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  • BREAKING: Black student stabs white classmate in the face at Atlanta high school, screams 'white b*tch'

    12/12/2025 12:06:04 PM PST · by MarlonRando · 104 replies
    Post Millennial ^ | 12-12-25 | Thomas Stevenson
    The video also showed the black student running back up to the stabbing victim after the attack screaming “white b*tch!” before he was stopped by another individual. Charges in the stabbing were pending after the incident.
  • New York City Reports Continuing Uptick in New HIV Cases, Warns of Budget Cuts

    12/12/2025 1:20:59 PM PST · by fwdude · 33 replies
    POZ ^ | December 12, 2025 | Trent Straube
    "...the New York City Health Department warns that “progress toward ending the HIV epidemic in New York City has slowed at a time when federal funding for HIV testing, treatment and prevention is under significant threat.” ... "...,the health department reports that 1,791 people were newly diagnosed in 2024. This marks a 5.4% increase from 2023. In total, the surveillance data show that 136,034 people report living with HIV. Of those, 68,600 have AIDS. (New York City’s population is nearly 8.5 million.)"
  • Food influencer Michael Duarte’s cause of death revealed more than a month after he was shot dead by police

    12/12/2025 8:43:54 AM PST · by Trump20162020 · 20 replies
    The New York Post ^ | Dec. 11, 2025 | Richard Pollina
    The shocking cause of death for the California-based food influencer Michael Duarte has been revealed more than a month after he was shot and killed by a Texas sheriff’s deputy. Duarte — known online as FoodWithBearHands — died from a gunshot wound, a spokesperson for the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told People on Wednesday. The full autopsy report remains pending, the spokesperson said.
  • North Texas-based HMS CEO, known for 'Bless your heart' TV ads, ordered to pay $5.7M in lawsuit alleging workplace sexual harassment, assault

    12/12/2025 8:29:29 AM PST · by DFG · 9 replies
    WFAA (DFW) ^ | 12/11/2025 | Rachel Snyder
    DALLAS — A Dallas judge has ordered Home Marketing Services (HMS) CEO Robert "Bob" Lovell, who is known for TV ads with the tagline "Bless your heart," to pay $5,740,095 in damages, fees and interest to a woman who sued him, alleging sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace, court records show. The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County in 2021 by a woman identified only as "Jane Doe," who alleged Lovell, the founder and longtime owner of HMS, required her to perform sexual acts on him in the workplace while she worked at HMS over the span of...
  • Wild street brawl erupts during ritzy Nantucket Christmas celebration: video

    12/12/2025 3:14:00 AM PST · by Libloather · 69 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/11/25 | Anna Young
    They decked the halls — and each other. A ritzy Nantucket Christmas celebration erupted into mayhem as men decked out in “Ralph Lauren and Burberry” traded blows just moments after Santa Claus made his appearance, according to shocking footage. The wild brawl broke out on Federal Street Saturday afternoon during the Massachusetts island’s 51st Annual Christmas Stroll, where hundreds had gathered to visit local businesses in one of America’s priciest small towns, the Nantucket Current reported. In dramatic video shared with the outlet, about a dozen men — ranging in age from 20s to 60s — were seen arguing and...
  • Pervert Oklahoma teen with powerful dad avoids jail for sex attacks on two girls thanks to shockingly lenient female judge

    12/12/2025 1:16:15 AM PST · by Morgana · 35 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 11, 2025 | Elliot Force
    Angry protests have erupted in Oklahoma this week over the light sentence handed down to an 18-year-old for a string of rape and strangulation charges that left one girl near death. Jesse Mack Butler, a former high-school baseball player, was initially facing ten years behind bars for his crimes but must instead participate in a rehabilitation program and community service. On Monday protestors gathered around a courthouse where Butler was facing a routine probation hearing to call for a tougher sentence. Butler, who comes from an influential sports family in Stillwater, originally pleaded not guilty to ten felony charges, including...
  • Bethesda Public School Recruits 11–12-Year-Olds Into LGBTism

    12/10/2025 9:40:00 PM PST · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Moonbattery ^ | December 9, 2025 | Dave Blount
    Where moonbats have been allowed to dominate it, education is not about education; it is about moonbattery. This includes introducing prepubescent children to sexual depravity: A Maryland middle school presented a slideshow to 6th graders celebrating “Transgender Awareness Week” where the children were given a lesson that included “advice for coming out” and “8 tips for being nonbinary.” This time it isn’t Baltimore but Bethesda. Westland Middle School is a public school financed by taxpayers. Indoctrination included “a video that was produced by the LGBT educational resource provider Pop’n’Olly.” In no sane world would an “LGBT educational resource provider” be...
  • Seminole County man who killed pregnant girlfriend over abortion refusal sentenced to death

    12/11/2025 9:58:07 PM PST · by Morgana · 40 replies
    News 6 ^ | December 9, 2025 | Haley Coomes
    SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Seminole County judge on Friday sentenced a man to death after he was convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend when she refused to get an abortion. After roughly two hours of jury deliberation, a jury in October found Donovan Faison guilty of first-degree murder and killing an unborn child. The penalty phase began days later and ended with an 11-1 vote by the jury recommending the death penalty. The case stems from the November 2022 shooting death of Kaylin Fiengo, who was found shot in her car at Coastline Park in Sanford. Fiengo was 18...
  • WATCH: Kristi Noem and Her Family Mobbed by Crazed Leftists While Holding Grandbaby After Committee Testimony – “You Run Concentration Camps! You Are the Modern-Day SS!”

    12/11/2025 4:39:32 PM PST · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | December 11, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was mobbed and surrounded by a crowd of unhinged leftists after exiting a House Homeland Security Committee Hearing, where she testified on threats to the homeland and illegal immigration. Noem testified alongside National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent and FBI National Security Branch Operations Director Michael Glasheen on Thursday. She departed the hearing early to co-chair a hearing where she will receive a report from the FEMA Review Council on suggested changes to the program. Immediately when she exited the room, leftists could be heard on the hearing room’s feed screaming and interrupting the hearing. WATCH:...
  • Thank you Indiana…/ max sarcasm

    12/11/2025 1:39:50 PM PST · by volare737 · 19 replies
    Thank you Indiana! /max sarcasm Democrats everywhere want to offer their most sincere thank you to the Republicans in the state of Indiana for saving 2 democrat House seats. Those unselfish efforts will certainly help ensure that Hakeem Jeffries will be the new Speaker of the House, and they will be able to stifle/obstruct President Trump in his last 2 years. In addition, it will also help in their promised Impeachment efforts. Thank you, again, Indiana Republicans—democrats will be eternally grateful and will never forget your willingness to sacrifice your party loyalty and help move this country further to the...
  • Trump unveils hotly-anticipated immigration ‘gold card’ at White House

    12/11/2025 12:19:29 AM PST · by Libloather · 4 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/10/25 | Josh Christenson
    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finally released its hotly-anticipated “gold card” allowing deep-pocketed foreigners to purchase US visas. Trump told reporters at the White House that it would function “somewhat like a green card” letting foreigners become instantly eligible for permanent residency status to work in America. Individuals have to pay $1 million to US Treasury coffers, while companies will have to fork over $2 million to keep employees. The Department of Homeland Security will conduct a background check on all applicants to make sure they are qualified. After five years, any gold card-carrying permanent resident can apply for...
  • Somali Minnesota College Student Posts Video Threatening ICE Agents: “You’re gonna get popped next time I see you” (Video)

    12/10/2025 9:19:24 PM PST · by Morgana · 15 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | December 10, 2025 | Margaret Flavin
    Somali Minnesota college student Hasan Mohamed posted a profanity-filled rant against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that included threats to “pop’ agents the next time they show up in his Owatonna neighborhood. In the video, Mohamed raged, “ICE, I actually heard you guys pulled up to Owatonna, the big O, and you pulled up when I was not there?” “Y’all so ****-ass ****, boy. You’re gonna get popped next time I see you.” “Bring the whole cavalry. Yeah, boy, you guys are scared.” Watch: Though it appears Mohamed removed the original video from TikTok, it has already gone...
  • Maine whistleblower alleges Minnesota-like fraud in state’s Medicaid program

    12/10/2025 8:03:50 PM PST · by Morgana · 8 replies
    NewsNation ^ | December 9, 2025 | Rich McHugh
    (NewsNation) — Taxpayers in Maine have been bilked out of millions of dollars from the state’s Medicaid program, according to a whistleblower who in an interview with NewsNation likened the case to a burgeoning scandal in Minnesota, where people in the Somali community are accused of defrauding taxpayers of $1 billion meant for social services. The whistleblower, Christopher Bernardini, describes himself as a former “billing guru” of Gateway Community Services — a health services contractor that he says defrauded Maine’s Medicaid program. Bernardini worked for Gateway from May 2018 until April 2025 as a program coordinator. Bernardini alleges that Gateway...
  • Sioux Center Library stocks book graphically detailing father’s sexual abuse of daughter in section for 12-year-olds

    12/10/2025 2:08:55 PM PST · by PeterPrinciple · 5 replies
    Iowa Standard ^ | Dec 8, 2025 | The Iowa Standard
    One week after the Sioux Center Library board voted 8-1 to continue offering a sexually explicit book called “Icebreaker” to any patron with a library card, it has been discovered that the library also stocks a book called “Identical” in the 12-year-old section of the library.Bookshelves The book graphically details multiple incidents in which a 9-year-old girl is sexually abused by her father, including one incident while her identical twin sister watches. In addition, the book contains violence, including self-harm and suicidal ideations, profanity and derogatory terms and drug and alcohol abuse. The abuse of the daughter, Kaeleigh, started when...
  • Spain Hits Back: Masks Are Mandatory Again

    12/10/2025 12:09:56 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    Euroweekly News ^ | Molly Grace • Updated: 01 Dec 2025 | Molly Grace • Updated: 01 Dec 2025
    Spain’s Ministry of Health has issued a warning over rising flu cases as winter approaches, preparing to require masks in hospitals, health centres, and elderly-care facilities, particularly in high-risk areas. The move comes amid an early and intense influenza season, which experts say could put additional pressure on hospitals already managing COVID-19 cases and other respiratory infections. Health authorities stress that the measure is preventative and aims to protect the most vulnerable, including the elderly and those with chronic illnesses. Several regions have already adopted measures ahead of a national agreement. Aragón and Andalucía, for instance, have recommended or mandated...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Seventeen pro-lifers arrested outside Memphis Planned Parenthood

    12/10/2025 8:51:05 AM PST · by Morgana · 22 replies
    Life Site News ^ | December 6, 2025
    MEMPHIS, Tennessee (LifeSiteNews) — Ten men and seven women spent last night in a Memphis jail after staging a peaceful protest in front of the Memphis, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood building. The December 5 protest was organized by “Rescue Resurrection,” a pro-life movement planning “rescue” actions across the country. Those arrested included well-known figures in the pro-life movement: Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue; Joan Andrews Bell, a longtime pro-life advocate; Terrisa Bukovinac, director of PAAU (Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising); Nathan Berning, director of Let Them Live; and Dr. Monica Miller of Citizens for Life, among others. READ: Operation Rescue founder and...
  • A GameStop customer in North Texas might've brought in the weirdest item for 'Trade Anything Day'

    12/10/2025 5:08:50 AM PST · by DFG · 16 replies
    WFAA (DFW) ^ | 12/09/2025 | David Lynch (KENS 5)
    SAN ANTONIO — When it comes to GameStop's eyebrow-raising "Trade Anything Day" – a promotion that encouraged customers to literally trade in anything (with some exceptions) at their local store this past Saturday – Texans didn't disappoint. At least, one customer up in North Texas didn't. GameStop shared that the zanier items brought in for trade-in credit at locations across the country included a bowling ball, a "full creepy doll collection," a speed limit sign and "Friends" on VHS. Up in Corsicana, a small Navarro County community about an hour south of Dallas, someone received trade-in credit for a lanky...
  • Hoosiers, please get on the phones!

    12/09/2025 11:29:26 AM PST · by volare737 · 11 replies
    Thursday the Indiana Senate will vote on redistricting. There are about a dozen RINO’s that plan to vote with the democrats to oppose it. It will be a close vote, and it looks like the Republicans might lose. If the RINO’s get their way, they are helping to elect Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House, and stifle the President’s efforts the last two years.. I have made several calls, please call,,,in particular, also call the President of the Senate, Rodric Bray.
  • Zohran Mamdani taps ex-con rapper who served 7 years for armed robbery as criminal justice adviser on transition team: ‘Insane’

    12/08/2025 1:05:21 PM PST · by Libloather · 27 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/08/25 | Hannah Fierick, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked a controversial rapper who did seven years in state prison for armed robbery to advise him on the criminal justice system. Mysonne Linen, 49, a Bronx convict-turned-activist who was found guilty of two felony heists in the late 1990s, was appointed by the democratic socialist to sit on a “criminal legal system” committee for his transition team as he prepares for the move to City Hall next month. “This is a testament to our decades of work advocating on behalf of black and brown communities and our expertise in gun violence prevention, legislative advocacy and...
  • Crash on Dumbarton Bridge Leaves Classic Packard Torched

    12/07/2025 5:34:41 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    KTVU ^ | December 7, 2025
    A car crash on the Dumbarton Bridge near Hayward left a classic car destroyed and traffic snarled on Sunday afternoon. Four cars crashed just before 3:30 p.m. in the second and third eastbound lanes near the middle of the bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol.