It infuriates me. Back in the slave days as well as the Jim Crow era, white extremists would kidnap Black babies, toddlers and small children. They end up tying them to ropes, smoother them with bacon grease and dangle them around a swamp in the Deep South.
Alligators, cougars and bears would see the crying child and they would maul the child and eat them. The white extremist would end up grabbing the alligator, cougar or bear when they get entangled in the rope. They would skin the animals for clothes and food.
Alligators are known in states like Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina as well as parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. They are dangerous animals.
Can we do a Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?
You can't fix stupid!
You can't change minds!
You are completely trapped in stupid.
You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.
Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated?
I would never touch a wild animal.
Alas, some people think that animals are timid when you're petting them. Nope.
While rare, alligator attacks do happen and many of the victims are close to the water or have pets within a sight of the reptile. If you get too close to the reptile, you are likely a victim of stupidity. On land, an alligator is fast. In the water, an alligator is deadly.
Why do people always seem to not be aware of their surroundings when they live in Florida?
Especially when you live in a community where water is close by... I mean are they clueless or just stupid?
Taylen Mosley was found inside an alligator.
Police in St. Petersburg, Florida, say a missing child was found in an alligator’s mouth and his father has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
During a news conference on Friday, Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were investigating the area of Del Homes Park when they spotted an alligator with an object in its mouth. The chief said officers fired one round at the alligator and it dropped the object.
Officers were then able to retrieve Taylen’s body intact, Holloway said.
“We are so sorry that it had to end this way,” Holloway said.
According to the chief, Taylen’s mother, Pashun Jeffrey, was killed at the nearby Lincoln Shores Apartments after being stabbed multiple times.
An AMBER Alert was issued on Thursday after Taylen disappeared.
Taylen’s father — who has not been named — was previously deemed a person of interest in the case. On Friday evening, the chief said Taylen’s father is now facing two charges of first-degree murder.
On Friday afternoon, Holloway told reporters that a blood trail was seen near Jeffrey’s vehicle.
Pashun Jeffrey was stabbed by the ex-boyfriend. Their child was found inside an alligator.
Holloway said the child’s father showed up at his mother’s home with cuts on his arm at 9 p.m. Wednesday. He admitted himself to a hospital afterward.
“Nothing in our investigation leads us to believe that he is a victim,” Holloway said.
Holloway said investigators are trying to figure out if Taylen died before he went into the lake or after.
The animal will likely be euthanized. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Once the animal gets a hold of a prey, it's rare that an animal will escape without losing a body part.
It's the unfortunate cause and effect of animals and people.
I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"
If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.
To escape an alligator in the water if possible, punch its eyes or put something in its nose. Don't turn your back on an alligator. If you're on land run backwards in a zig zag position. An alligator does not want to waste its time trying to catch a prey that moves too much. An alligator can travel up to 20 mph on land and is very fast and silent in the water.
When you are near ponds or bodies of water keep pets and small children away.
I will say this as a reminder. Back in the slavery days, white extremists would kidnap Black babies and string them to trees. They leave them crying in the swamps for alligators and bears to attack them. They would use Black babies as bait for alligators and bears.
I guess critical race theory is more dangerous than mother nature. I guess drag queens and transgender Americans pose a greater threat than an EF3, EF4 or catastrophic EF5 tornadoes. Climate change is real but Republicans call that a hoax. Uh, look at the damages weather events leave behindl
Somebody wake Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders up!
Oops, she hate woke.
Huckabee Sanders, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. John Boozeman (R-AR), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) are notified.
The Republicans will take their heads out their asses and beg Biden and the federal emergency assistance agencies to help them. Just like Mississippi, Republicans care when it affects their pathetic lives.
Significant damage has occurred in Central Arkansas. I’m in constant communication with AR State Police and @AR_Emergencies who are working with local law enforcement to assist anyone injured. Praying for all those who were and remain in the path of this storm.
Arkansans must…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) March 31, 2023
Here at the Capitol I just signed an executive order declaring that a State of Emergency exists in the State of Arkansas due to today’s severe weather. We will spare no resource to assist with response and recovery efforts for Arkansans impacted. pic.twitter.com/FsY47vOusn
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) March 31, 2023
Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Camack Village and most of Pulaski County were hit with deadly tornadoes.
The city of Little Rock has a population of 157,000.
About 45% of the city’s population is Black.
Little Rock was hit by what's being described as a "catastrophic" tornado by meteorologists on Friday, March 31 as severe storms moved throughout Arkansas.
The day was active as Arkansas saw a powerful storm move through the state that saw several tornado warnings and potential tornados in other towns.
There's been reports of lots of damage in the Little Rock metro area and we are working to confirm the extent of the damage.
At least two tornados have been confirmed as of 3:40 p.m.
UAMS officially declared a mass casualty event following the tornado. We are working to confirm any further injuries or deaths.
Dingbat governor will finally admit she needs federal assistance.
Hospitals in Little Rock are reporting a surge in patients, which includes; CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock and Sherwood, Baptist in Little Rock and North Little Rock, and UAMS.
While a source within MEMS initially estimated 600 injured, but Mayor Frank Scott said only 24 people have been hospitalized as of 6:18 p.m.
One person has died in North Little Rock, according to the Pulaski County Coroner's Office.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders activated the Arkansas National Guard a little after 4 p.m. They will be deploying to areas that have been impacted by the storm.
The governor said they will "spare no resource to assist with response and recovery efforts for Arkansans impacted."
Pulaski County and Little Rock both declared a state of emergency in response to the damage sustained. Rescue crews are in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, and Jacksonville.
Among the damage includes downed power lines, destroyed homes, and many people without power.
The mayor has asked residents of Little Rock to avoid a wide swath of the city, which was hit by the tornado and damaging winds.
The city has set up a temporary emergency shelter at Hall High School for anyone displaced by the storm.
Nearly 83,000 houses are without power across the state, with over 51,000 houses without power in the Pulaski County area as of 7:34 p.m.
Damage has been reported from Little Rock to as far as Jacksonville.
A broken man needs help. Why not call on grifters to get you riled up?
IF YOU SUPPORT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT TAKE THE ADVICE OF HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS AND THE JUNK FOOD MEDIA. THEY WILL GET YOU ARRESTED OR KILLED. STAY OUT OF IT. DON'T LET WASHED UP 45 AND HIS MINIONS MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, YOUR FREEDOM OR YOUR LIFE!
GET MAD, TROLL SOCIAL MEDIA, VOTE OR DON'T VOTE!
I COULD CARE LESS! LIFE GOES ON!
THAT GUY HAD IT COMING AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS A PRODUCT OF HIS OWN MAKING!
I swear Ohioans made a fucking mistake electing J.D. Vance as this state's senator.
Washed Up 45 became the first U.S. president in history to be indicted for criminal charges. He used his money to pay off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in order to prevent them from spilling damaging information during the 2016 presidential election.
MAGA erupted in their usual bullshit fashion. Besides Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) there is a many more peddlers of bullshit outraged over the criminal indictment.
"No one is above the law" is one of the dumbest opinions one can have. It always misses the point.
Everyone is above imaginary crimes and trumped up charges. Everyone is above political prosecutions. Everyone is above over-charging. https://t.co/GF4I16o6nG
Alvin Bragg is a NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT to our justice system. President Trump has been proven to have done NO wrong. This is nothing more than a political stunt to prevent Trump from becoming President in 2024!
Tonight’s indictment of Donald Trump isn’t about the law. It’s about power. Raw power. It’s the Democrat Party telling the nation they will stop at nothing to control the outcome of the next presidential election. It is an assault on our democracy, pure and simple
Leftist insurrectionists have stormed two state capitol buildings in the past 24 hours. Not a single word of condemnation from the Left. Never take these people seriously about anything. An entire ideological movement totally devoid of the faintest shred of integrity.
Forgive me, I have been wrong before, and I may be wrong now. But put @realDonaldTrump in handcuffs or jail him and you may be destroying America as we know it. For those who are screaming jail him, jail him, jail him, handcuff him, handcuff him, take him out, take him down, you… pic.twitter.com/brbLQB9e2Z
Yes, we live in a police state. No, it’s not open for debate. Yes, liberals love police states, and the tyranny they bring with it. No, it won’t work as you’ve likely sealed his nomination now in 2024.
Even some Republican lawmakers are willing to jeopardize their own credibility.
Some are willing to bring in a foreign agent of the Russian Federation to attack President Joe Biden.
Daniels, McDougal, George Soros, Michael Cohen, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan Prosecutor Alvin Bragg, Fulton County, Georgia Prosecutor Fanni Willis and U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith have likely increased security thanks to Washed Up 45 and his minions making threats online and in public.
Mind you, none of these idiots will risk their lives or freedom. They will allow the vulnerable and disturbed to risk their lives to defend a callous man. They are peddling bullshit for click bait and campaign funds.
If you are willing to commit violence on behalf of a man who literally committed a criminal act, be our guest. Cause these idiots are not willing to raise funds for your bail, send a letter to you, visit you and put money on your books because the food in most prisons are terrible.
The 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump is indicated for the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
He is the first president in American history to be twice impeached, losing twice the popular vote and charged criminally in a white collar crime.
Mind you, he still under federal watch for Jan. 6, the taking of classified documents and misuse of power.
He also has problems down in Georgia.
The Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg got the go ahead from a grand jury to indict the former president after he got his former allies to stifle damaging political information about his adultery to Daniels and McDougal.
As expected, conservative outrage and threats of revenge from some of America's most notorious media agitators.
Republicans are posed to rally behind him.
I will mention Trump by name. The Associated Press will bring the details of how the grand jury came to the conclusion.
The charges remained under seal late Thursday, but the investigation centered on payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. Prosecutors said they were working to coordinate Trump’s surrender, which could happen early next week. They did not say whether they intended to seek prison time in the event of a conviction, a development that wouldn’t prevent Trump from assuming the presidency.
The indictment, an extraordinary development after years of investigations into Trump’s business, political and personal dealings, injects a local district attorney’s office into the heart of a national presidential race and ushers in criminal proceedings in a city that the ex-president for decades called home. Arriving at a time of deep political divisions, the charges are likely to reinforce rather than reshape dueling perspectives of those who see accountability as long overdue and those who, like Trump, feel the Republican is being targeted for political purposes by a Democratic prosecutor.
Alvin Bragg isn't concerned about the noise.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly assailed the investigation, called the indictment “political persecution” and predicted it would damage Democrats in 2024. In a statement confirming the charges, defense lawyers Susan Necheles and Joseph Tacopina said Trump “did not commit any crime. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.”
A spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office confirmed the indictment and said prosecutors had reached out to Trump’s defense team to coordinate a surrender. Trump was asked to surrender Friday but his lawyers said the Secret Service needed additional time as they made security preparations, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The people, who couldn’t publicly discuss security details, said Trump is expected to surrender early next week.
Bragg left his office Thursday evening without commenting.
The case centers on well-chronicled allegations from a period in 2016 when Trump’s celebrity past collided with his political ambitions. Prosecutors for months scrutinized money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, whom he feared would go public with claims that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him.
Who's smiling now?
The timing of the indictment appeared to come as a surprise to Trump campaign officials following news reports that criminal charges were likely weeks away. The former president was at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, on Thursday and filmed an interview with a conservative commentator earlier in the day.
For a man whose presidency was defined by one obliterated norm after another, the indictment sets up yet another never-before-seen spectacle — a former president having his fingerprints and mug shot taken, and then facing arraignment. For security reasons, his booking is expected to be carefully choreographed to avoid crowds inside or outside the courthouse.
The prosecution also means that Trump will have to simultaneously fight for his freedom and political future, while also fending off potentially more perilous legal threats, including investigations into attempts by him and his allies to undo the 2020 presidential election as well as into the hoarding of hundreds of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
In fact, New York was until recently seen as an unlikely contender to be the first place to prosecute Trump, who continues to face long-running investigations in Atlanta and Washington that could also result in charges. Unlike those inquiries, the Manhattan case includes allegations against Trump that occurred before he became president, had already been examined but not charged by federal prosecutors and is unrelated to much-publicized efforts to overturn the election.
The indictment comes as Trump seeks to reassert control of the Republican Party and stave off a slew of one-time allies who may threaten his bid for the presidential nomination. An expected leading rival in the race, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, called the indictment “un-American” in a statement Thursday night that pointedly did not mention Trump’s name.
In bringing the charges, Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is embracing an unusual case that was investigated by two previous sets of prosecutors, both of which declined to take the politically explosive step of seeking Trump’s indictment. The case may also turn in part on the testimony of a key witness, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to charges arising from the hush money payments, including making false statements.
The probe’s fate seemed uncertain until word got out in early March that Bragg had invited Trump to testify before a grand jury, a signal that prosecutors were close to bringing charges.
Trump’s attorneys declined the invitation, but a lawyer closely allied with the former president briefly testified in an effort to undercut Cohen’s credibility.
Trump himself raised anticipation that he would be indicted soon, issuing a statement earlier this month in which he predicted an imminent arrest and called for protests. He did not repeat that call in a fresh statement Thursday, but the New York Police Department told its 36,000 officers to be fully mobilized and ready to respond to any potential protests or unrest.
Late in the 2016 presidential campaign, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to keep her silent about what she says was a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier after they met at a celebrity golf tournament.
Earlier in 2016, Cohen also arranged for the publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer to pay Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to squelch her story of a Trump affair in a journalistically dubious practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
The payments to the women were intended to buy secrecy, but they backfired almost immediately as details of the arrangements leaked to the news media.
Federal prosecutors in New York ultimately charged Cohen in 2018 with violating federal campaign finance laws, arguing that the payments amounted to impermissible help to Trump’s presidential campaign. Cohen pleaded guilty to those charges and unrelated tax evasion counts and served time in federal prison.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) are furious.
Trump — obliquely referred to in charging documents as “Individual 1” — was implicated in court filings as having knowledge of the arrangements, but U.S. prosecutors at the time balked at bringing charges against him. The Justice Department has a longtime policy against prosecuting a sitting president in federal court.
Barging that the payments amounted to impermissible help to Trump’s presidential campaign. Cohen pleaded guilty to those charges and unrelated tax evasion counts and served time in federal prison.
Trump — obliquely referred to in charging documents as “Individual 1” — was implicated in court filings as having knowledge of the arrangements, but U.S. prosecutors at the time balked at bringing charges against him. The Justice Department has a longtime policy against prosecuting a sitting president in federal court.
Bragg’s predecessor as district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., then took up the investigation in 2019. While that probe initially focused on the hush money payments, Vance’s prosecutors moved on to other matters, including an examination of Trump’s business dealings and tax strategies.
Vance ultimately charged the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer with tax fraud related to fringe benefits paid to some of the company’s top executives.
The hush money matter became known around the D.A.’s office as the “zombie case,” with prosecutors revisiting it periodically but never opting to bring charges.
Bragg saw it differently. After the Trump Organization was convicted on the tax fraud charges in December, he brought fresh eyes to the well-worn case, hiring longtime white-collar prosecutor Matthew Colangelo to oversee the probe and convening a new grand jury.
Cohen became a key witness, meeting with prosecutors nearly two-dozen times, turning over emails, recordings and other evidence and testifying before the grand jury.
Trump has long decried the Manhattan investigation as “the greatest witch hunt in history.” He has also lashed out at Bragg, calling the prosecutor, who is Black, racist against white people.
The criminal charges in New York are the latest salvo in a profound schism between Trump and his hometown — a reckoning for a one-time favorite son who grew rich and famous building skyscrapers, hobnobbing with celebrities and gracing the pages of the city’s gossip press.
Trump, who famously riffed in 2016 that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and “wouldn’t lose voters,” now faces a threat to his liberty in a borough where more than 75% of voters — many of them potential jurors — went against him in the last election.
Washed up television personality Joe Brown is now a contributor on Fox.
He was once a respectable television judge but it appears his predatory behavior towards women doomed him. He is threatening a lawsuit against an Emmy-award winning actress who made a claim of sexual abuse without mentioning his name.
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, who is accompanied with Vice President Kamala Harris on her first trip to the African Union nations as an elected leader made an allegation about a "famous TV judge" sexually assaulted her.
Ralph has alleged she was sexually assaulted by a “famous TV judge” at a business event years ago, claiming network executives witnessed the attack but asked her to stay silent to avoid “bad press.”
“I’m at a very public place. I was suited. I had my suit on. I was handling my business for the television show I was on at that time. He and I were on the same network,” she said, recalling the alleged incident.
“This man walked in, grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around and rammed his nasty ass tongue down my throat,” Ralph said. “And everybody at the network saw it.”
#JudgeJoeBrown is speaking out amidst some speculation that actress #SherylLeeRalph was allegedly referring to him when discussing a “famous TV judge” that sexually assaulted her years ago. Sheryl did not reveal the persons identify during the interview. (🎥 @wayupwithyee) pic.twitter.com/gdiGGbeSUD
He just told me a few months ago a woman couldn’t be mayor because she’d get dragged behind a building and raped..the misogyny has always been rampant with Judge Joe Brown. https://t.co/yXsX6sa8C1pic.twitter.com/UlsRCvuQsw
The Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” actor and “Dreamgirls” star did not name the man who allegedly assaulted her, and she did not reveal which network or show she was working with at the time. But she made sure to note that it was not Judge Greg Mathis. “I love him. He’s a great man,” she said of the “Judge Mathis” star. “Not him at all. He’s a great man. This was another one.”
Ralph made the allegations this week on the podcast, “Way Up With Angela Yee.” Getting visibly upset as she retold her story, she said she decided to open up about it in the hopes of encouraging other women and actors to stand up for themselves.
“Speak up, tell your truth, do not carry the burden of the pain … especially if you feel like it’s something you can’t work through,” she said.
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Idris Elba were special guest of Vice President Kamala Harris during her trip to Ghana.
Ralph said she was ready to report the incident, even calling the former mayor of New Orleans, Marc Morial, who was in office from 1994 to 2002. (During that time frame, Ralph starred on the UPN sitcom “Moesha.”) She said the mayor immediately came to her defense, asking, “You want me to send the police there right now? ‘Cause we will fix this, you know what!” But the network, she claims, asked her to stay silent.
“Somebody on the network tapped me on the shoulder saying, ‘Please don’t,’” Ralph shared. “They did not want any bad press around their show, and did not care what had just happened to me.”
“They saw what happened,” she continued. Recalling what she said she was told by network executives and bystanders, she added, “It’s not that bad is it? Please don’t say anything. We don’t need the bad press. It’s a brand new show. Yours is a new show … It wasn’t so bad after all, was it?”
“That’s the kind of stuff that happens,” Ralph said. “That’s what makes it hard for women to speak up about these things.”
Variety reached out to a representative for Ralph for further comment.
“There’re false rumors being spread that I mistreated a certain lady ≈ 25 yrs ago. I categorically deny both the accusations & acquaintance with the lady,” tweeted the 75-year-old on Friday (March 24). “Those rumors started with certain identified parties & spread. They ought ‘Cease & Desist’ or contemplate a Defamation Action.”
You are the idiot who did a Christmas photo with the firearm that killed innocent children.
Performance artists.
Don't get me wrong, I am sick and tired of these lawmakers ineptness to stop gun violence. But screaming for click bait is not helpful either.
An angry Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) gets heated with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a notorious lawmaker who votes "No" on almost everything. He voted against the American Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which allocated funds to replace the Interstate 75 Brent Spence Bridge which connects Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky.
Massie has voted against almost everything a Democratic president supported. He voted against Washed Up 45's coronavirus pandemic funding.
He supported those damn tax cuts by Washed Up 45.
Massie was also infamous for the Christmas photo of him and his family posing with assault weapons.
Massie is a worthless lawmaker from Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. His district covers Newport, Independence, Covington, Maysville, Shelbyville and Cynthiana, Kentucky.
Bowman is a worthless lawmaker from New York's 16th Congressional District. His district covers Yonkers and White Plains, New York.
Bowman voted against the American Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because he and fellow lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claim it didn't go far enough and demanded the Build Back Better Act attached to it.
Okay, the two were in a shouting match. Bowman angry over Republicans eagerness to move on from the most recent mass shooting was telling the junk food media that he is pissed that Congress treats these events like its nothing.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Rep. Thomas Massie just got in something of a shouting match off the House floor over gun control pic.twitter.com/xvRAoxQQPL
"They're all cowards! They won't do anything to save the lives of our children. Cowards," Bowman said to reporters assembled outside the House chamber. "They're gutless."
"Pressure them, force them to respond to the question, 'Why the hell won't you do anything to save America's children?'" Bowman yells to a group of bystanders that surround him in the hallway. "And let them explain that all the way up until Election Day on 2024."
Massie and his white privilege behavior.
Massie intervenes. He wonders why Bowman was yelling.
"I'm talking about gun violence!" Bowman shouted.
"You know, there's never been a school shooting in a school that allows teachers to carry," Massie said.
Their dispute came days after the Nashville school shooting Monday, when three 9-year-old students and three staff members were killed.
"Children are dying," said Bowman.
Massie tried to inject the tired canard about having teachers and staffers armed.
Massie also tells Bowman to 'calm down.' Bowman yells back at Massie, "Calm down? Children are dying. Nine-year-old children."
Massie said he plans to reintroduce a bill next week to repeal the federal Gun-Free Schools Act. The congressman introduced a similar bill to the House floor in 2015.
Bowman let him have it.
"Republicans won't do shit when it comes to gun violence, but try to tell me to calm down," Bowman wrote. "NO. We can't calm down. People are dying everyday while we wait."
Vice President Kamala Harris makes a historic trip to Ghana.
A moment in history and no one in the junk food media is interested. The far right and several leftists are showing their true colors when it comes to women of color.
Rumors swirling when it comes to the 2024 election. The noise claims that President Joe Bidenis not running in 2024, if he does run he could be dropping his vice president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) considering another run and even Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) slipping the notion she will run are the latest.
But I always said, ignore the noise. The noise will never stop and the best thing to do is keep focused and vote.
It drives them nuts if we ignore them.
America's first Black vice president visits the African Union of Nations. She is the first African American and first woman elected as Vice President of the United States.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are visiting several countries to show solidarity. They are also trying to get allies in case Russia and China make moves.
Accompanying Harris are Sheryl Lee Ralph, Idris Elba, Rosario Dawson and Spike Lee.
Harris has said that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week-long tour of the continent aimed at countering the influence of rivals Russia and China.
She condemned Uganda after it passed legislation that criminalizes LGBTQ.
China has invested heavily in Africa in recent decades, including in infrastructure and resource development, while Russian influence has also grown, including through the deployment of troops from the private military contractor Wagner Group in several countries.
Harris is in Ghana and later this week she will visit Tanzania and Zambia.
Wisconsin man arrested for firebombing anti-abortion group.
I support a woman's right to choice.
It is a federal crime to firebomb a place of worship, an abortion provider, a law enforcement agency and federal official's property.
One 29 year old terrorist learned the hard way. He took his extreme views and decided to act on it. Instead of protesting, running for office, advocating legal options, he decided to personally vandalize, throw a Molotov cocktail and set fire to a Wisconsin anti-abortion group.
The feds quickly moved in before he was considered a flight risk.
He did what many criminals do.... Leave a trail of evidence for the feds to scoop up and kept a close eye on the terrorist as he was about to purchase a plane ticket to fly out of country to elude arrest.
He made the mistake of not finishing his food, not throwing his napkins in a trash disposal, leaving hair on the floor and being spotted on Flock license plate cameras.
After nearly a year of searching, investigators used DNA pulled from a half-eaten burrito to capture the man they believe firebombed a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office.
The U.S. attorney's office in Madison announced that police arrested 29-year-old Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury at Boston's Logan International Airport on Tuesday. He was charged via the complaint with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive.
He made an initial appearance in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell set a detention hearing for Thursday. Roychowdhury’s attorney, Brendan O. Kelley, who is listed in online court records as a federal public defender, declined comment when reached by phone after Tuesday’s hearing.
Terrorist tried to flee U.S.
Federal agents have been searching for almost a year for whoever tossed a pair of Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison on May 6. One of the firebombs failed to ignite; the other set a bookcase on fire. The message “If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either” was spray-painted on the building's exterior. No one was in the office at the time.
The attack came about a week after a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion, leaked. The release sparked abortion rights supporters to mount protests across the country. Two Catholic churches in Colorado were vandalized in the days leading up to the Madison firebombing. And someone threw Molotov cocktails into an anti-abortion organization's office in a suburb of Salem, Oregon, several days later.
The court officially overturned Roe v. Wade in June, putting Wisconsin's 1849 ban on abortion back into play.
According to the criminal complaint against Roychowdury, investigators pulled DNA samples from three individuals from evidence at the scene of the Wisconsin attack. But the samples didn't match any profiles in the U.S. Department of Justice's DNA database.
The terrorist firebombed a Madison family planning provider.
As time went on, Wisconsin Family Action President Julaine Appling offered a $5,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. She accused Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes of being more interested in empathizing with abortion rights activists than bringing any suspects to justice.
This past January, police assigned to protecting the state Capitol building in Madison reviewed surveillance video of a protest against police brutality. The footage showed several people spray-painting graffiti on Capitol grounds. The graffiti resembled the graffiti at the Wisconsin Family Action office.
The footage showed two people leaving the area in a white pickup truck, which investigators tracked to Roychowdhury's residence in Madison, according to the complaint. Police began following him.
On March 1, he pulled into a Madison park-and-ride and threw away a bag of fast food. After he left, police retrieved the bag from the trash can. DNA on a burrito in the bag matched DNA taken from the Wisconsin Family Action office, according to the complaint.
The U.S. attorney's office said in a statement that Roychowdhury traveled from Madison this month to Portland, Maine. He had a one-way ticket for a flight from Boston to Guatemala City, Guatemala, that was scheduled to depart Tuesday morning when he was arrested, the office said.
DNA was obtained from discarded burrito.
Investigators have been unable to match the other two DNA profiles from the scene to anyone, the complaint said.
Appling had no comment Tuesday on Roychowdhury's arrest.
“I'm very proud of the tireless and determined efforts the combined federal, state and local team put in to identify and arrest this individual,” said William McCrary, the special agent in charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives' St. Paul Field Division, which handles crimes in Wisconsin. “It is very satisfying to me to see that this alleged perpetrator has been placed in custody.”
A woman reckless weaving kills six construction workers.
Slow down in active construction zones. You can face criminal charges if you cause an accident, death or property damage in a construction zone.
Baltimore construction workers lost their lives in a horrific accident on Interstate 695.
Six construction workers were killed in a work zone and the Maryland State Police are considering pressing criminal charges against the drivers who caused this.
On Wednesday, a major accident on the beltway around Baltimore. Maryland State Police said that the incident happened around 12:40 p.m. on the inner loop of I-695 at Security Boulevard. Trooper said the car involved went into the work zone, passing in between Jersey walls that were placed there temporarily, and hit construction workers. The car overturned. Medics took the driver of the car to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for treatment.
Late in the day Wednesday, MSP said investigators believed that the driver of the car, Lisa Adrienna Lea, 54, of Randallstown tried to change lanes when she hit the front corner panel on the passenger side of another vehicle. The impact caused her to lose control of her car and head into the work zone.
The driver of the other vehicle pulled over north of the crash site after the vehicle became disabled. He said he was not hurt.
Thursday afternoon, Maryland State Police released the names of the six workers who died:Rolando Ruiz, 46, of Laurel, Carlos Orlando Villatoro Escobar, 43, of Frederick,Jose Armando Escobar, 52, of Frederick, Mahlon Simmons III, 31, of Union Bridge, Mahlon Simmons II, 52, of Union Bridge, and Sybil Lee Dimaggio, 46, of Glen Burnie.
Twitter allows this loser on its platform to spread disinformation and hate.
STOP PRAYING. THIS IS A MAN MADE CRISIS THAT CAN BE SOLVED WITH LEGISLATION AND BAN ON SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. BUT ALAS, WE ARE FIXATED ON THE POLITICS OF DISTRACTION.
Twitter's revenue has consistently dropped since Elon Musk took over the company.
Let that sink in.
On the platform, I have noticed more pornography, more far right influencers and many accounts with the blue check mark. Musk had said he will eliminate the "legacy" verified in April.
Musk said on Monday only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, a move that the social media company's CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms.
Twitter has given platforms to losers like Benny Johnson, Tim Wise, Lavern Spicer, Jack Posobiec, Terrence K. Williams, Andy Ngo, Scott Presler, Christian Walker, Silk (of Diamond and Silk) and Catturd 2.
They are notorious peddlers of bullshit.
So you are telling the declining 1.3 billion users of Twitter that they are no longer allowed to use a function, they have to pay for their influence peddling and if they aren't government officials, they can't have verification.
Musk also said only verified accounts will be eligible to be in Twitter's For You recommendations, which displays a stream of tweets from accounts on Twitter.
Nashville Metro Police release the footage of the terrorist entering the school.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.
In the wake of the Nashville mass shooting, the far right and several lawmakers were quick to blame the LGBTQ community for the shooting instead of the weak gun laws in the state of Tennessee. The terrorist was a trans man who entered a Christian private school in south Nashville. The terrorist killed six before the law killed the terrorist.
Of the 150 mass shootings this year, this one is amplified as a culture war. The Republicans refuse to do something about gun violence. They rather pray, blame and scapegoat, wait for the next controversy to gin up voters.
The debt ceiling debate is only a mere three months away. The Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling, ending the sale of high powered firearms and holding the former president accountable for his actions during and after his presidency.
The terrorist didn't care about politics. The only thing this shooter care about was the amount of lives they could taken out before they could be taken out.
Instead of the guns, who the far right gonna blame?
150 mass shootings and we're only in March 2023.
Another school shooting in the United States. Once again, students trying to learn and grow having to deal with gun violence. A place where you are supposed to be safe is no longer valid.
Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem.
THE NICE GUY IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON WITH A FIREARM. THOSE WHO ARE SPURN BY RELATIONSHIPS, THE WORKPLACE, SOCIETY IN GENERAL WILL SEEK REVENGE BY TAKING OUT LIVES. THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OF MASSACRING THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEING. THE JUNK FOOD MEDIA AND POLITICIANS ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE BY AMPING UP POLARIZING RHETORIC.
An active shooter doesn't care about the politics, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, your finances, your family, your plans that day, your successes, your failures, and most importantly, your life.
The shooter is motivated within seconds to take out as many people as he/she can.
What to do to protect your life.
1. Run - If you hear sounds like firecrackers, popping sounds or suspicious activities around a large gathering (i.e. malls, stores, clubs, public gatherings), if you can flee, run away from the shooter. Do not run in a straight path of the sight. Move around and zig-zag if possible to keep yourself out the line of fire. It's best to not film a shooter commiting the act. If you are willing to risk your life for a viral video, more power to you but its best to stay out of the line of fire by running away.
2. Hide - If you are involved in an active shooting, you must barricade yourself in a room and keep doors locked, lights off, phones on silent. Do not go into restrooms, lockers and kitchens. Those are most likely places where shooters often go. If you can barricade a room to prevent a shooter from getting in, it eliminate the opportunity for the shooter to get through. Make sure you keep your voice low when you're involved in mass shooting. Call 9-1-1 if you can.
3. Fight - If you are willing to risk your life or willing to film the incident, you have no choice but to fight. Make sure you grab something that is powerful enough to disarm a shooter. Do not confront a shooter in the midst of sight. Make yourself not visible if you're trying to fight. Do not think being a "good guy with a gun" is going to stop a bad guy. The cops don't see good guys trying to stop bad guys. They see active shooters and they will shoot anyone who is armed regardless of the matter. If you're ready to fight, be prepared to die. It's best to not be easily seen if you're trying to stop a shooter. If you're a conceal carry and attempt to disarm an active shooter, you are willing to sacrifice your life to save lives. You are willing to go hero, you could die a hero or an idiot.
Tennessee passed a controversial law requiring children not to be in the presence of drag queens. They also outlawed abortion. They have consideration to ban transgender children from getting required hormones and treatment.
Culture wars that have nothing to what's really going on in the U.S. in general. Gun violence is the most common problem in the United States. Over 145 people die a day from gun violence.
Metro Nashville Police frustrated with mass shootings.
I was wrong, it was a trans man who shot and killed innocent children and workers at a Nashville Christian private school.
Gov. Bill Lee, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Rep. John Rose (R-TN), Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) and the six other members of Tennessee's delegation were notified. They will offer the usual word vomit of prayers and hearts going out to. Of course, the far-right lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, that insufferable woman went right to blaming the hormones of this terrorist and claim that "gun free zones" were the cause of the issue. She also blamed the president for the shooting.
The terrorist was a 28 year old who had previously enrolled in that school decades ago. The terrorist was armed with two high powered firearms and a pistol. The whole situation lasted only 15 minutes.
The terrorist killed three children and three adults before the police shot and killed this terrorist.
Six people, three children and three staff, were killed in the mass shooting. Five of the victims were pronounced dead at a local hospital, with the sixth victim pronounced dead at the scene.
The victims were identified as students Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, all 9 years old; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; custodian Mike Hill, 61; and head of school Katherine Koonce, 60.
The shooting happened during the morning at around 10:13 a.m. CDT.
According to police, the terrorist drove a Honda Fit to the school, parking it in the lot. The terrorist shot through a side door to gain entry into the building. The terrorist entered with an assault-style rifle, assault-style pistol and handgun, traversing the second floor of the school before opening fire. When police arrived, they began to evacuate the first floor until they heard gunshots coming from the second floor.
They quickly moved there, seeing the terrorist, who was still firing. The officers engaged and then fatally shot the terrorist by 10:27 a.m.
Three children and three staff were killed in the attack, with one police officer suffering a hand injury from shattered glass.
You never think it could not happen but it does.
The terrorist was identified as transgender. The terrorist was a 28-year-old resident of Nashville who police say had no previous criminal record. It has been confirmed that the terrorist attended the school at an early age. According to The Tennessean, the terrorist was a trans man who used male pronouns.
Investigators searched the terrorist residence, finding a detailed map of the school with potential entry points and a manifesto. The terrorist is alleged to have undertaken reconnaissance before committing the attack. Police said the terrorist had originally considered targeting another location but had decided not to due to the level of security.
A police spokesperson said that the perpetrator was assigned female at birth but had listed male pronouns on a LinkedIn profile. The terrorist was an illustrator and graphic designer who had studied at the Nossi College of Art and Design. A neighbor said that the terrorist lived with his parents, describing the terrorist as "very nice" and "very religious."
Biden spoke about the shooting at a press conference, calling it "sick," and urged Congress to take further action on gun safety legislation.
Mayor John Cooper issued a statement in which he highlighted the long history of school shootings and offered his condolences to those affected. Several notable Nashville musicians such as Mickey Guyton, Margo Price, and Sheryl Crow responded to the shooting, offering their condolences and anger about the continuation of school shootings.
A survivor of the Highland Park, Illinois parade shooting, who was in the area on vacation, was recorded after a news conference about the shooting asking reporters: "Aren't you guys tired of being here and having to cover all of these mass shootings?" and expressing her anger over the continuation of mass shootings.
What happens when a Black person shoots a white person?
This oaf is a meme for far right extremists.
They obviously go to jail and are judged by the junk food media agitators for having some fault in their life. It is common that the far right wants Black America to condemn the actions of one Black extremist, one Black criminal or one Black politician.
According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanics and Asians shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left. Of course, extremists often promote disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white.
The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox and they force it into national news.
Republicans solutions are more guns, blame others for America's social ills and defect from accepting reality.
With Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives, the only thing they'll offer to every mass shooting is "thoughts and prayers", "our hearts going out to", "the good guy with a gun", and their most common phrase "now it's not the time to politicize these tragedies."
Use the hashtag #ignorethenoise whenever you deal with folks who embrace this.
The ban of semiautomatic rifles and bump stock assortments has always been a a problem.
Republicans refuse to support the ban of these type of weapons.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence, monkeypox and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
Never stops.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.
When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The Uvalde cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A Buffalo security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A St. Louis cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3.
Remember #3 means: The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However one Democrat and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
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The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
