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Fox News
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Socialist Mamdani Headed on International Vacay
Socialist and NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is taking a little overseas summer vacay to Africa. I'm Tomi Lahren, more next. Democratic socialist and NYC mayoral front runner Zohran Mamdani is taking an extended summer vacation to Uganda with his wife in the middle of his campaign efforts. He posted about it and even poked fun at himself for the trip, anticipating the headlines and backlash. And he got it. But what's really wild here is that the socialist and some would say communist candidate has supported the abolition of private property, yet strangely, he owns 4 acres of land in Uganda that's valued at upwards of a quarter million bucks… So to wrap this all up in a big bow of hypocrisy, the socialist candidate who demonizes wealth, the wealthy, and private ownership is taking some privileged R&R time to take an international trip to celebrate his anniversary, likely on the acres of private land he owns in his native country. You just can't make this stuff up. I'm Tomi Lahren and you can watch my show 'Tomi Lahren is Fearless' at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Mamdani sparks firestorm with resurfaced comment on abolishing private property: 'He's a communist'
Zohran Mamdani's past comments are once again coming back to haunt his New York City mayoral campaign, as a resurfaced video reveals the socialist candidate floated the "abolition of private property." "My platform is that every single person should have housing, and I think faced with these two options, the system has hundreds of thousands of people unhoused, right? For what?" Mamdani questioned in a resurfaced video that has been clipped and reposted across conservative social media. "If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing, whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it, you know, just a statewide housing guarantee, it is preferable to what is going on right now," Mamdani said. "People try and play like gotcha games about these kinds of things, and it's like, look, I care more about whether somebody has a home," he said. The clip drew widespread condemnation from conservatives, including GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who told Fox News Digital, "He claims to be a socialist, whether it's wanting to abolish private property or wanting to seize the means of production, these are communist ideas right out of the playbook of Karl Marx." "The fact that too many members of the media, too many members of the Democrat Party, are willing to go along instead of calling him out on it is disturbing, and I think that if the majority of New Yorkers knew what this guy truly stands for and how destructive and dangerous his policies are, there's no way that they vote from, because so many in our city. Led places where socialism and communism destroyed their lives," Malliotakis, whose mother fled communism to the United States from Cuba, said. GOP Rep. Mike Lawler, who represents New York's 17th Congressional District, also took issue with the post. "Zohran Mamdani's call to abolish private property is dangerous and un-American," Lawler said. "It's the kind of radical socialist nonsense that would destroy livelihoods in the Hudson Valley and across New York. This will bring economic chaos, and New Yorkers deserve better than out-of-touch extremists pushing communist agendas that threaten our way of life." "Mamdani's call to abolish private property isn't just radical, it's dangerous," Rep. Claudia Tenney told Fox News Digital. "Stripping this fundamental right would devastate families, close small businesses, and destroy entire communities, all while handing more power to the government. Private property is a cornerstone Constitutional principle. It represents the essence of personal freedom, economic opportunity, and the American Dream. We must defend it." "Mamdani isn't offering a housing plan — he's pushing a communist manifesto. The idea of abolishing private property is fundamentally anti-American and wildly out of touch with the real issues New Yorkers face," Rep. Nick Langworthy told Fox News Digital. "Families are fleeing the City and our State because of high costs, crime, and broken leadership — not because there's too much freedom. New York City has to decide: do they want a mayor who believes in safety and prosperity, or a communist who wants to seize your home?" The comments sparked a social media firestorm as well. "Yea, this guy is definitely not a communist," Donald Trump Jr., who recently spoke to Fox News Digital about the prospect of Mamdani being mayor, sarcastically posted on X. "He is a communist," GOP Sen. Ted Cruz responded to the viral clip on X. "Like I said he's a communist," Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen posted on X. "Yes, you heard that right," New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik posted on X. "Like the true Communist he is, Commie Mamdani supports the "abolition of private property." This is the NY Democrat Party @KathyHochul you lead and you have failed to condemn this dangerous insanity." "Meet the new leader of the Democrat party, everyone," GOP Sen. Roger Marshall posted on X. "He's a literal communist." Since his surprise victory in the Democratic primary rocketed him to nationwide recognition, Mamdani has faced heated criticism and been labeled a "communist" for a variety of positions he has espoused, including on social media where resurfaced clips have come back to haunt him.
News.com.au
7 days ago
- News.com.au
Backstreet Boys star Brian Littrell's bitter battle over private beach
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has filed a lawsuit against a Florida county, accusing the sheriff's department of refusing to keep trespassers off his private beach. The 50-year-old said that to protect the 'peaceful enjoyment' of his property in Walton County, Florida, on the Gulf Coast, his limited liability company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, has put up 'no trespassing' signs as well as tables, chairs and umbrellas showing where the property line starts on the beach, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital and filed in a Florida court recently. The pop star wrote that the efforts have been 'in vain, as numerous trespassers have set out to antagonise, bully and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing on BLB's beach, on the Subject Property, in open defiance of the law.' The lawsuit seeks a writ of mandamus to require the sheriff's department to keep the alleged trespassers off of his beach. Littrell wrote in the lawsuit that he has been forced to hire security to protect his land and family, and filled out a Walton County Trespass Authorization Form, authorising the sheriff's department to warn and prosecute trespassers on his property. 'Despite BLB's numerous requests and the execution of the required forms, the sheriff has refused to come to the Subject Property to enforce the law and remove the trespassers, to charge the trespassers, or to take any action, at all, thereby refusing to do their duty,' the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit says that on May 4, a sheriff's deputy spoke to an alleged trespasser on Littrell's property, but didn't remove the trespasser or cite them, merely saying that the alleged trespasser ''doesn't agree with private beaches,' going on to characterise BLB's insistence that it's constitutional rights be upheld as 'lunacy,' to use one of the words used by a deputy of the Sheriff's Department.' The lawsuit also claims that on June 5, an alleged trespasser grabbed legal documents related to the dispute out of the property manager's hand 'and scattered the papers into the wind across the beach.' Littrel said BLB also contacted the sheriff's department twice that day regarding the 'aggressor,' but the department 'refused to send any officer.' 'When BLB personnel contacted the Sheriff for the third time to request an officer again, the 911 operator simply hung up on BLB personnel rather than dispatching the officer that was requested more than an hour prior,' the lawsuit states. He claimed that the sheriff's department is now 'openly defying BLB's requests for assistance to protect its constitutionally protected property rights,' claiming that deputies were overheard on two separate occasions saying that the sheriff was 'proud of not issuing any citations for trespassing on the property.' 'Vitriol' against BLB 'has recently escalated,' the lawsuit says, claiming that a trespasser damaged a table on his property 'after being warned by a BLB employee.' Littrell claimed that a deputy had come to the property, but hadn't taken any action against the alleged trespasser, and 'body camera footage shows multiple instances of disrespect against BLB's agents by the responding officer.' Claiming the sheriff's department continues to 'shirk its duty,' the lawsuit added, 'These are unprecedented times, if the Sheriff continues to refuse to protect and uphold the rights of BLB and other community members, private property and other rights held by Florida citizens will only exist on paper.' The Walton County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital the department doesn't 'comment on pending litigation,' adding it 'prides itself on handling every situation, call for service, or interaction with professionalism using a customer service approach. 'This has always been our philosophy and will continue to be moving forward.' Littrell told Fox News Digital in a statement: 'We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet, to be able to enjoy our time without any attention or drama. 'Unfortunately, we had no idea that there was already a battle which had been happening for years.' He said that since buying the home, 'we have been targeted by people that don't normally frequent this beach or live in the area. 'These people, the ones who insist on trespassing in what is actually our backyard, who started this fight have to pass several scarcely populated public beach areas to get to our property.' Littrell claimed that the alleged trespassers are 'people who believe that anyone who has succeeded and managed to live the American Dream must be bad people. 'They want it so no one owns anything, and everyone is happy, except it never works out that way.' He added, 'The really scary thing is we have provided to law enforcement all the things they asked of all the private beach homeowners to enforce the law and they will not bother to do their duty to protect the homeowners. 'They will not do the job they were hired to do when hired and sworn in under oath to … protect the citizens and enforce the law.' He claimed the sheriff's department has 'come against us and will not do their jobs. They allow people to harass and stalk us and the security people,' they hired, adding, 'They are MAD that we bought a home on a private beach.'
Fox News
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell sues Florida sheriff for refusing to remove trespassers from his private beach
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has filed a lawsuit against a Florida county, accusing the sheriff's department of refusing to keep trespassers off of his private beach. Littrell said that to protect the "peaceful enjoyment" of his property in Walton County, Florida, on the Gulf Coast, his limited liability company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, has put up "no trespassing" signs as well as tables, chairs and umbrellas showing where the property line starts on the beach, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital and filed in a Florida court recently. He wrote that the efforts have been "in vain, as numerous trespassers have set out to antagonize, bully and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing on BLB's beach, on the Subject Property, in open defiance of the law." The lawsuit seeks a writ of mandamus to require the sheriff's department to keep the alleged trespassers off of his beach. Littrell wrote in the lawsuit that he has been forced to hire security to protect his land and family, and filled out a Walton County Trespass Authorization Form, authorizing the sheriff's department to warn and prosecute trespassers on his property. "Despite BLB's numerous requests and the execution of the required forms, the sheriff has refused to come to the Subject Property to enforce the law and remove the trespassers, to charge the trespassers, or to take any action, at all, thereby refusing to do their duty," the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit says that on May 4, a sheriff's deputy spoke to an alleged trespasser on Littrell's property, but didn't remove the trespasser or cite them, merely saying that the alleged trespasser "'doesn't agree with private beaches,' going on to characterize BLB's insistence that it's constitutional rights be upheld as 'lunacy,' to use one of the words used by a deputy of the Sheriff's Department." The lawsuit also claims that on June 5, an alleged trespasser grabbed legal documents related to the dispute out of the property manager's hand "and scattered the papers into the wind across the beach." Littrel said BLB also contacted the sheriff's department twice that day regarding the "aggressor," but the department "refused to send any officer." "When BLB personnel contacted the Sheriff for the third time to request an officer again, the 911 operator simply hung up on BLB personnel rather than dispatching the officer that was requested more than an hour prior," the lawsuit states. He claimed that the sheriff's department is now "openly defying BLB's requests for assistance to protect its constitutionally protected property rights," claiming that deputies were overheard on two separate occasions saying that the sheriff was "proud of not issuing any citations for trespassing on the property." "Vitriol" against BLB "has recently escalated," the lawsuit says, claiming that a trespasser damaged a table on his property "after being warned by a BLB employee." Littrell claimed that a deputy had come to the property, but hadn't taken any action against the alleged trespasser, and "body camera footage shows multiple instances of disrespect against BLB's agents by the responding officer." "We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet, to be able to enjoy our time without any attention or drama." Claiming the sheriff's department continues to "shirk its duty," the lawsuit added, "These are unprecedented times, if the Sheriff continues to refuse to protect and uphold the rights of BLB and other community members, private property and other rights held by Florida citizens will only exist on paper." The Walton County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital the department doesn't "comment on pending litigation," adding it "prides itself on handling every situation, call for service, or interaction with professionalism using a customer service approach. This has always been our philosophy and will continue to be moving forward." Littrell told Fox News Digital in a statement: "We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet, to be able to enjoy our time without any attention or drama. Unfortunately, we had no idea that there was already a battle which had been happening for years." He said that since buying the home, "we have been targeted by people that don't normally frequent this beach or live in the area. These people, the ones who insist on trespassing in what is actually our backyard, who started this fight have to pass several scarcely populated public beach areas to get to our property." Littrell claimed that the alleged trespassers are "people who believe that anyone who has succeeded and managed to live the American Dream must be bad people. They want it so no one owns anything, and everyone is happy, except it never works out that way." He added, "The really scary thing is we have provided to law enforcement all the things they asked of all the private beach homeowners to enforce the law and they will not bother to do their duty to protect the homeowners. They will not do the job they were hired to do when hired and sworn in under oath to … protect the citizens and enforce the law."' He claimed the sheriff's department has "come against us and will not do their jobs. They allow people to harass and stalk us and the security people," they hired, adding, "They are MAD that we bought a home on a private beach."
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Landowner ‘forced' to shut down public access to shortcut from Ewa to Kapolei
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A short stretch of road in Ewa Beach serves as a key artery for those going from Ewa Villages to Kapolei. But the road is actually private, and the landowner says it's being forced to close access to the public. Nanakuli residents want more access to emergency road Philippine Sea Street is a small road in Ewa, only about 500 feet long, but it has a big impact for those in West Oʻahu. 'Oh lot of people,' said Dennis Brock, Ewa resident. 'Initially when it was here about 30 years ago, there was not that much usage. But since all the construction and the housing, this access road, I mean, lot of people use it, it's just like a shortcut.' But after complaints from some drivers about the condition of the road, it's scheduled to be shut down August 15. 'We had people coming up to us and saying, if you not keep up, my car's gonna get damaged and so we ended up having to rethink what we're gonna do with the road,' said Ross Stephenson, Hawaiʻi Railway Society Board of Directors. The road's landowner is the Hawaiʻi Railway Society. They are planning to close the gate on the Roosevelt Avenue end.'We've got so much traffic going through here now you can see the neighbors put up jersey barriers over here to keep their kids safe,' said Stephenson. 'We've had lots of accidents, even across the street, through the stop sign, people been driving through there.' HRS says the breaking point was a few months ago when the city told them it wasn't going to maintain the road anymore, even though the public, even city buses, use it. So HRS paid $7,000 for repatching some areas. Despite what the Hawaiʻi Railway Society maintains, the city says it has no records of its crews doing any kind of maintenance on this road. The city also says the society has not initiated any kind of talks for any kind of sale or transfer. When closed, commuters between Ewa Villages and Kapolei will now have to go the long way around, either via Kapolei Parkway or Roosevelt Avenue. 'It's important for me,' said Brock. 'Cuts down like half an hour.' 'To be honest, we should be thankful that this is open,' said Jack Aris, Ewa resident. 'Potholes is nothing new. But I'd rather choose the pothole than congestion to be honest.' Check out more news from around Hawaii 'If we create any inconvenience to the public, we apologize,' said Stephenson. 'But we have our own focus. We don't have the money to keep this up, and so we don't have any choice.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
