6 Former FSU players suing hoops coach...
Leonard Hamilton over unpaid NIL $$$ last season.
Six former Florida State basketball players are suing coach Leonard Hamilton over unpaid NIL cash, according to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed the report.
“In a landmark filing, six former FSU basketball players are suing Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton over $1.5 million in unpaid NIL cash they say he promised them,” Dellenger wrote on Twitter. “The complaint details a team-wide boycott of a practice last season over the payments.”
Ouch. That's not a good look...
Six former Florida State basketball players are suing coach Leonard Hamilton over unpaid NIL cash, according to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed the report.
“In a landmark filing, six former FSU basketball players are suing Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton over $1.5 million in unpaid NIL cash they say he promised them,” Dellenger wrote on Twitter. “The complaint details a team-wide boycott of a practice last season over the payments.”
Ouch. That's not a good look...
Germany Declares Elon Musk a Terrorist; Bans Tesla Sales
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Well, OK, they didn't go that far. But they are pissed about Elon's support of the neo-Nazi AfD and accuse him of meddling in German elections.
The German government has accused Elon Musk of trying to meddle in the country’s election campaign with repeated endorsements of the far-right party AfD.
“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” said the government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann after Musk’s X posts and an opinion piece published at the weekend backing the anti-Muslim, anti-migration Alternative für Deutschland.
She said at a regular media briefing that Musk had the right to free speech, adding: “After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense.”
Musk has often weighed in on German politics, even calling the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a “fool” on his social media platform X last month. However, his more recent open calls for German voters to back the AfD, which federal authorities classify as a suspected extremist party, have sparked outrage and accusations of troubling interference in Europe’s top economy.
The South African-born entrepreneur, who has been named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the US federal government, wrote on X earlier this month: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
In the post, he shared a video by a German rightwing influencer, Naomi Seibt, who criticised Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, and praised Javier Milei, Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president.
He followed up at the weekend with a guest editorial in the broadsheet Welt am Sonntag arguing that Germany was teetering on the brink of economic and cultural collapse, defending the AfD against accusations of radicalism and praising the party’s approach to the economy, including regulation and tax policy.
The editor of the centre-right newspaper’s opinion section, Eva Marie Kogel, posted on X that she had submitted her resignation in protest at the decision to run the article.
Politicians from across the political spectrum criticised Musk’s attempts to put his thumb on the scales of German democracy, with the health minister, Karl Lauterbach, of Scholz’s Social Democratic party (SPD) calling his intervention “undignified and highly problematic” and Merz saying it was “intrusive and presumptuous”.
Merz told the Funke media group: “I cannot recall in the history of western democracies a comparable case of interference in the election campaign of a friendly country.”
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Berlin accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence German election
The German government has accused Elon Musk of trying to meddle in the country’s election campaign with repeated endorsements of the far-right party AfD.
“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” said the government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann after Musk’s X posts and an opinion piece published at the weekend backing the anti-Muslim, anti-migration Alternative für Deutschland.
She said at a regular media briefing that Musk had the right to free speech, adding: “After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense.”
Musk has often weighed in on German politics, even calling the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a “fool” on his social media platform X last month. However, his more recent open calls for German voters to back the AfD, which federal authorities classify as a suspected extremist party, have sparked outrage and accusations of troubling interference in Europe’s top economy.
The South African-born entrepreneur, who has been named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the US federal government, wrote on X earlier this month: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
In the post, he shared a video by a German rightwing influencer, Naomi Seibt, who criticised Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, and praised Javier Milei, Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president.
He followed up at the weekend with a guest editorial in the broadsheet Welt am Sonntag arguing that Germany was teetering on the brink of economic and cultural collapse, defending the AfD against accusations of radicalism and praising the party’s approach to the economy, including regulation and tax policy.
The editor of the centre-right newspaper’s opinion section, Eva Marie Kogel, posted on X that she had submitted her resignation in protest at the decision to run the article.
Politicians from across the political spectrum criticised Musk’s attempts to put his thumb on the scales of German democracy, with the health minister, Karl Lauterbach, of Scholz’s Social Democratic party (SPD) calling his intervention “undignified and highly problematic” and Merz saying it was “intrusive and presumptuous”.
Merz told the Funke media group: “I cannot recall in the history of western democracies a comparable case of interference in the election campaign of a friendly country.”
Berlin accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence German election
Government spokesperson says freedom of speech ‘covers the greatest nonsense’ after Musk’s endorsements of AfD
Germany accuses Musk of trying to influence election by backing far-right AfD
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Germany’s government on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to influence the country’s upcoming election, set for February, after he wrote an opinion piece for a German newspaper over the weekend doubling down on his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
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“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann told reporters, in reference to Musk’s posts backing the AfD on X, the social media site he owns, as well as the opinion piece.
Musk expressed his support for the AfD earlier this month, writing on X that “Only the AfD can save Germany” — an assertion dismissed by the country’s leader, Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Musk’s German-language op-ed, published online Saturday by Welt am Sonntag, prompted the resignation of the newspaper’s opinion editor in protest.
In it, Musk wrote that the AfD was the “last spark of hope for this country” and praised the populist party’s approach to regulation, taxes and market deregulation. His article ran just eight weeks before Germany’s early election, set for Feb. 23 following the collapse of the country’s coalition government in early November.
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Musk — an acolyte and confidant of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has appointed the tech billionaire to lead a new commission focused on government efficiency — was free to express his opinion, Hoffmann said in comments to reporters Monday. “After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense,” she said.
The AfD has soared in popularity since its founding in 2013, largely due to its anti-migration and antiestablishment stance. The party has been designated by Germany’s domestic intelligence service as a “suspected extremist” organization, while its regional branches in three of Germany’s 16 states are classified as “confirmed right-wing extremist.”
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Polls this month show the AfD in second position behind the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), at around 20 percent and 31 percent respectively, but all Germany’s political parties have ruled out forming a coalition with the AfD.
In the opinion piece, Musk argued that his “significant investments” in Germany, namely Tesla’s first “gigafactory” in Europe, allow him to speak out about Europe’s largest economy — and he also questioned the AfD’s “far-right” label.
“Portraying the AfD as far-right is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!” Musk wrote.
Friedrich Merz — the chancellor candidate for the CDU/CSU alliance, who is widely expected to become Germany’s next leader — criticized the op-ed as “intrusive and presumptuous.”
“I cannot recall, in the history of Western democracies, that there has been a comparable case of interference in the electoral campaign of a friendly country,” Merz told the Funke media group Sunday.
Lars Klingbeil, the leader of Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) party, compared Musk to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Both want to influence our elections and are deliberately supporting the AfD, the enemies of democracy. They want Germany to be weakened and plunge into chaos,” he said, according to Funke reports.
The accusations of election interference come on the heels of warnings from Germany’s domestic intelligence services, which last month said other states could attempt to influence the February election by means of disinformation, cyberattacks, espionage and sabotage. Cyberattacks by Russia pose a particular threat, officials said.
Musk’s article ignited discord even within Welt’s editorial office, with opinion editor Eva Marie Kogel resigning in protest.
“Today an article by Elon Musk appeared in Welt am Sonntag. I handed in my resignation yesterday after the article went to print,” she wrote on X.
Since acquiring the platform formerly known as Twitter in 2022, Musk has increasingly used it to promote his right-wing political views to his more than 200 million followers. During and since the 2024 U.S. presidential election, he has used X to align himself with Trump’s positions on crime, immigration and the economy.
Musk has also used X to express support for some of the most prominent and polarizing figures of the right. He often posts about his support for Argentine President Javier Milei and was invited to a live online appearance with former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI.“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann told reporters, in reference to Musk’s posts backing the AfD on X, the social media site he owns, as well as the opinion piece.
Musk expressed his support for the AfD earlier this month, writing on X that “Only the AfD can save Germany” — an assertion dismissed by the country’s leader, Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Musk’s German-language op-ed, published online Saturday by Welt am Sonntag, prompted the resignation of the newspaper’s opinion editor in protest.
In it, Musk wrote that the AfD was the “last spark of hope for this country” and praised the populist party’s approach to regulation, taxes and market deregulation. His article ran just eight weeks before Germany’s early election, set for Feb. 23 following the collapse of the country’s coalition government in early November.
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Musk — an acolyte and confidant of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has appointed the tech billionaire to lead a new commission focused on government efficiency — was free to express his opinion, Hoffmann said in comments to reporters Monday. “After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense,” she said.
The AfD has soared in popularity since its founding in 2013, largely due to its anti-migration and antiestablishment stance. The party has been designated by Germany’s domestic intelligence service as a “suspected extremist” organization, while its regional branches in three of Germany’s 16 states are classified as “confirmed right-wing extremist.”
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Polls this month show the AfD in second position behind the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), at around 20 percent and 31 percent respectively, but all Germany’s political parties have ruled out forming a coalition with the AfD.
In the opinion piece, Musk argued that his “significant investments” in Germany, namely Tesla’s first “gigafactory” in Europe, allow him to speak out about Europe’s largest economy — and he also questioned the AfD’s “far-right” label.
“Portraying the AfD as far-right is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!” Musk wrote.
Friedrich Merz — the chancellor candidate for the CDU/CSU alliance, who is widely expected to become Germany’s next leader — criticized the op-ed as “intrusive and presumptuous.”
“I cannot recall, in the history of Western democracies, that there has been a comparable case of interference in the electoral campaign of a friendly country,” Merz told the Funke media group Sunday.
Lars Klingbeil, the leader of Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) party, compared Musk to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Both want to influence our elections and are deliberately supporting the AfD, the enemies of democracy. They want Germany to be weakened and plunge into chaos,” he said, according to Funke reports.
The accusations of election interference come on the heels of warnings from Germany’s domestic intelligence services, which last month said other states could attempt to influence the February election by means of disinformation, cyberattacks, espionage and sabotage. Cyberattacks by Russia pose a particular threat, officials said.
Musk’s article ignited discord even within Welt’s editorial office, with opinion editor Eva Marie Kogel resigning in protest.
“Today an article by Elon Musk appeared in Welt am Sonntag. I handed in my resignation yesterday after the article went to print,” she wrote on X.
Since acquiring the platform formerly known as Twitter in 2022, Musk has increasingly used it to promote his right-wing political views to his more than 200 million followers. During and since the 2024 U.S. presidential election, he has used X to align himself with Trump’s positions on crime, immigration and the economy.
Musk has also used X to express support for some of the most prominent and polarizing figures of the right. He often posts about his support for Argentine President Javier Milei and was invited to a live online appearance with former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
One Year in Jail for Sex with a Minor
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Marcus Fakana, 18, was on holiday with his family in the United Arab Emirates when he met the girl, who is also from London and turned 18 the following month. He was arrested at his hotel and charged after the girl’s mother found their chats and pictures after the family’s return to London and called the Dubai police.
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UK teenager begins Dubai jail term for relationship with 17-year-old girl
Marcus Fakana hands himself in to authorities and will serve year-long sentence in Dubai’s al-Awir prison
