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09-22-2025, 02:32 AM
USA
Quote:More than 200,000 mourners gathered for the funeral of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday in Arizona — a five-hour affair at times as fiery as it was somber, as dozens of people spoke steadfastly about carrying on his legacy.
A capacity crowd of people dressed in red, white and blue packed the Arizona Cardinals’ Glendale stadium to hear the slain right-wing influencer’s widow, Erika Kirk, President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others eulogize the influential Turning Point USA founder.
Kirk, 31, was shot dead Sept. 10 as he spoke on a Utah college campus during a stop on his American Comeback Tour.
Striking image shows Charlie Kirk's live funeral broadcast taking over TV networks
By Kaydi Pelletier
A striking composite image shared by Trump's assistant and White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung shows the live broadcast of Charle Kirk's funeral taking over network television:
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Trump brings Erika Kirk back onstage for a hug
By Kaydi Pelletier
"God bless the United States of America," Trump said to end his remarks.
"Could I please ask Erika to come out?" he added. Charlie Kirk's widow complied, and the two shared a hug onstage.
She closed her eyes, bowed her head and gave the "I love you" sign in American Sign Language.
"Thank you very much, and may God be with you," the president finished, as "God Bless America" played in the arena.
Quote:The FBI is still probing a slew of chilling theories and troubling questions about Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s murder, including some originally popularized by social-media users, its chief said Sunday.
FBI Director Kash Patel insisted authorities haven’t let up on their investigation and have only expanded their scope.
For example, the bureau is looking into the vantage point from alleged assassin Tyler Robinson fatally shot Kirk at Utah Valley University in front of a crowd Sept. 10.
Officials are also poring over recent texts from Robinson, including how he confessed to his transitioning boyfriend — exchanges that have been picked apart by online Gen Zers who insist very few 22-year-olds communicate with such complete sentences and punctuation.
Before Robinson was even identified as the prime suspect in Kirk’s death, experts speculated that the gunman lacked solid social skills but knew how to “blend in well” with the crowd.
Investigators are also exploring the possibility of accomplices and related conversations about the assassination before Sept. 10 in forums such as Discord, despite previously insisting that Robinson acted alone.
Robinson was part of a 20-man Discord group in which the “furries”-loving suspect supposedly confessed to the murder. The FBI is picking apart the chat along with many others on platforms such as Steam and involving pro-trans groups that Robinson was allegedly affiliated with.
Other avenues being explored by the FBI are tied more closely to theories born online during the immediate aftermath of the assassination, including some surrounding odd “signals” made by people near Kirk shortly before he was fatally shot in the neck, such as hand motions and baseball-cap tips.
The bullet’s trajectory and impact, which the FBI is studying, was dissected by morbidly curious users when the graphic, uncensored video of Kirk’s assassination was still widely available online.
Some observers speculated that the bullet originally hit his chest and ricocheted upward after striking a possible bulletproof vest underneath Kirk’s shirt. Others were sure it pierced his neck with no obstruction.
Patel has said that at least one bizarre rumor — regarding a “plane that allegedly turned off its transponder after departing from an airport near the assassination site” — was just a red herring. Early theories before Robinson was apprehended included beliefs that the assassin escaped in a private plane.
Quote:Heavy metal icons Gwar staged a mock beheading of Elon Musk and murdered President Trump during their performance at this weekend’s Riot Fest, with critics slamming the band for “normalizing violence.”
Shocking video shows the chainsaw-wielding Musk mannequin, dressed in sunglasses, a baseball cap, a black “D.O.G.E.” t-shirt, matching black jeans and a jacket being decapitated by a member of the band mid-show at the Chicago rock festival.
To cheers from the crowd, the mannequin’s head comes flying off with a slice of the costumed band member’s sword, sending a jet of fake blood spurting into the air.
Gwar — founded in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia and sometimes stylized as GWAR — are well-known for their grotesque costumes and graphically violent stunts.
Previous shows from the band have featured fake blood, urine and semen being used to spray the audience.
But Saturday afternoon’s performance sparked an outcry from some after footage of the beheading of Musk went viral on social media.
“That’s not edgy, it’s grotesque and reckless and normalizes violence against a real person. This is not okay. Riot Fest and GWAR crossed a major line,” one X user wrote, reposting the video.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the user was being sincere or “rage-baiting” others with the post, as they changed their bio on X to “GWAR’s biggest fan.”
“F–k Elon Musk. Call the manager you f–king loser. It’s like you never heard of GWAR before you f–king p–y,” the X account for hacking group Anonymous wrote in response.
Another shared a video of a similar stunt the band carried out, beheading a model of former President Joe Biden at a previous show.
“Welcome to GWAR. They are from outer space. They once released an album called ‘We kill everything’ because they do in fact kill everything,” the X user wrote.
The same account that shared the original video of Musk also shared footage from the same show depicting an overweight model of Donald Trump violently bleeding out on stage.
Representatives for Gwar and Riot Fest didn’t respond immediately for comment.
Quote:Ghislaine Maxwell’s former Upper East Side mansion is back on the market.
Manhattan real estate mogul Frederick Rudd snagged the digs on East 65th Street from Maxwell for $15 million in 2016 – $4 million under asking price.
Rudd, 70, died last year of complications from heart disease, and the townhouse is on sale again for $17.75 million, The Post has learned.
The listing describes the luxurious five-story home, whose neighbors have included Bill Cosby and Rudy Giuliani, as a “stunning 1910 Beaux-Arts-style limestone and brick townhouse … situated on one of Manhattan’s most coveted tree-lined streets.”
It makes no mention of its past — though the agent insisted twice in the listing the pad is “fully renovated.”
The main floor of the 7,000-square-foot house boasts high ceilings, two fireplaces and white oak flooring — “creating a perfect setting for sophisticated entertaining,” according to the listing.
Maxwell is known to have hosted private dinners, cocktail parties and charity receptions there, like a 2013 launch party overflowing with Dom Perignon champagne, with guests over the years including the president and first lady of Iceland, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actress Kelly Rutherford.
The mansion has a separate service entrance for staff and a 750-square-foot garden.
The master suite spans the entire third floor, and features “a corridor of closets” leading to the “serene” bedroom, while the entire fourth floor is reserved for guest bedrooms.
A lawyer for pedophile Jeffrey Epstein gave the 5-bedroom 6-bathroom townhouse in 2000 to the disgraced British socialite, who has allegedly never earned or inherited enough to make the purchase on her own.
Josh Shapiro says Kamala Harris will ‘have to answer’ for never raising concerns over Biden’s health
Quote:Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Kamala Harris “is going to have to answer” for not publicly raising concerns about former President Joe Biden’s fitness to do the job before the 2024 presidential election, telling Stephen A. Smith in an interview released Thursday that her silence needs explaining.
“I haven’t read the former vice president’s book,” Shapiro told Smith on his SiriusXM show.
He said Harris was going to have to answer for “how she was in the room and yet never said anything publicly.”
Shapiro, who was among a shortlist of candidates for VP under Harris before she picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, added that he voiced his own doubts privately to Biden’s team.
“I was direct with them,” the Democratic governor told Smith.
“I told them my concerns.”
Shapiro, whose named has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2028, framed his critique around the battleground stakes.
“If you can’t win Pennsylvania, it’s pretty darn hard to win the national election,” he said.
The governor’s remarks followed fresh excerpts from Harris’s forthcoming memoir, “107 Days,” which depict Shapiro as unusually focused on the trappings of the vice presidency during vetting — including asking how many bedrooms are in the Naval Observatory residence and whether the Smithsonian would lend Pennsylvania art to display.
Harris also wrote that she considered him likely to want to be “in the room for every decision.”
A Shapiro spokesperson, Manuel Bonder, called those claims “simply ridiculous,” saying the governor was focused on defeating the eventual winner, President Donald Trump, and campaigned hard for the ticket.
UKRAINE WAR
Quote:President Trump warned Sunday that the US will defend Poland and the Baltic countries if Russia’s aggression escalates after a series of incursions into the airspace of the NATO allies.
Trump, asked by reporters on the White House lawn whether America will defend Poland and the Baltics if “Russia keeps accelerating,” responded, “Yeah, I would. I would.”
Trump, speaking moments before flying to the Arizona funeral of assassinated conservative icon Charlie Kirk, also confirmed that he had been briefed on the most recent tense situation, which involved Estonia, saying, “Yeah, we don’t like it.”
On Friday, Estonia said NATO intercepted three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that flew into its airspace without permission and stayed there for about 12 minutes.
Russia promptly issued a denial, claiming the flights were made “in strict accordance with international rules” and “without violating the borders of other countries.”
The alleged incursion took place after Poland had consulted with NATO allies when multiple Russian drones and fighter jets breached its airspace the week before.
On Sept. 9, Poland claimed that 19 to 23 Russian drones entered its airspace and that at least four of them were shot down.
Days after that, Romania claimed that a Russian drone entered its airspace as well.
All three countries are members of NATO, which means if attacked, they could invoke the international organization’s Section 5, which requires the entire alliance to take military action against the attacker.
The three countries had previously been under the thumb of the Soviet Union, either as a Soviet republic in the case of Estonia or as a satellite state.
Trump, who has voiced annoyance with the NATO alliance in the past, particularly for members not meeting their agreed-upon level of military spending, has recently been trying to get the powerful military bloc to ramp up sanctions on Russia.
Specifically, he wants them to team up with the US in imposing tariffs or sanctions on countries that purchase Russian oil, or funding that is used to prop up the Kremlin’s war machine against Ukraine.
Quote:At least three civilians were killed and several dozens wounded in a massive Russian attack overnight on several regions across Ukraine.
Moscow launched some 40 missiles and 580 drones at its war-torn neighbor, in the largest barrage the war had seen in weeks, officials said.
“Every such strike is not a military necessity but a deliberate strategy by Russia to terrorize civilians and destroy our infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on X, confirming that residential areas were being targeted in the attacks.
“That is why a strong international response is needed. …Every restriction on Russia saves lives.”
At least one person was killed and 36 more injured in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Gov. Serhii Lysak said.
Russia has been trying to establish a foothold on the region this summer, which sits at the border of the occupied territories in the south.
Residential buildings were bombed and a row of cars were set ablaze from the successive blasts as plumes of dark black smoke blotted out the sky.
Firefighters spent the day putting out the blazes, with four dozen apartment buildings destroyed, Lysak said, as rescuers and volunteers searched through the rubble, with the injury count rising through the day.
A 55-year-old man was among the seriously wounded in the hospital, with burns on 70 percent of his body as he clings to life.
“This is a brutal terror of civilians,” Lysak wrote on Telegram.
He said about 100 Ukrainian residents whose high-rise building was damaged in the strikes had to be resettled.
Quote:The European Union unveiled sweeping new sanctions targeting Russia’s economy and energy trade Friday, days after President Trump urged NATO nations to halt all oil purchases from Moscow.
The bloc’s 19th proposed sanctions package also follows a wave of Russian drone and missile barrages against Ukraine and recent airspace intrusions in Poland, Romania and Estonia as leaders aim to choke off Kremlin President Vladimir Putin’s war funding and end Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.
“Again and again, President Putin has escalated. And in response, Europe is increasing its pressure,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in a video statement.
“It’s time to turn off the tap. I now call on member states to quickly endorse these new sanctions. We want Russia to leave the battlefield and come to the negotiation table, and this is the way to give peace a real chance.”
The plan would ban Russian liquified natural gas imports to Europe by 2027; pressure foreign firms, including those based in China, to curb business with Moscow; and target crypto platforms used to bypass sanctions.
Von der Leyen said the 27-nation EU has already been laying the groundwork by reducing Russian energy use, broadening its supply source, and boosting low-carbon investments.
“We are now going after those who fuel Russia’s war by purchasing oil in breach of the sanctions,” she said.
“We target refineries, oil traders, petrochemical companies in third countries, including China. In three years, Russia’s oil revenues in Europe have gone down by 90%. We are now turning that page for good.”
Sanctions would also be slapped on 118 more vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet, bringing the total number of affected ships to 560.
The proposal would further block exports of battlefield technologies, including drones, and hit more than 45 additional companies in Russia and abroad for backing the Kremlin’s military adventures.
“In a war driven by innovation, cutting off Russia’s access to key technologies is crucial,” Von der Leyen pressed.
“Above all when it comes to drones.”
The latest package requires bloc approval, a process that could take weeks.
Quote:Fascinating video from the sky has been released by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, showing the devastating attacks it waged Saturday against Russian oil refineries — critical infrastructure helping finance strongman Vladimir Putin’s war.
The video, shared by the Kyiv Post, shows missiles being fired at targets by F-16s. It also features footage of incoming threats being obliterated.
The attacks also disabled Moscow’s air defense systems and eradicated mobile fire groups on the ground.
Both the Russian Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk oil refineries were bombarded in the early morning hours Saturday.
Up to seven explosions were reported at the Saratov refinery, which processes over 7 million tons of oil annually.
The Urals oil production station was also destroyed in the airstrikes, the Kyiv Post reported.
At last five massive explosions rocked the Novokuybyshevsk refinery, where several intense fires had also broken out.
Novokuybyshevsk refines more than 8.8 million tons of oil every year. It is one of the Kremlin’s leading producers of jet fuel used for its Su-27 and Tu-22M3 bombers.
Kyiv has continued to target Putin’s oil refineries during the war, in an effort to destabilize the Russian economy.
The Samara Linear Production and Dispatching Station also suffered damage during the overnight assault.
“All the affected facilities provide the Russian Armed Forces with fuel and lubricants,” the general staff of Ukraine said in a statement, stressing the targeted attacks will chip away at Russia’s military-economic potential in the oil refining sector.
Ukrainian drones targeted the Novokuybyshevsk refinery in March, as well as in March 2024.
INTERNATIONAL
Quote:The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia officially recognized Palestine as a UN member state Sunday— becoming the first major Western powers to do so despite furious objections from both the US and Israel.
The decision, which comes ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan later this month, is part of a rebuke of Israel by the nations over the Jewish state’s war in Gaza.
The move was immediately met with rage from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I have a clear message to those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre of October 7: You are giving a huge reward to terrorism,” he said in a televised statement after a cabinet meeting.
“It will not happen. There will not be a Palestinian state west of the Jordan,’’ he vowed.
A White House official doubled down on the US’s position in backing its ally, too.
“As the president stated, he would be rewarding Hamas and would be hindering efforts to bring home the hostages if he recognizes a Palestinian state, and he doesn’t think they should be rewarded,” the official told The Post.
“So he is not going to do that.”
Israeli officials have even threatened annexing the West Bank in response.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir joined Netanyahu in slamming the decision as the West capitulating to Hamas despite the terrorists’ actions on Oct. 7, 2023.
“The recognition by the UK, Canada, and Australia of a ‘Palestinian’ state, as a prize for the murderous Nukhba terrorists, requires immediate countermeasures,” Gvir said as he reiterated demands for Israel’s full annexation of the West Bank.
Netanyahu has said he would fight against the recognition of Palestine with the international body, with the premier set to coordinate with President Trump in slamming it at the UN assembly.
Palestine is already officially recognized as a state by more than half of the UN’s nearly 200 members but only has “observer” status and cannot vote.
Trump has long rejected the idea of formally recognizing a Palestinian state, with his administration warning that Israel would retaliate with the annexation of the West Bank.
“Recognition of a ‘State of Palestine’ is empty virtue signaling that only rewards the Hamas butchers and rapists,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) said in a statement.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group that represents the Israeli captives still held by Hamas and their relatives, also condemned the statehood recognition as a victory for the terrorists.
Quote:Angelina Jolie candidly discussed the political climate of the United States while promoting her new movie, “Couture,” at the 2025 San Sebastián International Film Festival.
“I have to say that I love my country and I don’t, at this time, recognize my country,” the actress told reporters at a press conference on Sunday, per the Hollywood Reporter.
“I’ve always lived internationally. My family is international,” she said, referring to her and her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s adopted children from Namibia, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Cambodia.
“My life, my world view, is equal [and] united,” Jolie, 50, added.
“Anything, anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms [for anyone] I think is very dangerous.”
“I think these are such serious times that we have to be careful not to say things casually,” the “Maleficent” star continued.
Jolie emphasized that she was going to “be careful” about what she said at the press conference.
“But these are very, very heavy times,” she concluded.
The “Girl, Interrupted” star treaded lightly with her remarks, as several celebrities continue to face backlash for publicly speaking about politics.
Most recently, Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” was indefinitely pulled from the air by ABC after his comments about the death of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 15.
Kirk was shot and killed during his appearance at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, and Kimmel claimed that “the MAGA gang” had “hit some new lows” by “trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
The TV personality, however, had previously commented on Kirk’s death via social media, writing, “Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?”
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List of Compiled Binary Executables I have published...
HiddenChest & Roole
Give me a free copy of your completed game if you include at least 3 of my scripts!
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