California pastor makes college football comeback at 47
California pastor Justin Buzzard discusses making the San Jose City College Jaguars football team at 47 years old. He shares his training regimen and how his family reacted to him reviving his college football
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https://youtu.be/U7khzGX30LI
CNBC SPORT
Lakers governor Jeanie Buss says siblings cannot sell family’s stake to Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner
PUBLISHED MON, AUG 17 20265:47 PM EDT
KEY POINTS
• Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family’s stake in the Los Angeles Lakers.
• In a letter obtained by CNBC addressed to law firms representing Jeanie Buss’s siblings, her lawyer Adam Streisand says Jeanie Buss has not agreed to sell the team and that any vote suggesting the Buss family is selling “would be and is void.”
• ESPN reported the Buss family had decided to sell its stake to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, who last week bought Mark Walter’s majority stake.
Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family’s stake in the NBA team, contradicting an earlier ESPN reportabout the family’s decision to sell to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner.
In a letter obtained by CNBC addressed to law firms representing Jeanie Buss’s siblings — Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse — her lawyer Adam Streisand saysJeanie Buss has not agreed to sell the team and that any vote suggesting the Buss family is selling “would be and is void.”
Streisand argues in the letter that Jeanie Buss remains the controlling shareholder of the Lakers, pursuant to a 2017 court order, and that no sale can take place without her consent.
“No sale of the JAB Trust’s 17.8% ownership interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. can be effectuated without approval by the current co-trustees, i.e., Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss. Pursuant to the JAB Trust and the attached Court Order, the co-trustees are bound to votethe Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. shares to ensure that the minimum 15% ownership requirement is maintained in order to ensure that Jeanie Buss may remain Controlling Owner,” Streisand says in the letter.
“Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court,” he says.
Last week, Iger and Kushner agreed to buy Mark Walter’s majority stake in the Lakers.That deal valued the team at $12.5 billion, CNBC reported at the time.The Buss family stake would have meant an overall team ownership share of approximately 83%for the former Disney CEO and Thrive Capital founder, ESPN reported.
But Jeanie Buss doesn’t want to sell the family’s stake in the team at this time, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about confidential matters.She wants to hold onto the team stake for value reasons as well as to maintain her role as governor, the person said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/jeanie-buss-opposes-sale-family-stake.html
Trump in 1999: Oprah would be my VP choice
On October 7, 1999, Donald Trump talk to CNN's Larry King about why he is considering a run for the Reform Party's presidential nomination and that Oprah Winfrey would be his choice as a running mate.
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https://youtu.be/bc90K7Kieek
Nancy Mace shows off nine new tattoos in bikini - as Trump's reaction is revealed
11:44 EDT 17 Aug 2026, updated
(What a freak)
Outgoing Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace has stunned the internet after unveiling no fewer than nine new tattoos as she made her debut appearance on her YouTube show.
The 48-year-old South Carolinian bared her tattooed arms in a bikini during a high-octane introduction for Get Maced, featuring her surfing and firing an automatic weapon.
Mace first revealed in a February Politico profile that she got nine tattoos in rapid succession during a tumultuous period marked by the end of her engagement and the departure of her entire congressional staff.
She says she got inked to experience 'the pain that I need to feel.'
She described the tattoos as a way to 'reclaim' her body and identity after years of trauma she has publicly detailed, including being molested and raped as a teenager.
One is the opening line from VirginiaWoolf's novel Mrs Dalloway: 'Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.'
Other designs include the word 'Justice,' a saintly figure, a lion, a bird, a flower and a sun.
Donald Trump, whom Mace has described as a 'father figure,' has taken an interest in her ink,telling a group of South Carolina politicos last December that he had heard she had a number of 'freaky tattoos,' Fits News reported.
Until last week, Mace had almost entirely concealed the work in public appearances, even as she campaigned for governor and continued serving in the House.
She finished a distant fifth in the June Republican primary for South Carolina governor after failing to win Trump's endorsement and later passed on a potential Senate bid after the death of Lindsey Graham.
Her term ends in January 2027, leaving her without elected office for the first time in almost a decade.
The YouTube channel, where she plans to comment on daily news, already features segments on topics ranging from the WNBA to 'radical Islam.'
In the intro video, Mace appears in a black bikini and later sleeveless at a microphone, making the tattoos impossible to miss.
Social media users reacted with a mix of shock and mockery, with some refusing to believe the images were not AI-generated. 'What the f***,' one X user wrote. Another said: 'We're living in a simulation.'
Mace has long framed her personal struggles as central to her political identity.
'My story is I am totally broken,' she told Politico in February. 'I have PTSD over what I've been through.'
Nancy Mace says Trump 'may have ended' her political career. (She did it herself)
She has spoken repeatedly about a difficult relationship with her father, a decorated Vietnam War hero, and about suffering sexual abuse as a teenager.
The tattoos arrived amid a period of intense therapy and legal battles stemming from her February 2025 House floor speech accusing her former fiancé and three associates of sex abuse.
All four men denied the claims. Litigation continues, with Mace at times representing herself.
'It's just my reaction and my response,' she said of the ink. 'And it keeps me alive.'
Mace worked on Trump's 2016 campaign and remained a visible ally until her support for releasing the Epstein files created distance between them.
She told NewsNation last month that the split 'may have ended' her future political aspirations.
With her House career winding down, the YouTube venture marks her clearest attempt to stay in the public eye on her own terms.
The promo ends with the simple declaration: 'What happens when a Bulldog leaves Washington? She takes the fight to the people.'
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16058795/nancy-mace-tattoos-bikini-south-carolina.html
Violent crime drops to historic lows in multiple large cities across U.S.
Violent crime numbers are down across many major U.S. cities. Ali Bauman is in Newark, New Jersey, which has seen a large drop in homicides.
"CBS Evening News" delivers the day's most important stories, delivering context and depth to bring greater understanding to your world. Check local listings for "CBS Evening News" broadcast times.
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https://youtu.be/5X7JtZiwL7E
DOJ Waves White Flag, Ends Nine Decades Of Red Tape Over Suppressors In Victory For Gun Owners
The Department of Justice refused Wednesday to appeal a ruling that found National Firearms Act (NFA) restrictions on suppressors and other items unconstitutional because the removal of associated taxes invalidated the law, marking a significant victory for gun-rights advocates.
Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde posted on X Wednesday that the Trump administration confirmed it would not appeal a ruling by United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, granting a motion for summary judgement from attorneys representing the Silencer Shop Foundation in a 66-page opinion issued August 5. Hendrix ruled that since taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and other items had been reduced to $0 by legislation signed by President Donald Trump in July 2025, the registration and paperwork imposed by the NFA exceeded Congress’ authority under the taxation power.
Gun-rights groups celebrated DOJ’s decision not to appeal the ruling, which means that people purchasing suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and devices that were described as “any other weapon” no longer have to fill out an ATF form or register the items.
After the Senate parliamentarian struck language that removed those items from NFA’s purview during the passage of the July 2025 reconciliation bill, Congress reduced the taxes to $0. Gun-rights groups filed suits challenging the applicability of the law shortly after the legislation was signed.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on June 18 in Comeaux v. United States that suppressors fall under the category of “arms” and are protected under the Second Amendment, but that the NFA operates akin to a “shall issue” concealed-carry permit law, in which authorities are required to grant the permit if certain criteria are met, and allowed a conviction for possessing an unregistered suppressor to stand.
“The Department respects Americans’ Second Amendment rights and is currently assessing the impact of the court’s ruling,” a DOJ spokeswoman told the DCNF. A DOJ official added that the DOJ would not seek a stay of the judge’s decision, noting that people often conflate appeals and requests for a stay.
“I understand people have policy differences with DOJ’s enforcement of federal laws, but, in my opinion, and I’ve said this to many gun groups, the appropriate place to launch those policy discussions is in Congress, not with us,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Right Harmeet Dhillon told the DCNF during a June interview. “We have, I mean, not me, but other people in this building regularly respond to all kinds of litigation on behalf of the United States where I don’t necessarily agree with what we’re defending.”
https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/08/12/doj-waves-white-flag-ends-nine-decades-of-red-tape-over-suppressors-in-victory-for-gun-owners/
Acyn
Ossoff: Let me reiterate. I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly, zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now.
I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028, unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterm elections.
This needs to be all of our highest priority and our focus
He’s lying!
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2089526488995656049
Judge blocks plan to move FBI headquarters to Reagan Building
By Jacob Rosen
Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 9:53 PM EDT /
A federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration's plan to relocate the FBI's proposed headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.,after the Biden administration had announced a plan in 2023 to move the headquarters to Greenbelt, Maryland.
In July 2025, FBI DirectorKash Patel announced that the bureau would instead relocate a few blocks away, stating that the Reagan Building offered "the most cost-effective and resource-efficient way to carry out our mission."
Last November, the state of Maryland sued Patel and the bureau, alleging that the Trump administration had attempted to "unlawfully sabotage" the 2023 plan and illegally divert funding that Congress had designated for the plan — over $323 million — away from it.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sided with Maryland, writing in a 47-page opinion that the Trump administration's move todivert the funding and cancel the plan was "arbitrary and capricious and not in accordance with law," in addition to other violations of federal law.
The FBI has been headquartered in downtown Washington at the J. Edgar Hoover Building since 1975, but structural problems have plagued it for the last 20 years.
Last year, the Trump administration and the General Services Administration settled on the Reagan Building, which had been home to the U.S. Agency for International Development until 2025, when the Trump administration consolidated USAID into the State Department and allowed Customs and Border Protection to take over the building's lease.
President Trump has criticized the move, calling Maryland a "liberal state" in a speech at the Justice Department last year.
During his first term, Mr. Trump had contemplated moving the FBI, but he abandoned a plan that would have moved it to one of three locations in Maryland or Virginia.He proposed a smaller headquarters in Washington to replace the Hoover building.
But the GSA, during the Biden administration, chose the Greenbelt site, ending a 15-year debate on whether the headquarters should be relocated.
In a statement, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown said, "Maryland and Prince George's County committed more than a decade of work to earn the FBI headquarters and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars. By blocking the Trump Administration's unlawful attempt to move the FBI to the Reagan Building and divert the funds Congress set aside for this project,the Court has cleared the path back to Greenbelt."
"This is not the first time courts have tried to undermine the administration in its goal to make government more cost-effective for American taxpayers," an FBI spokesperson told CBS News in a statement. "The court has chosen to impermissibly intervene for political reasons.This FBI is mission focused and will continue the best course of action to meet the needs of law enforcement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-reagan-building/
Clay Travis
@ClayTravis
Angel Reese missed a wide open lay up to win the game and Caitlin Clark laughing behind her as she reacts to the miss is going to be a meme for a long time.
https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/2089185737778348052
Democrat James Talarico Hires Top Staffer From Republican John Cornyn
Rumpf
Aug 17th, 2026, 8:45 pm
Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) has hired a top staffer from the office of the Senate Republican he hopes to replace,a move political commentators viewed as strategically savvy to help him win over independent and crossover GOP voters.
The incumbent Republican, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), lost a viciously contentious primary to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who scoredPresident Donald Trump’s endorsement but is widely viewed as a weaker candidate in the general electiondue to a series of scandals, lawsuits, a messy and contentious divorce, and other controversies.
Talarico, the Democratic nominee, has had a slight lead in a series of recent polls. Past Democrats running statewide in the Lone Star State like former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) have polled better than they performed on Election Day, but numerous commentators have noted Paxton’s flaws as a candidate and the downward drag of Trump and the GOP’s poor polling on key issues like immigration and the economy to predict that Talarico may in fact have a chance.
Earlier this month, Nate Silver released his updated forecast for the November midterms and rated Texas as “Lean D,” designating it as one of his top picks to flip blue.
Key to Talarico’s path to victory will be not just turning out the Democratic voter base, but peeling away as many independents and Republicans who have soured on Paxton as possible. A Democrat has not won a major statewide race in Texas since singing along to Prince’s “1999” was still about a date in the future.
Talarico’s campaign scored a key hire that may help in their cross-the-aisle outreach. NOTUS reported on Monday that Jacob Smith, one of Cornyn’s staffers, was joining the campaign as a deputy policy director
Smith spent the last five years serving as the deputy legislative director and then policy adviser for Texas’ senior senator. He has also worked as a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) on the House Science Committee.
Smith confirmed he was joining the campaign in a statement provided to NOTUS, and took a swipe at Paxton:
I’ve worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I’m proud to be joining James Talarico’s campaign. Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little. In the Senate, James will fight to lower costs for all 31 million Texans, whether they’re Republicans, Democrats, or independents, so that Texans of all ages have a fighting chance at the American Dream of starting a family, owning a home, and leaving a little behind for their children.
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I’m encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box.
One Republican campaign operative who has worked on other Senate races told NOTUS it was “unheard of” for a GOP staffer to join a Democratic Senate campaign.
Mediaite reached out to Cornyn for comment, and he called Smith’s move a “personal decision by Jacob” without further comment. Cornyn has previously said he would “support the Republican ticket” in November but has also noted Talarico’s strong polling against Paxton, telling Mediaite in early July, “I’m not gonna say I told you so, but” the polling was “ominous for down ballot races.”
Veteran Florida Democratic consultant Steve Schale reacted to the news of Talarico putting a Republican staffer in a top job by posting, “I love this move.”
Reached for comment by text, Schale added, “They can’t win on Dem vote alone, so one of the key things Talarico must do is send a message to Republicans that it’s ok to do what they aren’t used to doing: voting for a Democrat, and the more Republican leaders they can find to speak out against Paxton, the more rank and file GOP voters will feel comfortable bucking their own party.”
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/democrat-james-talarico-hires-top-staffer-from-republican-john-cornyn/
Sore losers are traitors to the party!
Has your vehicle been searched by Flock cameras? Here’s how to check
Brandy Beard
Published: Aug. 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM EDT
(Gray News) - A website is allowing drivers to see if Flock surveillance cameras have searched for their vehicle.
HaveIBeenFlocked allows users to type their license plate number into a search bar to run through a series of “audit logs” within the Flock system, according to the website.
The data from the cameras is made available through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Those sources are made publicly available.
The results do not show if a vehicle passed by any of the Flock cameras, or what the devices may have returned, but rather what searches of a license plate were performed by agencies that use Flock cameras.
HaveIBeenFlocked also tracks reasons for Flock searches, still based on public records. The most common reason appeared to be related to drugs, closely followed by motor vehicle theft.
According to the website, license plate numbers entered in are not saved.
A growing controversy
The website was created in 2025 as Flock readers grow in popularity throughout the country, often used by law enforcement – and not without controversy.
According to the Associated Press, concerns have arisen about whether immigration enforcement can access the cameras.
==Meanwhile, multiple reports of law enforcement officers misusing the cameras for personal searches have come to light. In North Carolina, for example, an officer was arrested for using the Flock system to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife more than 30 times.=+
She has since been fired.
Flock CEO Garrett Langley announced changes would be coming to the system, to be implemented byJan. 1. Those changes include a tool to flag “abnormal search behavior,” AP reported.
The American Civil Liberties Union called it a “step in the right direction” in a blog post about the announcement, but also said that “Although Flock may not technically be the one unlocking the door to months of people’s private location data, it is responsible for building the door and handing out the keys.”
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/08/15/has-your-vehicle-been-searched-by-flock-cameras-heres-how-check/