenue. The plot, currently zoned for a community shopping district, needs council approval to get rezoned as a planned business development, clearing the way for the hotel’s construction. Davis is an attorney who co-founded the law firm Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, where Obama...

New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday the Roosevelt Hotel, notorious for being turned into a shelter for migrants, will be shut down over the next few months. In a statement, the mayor said “Today marks another milestone in demonstrating the immense progress we have achieved in turning the corner on an unprecedented international humanitarian effort,” Fox News reported. “Now, thanks to the sound policy decisions of our team, we are able to announce the closure of this site and help even more asylum seekers take the next steps in their journeys as they envision an even brighter...

FEMA is terminating four employees who circumvented leadership to make payments for migrant housing in a New York hotel, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.“Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants,” DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, noting that the firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts, as well as a grant specialist.“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people,” McLaughlin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twtOnKlfMnQ 58 min Is everything we've been told about the Las Vegas mass shooting a lie? Are they covering up something big? Xander Arena does a great presentation

A tatted-up Tren de Aragua gang hellcat was allowed to take off her ankle monitor a year before she was busted running a lawless, brutal border hotel brothel, sources said. Federal immigration authorities let alleged Venezuelan sex trafficker Estefania “La Barbie” Primera go without the tracking monitor after she whined that her belongings had been stolen, including the bracelet’s charger, sources told The Post. “La Barbie” was later arrested by cops in El Paso, Texas and accused of running a sex trafficking ring out of the Gateway Hotel, which had been taken over by TdA gangbangers, sources added. Border agents...

Matthew Livelsberger, 37, identified as the driver of the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas, is listed on LinkedIn as an Operations Director and Intelligence Manager with Special Forces experience.

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters. Almost 100 firefighters worked for at least two hours from 11 a.m. to control the fire at the downtown Los Angeles hotel best known for being on the cover of the legendary rock album. The blaze destroyed the roof of the building now red-tagged as being unlivable. Henry Diltz, the photographer who shot the album cover, said he was “very sad” to see the landmark so badly damaged, telling CBS News...

President-elect Donald Trump is weighing a bid to save the failing Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington, DC – and rebrand it once more as a Trump International Hotel, The Post has learned. Three sources familiar with the situation said that the incoming commander-in-chief’s company, the Trump Organization, is weighing options that include a licensing deal or even possibly buying back the lease on the government-owned, 125-year-old Old Post Office building. “Our family has saved the hotel once. If asked, we would save it again,” Eric Trump told The Post in an exclusive interview. The luxury lodge at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. –...

Our federal government paid for Russian disinformation to frame the president of the United States for colluding with Russia. ============================================================ The FBI put a contributor to the Hillary Clinton campaign’s Donald Trump smear dossier on FBI payroll as a confidential human source after investigating Igor Danchenko for allegedly spying for the Russian government, revealed Special Counsel John Durham in a court filing unsealed by a Virginia federal court yesterday. The filing contains this bombshell and seven other significant details about the Democrat-led plot to use U.S. intelligence agencies to deny Americans the results of their choice for president in 2016....

---SNIP--- Sharing a post on X, LeFevre stated, "The city of New York pays $220 million to rent the entire Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan to house illegal migrants. The hotel is owned by the government of Pakistan, and the deal was part of a $1.1 billion IMF bailout package to help Pakistan avoid defaulting on their international debt. Prior to this sweetheart deal, the hotel had been closed since 2020, having long-struggled with occupancy and in dire need of renovation."In 2023, Pakistan government leased out Roosevelt Hotel, a property of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to the New York City Administration...

The city of New York pays $220 million to rent the entire Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan to house illegal migrants. The hotel is owned by the government of Pakistan, and the deal was part of a $1.1 billion IMF bailout package to help Pakistan avoid defaulting on their international debt. Prior to this sweetheart deal, the hotel had been closed since 2020, having long-struggled with occupancy and ... The same Pakistan that harbored Osama Bin Laden until he was discovered ... Mass Immigration is Money Laundering. ... The US is the largest contributor to the IMF ($117b). Pakistan owns Roosevelt...

A three-star hotel in northern Italy near the Dolomites has rejected a reservation made by a handful of young Israelis, simply because they are Israelis. The booking was made via the Booking.com online reservation service, which promotes the hotel as an establishment “ideally placed for hiking and cycling excursions as well as skiing.” But apparently the hotel is not as welcoming to Israelis. Those who booked the reservation online received the following response:“Good morning. We inform you that the Israeli people as those responsible for genocide are not welcome customers in our structure. Therefore, if you would like to cancel...

The 'king' of Britain's migrant hotels is raking in £4.8million per day and may become a billionaire from the money earned through housing immigrants in the UK. Graham King, a former caravan park and disco tycoon, was catapulted onto the Rich List this year after cashing in on accommodating and transporting arrivals due to the UK's migrant crisis. The 57-year-old - who has an estimated net worth of £750million - owns an Essex business which was paid £1.74billion last year and claimed this was due to the increase in refugees.

NYPD officers were denied entry to a migrant shelter in Times Square after responding to a 911 emergency call for help from the location. They were only allowed in after a supervisor arrived to escort them, leaving them waiting outside for over seven minutes. Officers have shared with me that some hotel staff have been causing issues when it comes to allowing police access to these sites.

They need more room at the inn. New York City’s use of hotels as emergency shelters to house migrants will continue for the foreseeable future, The Post has learned, as the Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract with hotels to provide a total of 14,000 rooms to shelter migrants at least through next year. The city projects that spending on housing for migrants over the past two years and this fiscal year combined will surpass a staggering $2.3 billion — much of it on rent paid to hotels in the Big Apple. About 150 hotels are currently sheltering...

Grand Rapids police are investigating recent swatting incidents in which 911 callers falsely report a serious crime at a specific place. The incidents happened at Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown and a restaurant, police said. It is uncertain if the calls were related. “Swatting, or calling 911 to falsely report a serious crime occurring at a specific address, ties up police and other emergency responders, creates confusion and concern in and around the reported location, leads to rumors and misinformation being spread online and in the community, and generally causes chaos,” police said in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 10. Such...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday’s airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, from his hotel room in New York City prior to his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister’s Office released a photograph that it said showed Netanyahu approving the massive airstrike. The massive attack targeted Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut. It was not clear at the time of the photo’s release whether Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had survived the attack. Netanyahu apparently delivered his address knowing that the attack was under way. He cut short a press conference after...

Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chanted “We’re gonna get you” outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Big Apple hotel Thursday night, a day before he’s expected to speak at the United Nations. The rowdy demonstrators swarmed the outside of the Loews Regency New York Hotel on Park Ave. and E. 62nd St. where they said Netanyahu is staying, according to images and social media videos. “Netanyahu,” the hundreds of protesters repeatedly shouted, according to footage posted by anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime. “We’re gonna get you.” The prime minister arrived in town Thursday ahead of his address in front of the...