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Right now, I am in the Detroit area. I am about to head to Canada for a little bit of rest and relaxation.
I'll be posting a few stories on World News Today while I'm away from Ohio. I have the laptop with me. Any event that occurs in the U.S. or even Canada, I'll post it.
Associate Justice Anton Scalia - Ronald Reagan (Conservative)
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy - Ronald Reagan (Conservative/Libertarian)
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas - George H.W.Bush (Conservative)
Associate Justice Steven Breyer - Bill Clinton (Liberal)
Associate Justice Ruth Bider Ginsburg - Bill Clinton (Liberal)
Associate Justice Samuel Alto - George W. Bush (Conservative) Chief Justice John Roberts - George W. Bush (Conservative)
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Barack Obama (Liberal)
Associate Justice Elena Kagan - Barack Obama (Liberal)
Try to keep up with the score. Conservatives are seriously upset with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy. They sided with the liberal wing of the court in regards to Obamacare.
Kennedy strung conservatives even harder by siding with the liberal wing of the court in allowing equal marriage in the United States. So it doesn't matter whether you're straight or gay, you have a right to marry. Marriage is legal in the United States. Conservatives are calling for impeachment and are urging state clerks to deny marriage licenses based on religious beliefs.
King v. Burwell ruling saves the Obamacare (Affordable Care Act). If it ruled in the conservatives favor, over 30 million signed up to the healthcare mandates subsides could be eliminated. That means each state is required to set up state exchanges regardless of political views.
Obergefell v. Hodges ruling is a landmark decision. Jim Obergefell lost his husband to ALS. He wanted to be placed as spouse on the death certificate. He and his husband John Arthur were married in Maryland. They resided in Cincinnati. When John died, Ohio refused to acknowledged the legal marriage. Jim took it to court and won. The court ruled that equal rights are extended to marriage.
On the bright side, conservatives win on rulings that involves the mandatory sentencing, the overreach of the EPA and the death penalty.
Michigan v. EPA - The court ruled that President Barack Obama's executive orders were unconstitutional.
Ohio v. Clark - The court ruled that sentencing for gun crimes under statures that carry heavy time in the iron college were constitutional.
Clayton Lockett
Glossip v. Gross - The cocktail given in the gas house isn't cruel and unusual punishment.
Conservatives win handily on these issues when it comes to gun rights, environmental regulations and the pills for death.
The Glossip v. Gross case involved the death penalty cocktail that was being injected into the condemned. An Oklahoma man was given the gas house. Clayton Lockett was given the lethal load and it didn't work. It was administered by the Oklahoma guards.
Lockett got the cocktail but it wasn't working. He told the warden that he's feeling pain. He was cussing that this "shit was burning"!
It took over 45 minutes before he would pass away. Many advocates believe that it was cruel for him to suffer.
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision believe that despite this horrible tragedy, the states that advocate the gas house are allowed to use the death cocktail.
On the other hand, the liberal wing won the ruling on Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n. This ruling could impact states that have gerrymandered districts that are based on political swing. That means if a district is relatively swing, the party in power must compromise on where the district lines go. Basically it may be up to voters to establish independent commissions to draw the congressional lines in the 2020 U.S. Census.
Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., ruling is significant. Even if there's a trace of discrimination in housing loans, leasing and properties, the individual can file a writ of consent.
Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans ruling advocates that governments aren't entitled to enshrine opinionated plates. That means that some states that issue Confederate flag plates are no longer allowed to promote private thought over government speech.
Ohio's biggest dingleberry John Kasich is in the clown car.
I live in the state of Ohio. And the news of our governor Republican John Kasich jumping into the clown car is no surprise.
Kasich talked to GOP Sundays host John Dickerson about his chances. Kasich said that it's time. He knows that his poll numbers are extremely low, but he figures they will rise once he jumps in.
He touts Ohio's unemployment rate, the state's budget surplus and wellness as a factor to his decision to run.
In July he will announce his bid at Ohio State University. He will make his intentions known.
After all, he won Ohio in a landslide. He beat the Democratic nominee by 40 points. He won over 30% of the Black vote. And despite his budget cuts, his union busting law SB-5 was repealed.
Republicans hate Kasich's embracing of Obamacare. He is willing to accept Medicaid and Medicare.
Kasich is relatively moderate. He is a former congressman and talk show host.
He once hosted a show on that network that may inspired that terrorist to kill nine innocent lives at a church.
He will make 15 or 16. I am not sure. Will Wisconsin's Scott Walker jump in before Kasich?
Conservatives think Kasich and Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) are too close President Barack Obama.
Kasich can be thanked for bringing LaBron James back to Cleveland.
The Republican Convention is in Cleveland.
Ohio's unemployment is at 4.7% currently.
Kasich kept his mouth closed during the John Crawford and Tamir Rice controversies. These two were gunned down by police. Crawford in Walmart when he picked up a BB gun. Rice when he was in a Cleveland park playing with a BB gun. He ordered mandatory testing for any new recruits in law enforcement. He asked the Black community for better relations.
He has a lapse on gun control. He will allow guns in bars, churches, parks and government buildings.
The 63-year-old governor will announce in a speech at the Ohio Union on the campus of his alma mater; and he will follow it up with an announcement tour through Michigan, South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire.
Hamilton County Republican Party chairman Alex Triantafilou said he has been invited to the July 21 campaign kick-off; and said he believes Kasich will be a top-tier candidate in a crowded field of GOP presidential contenders.
“It’s a wide open field; no one candidate dominates,’’ Triantafilou said. “There is a good story that can be told by the governor of a successful state that can help separate him from the pack.”
Kasich’s experience in the 1990s as House Budget chairman and his four-and-half years as governor of a state that will be a key battleground state in the presidential election will help, Triantafilou said.
“Based on resume alone, this guy’s got what it takes to be president,’’ Triantafilou said.
Kasich was back on a Sunday morning talk show yesterday – this time CBS’ Face the Nation, where he was asked once again when he might officially join the crowded Republican presidential field.
“We’re getting awfully close to making a decision,’’ Kasich said.
On Face the Nation, Kasich said he had run for governor to fix what he viewed were Ohio’s problems.
“Now I can go out and tell my story and hopefully the polls will rise,’’ Kasich said. “We’ll see.”
Kasich is a total dingleberry,
And Kasich needs a boost to be among the top ten candidates who will make the first GOP presidential debate set for Aug. 6 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland – the site of the 2016 Republican nominating convention.
That network he once worked for is a co-sponsor of the debate with Facebook, has said it will take an average of five national polls on Aug. 4. The top 10 finishers will be invited to participate.
Right now, Kasich does not qualify in any of the national independent polls, polling at one to three percent support.
John C. Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, said the groundwork Kasich has laid and the July 21 campaign kick-off could give him a bump in the polling that would qualify him for the debate.
Green said Kasich will immediately be taken seriously as a presidential contender.
“He has real accomplishments to point to,” Green said. “You can compare his resume to others in the race, and his is very similar to a lot of them.”
Green said he would expect that Kasich will campaign on a theme of turning an $8 billion state budget deficit into a $2 billion surplus without raising taxes.
If there is a downside, Green said, it is the difficulty of running for president while holding a full time job as the governor of a major state.
“It’s a little more difficult for a governor than a senator, because a governor is involved in making policy decisions,’’ Green said.
New Jersey Republican Chris Christie is about to jump into the clown car. He will make a formal announcement on Tuesday.
This makes 14.
The Republican is often colorful in his rhetoric and is probably one of the very few candidates I actually believe could beat perennial candidate Hillary Clinton.
Will he be a serious candidate?
I don't know. If he's won reelection and managed to attract Black votes, it's up in the air. Some people look at him as a moderate.
A center-right candidate is way better than an extremist like Stallmigo Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Republicans aren't keen to Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Christie. They believe they're too cozy with Obama and Clinton.
The Republicans still feel betrayed by Christie after he embraced President Barack Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy. The Republicans believe that Christie ruined perennial loser Mitt Romney's chances at winning the White House.
Christie's weight is often questioned by agitators as a liability.
They seem to forget that it was the fault of Romney and no one else. They just want to dog pile on Christie because he believes that an effective federal government response to disasters.
Anyway, the junk food media has speculated that Christie was about to get in. So in order to stop the momentum they tossed the scandals that plagued him during his term. The first thing that comes to mind is his weight. They criticized the governor for being a big man in the state house.
The junk food media has been relentless on the many scandals involving him and his family. They reported on Christie taking the private plane to seeing his son play sports and hanging out with the Dallas Cowboys at ATT Stadium. Chief Roger and Rupert Murdoch both asked him back in 2012 to run against perennial loser Mitt Romney. The George Washington Bridge being delayed during rush hour became a big story in the media. The agitators believe that Christie wanted revenge on Democratic mayor from Fort Lee. No federal charges were brought against him, but the scandal will haunt him.
He's been a bully when it comes to Democrats who refuse to support him during his budget battles.
He also against vaccinations. He questioned Obama's stances vaccination. He believes that it's a parent's choice and not the government. So say if we have an outbreak of disease it's up to the child's parent get vaccinated.
Christie has battled the teacher's unions, bust up he state unions, and wants New Jersey to become a right-to-work state.
Christie once embraced the Tea Party. But it seems now that he's abandon a plural of the insurgency's views on immigration, marriage legality and trade policy.
His stances has moderated due to his state's deeply Democratic tilt. He easily beat the Democratic nominee in 2013 after swaying Black voters. He won over 40% of the Black vote in his reelection bid.
The AP reports that Christie's political team has gone live with a presidential campaign website days before he jumps into the 2016 race.
Conservatives will go after Christie for embracing Obama.
The new website — www.chrischristie.com — shows the New Jersey governor's name along with the slogan, "Telling it like it is."
Christie also is promoting the site with a short animated video posted on his Twitter feed. The site says it's paid for Chris Christie for President, Inc.
Christie has a "special announcement event" set for Tuesday in the gym of Livingston High School, from which he graduated in 1980. Donors and friends have gotten invitations, and Christie's team has invited reporters to attend.
After his announcement, Christie plans to go to New Hampshire for a town hall meeting.
These three women lived in Chillicothe. The FBI is determined to find a serial killer in the area.
Chillicothe, Ohio is 35 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. The city is rocked by a series of unsolved murders involving women on the stroll.
World News Today send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy. Charlotte Trago, Wanda Lemons, Tameka Lynch, Shasta Himelrick, Tiffany Sayre and Timberly Claytor are loved.
They may have had issues in their lives, but in no way should they be murdered for that.
The law aided by the FBI in probing the histories of six women who turned up missing. Three of them were found dead near rivers. They have fingered a pimp as a person of interest.
The area is roughly hilly and rural.
Centered around Bridge Street, the Chillicothe Inn is a notorious spot for women to meet up with tricks who want a little action. Some of these women were addicted to heroin. These women ranged from the early 20s to late 30s. They were mothers, grandmothers, daughters and sisters.
"Investigators recovered a great deal of evidence from the vehicle including blood, DNA, and a bullet," Ross County Sheriff George Lavender said.
These women turned up missing. Four of them ended up dead.
They also arrested 36-year-old Jason McCrary, a registered sex offender, for failing to update his address information. But they call him a prime person of interest in Timberly Claytor's killing.
Timberly's body was dumped in a vacant building lot around high weeds. She was shot three times and left for dead. She was 38-years old.
Is her death related to the disappearances of three other women?
"There's a common thread in terms of the places that the victims frequented and some of the people they were associated with,” Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt said.
Charlotte Trego was last seen in May of 2014. Wanda Lemons disappeared December 2014. Tiffany Sayre disappeared three weeks ago.
And last may Tameka Lynch was found dead in Paint Creek of an apparent overdose.
"I know that those of you in the media have talked to some who have suggested that different people that are missing may know each other,” Schmidt said. “And that's something that we're looking at very seriously."
Jason McCrary is a registered sex offender. The law singling out this pimp as the person of interest.
"Last week we asked for FBI assistance in the three missing women case,” Chillicothe Police Chief Keith Washburn said. “We're in the process now of forming a task force."
Authorities said they want the expertise of the FBI to help them compare notes with other local agencies investigating missing women cases, including Columbus and Scioto County.
Leading some to wonder, is this the work of a serial killer? Investigators aren't ruling it out.
"We've got too many young women missing. So you always want to look at that possibility," Lavender said.
Schmidt said there was a great deal of forensic evidence found in that vehicle.
They are waiting for test results on that, and looking at surveillance video of Claytor's final hours, before they look at any additional charges against Jason McCrary.
He's being held in the Ross County jail on $100,000 bond.
This sexual predator doesn't care about their lives. All he sees is an opportunity to help them get their fix. And for this fix, these women didn't expect his sexual desire would lead to their murder.
The FBI is hoping that they can find the connection between each woman.
This sleeper story finally picked up some national attention. The junk food media is spooking the residents. The city is determined to find the suspect. Whether its McCrary or not, the mystery continues and we hope that the law can figure out how this senseless tragedy occurred.
David Sweat was captured. The remaining escapee from the Clinton Correctional was caught by the law in Constable, New York. The town is less than 10 miles from the U.S.- Canadian border.
Sweat was wounded but according to the junk food media, he will survive his injuries. He is being detained at the local hospital.
For nearly a month, David Sweat and the big player in the iron college Richard Matt managed to elude authorities for weeks. They were hoping that accomplice Joyce Mitchell would have drove them to the border. Turns out that Mitchell had second thoughts.
Mitchell was apprehended after she confessed to aiding the escapees.
Matt ate a lead sandwich after disobeyed law orders. He was apparently armed.
Sweat and Matt both used their survival skills for the most part. They managed to elude the law through the woods and taking breaks near cabins. They broke into a cabin and made a brief stay.
They left their fingerprints, blood and undies all over the place.
That gave them the perfect lead to where they were located.
DMX is sweating. The veteran rapper back in county lockup for some form of stupidity.
Earl Simmons is still a dog on the loose and the pound about to neuter him.
According to Wikipedia, Simmons is a product of his environment.
I miss them days when he was the biggest thing that came off Def Jam Records.
DMX as he's professionally known was a member of the Ruff Ryders. He, Eve, Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss and his group The Lox were the biggest acts during the late 1990s until 2005.
X and his crew were selling hits. But their egos, the law and canceling tours have damaged their reputations. Now people aren't rocking Ruff Ryders.
The mixtape circuit is the only thing that keeps Jadakiss relevant. The others decided to make families and semi-retire from the music. Eve is focused on acting and is married to billionaire mogul Max Cooper. Swizz Beatz divorced his former wife and went on to marry pop singer Alicia Keys.
X on the other hand, is trying to find Black Jesus.
X is still having trouble with the law and is on the verge of being put in the pound for LIFE.
Last time I've talked about X, he was getting in trouble for armed robbery of a fan. Now I hear that he's back in county lockup for missing child support for the seven children (or twelve). I lost count.
Since he's no longer rocking with Def Jam, he's having trouble trying to push out albums.
So I guess with the money making in the dirt, X has blown money fast. He recently filed for bankruptcy after complaining about his child support.
The courts ain't buying that excuse. The law put the muzzle on X after he came to town. He was suppose to perform at Radio City. Alas, his habits of canceling shows continues.
He said those included $400,000 worth of unpaid child support, a warrant issued by the city of White Plains for bail jumping and a robbery complaint out of Newark, New Jersey. No charges have been filed in the Newark case.
A management company that has represented DMX did not immediately return an email seeking comment from The Associated Press.
Legendary Black playwright and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote some of the world's most famous poems and sonnets.
June 27, 1872 was the birth of American poet and playwright Paul Laurence Dunbar.
My community celebrates the life of a great poet. His legacy is a part of Dayton, Ohio. His home is on Summit Street (now named Paul Laurence Dunbar St.) a national monument.
Dayton, Ohio is where he grew up writing his best poems, plays and sonnets.
He grew up around the time Orville and Wilbur Wright wanted to patent inventions.
He traveled overseas. He found love with Alice Ruth Moore a fellow poet. He became one of the world's greatest poets of the late 19th and early 20th century. He found personal demons as well.
He would become involved in alcohol and depression. He would end up losing his life to TB (tuberculosis). He buried at the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton.
His home is part of the Dayton Aviation National Historical Park and is an Ohio designated state monument.
Born to parents who had been slaves in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar started to write as a child and was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper.
Much of his more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialect associated with the antebellum South. His work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading critic associated with the Harper's Weekly, and Dunbar was one of the first African-American writers to establish a national reputation. He wrote the lyrics for the musical comedy, In Dahomey (1903), the first all-African-American musical produced on Broadway; the musical also toured in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Dunbar also wrote in conventional English in other poetry and novels; since the late 20th century, scholars have become more interested in these other works.
Cue the conservative outrage, a Black woman climbed up a pole and cut down the Confederate flag around the South Carolina capitol grounds.
Bree Newsome, a resident of Charlotte. NC traveled to Columbia to make a point. She wants the world to know that that flag represents the racism that led to the killings of nine in Charleston.
She wanted the world to know that Freddie Gray's life matters. She wanted to let protesters know that she's not afraid of what the media says about her. She did it to make the world know that she's not afraid to stand up for something.
Newsome was charged today for defacing a state monument on Capitol grounds. Authorities said that she climbed the 30 foot tall pole and unhooked the flag, ignoring the orders of officers who arrived when she was halfway up the pole.
This misdemeanor carries a hefty fine of $5,000 with a trip to the iron college for up to three years. If they find her guilty, she may face both. Her and James Ian Tyson, from Charlotte were both cuffed.
There is a crowdfunding website that was set up today to raise money for her and Tyson. So far it's reached nearly $100,000 in funds. A hashtag #BreeNewsome went viral since the incident.
The Confederate battle flag which is protected by South Carolina law was raised again 45 minutes after Bree unhooked the flag.
Bree Newsome gained national recognition after climbing a pole to remove the Confederate flag.
Call for removing the flag came after a White terrorist killed nine people in Charleston's Emmanuel AME Church.
Republican governor Nikki Haley along with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) calls for the flag's removal.
President Barack Obama delivered a passionate speech yesterday telling that the world see how Americans overcome tragedies. He urged Americans to pressure Congress to pass legislation to change the narrative. Obama believes that mass murder tragedies are going to continue way pass his term.
It's up to state lawmakers to pass it.
Counter-protesters were in Columbia today to protest the removal of the Confederate flag. Some are saying that the flag isn't about hate, it's about heritage. They blame the junk food media for allowing this discussion focus on their "pride" of the South, the Confederate battle flag.
Bree Newsome and James Ian Tyson were booked in county lockup.
Legally known as Brittany Newsome, Bree graduated from high school being active in her community. She was involved in student government and served as student body president.
Many believe her actions could inspire millions and that's why activist DeRay McKesson has called for his followers to aid her throughout her journey.
Protest is confrontation. Protest is disruption. Protest is the end of silence. It is not the solution, it creates space for the solution.
The Department of Health and Human Services wants Americans to get tested.
Today is HIV Testing Day. On June 27, many communities are offering residents an opportunity for testing for the dangerous virus that can progress to AIDS.
HIV can be transmitted through sexual intercourse (anal, vagina and oral), sharing needles with an infected partner, and blood transfusions.
HIV can be affected greatly in the African American community. HIV doesn't discriminate against any race, gender, sexuality, religious, economic or political standings.
Vicki West.
The disease can affect you from two weeks to up to 10 years. The person who is affected may not notice symptoms.
HIV risk are greatly increased when the person isn't aware of the disease. The person may practice in unsafe sexual practices. The person may be a heroin user who uses needles that may be infected with another user's blood.
Chances have increased. At least out of 225 people at least ten would be living with the virus.
HIV can not be cured. It can be treated. A person can live a healthy life with HIV if they take measures with their doctor and ensure a path to long life. HIV is not a shameful disease.
If you inform your partner (or partners) you may save their lives too.
Anyone affected with HIV and willingly spreads it to partners without informing them can face a CLASS THREE FELONY and it could land you in the iron college for minimum of 4 years up to 15 to LIFE.
Oral sex is risky for two reasons. Any sexual exchange of bodily fluids with a person infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, poses a risk of infection. Risk of STI infection, however, is generally considered significantly lower for oral sex than for vaginal or anal sex, with HIV transmission considered the lowest risk with regard to oral sex.
The National HIV Testing Day is organized annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's AIDS.GOV program. Walgreens is one corporate sponsor, and offers free HIV testing on that day at a number of its drugstore locations, in fact in 140 cities in 2014.
The day has been an event since 1995, when it was organized by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA).
Vicki West is one of the country's most notorious HIV cases. She is a Dayton, Ohio woman who lives with the disease. She is a prostitute who is actively spreading the disease to individuals. She has been arrested over numerous times in Dayton and Cincinnati.
Dayton and Cincinnati police have warned residents that HIV is active in prostitutes who engage in heroin and numerous partners.
Because of Vicki West, many states including Ohio have passed laws that will put individuals in the iron college if they're caught deliberately spreading HIV.
West is currently in the iron college. Last time I've check the inmate listings, she'll be back on the streets by the end of the year.
West will continue her path to destruction and Americans must take heed to her and those who don't practice safe sex .
So if you're sexuality active, a drug user, a person who is unsure about your partner, or just because you want to, get tested.
Getting tested for HIV doesn't make you any less of a person. It actually makes you a hero!
Talk to a doctor or sexual health counselor if you need to learn about HIV.
If you're on the social media and post something that could embarrass you or cost you your job, don't do it. Of course, most in law enforcement are aware of their social media policies. Unfortunately, they're not immune from public shaming.
Racists Get Fired is a blog on Tumblr that is extremely effective in outing social dissidents who still have hate in their hearts. Tipsters flag it and ask for the moderators to investigate who the person's employer and have the unceremonious firing of the cannon.
This North Charleston cop got himself fired out the cannon after he posted on Facebook his selfie wearing a pair of Confederate boxers.
Wondering how many Black motorist were pulled over for a minor infraction that led to unwarranted police searches.
The police chief terminated Sgt. Shannon Dildine’s position, saying the photo questioned his ability to improve trust and instill confidence between citizens and officers.
“Your posting in this manner led to you being publicly identified as a North Charleston Police officer and associated both you and the Department with an image that symbolizes hate and oppression to a significant portion of the citizens we are sworn to serve,” Police Chief Eddie Driggers wrote, as reported by the junk food media.
This incident happened on Thursday.
This controversy appears in wake of that white terrorist killing nine in the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston. A month ago, former officer Michael Slager was fired out the cannon and also indicted for murder. He opened fire on unarmed motorist Walter Scott after a routine pull over.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) aims at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sen. Sanders (I-VT) is gaining steam in some polls. McCaskill openly endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. She is a fierce defender. But will liberals defend McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Midterms?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is gaining momentum against perennial candidate Hillary Clinton. These clowns are running for the blue nose while the Republican candidates are running for the red nose.
Sanders is a senator from Vermont who is a Democratic Socialist. He is registered as an independent.
He and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) are senators who caucus with the Democratic Party. The independent senators don't often side with most issues the Democratic Party stands for, but they agree that the Republicans are too extreme in their stances.
So it's quite funny that a fellow senator would go after her own because in her mind, he's "too extreme" for people like her.
It seems like the endorsements of Hillary Clinton are in full swing. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is the first to aim a shot. She went on the junk food media programs to lob a shot at the candidate. On MSNBC's Blow Joe, McCaskill went on the attack.
Bernie is no joke. He's catching up to Clinton in some polls.
She says the junk food media went soft on Sanders. They fail to note his socialist views. They can't see that Hillary is getting unfair coverage in the junk food media.
Sanders has shot back. He said that McCaskill is such a tool. She supports policies that won't please the Democratic Party. She barely survived a challenge from an insurgent who believes women can have "legitimate rape".
The policies he support are pretty mainstream and he's vocal about it. Sanders said that no matter what she does, she's going to be defeated in the 2018 U.S. Senate race by a formidable Republican senate nominee.
Fans of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have swung a protest towards McCaskill. The vow to see her either defeated in the primary or defeated in the race.
McCaskill is going to be finding it harder this next election. I doubt Bernie will campaign for her reelection.
Louisiana Republican governor Piyush Jindal (known by most as Bobby) has quietly entered in the race for the clown car. He's the 13th candidate to be in this. He is a huge bore and already facing an uphill climb.
Friends of faith know the road ahead was a challenge. But we persevere.
The LGBT community was given a historical victory today. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage. Now in the United States, marriage is legal for every human being.
President Barack Obama delivered a powerful statement this morning.
And when he went to Charleston, SC for the funeral of Clementa Pickney, a state senator who was the pastor of Emmanuel AME Church, Obama gave one of the best eulogies ever.
As passionate as he was, the president remarks on all the innocent lives lost to this terrorist and the need to push for reasonable gun control.
The deceased included congregation members: Susie Jackson, 87; Rev Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Ethel Lance, 70; Myra Thompson, 59; Cynthia Hurd, 54; Rev Depayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Rev Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; and Tywanza Sanders, 26.
World News Today send our condolences to families of those lost in this horrible tragedy.
He went into Amazing Grace which brought the biggest standing ovation ever.
Who ever said that President Barack Obama's isn't the coolest guy in the White House?
A man of principle and a man of vision. And for the hate aimed at him, First Lady Michelle Obama an their children, they keep their cool and keep it moving.
Richard Matt is caught. Matt was one of the two suspects who escaped the iron college. These two dangerous individuals broke out of the iron college in Northern New York.
Matt ate a lead sandwich after ignoring federal authorities. He was spotted in Malone, NY. Matt was the ringleader and player in the iron college.
He wooed a woman into smuggling the contraband for him and his buddy David Sweat to escape.
Matt's life on the run was 21 days. His life ended on June 26, 2015.
David Sweat is still at large and he's still somewhere between where they've escaped and the Canadian border.
Briefly, Matt decapitated his old boss. He was served up 25 to life in the iron college.
Sweat and a friend put a cop in the wooden box. He was served up LIFE in the iron college.
Matt and Sweat managed to get out on through the "honor" block. They managed to work the system for a clean break. That break has American lawmakers reconsider privileges at our nation's iron colleges. Again, interns to the iron college do have some rights. They do have a right to no cruel and unusual punishment. But all the goodies that are given for "good behavior" are no longer available at the Clinton Correctional.
Joyce Mitchell and Gene Palmer were caught in this escape. Mitchell the co-leader got indicted on aiding in the escape by contraband. She was fired from the iron college. She's being held up on a $$$$$$$$ get out of jail free card. She will face up to a decade in the iron college.
Gene Palmer was also charged to. He looked the other way when Mitchell handed off some goodies to the escape interns. He is being charged with negligence and smuggling contraband.
He faces the judge on Monday.
This has been an active week in the media. We will keep you updated on the latest events over in New York.
World News Today send our prayers to those who are involved in the search and capture of David Sweat. He is a dangerous individual. If he was a smart man, he would give up. But sometimes, that ego may end up getting him killed.
Anthony Kennedy joined the liberal justices Steven Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor in an extremely historical decision. The gay marriage bans in states like Ohio, Kentucky, Florida and Texas are gone. The United States Supreme Court ruled, gay marriage the law of the land.
A HUGE DAY IN AMERICA FOR OUR FRIENDS IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY! THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE STATE BANS ON GAY MARRIAGE ARE ILLEGAL.
GAY MARRIAGE AND GAY ADOPTION ARE NOW LEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES.
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE ROBERTS COURT FINALLY WENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!
A big day in the Supreme Court. The legality of marriage is now equal for all.
In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that all state mandated gay marriage bans are discriminatory.
Win for the LGBT community.
The decision is a historic victory for gay rights activists who have fought for years in the lower courts. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia already recognize marriage equality. The remaining 13 states ban these unions, even as public support has reached record levels nationwide.
The justices found that under the 14th Amendment, states must issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples and recognize same-sex unions that were legally performed in other states.
The lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges is Ohio resident Jim Obergefell, who wanted to be listed as the surviving spouse on his husband's death certificate. In 2013, Obergefell married his partner of two decades, John Arthur, who suffered from ALS. Arthur passed away in October of that year, three months after the couple filed their lawsuit.
Obergefell was joined by several dozen other gay plaintiffs from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee who were fighting both to be able to marry and to have their marriage recognized in every state in the country.
Family matters. The Supreme Court made a historical decision on gay marriage.
The country's views of same-sex marriage have transformed since 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay couples to wed. In 2013, the Supreme Court began chipping away at the country's legacy of discrimination against same-sex couples when it struck down part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which prevented same-sex couples whose marriages were recognized by their home state from receiving the hundreds of benefits available to other married couples under federal law.
President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to support marriage equality when he came out in favor of it in 2012, the same year that the Democratic Party made it part of its platform for the first time. The Republican Party and its slate of 2016 presidential aspirants, however, remain opposed to same-sex marriage. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) support a constitutional amendment protecting states that want to ban marriage equality.
Some conservatives have advocated for a civil disobedience effort against a Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage. However, officials in red states told The Huffington Post recently that they are prepared to implement the decision, going so far as to ready gender-neutral marriage licenses and set later office hours. Gerard Rickhoff, who oversees marriage licenses in Bexar County, Texas, said that if same-sex couples are discriminated against elsewhere in the state, "Just get in your car and come on down the highway. You'll be embraced here."
White terrorist got him some burgers and fries from the law.
President Barack Obama is getting ready to head down to Charleston to do an eulogy for state senator and pastor Clementa Pickney. Pickney and eight others were gunned down by a White terrorist who had nothing but hate in his heart.
As the court prepares state charges against this scumbag. There's revelations of pampered treatment for the terrorist.
Dylann Roof was arrested and taken back to Charleston. He was caught outside of rural North Carolina. The law was tipped off by a seamstress who was on her way to work.
As they approach his vehicle, they didn't have guns drawn. It was a calm arrest. I figured that a mass shooter would have officers with guns drawn and a forced drag out the vehicle.
They asked him for his identity and ordered him out the car.
As if the terrorist wanted to waive his Miranda's rights, the terrorist said can I get some food.
Much obliged says the law. They get him some Burger King.
Police in Shelby, N.C., reportedly bought the 21-year-old food from Burger King after he was taken into custody approximately 250 miles northwest of Charleston following a 16-hour manhunt.
Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford said that terrorist had bought water and chips from a gas station in Charleston earlier on Thursday, but hours had passed and he was hungry.
"He was very quiet, very calm. He didn't talk," Ledford told The Charlotte Observer. "He sat down here very quietly. He was not problematic."
Strickland Maddox, a pastor with Eskridge Grove Baptist Church in Shelby, N.C., also described what happened when police bought food from Burger King for the suspect.
"He hadn't eaten, they said, in a couple of days," Maddox told Yahoo News. "They bought him a hamburger. They just sent out for it. I guess one of the police officers went and picked it up."
Roof was charged on Friday with nine counts of murder and a weapons possession charge.
And with that said, comes the national outrage. Why would the law be so soft on a White mass shooter when they're so quick to shoot and kill Black men.
The judge who ordered him on lockup said that his family is the real victims. After all, Roof ruined his sister's wedding and his antics may have caused his family great harm. Now they're getting death threats and the wedding is off. Of course the judge who gave Roof the get out jail free card is off the bench.
He gets a special room next to accused murderer Michael Slager. Slager is the ex-cop who shot and killed unarmed victim Walter Scott after a routine pull over.
Such a criminal does have the right to a fair trial. He is innocent until proven guilty. He is entitled to getting food, water, phone call and opportunity to have a decent public defender.
This terrorist can't stop unity. His actions may have made Republicans do a political expediency. That damn flag isn't the problem.
The Supreme Court ruled in the King v. Burwell case.
And it looks like the president's signature health care law stays put. The AP breaks the news and it looks like it's going to make Republicans and conservative agitators even more angrier.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.
The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, under the 2010 health care law.
The outcome is the second major victory for Obama in politically charged Supreme Court tests of his most significant domestic achievement.
Chief Justice John Roberts again voted with his liberal colleagues in support of the law. Roberts also was the key vote to uphold the law in 2012. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a dissenter in 2012, was part of the majority on Thursday.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.
Nationally, 10.2 million people have signed up for health insurance under the Obama health overhaul. That includes the 8.7 million people who are receiving an average subsidy of $272 a month to help pay their insurance premiums.
Of those receiving subsidies, 6.4 million people were at risk of losing that aid because they live in states that did not set up their own health insurance exchanges.
The challenge devised by die-hard opponents of the law, often derided by critics as "Obamacare," relied on four words - established by the state - in the more than 900-page law.
The law's opponents argued that the vast majority of people who now get help paying for their insurance premiums are ineligible for their federal tax credits. That is because roughly three dozen states opted against creating their own health insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, and instead rely on the federal healthcare.gov to help people find coverage if they don't get insurance through their jobs or the government.
In the challengers' view, the phrase "established by the state" demonstrated that subsidies were to be available only available to people in states that set up their own exchanges. Those words cannot refer to exchanges established by the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees healthcare.gov, the opponents argued.
The administration, congressional Democrats and 22 states responded that it would make no sense to construct the law the way its opponents suggested. The idea behind the law's structure was to decrease the number of uninsured. The law prevents insurers from denying coverage because of "pre-existing" health conditions. It requires almost everyone to be insured and provides financial help to consumers who otherwise would spend too much of their paycheck on their premiums.
The point of the last piece, the subsidies, is to keep enough people in the pool of insured to avoid triggering a so-called death spiral of declining enrollment, a growing proportion of less healthy people and premium increases by insurers.
Several portions of the law indicate that consumers can claim tax credits no matter where they live. No member of Congress said that subsidies would be limited, and several states said in a separate brief to the court that they had no inkling they had to set up their own exchange for their residents to get tax credits.
The 2012 case took place in the midst of Obama's re-election campaign, when he touted the largest expansion of the social safety net since the advent of Medicare nearly a half-century earlier. But at the time, the benefits of the Affordable Care Act were mostly in the future. Many of its provisions had yet to take effect.
In 2015, the landscape has changed, although the partisan and ideological divisions remain for a law that passed Congress in 2010 with no Republican votes.
The Affordable Healthcare Act was passed. It's ruled constitutional. The Republicans have tried over 60 times to repeal the law despite the court telling them that everything in the law is correct.
Time for the Republicans and their allies to move forward. Take down the Confederate Flag. Pass comprehensive immigration reform. Pass reasonable gun control. Give gay couples the right the marry.
I am guessing she not willing to tell her 1.15 million fans that she's no longer a hot commodity.
There's news that revealed the oldest daughter Bristol is pregnant with her second child. Bristol isn't married and has a son with her former boyfriend Levi Johnston. Bristol broke off a wedding after the fiance revealed he still is legally married.
Celebrity agitator Bobbi Kristina Brown is in hospice.
It's the dire straights for celebrity agitator Bobbi Kristina Brown. The only daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston was found unconscious in her suburban Atlanta home.
They rushed her to a hospital where they tried to revive her. The doctors placed her in a medically induced coma and tried to see if the swelling in her brain would calm. The medication didn't help her and apparently the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into her injuries. Nick Gordon who lived with Brown is being criticized for being negligent and abusive.
She's permanently brain damaged. The doctors exhausted all their hope for her.
Now the family has confirmed that she's in a hospice. The family now can confirm that everything done couldn't help her out of the coma.
Now they're preparing for the eventual demise of the daughter of a legendary singer who met her fate in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in 2012.
Pray for Krissy.
Some memorable moments from her official Twitter page.
Hiworld :)(: yes I am a night owl, this is when my creative side come's out. ALLTHETIME! I need2be in the studio RITENOW! #SOONverySOON! 😊☺️
Rick Ross is a gangsta and a gentleman. The rapper in currently in lockup after allegations of a beat down of a guest.
The bawse got caught up. William Leonard Roberts II, known as Rick Ross (or Rozay) is in the lock up after a no knock at his mansion in Atlanta. He and his body Nadrian James were arrested after accusations of a kidnapping surfaced.
The U.S. Marshals entered the mansion in the early with guns drawn. They came a knocking.
Rozay the founder of Maybach Music Group is a signed act on Def Jam.
Rozay is affiliated with Jay-Z, Sean "Puffy" Combs and Ted "Touche" Lucas of Slip-N-Slide Music.
He released six albums, five compilation albums and three official mixtapes. He signed on Wale, Meek Mill, French Montana, Stalley and R&B Omarion to his label. They released albums on the Maybach Music label.
Meek Mill, Wale and Rozay were nominated for Grammy's.
The rapper was put in Fayette County lockup on the charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping.
Allegedly a guest at his home was given the five finger roll. The guest got his head knocked with the .45, face stomped and beaten until he turned blue. The guest decided to press charges against Rozay.
I bet it was probably one of the rapper's closest allies. The guest turned snitch.
The AP reports that Rozay was jailed without bail on kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges, said Jim Joyner, a supervisor with the Marshals Service task force.
The June 7 attack left the man with injuries that included two chipped teeth and a neck injury, authorities said.
Rick Ross with his son at a Miami Heat game.
"The victim lost use of his jaw and is restricted to soft foods and liquid diet only as a result of not being able to chew food," an arrest warrant states.
Ross and James are both accused of forcing the man into the guesthouse, down a hallway and into a bedroom, resulting in the kidnapping charges. Both are also accused of assaulting him.
Ross also faces an aggravated assault charge involving a Glock handgun. He's accused of using the gun to strike the man in the head and body, and also pointing the weapon at him.
"The victim was then questioned under duress and forced to answer questions at gunpoint," one of the arrest warrants states.
The court papers do not indicate what led to the attack, nor do they outline the relationship between Ross, the bodyguard and the man who was injured.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Ross and James have attorneys who could be contacted for comment. A message left at Maybach Music Group, Ross' record label, was not returned Wednesday morning.
When officers armed with the arrest warrants showed up at the mansion, once owned by boxer Evander Holyfield, someone inside refused to open the gate leading to the home, authorities said.
"They refused to open the gate, so we opened the gate for them," Joyner said.
Once officers got past the gate, someone inside opened the front door so they didn't have to break it down, Joyner said. Ross and the bodyguard were then taken into custody without incident, Joyner said.
"They didn't put up a struggle or anything," he said.
Ross made an initial appearance before a magistrate judge Wednesday morning and the judge denied bail, Fayette County sheriff's spokesman J. Allen Stevens said.
It was second time in the past two weeks Ross has been arrested in Fayette County. On June 10, Ross was booked into the county jail on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession.
In that case, Ross and a passenger were pulled over because the windows of the Bentley in which they were riding violated tinting regulations, Stevens, the sheriff's spokesman, said at the time. The officer smelled marijuana and found some inside the car, Stevens said.
The biggest concern troll to ever exist in the media complains about the Confederate flag. He calls hip-hop music and rapper Jay-Z racist.
Republican governors Nikki Haley, Robert Bentley, Phil Bryant, Bill Haslam, and Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe heard the call and they're listening. They are calling for state lawmakers to remove all traces of the Confederacy.
Of course a huge moment in American history becomes a partisan event. Some conservatives are pissed that the Republicans coward to political correctness. Some are pointing out the entertainment industry for being "racist". Some are finding their outrage at President Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton.
After all, what major event wouldn't include these guys?
The biggest concern troll to ever exist in the media is going after hip-hop in defense of the Confederate flag.
Sean Hannity, the most annoying conservative agitator to ever be on television and radio went right into his attack of hip-hop music. He singled out Jay-Z, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and 50 Cent (who Hannity pronounced Fiddi) for promoting the NIGGA and BITCHES in the albums.
Hence forth, they're entertainers and there not elected officials. They don't have radio shows which promote speech most considered controversial. They just put it on albums and sale the edited songs on the public airwaves.
Okay, you have to be over 17 years old to purchase an explicit hip-hop, rock and raunchy comedian's album.
I bet the fool didn't realized that the Parental Advisory was a theme of his extremists buddies when it came to promoting music they deemed violent. That means nothing to the conservative agitator.
Why does every event in America drives this stupid concern trolling?
A White terrorist causes a mass murder embraced the Confederate flag, got his talking points from outlets like this annoying conservative agitator's program and spent a majority trolling the internet with inflammatory rhetoric. It happens to be this fool Hannity rushing to defend a symbol of a failed legacy and country. A symbol that embraces White extremism.
For you see, Hannity picks his talking points from the conservative Craigslist. This is likely where this agitator got his rant from. He is reading that Walmart, Sears, Amazon and other outlets are pushing out the flag on their websites. Anything that affiliates with the Confederate flag is scrubbed.
Now all of a sudden, rappers are singled out. I know that Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent skirted lockup and the iron college. They got great lawyers and their images makes $$$$$$. Ludacris isn't that type of crowd. He is a entertainer who raps, sings and acts. He's a married man and is a responsible father to children. I haven't heard of a felony committed by Luda. So what's the point of throwing him into this rant?
For one thing, I think this conservative agitator is jealous of Jay-Z and Beyonce. He bitches about him and more then the others. He started the feud with the Carters after they inspired fans to support President Barack Obama during his reelection bid.
Ludacris performs with Snoop Dogg and Nelly.
He got his nerve to call him a "former crack dealer". Yeah, a former crack dealer who turned his life around and became a business mogul. A man who can say he owned a sports team, an alcoholic beverage, a clothing company, and a handful of record labels. A man who has a beautiful wife and daughter. A man who makes over $1 billion.
Way more than the old fart Hannity!
And speaking of racist associations, Mr. Hannity has a lot of dirty laundry. Hal Turner and Cliven Bundy are Hannity's buddies.
The silly agitator wanted to get involved with a rancher who failed to pay his land fees. Hannity devoted his program and offered support to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. Later in the week, Bundy went on a racial diatribe about the NEGROS being better off picking cotton than getting government assistance.
Hannity bailed out on Bundy. He canceled his trip to Las Vegas after hearing Bundy's rants.
Hannity is a guy who once invited a White extremist named Hal Turner to his television program.
Turner who is in federal time out for threatening a federal judge would be willing to spill the beans about his buddy. Obviously Turner is a rat. He ratted out White supremacists for immunity from a 40 year time out.
Jay-Z said, [Beyonce] makes more money than most of you fools!
Maybe piss poor Sean Hannity wants a piece of that action.
I predict in a few years, the cannon will be firing him out!
All this name calling, name dropping, partisan dog piling, disrespecting guest because of disagreements, ongoing guilt by association obsession and his pathetic shout fest programs are some of the reasons to why I expect Sean Hannity to be fired out the cannon.
Mediaite will likely be nominating him once again as the world's worst cable news host. He seems to be right on track with this. I've mention this cat over 300 times and it seems like it's not getting any better.
I promise if I keep posting more stories involving him, I swear that I will devote a whole blog to him. I might call it "Whine Hannity".
Daddy dearest. Father in city lockup after leaving his child to die in a hot car. Wondering if the junk food media will realize that Marilyn Mosby will find ways to put this man in the iron college?
Father of the year.
Out of Baltimore, a father is now learning that parenthood is a 24/7 business. He somehow slept on the job. Literally this man got drunk on Father's Day and was partying while his 2-year old daughter was sitting in a vehicle with temperatures in the high 80s. That temperature in a car could rise to the 100s.
Wilbert Carter makes me sick. The 31 year old gives fathers a bad name. Especially since he's a Black man, he's already being criticized by them Black extremists who believe that THE BLACKS are unfit to be parents.
His daughter Leasia was left in the car for eight hours. The little girl would die because of heat stroke, and severe burns left on her body.
Carter was at the gas station guzzling up on a few 40 oz and lost track of his daughter. I guess he thought that if he was going to be on the road with a lick in his system, he would go to city lockup.
But unaware he brought his daughter. He was suppose to take her to his parents home.
Alas, he fucked up. Now he could face 30 years in the iron college for second degree murder.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Leasia Carter.
Of course, cue the concern trolls.
Baltimore the city where police officers were indicted in the murder of Freddie Gray. Where a few days of rioting led to property damage, partisan blame and the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The agitators went with cameras in tow to Baltimore to catch rioters loot the liquor store while a few miles down the protesters were being ignored and the calls for reform weren't heard.
Leasia Carter was defenseless. Dad didn't bother taking his daughter out of a hot vehicle.
Marilyn Mosby the state prosecutor for the city of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and police commissioner Anthony Batts were taking some heat from the agitators because the knee jerkers weren't satisfied with the results.
Baltimore indicted six cops and they are innocent until proven guilty. According to the racist right, Freddie Gray caused his injuries. He shouldn't take off running. He was a dope pusher. He put up a fight. And yet there's no camera evidence leaked showing him doing anything. The only video shown was the blood curling screams of a man who looked like he got slammed near a brick fence.
In the case of Wilbert Carter, he's guilty until proven innocent. They don't care. As long as he's Black, he's guilty.
I am guessing that Carter is already facing non-stop torture. Not only from his family, but the guilt of being a reckless father will stick with him for the rest of his life.
