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Singer Kid Rock sent Fox News host Jesse Watters into a fit of laughter during his Oct. 23 on-air interview after declaring he’s dressing as a “retard” for Halloween.
The two bantered back and forth about the political landscape in what appeared to be a typical conversation before the famous rocker changed the tone entirely. Kid Rock asked Watters what he planned to dress-up as for Halloween.
“So my whole family is doing Scooby-Doo. My son’s going to be Scooby-Doo,” the host replied, going on to explain what his costume would look like. Kid Rock then floored him with his bizarre costume idea.
After briefly discussing his family’s costume ideas, Waters said, “I’m Shaggy.”
“So, I’m gonna kind of dress like you — big, baggy clothes, I got long hair — just gonna have a little flask while I walk around …” Waters said as the the legendary singer laughed.
Kid Rock promptly pulled out a face mask, casually put it over his face and said “Guess what I’m gonna be — guess what I’m gonna be?” (Read more from “Kid Rock Shocks Jesse Watters Into Fit Of Laughter When He Reveals Halloween Costume” HERE)
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Amid deadly strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and East Pacific, President Donald Trump is vowing that his administration will continue to attack drug cartels both on land and at sea — without a declaration of war from Congress.
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Oct. 23, Trump addressed the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S., claiming that his administration’s actions had reduced illegal drug imports by sea to “less than 5%” of what they were before.
Now, Trump says his administration will turn its attention to drugs entering the country by land.
“The land is going to be next,” Trump said. “And we may go to the Senate, we may go to the, you know, Congress and tell them about it, but I can’t imagine they would have any problem with it. I think, in fact, while we’re here, if you go to Congress and you tell them about it, what are they going to do? Say, ‘We don’t want to stop drugs pouring in.’ “ . . .
When asked by a reporter why he would not request a formal declaration of war from Congress, Trump said, “I’m not going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We’re going to kill them, you know, they’re going to be, like, dead.” (Read more from “Trump Says He’s ‘Just Going to Kill People’ Who Are Allegedly Trafficking Drugs Abroad: ‘They’re Going to Be, Like, Dead’” HERE)
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday told NBC’s Meet the Press that President Donald Trump’s recent military strikes against vessels the administration says were used to traffic drugs in the Caribbean are unlawful and set a dangerous precedent. Paul argued that the strikes — which the White House has framed as part of a campaign against narcotics trafficking — “go against all of our tradition” and lack the due-process and legal foundations normally required before lethal force is used outside of declared war.
“When you kill someone if you’re not in war, and not in a declared war, you really need to know someone’s name, at least. … All of these people have been blown up without us knowing their name and without evidence of a crime,” Paul told host Kristen Welker. He added that long-standing maritime practice is to board and search suspect vessels, not destroy them from the air, and warned that treating suspected smugglers as combatants could produce widespread wrongful deaths.
The U.S. has conducted multiple strikes in recent weeks against boats and a submersible the administration says were carrying narcotics, including fentanyl. U.S. officials say the actions are necessary to disrupt transnational trafficking networks; critics say the strikes have killed civilians and were carried out without adequate evidence tying the victims to cartel leadership or an imminent threat to the United States. Reports indicate at least several dozen people have died in strikes across the Caribbean region, and some survivors have been taken into U.S. custody.
International and regional leaders have also pushed back. Colombia recalled its ambassador amid disputes over one strike in Colombian waters that officials say killed a fisherman, while Caribbean governments and human-rights advocates have questioned the intelligence and legal rationale offered by Washington. Legal scholars have told reporters that using military force against suspected smugglers far from U.S. territory raises thorny questions about the law of armed conflict, sovereignty, and due process.
Paul contrasted wartime rules — where combatants may be targeted without individualized criminal charges — with peacetime law enforcement, which requires evidence, identification and often arrests followed by prosecution. “If our policy now is to blow up every ship we suspect or accuse of drug running, that would be a bizarre world in which 25% of the people might be innocent,” he said, referencing Coast Guard statistics about drug interdictions to underscore the risk of killing noncombatants. He urged Congress to weigh in rather than leaving such actions solely to the president.
The administration has defended the strikes as necessary and proportionate efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States, and the president has publicly framed drug cartels as enemies warranting hardline military responses. Supporters argue the actions target transnational criminal networks that threaten American lives and that new tactics are needed to stop evolving smuggling methods. But the escalating use of force has prompted bipartisan unease in Congress and renewed debate over the executive branch’s authority to order cross-border kinetic operations absent formal declarations of war.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
Leftist protesters were spotted wearing inflatable frog, cat and dinosaur costumes during “No Kings” protests held at various locations around the United States on Saturday.
In a video posted to X by USA Today, one person was seen wearing a Halloween-like mask while holding a sign with the words, “It’d be less scary with us in office instead.” Behind that person was someone wearing a skull ghost Halloween mask.
Two people wearing inflatable dinosaur costumes with pink “No Kings” signs were also seen in the video.
In the video, another person can be seen wearing an inflatable cat costume.
Dinosaurs, Pikachu and frogs. These were the costumes spotted at "No Kings" protests across the country. pic.twitter.com/cLzOnDkqSv
— USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) October 18, 2025
NO, IT’s NOT HALLOWEEN TODAY, it’s the “No Kings” protest in a north suburb of Chicago. It appears blow up costumes are now in vogue. pic.twitter.com/7zvAFpyzAh
— Mark Weyermuller (@publicpolicyman) October 18, 2025
Several inflatable costumes seen throughout the crowd at today’s No Kings protest in Lansing, mirroring scenes in Portland over the past few days. pic.twitter.com/3Dw4ldD5Vq
— Andrew Roth (@RothTheReporter) October 18, 2025
People in squirrel and pig costumes join the anti-Trump “No Kings” protest in Austin pic.twitter.com/G52jmSm0RD
— The Texas Horn (@thetexashorn) October 18, 2025
(Read more from “Leftist Protesters Spotted Wearing Frog, Cat, Dinosaur Costumes at ‘No Kings’ Protests” HERE)
A beef over a food order mix-up sparked a vicious, seven-person brawl inside a Texas Whataburger last week, according to reports and authorities.
Police were dispatched to the San Antonio Whataburger just after 3 a.m. last Sunday in response to the wild melee, the San Antonio Police Department told KSAT.
After cops arrived, they learned an order mix-up caused the fight to erupt among two groups of patrons, authorities said.
A viral video posted to social media after the incident captured separate fights breaking out within the group, where individuals were seen pummeling and kicking others to the floor.
Pictures of the aftermath showed blood covering the booths and floor of the fast food chain.
Let's check in on Whataburger in San Antonio and see how it's going.
Exactly as expected 🤨
At approximately 3AM on Sunday aa brawl broke out reportedly over a mistaken order leading to 7 people being arrested.
Dine accordingly…#CityLife #SanAntonio #whataburger #crime… pic.twitter.com/i1hLlgP22Y
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) October 8, 2025
(Read more from “Order Mix-Up Sparks Bloody, 7-Person Brawl Inside Texas Whataburger” HERE)
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In the days following the shocking murder of right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk, social media has become a breeding ground for speculation — and now, one particularly unusual theory is gaining attention online.
While rumors about who ordered or carried out Kirk’s killing have ranged from political plots to faked-death claims, this new theory doesn’t focus on the people directly involved. Instead, it looks at Google search data — and suggests that someone may have known about the alleged killer, Tyler James Robinson, before Kirk’s death.
The Google Trends Conspiracy Theory
The theory began circulating on TikTok, where a creator claimed that Google Trends data shows an odd pattern of searches leading up to the tragedy. According to the video, Kirk was murdered on September 10, 2025, but there were Google searches for “Tyler James Robinson” from the Washington, D.C. metro area a full day earlier — on September 9, 2025.
@5149jamesli This is probably nothing… 🤷♂️
That’s significant because the public didn’t learn Robinson’s name until September 11 and 12, after authorities identified him as the suspect. The TikToker shared screenshots purporting to show a small spike in searches for Robinson before his name was publicly known, suggesting that someone “knew” about him in advance.
The theory also claims there was a small spike in searches for “Losee Center” — the building where Robinson allegedly took aim at Kirk — on September 8, two days before the shooting.
Adding another twist, the TikToker alleged that a rare firearm used in the killing also saw an unexplained surge in searches on August 27, again traced to the Washington, D.C. area.
Missing Data Raises More Questions
However, when users tried to verify these claims, they hit a roadblock. The TikToker who shared the theory claimed that the graphs they used in their video — supposedly screenshots of historical Google Trends data — “no longer appear.”
Independent checks confirm that these specific search trends do not currently show up on Google Trends. Whether the data ever existed or was fabricated remains unclear.
Still, that hasn’t stopped people from speculating. Some users believe the data was “scrubbed” after drawing too much attention, while others think the entire claim was built on doctored screenshots.
Online Reactions and Skepticism
Another pushed back, arguing that the supposed screenshots don’t match Google’s actual Trends design, colors, or font. “The graphs are fake,” they wrote.
But not everyone is convinced they’re fake. One user claiming to have over a decade of experience in Google search analytics responded, “Only the red frame was added, in my opinion. My expertise is 13 years of Google search marketing.”
The data cited in the viral TikTok video cannot be independently confirmed, and Google has not made any statements about it.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
Newsmax has obtained exclusive dashcam footage that appears to contradict Alec Baldwin’s account of how he and his brother Stephen Baldwin were involved in a car crash Monday afternoon.
The 1-minute, 29-second front-facing video, taken from the commercial truck Alec Baldwin claims cut him off, shows the truck making a legal right turn onto Montauk Highway in East Hampton, New York, before Alec Baldwin’s white Range Rover comes into view — and moments later, slams into a tree along the roadside.
🚨 ALEC BALDWIN LIED. The dashcam doesn’t lie,he did. There was no “truck the size of a whale.” Just Baldwin being Baldwin, reckless, arrogant, and full of SHIT💩. He didn’t dodge danger, he caused it. Another Hollywood fraud caught red-handed, then plays victim. 💥
🤡🤬🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/b8AfADwhrE— DAVE (NSFBW) (@N_S_F_B_W) October 14, 2025
The footage begins with the truck exiting a parking lot and making a routine right turn.
Roughly 30 seconds in, Alec Baldwin’s vehicle appears to attempt to pass the truck on the right, before veering onto the shoulder and striking a large tree head-on. (Read more from “Newsmax Obtains Alec Baldwin Crash Video, Contradicts His Claim” HERE)
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
. . .The shooting occurred on the evening of October 9, leaving 26-year-old Elijah Wilks dead. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Wilks’ family demanded answers.
Just days later, the Milwaukee Police Department released footage of the incident from the officer’s dashboard camera. In the video, the officer’s car had a minor collision with a car driven by Wilks. As soon as both cars came to a stop so the drivers could assess the damage, Wilks got out and immediately walked toward the driver’s side of the officer’s car. Wilks was seen yelling at the officer.
When the officer got out of his car, he walked in front of it to look at the spot where the collision had occurred. As he walked, Wilks trailed behind him and continued berating him. Then, Wilks suddenly brandished a handgun and hit the officer in the head with it. The officer pulled out his own firearm and shot Wilks multiple times.
DASHCAM: Off-duty Milwaukee cop fatally shoots man who pistol-whipped him after minor traffic accident
The family acknowledges the shooting was justified pic.twitter.com/9ocNpSMIb3
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 14, 2025
NEW: Family of a Milwaukee man who was shot & k*lled by an off-duty police officer admits the action was justified after seeing the dashcam recording.
Elijah Wilks was shot after he ran his car into the off-duty officer and pistol-whipped him when they pulled over.
Family and… pic.twitter.com/GEoMDYIIJc
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 14, 2025
According to a report from Fox 6 Milwaukee:
[Wilks family attorney B’Ivory Lamarr] and the family watched the video Friday and came out right away and said they thought the officer was justified in shooting.
“When we saw the video for the first time, completely silent. You know, I was it was unimaginable, you know, what actually took place, and we requested to see it a second time, and it’s just something that we just have to take acceptance and accountability for,” added Lamarr. “I think it was clear that he definitely brought out the firearm first, and that he, you know violently, kind of swung the firearm in the officer’s direction that resulted in that response.”
(Read more from “Family of Milwaukee Man Shot to Death During Traffic Stop Insists Officer’s Actions Were Justified: ‘Something We Have to Live With’” HERE)
