Trump's right hand shoved a reporter with a left hand.
Corey Lewandowski was charged with misdemeanor battery after he was accused of shoving former Breitbart News report Michelle Fields after a Donald Trump presser.
Fields said that when she attempted to ask Donald Trump a question as he was exiting the rally, Lewandowski grabbed and yanked Fields, leaving bruises on her left forearm. The Washington Post reporter Ben Terris, who allegedly witnessed the incident, identified Lewandowski.
Fields filed a criminal complaint with the local police department alleging battery.
The Trump campaign denied Fields' account, as did Lewandowski on his Twitter feed where he denied touching her. Further video evidence showed Lewandowski walking by Fields, appearing to lean and reach in her direction.
Also, she states that he grabbed her upper arm yet the bruises that she put on display are from her lower arm.
Michelle Fields files a criminal complaint against Trump's campaign manager after he roughed her up.
Lewandowski is the campaign manager for the Trump campaign. He will have a day in court for the attack. He is innocent until proven guilty.
Trump has defended Lewandowski. He said that his friend did the right thing.
Fields was a conservative agitator and reporter for the controversial news blog. Breitbart is totally in the tank for Trump. Some claim that Trump's paying the struggling news agitator.
Fields didn't get much backup from Breitbart and conservatives. The conservatives believe that Fields make up the whole incident. They feel that she was deliberately trying to stop Trump.
Some are calling her a liberal for going to the press to tell her side of the story.
Fields has gotten her share of death threats from this.
We hope that Michelle Fields finally see the light. Conservatives don't give a fuck about her. They don't see her as a news reporter. They see her as a person who deserved it.
The Ted Cruz campaign is totally pissed at the allegations that the presidential candidate had numerous affairs with staffers and agitators in the media. They blame Donald Trump and his biggest supporter Roger Stone for spreading the rumor.
Ted Cruz singled out Trump and Stone for sending the story to the National Enquirer. The tabloid has been questioned before for shoddy journalism. But it's been actually on it when it came to Gary Hart, Gary Condit, John Edwards and Jesse Jackson having numerous affairs.
Ted Cruz spoke on it.
"I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage. For Donald J.Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won't go. These smears are completely false, they're offensive to Heidi and me, they're offensive to our daughters, and they're offensive to everyone Donald continues to personally attack. Donald Trump's consistently disgraceful behavior is beneath the office we are seeking and we are not going to follow.
The National Enquirer published a story. It is a story that quoted one source on the record: Roger Stone, Donald Trump's chief political advisor. Let me be clear, this National Enquirer story is garbage. It is complete and utter lies. It is a tabloid smear, and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen. It is attacking my family, and what is striking is Donald 's henchman, Roger Stone, had for months been foreshadowing that this attack was coming. It's not surprising that Donald Trump's tweet occurs the day before the attack comes out. And I would note that Mr. Stone is a man who has 50 years of dirty tricks behind him. He's a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent. Well let me be clear: Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him. And this garbage does not belong in politics. The National Enquirer has endorsed Donald Trump, has said he must be President. And so Donald, when he's losing, when he's scared, when Republicans are uniting against him, decdies to peddle sleaze and slime. You know, Donald is fond of giving people nicknames. With this pattern, he should not be surprised to see people calling him, 'Sleazy Donald'".
Thank god I slept through GOP Sundays. I normally get up to watch the Republicans make idiots of themselves on television. They get 3:1 coverage on Sunday shows.
Republicans are fighting over the immaturity of the campaigns. The Republicans are losing faith that Trump, Cruz and John Kasich could win the presidency.
With a pending brokered convention and the talk of Republicans not supporting the nominee, the odds of the civil war reaching critical mass is VERY LIKELY.
Mastermind of dirty, sexy, money. Roger Stone classics.
Roger Stone is a political sleazebag. He's the guy obsessed with President Barack Obama's birth certificate. He's the guy who toss Matt Drudge the Hillary Clinton coughing fits. He obsessed with allegations of Bill Clinton raping women while he was in the White House.
He's the guy who leaked the 2008 tape of John Kasich getting upset with a cop in Columbus, Ohio.
Many conservatives are split with this type of politics. If it goes against a Democrat, they in favor of all the dirty tricks. But if it goes against a Republican, then you're kind of split.
Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and many other conservative agitators in the junk food media hate Roger Stone and Donald Trump.
They believe that Ted Cruz is the only true conservative able to bring Republicans together.
They question Donald Trump's bombastic and fiery rhetoric. They seriously fear that Trump could damage the Republican Party for years.
Heidi Cruz isn't off the table. Donald Trump goes after her looks.
The junk food media up in arms over a little spat between Republicans rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. They're fighting over which wife is the hottest!
Donald Trump launched an attack on Heidi Cruz. He retweets a photo from his supporter.
Of course, Cruz fell into the trap. Trump was pissed that perennial loser Mitt Romney took a dump on his ex-wives. He married women who were born in foreign countries.
Romney's SuperPac went after Trump's wife Melania. Romney came out for Cruz for president.
Sorry, Ted, we're a downright mean country! You better get used to it if you're running for President of the United States. You say pretty nasty things about President Barack Obama and got away with it.
It's fair game. Donald Trump doesn't follow the standards. Nor do you!
Your sexist and downright bigoted attacks on women, people of color, Hillary Clinton, #BlackLivesMatter and the president haven't been answered yet.
Tabloid claims Cruz had affairs with numerous women.
I call it irony. If you're such a constitutional conservative, have you forgotten that the freedom of speech is a part of the First Amendment?
Who says that it's not fair for Trump to target your wife and children?
Where were you when that old fart Rush Limbaugh went on radio to bitch about First Lady Michelle Obama?
That old fart was complaining about the First Lady telling Argentine girls about the sexist rhetoric from her former friends. Limbaugh believes that Obama should be happy she's getting cat called by men.
You better hope that the tabloids ain't digging into your personal business. I mean there's allegations from a junk food media rag saying that you've been getting it in.
The National Enquirer accuses Cruz of having five mistresses. Some of the mistresses could be lobbyists and television personalities. Already the junk food media speculate that Cruz-supporters Amanda Carpenter and Katrina Pierson are the alleged mistresses.
You would think that in America, you would understand that owning a firearm comes with a huge responsibility. Unfortunately, leaving a firearm in plain view is extremely dangerous when your own child gets a hold of it.
Jamie Gilt learned the hard way of leaving her firearm in plain sight. She was severely injured by her 4 year old son.
Gilt is a pro-gun activist who probably trolled on social media her views on President Barack Obama, Sandy Hook and #BlackLivesMatter. She probably was hoping that day would come when she would take advantage of those no good thugs who harm White people and those in law enforcement.
Will Jamie change her views on firearms?
It was her own undoing that led to this tragic shooting.
The Putnam County sheriff and children's services are investigating why the child got a hold of the firearm. The law's news release says a deputy saw 31-year-old Gilt of Jacksonville behaving frantically inside the truck Tuesday afternoon and quickly realized she'd been shot.
CBS affiliate WJAX reports that deputies found Gilt with a bullet wound inside her truck with a horse trailer on the back stopped in travel lanes on a highway. She was on her way to pick up a horse, according to deputies.
The law may charge Gilt with reckless endangerment (likely a misdemeanor with a heavy fine) and improper use of a firearm (a mild felony).
Deputies say a .45-caliber handgun was on the truck's floor.
Gilt was taken to a Gainesville hospital, where she was in stable condition later Tuesday.
Authorities are investigating.
A Facebook page, that has since been taking down, adorned with the image of the Putnam County mother holding a gun drew worldwide attention Wednesday, WJAX reports.
The page, titled "Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense," received numerous comments from around the world after the woman's story of getting shot by her son spread. The Facebook page has now also been filled with many comments about gun control and gun laws.
Breaking the widow of former president Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan passed away at age 94.
The former first lady was the rock to Ronald Reagan who she referred to as "Ronnie".
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, the Bush family, Bill and Hillary Clinton were notified of this.
The Republican candidates were notified as well.
The former actress who got roles in many movies and television married Ronald Reagan after a messy divorce from his first wife Jane Hyman.
Nancy Reagan was a charming woman. She was the mother of liberal activists Ron Reagan and Patti Davis. Her step-son Michael Reagan is a conservative agitator.
She will be missed among the Republicans and Democrats alike.
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins) was an American actress and the wife of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Nancy was born in New York City. After her parents separated, she grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle for some years.
As Nancy Davis, she was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as The Next Voice You Hear..., Night Into Morning, and Donovan's Brain. In 1952, she married Ronald Reagan who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild. They had two children together. Reagan was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975 and she began to work with the Foster Grandparents Program.
Outpouring of grievances from President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, former first ladies Barbara Bush, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Clinton is the only former first lady running for president.
Nancy Reagan became First Lady of the United States in January 1981, following her husband's victory in the 1980 presidential election. She was criticized early in his first term largely due to her decision to replace the White House china, despite its being paid for by private donations. She aimed to restore a Kennedy-esque glamour to the White House following years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention as well as criticism. She championed recreational drug prevention causes by founding the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which was considered her major initiative as First Lady. More controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the attempted assassination of her husband in 1981. She had a strong influence on her husband and played a role in a few of his personnel and diplomatic decisions.
The Reagans retired to their home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, in 1989. Nancy devoted most of her time to caring for her husband, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994, until his death at the age of 93 in 2004. Nancy remained active within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of embryonic stem cell research, until her death in March 2016.
World News Today send our condolences to the Reagan family.
The establishment pulls out the gutter Mitt Romney to go after Donald Trump.
Back in 2012, a perennial loser embraced the rhetoric of a billionaire. He asked for his endorsement and the billionaire accepted it. He said that the perennial loser had an opportunity to defeat this disaster named Barack Obama. It seems like the tables have turned.
In Salt Lake City, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney come out of hiding to buck the Republican front runner Donald Trump.
Now you know he done fucked up now! Romney appearing at the University of Utah to address the state of the Republican nomination.
Romney went into his verbal tirade about Republicans supporting Donald Trump. He went as far to say that Trump is a "phony" who lacks the temperament to be the President of the United States.
He said that his businesses are a "fraud" and a disgrace to the Republican Party.
"His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University", said the perennial loser.
Romney added, "He's playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat."
He said that Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich are far better choices for president than Trump.
Romney recanted his possible endorsement of Marco Rubio. He said that he's not intending on running or endorsing a candidate at this time. He saw that Rubio is doing dismal in the polls.
Romney added that Trump's "domestic policies would lead to recession. His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe. He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president. And his personal qualities would mean that America would cease to be a shining city on a hill."
Romney also acknowledged Trump refusal to denounce the Klan. The Klan has embraced Trump and they're turning out for him. Romney believes that it's destroying the true principles of the Republican Party.
Trump had prepared for this. He already called Romney a loser, milquetoast, and a stiff. He said that Romney "didn't know what he was doing" as the party's nominee and blew a chance to beat Obama.
What just happened?
Romney may have involuntarily helped Trump win the day. Now the debate will have a mention of this and Trump will directly single out Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio for being a part of the failed policies that hurt Republicans in presidential elections.
Trump is a serious threat to the country. Not to just Republicans but Democrats as well.
This extremist could end up becoming our president.
Romney is a perennial loser. He should have stayed out of this. He's not doing the establishment any favors by coming out this late to blast the billionaire.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its Intelligence Report this week. The report states that there's a rise in extremism.
At the peak of President Barack Obama's first term and reelection bid, there were over 1,000 active hate groups in the United States.
It was trending downward for a moment. But unfortunately the rise in Republican rhetoric has driven the hate groups back out and they're on the move once again.
Should I blame the agitators of politics and media?
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, World Net Daily, Matt Drudge, Alex Jones, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly, Lou Dobbs, Bill Cunningham, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Pam Geller, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have often been cited as influences to anti-gubmint rhetoric.
They have driven the narrative that America is going down the shithole. They said #BlackLivesMatter is anti-cop. They believe that Obama's doing more for Blacks, Muslims and illegal immigrants. They believe the Republicans are giving Obama what he wants. They believe Muslims are infiltrating our country. They believe Republicans are weak and timid.
But are they responsible for the actions of those who may commit an act of terrorism?
No.
Well, maybe.....
We may not like the divisive rhetoric but unfortunately, they're not endorsing the actions of anti-government extremists. They do look the other way when these extremists carry out actions that could be deadly acts of terrorism. These guys are so obsessed with "radical Islam".
The Southern Poverty Law Center says that there's nearly 900 groups.
Mark Potak wrote that anti-government militiamen, white supremacists, abortion foes, domestic Islamist radicals, Neo-Nazis and lovers of the Confederate battle flag targeted police, government officials, black churchgoers, Muslims, Jews, schoolchildren, Marines, abortion providers, members of the Black Lives Matter protest movement, and even drug dealers.
They laid plans to attack courthouses, banks, festivals, funerals, schools, mosques, churches, synagogues, clinics, water treatment plants and power grids. They used firearms, bombs, C-4 plastic explosives, knives and grenades; one of them, a murderous Klansman, was convicted of trying to build a death ray.
The armed violence was accompanied by rabid and often racist denunciations of Muslims, LGBT activists and others — incendiary rhetoric led by a number of mainstream political figures and amplified by a lowing herd of their enablers in the right-wing media. Reacting to demographic changes in the U.S., immigration, the legalization of same-sex marriage, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Islamist atrocities, these people fostered a sense of polarization and anger in this country that may be unmatched since the political upheavals of 1968.
He added, that Donald Trump's demonizing statements about Latinos and Muslims have electrified the radical right, leading to glowing endorsements from white nationalist leaders such as Jared Taylor and former Klansman David Duke. White supremacist forums are awash with electoral joy, having dubbed Trump their “Glorious Leader.” And Trump has repaid the compliments, retweeting hate posts and spreading their false statistics on black-on-white crime.
The Bundy family was busted in Oregon after a month long stand off in Burns. Ammon and Cliven are facing serious federal charges. They could end up getting LIFE in federal time out.
Cliven Bundy and his sons Ryan and Ammon are held on federal charges for threatening law enforcement. After last month's standoff in Oregon, Bundy was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the Portland International Airport while he was on his way to support the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. He faces federal charges related to his own standoff with the Bureau of Land Management in 2014.
In a 32-page criminal complaint, federal prosecutors charged Bundy with one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, one count of assault on a federal officer by use of a deadly weapon and aiding and abetting, two counts of use and carrying of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting, one count of interfering with commerce by extortion and aiding and abetting, and one count of obstruction of the administration of justice and aiding and abetting.
Bundy made his first appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland on February 11. He sought court-appointed counsel.
At a detention hearing on February 16, Stewart ordered Bundy to be held without bail, citing the serious nature of the charges and the risk of flight.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for the next week.
The charges alone could put the Bundys in the federal time out for 20 years to LIFE.
Cliven, Ammon and Ryan Bundy along with Brian Cavalier, Blaine Cooper, Ryan Payne, Jon Ritzheimer, and Neil Wampler are innocent until proven guilty.
The feds and Florida state police bust up a teen who pretended to be a doctor. Matter of fact, he was that good, many of his patients headed to his clinic.
Malachi Love-Robinson got international attention for practicing medicine without a license. The FBI, the Florida Department of Health, the Palm Beach County sheriff were watching Robinson.
They knew that he was circulating a practice in West Palm Beach and they had an informant go into the office to get a check up.
The law said that Love-Robinson physically examined and provided medical advice.
As the law led Robinson out of his office in handcuffs, he talked to the junk food media.
"I'm hurt because of the accusations and allegations, but like I said, this is not the first time where I've been accused and I will pursue this, and when I do, you guys will know."
Now that he posted his get out free card, Love-Robinson managed to get a lawyer and clammed up. He said he will not talk to the junk food media without a lawyer present.
He created his own medical practice. The website itself had his practice, ratings from the Better Business Bureau, and labeled him as the president, CEO and founder. He even refers himself as "Dr."
He also has studied the medical lingo of HHPC, and Ph.D. for his business.
Mugshot of phony doctor.
The Department of Health does issue Florida licenses to medical doctors. It does not issue licenses for naturopathic doctors or those who reject the use of medicines.
It's not the first time Love-Robinson has run-ins with the law. After a tip to the law, the Department of Health filed a cease-and-desist notice in October, They warned him to stop practicing medicine without a license.
Love-Robinson described himself as a "well-rounded professional" on the Health Grades website. He also says that he is 25 years old. Wrong, he's still 18 years old and not legally authorized to be a doctor.
"I utilize physiological,psychological and mechanical methods, such as air water, light, heat, earth (to treat patients)." he said on his profile.
The website of his business is called New Birth New Life. He also had employed two other workers who were shocked that he wasn't a real doctor.
Love-Robinson is facing a third-degree felony. He could spent up to 20 years in the iron college if he's found guilty. He is innocent until proven guilty.
The resentment still exist in Ferguson. The Department of Justice sues the city for inept leadership.
The city of Ferguson is facing a federal lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department. The city was to fix the systematic issues that fueled distrust among the residents and the city police.
The Michael Brown shooting became a national controversy. Brown who was unarmed was shot and killed by then Officer Darren Wilson. The law didn't handle the situation correctly and it led to a riot in the city. When Wilson didn't get indicted by the grand jury, it set off another riot within the city.
Wilson would soon resign and go into hiding. The junk food media polarized the situation. Many in the Black community found that Wilson willingly murdered an unarmed teen. They believed that he failed to use non lethal force and deliberately failed to activate his dash camera when he confronted Brow. The conservatives believe that Brown robbed a convenience store and tried to wrestle a firearm from a police officer. They believe the killing was justified.
Then Attorney General Eric Holder told the junk food media that the city had systematic profiling of residents. The city has a 62% Black population. He said that if he could he would dismantle the police force.
Now that the city rejected the proposals suggested by the Justice Department. Now, current U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch accused Ferguson of engaging in racially-driven policing and law enforcement "that violates the First, Fourth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution."
The Justice Department released a 56-page outline of many of the violations that plagued the Ferguson police.
Some of the most controversial things outlined in the lawsuit were including:
The lawsuit says Ferguson police officers "routinely prohibit people from recording police activity, and retaliate against those who do record.” In one instance from June 2014, a mother was arrested "ostensibly" for a traffic violation after she began videotaping her husband's arrest in front of their children and then continued to record from her car as the police vehicle drove off with her husband. "[N]obody videotapes me," the officer insisted.
Officers sometimes "offer no rationale at all for interfering with individuals’ right to record," the lawsuit alleges. In October 2013, one officer threatened to arrest a civilian who was taking a picture of the officer. "Do I not have the right to record?" the civilian asked. "No, you don’t," replied the officer, who then arrested the civilian for Failure to Comply.
Officers often use their authority to arrest people who use "offensive, but lawful, language" to criticize police conduct, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Ferguson officers conduct stops, issue citations and make arrests without legal justification. In October 2012, police officers pulled over an African-American man, claiming his passenger-side brake light was broken. The man had recently replaced the light, but the officers refused to let him show them it was working, instead issuing him a citation for "tail light/reflector/license plate light out." The man went to the police station that evening to show officers there that his brake light was working.
Ferguson officers engage in a pattern of searching individuals without legal justification, and this "disproportionately impacts African-Americans, who are searched at higher rates than others, but who have contraband found on them significantly less often than others," the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit says Ferguson police officers "routinely escalate encounters with individuals they perceive to be disobedient, and unreasonably use canines on unarmed subjects, including young juveniles." In December 2011, for example, a 14-year-old African-American boy was skipping school and waiting in an abandoned house for his friends. When officers arrived at the scene, the boy refused to come out. Even though officers had no reason to believe the boy might be armed, they deployed a canine to bite the boy, causing puncture wounds in his arm.
The lawsuit says the Ferguson court system "routinely" fails to provide residents who have received citations or summons with "adequate notice of the allegations made against them" or any "meaningful opportunity to be heard." Sometimes, such residents are provided wholly incorrect information about where and when their cases are being heard, according to the lawsuit. "They are often unable to determine how much is owed, where and how to pay the ticket, what the options for payment are, what rights the individual has, and what the consequences are for various actions or oversights," the lawsuit alleges.
Similarly, Ferguson residents who have been arrested "are sometimes not provided clear information regarding the charges against them," and the court's bond procedures "are arbitrary and confusing."
Attorney General Loretta Lynch went hard on the city of Ferguson.
Prosecutors fail to disclose information that could help defendants fighting the charges against them, "despite the constitutional duty to disclose such evidence," the lawsuit says. In some cases, defendants have not been told that the Ferguson officer testifying in the case against them "was previously found to be untruthful during an official [Ferguson police] investigation," according to the lawsuit.
Overall, the lawsuit says, these practices “disproportionately harm African-Americans,” and they “are not the necessary or unavoidable results of legitimate public safety efforts.”
“Rather, the disproportionate harm to African-Americans stems, at least in part, from racial bias, including racial stereotyping,” the lawsuit alleges.
The Justice Department decided to file the lawsuit after Ferguson’s City Council Tuesday night rejected a long-negotiated deal to overhaul the police department and court system. In explaining its decision, the council cited the enormous cost to the city to make some of the proposed changes.
"Our goal was always to reach an agreement that we can implement and sustain with the resources we have in this small town," one councilman said after hearing of the lawsuit. "We accepted just about everything that was asked us and spent a lot of time trying to get this [deal] to work within our limited means, and in the end they didn't care at all whether we could actually accomplish what's in the agreement as long as we just signed it."
Failed presidential candidate Rick Santorum endorses Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for president.
Yesterday, the lamest candidate to run for president announced he was done. He won the 2012 Iowa Caucus by default. Officially Mitt Romney won the Caucus but it took two weeks to formally acknowledge that Santorum won.
Santorum came second to last in the caucus despite him traveling the 99 counties in a pickup truck.
Santorum was on the junk food media embracing the potential establishment's choice for a Republican nominee.
The fool couldn't even figure out what accomplishments Rubio got since he's been in the U.S. Senate.
Santorum appear on Greta van Screeching and Blow Joe to embrace his inner Rubio.
Santorum hates hip-hop music. I wonder if he knew that Rubio is a big fan of hip-hop music.
Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have no major accomplishments other than appearing on television over 50 times.
The anti-gubmint Bundys were booted off the federal land.
The feds broke up the armed siege of a wildlife preserve in Oregon. The Bundy clan took refuge in early January and told the junk food media they won't leave.
The town where these White extremists held refuge were really terrified. These terrorists threatened to attack the feds if they try to drive them away from the compound.
It seems like one of the White extremists lost his life to the feds. The feds opened fire on one of the men when they were arresting ringleader Ammon Bundy. LaVoy Finicum, 54 was killed by the feds.
The FBI said authorities arrested Ammon Bundy, 40, his brother Ryan Bundy, 43, Brian Cavalier, 44, Shawna Cox, 59, and Ryan Payne, 32, during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 395. Authorities said another person, Joseph Donald O'Shaughnessy, 45, was arrested in Burns.
Bundy's group, which has included people from as far away as Arizona and Michigan, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2 as part of a long-running dispute over public lands in the West.
Bundy is the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a high-profile 2014 standoff with the government over grazing rights.
There are conflicting accounts of the highway shooting. Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore says Ammon Bundy called his wife and told her that Finicum was cooperating with authorities when he was shot, but sources tell the Oregonian that he resisted arrest and ignored an order to surrender.
This may spark the anti-gubmint movement. The White extremists may use this as a recruitment tool for their cause.
One occupier still at the refuge tells the New York Times that the plan now is to wait for sunlight "and see what's up." Jason Patrick says the mood is "prepared but calm," but he believes the FBI is "hellbent on war." "They said 'peaceful resolution,' but now there is a dead cowboy," he says.
Donald Trump is going after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for handing out teddy bears and soccer balls to immigrants.
The civil war within the Republican Party has gotten uglier. The fight between business mogul Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has pitted conservatives against one another.
The key states of Iowa and New Hampshire, Trump and Cruz are leading in the primary polls with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ohio governor John Kasich, New Jersey's Chris Christie and Jeb Bush trailing from behind.
Many conservatives see that Trump and Cruz as the only candidate viable for them. But many establishment politicos believe that if they choose them, it could spell disaster for the party.
Cruz is gaining some endorsements. Rick "OOPS" Perry, Glenn Beck, Dana Loesh, Mark Levin, Brent Bozell, Katie Pavlich and Megyn "The Outrage Princess" Kelly had came out against Donald Trump. He's gotten strong backing from conservative agitators in the junk food media.
A couple dozen conservative agitators wrote in The National Review saying that Trump is not a conservative. Beck, Loesh, Bozell, Cal Thomas and Erick Erickson voiced concern that many agitators in the junk food media failed to vet Trump.
But could it be too late? The Trump supporters are calling them "sell-outs" and "traitors" to the cause.
The Republican National Committee chief Reince Priebus fired NR out the cannon. They were supposed to be a side sponsor to the failed NBC debate, but Priebus decided to end it for both NBC and NR. CNN will host the debate.
Trump's fiery rhetoric is destroying Cruz. Trump went after Cruz for being born in Canada and his support for immigration reform. Although Cruz is adamant against immigration reform, a couple years back he went to the border with Glenn Beck and handing out teddy bears and soccer balls.
Trump is likely going to use that to make Cruz seem like he's a hypocrite and part of the establishment.
Glenn Beck and Dana Loesh live in Dallas. They operate their television programs on TheBlaze Network. They often appear on other networks as commentators and they are the fourth and eighth most listened talk radio agitators respectfully.
Beck became one of the most high profiled endorsements for the controversial Texas senator. It was a rebuke to former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin's endorsement of Trump.
Terrorist blames conservative media for his failed mass shooting plot.
The Huffington Post has this interesting story about some White extremist who is accused of plotting a mass shooting at the San Diego branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations. He allegedly binged watch on that right wing news channel during it coverage of the Charlie Hebdo and San Bernardino massacres.
The agitators of the racist right and Republican presidential candidates have taken this tongue wagging offensive on handling terrorism. They claim that "radical Islam" is the scourge of America.
The junk food media's obsession with scaring people with terrorism. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) has gotten about the same promotion as Republican front runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
John David Weissinger decided to take responsibility for his actions. Weissinger pled guilty in August to felony charges of possessing an illegal firearm and making a criminal threat determined to be a hate crime, along with a misdemeanor charge of interfering with civil rights.
He left a chilling message threatening CAIR. The civil rights organization turned the voice mail over to the FBI and California State Patrol.
This Tuesday, during a sentencing hearing, Weissinger's attorney advanced a peculiar argument: His client, who was drunk when he made the threats, had committed the crimes “after a week of watching Fox News over and over.”
“Fox News is a hate machine, spewing out horrible things” about Muslims, attorney Michael Malowney said.
Now normally I don't want to go there. The freedom of speech allows that right wing network to promote commentators, guest and events in regards to covering trending topics. The rhetoric of Republicans, Fox News and talk radio has sparked a rise in Islamophobia. But the threats and criminal acts done by individuals like this terrorist are solely his to own.
Malowney said he wasn't trying to make up a "lame excuse" for Weissinger -- who he said struggles with depression and anxiety -- or say that "Fox News made him do it." But Malowney did argue that Islamophobia, of the sort propagated by media outlets like Fox News, helped push a susceptible man over the edge.
According to the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, in the week after the Charlie Hebdo attacks -- when Weissinger was watching Fox News constantly -- the cable channel ramped up its rhetoric against Muslims.
The most annoying conservative agitator to host a show on that network is Sean Hannity. He is the biggest concern troll and racial agitator second to Matt Drudge.
Sean Hannity, for example, asked whether the U.S. should "insist" on assimilation from Muslim immigrants. Bob Beckel, the channel’s supposedly liberal counterweight, flat-out declared, "I'm an Islamophobe."
Fox News invited one polemicist after another to rail against Muslims in broad, blanket terms. Steve Emerson, a self-styled "terrorism expert" of limited credibility, appeared on the channel at least four times in the week after the Charlie Hebdo killings. Emerson claimed that Birmingham, England, was a "totally Muslim" city "where non-Muslims just simply don't go in." Birmingham is in fact 22 percent Muslim. In another appearance, Emerson said that Europe was "finished" because it had too many Muslims who hadn't assimilated to Western culture. In response, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called Emerson "clearly an idiot."
Robert Spencer, director of the anti-Muslim website Jihad Watch, claimed on Fox News' “Hannity” that a "core principle" of Islam is "the idea of emigrating to a new place to conquer and Islamize it." Spencer is a known personality on the anti-Muslim circuit who “engages in fear-mongering through steady reference to theories like 'stealth jihad,' eminent 'Islamization of America,' and the infiltration of Congress by 'Muslim spy interns,’” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Brigitte Gabriel, once described by an editor of The Oxford History of Islam as a "professional Muslim basher," is the founder of ACT! for America, a group the SPLC says has "eagerly tapped into a groundswell of anti-Muslim rage and done what it could to fan the flames." Gabriel appeared on Fox News multiple times after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, arguing that Europe was "paying the price" for allowing Muslims in after World War II. Europe, she said, had "ignored the cancer growing within its body when it was at stage 2."
Fox News also had Frank Gaffney on the air, a man described by the SPLC as "the anti-Muslim movement's most paranoid propagandist." Gaffney once accused the prominent conservative Grover Norquist of being a mole for the Muslim Brotherhood.
"Agenda-driven media outlets like Fox create an atmosphere in which hate crimes are more likely to occur," CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper said. "It's not a shock to anyone that someone taking on a steady diet of Fox evening talk programs would come away with Islamophobic view points.”
The judge didn't buy Weissinger’s Fox News defense on Tuesday, sentencing him to a year in the iron college and five years’ in-house.
Republican are feuding with one another over a potential Donald Trump or Ted Cruz nomination.
While the bromance is over between the two, many Republicans are fearing that the rhetoric by the two Republican front runners could spell disaster for the party.
The Republican Party is tearing itself into pieces because of the insurgents. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Donald Trump are leading in the national polls. But some insiders are saying that these two are proven to be embarrassments to the Republican establishment.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who dropped out the race to endorse Jeb Bush went to the junk food media to declare that Trump and Cruz could destroy the party "A choice between the two is like being shot or poisoned".
The National Review fired first shots at Trump. They released a hard hitting commentary slamming the notion of Trump being a "true conservative". It had commentary from many prominent conservative writers, Republican strategists and average voters.
The Des Moines Register came out and endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) against Trump and Cruz.
Sarah Palin's endorsement of Trump also sparked a feud between her longtime friend and fellow agitator Glenn Beck.
Glenn Beck endorses Cruz.
Beck, a media mogul who controls TheBlaze Network is so freaking tired of Trump. He openly condemned the notion of Trump being the nominee. Beck once gave Trump strong praise until he went after Cruz. Beck openly endorsed a feud with Trump.
Trump basically called Beck a "wacko" has been who now does internet shows instead of real ones.
Now that right wing network will host the next Republican debate before the Iowa caucus and it's already causing controversy.
Megyn "The Outrage Princess" Kelly along with "Smirking Chimp" Chris Wallace and "Unibrow" Bret Beier will moderate the debate again. Trump already said that Megyn's got to go!
Jada Pinkett Smith went to social media to protest the Oscars. Will Smith hasn't commented on his wife's decision to boycott the ceremony.
Entertainer Jada Pinkett Smith, had call upon Black entertainers in Hollywood to do a boycott of the Oscars in February. It's sparked by the anger of many who believe the Oscars deliberately snubbed Black and Hispanic actors and actresses.
On her official social media pages, Pinkett Smith remarks about the Oscars once again leaving talent of color off the table. She also said that she asks entertainers who are upset over the situation to join her in the boycott.
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Pinkett Smith decided the time is now to address this.
At the Oscars...people of color are always welcomed to give out awards...even entertain, (pt. 1)
"Today is Martin Luther King's birthday, and I can't help but ask the question: Is it time that people of color recognize how much power, influence, that we have amassed, that we no longer need to ask to be invited anywhere?" Pinkett Smith said on her video.
She added, "Begging for acknowledgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power. And we are a dignified people, and we are powerful. So let's let the Academy do them, with all grace and love. And let's do us, differently".
Janet Hubert took to social media to slam on Jada Pinkett Smith's boycott. Hubert blames Will Smith for her being fired out the cannon from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She's hasn't done much since and she faults him.
One person isn't supporting Jada's boycotts is Janet Hubert. Hubert was the original "Aunt Vivian" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She took to social media to slam her down.
Hubert took a shot at her husband, entertainer Will Smith for not being nominated in the movie Concussion.
"First of all, Miss Thing, does your man not have a mouth of his own with which to speak?" Hubert said in a video message. "Second thing is, girlfriend, there's a lot of s—t going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying, our boys are being shot left and right, people are hungry, people are trying to pay bills, and you're talking about some…actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep." Hubert said that the Smiths are asking people to jeopardize their careers, and she finds it "ironic" that Pinkett Smith has made "millions and millions of dollars from the very people that you're talking about boycotting."
Hubert was fired out the cannon after she got into confrontations with Will Smith and Alfanso Ribeiro, the show's breakout stars.
To this day, Hubert is blackballed from Hollywood and she blames Smith for her shortcomings.
Hubert is often criticized by her former castmates as being a "drama queen". Hubert says that Will Smith is an ego-driven asshole who throws temper tantrums when he can't get his way.
Jada Pinkett Smith got a friend in Spike Lee.
Jada got one supporter. Filmmaker Spike Lee decided to join her boycott. After his controversial movie Chiraq got snubbed, Spike Lee decided to make it clear that he's not attending or watching the Oscars as well.
"We cannot support it and I mean no disrespect.... But, how is it possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders under the acting category are white? And let's not even get into the other branches, said Spike Lee.
The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences president is Cheryl Isaacs Boone. She is a woman of color herself. Boone is truly disappointed that Black entertainers are upset. She said that she promises that she'll get to the bottom of this.
The members of a nearly 7,000 voting committee are mostly White, older, male and pretty much out of touch with the movie trends.
Reminds me of those conservative agitators Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and Bill O'Reilly. They're old, white, and out of touch with reality.
Jada also blessed her friend Chris Rock on a great performance. She hopes him the best but she said that she'll sit this one out.
By the way Chris Rock went to social media to address this.
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The jackpot is huge.
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So far, the clerk at 7-Eleven in Chino Hills will have a huge bonus for selling the ticket. Probably the company itself will get the bragging rights.
Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven.
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Will conservatives call these people radical Christian extremists?
That annoying conservative agitator Sean Hannity is probably one of the biggest voice in the extremist movement. His right wing carnival had helped motivate the "anti-gubmint extremists".
Back in 2014, this rancher from Nevada named Cliven Bundy got into a heated standoff with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over his repeated violations of using government land for his cattle.
He was about to loos.e his cattle. He took to social media to protest the move. That drove conservatives to the forefront. Conservatives from all walks of life came to the defense of this seemingly nice rancher. The rancher is fighting against this big bad government.
Hannity couldn't resist promoting Bundy. In order to make this about President Barack Obama, that annoying conservative agitator gave Bundy exposure. Bundy and his daughter and son would appear on that right wing carnival to blast the Obama administration. Bundy declared himself a "sovereign citizen" who doesn't really believe the U.S. has a right to his land.
He picked up supporters such as presidential candidate Rand Paul, the U.S. senator from Kentucky who believes that he has the powers to shrink government.
But later on, he was caught on camera complaining about the NEGRO and the government plantation. He said the NEGRO should be better off picking cotton.
Hannity of course, was shocked to hear such comments from Bundy. He said that he repudiates Bundy and cuts all ties to him and his family.
Now it seems like the Bundy clan is back with avengence.
Ammon Bundy and his extremist buddies takes over a federal building.
Ammon Bundy, the son of Cliven Bundy warns the U.S. government that they're ready to battle.
Bundy and his armed thugs decided to take control of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon.
I'm surprised that the law haven't went in guns ablazing. After all, BlackLivesMatter and some liberals are pointing out the hypocrisy.
The hashtag #OregonUnderAttack became a viral theme.
Did I miss the call for the national guard in Oregon? I recall them in Ferguson and Baltimore. #OregonUnderAttack
Conservatives have singled out Muslims as terrorists.
Conservatives have singled out Blacks as thugs.
Conservatives have singled out Hispanics as illegals.
What will conservatives call these individuals?
The Bundy family of Nevada joined with hard-core militiamen Saturday to take over the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, vowing to occupy the remote federal outpost 30 miles southeast of Burns for years.
The occupation came shortly after an estimated 300 marchers — militia and local citizens both — paraded through Burns to protest the prosecution of two Harney County ranchers, Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond, who are to report to federal time out on Monday.
The Hammond family. Dwight and Steven Hammond were sent to federal time out for deliberately burning on federal lands. They got a nickel bid and the racist right isn't happy about it.
Among the occupiers is Ammon Bundy, son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and two of his brothers. Militia members at the refuge claimed they had as many as 100 supporters with them. The refuge, federal property managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was closed and unoccupied for the holiday weekend.
In phone interviews from inside the occupied building Saturday night, Ammon Bundy and his brother, Ryan Bundy, said they are not looking to hurt anyone. But they would not rule out violence if police tried to remove them, they said.
"The facility has been the tool to do all the tyranny that has been placed upon the Hammonds," Ammon Bundy said.
"We're planning on staying here for years, absolutely," he added. "This is not a decision we've made at the last minute."
Neither man would say how many people are in the building or whether they are armed. Ryan Bundy said there were no hostages, but the group is demanding that the Hammonds be released and the federal government relinquish control of the Malheur National Forest.
He said many would be willing to fight — and die, if necessary — to defend what they see as constitutionally protected rights for states, counties and individuals to manage local lands.
"The best possible outcome is that the ranchers that have been kicked out of the area, then they will come back and reclaim their land, and the wildlife refuge will be shut down forever and the federal government will relinquish such control," he said. "What we're doing is not rebellious. What we're doing is in accordance with the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land."
They vow to stay there.
Government sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive that the militia also was planning to occupy a closed wildland fire station near the town of Frenchglen. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management posts crews there during the fire season.
Law enforcement officials so far have not commented on the situation. Oregon State Police, the Harney County Sheriff's Office and the FBI were involved.
Ammon Bundy posted a video on his Facebook page calling on patriots from across the country to report to the refuge – with their weapons.
The dramatic turn came after other militia groups had tried to dampen community concerns they meant trouble.
Brandon Curtiss, a militia leader from Idaho, told The Oregonian/OregonLive he knew nothing about the occupation. He helped organize Saturday's protest and was at the Harney County Fairgrounds with dozens of other militia for a post-parade function. Another militia leader, BJ Soper, took to Facebook to denounce the occupation.
The occupation is being led by hard-core militia who adopted the Hammond cause as their own.
Ammon Bundy met with Dwight Hammond and his wife in November, seeking a way to keep the elderly rancher from having to surrender for prison. The Hammonds professed through their attorneys that they had no interest in ignoring the order to report for prison.
Ammon Bundy said the goal is to turn over federal land to local ranchers, loggers and miners. He said he met with 10 or so residents in Burns on Friday to try to recruit them, but they declined.
"We went to the local communities and presented it many times and to many different people," he said. "They were not strong enough to make the stand. So many individuals across the United States and in Oregon are making this stand. We hope they will grab onto this and realize that it's been happening."
He inspired the extremists.
Among those joining Bundy in the occupation are Ryan Payne, U.S. Army veteran, and Blaine Cooper. Payne has claimed to have helped organize militia snipers to target federal agents in a standoff last year in Nevada. He told one news organization the federal agents would have been killed had they made the wrong move.
He has been a steady presence in Burns in recent weeks, questioning people who were critical of the militia's presence. He typically had a holstered sidearm as he moved around the community.
At a community meeting in Burns Friday, Payne disavowed any ill intent.
"The agenda is to uphold the Constitution. That's all," he said.
Cooper, another militia leader, said at that meeting he participated in the Bundy standoff in Nevada.
"I went there to defend Cliven with my life," Cooper said.
This is the rise of the "Sovereign Citizen Movement" a division of the racist right and the conservative agitators who inspired them.
The president heads off to Hawaii for his family vacation. His vacation will be like always a working one. And even though our friends in the agitating media are on vacation, their sidekicks are in session.
As you know, the president gives the nation a recap of his seventh year. In his yearly wrap up he announced that he will do more to take on the Islamic State. He will try to pass reforms to curb the ongoing gun violence. He said that he will try to end his last year in office on a good note.
He did an interview on NPR. Steve Inskeep asks him about the legacy and the rise of the insurgent Donald Trump. Here's the part that got the conservatives attention.
STEVE INSKEEP: And you mentioned Donald Trump taking advantage of real anxieties in the country but that the anxieties are real. Some of that anxiety, as you know, focuses on you, Mr. President. And I want to set aside the politicians for a moment and just talk about ordinary voters. Do you feel over seven years that you've come to understand why it is that some ordinary people in America believe or fear that you are trying to change the country in some way that they cannot accept?
OBAMA: Well, look, if what you are asking me, Steve, is are there certain circumstances around being the first African-American president that might not have confronted a previous president, absolutely. You know, I think ...
INSKEEP: I don't know if that's all of it.
OBAMA: I'm sure that's not all of it ...
INSKEEP: It's not all I am asking, anyway. You could answer it anyway you want.
OBAMA: Well, you are asking a pretty broad question. I don't know where to take it, so if you want to narrow it down, I can. If what you are suggesting is is that, you know, somebody questioning whether I was born in the United States or not, how do I think about that, I would say that that's something that is actively promoted and may gain traction because of my unique demographic. I don't think that that's a big stretch.
But maybe you've got something else in mind.
INSKEEP: Years ago you made that remark, you were much criticized for saying something about people clinging to guns and religion. This is before you were even elected president. And although you were criticized for the phrasing of that, it seemed to me that you were attempting to figure out, what is it that people are thinking, what is it that's bothering people? Now you've had several more years to think about that.
OBAMA: Well, keep in mind, Steve, I was elected twice by decent majorities. So the fact of the matter is that in a big country like this there is always going to be folks who are frustrated, don't like the direction of the country, are concerned about the president. Some of them may not like my policies, some of them may just not like how I walk, or my big ears or, you know. So, I mean, no politician I think aspires to 100 percent approval ratings.
If you are referring to specific strains in the Republican Party that suggest that somehow I'm different, I'm Muslim, I'm disloyal to the country, etc., which unfortunately is pretty far out there and gets some traction in certain pockets of the Republican Party, and that have been articulated by some of their elected officials, what I'd say there is that that's probably pretty specific to me and who I am and my background, and that in some ways I may represent change that worries them. But that's not to suggest that everybody who objects to my policies may not have perfectly good reasons for it. If you are living in a town that historically has relied on coal and you see coal jobs diminishing, you probably are going to be more susceptible to the argument that I've been wiping out the economy in your area.
It doesn't matter if I tell them actually it's probably because natural gas is a lot cheaper now so it doesn't pay to build coal plants. If somebody tells you that this is because of Obama's war on coal, well, you know, that's an argument you may be sympathetic to. And that's perfectly legitimate. So as I said, you asked a pretty open-ended question. I think you were being a little coy in how you asked it.
INSKEEP: I'm trying to give you room to answer.
OBAMA: No, I understand, but what I'm saying is that I think that there's always going to be, every president, a certain cohort that just doesn't like your policies, doesn't like your party, what have you. I think if you are talking about the specific virulence of some of the opposition directed towards me, then, you know, that may be explained by the particulars of who I am.
On the other hand, I'm not unique to that. I always try to remind people that, goodness, if you look at what they said about Jefferson or Lincoln or FDR — finding reasons not to like a president, that's, you know, a well-traveled path here in this country.
One in particular was the rise of the insurgency. The insurgent candidates running for the Republican nomination have gotten a whole lot of media coverage.
Donald Trump is by far the biggest focus of the elections. His fiery rhetoric has sparked a flame in the conservatives. The conservatives are playing upon the fear of a Browner nation to win this election.
Conservatives believes the president plays the race card. Here's an example of the conservative Craigslist posted yesterday.
