[NYPOST] A 28-year-old Virginia man has been arrested for murdering New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, who was gunned down outside her Sayreville home in February.
State and federal authorities seized Rashid Ali Bynum outside a home in Chesapeake City, Virginia, at about 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday and charged him with first-degree murder and a pair of gun offenses, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said during a press conference.
“The murder has shaken the community, and no arrest will bring back the late councilwoman,” Ciccone said. “However, I do trust that justice will be found through the criminal justice process.”
Bynum, who lives in Portsmouth, Virginia,
Why would a well-groomed gentleman from Virginia travel north to New Jersey to kill a minor local politician, only to turn around and return home?
is awaiting extradition to the Garden State. When he arrives, he will be held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional facility while he waits for a pre-trial detention hearing in the state Superior Court.
Dwumfour, a 30-year-old Republican, died after Bynum allegedly pumped several rounds into her SUV at about 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1 — while Dwumfour’s 12-year-old daughter sat inside their home.
Witnesses said they saw a man dressed in black running from the scene, but investigators said nothing for months about how the case was progressing, if they identified a suspect and what the motive for Dwumfour’s killing might be.
On Tuesday, Ciccone said authorities placed Bynum’s cellphone and his white Hyundai Elantra near the murder scene that day. His appearance also matched descriptions gleaned from eyewitness statements and nearby surveillance videos, she said.
Dwumfour apparently knew Bynum beforehand — he was listed as a contact in the councilwoman’s phone.
Next to his name was the acronym “FCF,” which Ciccone said stands for “Fire Congress Fellowship,” a church Dwumfour was once associated with.
The fellowship is also affiliated with the Champion Royal Assembly, which Dwumfour belonged to at the time of her death, Ciccone said.
Bynum allegedly searched the internet for information about Dwumfour’s church, the town in which she lived and which magazines were compatible with a specific handgun, the prosecutor said.
A church associate of a pastor and town councilwoman who was gunned down in her SUV outside her home in February was arrested Tuesday on murder and gun charges, New Jersey prosecutors said.
Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was linked to the death of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, 30, after investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle location data on Feb. 1, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said at a news conference.
Dwumfour was a pastor in a prosperity gospel church, Champions Royal Assembly, that is based in Nigeria, and she got married there in November to a fellow pastor from Abuja. She was also an officer of a related entity, the Fire Congress Fellowship, that has a branch in Virginia. Bynum was listed in her cellphone contacts under that group’s acronym.
Court records and tax filings suggest that church finances in the U.S. were tight. Dwumfour had been named in a series of landlord-tenant disputes in Newark dating from 2017 to 2020 involving the fellowship, which had seen its income drop from about $250,000 in 2017 to just $350 in 2020.
Dwumfour, who grew up in Newark, had lived in Virginia at one point, and family lawyer John Wisniewski said Bynum had lived in Sayreville. But beyond that, he did not know the nature of their relationship and the prosecutor declined to discuss a possible motive.
Sayreville Mayor Victoria Kilpatrick — a political ally who decided not to run for reelection as the slaying went unsolved — took some comfort that the killing did not appear politically motivated, but was troubled by the apparent link to a church to which Dwumfour was deeply devoted.
Dwumfour, a Republican, was elected to her first three-year term in 2021, when she ousted a Democratic incumbent. Colleagues recalled her as a soft-spoken devout Christian who could maintain her composure in contentious situations.
FCF was a Bible study organization Dwumfour had created while she served as a pastor at the Newark branch of the Champions Royal Assembly, an evangelical Christian church based in Nigeria.
Wilson Adubasim, the chief financial officer of the Champions Royal Assembly in Newark, said he recognized Bynum from the photo released by the prosecutor’s office as a church member. While he said he did not know Bynum very well, the CFO said Bynum was a member of the councilwoman’s church around 2015 to 2017.
"I’m not seeing any reason why he would (kill Dwumfour)," Adubasim told NJ Advance Media Tuesday night. He described Bynum as mild-mannered. "He wasn’t a bad kid, he wasn’t into evil," Adubasim said.
And, while he said Dwumfour was a member of the church during the time period Bynum was there, he didn’t know of any relationship between the two.
"He wanted to be a rapper," Adubasim said of Bynum. "He was also into boxing. My older brother was into boxing, and they used to talk about it."
There was a Christian student organization on the Rutgers campus that used to hold Bible discussion meetings, he said. He remembers seeing Bynum at one of those sessions as well. At that time, the church was meeting on Freylinghuysen Avenue in Newark. The congregation later moved to its current location on Broad Street in Newark.
Around 2016, the church was preparing a program for the visit of its Nigerian leader.
"(Bynum) wanted to do a rap for one of the segments," Adubasim said. Adubasim wasn’t sure why, but he said Bynum never did perform.
He said Bynum came to church alone — no family or friends brought him — and his attendance was "sporadic" until he finally drifted away. Adubasim said he hadn’t seen him in years.
Virginia court records show that Bynum has been arrested in the Chesapeake, Virginia, and surrounding area on charges ranging from drug possession and credit card larceny and weapon possession. He received three years probation for carrying a concealed weapon in 2015 in Chesapeake and a 2019 gun arrest in Pocomoke City, Maryland, led to a 17-day jail term, Maryland court records show.
His cell phone was also detected going through toll booths at the same time as the white Hyundai from Virginia to New Jersey, and then back again on the day of the shooting.
WHO WAS EUNICE DWUMFOUR?
Dwumfour, a Republican, was elected to the seat in November 2021. She graduated from Newark Public Schools, before going on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in women and gender studies from William Paterson University.
Dwumfour was also a business analyst, part-time EMT, and director of churches.
[NYPOST] Dylan Stench of Death Mulvaney ...the transexual influencer who single-handedly trashed a major American beer brand owned by a Belgian company, tainted Maybelline and Condé Nast, and then demanded that anybody who called him/her/it a man be arrested... hinted that she may be releasing a book soon in an Instagram post captioned "In my author era" — slightly less than two months after the launch of her ill-fated partnership with Bud Light.
Mulvaney, 26, shared a makeup-free photo of herself on Instagram on Sunday.
She was sitting in front of a laptop while outside in a sun hat, and captioned the photo: "In my author era. Just bought a hummingbird feeder. In the mood to binge Diane Keaton movies. Protecting my peace."
The post has since garnered more than 235,000 likes. Comments on the post are limited, though many of the 2,000-plus comments that have been posted are encouraging Mulvaney to move past her recent partnership with Bud Light.
It was unclear if the book would be centered around the controversy.
Bud Light sales fell for the sixth consecutive week even as retailers slashed prices — with one store charging $3.49 for a 24-pack — to get rid of the unwanted beer as the nationwide boycott continued.
For the week ending May 13, sales fell 28.4% compared to last year — slightly more than the 27.7% drop the week prior.
Other Anheuser-Busch brands have also taken a hit, with Budweiser Red volumes down 14.9% the week ending May 13, and Michelob Ultra down 6.8% for the same time period.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Big Shirley was still trying to snatch Nunzio bald-headed. She was already halfway there... competitors are reaping the benefits of the controversy, with Coors Light sales up 16.9% and Miller Lite up 15.1%, according to Beer Business Daily.
Mulvaney triggered a type of culture war after she posted a shared of a personalized beer can Bud Light sent her to celebrate her "365 Days of Girlhood" on April 1.
Since then, right-wing pundits have called for a boycott of America’s once-most-popular brew, as Bud Light sales continue to tank two months after the ill-fated partership.
#2
Ambrose Bierce wrote what is still considered the most brutal book review of all time:
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
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Mulvaney triggered a type of culture war after she posted a shared of a personalized beer can
No he didn't. He was having a somewhat successful door-to-door screen-to-screen salesman career which got the attention of corporate. Bud Woke did when they hired him.
Since then, right-wing pundits have called for a boycott
Wrong again. It was a mass rising, with some 'right wing' personalities even begging people go back and buy Bud Woke so they could get their corporate money donations.
It also appears normies are getting savvy to the InBred line, and that changing the name from Bud Light Stage to Ultra Stage and having a bunch of dudes in patriotic gear making cameos with their bottle of Michelob is bullshit trickery.
And while on topic, Bud Woke, Pissalob Ultra, and Modela as the top three beers in sales is a testament to the decline and mediocrity of quality which seems to follow globalism around like a wet fart. All three are 48 hours of headache and loose bowels.
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is a testament to the decline and mediocrity of
American beer drinkers' taste.
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This is what happens when you hire a Zima spokesman to pitch blue collar swill. You might as well sign Martha Stewart for a Mickey’s Malt Liquor ad. At least she has done time.
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^ I drank a lot of Mickey's Big Mouths while in college.
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It’s the good stuff.
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^ If I was writing the tagline, it would be "It's the good enough stuff."
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Aren't his 15 minutes up yet? I'm getting quite tired of hearing from and about this guy.
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The book deal
All shady characters in the Woke America Story get a book deal. Lovely country.
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In the modern era, "book deal" is just a way to launder money. Big organizations that want to support the person or cause buy the books and give them away.
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I refuse to participate in his fantasy world and will always refer to him as he.
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Yeah, I think a few more people win their lawsuits for being fired over the vaxx and lawyers will be advising companies to forget about firing people over pronouns.
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Heads up from Oz: abinbev in in trouble down here. Their accountants, Price Waterhouse Cooper have been using inside info from Government contracts to rig tax avoidance schemes for corporate clients. For international taxes. AB is one, Glencore another. Head office must be panicking, because the IRS will get involved- USA and Oz have very tight taxation agreements.
Check Oz press for details, pop a cold Bud meantime.
[10News] North Korea wants to be able to observe joint drills the U.S. holds with South Korea. it plans to attempt a second launch soon. Something about a low thrust:weigh ratio.
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[Free Beacon] Old Navy will close its flagship store in downtown San Francisco, the company announced Friday, joining a slew of chains that have shuttered stores amid rampant crime and retail theft.
An Old Navy employee told a local CBS affiliate the store, which has been open for more than two decades, has become a frequent target of shoplifting.
"They're [shoplifters] there every day. When I'm on the floor walking around I would say at least 12, 14 during the day," the employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said. "It's really bad because it's downtown San Francisco and it's really out of control."
Old Navy is the latest retail company to close stores in downtown San Francisco. Nordstrom announced earlier this month that it would be closing both of its downtown locations this summer, and Saks OFF 5th said its only location in San Francisco would close in the fall. Whole Foods closed its "flagship" location in San Francisco in April, citing the "safety" of its employees.
In 2021, Walgreens closed five stores in San Francisco, citing the challenges posed by an "organized retail crime" wave.
The San Francisco-Oakland area ranks as the second-most affected by organized retail crime, behind only Los Angeles, according to a National Retail Association survey. The company did not mention crime in a statement to the CBS affiliate, saying the "difficult decision" was made after evaluating the company’s "real estate portfolio."
Turning this around will require the leveraged during Live and Let Live plus interest. That is, more of security guard shoots down tranny thief.
IIUC that's how New York City cleaned itself up; law enforcement -of any kind- given some liberty on lethal force, and staking out businesses until the risk level for robbers became a deterrent.
Of course that requires the legal and community fortitude for a year or two of some messiness.
It appears, at the moment, that roll is a hard 20.
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It would be fascinating to explore where the stolen merchandise ends up. Curbside street sales or discount stores in other parts of the bay area? Aside from a few LGBTQ... exceptions, the styles pf Old Navy beyond hoodies and sweats don't fit the cultural fashion sense of most of the feral acquisition artists.
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It is a known that today's retail business model holds that store locations in suburbs exist to fund the locations in big cities that exist soley as redistribution centers. And now, that model is beginning to collapse as it is unsustainable. With all the talk of "sustainability" the truth is that nothing about today's societal compact is sustainable.
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I don’t think the liquidation sale brought in much money.
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[Breitbart] The nation’s biggest tech conglomerates continued hiring foreign workers through the H-1B visa program, even as they carried out mass layoffs of American employees, investigative reporter Lee Fang details.
Since the start of the year, hundreds of thousands of Americans in tech jobs have been laid off, with about 12,000 cut at Google, 10,000 out at Microsoft, close to 20,000 laid off at Amazon, and 10,000 cut from Meta Platforms which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Just weeks after announcing such layoffs, though, the same tech corporations continued hiring foreign workers on the H-1B visa program — known as the "outsourcing visa" to many Americans.
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The original excuse was that industry couldn't get all the techies it needed way back in the 80s. Those businesses have had five decades to 'grow their own' but instead found it cheaper to buy your Congresscritters to betray your own.
[NYPOST] Bud Light sales suffered their worst week ever, falling 25.7% — endangering its status as the world’s No. 1 beer brand, according to the latest data provided to The Post on Tuesday.
The plunge follows a 24.6% decline from the previous week and the sixth straight week sales have been hit since trans influencer Dylan Stench of Death Mulvaney ...the transexual influencer who single-handedly trashed a major American beer brand owned by a Belgian company, tainted Maybelline and Condé Nast, and then demanded that anybody who called him/her/it a man be arrested... promoted Bud Light on April 1.
The precipitous drop has narrowed the gap in sales between Bud Light and nearest rival Modelo Especial, which saw its sales surge 9.2% for the week ending May 20, according to Bump Williams Consulting and NielsonIQ data.
"While Bud Light loses week after week, Modelo Especial gains week after week and now Modelo outsells Bud Light on a national basis across all trade channels combined," Bump Williams, who runs the consulting firm, told The Post.
"If this continues Modelo will surpass Bud Light for the year," he added
Anheuser-Busch InBev owns both brands, but it does not control Modelo in the US, where it is owned by New York-based conglomerate Constellation Brands.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev owns both brands, but it does not control Modelo in the US, where it is owned by New York-based conglomerate Constellation Brands.
I imagine A-B InBev gets an annual fee from Constellation Brands for use of the name in the U.S., while Constellation keeps all the profits — that’s the usual thing in such contracts, I believe. Possibly A-B InBev was required to divest the U.S. portion of the total business when they acquired Anheuser-Busch, in order to prevent them from approaching too close to a monopoly on American beer sales.
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Apparently, the BudLight effect is resonating at Target, as the meme that the boycott will quickly pass seems to be failing. Perhaps the backlash is showing results in corporate boardrooms where stockprices reflect individual wealth!
Tweet from this morning on CFP"...Target memo ORDERING the deconstruction of the Groomer “Pride” section ACROSS stores....The Pride display signage is GONE. Groomer items GONE. Satanic designer items GONE. Sex cult children’s books GONE. Tuck swimsuits GONE. Baby clothes GONE. Child mannequins GONE. And much, much more. "
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Target is playing Kabuki. Any real plan for "deconstruction" would necessarily start with the firing of VP of Marketing Carlos Saavedra. Hell, they don't even need to provide a parachute as he'll settle in very quickly at GLSEN where he's currently Treasurer.
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^ Same with AB's two execs on paid leave. Waiting for the winds to shift and back to bidness as usual.
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Why are the woke people not holding keggers in support? Remember when they boycotted Chik-Fil-A?
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Too busy making bomb threats.
Speaking of Chik-Fil-A...anyone know if that rumor is confirmed?
The Bud Light drinkers I know, are not pivoting to Modelo. Unless they are mexican. But now I repeat myself.
So yo, you pessimists, let us have this win. The majority of people who stopped drinking Bud Light are not drinking Modelo, and it was not bud light drinkers drinking more Modelo... That's silly to be nice.
[NYPOST] Goldman Sachs plans to make another round of job cuts — its third in less than a year — as dealmaking profits continue to tank, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
The David Solomon-led investment bank will cull an additional 250 workers on the heels of 3,200 being fired in January in what staff had dubbed "David’s Demolition Day," an insider said.
The latest layoffs could come in the next few weeks and the cuts will hit employees at every level including managing directors and other senior executives, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In September, the Wall Street giant — which had 45,000 employees — had pink-slipped 1% to 5% of its under-performers.
[Rudaw] The governor of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... ’s Sirnak province on Friday announced the discovery of new oil reserves and expressed hope for the economic future of the province amid a cost of living crisis.
"Right now in eight regions of Sirnak explorations are being carried out," Governor Osman Bilgin told news hounds. "This means that exploration-related operations are being carried out in all of Sirnak’s mountains."
Sirnak is a small province in southeastern Turkey, bordering the Kurdistan Region.
In December, Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... announced the discovery of an oil field in Sirnak’s Gabar Mountain, containing an estimated 150 million barrels valued at approximately $12 billion.
According to Bilgin, the latest discovery is estimated to be around five to 10 times the volume found in Gabar.
He said the discovery is good news for the province. "From now on Sirnak will not discuss unemployment or issues. It will discuss beautiful things, such as sport and production," he said.
Turkey is struggling with crippling economic woes with its currency losing value and people facing soaring inflation and a cost of living crisis.
On Friday, the Ottoman Turkish lira plummeted to an all-time low, with 20 liras trading for one US dollar.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[NYPOST] A 28-year-old Virginia man has been arrested for murdering New Jersey Councilwoman 
...the transexual 
[10News] North Korea wants to be able to observe joint drills the U.S. holds with South Korea. it plans to attempt a second launch soon.
[Breitbart] The nation’s biggest tech conglomerates continued hiring foreign workers through the H-1B visa program, even as they carried out mass layoffs of American employees, investigative reporter Lee Fang details.
[NYPOST] 
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
