“Jack Reacher” star Alan Ritchson, who has been a harsh critic of President Donald Trump, just experienced his second box-office flop in a row as the action film “Runner” is heading to streaming after a short run in theaters.
“Runner,” co-starring Owen Wilson, opened in over 2,500 theaters on Sept. 11, but after three weeks, it was down to 340 theaters and ranked 24th in ticket sales last weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
The performance came despite audiences giving the Angel Studios-distributed film a 90 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Similarly, the gangster movie “Motor City,” in which Ritchson played the lead, tanked in theaters, garnering just over $3 million in sales with a budget of $30 million, Collider reported.
Ritchson has made headlines in recent months for his over-the-top and repeated expletive-laced criticism of Trump, such as suggesting in July that the president is implicated in the Epstein files.
Trump “has the keys to the nuclear codes …. Like, dude, what? Go to jail,” the actor said.
In another July podcast, he said, “I’m just supposed to let go of my resentment that this [expletive] guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have? And I’m supposed to let that go.”
“Look at the politics we deal with right now,” Ritchson said. “The White House is in ruins,” mentioning the UFC fight cage on the South Lawn and the ongoing ballroom construction.
“And no consequences. It wasn’t done legally. There’s no plan in place. Now you’re asking for money. It’s like, what are we doing?”
The White House ballroom plans have been approved by both the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the 12-member National Capital Planning Commission.
Further, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in August that construction could continue, finding the group that sued Trump to stop it, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, lacked standing.
Speaking at the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto last month, Ritchson said he gets a lot of calls from studios asking him not to talk about politics, to just “shut up.”
“Sony told me not to. And I’m not going to say anything, not today,” he said, but he still threw in a mention of Epstein.
Collider noted Ritchson has had some successes outside the box office this year.
“He began the year with the sci-fi action film ‘War Machine,’ which remains the most-watched Netflix original of 2026,” the outlet said.
“Meanwhile, ‘Reacher’ has been renewed for fifth and sixth seasons following a record-breaking Season 4 run, which resulted in more than 1 billion weekly minutes watched, according to Nielsen.”
Further, both “Motor City” and “Runner” will generate additional revenue in video-on-demand sales, but whether it will be enough to make them profitable is yet to be seen.
Ken Paxton releases “Where is James Talarico?” ad amid Democrat’s absence from Texas
President Trump on Wednesday called out far-left Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico’s disappearance from the campaign trail in Texas, describing him as “missing in action” and calling for a debate between him and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Talarico has not been seen in Texas in nearly two weeks, and he’s been canceling events at home to instead raise money in New York.
Republican Ken Paxton released an ad exposing Talarico for slinking off to New York to attend Robert DeNiro’s fundraiser and raise money from the gay Human Rights Campaign.
Talarico’s campaign asserts he’s fallen ill, but while he was supposedly sick, he was actually attending New York City fundraisers, including one on September 30 at a gay bar.
Trump responded late on Wednesday night, writing, “Ladies and Gentlemen, upon information and belief, James TalaFREAKo, who is running for the United States Senate in Texas, is MISSING IN ACTION!”
“No one has seen him for an extended period of time. Where is he? What is wrong with him?” Trump continued.
“Bad rumors are coming out. He should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able, one of the best Attorney Generals in the Country, and will soon be, hopefully, a United States Senator representing the Great People of Texas!”
Ladies and Gentlemen, upon information and belief, James TalaFREAKo, who is running for the United States Senate in Texas, is MISSING IN ACTION! No one has seen him for an extended period of time. Where is he? What is wrong with him? Bad rumors are coming out. He should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able, one of the best Attorney Generals in the Country, and will soon be, hopefully, a United States Senator representing the Great People of Texas! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
Talarico emerged from hiding to respond on X last night, writing, “President Trump just said Ken Paxton should debate. I agree. Ball’s in your court.”
President Trump just said Ken Paxton should debate.
Talarico has accused Paxton of debate dodging. Paxton senior adviser Nick Maddux has told the Texas Tribune, “Of course, we are going to debate James Talarico, and we look forward to engaging with potential debate hosts.”
“Talarico is a serial liar who has spent his entire campaign shamelessly deceiving Texas voters about his radical record with[out] answering the hard questions.”
“There will be a debate in this race, and it will be must-watch television because Texans are finally going to hear James Talarico answer for” his liberal agenda, Maddux added.
Brownstone Institute President Jeffrey A. Tucker reads heartbreaking submissions from individuals reporting severe health problems following COVID-19 vaccination.
“I feel like I’m going to die.” “My doctor has no advice.” “No one is helping.”
These are among the heartbreaking messages Americans submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to records highlighted in a newly published report.
A disturbing collection of previously withheld V-safe surveillance records is once again raising serious questions about how federal health officials responded to Americans who reported devastating medical problems following COVID-19 vaccination.
The records, featured in a new 1,048-page publication titled Cries for Help: Injury and Death Buried in V-Safe Data, document thousands of messages from individuals reporting severe symptoms, emotional distress, and, in some cases, suicidal thoughts.
Brownstone Institute founder and president Jeffrey A. Tucker recently read several of the messages aloud, exposing the anguish of individuals who said they had nowhere left to turn.
One individual described suffering persistent vertigo after receiving a second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
“I have vertigo since March 18th after a second Pfizer dose. I’ve asked for help here and no one responds. My doctor has no advice. Pfizer does not respond. HELP PLEASE!”
Another individual reported becoming gravely ill after vaccination.
“I’ve been deathly ill since I received the COVID vaccine on 12/23. No one knows what happened to me and no one is helping me. I feel like I’m going to die.”
The testimony became even more alarming as Tucker continued reading.
Another respondent described worsening symptoms and said they could no longer endure their suffering.
“I can’t take much more of this,” the individual wrote, before expressing suicidal thoughts.
A separate entry described severe mental health struggles and an inability to obtain assistance.
These were not messages submitted to an obscure online forum.
They were reports entered into a federal vaccine safety monitoring program operated by the CDC.
And according to the individuals submitting the messages, the help they desperately sought was not coming.
WATCH:
“I’ve been deathly ill since I received the Covid vaccine.”
“No one is helping.”
“I feel like I’m going to die.”
“My doctor has no advice.”
“Pfizer does not respond.”
“HELP PLEASE!”
The newly released V-Safe files are heartbreaking.
They document countless messages of desperation from people crying out to the CDC for help.
But these people whose lives were destroyed by the Covid shots couldn’t find a single person to listen to them, let alone the authorities whose job it was to help them.
The CDC launched V-safe in December 2020 to monitor people’s health after receiving COVID-19 vaccines.
The system allowed vaccine recipients to submit regular health updates, including written descriptions of symptoms and other concerns.
According to React19’s investigation, researchers examined more than 7.5 million responses from approximately 3.49 million participants in the released records.
The organization identified 3,329 individuals who submitted 14,430 entries involving pleas for assistance, reports of death or near-death experiences, or suicidal thoughts.
Some participants reportedly submitted repeated messages over weeks or months, questioning whether anyone at the federal agency was even reading their reports.
React19 acknowledged that the messages are self-reported, do not establish that vaccination caused the reported conditions, and cannot independently determine how CDC personnel handled individual submissions.
Nevertheless, the documents raise an urgent accountability question: What happened when Americans reported potentially serious medical problems to the federal government’s vaccine surveillance system?
Were their warnings investigated? Were serious cases referred for medical follow-up? And did officials adequately communicate what the system could and could not do for participants?
The CDC’s current guidance explicitly states that V-safe does not provide medical advice or directly notify a participant’s physician about reported symptoms. The agency also states that it does not call participants in response to their V-safe submissions.
Those limitations make the desperate expectations expressed in the released messages all the more troubling.
CDC Was Ordered to Release Millions of Records
The public did not receive these records through ordinary disclosure.
In January 2024, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered the CDC to release approximately 7.8 million free-text entries following litigation seeking access to the agency’s vaccine monitoring data.
The ruling allowed independent researchers and members of the public to scrutinize information that had not previously been available in the agency’s released datasets.
The final scheduled release was published on January 15, 2025, meaning the underlying records are not newly created; what is new is React19’s compilation and presentation of selected reports.
The Gateway Pundit Previously Reported on CDC’s V-Safe Data Battle
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, vaccine transparency advocates have been fighting for years to obtain access to the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine monitoring records.
In October 2022, The Gateway Pundit reported that ICAN had secured access to V-safe data following litigation against the CDC.
The released data showed that approximately 7.7% of participating V-safe users reported seeking medical care after vaccination, while roughly one-quarter reported an impact on ordinary activities, work, or school.
Those figures describe reported events following vaccination, not confirmed vaccine-caused injuries.
The Gateway Pundit also reported in April 2024 on criticism of the CDC’s resistance to releasing detailed adverse-event reports and the broader controversy surrounding government censorship during the pandemic.
Now, the latest compilation provides something that summary statistics cannot: individual accounts of people who believed they were suffering and wanted someone to listen.
Whether federal officials responded adequately to those reports deserves serious scrutiny.
Americans were asked to participate in a government vaccine safety monitoring system. They deserve transparency about what happened to the warnings they submitted.
The question is no longer simply what the CDC collected.
It is what the agency did with the information, and whether people reporting potentially life-threatening problems received appropriate guidance.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s disturbing social media post on the third anniversary was not disgusting enough. He closed the somber day out by eating dinner at a Palestinian restaurant known for its openly genocidal menu.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Mamdani began the day by posting a few short sentences about the Hamas terrorist attacks on civilians before spending the majority of his post defending Hamas’ actions and being critical of Israel.
On the third anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since World War II and the Holocaust, Mamdani could not spare a single message for the victims without attacking Israel.
In the evening, he chose to dine at Ayat Hinds Hall, a Palestinian restaurant chain criticized for its “openly genocidal” rhetoric against Jews.
The New York Post reports that the eatery made headlines just weeks after the slaughter, rape, and kidnapping of civilians when its menu featured the genocidal message ‘From the River to the Sea’ which calls for the complete eradication of Israel.
Image via ayat.nyc/Instagram
In Dec. 2023, the Middle Eastern eatery made headlines when its menu was blasted by critics for being “openly genocidal” despite owners Abdul Elenani and Ayat Masoud insisting they were not calling for the eradication of Israel.
“From the river to the sea” is deemed an antisemitic call for the destruction of the Jewish state by the Anti-Defamation League, and is a favorite chant for anti-Israel activists.
Elenani told the Post at the time that the slogan had been on the menu for months before the Oct. 7 attacks and that since then he had been receiving daily death threats.
But Mamdani’s anti-Israel behavior on a solemn and tragic day isn’t enough for Jew-haters. They want more.
When Mamdani dared to attend a memorial for October 7, crazed leftist anti-Israel protesters repeatedly chanted the word ‘traitor’ at him.
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A 28-year-old technician at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute is dead, nearly 200 people are under medical observation, and five hospitals in the region have reportedly been slammed shut for quarantine, while the Kremlin’s health agency insists this is nothing but “pneumonia of unknown origin.”
The White House is now monitoring the suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague, according to Axios:
“Pneumonic plague is the most dangerous form of plague and can spread between people through respiratory droplets. Without treatment, it is nearly always fatal, but antibiotics can be highly effective when started quickly.”
The Moscow Times identified the dead woman as Darya Shipilova, a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East. She was hospitalized in Shelekhov on September 29 with severe pneumonia, placed on a ventilator, and died on October 1, overnight into October 2, by some accounts.
What set off the alarm: Shipilova told medical staff she had accidentally broken a test tube of live Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, while handling samples on September 25. That is four days before she was admitted, DW reported.
It is far too early to know, but Dr. Peter McCullough, Chief Scientific Officer of The Wellness Company, raised one of the most frightening possibilities: the bacteria could have been bioengineered. He warned that:
“if the Russians have manipulated the bacteria to have other features making culture identification difficult or resistant to antibiotics, then this case could be ‘patient zero’ for another deadly biolab leak.”
The next pandemic could be just one accidentally dropped test tube away.
And when the next bug reaches your town, it won’t wait for business hours. It shows up at 2 a.m., when you wake up shivering under two blankets with a fever you can feel behind your eyes. The pharmacy has a handwritten “closed” sign taped to the glass. The medicine cabinet holds half a bottle of Tylenol. The urgent care is wall-to-wall with coughing strangers. And the ER means hours in a plastic chair and a bill that lands weeks later.
This Isn’t the 1300s. We Have Treatments.
The Black Death killed more than 50 million people in Europe in the 1300s, according to the World Health Organization. WHO calls pneumonic plague “the most virulent form of plague.” Untreated, it can kill within 18 to 24 hours, but common antibiotics can cure it if given early. The CDC’s plague guidance lists several, and one is a name most Americans already know:
Doxycycline.
The CDC lists doxycycline as a first-line treatment for bubonic plague and a first-line pill for people exposed to plague, like close contacts of a pneumonic case. Pneumonic plague itself is a medical emergency that needs a doctor right away.
What you can control is having the right prescriptions in the house, with a doctor’s guidance, before trouble starts. A prescription kit takes about two to three weeks to reach your door, so the time to order is while you’re healthy.
Don’t Wait Until You Are Sick
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The kit is $299.99 with free shipping. Compare that with one ER visit: an average of $2,453, with $646 out of the patient’s own pocket even on employer insurance.
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Treat Caitlin Clark like a dog and see what happens.
The ratings for the WNBA playoffs are in and it is worse than we thought. The ridiculous woke league lost 45% of its viewership since Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were eliminated.
The league brass, the players, the coaches hate Clark for being the face of the league after years of being lost in the wilderness and propped up by the NBA. The WNBA elites wanted a different star to take the country by storm. But it was the basketball sensation from Iowa who lifted the sport into something worth watching. It was Clark who brought in millions in revenue, filled stadiums, set merchandise records, etc. And for some reason they hated her for it.
It was a bad look for “girl power.” We all witnessed what that really means – assaults on the court, beatings, stompings, injuries, and nasty jealous comments by the WNBA staff.
Caitlin Clark is blasted in the mouth during Fever-Aces game and almost lost a tooth. The refs ignored the beating.
Clark and the Fever were eliminated in a best of three series against the Las Vegas Aces in a contest that set the record for the most lop-sided officiating in league history.
The Indiana Fever vs. Aces series had a free throw differential of +31 for the Aces.
This is the LARGEST FT differential in a 3-game series in WNBA history
In case you were looking for more evidence (as if we need it) that this thing was rigged.
The wokest league in professional sports, the WNBA, did not follow its own rules and sit Las Vegas Aces star Aja Wilson out for the final playoff series game despite the fact that Wilson CLEARLY violated the league rules when she went after a Fever fan in the stands in Tuesday night’s game.
WNBA star player Aja Wilson will be allowed to play in final game of playoff series tonight despite going after a Fever fan in stands who pointed at her during the previous game – a CLEAR league violation!
Aja Wilson later played victim after she lost her sh*t and went after a fan for pointing at her!
Now the numbers are out and it’s worse than we thought.
The WNBA lost 78% of viewers after Caitlin Clark was eliminated.
Now look at the NBA ratings:
In the past four years, when the playoffs went from eight teams to four teams, the results were much different.
The 2022 and 2023 Conference Semifinals averaged 4.907M and 5.667M viewers respectively. The Conference Finals series averaged 6.70M and 6.98M in 2022, and 7.90M and 7.42M in 2023; weighting by the number of games gives the combined averages above. Sports Media Watch
There are also reports that the league lost over 70% of its viewership. We have not confirmed that number at this time.
The price of Brent crude oil, a key international benchmark, spiked Thursday to over $105 per barrel following reports that President Donald Trump could soon restart active hostilities against Iran.
The Atlantic reported Wednesday that the White House “has asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be exercised ahead of the midterms” in November. NBC News also reported that the Trump administration is mulling large-scale military operations.
Trump said at a campaign rally on Wednesday that he doesn’t really want a peace deal with Iran.
Oil prices have hovered around $100 a barrel over the past week even as oil exports out of the Middle East have neared pre-war levels. Some experts say stubbornly elevated prices reflect a risk premium of transiting the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has escalated attacks in recent weeks.
The Yemeni Houthis claimed on Thursday to have again hit Saudi Arabia’s main airport in Riyadh.
Democrat Greene-Placentia is backed by the far-left Courage for Democracy group.
Democrat congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is running in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, says she was out fixing a campaign sign at 2 AM when she was hit in the back of the head and fell unconscious.
Greene-Placentia said she awoke with her pants down and one of her attackers still assaulting her, according to an interview with the Phoenix New Times.
Then, according to Greene-Placentia, her assaulter called her a “democratic b*tch, not a very good f*ck.”
According to USA Today, Greene-Placentia reported the assault on Aug. 31, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed, and went public with what happened in an interview with the New Times on Oct. 7.
Greene-Placentia, a former long-haul trucker, is allegedly known for an anti-ICE campaign song. It doesn’t sound like border security is her thing.
The weird song has 801 views, so maybe she is not so famous as the campaign claims.
Greene-Placentia waited 17 days to report the alleged brutal crime to police. She says she told her husband about the alleged attack three days later.
Greene-Placentia is running against conservative stalwart Rep. Abe Hamadeh. She says Bidenomics ruined her career as a long-haul truck driver. But she’s running as a Democrat.
Hamedeh’s campaign released a statement calling on authorities to investigate the serious accusations.
Rob Schmitt from Newsmax said this: “No clue what to make of this.”
No clue what to make of this. A Democrat running for Congress in Arizona says she was fixing a broken campaign sign at 2am when she was raped by an unknown assailant who called her a “democratic bitch” and she waited til 4-wks before the election to say anything because she felt embarrassed.
Around 2 a.m., Friday, August 14, 2026: Greene-Placentia says she stopped her silver Jeep Grand Cherokee (engine running, hatch open) in a parking lot near 99th Avenue and Bell Road in Sun City to repair a damaged campaign sign, a late-night routine she had followed that summer. She says she walked only a few yards before being struck on the head and losing consciousness.
She says she woke face-down with one leg out of her jean capris, a man on top of her pulling his penis out of her, and heard something she later filled in as roughly “Democratic bitch, not a very good fuck,” though she said she was not sure of the exact words.
A second man (described as wearing black boots) approached and nudged her leg; she says she kicked at him and heard “Not even worth it” before both left. She does not clearly remember dressing, closing the Jeep, driving home, or getting into bed. She reported vaginal bleeding for three days afterward, bruises (including finger-sized marks), and possible concussion symptoms; she did not seek immediate medical care.
August 14–16: Campaign manager Isaiah Lopez and her husband, Alex Placentia, described her as “missing in action” for about two days at her in-district Sun City apartment. Placentia said phone calls found her repeatedly in the bath and nauseous, and that going two days without seeing her was unusual.
Landlord Annarose Lily said she saw Greene-Placentia looking unsteady outside the apartment a day or two later; Greene-Placentia did not tell her the full account until days afterward.
Sunday, August 16: A volunteer drove her to a canvassing event in Chandler. Lopez and communications director Craig Beckman said she had a severe headache and appeared abnormal; they pulled her aside in her Jeep, where she told them she had been raped by two men while fixing signs and had limited memory.
Monday, August 17: She told her husband. The same day she spoke by phone for about 45 minutes with Greg Freeman (a political acquaintance and secretary of the state Democratic Party), who said she seemed unsettled and ashamed and asked him to keep it confidential.
Early September: She told state Rep. Stephanie Simacek over coffee.
August 31, 2026: She reported the assault by phone to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, more than two weeks after the alleged attack. Deputies/sergeants interviewed her at the Sun City apartment the next day. MCSO has confirmed the August 31 report and an open investigation, and has declined further comment.
August 27, 2026: She participated in an Arizona Clean Elections debate for the district (after the alleged assault, before the public report).
October 7, 2026: Phoenix New Times published the account. She said she initially wanted to forget it out of embarrassment but later decided to speak because of her campaign messaging about fighting for Arizonans, including sexual-assault survivors. Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly publicly expressed support after the story appeared.
You can watch Greene-Placentia’s interview with ABC15 Arizona here.
Screwball Democrat James Talarico left Texas and has not been seen in the Lone Star State since he went missing… And, now his campaign is caught in even more lies about his disappearance!
Where is James Talarico – He fled Texas days ago. – Ken Paxton image
Wackadoodle Democrat James Talarico has not been seen in Texas for 11 days!
Talarico went to New York to raise money from angry Robert DeNiro and Zohran Mamdani supporters and has not been seen in the Lone Star State since then.
Republican savior and Talarico opponent, Ken Paxton, noticed his opponent for governor of Texas was missing.
Ken Paxton wrote: “WATCH: James Talarico has been missing for 11 days. He was last seen in Texas on September 26th. While his campaign continues to lie to Texans, he is nowhere to be seen.”
WATCH: James Talarico has been missing for 11 days.
He was last seen in Texas on September 26th. While his campaign continues to lie to Texans, he is nowhere to be seen. https://t.co/O83BjlmVSl
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 7, 2026
Talarico also raised money from the gay Human Rights Campaign while in New York.
Maybe James is recruiting more Marxists?
And now the campaign cannot even keep up with its lies.
Conservatarian Snarknado on X posted a screengrab she took yesterday from a Dallas Morning News (DMN) article. The far left DMN originally reported:
“Talarico disclosed his illness Sept. 29 at a virtual forum sponsored by the United States Hispanic Business Council.”
But, 12 hours later, the Dallas Morning News had changed their report:
“Talarico disclosed his illness Sept. 30 at a virtual forum sponsored by the United States Hispanic Council.”
Here is Snarknado’s tweet:
Hey, @dallasnews , why didn’t you disclose this stealth edit in your article about Talarico being diagnosed with the flu?
I took these two screenshot about 12 hours apart.
The first was taken last night. The second was taken this morning.
You changed the date in your second paragraph from the 29th to the 30th.
Bast, a representative of The Satanic Temple, delivers a Satanic invocation during a Battle Ground City Council meeting in Washington.
Just days before Americans head to the polls, another city council meeting has become the center of controversy over a Satanic invocation, this time in Battle Ground, Washington.
The controversy unfolded at the Battle Ground City Council’s October 5 meeting, where a representative associated with The Satanic Temple delivered an opening invocation that rejected traditional religious beliefs and concluded with a declaration praising Satan.
The moment came as the city implemented its policy allowing members of the public to deliver religious or philosophical invocations before council proceedings.
A woman with a buzzcut and a demonic shirt named Bast, a representative from the Satanic Temple, delivered the city’s opening “prayer.”
The Satanic Temple speaker said:
“This invocation today was inspired by the seven tenets, or ethical principles, of The Satanic Temple. Thank you. A non-theistic organization that believes in compassion, empathy, justice, autonomy, freedom of speech, scientifically based beliefs, accountability, and wisdom.
Let us begin.
Let us never bow our heads or bend the knee in obeisance to any faith from the past that is based on ignorant, bigoted savagery.”
She closed with: “Hail Satan, the archetype or symbol of the bringer of knowledge, and hail thyself.”
The clip spread on Thursday after The Vigilant Fox posted the city video.
WATCH:
Another one: On Monday night, October 5, Battle Ground, Washington City Council opened its regular meeting under a policy it adopted in August, and the first speaker to take the slot was from the Satanic Temple.
Bast from the Satanic Temple: “Hail Satan, the archetype or symbol of the bringer of knowledge, and hail thyself.” https://t.co/Newjb6s3xO
This is the predictable end of a policy the council wrote for itself. On August 3, Battle Ground voted 5–1 for Resolution 26-04, opening a slot of up to three minutes before the Pledge on a first-come, first-served basis, once a year per speaker, open to every faith “or lack thereof.”
Councilor Jeanie Kuypers was the only no vote. Councilor Shane Bowman was absent. The Reflector quoted Mayor Overholser afterward: there would be “literally no filter,” and the city wanted to “lower the barriers to allow whoever wants to bring an invocation to bring an invocation.”
They got what they ordered. Local reporter Dominick Bonny noted that the Satanic prayer opened the first meeting held under the new rule.
This latest controversy comes immediately after another Satanic invocation sparked outrage in Ottumwa, Iowa.
The speaker, identified as Matthew Dalbey, concluded with the words “Hail Satan.”
But the Iowa meeting did not end without objections.
A man identified as Rick demanded that city leaders reverse what he considered a curse placed on the community.
Mayor Ben Foote subsequently called for 30 seconds of silence for prayer or reflection, despite an objection from Councilwoman Cara Galloway, who insisted the meeting proceed with its scheduled business.
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