Conservative billionaire could be a nominee for the Supreme Court if Donald Trump wins.
The guy who helped Hulk Hogan take down Gawker Media is a topper for a Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal is spreading the gospel of being a nominee for the highest court in the land.
Thiel, an openly gay Republican will be a disgrace to the rights of people who speak out against oppression.
Word on the street, that if Trump wins the presidency, that will be the first thing he will do to get the ball rolling with the conservatives. Of course, Thiel who is a billionaire is a libertarian/conservative who opposes LGBT rights. He is strongly against ambush journalism but is willing to fund organizations that attack politicians.
Trump had proposed 11 judges who could fill the void if any of the current eight justices would retire or die in office.
Its been seven months since President Barack Obama made his decision to pick Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia for the court. Republicans vow to not pick a nominee until the next president is sworn in. That hasn't inspired Democrats to action. That was swept under the radar for the Republican debates and primaries.
Republicans are gambling with power. Cause if the Republicans take control of the White House and Congress, Democrats and their progressive allies will spark an all out war against them.
They will do the Republican like they've done Obama. They will grandstand, delay, stall and vote "NO" on everything. They will question the legitimacy of the president and the cycle will continue until the next election.
A reminder to the folks who blame one group for the acts of one. Terrorism isn't exclusively Muslim. There are plenty of folks who willing to terrorize people and property for their twisted views. If we lump mass shootings, White extremism, gang violence, arson, illegal hacking and criminal hate crimes into terrorism, anyone who commits these acts of violence should be tried for the same criminal acts similar to international terrorism.
The destruction of religious institutions was always an act of terrorism. It went back to the years of the Klan burning down predominantly Black churches in the South.
Now the extremists are destroying mosques in the United States.
There have been numerous reports of extremists leaving burned q'urans, pig's blood, pig's heads and graffiti on the walls of mosques.
There was a fire at an Fort Pierce, Florida mosque overnight. This mosque was the place where the Pulse nightclub shooter once prayed.
The Islamic Center of Fort Pierce has images of the terrorist. The Florida state authorities and FBI are determined to capture this person.
In June, the Orlando community was hit by a terrorist who massacred 49 people inside a local gay nightclub. The terrorist was killed by the law after a gunfire exchange. To this day no laws were passed on handling mass shootings.
I will address the mass shooter in the usual blame game postings. After that, I will not mention the name of any mass shooter. I am done sending condolences to victims.
Ironic that on the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attack in 2001, we are no where close to being united. The cliches of "United We Stand" and "We Shall Overcome" are just words not speeches.
The hateful acts of this arsonist will not be tolerated. Hopefully justice will be served to this extremist.
The entertainment community lost another one. The transgender actress who was a part of the famous Arquette family passed away.
Alexis Arquette, the actress known for roles in The Wedding Singer, Miracle Beach and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. She was a part of a famous movie and television family. Her sisters and brothers included Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and David Arquette.
Alexis was surrounded by her family at the time of death.
Patricia Arquette released a statement from the family. "Alexis was a brilliant artist and painter, a singer, an entertainer, and an actor. We learned what real bravery is though watching her journey of living as a trans woman. We came to discover the one truth----that love is everything."
At an early age, Alexis performed in music video for The Tubes, "She's a Beauty" at age 12.
Her big break came when she played a trans sex worker named Georgette in the movie Last Exit to Brooklyn with her sister Patricia.
Alexis played in numerous roles before coming out as transgender. She had surgery in 2007.
At the time of death, the family played David Bowie's Starman. The actress did of an undisclosed illness. The actress was in a coma for at least four days before they had to end it.
The results confirmed by the family was the actress died of AIDS.
Alexis was born Robert in 1969. She was the fourth child of the family.
Transgender performer The Lady Chablis passed away.
A famous transgendered performer who had a role in the movie Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil has passed away in Savannah, Georgia today.
The Lady Chablis, one of the few transgender actress of the time passed away at the age of 59 from complications of pneumonia.
Originally born Benjamin Edward Knox in Quincy, Florida on March 11, 1957, and never finished high school. She took the name Chablis as a teenager and started to perform in local clubs as a performer.
Chablis was a transgender woman but was also a drag performer. Chablis frequently performed at her "home" nightclub of Club One in Savannah. Chablis also traveled the US performing at various venues and special events, such as gay pride gatherings. She also appeared on radio shows.
The Lady Chablis was featured in the closing segment of the Savannah episode of Bizarre Foods America on The Travel Channel. She joined host Andrew Zimmern at several Savannah restaurants including Elizabeth on 37th. The Lady Chablis in 2012 was interviewed by "MAMA" Savannah Georgia on the local television and internet talk show "MAMA Knows Best Talk Show" season 2 episode 1 and on April 19, 2013 Chablis performed for the grand opening of Mama's Cabaret in Lewiston Maine with "MAMA" Savannah Georgia.
Kelly Ripa is likely to pick Morris Chestnut to replace Michael Strahan. Chestnut was featured in The Best Man, Boyz in the Hood and Fox's Rosewood.
The drama over at Live! may be coming to an end. Kelly Ripa has announced her new host. The news will be dropped soon and people are anticipating on the new host being a famous face.
The possible host is someone familiar with television and movies.
It seems like actor Morris Chestnut is highly favored to be the replacement for Michael Strahan, the ex-NFL star/actor/game show host who abruptly left the show to take on full time duties at GMA.
This was one of the biggest shocks in the junk food media. It sparked a bitter feud between Ripa and Strahan. The two were distant from one another and refuse to acknowledge each other.
Kelly Ripa was struggling to find a decent host.
Chestnut is probably the right choice. Given that Chestnut is 'eye candy" for women and he has notable history appealing with viewers, it's good choice.
Chestnut is on the Fox police drama Rosewood. It's greenlighted for a second season and it will air again on Thursday to replace Bones after it finishes up its final season.
Other possibilities include: Neil Patrick Harris. He would be a suitable choice. He's a famous actor who can entertain and make the show more lively. He's is openly gay and could bring rational views to the show. The actor and business mogul is best friends with Ripa. Neil Patrick Harris and Kelly Ripa were guests of actress Rachael Harris's wedding.
Anderson Cooper, the CNN host and CBS 60 Minutes commentator. With a busy schedule and a failed talk show, it's highly unlikely for him to be the choice. Cooper will moderate the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Fred Savage and Rob Lowe. Both have appeared on the critically acclaimed sitcom The Grinder. The series was cancelled in the latest round of Fox downsizing its comedy blocks. Savage is a famous child actor now turned famous director and producer. He is working on other sitcoms and directing episodes of New Girl, black-ish, The Goldbergs and Girl Meets World starring his brother Ben Savage.
Lowe, on the other hand was probably a bad choice. Given that he's turned conservative, he will clash with Kelly Ripa on issues like LGBT and Hillary Clinton. Lowe who is critical of Barack Obama would say something that would make the show too political. Lowe is also working on a television series.
We will await the announcement. The new season of Live! begins on Monday.
Another figure in the conservative movement is gone.
Another conservative bigot passes away. I think for the better. They have nominated Donald Trump as their Republican nominee. A business/media mogul who has maintained this movement of extremists. She didn't live to see the day Donald Trump could either become our 45th President of The United States or another picture on the Washed Up Presidential Candidates Museum in Norton, Kansas.
A woman who embraced Trump's campaign died today at the age of 92. A few weeks after celebrating her birthday.
Phyllis Schlafly. an iconic conservative activist and business mogul passed away in St. Louis.
Schlafly once called feminist, "a bunch of bitter women seeking a constitutional cure for their personal problems". She believed women should find their greatest fulfillment at home with their family.
She famously opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. She was the founder of the Eagle Forum. The forum was staunchly anti-feminist, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Black.
She was a deeply polarizing figure. She would call for activism against the Equal Rights Amendment.
She would fail at achieving the goal. The Congress passed it and 35 of 38 states ratified the amendment.
She was survived by six children and many grandchildren.
Teen apparel store Abercrombie & Fitch will close 60 shops.
Abercrombie & Fitch is hanging by a thread. Ever since the Supreme Court laid the hammer on the company it's nosediving fast. The company lost a federal lawsuit issued by a woman who was fired out the cannon for wearing a hijab.
The decision now puts all retailers on notice about discriminating workers and potential hirers.
The teen themed retailer also tried to rebrand its image by rolling out its fall catalogue and trying make trendy discounts for the school year.
The company based out of New Albany, Ohio outside of Columbus has seen changes in the past three years. One being it's controversial CEO being fired out the cannon.
The former CEO Mike Jeffries and his boyfriend ruined the company. They instigated this policy where employees had to "look a certain way" in order to get a job at their stores. Often many people of color were rejected from the job because they didn't look the part. They would spend the company earning on lavish planes and boats. They would have the private plane and home decorated with hunky men wearing A&F clothes and cologne.
The company decided to close 60 stores across the U.S. and Canada. We don't know which ones would be affected
There's biggest obstacle is getting a former Sears Holding Group CEO to turn this company around.
Arthur Martinez, left Sears/Kmart after troubling years there. Now he's on board another sinking ship.
He's got two years to do something or he'll finding the cannon is ready to load him out too.
Sears has at leas than two years to turn around or face extinction. The company has struggled since the merger with Kmart. Now Kmart is on the verge of closing all their stores. Sears may soon follow.
A&F is still around but I'll give it at least five years before a new fad comes along and wipes this fad into the thrift stores.
He's gotta a way with words. It seems like pressure is mounting on The Voice to cannon fire Blake Shelton. The country music singer is under fire for his social media outbursts.
The celebrity agitator had posted some years ago some real ignorant shit.
Currently Shelton is dating bisexual pop singer, fellow co-host and celebrity agitator Gwen Stefani.
Shelton posted some ignorant shit between 2009-11 when he was just a country boy with a guitar.
He's now one of the highest paid entertainers in the junk food media.
The controversy started when Shelton's tweets which went under the radar were posted. Shelton didn't join The Voice until 2012.
Page Six obtained the cache of offensive remarks. Some were, "wish the towelhead in the next room would either shut up or learn some English so I would at least know what's he's planning to bomb."
Another goody, "standing in line at a coffee shop in LA talking with the man in front of me. He orders a skinny caramel latte. I couldn't tell he was gay!!"
Another good one, "flying home to sleep with two young blonde and black bitches". He was taking a shot at actress Dakota Fanning.
"Sooo....I just figure out a great excuse for my sick fantasy about Dakota Fanning. I thought she was Amanda Seyfried."
The Voice is aware of the controversy. They haven't made a decision yet, but expect Shelton to be on the bubble for the time being. The cannon fire could come as soon as next season.
I mean they got rid Cee-Lo Green after he was accused of slipping a roofie in a woman's drink. He avoided time in the iron college. He had to do PSA and community service.
Creeper Lou Pearlman with NSYNC. The former manager of the 1990s boy band passed away in federal time out.
The former manager of The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC passed away over the weekend. Lou Pearlman, the record producer and notorious swindler died while serving his federal time out in Texarkana.
He became famous for giving The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC their biggest success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. While they were performing, Pearlman was racking up the dominations.
He was accused by the groups of bilking them out of millions and shady ties to Ponzi schemes.
He was accused of running one of the largest and longest Ponzi in modern history. He left his victims in turmoil while he racked up $300 million. He was sentenced in 2008 to federal time out and for the eight years in low security, his health deteriorated.
He had a stroke in 2010. Since his stroke, he's been living in a medical wing of Texarkana's federal time out. He would die while in custody.
Some of the members accused Pearlman of molesting young boys while he was locked up in his mansion.
Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass express regret for the guy. They didn't say much other than thanks for giving them a break. But that was all they offered.
Pearlman died a selfish asshole. A product of the privileged life that took advantage of musicians, investors and home owners.
Frank Ocean released long awaited sequel to Channel Orange.
Odd Future's frontman Frank Ocean is a genius. He released two albums this week. The first was a visual album called Endless. The second one was the long awaited Boys Don't Cry (retitled Blonde).
Fans are already praising it. It's likely assured for a Grammy nomination.
It's been over four years since the rapper/R&B singer released an album. The last album Channel Orange was a success. It was released on Def Jam and it getting Grammy buzz.
The album is an instant success.
APPLE Music released the albums on Thursday and Friday.
The albums have features from Tyler The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Jazmine Sullivan, Sampha, Beyonce, Andre 3000, James Blake, Yung Lean and Sebastian.
Frank Ocean is well on his way to scoring another platinum album.
Comedian Ellen Degeneres under fire for a social media tweet that went wrong.
The queen of nice is being called a racist after she posted on social media a photoshop image of her clinging to the back of Olympic Gold runner Usain Bolt.
Ellen Degeneres is facing a barrage of criticism after she tweeted an image of her on the back of the world's fastest runner. It was liked by over 100K supporters. It even attracted Usain to retweet the image. Given the concerns of Black Lives Matter and the ever watching junk food media, it forced a discussion on the issue. The Goodmenproject says this is precisely the centuries-old wound that the Usain/Ellen meme irates.
Those who find the controversy overblown may not have such triggering images fresh in their minds, or more likely are shielded by privilege. When that imagery is repeated over and over, it forms the same unconscious biases that keep systemic racism alive.
Furthermore, a fair amount of people feel like they carry the weight of the privileged upper class on their shoulders. To a racial minority making low wages and paying high taxes, Ellen’s meme may hit an exposed nerve before it hits your funny bone. If you feel harnessed for profit and put-upon so that the darling Ellens of the world can locomote effortlessly, it’s not so funny. Her mischievously riding Usain’s back may register as less adorable and more parasitic, triggering not entertainment but justifiable resentment.
Taking a simple situation to ridiculous extremes is a common path to humor. When the presented scenario is so far-fetched, the easiest way to confirm its improbability is to laugh at it… hard. Our amusement hinges on the collective understanding: “Ellen is so silly with her exaggerations. Riding the back of an adult male like an animal? This would never, ever happen!”
However, the reason it’s not funny is because of all the times when that actually did happen. Under the surface of the laugh, there is a long, shadowy history in America of dehumanizing and objectifying people of color, particularly in treating them like animals. This may show up as calling them monkeys and gorillas or riding them like a kept horse. At one time there was even the insidious practice of using Black children as alligator bait. And new instances still pop up in the recent era, such as in 2014 when magazine editor Dasha Zhukova was photographed sitting on a chair made of a very lifelike and sexualized mannequin of a Black woman.
As you remember, Gabby Douglas was in the junk food media's crosshairs. Some conservatives were angry over Gabby not putting her hand on her heart during the U.S. national anthem. They were calling ungrateful. They say that she should go back to Africa.
The tabloid agitator Gawker is over and out. One of the biggest media shockers this year was the major lawsuit against the agitator by a wrestler with a mainstream following.
Hulk Hogan (government name Terry Bollea) former WWE wrestler was fired out the cannon after a tape of him calling Blacks, NIGGERS was leaked to the junk food media.
Not to mention a sex tape of him having sex with the wife of Bubba The Love Sponge kind of put a damper on his longtime marriage to his wife Linda.
Hogan was out of a job and out of relationship. He even lost his bid to keep his namesake on a restaurant in Tampa. Hogan's Beach became a focal of controversy over its rules seemingly singling out Black club goers.
Now Hogan is trying to savage his career by suing Gawker. He ended up successfully sued Gawker for $169 million. The judge award the wrestler a win. And it put Gawker out of business.
Mean Gene Okerlund, Jimmy Hart, Brock Lesnar, Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
For nearly a year, Gawker was running on a negative. Now it seems like it will survive but without the tabloid journalism.
Univision bought Gawker for $135 million and Nick Denton relinquished all his rights to the website and namesake.
Gawker.com was one of the websites that did not only tabloid journalism but real serious investigative journalism.
Gawker also had a feud with Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel. This became an issue after the tabloid agitator "outed" the former eBay CEO. Thiel is an openly gay, anti-gay activist.
The Baltimore Police are working on uprooting corruption within its department after a damning DOJ report came out.
I remember watching an episode of Nightline on ABC. Byron Pitts, a native of Baltimore done a ride along with the law trying to uncover a pattern of corruption within the police department.
This week marked a bombshell in the wake of Freddie Gray murder trial. The six officers will walk but the department they represent will have a top-to-bottom scrubbing by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice determined that Baltimore Police officers were really out of line.
Damning evidence determined that the Baltimore city police were engaging in pattern of bias stops and unconstitutional searches of Black residents. Some of these stops were merited on perception of criminal activity without proof of an event occurring.
The riots of 2015.
The report covered nearly six years of monitoring and evaluations of the Baltimore Police.
There were systemic deficiencies in training, policies and accountability structures. The police department failed to equip officers with the tools they need to police effectively.
Baltimore has a 70 percent Black population. The police department is 86 percent White. The DOJ had finalized a pattern of behavior that involved officers and supervisors saying NIGGER towards suspects and President Barack Obama.
Martin O'Malley, then mayor, governor and failed presidential candidate enforced the "zero tolerance" enforcement practices that emphasized on stops, searches and arrest for repeated violations of constitutional rights that eroded the community's trust.
Outgoing mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake continued the "zero tolerance" enforcement throughout her term until the Freddie Gray incident.
Over 44 percent of the stops occurred in two small predominately Black neighborhoods that contained only 11 percent of the city's populations. The affluent neighborhoods of Baltimore.
Hundreds of individuals were stopped at least 10 times during this period, and seven people were stopped more than 30 times.
Only 3.7 percent of these stops ended with a citation or an arrest.
Some of the officers used excessive force and escalated verbal exchanges with people they've stopped. Instead of brushing it off, officers would threaten arrest or brutally assault the person.
Some of the suspects who were juvenile were treated like adults. They were searched without being read their rights.
They treated a rape victim who was a transgender woman as a man who shouldn't been flaunting his junk on the streets. A transgender prostitute would be stripped searched by men. Some of the rape cases remained open because the officers questioned the victim's account because they were prostitutes.
When some residents filmed officers, cursed or pointed their third digit at officers, they were detained and cited for disorderly conduct. Under the First Amendment, you were allowed. The officers were in the wrong by confiscating the recording, arresting an individuals because he said "fuck the cops".
Marilyn Mosby is determined to uproot injustices caused by officers and is determined to restore order and respect within the Baltimore Police Department. She felt that the DOJ's report satisfy claims made by residents in the city about unfair practices.
Conservatives have attacked her for being in the forefront of #BlackLivesMatter. As state prosecutor, she had made it a mission to hold those responsible for the deaths of individuals held in police custody.
Police commissioner Kevin Davis said that any officer who "chose to engage in racist, sexist, discriminatory or biased-based policing" will be under the radar.
This was never mentioned by conservatives or Republican lawmakers. After all, they are supposed to be the group that supports the cops and stand by this "law and order".
Now if you're a supporter of the police being innocent of horrific crimes, read from The Drudge Report, support the ignorance of Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, support the racial arsonist Colin Flaherty and blog, determined to give corrupt cops the "benefit of doubt", share racially insensitive emails about Black people, President Barack Obama or other groups and listen to agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh and "Softball" Hannity, you're likely a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter.
Arianna Huffington steps down from The Huffington Post.
Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American socialite, blogger, and business woman. She along with the late Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti founded the news agitation blog The Huffington Post. She created the blog in 2005 and to this day it's by far one of the most successful blogs in America. It is one of the most popular progressive blogs. It competes with the conservative news agitation website The Drudge Report.
The Huffington Post is part by AOL Media. It's a subsidiary of Verizon Media Group.
Reports that Huffington is to step down as CEO of the Huffington Post are buzzing around the social media. She announced that she will start Thrive Global and focus on health and wellness.
Huffington denies internal conflict was a reason for her departure.
Huffington was born Ariadne-Anna Stasinopoulou. She had once being married to former lawmaker by the name of Michael Huffington, a staunch Republican who would come out as bisexual.
Huffington was a big time conservative during the 1990s. She even was tempted to run for governor of California after Gray Davis faced a recall. She would throw her support to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who successfully became the governor of the state.
During the George W. Bush administration, the media mogul decided to switch it up. She has become a fierce critics of Republicans and recent stalwart Donald Trump.
She wrote her letter of resignation today.
For the past 11 years, The Huffington Post has been at the center of my life, and frankly I thought it would be my last act. What we have built together has exceeded my wildest expectations. Never did I imagine when there were just five of us working out of my home office in L.A. that we'd grow HuffPost to be one of the most visited news sites in the world with editions in (soon-to-be) 16 countries and a Pulitzer Prize-winning global leader in news and politics, solutions journalism and wellness.
The Huffington Post is a critical pillar of our strategy and is only becoming more important with our recent moves into AR/VR with RYOT. As the connected world expands and the global need for news and information expands, The Huffington Post is well positioned to be a leader for decades to come.
Huffington said that she's been thinking about transitioning for a long time. She denies that Verizon pushed her out. Verizon is reportedly buying Yahoo! and the creative direction. A source suggested to Recode that shifting power dynamics as a result of the dealt prompted the departure.
Did you know that Arianna Huffington played a role on The Cleveland Show. She played Arianna the Bear, the wife of Tim the Bear, one of Cleveland's friends. Seth MacFarlane and Mike Henry created a spin-off to Family Guy that focused on Cleveland Brown, the long striving Black friend of Peter Griffin.
The father of the Orlando mass shooter was at a Clinton rally.
Smells of desperation. The conservative outrage is once again in full stream over an unintentional moment in the campaign of Hillary Clinton. As passionate as these issues are, Republicans and their conservative allies will advocate distractions instead of solutions to the problem.
To blame others for the acts of one is usual of the agitators in the junk food media. They will find reason to fault the families of the victim or suspect.
This is the usual stuff that happens when Republicans are panicking and are losing hope in their chances at winning the U.S. presidency.
The Orlando massacre happened in June 2016. This was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The terrorist who claimed that he was inspired by the Islamic State went into the Pulse Nightclub and lit the place up.
Over 49 people and the shooter were killed. The law and feds were stressed over how a man with a seemingly normal life became inspired to kill. He was an American born man who was a Muslim.
His attack on an Orlando nightclub hasn't moved the Congress to pass gun control laws. A few weeks later would be Dallas, Baton Rouge and numerous other mass shootings that haven't made the news.
We have become numb to mass shootings. We have become more cynical of Americans because of race, religion, sexuality, gender, nationality, economic and social class. We have become more outraged over things that happen in the news. And I believe that the news is driven by ratings and not partisan agendas.
Now the latest conservative outrage, the father of the terrorist attends a Clinton rally.
Cameras captured Seddique Mateen standing in the crowd. He later told a reporter for WPTV, a Palm Beach-based NBC affiliate, that he wanted to attend the rally as a member of the public and a Clinton supporter.
"Why should they be surprised? I love the United States, and I've been living here a long time," Mateen said.
The Clinton campaign said that the rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public.
As Clinton speaks, he was spotted and photographed. Now the guilt by association soon follows Mateen and Clinton.
Mateen is calling for gun control and mental health screenings. His son was mentally disturbed and he said that he had no ties to the Islamic State.
Clinton met with victims' family and friends during a visit to Orlando in July.
In her speech Monday night, Clinton expressed support for the survivors of the attack and the loved ones of the 49 people who were killed.
"We can't ever let that kind of hatred and violence break the spirit and break the soul of any place in America," she said.
Now if you're devoted to smearing the Gold Star families like the Khans, complain about Seddique Mateen attending the Clinton rally, complain about Sybrina Fulton speaking at the DNC, having Christina Leinonen being called a "crisis actor" is typical of a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter.
So if you're Islamophobic, numb to gun violence in America, devoted blame others for the acts of one, listen to old fart Rush Limbaugh, watch "Softball Hannity" or read from internet creeper Matt Drudge, you're a Trump and Pence supporter.
Clinton gets O to speak on her behalf. Trump didn't get a Bush, McCain or Romney shout out!
Day three was a good one. The Clinton campaign brought out the big guns. They got the full fledge endorsement of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, and even the actress from cult cop drama Cagney & Lacey.
I mean this was one for the record books. President Barack Obama won the night. Hillary Clinton comes out to address the president and embraces him.
Obama called Donald Trump a homegrown demagogue. He took shots at Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and Wisconsin sheriff David Clarke, Jr. when he addressed the we need to elect new mayors, new sheriffs and new district attorneys.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) gets a nod for mocking Donald Trump's "Trust Me" rhetoric. Kaine introduced himself to the world as the father of three, a former governor, former mayor and father. failed to mention he was a former DNC chief.
Vice President Joe Biden gets very emotional about his son Beau, the fight for cancer research and the love of his life Dr. Jill Biden. He also slammed Donald Trump for malarkey.
Christine Leinonen spoke on behalf the families in the Orlando massacre. She was being labeled a "crisis actor" by the agitators of the alt-right. She gave an emotional plea for background checks and a ban to semi-automatic rifles.
She couldn't predict her own death. Miss Cleo aka Youree Harris passed away!
"Call me now!"
The words of the famous words of TV psychic Miss Cleo. Well the junk food media broke the news that the actress behind the controversial Psychic Readers & Friends Network passed away today.
Youree Harris, the self proclaimed psychic who swamped the networks with commercials during the late 1990s until mid 2000s.
She passed away from complications with cancer. Harris also went by Ree Perris, Youree Cleomili, Youree Dell Harris, Rae Dell Harris and Lady Cleo. Although she had the Jamaican accent, Harris was originally from Los Angeles.
She grew up in Seattle, and trained in voice acting and landed a few roles on television during the 1980s.
Her big break came when she put on the Carribbean head scarf and started winging it with the voice of ya shamen! Those commercials were annoying as hell. They were everywhere.
They were pulled after the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice ended the charade. Prosecutors took a hold of her birth certificate to show that Harris was born in Los Angeles and not Jamaica.
She would be the subject of a "deceptive advertising, billing and collections practice". The company sponsoring the Psychic Readers & Friends was indicted. Access Resource Services was fined $5 million in damages.
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When the feds ended the Miss Cleo ads, Harris was struggling for a job. She wasn't being paid the millions of dollars the company intaked. She took a nosedive in her career.
The only thing besides playing Miss Cleo, Harris lent her voice to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. She played Auntie Poulet, a Haitian voodoo shaman and drug lord.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Miss Cleo (aka Youree Harris).
Freshman senator Joni Ernst of Iowa is being vetted by the Donald Trump presidential campaign.
The senator along with freshman senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas are in the running of being Trump's running mate.
Ernst went to Fox News to say that she's had a good conversation.
"I will continue to share my insights with Donald about the need to strengthen our economy, keep our nation safe, and ensure America is always a strong stabilizing force around the globe."
The Iowa senator who did a campaign video about castrating hogs is seriously being vetted. She hasn't accomplished much in one year of being a senator. She's kept a low key profile. I was expecting her to be a bombastic agitator like failed presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
Ernst is a retired National Guard lieutenant colonel and veteran of the Iraq war.
Ernst previously endorsed Rubio for president.
Trump is also heading to Indiana. He's talking with Governor Mike Pence. Pence who endorsed Cruz for president is making peace with Trump. Pence who is facing a reelection bid is trying to score some political points by embracing the Republicans presumptive nominee he distanced himself from earlier.
Trump needs a brain to move his body.
Pence faced a backlash after he passed a religious freedom bill that could discriminate against LGBT residents of Indiana. He looks the other way when Indiana mosques are firebombed and Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) is being slandered by agitators for being a "ISIS-sympathizer".
Spokesman Marc Lotter said that Ernst and Pence will do all they can to help Trump win.
Also on the Trump veepstakes is Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker who is a washed up politico. Gingrich ran for president in 2012. Chris Christie, the failed 2016 presidential candidate is in the running.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) are also on the list of potential Trump veeps.
One insurgent who isn't showing up for the Republican National Convention is Utah's Mia Love.
Love who is the first woman and African American elected in Utah. She said that she's going to focus on the residents of Utah and skip the convention. Love endorsed Rubio for president.
The Sacramento Police earned that overtime pay. There was a riot in California's state capital. A group of White extremists were trying to rile up the diverse city with a recruitment forum.
It seems like the protesters managed to "shut it down".
The white extremists were ready for a fight and they brought their pocket knives and started to slice.
About 10 people were injured. Two ended up with a
Around the noon, the baldies dressed in black came to the state grounds to denounce immigration, Blacks, Muslims and liberalism.
This group who I will not acknowledge teamed up with a local baldy group to conduct this rally.
They wanted to Make WHITE America Great Again! The extremists were cheering the Brexit results.
The law witness one of these extremists stab a counter protester in the neck.
He's the professional bigot. He uses his internet savvy and charm to recruit extremists to his organization.
The rise of Donald Trump has gotten White extremists inspired. Groups were angling around 1,000.
Now it's probably running about 1,230 active hate groups. The Southern Poverty Law Center has noticed this spike.
Conservative agitators bemoan about President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, liberalism, illegal immigration and "radical Islam". Their loyal base of sponges are soaking this shit up. They blow the dog whistle with this nonsense about "taking the country back" and Obama giving "free" to......
White extremists are more bold about their views. They don't dog whistle their hatred of Blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, Muslims, Jews and those in the LGBT community.
The dim witted Marco Rubio decides at last minute to run for reelection for the U.S. Senate. He is a failed presidential candidate who lost his own state of Florida.
The only lawmaker with the worst voting record ever has decided he'll run for reelection for the senate seat he said he'll give up. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has decided to run for reelection.
He and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) spent a lot of time running for president. They couldn't win the nomination so now they want to focus on helping the Republicans continue to hold the Senate.
They want to be rewarded for failure.
Little Marco was the permanent nickname given to the failed presidential candidate. It was given by the controversial billionaire Donald Trump.
Trump labeled Rubio that name after the Republicans plotted to have a contested convention and urged Rubio to start laying into him. When Rubio mocked Trump for having little hands (and a little package), Trump decided to play the words and hit him where it hurts.
Rubio had a meltdown. New Jersey governor Chris Christie, another failed presidential candidate said that Rubio has the same robotic stump speeches and has little accomplishment as a senator.
Rubio released his statement.
In politics, admitting you’ve changed your mind is not something most people like to do. But here it goes.
I have decided to seek reelection to the United States Senate.
I understand my opponents will try to use this decision to score political points against me. Have at it. Because I have never claimed to be perfect, or to have all the answers.
Still, the people of Florida deserve to know why I’ve changed my mind.
I have often said that the U.S. Senate can be a frustrating place. And it’s true. After witnessing the gridlock that grips Washington, I think just about every American – Democrat or Republican – would agree.
But the Senate is also a place from which you can perform great services for the people you have the honor of representing. And I am proud of the work we have done to help thousands of Floridians over the last six years.
The Senate can also be a place from which great policy advances can be made. I am proud that we have done that too.
But as we begin the next chapter in the history of our nation, there’s another role for the Senate that could end up being its most important in the years to come: The Constitutional power to act as a check and balance on the excesses of a president.
Control of the Senate may very well come down to the race in Florida. That means the future of the Supreme Court will be determined by the Florida Senate seat. It means the future of the disastrous Iran nuclear deal will be determined by the Florida Senate seat. It means the direction of our country’s fiscal and economic policies will be determined by this Senate seat. The stakes for our nation could not be higher.
There’s also something else. No matter who is elected president, there is reason for worry.
With Hillary Clinton, we would have four more years of the same failed economic policies that have left us with a stagnant economy. We would have four more years of the same failed foreign policy that has allowed radical Islam to spread, and terrorists to be released from Guantanamo. And even worse, if Clinton were president and her party took control of Congress, she would govern without Congressional oversight or limit. It would be a repeat of the early years of the current administration, when we got Obamacare, the failed stimulus and a record debt.
The prospect of a Trump presidency is also worrisome to me. It is no secret that I have significant disagreements with Donald Trump. His positions on many key issues are still unknown. And some of his statements, especially about women and minorities, I find not just offensive but unacceptable. If he is elected, we will need Senators willing to encourage him in the right direction, and if necessary, stand up to him. I’ve proven a willingness to do both.
In the days ahead, America will continue to face serious challenges – the possibility of terrorist attacks at home and abroad, a declining military, anemic economic growth and low wages, assaults on our rights and values, outdated health care, education and pension programs in desperate need of reform – that face backward or uncertain responses from either Clinton or Trump.
No matter who wins the White House, we need a strong group of principled, persuasive leaders in Congress who will not only advance limited government, free enterprise and a strong national defense, but also explain to Americans how it makes life better for them and their families. I ultimately changed my mind about this race because on that front, and in that fight, I believe I have something to offer.
In the end, this was a decision made not in Washington, but back home in West Miami over Father’s Day weekend, with my wife and our four children.
There were two paths before us. There was one path that was more personally comfortable and probably smarter politically. But after much thought and prayer, together we chose to continue with public service; to continue down the path that provides the opportunity to make a positive difference at this critical and uncertain time for our nation.
In the end, there was simply too much at stake for any other choice.
The opponents will use his little accomplishments as a senator against him. And to make things more interesting, will the constituents support him now that he's changed his mind?
After he was trounced in the Florida primary, the odds of him winning reelection in the U.S. senate race dimmed to 49%.
In a match up against Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), Rubio would win 48% - 45%.
In a match up against Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Rubio would lose 49% -48%.
Republicans hope Florida would give Rubio a second chance. Hopefully the Democrats takes the seat and send Little Marco back to West Miami with his wife, children and the mistress he's allegedly had an affair with.
