Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 7:44 p.m. No.23616671   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6676 >>6680 >>6695 >>6747 >>7058 >>7144 >>7167

Ben and Jerry’s CEO has meltdown and quits

 

🚨🇺🇸 BEN & JERRY’S MELTDOWN: CEO WALKS OUT ON UNILEVER

 

Jerry Greenfield just quit the ice cream empire he built, blasting Unilever for muzzling its activist soul.

 

In a late-night letter, shared by co-founder Ben Cohen, Greenfield said the brand once stood for “peace, justice, and human rights” - but now it’s “silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power.”

 

The breakup’s been brewing: lawsuits over Unilever firing a pro-activist CEO, blocking statements on Palestinian refugees, and neutering the brand’s independence.

 

Unilever’s spinning off its €8.3B ice cream division, axing 7,500 jobs. But Greenfield’s exit isn’t about spreadsheets.

 

The hippie brand that weaponized waffle cones against injustice? Its co-founder says corporate hands just turned the volume down to zero.

 

Source: NBC News,

@YoBenCohen

 

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1968266536616857915

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 7:52 p.m. No.23616702   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6710

Shots reportedly fired at the home of a Democratic Illinois lawmaker; suspect in custody

 

“In the early hours of Tuesday morning, my family and I experienced a deeply troubling incident when a shot was fired directly at our home. I am grateful to Chief Arnold, law enforcement and investigators for their work detaining a suspect and working diligently to get to the bottom of this. At times like these, I am reminded of how precious peace and safety are in our communities. Violence is never the answer.” https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-state-senator-meg-loughran-cappel-home-damaged-gunfire-shorewood/

 

Police confirmed the same weapon was used in both shootings. They said the homeowners didn’t know each other. That makes it worse. It means the violence was random, ambient, drifting through neighborhoods looking for targets. Surveillance footage helped track the suspect’s vehicle. That’s how they made the arrest.

 

“Responding officers observed that Cappel’s home had been struck three times by what appeared to be a small-calibre firearm. Later that morning, another nearby homeowner reported similar gunfire damage, with exterior walls showing evidence of a single shot. Investigators said preliminary evidence suggested the same weapon was used in both shootings, pending laboratory confirmation.” https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/shots-fired-at-illinois-state-senator-meg-loughran-cappel-s-home-in-shorewood-suspect-detained/ar-AA1MKZBW

 

The name of the suspect hasn’t been released. Police haven’t said why it happened. But the timing, days after Charlie Kirk was murdered, months after Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was killed, makes it impossible to treat this as isolated. It’s part of a pattern. And that pattern is accelerating.

 

“The shooting comes nearly a week after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the Utah Valley University campus and months after Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was killed at her home in Brooklyn Park. Those high-profile incidents have sparked wider debate about political violence, though Shorewood police determined Cappel’s case was not politically motivated.” https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shots-fired-illinois-state-senators-home-suspect-custody

 

Governor J.B. Pritzker addressed the rise in threats this week. He said what most officials won’t: the danger is real, and it’s growing.

 

“The truth is that the number of threats and the number of people who seem to want to engage in political violence has increased substantially, and I would like very much for people to just take a breath, take a step back.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/17/shot-fired-illinois-lawmaker-home-meg-loughran-cappel

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 7:55 p.m. No.23616722   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7058 >>7144 >>7167

President Trump Rebukes Colombia Over Drug Trafficking Cooperation

 

The United States has placed Colombia on its list of countries that “fail to co-operate” in fighting drug trafficking — the first time since 1997 — blaming President Gustavo Petro’s government for record cocaine output, according to the Financial Times.

 

In a statement to Congress, Donald Trump said Colombia’s “coca cultivation and cocaine production have reached record highs” and that the government “failed to meet even its own vastly reduced coca eradication goals.” He argued Bogotá had undermined “years of mutually beneficial co-operation between our two countries against narco-terrorists.”

 

Colombia, the world’s top cocaine producer, had 253,000 hectares of coca under cultivation in 2023, yielding more than 2,600 tonnes, according to UN figures.

 

Petro, a former guerrilla who has floated legalising cocaine, denounced the US move: “Decades of our police, soldiers and civilians [dying] . . . in order to stop drugs reaching North American society,” he said, insisting “Everything we do really isn’t about the Colombian people — even if they get affected. It’s about stopping North American society from smearing its noses.”

 

The Financial Times writes that while criticising Petro’s approach, Trump praised Colombia’s security forces, who he said “continue to show skill and courage in confronting terrorist and criminal groups.” Washington also issued a waiver allowing continued programs that “advance US interests,” potentially preserving military co-operation.

 

The move reflects rising tensions. For years, Colombia was Washington’s closest anti-narcotics ally, receiving more than $10bn in US military aid under Plan Colombia (2000–2016). But Petro has shifted focus from eradication campaigns to intercepting drug shipments at sea, while violence and production have grown under his “Total Peace” policy.

 

The US decision comes alongside fresh strikes on Venezuelan drug cartels in the Caribbean and a broader regional crackdown.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/president-trump-rebukes-colombia-over-drug-trafficking-cooperation

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 7:59 p.m. No.23616734   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6735 >>6738 >>7058 >>7144 >>7167

An ABC reporter apologized on Sept. 17 after describing text messages authorities say were exchanged between Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer and the man’s boyfriend as “very touching.”

 

“Yesterday I tried to underscore the jarring contrast between this cold blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk - a man who dedicated his life to public dialogue - and the personal, disturbing texts read aloud by the Utah County Attorney at the press conference,” Matt Gutman wrote on X.

 

“I deeply regret that my words did not make that clear. [ZH: so it's our fault for misinterpreting him] But let there be zero doubt here: I unequivocally condemn this horrific crime and the pain it caused Charlie Kirk’s family, those who were forced to witness it at UVU [Utah Valley University], and the millions of people he inspired.”

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1968040319586603321

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 8:31 p.m. No.23616836   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-metropolitan-police-department-officer-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-minor

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 8:34 p.m. No.23616847   🗄️.is 🔗kun

President Of Queens-Based Construction Company Sentenced For Fraud In Connection With Homeless Shelter Contracts Worth $12 Million

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/president-queens-based-construction-company-sentenced-fraud-connection-homeless

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 8:35 p.m. No.23616851   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Texas Mexican Mafia Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/texas-mexican-mafia-felon-sentenced-15-years-federal-prison-possessing-firearm

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 8:54 p.m. No.23616902   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Oregon high school principal arrested on child-pornography allegations

 

An Oregon high school principal is facing likely charges of producing and distributing child sexual-abuse material after sheriff’s deputies arrested him on Tuesday.

 

Jeremy Peter Williams, 49, of Longview, is accused of possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit content, as well as distributing child sex-abuse material, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

 

Williams is the principal of the Rainier Junior/Senior High School; the school district said he was already on paid administrative leave at the time of his arrest due to an unrelated issue.

 

Investigators ended up on Williams’ trail after they received an alert from a social-media site that images with “hash matches” connected to child sexual-abuse material were being sent and received from an account owned by a Longview, Washington, resident, officials said. Hashes are a type of file metadata that generate a unique code for every image that’s created; investigators can compare those hashes with a database of other known hashes to determine if a file is associated with child abuse images.

 

After confirming that the images being transferred from the social-media account were likely child sexual-abuse materials, detectives served warrants that confirmed Williams was the account owner, officials said.

 

On Tuesday they arrested Williams and served a search warrant on his house, seizing phones, computers and digital storage devices, officials said.

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/oregon-high-school-principal-arrested-on-child-pornography-allegations.html

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 8:57 p.m. No.23616911   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Cicero megachurch pastor charged in connection with alleged child sex trafficking operation

 

A west suburban megachurch pastor is facing federal charges connected to an alleged child sex trafficking operation.

 

Neighbors told ABC7 that Cicero's Light of the World Church at 1400 South 58th Court is popular. It is part an international church known by its Spanish name, La Luz Del Mundo.

 

But the church was closed on Tuesday after federal agents arrested Pastor Joram Núñez Joaquin last Wednesday during a 5 a.m. service, his attorney told ABC7.

 

Núñez Joaquin's attorney provided photos in a court motion to try and get the pastor released from federal detention. He is named in a federal case involving California church leaders.

 

Federal prosecutors claim Núñez Joaquin, from the church's Cicero branch, posed as an attorney and tried to coerced victims in California to not report alleged incidents. Nuñez Joaquin has pleaded not guilty.

 

Also last week, Naasón Joaquín García, an alleged relative of Núñez Joaquin, was taken into federal custody.

 

A newly unsealed indictment out of New York alleges García and co-defendants exploited the church for decades to enable the systemic sexual abuse of children and women for the sexual gratification of García and his father, who died in 2014.

 

García had been serving a more than 16-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2022 to two state counts.

 

In Chicago, Núñez Joaquin was in a courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Building on Monday, charged with racketeering conspiracy.

 

His attorney told the judge that Núñez Joaquin is a 37-year-old married father of three children who is not charged with any violence or sex abuse and should be released.

 

Núñez Joaquin's attorney told ABC7, "Pastor Núñez is a devoted father, husband, and spiritual leader. It is absolutely unconscionable that masked federal agents arrested a pastor in front of his congregation and family at their place of worship. Despite these circumstances, Pastor Núñez remains confident that the truth and justice will prevail. He is a man of unbreakable faith."

 

Federal prosecutors argued Núñez Joaquin is a flight risk with the church being based in Guadalajara Mexico.

 

The federal judge ordered Núñez Joaquin to remain in custody and to be transferred to the Southern District of New York.

 

https://abc7chicago.com/post/cicero-news-pastor-joram-nez-joaquin-light-world-church-charged-linked-alleged-child-sex-trafficking-ring/17830058/

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 9:04 p.m. No.23616942   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Israeli press - interesting af

 

Netanyahu’s quest for political survival isolates Israel despite security and diplomatic warnings

 

Analysis: Israel faces mounting isolation as Gaza operations strain peace accords, erode U.S. and European backing and fuel antisemitism abroad; critics warn prolonged conflict risks security, economy and the country’s global standing

 

In recent years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned Israel’s foreign policy into a tool for his personal political survival, systematically ignoring warnings from senior security officials, cabinet ministers and even international allies.

While he continues to emphasize Israel’s economic strength and declares the country will withstand any boycott or sanctions, reality on the ground tells a troubling story: IDF operations in Gaza, lacking broad international backing, are driving Israel into unprecedented isolation.

 

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, for example, warns at every opportunity of the heavy price Israel is paying internationally. But he is only one voice in a growing chorus of critics. Still, Netanyahu appears to listen only to his most hardline partners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Fears of military rule in Gaza

The most striking example is the botched assassination attempt against Hamas leadership in Doha. Reliable reports revealed that top security officials, including Mossad chief David Barnea, strongly opposed the timing. They repeatedly warned of diplomatic risks and chain reactions that could damage Israel’s ties with Gulf states, which serve as key mediators in negotiations with Hamas. Netanyahu, however, focused only on his political survival, ignoring the warnings. The result has been growing tensions with Qatar and other states, making hostage negotiations increasingly difficult.

 

Even before the Doha operation, disagreements between Netanyahu and the defense establishment deepened over the decision to fully capture Gaza City. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir urged Netanyahu in a cabinet meeting to halt the offensive and pursue a deal. Zamir expressed fears of military rule in the Strip, supported by Sa’ar, Barnea and National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi, who themselves criticized Netanyahu.

Zamir presented Netanyahu with a detailed comparison of two options: siege and targeted raids in the city versus full occupation. He weighed risks to soldiers and hostages, humanitarian fallout, manpower limits and international legitimacy. In every parameter, Zamir’s plan outperformed full occupation — yet Netanyahu rejected it outright. “The chief of staff did everything to convince him otherwise, but made clear he would carry out the plan,” senior ministers said.

Smotrich: Turn Gaza into a ‘real estate bonanza’

The reason for Netanyahu’s dismissals is simple: he depends on Ben Gvir and Smotrich, who push for a hardline policy in Gaza and reject any compromise. For them, the war is an opportunity to expand Israeli territorial control. For Netanyahu, it is the way to preserve his coalition. As a result, Israel risks long-term damage.

Just Wednesday, Smotrich addressed the “day after” in Gaza, saying it should be turned into a “real estate bonanza.” Speaking at an urban renewal conference, he said he had already opened talks with the Americans on investing in reconstruction as real estate projects. “I’m not joking, it pays for itself,” he said.

Peace agreements at risk

Some of Israel’s most valuable assets are its peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan, as well as the Abraham Accords with Gulf states. These are not just diplomatic deals but also a strategic safety net for intelligence, security and economic cooperation. The ongoing war in Gaza now puts them at risk. If suspended or canceled, it could take years to rebuild ties.

Already, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — Abraham Accords signatories — are voicing growing discomfort with Israel’s actions. Public pressure in those states could force leaders to freeze relations. The UAE has warned Israel against annexing territory in the West Bank, saying it would harm the peace deal. Similar warnings have come from Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.

 

https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hkcddetiel

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 9:07 p.m. No.23616951   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6959 >>6961 >>6987 >>6989 >>7165

ABC’s ‘The View’ Goes Right Back to Being Toxic TV: ‘Elephant in the Room is That We’re Screwed!’

 

BEHAR: You know. I’m sorry, I feel as though–

 

GOLDBERG: Take a breath. Take a deep breath. Take a breath, Joy, take a breath and tell us.

 

BEHAR: I feel like we’re trapped in a bad movie, like you’ve got these incompetent people running the government and we’re like a bunch of sitting ducks. You’ve got the puppy killer. You’ve got the signal cake guy, what’s his name, Hegseth.

 

“I mean, there’s no end to the incompetency that we are experiencing as Americans!” she shouted. “So, I can almost not even talk about individual situations like this, because the overall picture and the elephant in the room is that we’re screwed!”

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1968354474906235184

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 9:43 p.m. No.23617056   🗄️.is 🔗kun

JB Pritzker Claims He Has Never Called Republicans ‘Nazis’ – Gets Proven Wrong by Videos of His Own Words

 

The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here: They point to a group of people who don’t look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems. If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1967703605064200632

Anonymous ID: 92a2d8 Sept. 17, 2025, 9:49 p.m. No.23617070   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7110

Haaretz | Israel News

WATCH | Netanyahu Keeps Syringe From His Coronavirus Vaccine on Display in His Office

In a video on his official Facebook, the prime minister shows off the syringe that gave him the COVID vaccine and says Israel will be the first country to exit the coronavirus crisis

 

"Every time someone visits from abroad, I show them this arrowhead," Netanyahu says in the video, gesturing to a display case in his office featuring a replica of a Roman arrowhead from Yodfat, which he explains is the first Galilee fortress to fall to the Romans. "I tell them, that's the Romans, they're not here anymore." He presents, in the same display, a model of the Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic missile.

 

https://archive.md/8idjG#selection-865.0-869.218