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Billy Joel Announces Bleak Health Update: He’s No Longer Allowed to Drive

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Billy Joel announced that he has new limitations on his health, leading the legendary singer-songwriter to drastically change his lifestyle.

Joel, 77, revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he needs to “take a series of tests” before deciding whether he can perform.

“I can’t drive right now. I’m not allowed to drive,” Joel told the outlet.

Joel is not only getting older, but also suffers from hydrocephalus — a condition where fluid builds up in the brain’s ventricles, affecting balance and potentially damaging brain tissue.

He underwent surgery back in 2025 and canceled his performances last May.

His doctors advised him against performing.

“What the neurologist told me, every time you do a show, it’s like you’re getting a concussion,” Joel explained.

The loud volume and bright lighting, as well as stress and high energy levels, may worsen his condition.

Joel is also selling off his motorcycle collection.

“I ended up having over a hundred motorcycles, and the truth is you can only ride one at a time,” the singer said.

“I’m into my 70s now, and I realized I can’t ride as much as I used to.”

“I don’t want to die like a bug on a windshield,” he added. “So I thought I’d put a lot of them on auction.”

Gooding Christie’s will auction off the collection between Nov. 20 and Nov. 21 at the Javits Center in New York.

“I love motorcycles. I love biking. I love driving. I love the anonymity of it,” Joel told The Hollywood Reporter.

“And I love the customization of these bikes, the modifications, the messing around with things. I was not a collector. I was actually a rider. So I figured it was just time to let it go.”

The music video for Joel’s hit 1983 song “Uptown Girl” ends with the singer and Christie Brinkley on a motorcycle.

But that bike will not be available for sale.

“No, that wasn’t even my bike. I think that was an old Harley-Davidson or something,” he described.

“I’m not necessarily a Harley enthusiast. I know everybody in America loves Harleys, but everybody assumes if you ride a motorcycle, it’s a Harley, but it’s not.”

But one bike available for sale will be his 1987 Triumph Bonneville T140 — which was a gift from Madison Square Garden after he sold out the venue for the 150th time.

That sale will benefit the Joel Foundation — a nonprofit that supports school recording studios, music therapy programs, and similar initiatives.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill Complains About Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter, Calls Him ‘Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’ (VIDEO)

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New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill recently appeared on MSNOW and complained about the fact that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad.

Sherrill cloaked her criticism in concern for the members of the military who will be part of the firing squad.

She also refers to the killer Hasan as a ‘guy who’s in a wheelchair’ in an obvious attempt to garner sympathy for him. She conveniently leaves out the fact that Hasan is in a wheelchair because he was eventually shot to stop his attack.

Partial transcript via Breitbart News:

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) discussed the now-canceled plans to publicly stream the planned execution of the Fort Hood shooter and said that soldiers are going to be told, “you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair.” And “there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

Sherrill said, “I think the thing, as I think about it, that just keeps breaking my heart, imagine the 20-year-old, imagine, maybe, the 18-year-old, that stepped up to serve, that gets orders and says, you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair. Imagine feeling like, I don’t know what to do here. And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

Watch the clip below:

Every time Democrats are given an opportunity to be on the right side of an issue, they fail.

Sherrill could have easily handled this by saying that while she opposes the firing squad, the death penalty is appropriate in this case, or something to that effect.

Instead, she tries to create sympathy for the shooter by emphasizing the fact that he’s in a wheelchair. Just amazing.

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Jessica Tarlov Gets DOG-PILED on ‘The Five’ for Trying to Defend Abdul El-Sayed From Claims of ‘Islamophobia’ (VIDEO)

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Liberal commentator Jessica Tarlov got more than she bargained for during an episode of ‘The Five’ on FOX News this week, when she tried to defend far left Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed from supposed claims of Islamophobia.

Co-hosts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters completely demolished her arguments and left her scrambling to defend her position.

Tarlov has a unique ability to come off as a hectoring Karen. It’s like she is the living embodiment of the Democrat Party.

PJ Media has details:

It started when Tarlov was griping about Mike Rogers, El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, flip-flopping on tariffs. Gutfeld asked the obvious question.

“But so what? That still, that makes them worse than Abdul who doesn’t like Jews?” he said.

Tarlov’s answer? Don’t worry, she checked.

“That’s not… If you listen, listen, I have interviewed Abdul, I have talked to him about this, I’ve talked about the concern of Jewish Michiganders, we have talked about the situation in the Middle East, we have talked about the situation here and preserving Jewish safety, and the Israel question,” she said…

Tarlov wasn’t done. She accused Republicans of running on Islamophobia and insisted that it “will not sit well with Jews.” Gutfeld looked like he’d been hit with a frying pan… or maybe she had.

“Wait, what did you say? I don’t get that you said that Islamophobia won’t sit well with Jews,” he replied.

When Gutfeld demanded she define Islamophobia, Tarlov’s best example was Republicans calling El-Sayed “Muhammad.” Both hosts pointed out that it’s his actual name.

“It’s his middle name,” she said, apparently believing this was a winning rebuttal.

“Oh, it’s his middle name!” Watters said.

Watch the whole crazy exchange below:

The Michigan Senate race is extremely important to the left because it’s a test case.

They think that if they can drag Abdul El-Sayed across the finish line in Michigan, they can do it anywhere else in the country.

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ACTUAL FASCISM: Dem Senator Elissa Slotkin Wants to Scare Young People from Working for Trump Out of Fear of Prosecution (VIDEO)

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Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan recently appeared at the University of Chicago for the live taping of a liberal podcast.

At one point in the conversation, she described her preferred strategy of going after not only President Trump, but the people in his inner circle who ‘enabled’ him.

She then says that she wants young people coming out of college to be too afraid to work with his administration for fear of ‘a ton of problems.’

These are the people who are calling you a fascist.

Transcript:

I want to look at these signature cases, and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him.

I want young people coming out of school to say, should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.

I want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.

I want that deterrence message sent.

Watch the video:

More from the Chicago Maroon:

Slotkin also called for a “radical reform and ethics package” to rebuild public trust in elected officials and judges. Her proposals included “ban[ning] corporate PACs,” establishing term and age limits for Supreme Court justices, and restricting stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses. She said Democrats should pursue investigations into alleged government misconduct and introduce safeguards against future abuses of power.

“We have to Trump-proof the government going forward, so that no president of any party can ever abuse the system the way he did,” Slotkin said.

Slotkin argued that the divide between moderate and progressive Democrats mattered less than whether lawmakers were willing to use their political power to challenge the Trump administration. “I don’t think the divide is moderate versus progressive,” she said, “I think it is fight versus flight.”

Slotkin pointed to her work with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat whose primary campaign she did not endorse but whom she campaigned with after he won the nomination. She said the two disagreed on some issues, particularly foreign policy, but shared priorities on democracy and economic security. “We may come from different so-called wings of the party,” Slotkin said, “but we can work together as a team on the things that we both believe in.”

Democrats are the fascists that they keep warning others about.

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ZERO SHAME: After Going Missing for Almost Two Weeks, James Talarico Says if You’re Running for Office You Have to ‘Show Up’ (VIDEO)

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Far left Texas Democrat James Talarico recently went completely missing, vanishing from the campaign trail for almost two weeks. The only explanation that was ever given was that he was suffering from the flu.

Despite this, Talarico boasted to a crowd this week about doing a town hall event on CNN, which was little more than a campaign infomercial, and said that when a person is running for office, they have to ‘show up’ for the interview.

Democrats do stuff like this because they have absolutely no fear that anyone in the media will call them out for it.

From Twitchy:

James Talarico is out here delivering a sermon on the sacred duty of “showing up for the job interview” as U.S. senator—complete with a rally video scolding Ken Paxton for partying in London on the Fourth of July and Dubai with alleged fugitives while dodging debate stages — yet the same guy who just vanished from the campaign trail for nearly two weeks with a suspiciously persistent “flu” that had Paxton’s team and half the internet circulating missing-person posters and demanding proof of life.

The Presbyterian seminarian who spent his time off the trail apparently too contagious (or too something) to face Texas voters now wants credit for attending a friendly CNN town hall, as if that erases the disappearing act right before early voting. Nice try, preacher boy; maybe preach that “show up” gospel to the mirror before you start pointing fingers at Paxton’s travel itinerary.

Talarico even tweeted this:

He has no shame.

The Dallas Democrats are also pushing this laughable talking point.

Do they have any idea how people see this?

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Jake Paul Speaks Out at Trump Rally: “We Face Evil… Hate Has Never Built a Country. And the Woke Socialist Movement We Face Has NEVER Built a Country” (VIDEO)

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Jake Paul brought the red meat to Trump’s Ohio rally on Monday. He traveled with the president along with former NFL Coach Jon Gruden.

Jake Paul traveled with President Trump this week to his rally in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, October 12.

Paul is famous as a former Disney star and popular social media influencer and YouTuber who in recent years became a professional boxer.

Jake Paul is an Ohio native from the Cleveland area. He traveled with President Trump on Air Force One alongside former NFL coach Jon Gruden.

President Trump brought him on stage during the rally, where Paul led “USA” chants and gave a short speech.

Paul said it was “good to be home,” and noted that his mother, a blue-collar worker was in the crowd at the rally. He criticized left-wing protesters, “Do they not have jobs? That’s all they do, just carry signs around while we’re doing the work.”

He also defined the foe we face in this year’s election. You have to give him credit for calling out evil with no hesitation!

Jake Paul: We have to protect Ohio. We face evil. We face these people who are willing to do anything to destroy us. All they do is talk on Twitter. But Twitter fingers never built the country.

Hate has never built a country. And the woke socialist movement that we face has never built a country.

And so the power, The power, is with you Ohioans to go and vote for Vivek, (Vivek Ramaswamy for governor) for Jon Husted (for US Senator). We have to protect this state because Washington doesn’t belong to celebrities like me. It doesn’t belong to the politicians. It belongs to you guys and us, the American people.

** Please donate to these two great candidates if you can – We linked their websites above.

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Watch: Stunt Chopper at Navy SEAL Fundraiser Thrills Guests With Small Explosions and Red, White and Blue Smoke Show

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A helicopter drops small explosives at Newport Beach Country Club in California on Oct. 8, 2026.

A helicopter drops small explosives at Newport Beach Country Club in California on Oct. 8, 2026.

A foundation supporting Navy SEALs thrilled onlookers at a private club in Newport Beach, California, earlier this month by performing stunning helicopter feats.

The Oct. 8 helicopter demonstration at the Newport Beach Country Club was performed during the SEAL Future Foundation’s annual gala, according to local station KABC. The organization is a nonprofit dedicated to taking care of Navy SEALs as they adapt to civilian life.

The stunning performance featured a helicopter flying close to the ground as flames shot up from below. Later, the helicopter circled around some trees as red and blue smoke poured out from its rear.

“By the end of the stunt, the golf course was blanketed in smoke,” KABC reported.

Prior to the performance, the police warned local residents not to freak out.

“Residents near Newport Beach Country Club may notice increased noise and activity during a private event from 5:45– 6:00 p.m.,” Newport Beach Police wrote on social media. “The event will include a helicopter flyover, fireworks, loud noises and theatrical smoke effects as part of a planned demonstration,” the warning continued.

“The demonstration is expected to last approximately 15 minutes,” the warning added. “These effects are part of a planned event and are not a cause for concern. We appreciate your understanding.”

The foundation was launched by Jonathan Wilson, a former Navy SEAL himself.

According to a profile on the SEAL Future Foundation’s website, when Wilson returned to civilian life as an investment banker, he struggled mightily.

“I just didn’t belong,” the self-written profile reads. “My family was as supportive throughout my transition as they were throughout the numerous deployments, but even at home, I was lost. I felt like an outsider, and, just like at work, I couldn’t articulate what was going on.”

Unsure of what to do, Wilson decided to reenlist.

“It was, of all places, during a funeral for one of my SEAL brothers that it became clear, my only option was reenlistment,” he explained in the profile. “So, after 9 months of civilian life, I was back in the teams. I was happy and content — until I wasn’t.”

After two additional deployments, he thought about returning home, but was scared another transition back into civilian life would be no different. That’s when the idea of starting a foundation first occurred to him.

“Founding SFF marked my true transition,” Wilson wrote. “I found a purpose and a new way to serve my brothers, by creating an organization where support and community are at their fingertips in a world where this is difficult to find.”

“SFF has helped me recognize where I belong and focus on what’s important,” he added. “I am back in finance full time and, thanks to the services offered by SFF, I can communicate my needs and expectations with my employer.”

Two years ago, Wilson appeared in an interview with fellow former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan:

In the interview, he called for society to do more to take care of struggling veterans.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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A Symbolic Detail Hidden in Background of Netflix’s New ‘Narnia’ Trailer Has Fans Fearing the Worst

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A clip from the new trailer for Netflix’s upcoming “Chronicles of Narnia” series has fans fearing what the real message of the adaptation will be.

Greta Gerwig, the director of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” is helming the project, called “The Magician’s Nephew,” which is a prequel to “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”

Fans were already concerned when she cast Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan, who is male in the books. Liam Neeson voiced the part in the film adaptations in the 2000s, which were produced by Walden Media and distributed by Disney.

In the trailer, Jadis, the witch (played by Emma Mackey), can be seen blowing up the English pub The Eagle & Child, which was the famous meeting place of the Inklings, an Oxford writers’ group made up of “Narnia” author C.S. Lewis, “Lord of the Rings” scribe J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and others.

By the way, Led Zeppelin’s menacing “Stairway to Heaven” scores the trailer.

In “The Magician’s Nephew” book, a young boy named Digory travels to a parallel world and accidentally brings Jadis back to life. She then forces him and his traveling companion, a little girl named Polly Plummer, to bring her to England.

The White Witch later travels to Narnia, where she usurps the throne and imposes a winter curse on the land, which is where “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” picks up.

One user posted on X in response to the trailer, “Pretty fitting that this ‘adaptation’ is literally blowing up the Eagle & Child.”

Another wrote, “Jadis (The White Witch) is blowing up The Eagle & Child. This is the pub where Lewis, Tolkien and The Inklings, an all-male literary group, famously met. Greta Gerwig and @Netflix are quite possibly ‘blowing up the patriarchy’ here, and completely up-ending the world of Narnia here — and the legacy of the stories.”

Given the girl power message of Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie, that’s a pretty reasonable interpretation of the meaning of the scene.

Another pointed out that Uncle Andrew, played by Daniel Craig, comes off as a harmless trickster character in the trailer, but in the book, he is a conniving villain.

“I’m just waiting for the sympathetic ‘he’s not that bad, it’s because of him we accessed Narnia, and he kinda caused the creation… of Narnia when you think about it!’” the user wrote.

“Narnia being created is not a result of Andrew’s evil actions, which would soften the impact of his evil. It’s that Aslan/Jesus will take any evil and turn it to good if he chooses to. The bigger lesson in all the Narnian books is that people do not make good from evil, Jesus does,” the user argued.

Gerwig says she is a fan of “The Chronicles of Narnia.”

“I would not be who I am without these books,” she told the Associated Press. “They created me.”

Perhaps God will use this latest adaptation of Narnia for good, but based on the trailer, fans have reason to be concerned.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Update: Pastor Removed from School Board Meeting for Reading Graphic Book- Book Pulled from Library, Police End Off-Duty Meeting Security

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Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr./Image: Video screenshot via @REVWUTRUTH

The Gateway Pundit reported that Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. was removed by police during a school board meeting in North Carolina for daring to read a passage from a book available to students at Lake Norman High School.

Pastor Amanchukwu has now shared that the book has been removed from the school library and the Troutman Police Department will no longer authorize its officers to work off-duty security assignments at meetings.

The changes come after Pastor Amanchukwu spoke before the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education meeting on October 12, 2026, and began reading excerpts from the novel *Push* by Sapphire, aka Ramona Lofton.

The novel contains explicit depictions of incest, rape, physical and emotional abuse, and related trauma.

Before he even began reading, Board Chair Dr. Doug Knight told him if he was going to “read nasty words” it would not be allowed.

Pastor Amanchukwu continued to push back, supported by at least one board member, that the Chair was violating his First Amendment rights.

As he began reading some of the explicit passages and reminding the room that the book is freely available to students, Knight told the Pastor he was out of order and police approached Amanchukwu and removed him from the meeting.

Watch:

Pastor Amanchukwu shared an update along with a letter from the police department.

He wrote on X, “The book that I read from, entitled PUSH, has been removed!!!”

“AND….. The Troutman Police Department will no longer authorize its officers to work off-duty security assignments at meetings of the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education. Recent incidents have raised concerns about the legal basis for requested removals, the protection of Constitutional rights, and the expectations placed on officers assigned to these meetings.”

“To be continued!!!”

“More coming soon!”

Josh Watson, Chief of Police for the Troutman Police Department, wrote:

Dear Superintendent James and Principal Rogers, Effective October 26, 2026, the Troutman Police Department will no longer authorize its officers to workoff-duty security assignments at meetings of the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education.

Recent incidents have raised concerns about the legal basis for requested removals, the protection of Constitutional rights, and the expectations placed on officers assigned to these meetings.

We recognize the Board’s responsibility to conduct orderly meetings and enforce lawful meeting procedures. Officers, however, remain responsible for independently determining whether law enforcement action is legally justified. A request from the presiding officer does not, by itself, establish sufficient legal grounds for removal, detention, or arrest.

Given these concerns, I have determined that continuing this off-duty security assignment is not appropriate for our department. The Board and school administration will need to make alternative arrangements for meeting security.

The Troutman Police Department will continue to respond to calls for law enforcement assistance at Board meetings within our jurisdiction and will assess each situation based on the circumstances and applicable law. This decision does not change our authorization for officers to work approved off-duty assignments at school sporting events and other school activities within our jurisdiction.

 

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FRANCE RIOTS EXPLODE: Islamo-Marxist Rioters Threaten Macron’s Palace as Historic Buildings Burn to the Ground, Police Run For Their Lives, and Stores Get Looted (VIDEOS)

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Image from today’s riots in France. Credit: C News screenshot

The Islamo-Marxist riots in France have completely exploded after weeks of mayhem and are threatening President Emmanuel Macron’s home.

As The Daily Mail reported, thousands of violent protesters overturned cars, set buildings ablaze, and attacked police across the country.

The worst violence arguably occurred in Lyon. There, a tourist office and cars were set on fire by rioters.

France’s interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, also added that looting by the red-green rioters was recorded in many cities. These cities included Paris, Rouen, Nantes, Toulouse, and Marseille.

Several videos have emerged showing just how ugly the scenes were.

WATCH:

Now, one of the most historic structures in the entire country, the 143-year-old Limoges town hall, has now burned to the ground as the police continue to sit on their hands.

Rioters are on the verge of reaching Macron’s palace. Just imagine the horror if it were set on fire as well.

France will have officially fallen.

Police officers are also running for their lives:

WATCH HERE

Despite all of this, Nuñez says that they will NOT declare a state of emergency.

This is a result of failed previous efforts by authorities to shut down the riots.

In one instance, in Marseille, France, on October 2, a hooded 15-year-old burned a woman’s face with an aerosol can and a lighter at Place du 4-Septembre. She had tried to stop protesters from vandalizing a bus shelter.

Police arrested the teenager that evening in the Frais-Vallon district after identifying him through video surveillance.

He was charged with voluntary violence with three aggravating circumstances: using a weapon, acting as part of a group, and concealing his face. The prosecutor said, “No demand of any kind could justify such acts of violence.”

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