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By Tita Smith In Brisbane For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:49 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 24 July 2024 EXCLUSIVE  A young mother who was allegedly murdered in a love-triangle hit-and-run was recently caught up in a suspected revenge porn attack.  Kiesha Thompson, 23, was allegedly deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while  walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, in Brisbane’s south last Friday.  Ms Thompson died in hospital that night and police have since charged her ex-partner Tyler Scott William James, 27, and his new girlfriend Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with domestic violence murder.Gay porno Police will allege James was involved in planning the attack, before Sant carried it out – spending an ‘extended amount of time’ driving around the suburb in her Toyota LandCruiser Prado before mowing Ms Thompson down.  Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a seemingly fake social media account in Ms Thompson’s name was set up in April. The account features highly explicit pictures of Ms Thompson that appear to have been posted without her permission. The only time the account – which includes link in the bio to a non-existent OnlyFans page – appears to have been active was the day it was created, when 15 photos of Ms Thompson were uploaded. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest the incident and Ms Thompson’s murder are connected nor that those accused of her death were involved. Kiesha Thompson (pictured) was on the footpath after dropping off her daughter at daycare when she was allegedly ran down. A social media account featuring suspected revenge porn appears to have been set up Ms Thompson’s name in April The revelation comes as Queensland Police revealed on Tuesday that they were aware of ‘distressing’ posts online and were working to have them removed.  ‘We have taken steps to try to get those posts examined. That will form part of an ongoing investigation, but we’ve also taken steps to try to take those down, which is challenging,’ Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters. ‘But it’s not something we take lightly, and it’s inexplicable.’ Detective Inspector Knight said the social media posts have been compounding Ms Thompson’s grief. ‘When I learned of those posts, and there has been a few, it’s distressing on so many levels,’ he said. ‘But most importantly, the grief that causes the surviving victims of this, it’s difficult to put into words, it never ceases to amaze me. ‘They are grieving the loss of their niece, their sister. She was a mother. The impact (her death) will have on her family is tremendous.’ Earlier this week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Sant was a young mother-of-three who worked at a Brisbane petting zoo. Tyler James, 27, (pictured) allegedly was involved in planning his ex-partner’s murder  Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant , 24, (pictured) allegedly murdered Kiesha Thompson, 23, by mowing her down with a car  Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill Police have said James and Ms Thompson broke up several months ago, but have not detailed what they will allege motivated the tragedy. James, who is from Acacia Ridge and the father of Ms Thompson’s child, was remanded in custody and did not appear in person in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where his charge was briefly mentioned. Sant also was remanded in custody after a separate court mention.  Their cases will next be heard together as a committal trial mention before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31. Ms Thompson’s brother Koby Torto said she was taken from the family in a ‘cowardly act’ while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it ‘horrific and senseless’ in a video released by police on Monday. Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words. ‘We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life,’ she said. Her family vowed to raise her baby daughter who was ‘the absolute light of her life’. ‘We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life,’ Mr Torto said. Kiesha’s Thompson’s shattered family spoke out on Monday A GoFundMe set up to raise funds to honour Kiesha’s memory and help provide for her daughter’s future has already raised close to $20,000. ‘The family cannot express enough gratitude for the heroic efforts of all involved in caring for Kiesha following the collision,’ the page states. Kiesha ‘had created a warm and stable home’ for herself and baby daughter, who had just started daycare so Kiesha could pursue an apprenticeship as a painter.  ‘As they grieve and focus on caring for Kiesha’s daughter, they need our support more than ever.’ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group

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A former porn shop employee claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly frequented adult video stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson, the Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is known for his vitriol directed against members of the LGBTQ community and other political enemies.Gay porno Louis Money, an employee of several 24-hour adult video stores during the time period, including Gents and I-40 Video & News, told the North Carolina investigative outlet The Assembly that Robinson was a regular customer, sometimes coming in as often as five nights a week to watch pornographic videos in a private booth. According to Money, Robinson typically watched two or more “previews” in private booths for $8 a piece during each visit. While the stores catered to both straight and gay clientele, Money says Robinson’s tastes were fairly standard for a straight man. “I know he might have problems with gay people, but I don’t think he has problems with lesbians,” said Money. Money remembers Robinson as funny, cracking jokes during his visits to Gents and performing a standup-type routine for employees and a few customers, although many of those jokes would target the store’s gay clientele. “I hate to say this, but he was very homophobic,” Money said. Money said Robinson purchased “hundreds” of bootleg porn videos that Money sold on the side, buying at least one a week.  However, he added that Robinson didn’t pay for the last one, which he described as a compilation of “super hardcore” films he purchased in New York City that were too risqué to be sold in North Carolina. An unaffiliated voter who claims he likes Robinson as a person, if not a politician, Money said he doesn’t really care about the $25 Robinson owes him for the tape. But the story offered him a chance for self-promotion. Last month, Money’s band, Trailer Park Orchestra, released a YouTube video for their song “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money,” which is how news outlets were first tipped off to the story.  In the music video, an actor, wearing a dark suit and a poorly constructed costume that is supposed to be a Robinson mask, walks into an adult video store and engages in various antics with extras while Money and his band perform the song. Robinson denies Money’s charges. Robinson campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan told The Assembly that Money’s clams were “bullshit” and a “complete and total fiction.” He also called Money and The Assembly‘s reporters “degenerates.” “This false and personal attack on my boss is complete fiction,” Lonergan wrote in response to the news outlet’s request for comment. However, parts of Money’s account appear to be backed up by five other men who were former employees or customers of Gents Video and I-40 Video & News. They told The Assembly they remember Robinson visiting those two stores. One former customer says Robinson — who worked for Papa Johns at the time  — would arrive with pizza during his visits. A former employee of I-40 Video & News also recalled Robinson bringing in pizza for staff and “buddy[ing] up to everybody” at the store, even when he wasn’t renting videos. Lonergan told The Assembly that Robinson knew the former video store clerk because “Money used to hang out at the Papa Johns where Mark Robinson worked in the ’90s and ask for free pizza, but that’s the extent of the relationship.” Lonergan called Money a “freak show grifter” who had a “long history of criminal charges,” referring to nine misdemeanor drug charges and felony marijuana charges, all of which have been dropped or dismissed. Money admitted to asking Robinson for “a free pizza here and there,” but rejects the Robinson campaign’s claims as false, noting that Papa Johns only had takeout and delivery. “This is how you know that’s bullshit, because Papa Johns aren’t sit-down restaurants,” he told The Assembly. “There’s no place to hang out in there.” Robinson claimed in his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s, but did not experience a “drastic conversion” or stop engaging in sinful behavior immediately afterward. After struggling to pay the bills and juggling several jobs during the time when he is alleged to have visited the adult video stores — including a good-paying furniture manufacturing job that he claims was a casualty of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s signing of NAFTA into law — Robinson’s memoir details how he became more grounded in his faith. His Christian faith, coupled with his conservative political beliefs, led him to become politically involved. Following a speech before the Greensboro City Council, in which he attacked attempts to pass gun-control reforms, Robinson became a conservative public speaker, being invited to speak at the National Rifle Association of America’s annual convention and growing his public profile. In 2020, he used that profile to launch a successful bid for the position of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, making history as the first Black person to ever hold the job. As noted by New York Magazine, it is unlikely that the allegations of Robinson frequenting porn shops will hamper his campaign. While socially conservative Republicans have long advocated for the abolishment of pornography, evangelicals and other Republican-leaning groups are fiercely loyal to the GOP. Additionally, the fact that the visits occurred decades ago lessens the sting of the accusations since Robinson has been vocal about his social conservatism and has used his position to speak out against content or social constructs that he deems “filth.” Robinson’s alleged sinful behavior will likely only endear him to younger male voters who are increasingly distancing themselves from the Democratic Party. As New York Magazine notes, “In this decade, this exposé will instead likely help the candidate with the Barstool bro-vote.” Watch Trailer Park Orchestra’s music video for “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money” below. Trigger warning: Video is NSFW and may offend some audiences due to its adult content and racially insensitive material.

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August 19, 2024 @JRileyMW

Employees of a Dupont Circle Shake Shack allegedly pushed a customer out of the restaurant and repeatedly beat him after seeing his boyfriend kiss him. According to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the victim, Christian Dingus, claims he was assaulted by multiple people and pushed to the ground after being forcibly escorted out of the restaurant just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 17. Dingus told NBC Washington News 4 that the dispute started inside. He had gone to the Shake Shack at the corner of 18th and Jefferson Streets NW with his partner and a few friends. They had ordered food but grew impatient as their wait time began to exceed 45 minutes.

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Sarah Kate Ellis is under scrutiny after an article in The New York Times accused the GLAAD president and CEO of engaging in a pattern of lavish spending, including having the nonprofit pay for the renovation of her home office. According to the Times, which analyzed months of the LGBTQ media advocacy organization’s  expense reports from January 2022 to June 2023, Ellis allegedly racked up charges for first-class flights, expensive black car services, stays at luxury hotels, a ski day that was part of a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Provincetown summer rental, and nearly $18,000 in renovations to her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier and other ornate accouterments.

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Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race over an openly gay Republican. The organization is endorsing Democrats for every federal office this year, including the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and all 12 congressional races. Six Democratic incumbent members of Congress are being endorsed, plus presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who decided to run for the Senate instead of pursue re-election to his House seat.  These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member’s Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!

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The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would deliver only about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back to reaching the target, which has not been hit since 2006.Gay porno It called for a wider transformation of hospital care, including greater use of digital technologies to improve productivity. The warning comes ahead of the release of a government review of NHS performance later this week. Led by NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Ara Darzi, the review was ordered by Health Secretary Wes Streeting shortly after the election, to help identify the biggest barriers to improving waiting times. Sources close to the review said it would be a warts-and-all report, including criticism about the lack of productivity in some areas. There will also be a warning about the state of children’s health, and how that has deteriorated in the past decade. Data from the upcoming review is expected to show that more than 100,000 infants were left waiting for over six hours in A&E in England last year, while 800,000 children and young people are on NHS waiting lists for hospital treatments. Dr Mike McKean, Vice President of Policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told BBC Breakfast that while the review will highlight some issues that apply to adults as well children, “we have simply got our prioritisation wrong here”. “When you think about diseases that adults get – whether it’s cancers, dementia or cardiovascular diseases – many of them are because of a lifetime of problems and a lot of them start in childhood. “If you get it right for children and families… then we know we will have more robust adults who will get less illnesses and diseases,” he added. Sir Keir Starmer referred to Lord Darzi’s upcoming review in his first major interview this weekend, telling the BBC the NHS had been “broken” by previous Conservative-led governments. The review is likely to pave the way for an expansion of surgical hubs, which are used to carry out low-complexity, high-volume treatments such as hip replacements and cataract surgery. This week a study by the Health Foundation think tank said in places where they had been introduced, the number of treatments had risen by a fifth. Existing hospitals will also be asked to do more, with staff paid time-and-a-half to work weekends to ensure 40,000 more appointments and treatments a week can be done, as promised in Labour’s election manifesto. But the NHS Confederation research, carried out jointly with consultancy Carnall Farrar, said this alone would not be enough to start hitting the 18-week target again. Currently the NHS backlog stands at 7.6 million waits, with more than 40% having waited over 18 weeks. The target is for 92% to be seen within 18 weeks. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, said the scale of the challenge facing the government should not be underestimated. “Forty-thousand more operations and appointments a week won’t be nearly enough to hit the target. The NHS needs reform, not just ever more activity.” The NHS Confederation called for fundamental changes, including investment in digital technologies and greater use of robotic surgery and AI. Significant savings could be achieved through carrying out fewer appointments before and after treatment, it said. Follow-up checks could be done remotely and in some cases scrapped altogether, leaving it to the patient to decide whether they needed to be seen. The number of assessments and appointments carried out could also be reduced by joining up care better for the 1.2 million people who are waiting for more than one treatment. The report also said hospitals had to do better at vetting their waiting lists, warning time was being wasted chasing up patients who no longer needed treatment, either because they had already paid for it privately, decided not to have it or, in some cases, had died. But it said achieving these productivity improvements would require upfront investment in buildings and technology. The report also called for more to be done to prevent ill health, to reduce the numbers needing treatment. The Department of Health and Social Care said improving productivity and investing in technology would be part of its plan, alongside expanding the number of appointments and operations. “Fixing the NHS will be difficult and will take time, but this government will deliver the investment and reforms needed to turn the service around,” its spokesperson added. Conservative shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins accused Labour of using Lord Darzi’s review as “cover” to raise taxes in next month’s Budget. She told Sky News: “They weren’t straight with us about winter fuel payments, they’re not being straight with us about taxes, and we need to have a grown-up conversation about the NHS, but this is not the way to go about it.” Update 10.9.24: This story has been updated to reflect the 7.6 million NHS backlog is waits for treatment. Some people are waiting for more than one treatment. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust says it is recognition of its commitment to staff development. Serco workers are seeking the same one-off payments already awarded to their NHS colleagues. The trust running Peterborough City Hospital says the facility could be open within weeks. Portsmouth is among the areas with the lowest numbers of GPs in the country. An ex-RAF service woman waits three months for results on the progress of her stage 4 cancer. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved.  The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.  

Popular Twitch streamer Sketch emotionally addressed a leak showing he once filmed porn on OnlyFans, telling his 1.1 million followers he has a “changed person” after kicking “a couple” of addictions. “Two years ago, I did some stuff. I’m sorry if you’ve seen some of the stuff,” the 25-year-old streamer, whose real name is Kylie Cox, told his followers Monday, confirming he was the adult performer seen in the leaked material.Gay porno “Yeah, that was me. I f–ked up — I won’t do it again.” He blamed it on “a dark time” two years ago when he was “dealing with some addiction problems. A couple of them.” “You know I’m a changed person,” he said of the period before he started his Twitch channel, which streams the Madden NFL video game series. He made light of the X-rated material, starting with a joke referring to then-President Bill Clinton’s much-derided initial denial of inappropriate behavior with Monica Lewinsky. “I did not have sexual relations with that man!” Sketch pretended to say. “I’m just kidding, I did. … Cat’s out of the bag.” Sketch conceded that he went through dark thoughts after the images were leaked — saying he feared he might not have survived had close friends and family “saved” him — before saying it was a relief to finally be unburdened of having to keep it secret. “I’ve been living under the threat of that coming out for like two years,” he said. “I’ll tell you what — weight lifted off my shoulders,” he said now he no longer had “stuff in the closet.” Sketch went on to say that he thought he might quit if the news ever came out, but joked he would now take inspiration from Kim Kardashian on how to handle a sex-tape scandal. Sketch said he now plans to take a quick break, but may be back streaming as soon as Wednesday. While some took to social media to express their disappointment in Sketch for his past, plenty of his fellow creators, including [FaZe Banks, came to his defense. Banks shared a text exchange he had with Sketch after the images were leaked showing Sketch apologizing for getting him and others involved to which he replied, “You’re good bro. Come back. We’re all here, you’re the homie.” Advertisement

By Tita Smith In Brisbane For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:49 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 24 July 2024 EXCLUSIVE  A young mother who was allegedly murdered in a love-triangle hit-and-run was recently caught up in a suspected revenge porn attack.  Kiesha Thompson, 23, was allegedly deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while  walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, in Brisbane’s south last Friday.  Ms Thompson died in hospital that night and police have since charged her ex-partner Tyler Scott William James, 27, and his new girlfriend Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with domestic violence murder.Gay porno Police will allege James was involved in planning the attack, before Sant carried it out – spending an ‘extended amount of time’ driving around the suburb in her Toyota LandCruiser Prado before mowing Ms Thompson down.  Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a seemingly fake social media account in Ms Thompson’s name was set up in April. The account features highly explicit pictures of Ms Thompson that appear to have been posted without her permission. The only time the account – which includes link in the bio to a non-existent OnlyFans page – appears to have been active was the day it was created, when 15 photos of Ms Thompson were uploaded. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest the incident and Ms Thompson’s murder are connected nor that those accused of her death were involved. Kiesha Thompson (pictured) was on the footpath after dropping off her daughter at daycare when she was allegedly ran down. A social media account featuring suspected revenge porn appears to have been set up Ms Thompson’s name in April The revelation comes as Queensland Police revealed on Tuesday that they were aware of ‘distressing’ posts online and were working to have them removed.  ‘We have taken steps to try to get those posts examined. That will form part of an ongoing investigation, but we’ve also taken steps to try to take those down, which is challenging,’ Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters. ‘But it’s not something we take lightly, and it’s inexplicable.’ Detective Inspector Knight said the social media posts have been compounding Ms Thompson’s grief. ‘When I learned of those posts, and there has been a few, it’s distressing on so many levels,’ he said. ‘But most importantly, the grief that causes the surviving victims of this, it’s difficult to put into words, it never ceases to amaze me. ‘They are grieving the loss of their niece, their sister. She was a mother. The impact (her death) will have on her family is tremendous.’ Earlier this week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Sant was a young mother-of-three who worked at a Brisbane petting zoo. Tyler James, 27, (pictured) allegedly was involved in planning his ex-partner’s murder  Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant , 24, (pictured) allegedly murdered Kiesha Thompson, 23, by mowing her down with a car  Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill Police have said James and Ms Thompson broke up several months ago, but have not detailed what they will allege motivated the tragedy. James, who is from Acacia Ridge and the father of Ms Thompson’s child, was remanded in custody and did not appear in person in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where his charge was briefly mentioned. Sant also was remanded in custody after a separate court mention.  Their cases will next be heard together as a committal trial mention before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31. Ms Thompson’s brother Koby Torto said she was taken from the family in a ‘cowardly act’ while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it ‘horrific and senseless’ in a video released by police on Monday. Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words. ‘We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life,’ she said. Her family vowed to raise her baby daughter who was ‘the absolute light of her life’. ‘We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life,’ Mr Torto said. Kiesha’s Thompson’s shattered family spoke out on Monday A GoFundMe set up to raise funds to honour Kiesha’s memory and help provide for her daughter’s future has already raised close to $20,000. ‘The family cannot express enough gratitude for the heroic efforts of all involved in caring for Kiesha following the collision,’ the page states. Kiesha ‘had created a warm and stable home’ for herself and baby daughter, who had just started daycare so Kiesha could pursue an apprenticeship as a painter.  ‘As they grieve and focus on caring for Kiesha’s daughter, they need our support more than ever.’ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group

By Tita Smith In Brisbane For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:49 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 24 July 2024 EXCLUSIVE  A young mother who was allegedly murdered in a love-triangle hit-and-run was recently caught up in a suspected revenge porn attack.  Kiesha Thompson, 23, was allegedly deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while  walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, in Brisbane’s south last Friday.  Ms Thompson died in hospital that night and police have since charged her ex-partner Tyler Scott William James, 27, and his new girlfriend Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with domestic violence murder.Gay porno Police will allege James was involved in planning the attack, before Sant carried it out – spending an ‘extended amount of time’ driving around the suburb in her Toyota LandCruiser Prado before mowing Ms Thompson down.  Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a seemingly fake social media account in Ms Thompson’s name was set up in April. The account features highly explicit pictures of Ms Thompson that appear to have been posted without her permission. The only time the account – which includes link in the bio to a non-existent OnlyFans page – appears to have been active was the day it was created, when 15 photos of Ms Thompson were uploaded. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest the incident and Ms Thompson’s murder are connected nor that those accused of her death were involved. Kiesha Thompson (pictured) was on the footpath after dropping off her daughter at daycare when she was allegedly ran down. A social media account featuring suspected revenge porn appears to have been set up Ms Thompson’s name in April The revelation comes as Queensland Police revealed on Tuesday that they were aware of ‘distressing’ posts online and were working to have them removed.  ‘We have taken steps to try to get those posts examined. That will form part of an ongoing investigation, but we’ve also taken steps to try to take those down, which is challenging,’ Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters. ‘But it’s not something we take lightly, and it’s inexplicable.’ Detective Inspector Knight said the social media posts have been compounding Ms Thompson’s grief. ‘When I learned of those posts, and there has been a few, it’s distressing on so many levels,’ he said. ‘But most importantly, the grief that causes the surviving victims of this, it’s difficult to put into words, it never ceases to amaze me. ‘They are grieving the loss of their niece, their sister. She was a mother. The impact (her death) will have on her family is tremendous.’ Earlier this week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Sant was a young mother-of-three who worked at a Brisbane petting zoo. Tyler James, 27, (pictured) allegedly was involved in planning his ex-partner’s murder  Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant , 24, (pictured) allegedly murdered Kiesha Thompson, 23, by mowing her down with a car  Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill Police have said James and Ms Thompson broke up several months ago, but have not detailed what they will allege motivated the tragedy. James, who is from Acacia Ridge and the father of Ms Thompson’s child, was remanded in custody and did not appear in person in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where his charge was briefly mentioned. Sant also was remanded in custody after a separate court mention.  Their cases will next be heard together as a committal trial mention before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31. Ms Thompson’s brother Koby Torto said she was taken from the family in a ‘cowardly act’ while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it ‘horrific and senseless’ in a video released by police on Monday. Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words. ‘We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life,’ she said. Her family vowed to raise her baby daughter who was ‘the absolute light of her life’. ‘We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life,’ Mr Torto said. Kiesha’s Thompson’s shattered family spoke out on Monday A GoFundMe set up to raise funds to honour Kiesha’s memory and help provide for her daughter’s future has already raised close to $20,000. ‘The family cannot express enough gratitude for the heroic efforts of all involved in caring for Kiesha following the collision,’ the page states. Kiesha ‘had created a warm and stable home’ for herself and baby daughter, who had just started daycare so Kiesha could pursue an apprenticeship as a painter.  ‘As they grieve and focus on caring for Kiesha’s daughter, they need our support more than ever.’ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group

The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would deliver only about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back to reaching the target, which has not been hit since 2006.Gay porno It called for a wider transformation of hospital care, including greater use of digital technologies to improve productivity. The warning comes ahead of the release of a government review of NHS performance later this week. Led by NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Ara Darzi, the review was ordered by Health Secretary Wes Streeting shortly after the election, to help identify the biggest barriers to improving waiting times. Sources close to the review said it would be a warts-and-all report, including criticism about the lack of productivity in some areas. There will also be a warning about the state of children’s health, and how that has deteriorated in the past decade. Data from the upcoming review is expected to show that more than 100,000 infants were left waiting for over six hours in A&E in England last year, while 800,000 children and young people are on NHS waiting lists for hospital treatments. Dr Mike McKean, Vice President of Policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told BBC Breakfast that while the review will highlight some issues that apply to adults as well children, “we have simply got our prioritisation wrong here”. “When you think about diseases that adults get – whether it’s cancers, dementia or cardiovascular diseases – many of them are because of a lifetime of problems and a lot of them start in childhood. “If you get it right for children and families… then we know we will have more robust adults who will get less illnesses and diseases,” he added. Sir Keir Starmer referred to Lord Darzi’s upcoming review in his first major interview this weekend, telling the BBC the NHS had been “broken” by previous Conservative-led governments. The review is likely to pave the way for an expansion of surgical hubs, which are used to carry out low-complexity, high-volume treatments such as hip replacements and cataract surgery. This week a study by the Health Foundation think tank said in places where they had been introduced, the number of treatments had risen by a fifth. Existing hospitals will also be asked to do more, with staff paid time-and-a-half to work weekends to ensure 40,000 more appointments and treatments a week can be done, as promised in Labour’s election manifesto. But the NHS Confederation research, carried out jointly with consultancy Carnall Farrar, said this alone would not be enough to start hitting the 18-week target again. Currently the NHS backlog stands at 7.6 million waits, with more than 40% having waited over 18 weeks. The target is for 92% to be seen within 18 weeks. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, said the scale of the challenge facing the government should not be underestimated. “Forty-thousand more operations and appointments a week won’t be nearly enough to hit the target. The NHS needs reform, not just ever more activity.” The NHS Confederation called for fundamental changes, including investment in digital technologies and greater use of robotic surgery and AI. Significant savings could be achieved through carrying out fewer appointments before and after treatment, it said. Follow-up checks could be done remotely and in some cases scrapped altogether, leaving it to the patient to decide whether they needed to be seen. The number of assessments and appointments carried out could also be reduced by joining up care better for the 1.2 million people who are waiting for more than one treatment. The report also said hospitals had to do better at vetting their waiting lists, warning time was being wasted chasing up patients who no longer needed treatment, either because they had already paid for it privately, decided not to have it or, in some cases, had died. But it said achieving these productivity improvements would require upfront investment in buildings and technology. The report also called for more to be done to prevent ill health, to reduce the numbers needing treatment. The Department of Health and Social Care said improving productivity and investing in technology would be part of its plan, alongside expanding the number of appointments and operations. “Fixing the NHS will be difficult and will take time, but this government will deliver the investment and reforms needed to turn the service around,” its spokesperson added. Conservative shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins accused Labour of using Lord Darzi’s review as “cover” to raise taxes in next month’s Budget. She told Sky News: “They weren’t straight with us about winter fuel payments, they’re not being straight with us about taxes, and we need to have a grown-up conversation about the NHS, but this is not the way to go about it.” Update 10.9.24: This story has been updated to reflect the 7.6 million NHS backlog is waits for treatment. Some people are waiting for more than one treatment. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust says it is recognition of its commitment to staff development. Serco workers are seeking the same one-off payments already awarded to their NHS colleagues. The trust running Peterborough City Hospital says the facility could be open within weeks. Portsmouth is among the areas with the lowest numbers of GPs in the country. An ex-RAF service woman waits three months for results on the progress of her stage 4 cancer. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved.  The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.  

Popular Twitch streamer Sketch emotionally addressed a leak showing he once filmed porn on OnlyFans, telling his 1.1 million followers he has a “changed person” after kicking “a couple” of addictions. “Two years ago, I did some stuff.Gay porno I’m sorry if you’ve seen some of the stuff,” the 25-year-old streamer, whose real name is Kylie Cox, told his followers Monday, confirming he was the adult performer seen in the leaked material. “Yeah, that was me. I f–ked up — I won’t do it again.” He blamed it on “a dark time” two years ago when he was “dealing with some addiction problems. A couple of them.” “You know I’m a changed person,” he said of the period before he started his Twitch channel, which streams the Madden NFL video game series. He made light of the X-rated material, starting with a joke referring to then-President Bill Clinton’s much-derided initial denial of inappropriate behavior with Monica Lewinsky. “I did not have sexual relations with that man!” Sketch pretended to say. “I’m just kidding, I did. … Cat’s out of the bag.” Sketch conceded that he went through dark thoughts after the images were leaked — saying he feared he might not have survived had close friends and family “saved” him — before saying it was a relief to finally be unburdened of having to keep it secret. “I’ve been living under the threat of that coming out for like two years,” he said. “I’ll tell you what — weight lifted off my shoulders,” he said now he no longer had “stuff in the closet.” Sketch went on to say that he thought he might quit if the news ever came out, but joked he would now take inspiration from Kim Kardashian on how to handle a sex-tape scandal. Sketch said he now plans to take a quick break, but may be back streaming as soon as Wednesday. While some took to social media to express their disappointment in Sketch for his past, plenty of his fellow creators, including [FaZe Banks, came to his defense. Banks shared a text exchange he had with Sketch after the images were leaked showing Sketch apologizing for getting him and others involved to which he replied, “You’re good bro. Come back. We’re all here, you’re the homie.” Advertisement

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A former porn shop employee claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly frequented adult video stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson, the Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is known for his vitriol directed against members of the LGBTQ community and other political enemies.Gay porno Louis Money, an employee of several 24-hour adult video stores during the time period, including Gents and I-40 Video & News, told the North Carolina investigative outlet The Assembly that Robinson was a regular customer, sometimes coming in as often as five nights a week to watch pornographic videos in a private booth. According to Money, Robinson typically watched two or more “previews” in private booths for $8 a piece during each visit. While the stores catered to both straight and gay clientele, Money says Robinson’s tastes were fairly standard for a straight man. “I know he might have problems with gay people, but I don’t think he has problems with lesbians,” said Money. Money remembers Robinson as funny, cracking jokes during his visits to Gents and performing a standup-type routine for employees and a few customers, although many of those jokes would target the store’s gay clientele. “I hate to say this, but he was very homophobic,” Money said. Money said Robinson purchased “hundreds” of bootleg porn videos that Money sold on the side, buying at least one a week.  However, he added that Robinson didn’t pay for the last one, which he described as a compilation of “super hardcore” films he purchased in New York City that were too risqué to be sold in North Carolina. An unaffiliated voter who claims he likes Robinson as a person, if not a politician, Money said he doesn’t really care about the $25 Robinson owes him for the tape. But the story offered him a chance for self-promotion. Last month, Money’s band, Trailer Park Orchestra, released a YouTube video for their song “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money,” which is how news outlets were first tipped off to the story.  In the music video, an actor, wearing a dark suit and a poorly constructed costume that is supposed to be a Robinson mask, walks into an adult video store and engages in various antics with extras while Money and his band perform the song. Robinson denies Money’s charges. Robinson campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan told The Assembly that Money’s clams were “bullshit” and a “complete and total fiction.” He also called Money and The Assembly‘s reporters “degenerates.” “This false and personal attack on my boss is complete fiction,” Lonergan wrote in response to the news outlet’s request for comment. However, parts of Money’s account appear to be backed up by five other men who were former employees or customers of Gents Video and I-40 Video & News. They told The Assembly they remember Robinson visiting those two stores. One former customer says Robinson — who worked for Papa Johns at the time  — would arrive with pizza during his visits. A former employee of I-40 Video & News also recalled Robinson bringing in pizza for staff and “buddy[ing] up to everybody” at the store, even when he wasn’t renting videos. Lonergan told The Assembly that Robinson knew the former video store clerk because “Money used to hang out at the Papa Johns where Mark Robinson worked in the ’90s and ask for free pizza, but that’s the extent of the relationship.” Lonergan called Money a “freak show grifter” who had a “long history of criminal charges,” referring to nine misdemeanor drug charges and felony marijuana charges, all of which have been dropped or dismissed. Money admitted to asking Robinson for “a free pizza here and there,” but rejects the Robinson campaign’s claims as false, noting that Papa Johns only had takeout and delivery. “This is how you know that’s bullshit, because Papa Johns aren’t sit-down restaurants,” he told The Assembly. “There’s no place to hang out in there.” Robinson claimed in his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s, but did not experience a “drastic conversion” or stop engaging in sinful behavior immediately afterward. After struggling to pay the bills and juggling several jobs during the time when he is alleged to have visited the adult video stores — including a good-paying furniture manufacturing job that he claims was a casualty of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s signing of NAFTA into law — Robinson’s memoir details how he became more grounded in his faith. His Christian faith, coupled with his conservative political beliefs, led him to become politically involved. Following a speech before the Greensboro City Council, in which he attacked attempts to pass gun-control reforms, Robinson became a conservative public speaker, being invited to speak at the National Rifle Association of America’s annual convention and growing his public profile. In 2020, he used that profile to launch a successful bid for the position of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, making history as the first Black person to ever hold the job. As noted by New York Magazine, it is unlikely that the allegations of Robinson frequenting porn shops will hamper his campaign. While socially conservative Republicans have long advocated for the abolishment of pornography, evangelicals and other Republican-leaning groups are fiercely loyal to the GOP. Additionally, the fact that the visits occurred decades ago lessens the sting of the accusations since Robinson has been vocal about his social conservatism and has used his position to speak out against content or social constructs that he deems “filth.” Robinson’s alleged sinful behavior will likely only endear him to younger male voters who are increasingly distancing themselves from the Democratic Party. As New York Magazine notes, “In this decade, this exposé will instead likely help the candidate with the Barstool bro-vote.” Watch Trailer Park Orchestra’s music video for “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money” below. Trigger warning: Video is NSFW and may offend some audiences due to its adult content and racially insensitive material.

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Employees of a Dupont Circle Shake Shack allegedly pushed a customer out of the restaurant and repeatedly beat him after seeing his boyfriend kiss him. According to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the victim, Christian Dingus, claims he was assaulted by multiple people and pushed to the ground after being forcibly escorted out of the restaurant just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 17. Dingus told NBC Washington News 4 that the dispute started inside. He had gone to the Shake Shack at the corner of 18th and Jefferson Streets NW with his partner and a few friends. They had ordered food but grew impatient as their wait time began to exceed 45 minutes.

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Sarah Kate Ellis is under scrutiny after an article in The New York Times accused the GLAAD president and CEO of engaging in a pattern of lavish spending, including having the nonprofit pay for the renovation of her home office. According to the Times, which analyzed months of the LGBTQ media advocacy organization’s  expense reports from January 2022 to June 2023, Ellis allegedly racked up charges for first-class flights, expensive black car services, stays at luxury hotels, a ski day that was part of a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Provincetown summer rental, and nearly $18,000 in renovations to her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier and other ornate accouterments.

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Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race over an openly gay Republican. The organization is endorsing Democrats for every federal office this year, including the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and all 12 congressional races. Six Democratic incumbent members of Congress are being endorsed, plus presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who decided to run for the Senate instead of pursue re-election to his House seat.  These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member’s Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!

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The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would deliver only about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back to reaching the target, which has not been hit since 2006.Gay porno It called for a wider transformation of hospital care, including greater use of digital technologies to improve productivity. The warning comes ahead of the release of a government review of NHS performance later this week. Led by NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Ara Darzi, the review was ordered by Health Secretary Wes Streeting shortly after the election, to help identify the biggest barriers to improving waiting times. Sources close to the review said it would be a warts-and-all report, including criticism about the lack of productivity in some areas. There will also be a warning about the state of children’s health, and how that has deteriorated in the past decade. Data from the upcoming review is expected to show that more than 100,000 infants were left waiting for over six hours in A&E in England last year, while 800,000 children and young people are on NHS waiting lists for hospital treatments. Dr Mike McKean, Vice President of Policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told BBC Breakfast that while the review will highlight some issues that apply to adults as well children, “we have simply got our prioritisation wrong here”. “When you think about diseases that adults get – whether it’s cancers, dementia or cardiovascular diseases – many of them are because of a lifetime of problems and a lot of them start in childhood. “If you get it right for children and families… then we know we will have more robust adults who will get less illnesses and diseases,” he added. Sir Keir Starmer referred to Lord Darzi’s upcoming review in his first major interview this weekend, telling the BBC the NHS had been “broken” by previous Conservative-led governments. The review is likely to pave the way for an expansion of surgical hubs, which are used to carry out low-complexity, high-volume treatments such as hip replacements and cataract surgery. This week a study by the Health Foundation think tank said in places where they had been introduced, the number of treatments had risen by a fifth. Existing hospitals will also be asked to do more, with staff paid time-and-a-half to work weekends to ensure 40,000 more appointments and treatments a week can be done, as promised in Labour’s election manifesto. But the NHS Confederation research, carried out jointly with consultancy Carnall Farrar, said this alone would not be enough to start hitting the 18-week target again. Currently the NHS backlog stands at 7.6 million waits, with more than 40% having waited over 18 weeks. The target is for 92% to be seen within 18 weeks. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, said the scale of the challenge facing the government should not be underestimated. “Forty-thousand more operations and appointments a week won’t be nearly enough to hit the target. The NHS needs reform, not just ever more activity.” The NHS Confederation called for fundamental changes, including investment in digital technologies and greater use of robotic surgery and AI. Significant savings could be achieved through carrying out fewer appointments before and after treatment, it said. Follow-up checks could be done remotely and in some cases scrapped altogether, leaving it to the patient to decide whether they needed to be seen. The number of assessments and appointments carried out could also be reduced by joining up care better for the 1.2 million people who are waiting for more than one treatment. The report also said hospitals had to do better at vetting their waiting lists, warning time was being wasted chasing up patients who no longer needed treatment, either because they had already paid for it privately, decided not to have it or, in some cases, had died. But it said achieving these productivity improvements would require upfront investment in buildings and technology. The report also called for more to be done to prevent ill health, to reduce the numbers needing treatment. The Department of Health and Social Care said improving productivity and investing in technology would be part of its plan, alongside expanding the number of appointments and operations. “Fixing the NHS will be difficult and will take time, but this government will deliver the investment and reforms needed to turn the service around,” its spokesperson added. Conservative shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins accused Labour of using Lord Darzi’s review as “cover” to raise taxes in next month’s Budget. She told Sky News: “They weren’t straight with us about winter fuel payments, they’re not being straight with us about taxes, and we need to have a grown-up conversation about the NHS, but this is not the way to go about it.” Update 10.9.24: This story has been updated to reflect the 7.6 million NHS backlog is waits for treatment. Some people are waiting for more than one treatment. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust says it is recognition of its commitment to staff development. Serco workers are seeking the same one-off payments already awarded to their NHS colleagues. The trust running Peterborough City Hospital says the facility could be open within weeks. Portsmouth is among the areas with the lowest numbers of GPs in the country. An ex-RAF service woman waits three months for results on the progress of her stage 4 cancer. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved.  The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.  

Popular Twitch streamer Sketch emotionally addressed a leak showing he once filmed porn on OnlyFans, telling his 1.1 million followers he has a “changed person” after kicking “a couple” of addictions. “Two years ago, I did some stuff.Gay porno I’m sorry if you’ve seen some of the stuff,” the 25-year-old streamer, whose real name is Kylie Cox, told his followers Monday, confirming he was the adult performer seen in the leaked material. “Yeah, that was me. I f–ked up — I won’t do it again.” He blamed it on “a dark time” two years ago when he was “dealing with some addiction problems. A couple of them.” “You know I’m a changed person,” he said of the period before he started his Twitch channel, which streams the Madden NFL video game series. He made light of the X-rated material, starting with a joke referring to then-President Bill Clinton’s much-derided initial denial of inappropriate behavior with Monica Lewinsky. “I did not have sexual relations with that man!” Sketch pretended to say. “I’m just kidding, I did. … Cat’s out of the bag.” Sketch conceded that he went through dark thoughts after the images were leaked — saying he feared he might not have survived had close friends and family “saved” him — before saying it was a relief to finally be unburdened of having to keep it secret. “I’ve been living under the threat of that coming out for like two years,” he said. “I’ll tell you what — weight lifted off my shoulders,” he said now he no longer had “stuff in the closet.” Sketch went on to say that he thought he might quit if the news ever came out, but joked he would now take inspiration from Kim Kardashian on how to handle a sex-tape scandal. Sketch said he now plans to take a quick break, but may be back streaming as soon as Wednesday. While some took to social media to express their disappointment in Sketch for his past, plenty of his fellow creators, including [FaZe Banks, came to his defense. Banks shared a text exchange he had with Sketch after the images were leaked showing Sketch apologizing for getting him and others involved to which he replied, “You’re good bro. Come back. We’re all here, you’re the homie.” Advertisement

By Tita Smith In Brisbane For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:49 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 24 July 2024 EXCLUSIVE  A young mother who was allegedly murdered in a love-triangle hit-and-run was recently caught up in a suspected revenge porn attack.  Kiesha Thompson, 23, was allegedly deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while  walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, in Brisbane’s south last Friday.  Ms Thompson died in hospital that night and police have since charged her ex-partner Tyler Scott William James, 27, and his new girlfriend Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with domestic violence murder.Gay porno Police will allege James was involved in planning the attack, before Sant carried it out – spending an ‘extended amount of time’ driving around the suburb in her Toyota LandCruiser Prado before mowing Ms Thompson down.  Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a seemingly fake social media account in Ms Thompson’s name was set up in April. The account features highly explicit pictures of Ms Thompson that appear to have been posted without her permission. The only time the account – which includes link in the bio to a non-existent OnlyFans page – appears to have been active was the day it was created, when 15 photos of Ms Thompson were uploaded. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest the incident and Ms Thompson’s murder are connected nor that those accused of her death were involved. Kiesha Thompson (pictured) was on the footpath after dropping off her daughter at daycare when she was allegedly ran down. A social media account featuring suspected revenge porn appears to have been set up Ms Thompson’s name in April The revelation comes as Queensland Police revealed on Tuesday that they were aware of ‘distressing’ posts online and were working to have them removed.  ‘We have taken steps to try to get those posts examined. That will form part of an ongoing investigation, but we’ve also taken steps to try to take those down, which is challenging,’ Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters. ‘But it’s not something we take lightly, and it’s inexplicable.’ Detective Inspector Knight said the social media posts have been compounding Ms Thompson’s grief. ‘When I learned of those posts, and there has been a few, it’s distressing on so many levels,’ he said. ‘But most importantly, the grief that causes the surviving victims of this, it’s difficult to put into words, it never ceases to amaze me. ‘They are grieving the loss of their niece, their sister. She was a mother. The impact (her death) will have on her family is tremendous.’ Earlier this week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Sant was a young mother-of-three who worked at a Brisbane petting zoo. Tyler James, 27, (pictured) allegedly was involved in planning his ex-partner’s murder  Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant , 24, (pictured) allegedly murdered Kiesha Thompson, 23, by mowing her down with a car  Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill Police have said James and Ms Thompson broke up several months ago, but have not detailed what they will allege motivated the tragedy. James, who is from Acacia Ridge and the father of Ms Thompson’s child, was remanded in custody and did not appear in person in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where his charge was briefly mentioned. Sant also was remanded in custody after a separate court mention.  Their cases will next be heard together as a committal trial mention before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31. Ms Thompson’s brother Koby Torto said she was taken from the family in a ‘cowardly act’ while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it ‘horrific and senseless’ in a video released by police on Monday. Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words. ‘We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life,’ she said. Her family vowed to raise her baby daughter who was ‘the absolute light of her life’. ‘We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life,’ Mr Torto said. Kiesha’s Thompson’s shattered family spoke out on Monday A GoFundMe set up to raise funds to honour Kiesha’s memory and help provide for her daughter’s future has already raised close to $20,000. ‘The family cannot express enough gratitude for the heroic efforts of all involved in caring for Kiesha following the collision,’ the page states. Kiesha ‘had created a warm and stable home’ for herself and baby daughter, who had just started daycare so Kiesha could pursue an apprenticeship as a painter.  ‘As they grieve and focus on caring for Kiesha’s daughter, they need our support more than ever.’ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group

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A former porn shop employee claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly frequented adult video stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson, the Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is known for his vitriol directed against members of the LGBTQ community and other political enemies.Bonsai Casino Louis Money, an employee of several 24-hour adult video stores during the time period, including Gents and I-40 Video & News, told the North Carolina investigative outlet The Assembly that Robinson was a regular customer, sometimes coming in as often as five nights a week to watch pornographic videos in a private booth. According to Money, Robinson typically watched two or more “previews” in private booths for $8 a piece during each visit. While the stores catered to both straight and gay clientele, Money says Robinson’s tastes were fairly standard for a straight man. “I know he might have problems with gay people, but I don’t think he has problems with lesbians,” said Money. Money remembers Robinson as funny, cracking jokes during his visits to Gents and performing a standup-type routine for employees and a few customers, although many of those jokes would target the store’s gay clientele. “I hate to say this, but he was very homophobic,” Money said. Money said Robinson purchased “hundreds” of bootleg porn videos that Money sold on the side, buying at least one a week.  However, he added that Robinson didn’t pay for the last one, which he described as a compilation of “super hardcore” films he purchased in New York City that were too risqué to be sold in North Carolina. An unaffiliated voter who claims he likes Robinson as a person, if not a politician, Money said he doesn’t really care about the $25 Robinson owes him for the tape. But the story offered him a chance for self-promotion. Last month, Money’s band, Trailer Park Orchestra, released a YouTube video for their song “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money,” which is how news outlets were first tipped off to the story.  In the music video, an actor, wearing a dark suit and a poorly constructed costume that is supposed to be a Robinson mask, walks into an adult video store and engages in various antics with extras while Money and his band perform the song. Robinson denies Money’s charges. Robinson campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan told The Assembly that Money’s clams were “bullshit” and a “complete and total fiction.” He also called Money and The Assembly‘s reporters “degenerates.” “This false and personal attack on my boss is complete fiction,” Lonergan wrote in response to the news outlet’s request for comment. However, parts of Money’s account appear to be backed up by five other men who were former employees or customers of Gents Video and I-40 Video & News. They told The Assembly they remember Robinson visiting those two stores. One former customer says Robinson — who worked for Papa Johns at the time  — would arrive with pizza during his visits. A former employee of I-40 Video & News also recalled Robinson bringing in pizza for staff and “buddy[ing] up to everybody” at the store, even when he wasn’t renting videos. Lonergan told The Assembly that Robinson knew the former video store clerk because “Money used to hang out at the Papa Johns where Mark Robinson worked in the ’90s and ask for free pizza, but that’s the extent of the relationship.” Lonergan called Money a “freak show grifter” who had a “long history of criminal charges,” referring to nine misdemeanor drug charges and felony marijuana charges, all of which have been dropped or dismissed. Money admitted to asking Robinson for “a free pizza here and there,” but rejects the Robinson campaign’s claims as false, noting that Papa Johns only had takeout and delivery. “This is how you know that’s bullshit, because Papa Johns aren’t sit-down restaurants,” he told The Assembly. “There’s no place to hang out in there.” Robinson claimed in his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s, but did not experience a “drastic conversion” or stop engaging in sinful behavior immediately afterward. After struggling to pay the bills and juggling several jobs during the time when he is alleged to have visited the adult video stores — including a good-paying furniture manufacturing job that he claims was a casualty of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s signing of NAFTA into law — Robinson’s memoir details how he became more grounded in his faith. His Christian faith, coupled with his conservative political beliefs, led him to become politically involved. Following a speech before the Greensboro City Council, in which he attacked attempts to pass gun-control reforms, Robinson became a conservative public speaker, being invited to speak at the National Rifle Association of America’s annual convention and growing his public profile. In 2020, he used that profile to launch a successful bid for the position of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, making history as the first Black person to ever hold the job. As noted by New York Magazine, it is unlikely that the allegations of Robinson frequenting porn shops will hamper his campaign. While socially conservative Republicans have long advocated for the abolishment of pornography, evangelicals and other Republican-leaning groups are fiercely loyal to the GOP. Additionally, the fact that the visits occurred decades ago lessens the sting of the accusations since Robinson has been vocal about his social conservatism and has used his position to speak out against content or social constructs that he deems “filth.” Robinson’s alleged sinful behavior will likely only endear him to younger male voters who are increasingly distancing themselves from the Democratic Party. As New York Magazine notes, “In this decade, this exposé will instead likely help the candidate with the Barstool bro-vote.” Watch Trailer Park Orchestra’s music video for “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money” below. Trigger warning: Video is NSFW and may offend some audiences due to its adult content and racially insensitive material.

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Employees of a Dupont Circle Shake Shack allegedly pushed a customer out of the restaurant and repeatedly beat him after seeing his boyfriend kiss him. According to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the victim, Christian Dingus, claims he was assaulted by multiple people and pushed to the ground after being forcibly escorted out of the restaurant just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 17. Dingus told NBC Washington News 4 that the dispute started inside. He had gone to the Shake Shack at the corner of 18th and Jefferson Streets NW with his partner and a few friends. They had ordered food but grew impatient as their wait time began to exceed 45 minutes.

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Sarah Kate Ellis is under scrutiny after an article in The New York Times accused the GLAAD president and CEO of engaging in a pattern of lavish spending, including having the nonprofit pay for the renovation of her home office. According to the Times, which analyzed months of the LGBTQ media advocacy organization’s  expense reports from January 2022 to June 2023, Ellis allegedly racked up charges for first-class flights, expensive black car services, stays at luxury hotels, a ski day that was part of a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Provincetown summer rental, and nearly $18,000 in renovations to her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier and other ornate accouterments.

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Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race over an openly gay Republican. The organization is endorsing Democrats for every federal office this year, including the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and all 12 congressional races. Six Democratic incumbent members of Congress are being endorsed, plus presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who decided to run for the Senate instead of pursue re-election to his House seat.  These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member’s Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!

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The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would deliver only about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back to reaching the target, which has not been hit since 2006.Gay porno It called for a wider transformation of hospital care, including greater use of digital technologies to improve productivity. The warning comes ahead of the release of a government review of NHS performance later this week. Led by NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Ara Darzi, the review was ordered by Health Secretary Wes Streeting shortly after the election, to help identify the biggest barriers to improving waiting times. Sources close to the review said it would be a warts-and-all report, including criticism about the lack of productivity in some areas. There will also be a warning about the state of children’s health, and how that has deteriorated in the past decade. Data from the upcoming review is expected to show that more than 100,000 infants were left waiting for over six hours in A&E in England last year, while 800,000 children and young people are on NHS waiting lists for hospital treatments. Dr Mike McKean, Vice President of Policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told BBC Breakfast that while the review will highlight some issues that apply to adults as well children, “we have simply got our prioritisation wrong here”. “When you think about diseases that adults get – whether it’s cancers, dementia or cardiovascular diseases – many of them are because of a lifetime of problems and a lot of them start in childhood. “If you get it right for children and families… then we know we will have more robust adults who will get less illnesses and diseases,” he added. Sir Keir Starmer referred to Lord Darzi’s upcoming review in his first major interview this weekend, telling the BBC the NHS had been “broken” by previous Conservative-led governments. The review is likely to pave the way for an expansion of surgical hubs, which are used to carry out low-complexity, high-volume treatments such as hip replacements and cataract surgery. This week a study by the Health Foundation think tank said in places where they had been introduced, the number of treatments had risen by a fifth. Existing hospitals will also be asked to do more, with staff paid time-and-a-half to work weekends to ensure 40,000 more appointments and treatments a week can be done, as promised in Labour’s election manifesto. But the NHS Confederation research, carried out jointly with consultancy Carnall Farrar, said this alone would not be enough to start hitting the 18-week target again. Currently the NHS backlog stands at 7.6 million waits, with more than 40% having waited over 18 weeks. The target is for 92% to be seen within 18 weeks. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, said the scale of the challenge facing the government should not be underestimated. “Forty-thousand more operations and appointments a week won’t be nearly enough to hit the target. The NHS needs reform, not just ever more activity.” The NHS Confederation called for fundamental changes, including investment in digital technologies and greater use of robotic surgery and AI. Significant savings could be achieved through carrying out fewer appointments before and after treatment, it said. Follow-up checks could be done remotely and in some cases scrapped altogether, leaving it to the patient to decide whether they needed to be seen. The number of assessments and appointments carried out could also be reduced by joining up care better for the 1.2 million people who are waiting for more than one treatment. The report also said hospitals had to do better at vetting their waiting lists, warning time was being wasted chasing up patients who no longer needed treatment, either because they had already paid for it privately, decided not to have it or, in some cases, had died. But it said achieving these productivity improvements would require upfront investment in buildings and technology. The report also called for more to be done to prevent ill health, to reduce the numbers needing treatment. The Department of Health and Social Care said improving productivity and investing in technology would be part of its plan, alongside expanding the number of appointments and operations. “Fixing the NHS will be difficult and will take time, but this government will deliver the investment and reforms needed to turn the service around,” its spokesperson added. Conservative shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins accused Labour of using Lord Darzi’s review as “cover” to raise taxes in next month’s Budget. She told Sky News: “They weren’t straight with us about winter fuel payments, they’re not being straight with us about taxes, and we need to have a grown-up conversation about the NHS, but this is not the way to go about it.” Update 10.9.24: This story has been updated to reflect the 7.6 million NHS backlog is waits for treatment. Some people are waiting for more than one treatment. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust says it is recognition of its commitment to staff development. Serco workers are seeking the same one-off payments already awarded to their NHS colleagues. The trust running Peterborough City Hospital says the facility could be open within weeks. Portsmouth is among the areas with the lowest numbers of GPs in the country. An ex-RAF service woman waits three months for results on the progress of her stage 4 cancer. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved.  The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.  

Popular Twitch streamer Sketch emotionally addressed a leak showing he once filmed porn on OnlyFans, telling his 1.1 million followers he has a “changed person” after kicking “a couple” of addictions. “Two years ago, I did some stuff. I’m sorry if you’ve seen some of the stuff,” the 25-year-old streamer, whose real name is Kylie Cox, told his followers Monday, confirming he was the adult performer seen in the leaked material.Bonsai Casino “Yeah, that was me. I f–ked up — I won’t do it again.” He blamed it on “a dark time” two years ago when he was “dealing with some addiction problems. A couple of them.” “You know I’m a changed person,” he said of the period before he started his Twitch channel, which streams the Madden NFL video game series. He made light of the X-rated material, starting with a joke referring to then-President Bill Clinton’s much-derided initial denial of inappropriate behavior with Monica Lewinsky. “I did not have sexual relations with that man!” Sketch pretended to say. “I’m just kidding, I did. … Cat’s out of the bag.” Sketch conceded that he went through dark thoughts after the images were leaked — saying he feared he might not have survived had close friends and family “saved” him — before saying it was a relief to finally be unburdened of having to keep it secret. “I’ve been living under the threat of that coming out for like two years,” he said. “I’ll tell you what — weight lifted off my shoulders,” he said now he no longer had “stuff in the closet.” Sketch went on to say that he thought he might quit if the news ever came out, but joked he would now take inspiration from Kim Kardashian on how to handle a sex-tape scandal. Sketch said he now plans to take a quick break, but may be back streaming as soon as Wednesday. While some took to social media to express their disappointment in Sketch for his past, plenty of his fellow creators, including [FaZe Banks, came to his defense. Banks shared a text exchange he had with Sketch after the images were leaked showing Sketch apologizing for getting him and others involved to which he replied, “You’re good bro. Come back. We’re all here, you’re the homie.” Advertisement

By Tita Smith In Brisbane For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:49 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 24 July 2024 EXCLUSIVE  A young mother who was allegedly murdered in a love-triangle hit-and-run was recently caught up in a suspected revenge porn attack.  Kiesha Thompson, 23, was allegedly deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while  walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, in Brisbane’s south last Friday.  Ms Thompson died in hospital that night and police have since charged her ex-partner Tyler Scott William James, 27, and his new girlfriend Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with domestic violence murder.Gay porno Police will allege James was involved in planning the attack, before Sant carried it out – spending an ‘extended amount of time’ driving around the suburb in her Toyota LandCruiser Prado before mowing Ms Thompson down.  Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a seemingly fake social media account in Ms Thompson’s name was set up in April. The account features highly explicit pictures of Ms Thompson that appear to have been posted without her permission. The only time the account – which includes link in the bio to a non-existent OnlyFans page – appears to have been active was the day it was created, when 15 photos of Ms Thompson were uploaded. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest the incident and Ms Thompson’s murder are connected nor that those accused of her death were involved. Kiesha Thompson (pictured) was on the footpath after dropping off her daughter at daycare when she was allegedly ran down. A social media account featuring suspected revenge porn appears to have been set up Ms Thompson’s name in April The revelation comes as Queensland Police revealed on Tuesday that they were aware of ‘distressing’ posts online and were working to have them removed.  ‘We have taken steps to try to get those posts examined. That will form part of an ongoing investigation, but we’ve also taken steps to try to take those down, which is challenging,’ Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters. ‘But it’s not something we take lightly, and it’s inexplicable.’ Detective Inspector Knight said the social media posts have been compounding Ms Thompson’s grief. ‘When I learned of those posts, and there has been a few, it’s distressing on so many levels,’ he said. ‘But most importantly, the grief that causes the surviving victims of this, it’s difficult to put into words, it never ceases to amaze me. ‘They are grieving the loss of their niece, their sister. She was a mother. The impact (her death) will have on her family is tremendous.’ Earlier this week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Sant was a young mother-of-three who worked at a Brisbane petting zoo. Tyler James, 27, (pictured) allegedly was involved in planning his ex-partner’s murder  Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant , 24, (pictured) allegedly murdered Kiesha Thompson, 23, by mowing her down with a car  Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill Police have said James and Ms Thompson broke up several months ago, but have not detailed what they will allege motivated the tragedy. James, who is from Acacia Ridge and the father of Ms Thompson’s child, was remanded in custody and did not appear in person in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where his charge was briefly mentioned. Sant also was remanded in custody after a separate court mention.  Their cases will next be heard together as a committal trial mention before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31. Ms Thompson’s brother Koby Torto said she was taken from the family in a ‘cowardly act’ while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it ‘horrific and senseless’ in a video released by police on Monday. Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words. ‘We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life,’ she said. Her family vowed to raise her baby daughter who was ‘the absolute light of her life’. ‘We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life,’ Mr Torto said. Kiesha’s Thompson’s shattered family spoke out on Monday A GoFundMe set up to raise funds to honour Kiesha’s memory and help provide for her daughter’s future has already raised close to $20,000. ‘The family cannot express enough gratitude for the heroic efforts of all involved in caring for Kiesha following the collision,’ the page states. Kiesha ‘had created a warm and stable home’ for herself and baby daughter, who had just started daycare so Kiesha could pursue an apprenticeship as a painter.  ‘As they grieve and focus on caring for Kiesha’s daughter, they need our support more than ever.’ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group

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A former porn shop employee claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly frequented adult video stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson, the Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is known for his vitriol directed against members of the LGBTQ community and other political enemies.Gay porno Louis Money, an employee of several 24-hour adult video stores during the time period, including Gents and I-40 Video & News, told the North Carolina investigative outlet The Assembly that Robinson was a regular customer, sometimes coming in as often as five nights a week to watch pornographic videos in a private booth. According to Money, Robinson typically watched two or more “previews” in private booths for $8 a piece during each visit. While the stores catered to both straight and gay clientele, Money says Robinson’s tastes were fairly standard for a straight man. “I know he might have problems with gay people, but I don’t think he has problems with lesbians,” said Money. Money remembers Robinson as funny, cracking jokes during his visits to Gents and performing a standup-type routine for employees and a few customers, although many of those jokes would target the store’s gay clientele. “I hate to say this, but he was very homophobic,” Money said. Money said Robinson purchased “hundreds” of bootleg porn videos that Money sold on the side, buying at least one a week.  However, he added that Robinson didn’t pay for the last one, which he described as a compilation of “super hardcore” films he purchased in New York City that were too risqué to be sold in North Carolina. An unaffiliated voter who claims he likes Robinson as a person, if not a politician, Money said he doesn’t really care about the $25 Robinson owes him for the tape. But the story offered him a chance for self-promotion. Last month, Money’s band, Trailer Park Orchestra, released a YouTube video for their song “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money,” which is how news outlets were first tipped off to the story.  In the music video, an actor, wearing a dark suit and a poorly constructed costume that is supposed to be a Robinson mask, walks into an adult video store and engages in various antics with extras while Money and his band perform the song. Robinson denies Money’s charges. Robinson campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan told The Assembly that Money’s clams were “bullshit” and a “complete and total fiction.” He also called Money and The Assembly‘s reporters “degenerates.” “This false and personal attack on my boss is complete fiction,” Lonergan wrote in response to the news outlet’s request for comment. However, parts of Money’s account appear to be backed up by five other men who were former employees or customers of Gents Video and I-40 Video & News. They told The Assembly they remember Robinson visiting those two stores. One former customer says Robinson — who worked for Papa Johns at the time  — would arrive with pizza during his visits. A former employee of I-40 Video & News also recalled Robinson bringing in pizza for staff and “buddy[ing] up to everybody” at the store, even when he wasn’t renting videos. Lonergan told The Assembly that Robinson knew the former video store clerk because “Money used to hang out at the Papa Johns where Mark Robinson worked in the ’90s and ask for free pizza, but that’s the extent of the relationship.” Lonergan called Money a “freak show grifter” who had a “long history of criminal charges,” referring to nine misdemeanor drug charges and felony marijuana charges, all of which have been dropped or dismissed. Money admitted to asking Robinson for “a free pizza here and there,” but rejects the Robinson campaign’s claims as false, noting that Papa Johns only had takeout and delivery. “This is how you know that’s bullshit, because Papa Johns aren’t sit-down restaurants,” he told The Assembly. “There’s no place to hang out in there.” Robinson claimed in his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s, but did not experience a “drastic conversion” or stop engaging in sinful behavior immediately afterward. After struggling to pay the bills and juggling several jobs during the time when he is alleged to have visited the adult video stores — including a good-paying furniture manufacturing job that he claims was a casualty of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s signing of NAFTA into law — Robinson’s memoir details how he became more grounded in his faith. His Christian faith, coupled with his conservative political beliefs, led him to become politically involved. Following a speech before the Greensboro City Council, in which he attacked attempts to pass gun-control reforms, Robinson became a conservative public speaker, being invited to speak at the National Rifle Association of America’s annual convention and growing his public profile. In 2020, he used that profile to launch a successful bid for the position of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, making history as the first Black person to ever hold the job. As noted by New York Magazine, it is unlikely that the allegations of Robinson frequenting porn shops will hamper his campaign. While socially conservative Republicans have long advocated for the abolishment of pornography, evangelicals and other Republican-leaning groups are fiercely loyal to the GOP. Additionally, the fact that the visits occurred decades ago lessens the sting of the accusations since Robinson has been vocal about his social conservatism and has used his position to speak out against content or social constructs that he deems “filth.” Robinson’s alleged sinful behavior will likely only endear him to younger male voters who are increasingly distancing themselves from the Democratic Party. As New York Magazine notes, “In this decade, this exposé will instead likely help the candidate with the Barstool bro-vote.” Watch Trailer Park Orchestra’s music video for “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money” below. Trigger warning: Video is NSFW and may offend some audiences due to its adult content and racially insensitive material.

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Employees of a Dupont Circle Shake Shack allegedly pushed a customer out of the restaurant and repeatedly beat him after seeing his boyfriend kiss him. According to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the victim, Christian Dingus, claims he was assaulted by multiple people and pushed to the ground after being forcibly escorted out of the restaurant just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 17. Dingus told NBC Washington News 4 that the dispute started inside. He had gone to the Shake Shack at the corner of 18th and Jefferson Streets NW with his partner and a few friends. They had ordered food but grew impatient as their wait time began to exceed 45 minutes.

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Sarah Kate Ellis is under scrutiny after an article in The New York Times accused the GLAAD president and CEO of engaging in a pattern of lavish spending, including having the nonprofit pay for the renovation of her home office. According to the Times, which analyzed months of the LGBTQ media advocacy organization’s  expense reports from January 2022 to June 2023, Ellis allegedly racked up charges for first-class flights, expensive black car services, stays at luxury hotels, a ski day that was part of a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Provincetown summer rental, and nearly $18,000 in renovations to her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier and other ornate accouterments.

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Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race over an openly gay Republican. The organization is endorsing Democrats for every federal office this year, including the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and all 12 congressional races. Six Democratic incumbent members of Congress are being endorsed, plus presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who decided to run for the Senate instead of pursue re-election to his House seat.  These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member’s Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!

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A former porn shop employee claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly frequented adult video stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson, the Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is known for his vitriol directed against members of the LGBTQ community and other political enemies.Gay porno Louis Money, an employee of several 24-hour adult video stores during the time period, including Gents and I-40 Video & News, told the North Carolina investigative outlet The Assembly that Robinson was a regular customer, sometimes coming in as often as five nights a week to watch pornographic videos in a private booth. According to Money, Robinson typically watched two or more “previews” in private booths for $8 a piece during each visit. While the stores catered to both straight and gay clientele, Money says Robinson’s tastes were fairly standard for a straight man. “I know he might have problems with gay people, but I don’t think he has problems with lesbians,” said Money. Money remembers Robinson as funny, cracking jokes during his visits to Gents and performing a standup-type routine for employees and a few customers, although many of those jokes would target the store’s gay clientele. “I hate to say this, but he was very homophobic,” Money said. Money said Robinson purchased “hundreds” of bootleg porn videos that Money sold on the side, buying at least one a week.  However, he added that Robinson didn’t pay for the last one, which he described as a compilation of “super hardcore” films he purchased in New York City that were too risqué to be sold in North Carolina. An unaffiliated voter who claims he likes Robinson as a person, if not a politician, Money said he doesn’t really care about the $25 Robinson owes him for the tape. But the story offered him a chance for self-promotion. Last month, Money’s band, Trailer Park Orchestra, released a YouTube video for their song “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money,” which is how news outlets were first tipped off to the story.  In the music video, an actor, wearing a dark suit and a poorly constructed costume that is supposed to be a Robinson mask, walks into an adult video store and engages in various antics with extras while Money and his band perform the song. Robinson denies Money’s charges. Robinson campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan told The Assembly that Money’s clams were “bullshit” and a “complete and total fiction.” He also called Money and The Assembly‘s reporters “degenerates.” “This false and personal attack on my boss is complete fiction,” Lonergan wrote in response to the news outlet’s request for comment. However, parts of Money’s account appear to be backed up by five other men who were former employees or customers of Gents Video and I-40 Video & News. They told The Assembly they remember Robinson visiting those two stores. One former customer says Robinson — who worked for Papa Johns at the time  — would arrive with pizza during his visits. A former employee of I-40 Video & News also recalled Robinson bringing in pizza for staff and “buddy[ing] up to everybody” at the store, even when he wasn’t renting videos. Lonergan told The Assembly that Robinson knew the former video store clerk because “Money used to hang out at the Papa Johns where Mark Robinson worked in the ’90s and ask for free pizza, but that’s the extent of the relationship.” Lonergan called Money a “freak show grifter” who had a “long history of criminal charges,” referring to nine misdemeanor drug charges and felony marijuana charges, all of which have been dropped or dismissed. Money admitted to asking Robinson for “a free pizza here and there,” but rejects the Robinson campaign’s claims as false, noting that Papa Johns only had takeout and delivery. “This is how you know that’s bullshit, because Papa Johns aren’t sit-down restaurants,” he told The Assembly. “There’s no place to hang out in there.” Robinson claimed in his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s, but did not experience a “drastic conversion” or stop engaging in sinful behavior immediately afterward. After struggling to pay the bills and juggling several jobs during the time when he is alleged to have visited the adult video stores — including a good-paying furniture manufacturing job that he claims was a casualty of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s signing of NAFTA into law — Robinson’s memoir details how he became more grounded in his faith. His Christian faith, coupled with his conservative political beliefs, led him to become politically involved. Following a speech before the Greensboro City Council, in which he attacked attempts to pass gun-control reforms, Robinson became a conservative public speaker, being invited to speak at the National Rifle Association of America’s annual convention and growing his public profile. In 2020, he used that profile to launch a successful bid for the position of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, making history as the first Black person to ever hold the job. As noted by New York Magazine, it is unlikely that the allegations of Robinson frequenting porn shops will hamper his campaign. While socially conservative Republicans have long advocated for the abolishment of pornography, evangelicals and other Republican-leaning groups are fiercely loyal to the GOP. Additionally, the fact that the visits occurred decades ago lessens the sting of the accusations since Robinson has been vocal about his social conservatism and has used his position to speak out against content or social constructs that he deems “filth.” Robinson’s alleged sinful behavior will likely only endear him to younger male voters who are increasingly distancing themselves from the Democratic Party. As New York Magazine notes, “In this decade, this exposé will instead likely help the candidate with the Barstool bro-vote.” Watch Trailer Park Orchestra’s music video for “The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money” below. Trigger warning: Video is NSFW and may offend some audiences due to its adult content and racially insensitive material.

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August 19, 2024 @JRileyMW

Employees of a Dupont Circle Shake Shack allegedly pushed a customer out of the restaurant and repeatedly beat him after seeing his boyfriend kiss him. According to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the victim, Christian Dingus, claims he was assaulted by multiple people and pushed to the ground after being forcibly escorted out of the restaurant just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 17. Dingus told NBC Washington News 4 that the dispute started inside. He had gone to the Shake Shack at the corner of 18th and Jefferson Streets NW with his partner and a few friends. They had ordered food but grew impatient as their wait time began to exceed 45 minutes.

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Sarah Kate Ellis is under scrutiny after an article in The New York Times accused the GLAAD president and CEO of engaging in a pattern of lavish spending, including having the nonprofit pay for the renovation of her home office. According to the Times, which analyzed months of the LGBTQ media advocacy organization’s  expense reports from January 2022 to June 2023, Ellis allegedly racked up charges for first-class flights, expensive black car services, stays at luxury hotels, a ski day that was part of a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Provincetown summer rental, and nearly $18,000 in renovations to her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier and other ornate accouterments.

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Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race over an openly gay Republican. The organization is endorsing Democrats for every federal office this year, including the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and all 12 congressional races. Six Democratic incumbent members of Congress are being endorsed, plus presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who decided to run for the Senate instead of pursue re-election to his House seat.  These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member’s Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!

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