Morning Glory Diner Web site Hacked In Donald Trump’s Favor

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The Web site for South Philly’s Morning Glory Diner Now Goes to Donald Trump’s Web site

Sam’s Morning Glory Diner within the Bella Vista part of South Philadelphia is just not your typical eatery. Whereas most companies have a tendency to remain out of politics, the partitions and facade of Morning Glory Diner have, for years, proudly displayed anti-gun and anti-Donald Trump messaging. “If we have been in Arkansas, we’d in all probability don’t have any home windows by now,” Morning Glory Diner proprietor Carol Mickey as soon as instructed us. Effectively, the home windows could have stayed intact, however some MAGA prankster has sought revenge in a way more Twenty first-century method.

For those who attempt to go to the web site for Morning Glory Diner that’s listed in lots of information articles and on Morning Glory’s Fb web page, you received’t get pretty photographs of the restaurant’s scrumptious frittatas, bananas foster French toast, or fluffy pancakes, identified right here as glory muffins. As an alternative, that is what you get:

Sure, the Morning Glory web site now redirects to the net headquarters of Donald J. Trump, the latter web site proclaiming “Official 2024 Presidential Founder,” no matter meaning.

“They hacked into my web site and altered all of the login info and call info,” explains Mickey, who says she’s not precisely certain when it occurred. “And I don’t know get it again. I suppose I’ll simply have to begin throughout.”

I requested Mickey if the web site hijacking bothers her, past simply the best way it’d have an effect on her enterprise.

“It’s simply good to know they’re on the market fascinated by me,” she jests.

Any hacker varieties on the market who may help her out?

South Philly Letter-Author Will get Overwhelming Response

On Thursday, I instructed you about Jean Merritt, the South Philly girl who will ship a handwritten letter to anyone who asks for one. All you must do is e-mail her your mailing handle and a bit about your self. Effectively, since our story got here out late Thursday afternoon, Merritt has been flooded with requests, and so they hold coming in.

So be affected person. She will get to you. And this isn’t on some first-come, first-served foundation.

“I’m answering probably the most compelling requests first,” she tells me.

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Discuss About an Thrilling Tremendous Bowl

Jason Kelce’s very pregnant spouse isn’t watching the Tremendous Bowl at dwelling. She’ll be on the sport, and she or he’s bringing her OB/GYN simply in case. She’s at 38 weeks. Something may occur. So if the infant is born on the Tremendous Bowl, what’s the title?

Talking of the Kelces

Travis Kelce, who will probably be enjoying within the Tremendous Bowl in opposition to his brother, appears to be effectively conscious of the Curse of the Rocky Statue:

Travis Kelce addresses the Rocky statue curse forward of #SuperBowlLVII on New Heights: “Chiefs followers… don’t contact the f****g Rocky statue. And positively don’t put a #87 on there.” pic.twitter.com/peQGSye3eq

— Eagles Nation (NFC Champs) (@PHLEaglesNation) February 1, 2023

Overlook About that Foolish Groundhog Named Phil

Let’s go together with the a lot nearer Harleysville Hank:

Harleysville Hank contradicts Punxsutawney Phil and forecasts an early spring https://t.co/tUb0IidPOR

— dan sokil (@dansokil) February 2, 2023

In spite of everything, Punxsutawney is principally Steelers nation.

And As a result of We Can’t Let Go of This Silly Groundhog Factor

Bob Casey in an try and be humorous, I suppose:

Me exhibiting @JohnFetterman across the Capitol pic.twitter.com/zueYhpc4GT

— Bob Casey Jr. (@Bob_Casey) February 2, 2023

Brrrrr

Wind chills under zero.

So A lot for Haddonfield Being Quaint

A Haddonfield man allegedly paid $20,000 in Bitcoin to have a 14-year-old killed.

And from the Counting-Down-the-Days Sports activities Desk …

Subsequent weekend is the BIG weekend, however there’s tons happening this weekend, too. Tonight, the Sixers make a journey to Texas to play the Spurs at 8 p.m.; on Sunday, they’ll host the Knicks at six.

Guess who’s NBA Jap Convention Coach of the Month:

NBA Coaches of the Month for January.

West: Michael Malone (@nuggets)
East: Doc Rivers (@sixers) pic.twitter.com/AXpUQlYQEa

— NBA (@NBA) February 2, 2023

And Participant of the Month!

The Kia NBA Gamers of the Month for January! #KiaPOTM

West: Nikola Jokic (@nuggets)
East: Joel Embiid (@sixers) pic.twitter.com/MZ3VJvibcm

— NBA (@NBA) February 2, 2023

Joel additionally got here to the protection of James Harden, who wasn’t named to the All-Star Sport regardless of some league-leading stats:

Embiid has some ideas on Harden’s All-Star snub 🍿 pic.twitter.com/2t0CRQQp1Y

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 3, 2023

In school hoops, it was a thrilla within the Daskalakis Middle final night time because the Drexel Dragons got here from behind to inside one level of the School of Charleston Cougars within the closing minute, went forward by one on a LONG two with three seconds left, then held on for the 70-69 win!

MOORE MANIA!!

Dragons up 1 with 3.5 seconds left!!#FearTheDragon pic.twitter.com/gtgF6B03jw

— Drexel Males’s Basketball (@DrexelMBB) February 3, 2023

Tonight Columbia performs at Penn at 7 p.m. Tomorrow, we’ve obtained Drexel at Monmouth at two, Cornell at Penn at six, and Villanova vs. Creighton at 7:30. And on Sunday, La Salle and St. Joe’s face off at midday, and Temple is at dwelling for a rematch in opposition to at the moment third-ranked Houston at 6 p.m. Can they pull off a second giant-slayer upset? We imagine, Owls! We imagine!

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