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Police Report Reveals Hidden Camera Found in Kindergarten Bathroom, Suspect in CustodyA DEFIANT Mary Lou McDonald has claimed that Sinn Fein have broken the mould of Irish politics as she declared: “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history.” Mary Lou McDonald today laid out her plan for after the election as she revealed that Sinn Fein will be “actively pursing entrance to government.” Both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael ruled out entering coalition with Sinn Fein in the run up to the election. Mary Lou McDonald – who topped the poll in Dublin Central – today revealed that she plans to reach out to the leaders of left wing parties such as the Social Democrats and the Labour Party to discuss trying to form a government. However, pressed on whether Sinn Fein and the left will have the numbers to form a government, Ms McDonald said: “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould her in this state. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that in itself is very significant. “The question now arises for us – what do we do with that? And we are clear that we want to change people’s lives and make things better. “The housing crisis – we can not tolerate or sustain another five years. "The cost of living crisis is baring down on people and for our young people in particular we have to get it right here and give them their opportunity at home. That is currently not happening. “We as a political leadership will do everything that we can. We will move heaven, we will move earth to make people’s lives better.” Asked if she believes the numbers are there to form a coalition of the left to lead government, the Sinn Fein leader said: “I am looking to bring about a government of change and I am going to go and look at all formulations. “The bottom line if you want my bottom line – the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years in our strong opinion is not a good outcome for Irish society. MARY Lou McDonald has reacted to Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s vote haul in the general election and claimed: “Nothing in politics surprises me, I’m around far too long.” Gang boss Hutch ran as an independent in the Sinn Fein leader’s Dublin Central constituency and is in the fight for the final seat. Ms McDonald topped the poll in the constituency with Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe and Social Democrat Gary Gannon also set to be re-elected. However, the final seat – which is currently held by Neasa Hourigan of the Greens – is still to play for with The Monk and Labour’s Marie Sherlock in the race. Transfers of several candidates will be key to where the final seat goes with The Monk likely to benefit from independent Malachy Steenson’s second preferences. However, Labour’s Marie Sherlock should receive a boost from other left leaning candidates that are still in the race. Asked about her Dublin Central constituency today, Mary Lou McDonald said: “If this doesn’t sound like bragging...actually now I’m going to brag – it’s a hatrick for me in topping the poll in the constituency and I’m really, really proud of that achievement. “The last seat is in the balance. I think it’s going to be a battle royal. I imagine it will go late into the night and into tomorrow before we see where it lands.” Pressed on whether she was surprised by Gerry The Monk Hutch’s 3,000 first preference votes, the Sinn Fein leader said: “Nothing in politics surprises me, I’m around far too long.” “Obviously I want to talk to other parties of the left and those we share significant policy objective with and I’m going to do that first and hear their mind and thinking. “Be very clear – we will be very actively pursing entrance into Government. “It was clear to me when we were going around on the campaign that people want us to take a place in government and they want to see us deliver. “I’m going to do everything I can to establish whether and how that might be possible. That will involve the counting to finish, for us to assess the result in its totality and then obviously conversation and dialogue with others.”
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"Multi-Person Fainting at Yun Tang Bathhouse: Tickets Available for Just $9.9, Female Bathing Area Incident Draws Attention"MANKATO — Gov. Tim Walz took 26 flights and did 38 rallies in the last 10 days of the Harris-Walz campaign, and he’s glad to be back to being governor of Minnesota, planning a budget, talking to committee chairs and appreciating the state more than ever. Walz offered reflection on his recent campaign as vice president on the Harris-Walz ticket in an interview Thursday with The Free Press. “It was the honor of a lifetime to be on that ticket. It was 90 days. It was surreal in so many ways. I got to see an America I never would have, and it just deepened my appreciation for Minnesota,” Walz said. “I get to come back here and be governor of Minnesota, which is a privilege. On a personal basis from a mental health perspective, it’s just great to get back in here and get the work done.” Walz was chosen to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate 20 years to the day he first made news as a teacher taking his students to the President George W. Bush rally in rural Mankato. That day he and his students were denied access to the rally because the students were displaying stickers or wore T-shirts supporting Democrats. Two years later, he was elected to Congress in an upset victory over longtime 1st District incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht. Walz says his short trajectory was truly something. “I think it speaks more to Minnesota’s politics and what American (politics) used to be.” That story didn’t get much traction on the campaign trail, but he noted the Wall Street Journal did rate him the least-wealthy candidate on the trail, which he thought was a fitting way to describe him. He never planned on running for Congress and running on the national ticket was beyond his wildest imagination. “It seems pretty cool to me that Americans would allow you to be on the ticket as a school teacher. That’s how I see myself.” As a high school coach, Walz acknowledged one can look back at a lost game and evaluate what went wrong. For the Harris-Walz game, it was a number of factors. “I’m proud of the work we did,” he said. Pundits have been asking him if there are things he could have done differently. “I said ‘yeah, win.’” But post-game analysis includes that he knew the game would be tough, but he did think they would win with the momentum that had been growing. “We ran on a message that was more hopeful, more unifying, but that’s not the one that the public chose.” He said post game that Democrats have to “figure out what young men, what Hispanic men and white men without college degrees — why did they not feel our message for higher wages, access to health care, bringing down housing costs. What is missing in that message?” He acknowledges his narrative of roots in small-town Nebraska, teacher and coach should have helped draw voters who normally wouldn’t vote Democratic or at all. He’s uncertain it helped. “I would think so. Look, we were trying to get those very folks and you’d think that it would have mattered. My claim to fame again is The Wall Street Journal saying I’m the poorest person that ever ran. I’m not poor, but I’m just like these folks.” But some longtime supporters say the Walz genuine narrative did draw voters. “I think Walz really helped the (Harris) campaign. He was more mainstream” said Jim Hepworth, former 1st and 2nd District DFL chair, who noted he was speaking only for himself and not the DFL. Hepworth has known Walz for 20 years. Walz wondered if the changing media landscape, with podcasts and social media dominating legacy media, played a role. “Did we miss the place they’re getting their news?” He noted that podcasters and social media, where more campaigns seem to be turning, is just like paid campaign ads. “That’s not anybody doing journalism. That’s a different way to have a rally. And that, I don’t think, we got,” Walz said. He also noted facts didn’t seem to matter. The Harris-Trump debate favored Harris with only two misleading or false statements to 38 by Trump. “It didn’t matter ... As an American we’re going to have to understand what that means.” Social media outlets that offer confirmation bias are powerful. “If you know how to work those confirmation bias media outlets better, I think you can win. And that’s what we didn’t figure out.” Hepworth agreed the media landscape is changing but the message also needs to get better. He said the uphill challenges for the campaign included a late entry into the race and little time for Harris to differentiate herself from President Joe Biden. The GOP, Hepworth said, was good at talking about inflation and how everything is more expensive, though he also notes the message of the busiest Thanksgiving travel day and robust Black Friday sales didn’t get through to voters that the economy was doing well. The Democrats have to come up with another strategy if they feel their policies and message and leadership was right but yet didn’t get those groups to vote for them, Walz said. These trends will likely continue. “We’re going to have to figure out, is that the best way to elect our leaders in a post-truth world?” Walz notes he’s been in public office longer than he was a teacher, but still sees himself as a teacher. His lesson might change if he were to go into the classroom once again, after the experience on the presidential campaign trail. He would talk about the “obscene amount of money” in campaigns and that the country is “deeply divided,” but that “the system is still better than any other.” And he echoed a refrain of his national campaign: “They should not lose faith.”
BROOKVILLE, Ind. — Less than one week after the FBI raided a Brookville man's home, accusing him of defrauding hundreds of people through his pickleball business, we spoke with a woman who gave the alleged scammer $25,000 to invest in his company. The FBI said its agents are looking to identify any potential victims who may have invested with Rodney Grubbs, the former owner of Pickleball Rocks. Several investors have filed lawsuits against Grubbs already, court records show. On Monday, Teri Siewert told us she and her husband were two investors who realized they were conned and got their money back. "We just thought he was this great Christian family man," she said. "That's how he presented himself. I've come to know that's a persona and not who he really is." Years ago, the couple from The Villages, Florida, met Grubbs at a pickleball tournament in Athens, Georgia. They eventually became friends, with Grubbs asking them to invest in his business. "He would kind of sort of absent-mindedly mention, 'You know, well sometimes I get these opportunities with my business ... there's only six people but if I get an opportunity would you be interested?'" Siewert said. The couple, avid pickleball players, decided to invest $25,000 in Pickleball Rocks in March 2019 after Grubbs gave them a PowerPoint presentation showing his vision for the future and plans to expand the apparel business and bring the sport into schools. Siewert showed us the promissory note from Grubbs showing he would pay them 12% interest. "This was his big pitch — ' I've hired Kevin Lindley from Reebok , he's going into the schools, we're growing pickleball,' and this appealed to a lot of people," Siewert said. The Siewerts were supposed to get paid in 2020, but days turned into months and then years. They said they contacted Grubbs multiple times about the money, but said he would blow them off. Then, Siewert said she ran into Grubbs at a pickleball tournament last year. "I'm walking down the thoroughfare and he's literally soliciting a person in front of me. I hear '12% interest,' you know, oh my god and I stepped between them," said Siewert. She explained that at the time, Grubbs was considered a mover and shaker in the pickleball world, and few questioned his credibility. "The lady I tried to warn, I said, 'Please don't do this. We've been trying to get our money for three years now, and she goes, 'I think you're being highly inappropriate here,' and he's laughing out loud behind me like this is the funniest thing that he's ever heard. It was very bizarre it was very concerning," said Siewert. "At some point, I just had to confront him, I said, 'I think you're a conman.'" Siewert said they got their money back after posting what happened to them on social media. She said people started contacting them also claiming Grubbs gave them a similar pitch, but never got paid. In January, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales issued a cease and desist order to Grubbs "to stop an alleged fraudulent investment scheme concerning a pickleball apparel and equipment company All About Pickleball LLC., also known as 'Pickleball Rocks.'" The petition alleges Grubbs solicited investments in the form of promissory notes from investors that "contained a high interest rate of 12% compounded monthly and contained an 18% penalty provision in the case of default." Grubbs allegedly met and solicited investors at pickleball tournaments; many of those investors have not been repaid, according to the Secretary of State's office. Last Wednesday , FBI agents searched Grubbs' home in Brookville. On Monday, we went back there but no one answered the door. Meanwhile, Siewert is calling on others to tell their story. "Somebody does somebody wrong, it's not so much about me at that point it's about what could happen to someone else and I am not going to sit by and let them be hurt," said Siewert. WCPO also found in federal bankruptcy records that Grubbs owes nearly $47 million to various people across the U.S.Ottawa police officer acquitted in death of Abdirahman Abdi testifies at inquest
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