The REAL Reason Why the Left HATES Harrison Butker

The REAL Reason Why the Left HATES Harrison Butker

Super Bowl champion Chiefs sign punter Matt Araiza after female dropped rape suit against him; accusation cost him 2 seasons



The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have signed punter Matt Araiza after a female dropped a rape lawsuit against him in December. The Buffalo Bills cut Araiza days after the suit was filed in August 2022 — his rookie season — and he's been out of the NFL ever since. He's always maintained his innocence.

"I am proud and honored to sign a contract with the @Chiefs," Araiza said in a statement released through his agent, ESPN reported. "I am thrilled to be able to continue my NFL career. I want to thank my family, who have been my rock and my many friends who have been unwavering in their support. I am excited to begin the next phase of my career with the Super Bowl Champs!"

Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March, ESPN said, adding that Townsend was a first-team All-Pro and chosen for the 2022 Pro Bowl.

What's the background?

Araiza was nicknamed “the Punt God” at San Diego State, where he averaged 51.19 yards per punt during the 2021 college season, an NCAA single-season record, the Buffalo News said, adding that he won the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s best college punter.

Araiza appeared to have won the punting job during the Buffalo Bills' 2022 training camp, but the team cut him two days after the rape accusation. Araiza had signed a four-year contract with the Bills that would have been worth $3.8 million had he played all four years of the deal, the Buffalo News said. Araiza ended up missing the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

The San Diego District Attorney's Office concluded that Araiza could not have been part of the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old in October 2021 because he left the off-campus party at least an hour before the incident allegedly occurred. While Araiza said he and his accuser had consensual sex outside the house earlier in the evening, he said he never entered the home, ESPN noted, adding that the district attorney's office couldn't prove Araiza knew the accuser's age or intoxication level. Prosectors announced in December 2022 that they wouldn't press any criminal charges against Araiza. San Diego State University said in May there were no findings against Araiza after investigating allegations of rape and gang rape, ESPN also said.

In conjunction with his accuser — called Jane Doe — dropping her lawsuit against him, Araiza agreed to dismiss a defamation suit against her filed in July 2023, ESPN said in a separate report.

Araiza's lawyers, Dick Semerdjian and Kristen Bush, said in a statement that Araiza always has maintained his innocence and that he will never get back the time spent defending himself from the accusations, ESPN added.

"Thankfully, there was extensive evidence that was key to securing Matt's voluntary dismissal from this lawsuit," the statement said, according to ESPN. "Matt was and has always been innocent. The case is over, and Matt has prevailed."

Bills took different approach with different player

About a week before the rape lawsuit against Araiza was dismissed, Bills general manager Brandon Beane said linebacker Von Miller — accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend — was available to play in a game against the Chiefs while the legal process proceeded.

"We only have so many of the facts," Beane said in a press conference in regard to Miller. "If you look around this country, you see plenty of rushes to judgment. ... We're just trying to do the right thing."

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In regard to the Bills releasing Araiza days after the rape accusation, Beane at the time said it “was the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation," the Buffalo News reported.

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NEW ‘Sara Gonzales Unfiltered’: Taylor Swift, Biden’s border war, and more trending political topics



If you enjoyed watching Sara Gonzales on "The News and Why It Matters," just wait until you see her new show, “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” which just launched this past Monday on BlazeTV.

This rebrand will have all the same raw and real political analysis of America’s most pressing topics but with more of Sara’s fabulous biting sarcasm and less filter.

“What better time to launch a new series, especially when the country is engaged in a full-on constitutional crisis at our southern border with the possibility of an armed conflict?” she says.

Tune in Monday-Friday at 7 p.m. ET or on demand at blazetv.com to hear your favorite spicy Latina unpack topics such as the border crisis, the relentless LGBTQ+ agenda, DEI madness, and the endless list of lies the government continues to feed us.

In Sara’s most recent episode, she tackles Taylor Swift’s potential role in the upcoming election, Biden’s intentionally orchestrated border catastrophe, and the escalating tensions in the Middle East, among other topics.

Check it out below.


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Somebody already wrote a Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce break-up song, and it’s AWESOME



The potential romance going on between pop icon Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has some fans celebrating and others groaning.

If this union is like any of Taylor’s previous 1,989 relationships (wink, wink to all the Swifties), then it’s probably only a matter of time before the two part ways.

Luckily, Taylor already has people working to write the break-up song that will inevitably go viral when the two call it quits.

TV producer Adler of "The Rick and Bubba Show" is one of those helpful individuals. He’s written the perfect song, and it’s called “That’s Game.”

It goes something like this:

“It wasn’t serious;

It was just a crush.

Now, I wanted safety;

You wanted a touchdown.

Thought you’d get a first down,

But you came up short now.

I usually date skinny, hipster guys.

But I was hypnotized by your meaty thighs.

And you’ll never get a copy of my house key

Because you’re not a red zone threat like Gronkowski.

That’s game; I won.

I will not give birth to your very large son.

'Cause I guarantee

You will regret fumbling me.

I could buy the Kansas City Chiefs.

You got benched, if you know what I mean.

I break more hearts than the COVID vaccine.

Xs and Os and Os and Xs

Does J. J. Watt still play for Texas?”

That’s just a taste though. To hear the entire future Grammy-winner, watch the clip below.


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The Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce Breakup Song: "That's Game"

The Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce Breakup Song: "That's Game"

The National Football League OR ... the National FLUFF League? Here's what 3 retired NFL players have to say



Like many institutions in America, the NFL seems to be getting too soft — and Jason Whitlock is not pleased.

“I’m not real comfortable with where the NFL has gone in terms of softness,” Whitlock says.

Warren Sapp, a former defensive tackle who helped win Tampa Bay’s first Super Bowl title, agrees, joking that it should be called the “National Fluff League.”

“We play a game that you can go down, and we all take that risk going into it, you know, with our children and our moms and everything, but we got to finish this game,” Sapp adds.

Whitlock believes the NFL has been “demonizing” hard hits on other players for years, noting that Sapp himself was “demonized for a hit on an offensive lineman."

Seth Joyner, who was a linebacker in the NFL and helped bring the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl victory in 1998, believes it’s important to remember how the NFL got to this point.

“When a multibillion-dollar industry gets sued for $760 million,” Joyner explains, “that’s gonna have reverberations all the way down through every level of football.”

However, Joyner believes that for all the danger the game of football brings, it’s worth it.

“People were like ‘Oh I can’t believe you let your son play football.’ I’m like, I learned more from football than the college degree that I got, okay? There’s no way I wouldn’t let him play now,” he says.

“We had a rule, we talked about it. I said, you got three concussions, and then you’re done,” he adds.

Brett Favre, a famed NFL quarterback who most famously played for the Green Bay Packers, believes the rules and regulations that have been added surrounding things like concussions are a good thing.

Favre spoke to an expert who asked him how many concussions he’d had, to which Favre responded three or four where he blacked out.

“And he said how about a thousand or thousands, and I thought, this guy is crazy,” Favre recalls.

The expert told him that every time he saw stars, or his ears were ringing, those were concussions too.

“I said, ‘So when do you think it’s safe to play tackle football?’ He said, ‘Never.’”

“There’s truth in that,” Joyner responds. “The human body was not designed to be in 60-something car wrecks a game.”


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Leftists Hate The Minutemen Mascot Because They Love Tyranny

Radicals will never be content to tear down just the 'Redskins' and 'Chiefs' mascots. They'll always come for the proverbial Minutemen.

Chiefs fans pay respect to Bills Mafia, donate thousands to Buffalo children's hospital after gut-wrenching defeat



In a nod to Buffalo Bills fans — who are known around the league for their charitable giving — the Kansas City Chiefs faithful this week started donating thousands of dollars to a children's hospital in Buffalo, New York, to commemorate the team's playoff win against the Bills last weekend.

In the divisional-round playoffs Sunday night, the defending AFC champion Chiefs responded to a Bills touchdown by driving the field in just 13 seconds to score a game-tying field goal at the end of regulation. They would go on to receive the ball in overtime and win the game 42-36.

It was one of the most heartbreaking losses in Buffalo Bills franchise history.

But after the game, Chiefs fans decided to turn the gut-wrenching loss into a positive thing for the Buffalo community. Starting Tuesday, they began donating in $13 increments to the Patricia Allen Fund at Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo. The fund is named after Bills quarterback Josh Allen's grandmother, who passed away last year.

As of Wednesday morning, nearly 10,000 Chiefs fans had donated a massive $178,000 total haul.

The hospital acknowledged the acts of kindness on Twitter by saying "our hearts are warm" and "we are overwhelmed." It added the support will go a long way toward ensuring great care for children and their families in Western New York.

Despite a heartbreaking @BuffaloBills loss Sunday night, our hearts are warm this morning waking up to $13 donations coming from @ChiefsMMZ @Chiefs fans! Thank you all so much, your support helps ensure great care for the kids and families in WNY @JoshAllenQB
— Oishei Children's Hospital (@Oishei Children's Hospital) 1643118062
An incredible $178,000 from over 9800 donors has been donated in just over 24 hours from #ChiefsKingdom Thank you all! These donations help the ongoing need and ensure our team has the tools, training and programs to care for the kids in WNY pic.twitter.com/wWXvDXxjXF
— Oishei Children's Hospital (@Oishei Children's Hospital) 1643206931

According to ESPN, the original idea, spawned by a Chiefs Kingdom Facebook group, was to donate in $13 increments to quarterback Patrick Mahomes' charity, the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation. But then Chiefs fans changed their plans, inspired by the past charitable giving of the Buffalo Bills fan base, known colloquially as the "Bills Mafia."

Last November, after discovering that Josh Allen had played a game after just losing his grandmother, scores of Bills fans stepped up to donate in $17 increments — Allen's number — to Oishei Children's in support of the franchise quarterback. By the end of the year, the amount surpassed $1 million.

The donation frenzy quickly garnered national headlines and sparked the creation of the Patricia Allen Fund with input from Allen and his family. Now there is the Patricia Allen Pediatric Recovery Wing at Oishei Children's, where donations go to benefit the critical care team and provide equipment, training, and education.

In 2017, Bills fans similarly donated to then-Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton's foundation after Dalton threw a game-winning touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens, granting the Bills a playoff berth for the first time in 17 years.

The fan base has similarly donated to foundations represented by Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White following his season-ending ACL injury and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson following the team's playoff loss to the Bills in 2020.

The Chiefs are scheduled to take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game this weekend.

Aaron Rodgers was secretly unvaccinated, will not play on Sunday because he has COVID-19: Report



Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not play Sunday agains the Kansas City Chiefs after he reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

Rodgers, according to sources, was never vaccinated against the highly contagious respiratory disease, despite insisting that he was "immunized" in August.

Rodgers' purported diagnosis and vaccination status also call into question his eligibility to play in the Packers' Nov. 14 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

What are the details?

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport on Wednesday tweeted, "#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is unvaccinated, per me and @MikeGarafolo. That's why he is out for Sunday vs. the #Chiefs."

Following the tweet, a variety of outlets reported that Rodgers was never vaccinated.

#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is unvaccinated, per me and @MikeGarafolo. That\u2019s why he\u2019s out for Sunday vs. the #Chiefs.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) 1635951521

Rapoport added, "QB Aaron Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The NFL, NFLPA and joint docs ruled him as unvaccinated. Now, he has COVID-19."

#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The NFL, NFLPA and joint docs ruled him as unvaccinated. Now, he has COVID-19. \n\nMore here:https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-tests-positive-for-covid-19-will-not-play-in-week-9-ver\u00a0\u2026

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) 1635963957

'9-Time Pro Bowler has not, in fact, been vaccinated'

Around the NFL's Nick Shook also reported that 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love will start in Rodgers' place.

Rodgers reportedly must spend a mandatory 10 days away from team members, according to the NFL's COVID-19 protocol.

"Rodgers previously had sought and was denied an exemption from the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols based on his antibody levels this summer, which left his status as unvaccinated, NFL Media reported Wednesday," Shook reported. "Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The league pointed Rodgers to the NFL-NFLPA protocols, which do not account for such an exemption for players."

Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked if Rodgers' August comment may have been misleading, to which he replied, "It's a great question for Aaron, I'm not going to comment on it."

When asked if he believed Rodgers was selfish for not getting the vaccine, LaFleur responded, "I think everybody has to make their own personal decision, and that's just is what it is."

USA Today corroborated the report on Wednesday afternoon.

"After Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the USA TODAY Network that the nine-time Pro Bowler has not, in fact, been vaccinated," USA Today's Tom Schad wrote. "The person was granted anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly about the matter."

'Immunized' against COVID-19

In August, Rodgers told reporters that he was "immunized" against COVID-19.

At the time, he said he believed the decision to vaccinate or not was a "personal decision."

"Yeah, I've been immunized," Rodgers told reporters. "There's guys on the team that haven't been vaccinated. I think it's a personal decision, I'm not gonna judge those guys."

Rodgers has yet to publicly speak about the reports that he is unvaccinated.

Here are his comments from August:https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1455921147242029058\u00a0\u2026

— The Recount (@therecount) 1635953760

What else?

NBC Sports' Mike Florio cited Rodgers' August remarks and wrote, "So, basically, he lied. He lied in order to hide the fact that he's not vaccinated."

"And it wasn't just his cagey use of the term 'immunized,' followed by his vow to not judge a group to which he secretly belonged," Florio continued. "A G.M. with another team tried to tell me weeks ago that Rodgers isn't vaccinated. I looked up photos of Rodgers from the preseason, standing on the sideline in street clothes. ... He wasn't wearing a mask. I told my source that this means that Rodgers was vaccinated. In actuality, it means that he was deliberately and flagrantly violating COVID policies to create the impression that he's vaccinated."

Florio added that he wasn't aware of any consequences Rodgers might have faced in connection with the report — and said that Rodgers creatively danced around reports that he wasn't vaccinated in order to avoid controversy.

"If he'd been open about his unvaccinated status, he would have heard about it from the media," he wrote. "And so the guy who is so sensitive that he's sensitive about being called sensitive chose to create the false impression that he's vaccinated, all because he didn't want anyone to call him out for not being vaccinated. That makes it much worse. He deliberately violated COVID protocols in order to keep secret his status — in order to avoid being criticized. And he surely will now use his various platforms to argue that people like me shouldn't have a platform to criticize him for not being vaccinated, and for endangering others in order to perpetrate his ruse. Which is exactly what he did."