Day: November 25, 2025
Greta Thunberg fined, banned from Venice after Extinction Rebellion dyes Grand Canal green
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after participating in coordinated Extinction Rebellion actions across ten Italian cities.
Illegal immigrant who stole DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag pleads guilty, faces deportation
Illegal immigrant pleads guilty to stealing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag with $3,000 cash and badge, faces deportation after sentencing.
Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase issues public apology after costly suspension for spitting incident
Cincinnati Bengals star Ja’Marr Chase issued a lengthy apology after serving a one-game suspension for spitting at Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey in Week 11.
Ruben Gallego warns military ‘there will be consequences’ going after congressmembers once Trump is gone
Arizona Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego said on CNN Monday that military members could face some consequences if they followed orders persecuting lawmakers.
Cowboys player earns widespread praise for incredible hustle to make key play vs Eagles
Dallas Cowboys safety Alijah Clark received high praise from NFL fans as his hustle on a key turnover against the Philadelphia Eagles was shared on social media.
AI-enabled teddy bear pulled off market after reportedly making sexual and violent suggestions
A teddy bear with artificial intelligence integration was pulled from an online store after a report said it was capable of making sexual suggestions as well as plans for violence.
The “Kumma” bear sold by FoloToy cost only $99 online, but a report from the Public Interest Research Groups said the toy didn’t have proper safeguards against access to harmful content. FoloToy is based in Singapore.
‘Kumma discussed even more graphic sexual topics in detail, such as explaining different sex positions, giving step-by-step instructions on a common “knot for beginners” for tying up a partner and describing roleplay dynamics involving teachers and students.’
“We were surprised to find how quickly Kumma would take a single sexual topic we introduced into the conversation and run with it, simultaneously escalating in graphic detail while introducing new sexual topics of its own,” the group said.
The topics included spanking, role-playing, and BDSM.
“Kumma discussed even more graphic sexual topics in detail,” the group added, “such as explaining different sex positions, giving step-by-step instructions on a common ‘knot for beginners’ for tying up a partner and describing roleplay dynamics involving teachers and students, and parents and children — scenarios it disturbingly brought up itself.”
FoloToy CEO Larry Wang told CNN that the company pulled the bear as well as other AI-enabled toys and that the company was “conducting an internal safety audit.”
The website had marketed the bear to children as well as adults.
“Kumma, our adorable bear, combines advanced artificial intelligence with friendly, interactive features, making it the perfect friend for both kids and adults,” the company said.
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“From lively conversations to educational storytelling, FoloToy adapts to your personality and needs, bringing warmth, fun, and a little extra curiosity to your day,” the website read.
Open AI told PIRG that it had suspended the developer for abusing its policies.
R.J. Cross, co-author of the report, told CNN that more efforts were necessary to prevent the harm from AI-enabled products.
“It’s great to see these companies taking action on problems we’ve identified. But AI toys are still practically unregulated, and there are plenty you can still buy today,” Cross said. “Removing one problematic product from the market is a good step but far from a systemic fix.”
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Exclusive: More ‘sicko’ criminal illegal aliens arrested — from just this weekend
Immigration detainees from this weekend include some of the “worst of the worst” criminal suspects, according to exclusive information from the Department of Homeland Security.
Critics of President Donald Trump’s order for mass deportations claim that federal officers are targeting people based solely on their illegal status, but the report from DHS documents some of the heinous criminal allegations tied to them as well.
‘ICE arrested sickos who sexually abused children, raped innocent women, and committed murder.’
In one case, criminal illegal alien Javier Salvador Morfin from Mexico was convicted of assault with intent to commit a felony and attempted rape by force/fear in Los Angeles, California.
“Thanks to the Biden administration open-border policies, every town is now as a border town flooded with worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
“While Americans were enjoying their weekend and the media peddled falsehoods that DHS was not targeting the worst of the worst, ICE arrested sickos who sexually abused children, raped innocent women, and committed murder,” she added.
The criminal illegal aliens detained in this latest sweep include:
- Bharatkumar Manilal Patel of India, who was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, victim 13 to 16 years old in Cook County, Illinois.
- Cesar Ramirez-Ortiz of Mexico, who was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child in Chicago, Illinois.
- Juan Bernardo Perez-Gomez of Mexico, who was convicted of sex with a minor and burglary in San Bernardino, California.
- Ronald Alexander Bonilla-Aguilar of Honduras, who was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Santa Clarita, California.
- Alvin Henry of Trinidad and Tobago, who was convicted of rape in Brooklyn, New York.
- Noel De Jesus Bravo-Gonzalez of Nicaragua, who was convicted of larceny, robbery, and homicide in Miami, Florida.
- Nicole Benavente Torres of Peru, who was convicted of aggravated assault in Prince William County, Virginia.
- Leonardo Morales-Lozada of Colombia, who was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Tarrant County, Texas.
The release also said that 70% of ICE arrests involve people charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S., and the statistic doesn’t include “foreign fugitives, gang members, terrorists, and human rights abusers.”
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In another case from DHS, Sergio Jesus Villegas-Dorta from Cuba was convicted of intentional killing involving a weapon, robbery, and aggravated assault with a weapon in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
“As we look ahead to Thanksgiving this week, Americans can be thankful our brave DHS law enforcement got these pedophiles, rapists, and murderers off American streets,” McLaughlin concluded.
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Meta had 17-STRIKE policy for sex traffickers, ex-employee says
A former safety lead for one of Mark Zuckerberg’s social media apps alleged the company is not very strict when it comes to those who engaged in human trafficking.
The claim comes from a plaintiff’s brief filed as part of a lawsuit against Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California alleges that the social apps “relentlessly” pursued growth at all costs and “recklessly” ignored the impacts their products have on the mental health of children.
‘You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation.’
Vaishnavi Jayakumar, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being, testified that she was shocked when she learned Meta had a “17x” strike policy toward those who reportedly engaged in “trafficking of humans for sex.”
“You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,” Jayakumar claimed. The former employee also said that she considered it to be a “very, very high strike threshold” in comparison to the rest of the industry and that internal documentation from Meta corroborated her claim.
As Time reported, plaintiffs in the case claim that Jayakumar raised the issue in 2020 but was told it was too difficult to address. This reportedly came at the same time it was allegedly much easier to report users for violations surrounding spam, “intellectual property violation,” and the “promotion of firearms.”
In a statement, Meta strongly denied the claims.
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“We strongly disagree with these allegations, which rely on cherry-picked quotes and misinformed opinions in an attempt to present a deliberately misleading picture,” a Meta spokesperson told Time.
“The full record will show that for over a decade, we have listened to parents, researched issues that matter most, and made real changes to protect teens — like introducing Teen Accounts with built-in protections and providing parents with controls to manage their teens’ experiences. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, and we stand by our record.”
Still, the lawsuit claims Meta was aware of the harms its platforms caused and even knew about millions of adults who were trying to contact minors through its apps.
Moreover, the lawsuit also alleges that Meta halted internal research that would have shown those who stopped using Facebook became less depressed or anxious, NBC News reported.
The study, reportedly titled Project Mercury, was allegedly initiated in 2019 as a way to help “explore the impact” that Meta apps have on “polarization, news consumption, well-being, and daily social interactions.”
Additionally, the lawsuit compares the social media sites to “tobacco,” likening the platforms to cigarette companies marketing their products to kids.
A Google spokesperson said the lawsuit “fundamentally misunderstand how YouTube works and the allegations are simply not true.”
“YouTube is a streaming service where people come to watch everything from live sports to podcasts to their favorite creators, primarily on TV screens, not a social network where people go to catch up with friends,” the Google spokesperson stated. “We’ve also developed dedicated tools for young people, guided by child safety experts, that give families control.”
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Anti-ICE activists hold Home Depot business operations hostage with disruptive ice-scraper stunt
A “buy-in” protest against federal immigration operations at Home Depot has led to clogged lines at a store in Southern California, where a man allegedly being chased by officials was killed after running onto a freeway.
About a hundred protesters stood in line to buy one item, an ice scraper, at the store in Monrovia and then waited in line to return the item, worth about 17 cents, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
‘Buy it and try to collapse their system for a moment, or for some time, with the group of people that are witnessing and are willing to stay, to stand up for the human rights of day laborers.’
Home Depot has denied involvement in the operations, but the company’s critics say that Home Depot is not doing enough to protect customers and employees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A spokesperson for Home Depot sent a brief comment to Blaze News via email about the protest.
“We aren’t notified that immigration enforcement activities are going to happen, and we aren’t involved in the operations,” the spokesperson wrote. “We’re required to follow all federal and local rules and regulations in every market where we operate.”
Video on social media showed the protesters standing in line, some with signs criticizing Home Depot. The protest was organized by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
“Whether the corporation wants to admit it or not, Home Depot has become ground zero for this cruel, vicious immigration enforcement that’s taking place in our country,” said National Day Laborer Organizing Network co-director Pablo Alvarado to the Times.
The Department of Homeland Security has previously denied that the man who was killed after running from the Home Depot was being pursued by DHS officers. The 52-year-old man from Guatemala was struck by a vehicle on the freeway.
“We want to scrape ICE from our communities,” said NDLON communications director Palmira Figueroa to KCBS-TV. “It’s kind of symbolic, right, to use an ice scraper. Buy it and try to collapse their system for a moment, or for some time, with the group of people that are witnessing and are willing to stay, to stand up for the human rights of day laborers.”
Some pointed out that they were actually buying putty knives, not ice scrapers, likely because ice scrapers don’t sell well in the Southern Californian climate.
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The protest lasted for about an hour before the protesters started to march through the store, which led to store workers closing it down.
“Oh, you can actually shut a store, right?” replied Figueroa. “You can shut for this, but you cannot, you have not, shut them when an ICE raid and abuse is happening.”
Some have also called for a boycott against Home Depot over the ICE operations.
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Verbena moves toward Negros; Signal No. 1 up over 29 areas
Tropical Depression Verbena maintained its strength as it moved northwestward toward Negros Island as Signal No. 1 remained over 29 areas, according to the latest Tropical Cyclone Bulletin posted by PAGASA.
