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George Kittle signed a $76,400,000 contract but says he skips luxury cars or watches and instead spent his money building a football field and 50-foot American flagpole at his house

Taylor: “You signed the contract. What nice little juicy gift did you get yourself this time?”

Kittle: “Nothing. This is the third one, it's kind of getting redundant. This time I'm trying to remodel my house, so I was like, yeah, I'm good. Gonna chill on this one. Let this one simmer.”

Taylor: “What's your favorite luxury in life? Something you look at and you're like, this is worth spending my money on.”

Kittle: “Anything on my property. Building a football field at my house. Building a workout facility. Putting up a 50-foot American flagpole, that's probably my favorite purchase I've made. My wife really likes that one. Right when you pull in, it's right next to the football field, so it's the only thing you can f*cking see.”

Taylor: “That's got to fire you up.”

Kittle: “It does… We have lights pointing up at it and I almost got out of the car. I was like, ah, God, it's so beautiful.”

https://x.com/katsuxbt/status/2100344339234701787

Dearborn Leaders Spent Taxpayer Funds to Promote Islam While Discriminating Against Christians and Jews, Lawsuit Alleges

Brittany Bernstein

September 17, 2026 2:411/2

A new lawsuit against the city of Dearborn, Mich., and its mayor alleges city officials have used public funds and city property to celebrate Ramadan, while refusing requests from residents to similarly recognize Christian and Jewish holidays.

The lawsuit, filed by the American Freedom Law Center on behalf of Dearborn resident Margot Cleveland, alleges that not only did Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and other city officials ignore her requests for equality, but they also retaliated against her for speaking out.

Cleveland, who is a senior legal correspondent for The Federalist, first brought the issue to the attention of local officials in April 2025 after the city displayed “Ramadan Kareem” banners and a “large, lighted crescent moon” on public property. Meanwhile, no displays were erected for Lent, Passover or Easter.

Cleveland emailed the Dearborn city attorney on April 6, 2025,asking whether Easter and Passover would be given equal recognition, but she received no response.

She later filed a Freedom of Information Act request and found the city had spent public funds on the Ramadan banners and crescent moon display and that the Dearborn Police Department had produced and sold Ramadan-themed shirts bearing the department’s official emblem.

Several months later, Hammoud lashed out at a Christian pastor who raised concerns during a city council meeting about the planned renaming of a street in Dearborn in honor of Osama Siblani—a public supporter of Hezbollah and Hamas.

“Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here,” Hammoud told the pastor, according to the lawsuit. “And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city.”

The incident led AFLC to send a letter to Hammoud and the city attorney on Cleveland’s behalf, arguing that “the City of Dearborn has become a hostile place for Christians and Jews.”

The letter asked the city to display banners recognizing Christmas, Easter, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur alongside its Ramadan banners. But once again, the request went unanswered.

However, in February 2026, the city unveiled new crescent-moon-and-star light displays on municipal street lights for Ramadan. Hammoud claimed at the time that the display “reflects who we are as a city.” Once again, city officials failed to sponsor a comparable display for any Christian or Jewish holidays.

Cleveland attempted to raise the issue at several city council meetings and in emails to each individual council member. However, the city attorney, apparently acting on the advice of the mayor, told council members not to communicate with her because she was being represented by counsel, the suit alleges.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dearborn-leaders-spent-taxpayer-funds-to-promote-islam-while-discriminating-against-christians-and-jews-lawsuit-alleges/

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Despite her requests, the city council passed its annual budget without allocating any funds for Easter or Passover banners or a menorah, despite a budget surplus. Cleveland tells National Review the city council never explained why.

“In fact, they refused to speak with me, eventhough I agreed to speak with them without my lawyer and either individually or with the City Attorney(or a private attorney). And I only went to the City Council after my initial request went ignored for months,” she said.

The city of Dearborn’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from National Review.

Cleveland says she is not asking Dearborn to remove its Ramadan banners or religious display, and notes she stressed that point in her initial email to the city.

“I wish my Muslim neighbors a blessed Ramadan, and merely seek equal treatment for Christians and Jews,” she said.

After she first spoke at a city council meeting about the issue, Cleveland says other residents reached out to express similar concerns.One woman told Cleveland she, too, had contacted the city after the banners first appeared and that they “basically ignored her.”

The lawsuit accuses the city’s leaders of violating the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and the establishment clause of the First Amendment. It further accuses city officials of retaliating against Cleveland in violation of the First Amendment’s free speech clause.

“The clearest command of the Establishment Clause is that the government may not prefer one religion over another,” said Robert J. Muise, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel. “The City of Dearborn spent taxpayer money to light up its streets and parks for Ramadan while stonewalling a resident who simply asked that Easter, Passover, and other Christian and Jewish holy days be treated the same way. That is a straightforward Establishment Clause violation, and the retaliation our client faced for speaking up about it only compounds the constitutional harm.”

That retaliation includes “authorizing the additional installation of lighted Ramadan signs as a direct affront to Plaintiff’s request for Christian and Jewish displays; directing the City Attorney to not communicate with Plaintiff; directing the Chief of Police to not communicate with Plaintiff; directing City Council members not to communicate with Plaintiff, even though they are her representatives in the government; opposing funding for Christian and Jewish religious displays; and excluding Plaintiff from additional Community Meetings,” according to the lawsuit.

Cleveland’s attorneys note the city has faced legal action on several other occasions for its treatment of Christians. A court previously struck down the city’s restriction on a Christian pastor’s distribution of religious literature at a local Arab festival. In another case, the city paid a $300,000 settlement to Christians who were unlawfully arrested for evangelizing at the same festival.

Dearborn is the first and largest Arab-majority city in the U.S. In 2020, 54.5 percent of the population reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry.

“Dearborn has been down this road before, and it has lost every time,” said David Yerushalmi, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel. “What makes this case especially troubling is that City officials, up to and including the Mayor, responded to a citizen’s respectful request for equal treatment with silence, stonewalling, and outright hostility — including the Mayor’s own words telling a Christian resident he is ‘not welcome’ in his own city. Our client is simply asking the City to treat Christians and Jews as equal citizens.”

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dearborn-leaders-spent-taxpayer-funds-to-promote-islam-while-discriminating-against-christians-and-jews-lawsuit-alleges/

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=Sydney briefly turned into Gotham City when multiple sightings of a person dressed as Batman standing atop the Opera House were reported.

According to local news, the caped crusader stood on the roof of the famous venue in honor of Batman Day, an annual worldwide tribute.

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Batman, please please please come to Chicago! We have plenty of tall buildings you can perch on !

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Anons can you tell me how to convert an x video to play on the board? I used to know how to do it.

Russia extends ban on Western food imports through 2028

The embargo was first imposed in retaliation for sanctions placed on Moscow in 2014

Published 17 Sep, 2026 22:40

President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia’s ban on imports of certain Western food products through the end of 2028,a measure first imposed in response to anti-Russian sanctions more than a decade ago. The decree was published on the Kremlin’s website on Thursday.

The restrictions were introduced in August 2014 in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russia by a number of Western nations that refused to recognize Crimea’s referendum to join the Russian Federation. The predominantly Russian-speaking Black Sea region voted to secede from Ukraine following a Western-backed coup in Kiev earlier that year.

Russia’s restrictions apply to importsfrom the US, the EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The measures cover products including meat, seafood, dairy, fruits, and vegetables.Many of the affected countries are officially designated as “unfriendly” by the Russian government.

Moscow has argued that theembargo has helped boost domestic production and attract more brands from non-Western and friendly nations such as Serbia.

The extension comes as agricultural producers on both sides of the Atlantic contend with unusually hot and dry conditions.

Drought remains widespread across the contiguous US following the country’s hottest meteorological summer on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Western Europe has also recorded its hottest summer on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.Following successive heatwaves and drought, forecasts for key EU summer crop yields have fallen as much as 14% below their five-year averages, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

The potato harvest across Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands is expected to suffer losses of between €498 million and €818 million ($572 million to $940 million) due to the extreme weather, UK-based research group Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit reported on Thursday.

https://www.rt.com/

Why is Trump shifting millions in military aid to South America? 1/2

The funding will reportedly subsidize purchases of American weapons by four governments on the continent

Published 17 Sep, 2026 20:07 |

The US has decided to redirect $52 million in foreign military financing to four countries in South America, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

The funds, which subsidize purchases of American military equipment, are being reallocated from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia, and Iraq to Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, the news agency said, citing a State Department notification to Congress.

The shift comes as US President Donald Trump has placed greater emphasis on the Western Hemisphere under what he has called the ‘Donroe Doctrine’, his version of the 19th-century hegemonic Monroe Doctrine. The Trump administration has said it intends to strengthen US influence in the Americas while preventing rival powers from gaining strategic positions in the region.

The State Department said the previous distribution of foreign military financing did “not align with the administration’s prioritization of” the Western Hemisphere. Spending the money in South America will help recipients “combat narcoterrorism in our backyard and help continue to secure the Panama Canal” and “prevent adversaries from establishing strategic footholds in our hemisphere,” the department explained.

How did the South American recipients align with Trump?

Since Trump returned to office in January 2025, all four recipients have taken steps aligning themselves more closely with his administration’s priorities.

Panama withdrew from China’s Belt and Road Initiative and expanded security cooperation with Washington, though President Jose Raul Mulino pushed back on Trump’s suggestion that the US should retake direct control of the Panama Canal.

Mulino’s government has scrapped contracts with Hong Kong-based firm CK Hutchison Holdings, which Washington cited as evidence of a slow Chinese takeover of critical ports in Peru. The company owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s family is seeking $1.5 billion in damages.

Ecuador has signed a trade agreement with the US, lowering trade barriers and making other concessions to American exporters. President Daniel Noboa has also expanded counter-narcotics cooperation with Washington, tacitly endorsing Trump’s controversial tactics that involve airstrikes on boats in international waters that the Pentagon deems suspicious.

Noboa’s proposal to once again allow foreign military bases in Ecuador was rejected by voters last year.

Peru has joined Trump’s signature Shield of the Americas initiative under new President Keiko Fujimori, the daughter and political heir to dictator Alberto Fujimori, and otherwise expanding security cooperation with Washington.

Colombia too took a right-wing turn and realigned with Washington this year, after controversial President Abelardo de la Espriella came to power.

https://www.rt.com/news/645896-us-military-aid-south-america/

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The millionaire nicknamed El Tigre (The Tiger) owns a personal luxury brand and used to represent drug traffickers as a lawyer. He has pledged to be tough on organized crime as president, including by resuming fumigation of coca with herbicides.

How is the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ being enforced?

The Trump administration has also used military and economic pressure elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.

In January, US forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and brought them to the US to facefederal “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump subsequently said Washington would temporarily “run” Venezuela and tap its vast oil reserves.

During his first term from 2017 to 2021, Trump recognized opposition politician Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president and supported his bid to replace Maduro.

Washington also tightened its trade blockade of Cuba this year, cutting off Venezuelan oil supplies and threatening retaliation against countries providing fuel to the island nation. The resulting fuel shortage has contributed to prolonged blackouts and a severe energy crisis.

Trump intervened directly in Honduras’ 2025 presidential race by publicly endorsing conservative candidate Nasry Asfura. He also pardoned former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a fellow member of Asfura’s National Party who had been convicted in the US on drug trafficking charges.

In Colombia, former President Gustavo Petro alleged that the election won by de la Espriella had been digitally manipulated from abroad, pointing to alleged Israeli involvement and criticizing US interference in the campaign. Colombian electoral authorities rejected his fraud claims.

How is the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ different from the Monroe Doctrine?

US President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits for European great powers in 1823.

While he framed his policy as anti-colonialist, in practice it prevented any military threat to the US homeland from emerging in South America and ensured preferential treatment of US businesses, particularly their access to natural resources, from bananas grown in Guatemala to copper mined in Chile.

US hegemony manifested during the 20th century in the so-called ‘dirty war’ against left-leaning political projects in South America. Washington supported right-wing dictatorships across the continent as long as they pledged to oppose Communism.

Since the end of the Cold War, Washington has defended its interests in South America under the guise of promoting human rights and democracy and dismantling narcotraffic, with the messaging shifting depending on which of the two US parties was holding the presidency.

Trump’s version distinguishes itself in its blatant approach rather than essence.

https://www.rt.com/news/645896-us-military-aid-south-america/

Rt is being critical of Trump. They have new writers and editors.

DOJ launches MASSIVE fraud crackdown as House targets blue-city prosecutors

Fox News national correspondent David Spunt and Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn discuss the Justice Department's crackdown on alleged taxpayer fraud involving homeless funds on ‘America's Newsroom.’

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https://youtu.be/J2fwux2txvs

Trump's surgeon general pick defends MMR vaccine safety

Emergency medicine physician Dr. Stephanie Widmer discusses Dr. Nicole Saphier's testimony on childhood vaccines during her confirmation hearing before a Senate committee

(More bullshit)

4:40

https://youtu.be/_p8I9e0JU9o

‘NO RESOURCE’ should be spared: Former deputy assistant AG on Crooks investigation

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo discusses FBI documents detailing the background of Thomas Crooks, President Donald Trump's would-be assassin at a rally in Butler, Pa., on ‘The Will Cain Show.

3:32

https://youtu.be/ymqYOPSl6Mc

Palantir offical rips AI 'DOOMSDAY CULT'

Palantir Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Shyam Sankar discusses the growing debate over artificial intelligence regulation and safety on ‘America's Newsroom.’

5:31

https://youtu.be/YA2ygT9RAOY

'HE'S THE PRESIDENT': Blanche PUSHES BACK on question about Trump's SCOTUS criticism

Attorney General Todd Blanche defends President Donald Trump’s sharp criticism of the Supreme Court, saying the president is 'absolutely' allowed to criticize another branch of government and communicate his frustration to the American people (I noticed Blanche has a sense of humor now and is much more relaxed talking to the wolves…KEK)

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https://youtu.be/-ojvynGxC_w

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HEAR IT: Blanche defends Trump's SCOTUS criticism

Attorney General Todd Blanche rejects concerns that President Donald Trump’s criticism of Supreme Court justices undermines the court’s independence, arguing the president has every right to speak out on cases that are 'extraordinarily important

(It’s funny the media asking if Trump has the right to criticize the Supreme Court, always lose their minds when they don’t like the SC’s decisions. NYTs in particular)

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https://youtu.be/z8npsWUsXEg

Sheriff RIPS Democrat’s ‘DISGUSTING DISPLAY’ at House hearing on sanctuary laws

New York’s Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar discusses his explosive exchange with Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., during a House hearing on sanctuary laws

1:24

https://youtu.be/kL_0T953utg

Brandon Johnson is a ‘CLOWN’: ‘The Rubin Report’ host

‘The Rubin Report’ host Dave Rubin discusses Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s re-election bid and Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s comments about his heritage on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

5:29

https://youtu.be/4Gz0DaGpqcQ

This militant party CANNOT be trusted with power: Gov Ron DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda and concerns raised by a number of Democrats over the advancement of artificial intelligence

(Hannity’s show is gone down significantly. Why interview DeSantis)

7:28

https://youtu.be/O1HNs1CZJS8

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Tom Homan on Rep Ilhan Omar investigation: 'No one is above the law'

Former acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf discusses 'border czar' Tom Homan confirming an investigation involving Rep. Ilhan Omar by Homeland Security on 'America Reports

(I think the day she’s kicked out of America its proclaimed a holiday!)

4:58

https://youtu.be/Fz7VoV2bHRs

Laura Ingraham: This was ‘NON-STOP FEARMONGERING’

Fox News host Laura Ingraham discusses the artificial intelligence regulation debate and its potential impact on the 2026 midterm elections

10:40

https://youtu.be/edRMTVWSj5Y

Greg Gutfeld: It's not a contradiction, it's a flex

'The Five' co-hosts discuss Rep. Maxine Waters struggling to remember if she has ever used artificial intelligence as lawmakers push to regulate the emerging technology

9:12

https://youtu.be/3KJqiEiwLbg

F-35 Sale To Saudi Arabia Approved By State Department

The proposed $24 billion stealth fighter deal has major ramifications across the Middle East.

Howard Altman Published Sep 17, 2026 3:14 PM EDT Add TWZ

State Department agrees to potential deal to sell 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia

The TWZ Newsletter

The U.S. State Department today approved the possible sale of 48 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The proposed deal, worth an estimated total cost of $24.3 billion, was announced as the Kingdom is in the midst of a fierce fight against the Houthi rebels of Yemen. It marks a major policy shift, with Washington previously being unwilling to export the advanced stealth fighters to Arab states and will likely serve as a reminder at a very challenging time for the Saudis of the unique security capabilities that only the U.S. can provide them.

In addition to the jets, which will be conventional takeoff and landing variants, Saudi Arabia has requested 49 Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 engines, support and other items.

Despite concerns from Israel that providing Saudi Arabia with the advanced fighters will tip the balance of power in the region, the proposed sale of this equipment and support “will not alter the military balance in the region,” the State Department noted.

The United States has a requirement to maintain Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge, which essentially guarantees that Israel will be prioritized for advanced U.S. weapons ahead of Arab states in the region. Among these advanced weapons, the stealthy F-35 is highly prominent.

You can read our past feature about the wide-ranging impacts of an F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia here.

Israeli Air Force F-35i fighters. (Israeli Air Force)

“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-NATO ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Gulf region,” the State Department wrote. “The proposed sale will improve Saudi Arabia’s capability to deter current and future threats by strengthening its homeland defense, and improving interoperability with U.S. forces, and other regional and NATO forces. The proposed sale will also augment Saudi Arabia’s operational aircraft and enhance its air-to-air, and air-to-ground self-defense capability. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment and services into its armed forces.”

In November, “President Trump approved a major defense sale package, including future F-35 deliveries, which strengthens the U.S. defense industrial base and ensures Saudi Arabia continues to buy American,” according to the White House.

Trump has pushed for closer ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia and wants the Kingdom to join the Abraham Accords initiative. This is a set of agreements that establish normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and different Arab states. Doing so would be a major breakthrough, following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and others.

A Saudi F-35 deal was also discussed under the Biden administration, as part of a broader deal that sought to normalize the Kingdom’s relations with Israel.

https://www.twz.com/air/f-35-sale-to-saudi-arabia-approved-by-state-department