Woman, 18, cancels first date at last minute by calling 911, saying man is abusive ex-boyfriend threatening to stab her: Police



An Iowa woman reportedly got "cold feet" before a first date with a man who she had met on a dating app. Instead of simply canceling the date, the woman allegedly called 911 to falsely accuse the man of being her abusive ex-boyfriend who threatened to stab her, according to police.

Just after midnight on June 16, a 911 call was made to authorities in North Liberty, Iowa. A woman told the 911 operator that an abusive ex-boyfriend was at her home and threatening her.

"She reported him threatening to cause harm to her," court documents read.

The woman claimed that the man was the father of her unborn baby and he was sending her threatening messages that "he was going to hit, punch, kick, and stab her," according to the affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

Police responded to the residence, confronted a man leaving the home, and began an "in-depth investigation."

However, the man explained that he had never met the woman in person before and that he had matched with her on a dating app just over a week prior. He explained that the two had made plans to meet up at her house that night, but she didn't answer the door.

The unidentified man was detained by police for more than an hour.

He said that their recent communication had shifted from the dating app to text messaging.

After investigators reviewed the text messages between the two, police determined that "the conversation showed he was being honest and he really did just meet this female."

Meanwhile, the woman reportedly told authorities that she had known the man for two years, he wouldn't leave her alone, and she was pregnant with his baby. She claimed that he was abusive and threatening, court documents said.

The woman – 18-year-old Sumaya Thomas – finally admitted in the third interview with investigators that the accusations against the man were false, according to the affidavit. Thomas allegedly confessed that she got "cold feet" about meeting the man for a date. She fabricated the allegations against the man in the 911 call, according to the North Liberty Police Department.

Thomas told investigators that she didn't think the police would help her unless she faked a more dire and pressing situation, according to court documents.

Thomas was charged with two counts of False Report of Indictable Offense to Public Entity and one count of False Report 911 call, according to KCRG. She was arrested and later released from Johnson County Jail.

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These studies suggest we might be VERY wrong about Gen Z



Gen Z – those born between the years 1997 and 2012 – get a bad rap. They’re often characterized as lazy, entitled, chronically anxious tech addicts.

And while there may be some truth to that stereotype, statistics show that Zoomers are actually better than we’ve been led to believe.

Isabel Brown, a Gen Z author and conservative voice, shared some pleasantly surprising news with Dave Rubin about America’s most challenging generation.

Due to smart devices and advancing technology, modern society has adapted to be heavily virtual, and apparently Gen Z is tired of it.

“Gen Z is saying, ‘You know, we want a little bit more than that. We want more substance; we want more purpose,'” says Isabel, adding that “dating is maybe the best example of what that looks like.”

“There are several articles that have come out in the last few months about how Match, the group which owns Tinder and Hinge and several other competing companies, is freaking out about how to retain Gen Z as a customer base because 90%+ of us say we’ve had horrible experiences on the app,” she explains.

But online dating isn’t the only table Gen Z is turning.

“Gen Z women are overwhelmingly throwing away our birth control because no matter where you fall in the partisan political spectrum [and] no matter what your intimacy life looks like, we realize we're feeling really sick, and we're slowly poisoning ourselves in the process,” says Isabel.

But this next statistic might be the most shocking.

According to “a study that just came out,” “93% of us … still want to get married,” she tells Dave, adding that this is most surprising because we’re currently living “in a time where we have the lowest marriage rate in American history.”

Further, despite what we’ve been told, “Gen Z is actually breaking more conservative than at least the two previous generations,” which is the crux of Isabel’s newest book, “The End of the Alphabet.”

“When I say [conservative], it doesn’t necessarily mean the red MAGA hat,” she says. Rather, it means “ culturally embracing traditional values.”

“What does every young generation have in common throughout all of human history?” she asks. “We want to rebel against the people who came before.”

For Zoomers, “‘sticking it to the man’ is quite literally believing there is such a thing as objectivism. It means wanting to get married instead of sleep with as many people as humanly possible and follow the advice of the manosphere or the radical feminism community. It's wanting to have kids in a society that's begging you ‘don't have kids for the sake of your career, for the sake of the environment, for the sake of your personal life.”’

Even the hustle and bustle of city life, which generally attracts a younger crowd, is becoming less desirable.

Studies show that “we’re moving out of big cities” because “we want more suburban or rural areas to reconnect with nature,” says Isabel, adding that younger generations are also “eating real food in a time where everything is hyper-processed or full of chemicals or even grown in a laboratory.”

But perhaps most shocking of all is that Gen Z is embracing the idea of a higher power again. To hear more about this unexpected renewed interest in God despite “our hyper-atheistic society,” watch the clip below.


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Leftist ideologue claims she successfully sabotaged right-wing dating site, having catfished then reported users to FBI



The prospect of a popular right-wing dating app where like-minded people could meet up so enraged one leftist, she donned a false persona and set about the ruin of the men thereon seeking love.

Caitlin Berg claimed on TikTok that she found her way onto the invite-only app, the Right Stuff, by playing a "yeehaw'd version" of herself, reported the Daily Mail.

The Right Stuff touts itself as an app whereon conservatives can "connect in authentic and meaningful ways."

"Other dating apps have gone woke," says the company's site. "We bring people together with shared values and similar passions."

The app was founded by John McEntee, who served as a personal aide to former President Donald Trump, and Daniel Huff, a Trump appointee in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, reported The Hill.

PayPal co-founded and invested $1.5 million into the app, which launched in late 2022.

Users must agree not to "use information gleaned in whole or in part from the Service to harm the reputation of or cast unwanted publicity upon any other user" and not to "misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity."

Berg, who in recent days has made her personal site private and ostensibly deleted her socials (including her TikTok), explained in a now-deleted TikTok video, that she had called herself Keightlynne Brandy and sent a message to the Right Stuff saying, "I just joined from NYC, but I don't have any friends on the app and can't get referred. ... As a new New Yorker, I would love the chance to meet like-minded individuals in such a liberal city."

The company provided Berg with an access code just hours later, which she used to connect with various unsuspecting individuals who had, unlike "Keightlynne Brandy," provided accurate identifying information.

The scammer used dehumanizing language to describe the individuals she encountered on the app, calling men "rodents from the depths of hell."

The Daily Mail noted that Berg's mission evolved beyond denigrating strangers after she realized that some among those looking for human connections on the app were individuals who had been at the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol building.

Berg revealed to her TikTok followers that she began doing pro-bono snitching on behalf of the state.

She reportedly took screenshots of self-identified Jan. 6 protesters' profiles, corroborated their identities with the Instagram or LinkedIn accounts she had them link her to, then provided their information to the FBI.

One of the dating app's profile prompts, used to help characterize users for prospective suitors, appears to have made easy work for Berg's snitching.

Shawn McCreesh of New York Magazine, noted that "January 6th was ... ," "Favorite liberal lie ... ," and "Biggest risk I've ever taken ..." were among the prompts.

\u201cPrompts on the conservative dating app "The Right Stuff" ...\u201d
— Shawn McCreesh (@Shawn McCreesh) 1664561048

Some on Twitter were skeptical around of the app's launch, with one suggesting in September 2022, "This has got to be an FBI dragnet."

In October, liberal TikToker Cheyenne Hunt ridiculed a user who indicated the app might be a honeypot after he had been contacted by the FBI after using the app for "hardly an evening."

Dan Huff, the app's co-founder, told the Mail, "Leftists are attacking our app because it’s taken off in recent months. Their lives are miserable, and they can’t stand to see other people happy."

Berg indicated in a 2021 blog post that she supported then-candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020, looked forward to "progressive policy making," and was previously "inspired by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign."

The dating app scammer also admitted to having been "radicalized" and failing at a career in politics only to "pursue comedy and theatre production full time."

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'View profiles without pronouns': Dating app called 'The Right Stuff' will cater to conservative singles



A dating app meant to help conservatives connect with fellow right-wingers is aptly titled, "The Right Stuff."

With the nation's divided political climate, the app could appeal to conservatives whose views differ dramatically from those held by people on the political left and who are hoping to find a companion who shares their right-leaning worldview.

"The Right Stuff was created for conservatives to connect in authentic and meaningful ways. Other dating apps have gone woke. We bring people together with shared values and similar passions," the joinrightstuff.com website declares. "Quit swiping, scrolling and trolling the wrong people. There are people out there just like you."

"Connect with people who aren’t offended by everything," the site advertises. "View profiles without pronouns, your next match is here."

In a video advertising the app, Ryann McEnany, the sister of Trump-era White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, said that the app will launch in September and is "invite only."

The app will apparently cater to the two real genders.

In the video, McEnany says it is free to use the app, adding, "for my ladies, you'll never have to pay because we all get premium subscriptions for simply inviting a couple friends. Gentlemen, if you want access to premium, that's on you." She also says, "those are the only two options: ladies and gentlemen."

"We need to get back to the right way of dating," she says.

Earlier this year, Axios reported that, according to a source, Peter Thiel was pumping $1.5 million into a seed round for the right-wing dating app.

"It's an important, underserved market," Daniel Huff, a co-founder of the dating platform, said, according to The Hill. "Liberals own the education, media corporations, and we can’t let them control our personal relationships."

Users on a popular dating app say conservative views on several key issues are 'dealbreakers'



Looking for love on a dating app? If you hold conservative political views, good luck.

Popular dating app OkCupid recently discovered that an overwhelming majority of its users say less-than-progressive views on climate change, gender equality, and gun control are "dealbreakers" when it comes to finding a match.

After surveying 250,000 users worldwide over the past year, the dating app found that a whopping 90% considered it "important" for their match to care about climate change and 81% said they were "concerned" about climate change.

The issue, which topped the list of potential turn-offs, has apparently been growing in importance among dating-aged people for a while now.

Jane Reynolds, director of product marketing at OkCupid, told the Hill: "We have just seen over time, climate change being more and more this huge topic for our millennials daters especially. People feel that with climate change, it says so much more about you — if that's something that you believe in and are concerned about."

"We kind of joke that caring about climate change is the new tall, dark and handsome," Reynolds quipped.

The Hill reported that following climate change on the list of dating app dealbreakers were views on gender equality and gun control.

OkCupid's data set reportedly showed that 76% of worldwide users said their partners must support gender equality in the last year. Meanwhile, a survey extending over the last three years found that 66% of approximately 2 million U.S.-based users said they were in favor of stricter gun control laws.

One's personal views perhaps especially matter on OkCupid because the dating app employs an algorithm that asks users multiple-choice questions about a litany of topics ranging from the mundane to the heavy. Some issues serve as "good conversation starters," while others might "make or break" a match, Reynolds noted.

Another make-or-break issue could be a user's view on feminism, or whether they consider themselves a feminist. The Jerusalem Post reported this week that a study done by OkCupid found that in the past five years, there has been a 600% increase in women’s profiles stating "looking for a feminist" or "feminists only."

For what it's worth, Reynolds acknowledged to the Hill that OkCupid is "a progressive app" that does tend to attract individuals who are "more open-minded."

It seems conservatives on the online dating scene may want to look elsewhere.

After meeting on dating app, man allegedly holds woman against her will for 3 weeks, nearly beats her to death



Police in Van Buren County, Michigan, say that a man held a woman against her will for three weeks and nearly beat her to death after the two met on an online dating app.

What are the details?

Trevor Double, 45, was arrested and booked on three felony charges, including two related to assault, for his violent treatment of 24-year-old Kaila McCleary over a three-week period, WWMT-TV reported on Monday.

Van Buren County Deputy Sgt. James Charon told the news outlet that McCleary was lucky to be alive after suffering repeated beatings and being left with bruises and abrasions all over her body, including a gash on her leg that required 17 stitches.

"I haven't been home for over a month," McCleary reportedly said. "This whole thing has been horrific."

Double allegedly prevented McCleary from leaving his residence, using his fists, phones, an iron, and even a hatchet to injure her and keep her from leaving. He reportedly threatened to kill her multiple times and even threatened to harm her young son, who was living elsewhere at the time.

"I was terrified," McCleary recalled. "Life flashed in front of my eyes. I thought he would kill me."

What happened?

The two reportedly met on the dating app MeetMe and spoke for several weeks before going on a first date, McCleary said. Then in early April, Double showed up at McCleary's home unannounced to take her out to breakfast. McCleary wouldn't return home for nearly a month.

Over the next several weeks, Double held McCleary against her will at his home, accusing her of cheating on him and beating her for it.

"When I told him I wanted to leave, he would beat on me more," McCleary recalled. "I remember a few times, standing there when he was asleep, and just questioning, like, 'Should I go outside and try to get away? What should I do?'"

On May 7, McCleary's injuries got so bad that Double agreed to take her to a nearby hospital for treatment. While there, she alerted hospital staff that her life was in danger.

Acting on the tip, detectives executed a search of Double's home and reportedly found bloody gauze in the trash and a broken cellphone, believed to be used in one of the assaults.

Authorities eventually identified the suspect and apprehended him at a local hotel. Double was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and being a habitual offender.

Anything else?

According to police documents, Double has a prior criminal history and was out on bond during the incident involving McCleary. He was convicted of manslaughter in 2004 and was released on probation in January 2013, court records show.

McCleary said that she had no idea about Double's criminal past and noted that he went by the name Alex James when he was with her.

Double is expected to appear in court on June 2.