Although I haven't watched the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, I want to give big ups to the two young woman who became a part of American history. Two young African American women achieved a goal that others strived for.
I want to personally congratulate them on their success and their Olympic Gold.
Simone Biles
Simone Manuel
Gabby Douglas
World News Today congratulates these young woman on the Gold Medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Karlie Hay is under fire for her social media postings. It looks like some tweets containing her using NIGGER is coming back to haunt her. The Texas pageant contestant is quickly apologizing for her comments. Miss Texas has some explaining to do.
She was crowned Miss Teen USA. After she was crowned Saturday night in Las Vegas, social media outed her postings.
Pageant officials were notified of this and said that the postings were disgusting but refuse to strip Hay of her crown.
She was jokingly referring to a friend and used NIGGER as a reference.
The 18-year old woman is going through "personal struggles and regrets of her words."
"I admit that I have used language publicly in the past which I am not proud of and that there is no excuse for. Through hard work, education and thanks in large part to the sisterhood that I have come to know through pageants, I am proud to say that I am today a 'better person'".
She comes from Tomball, Texas, an area in suburban Houston that is represented by Republican congressman Michael McCaul.
Some are pointing out that the top five Miss Teen USA are WHITE and look similar to one another.
The finalists were Miss South Carolina Marley Stokes, Miss North Carolina Emily Wakeman, Miss Alabama Erin Snow and Miss Nevada Carissa Marrow.
Besides Hay, the remaining finalists were blue eyes, blond, light skin and similar facial features.
Chrissy Teigen, a woman of color and former model herself mocked the finalists by saying that, "Wow how can we choose from such a diverse bunch". Teigen is Asian-American and married to R&B singer and pianist John Legend.
She had to backtrack her comments. "It's fiiiiine. Not their fault. I'm sure they are delightful women. Just funny. I'm not gonna write a think-piece on a damn pageant."
She got retweeted over 55,000 times and it got the ball rolling.
On a bright note, Miss Missouri Erin O'Flaherty was the first openly gay contestant.
And they scrapped the swimsuit competition. Yeah, I am kind of disappointed about that one.
The White extremists call Hay, their Ayran Queen.
So if you're a fan of Karlie Hay, watch rantings from Sean "Softball" Hannity, read agitation news from internet creeper Matt Drudge, listen to old fart Rush Limbaugh and read from websites like TheConservativeTreehouse, you're likely a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter.
Hello Racist once again gets the ball rolling. A Dallas-area weatherman found himself in the unemployment line after he made an offensive comment about the DNC.
The mothers who spoke on behalf of their deceased children killed by police and vigilantes spoke at the convention. They passionately endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Of course, the well-known names of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Freddie Gray came up.
Many conservatives and the "All Lives Matter" crowd were pissed that the Democrats would invite these women instead of the families of cops murdered in the line of duty.
The weatherman Bob Goosmann got his ass fired out the cannon after he posted on Facebook about this.
The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Hadiya Pendleton, and Jordan Davis speak at the Democratic National Convention.
Goosman, formerly chief meteorologist for KRLD found out that his days were numbered when social media found out who he was.
"As many of you have probably noticed, I've stayed away from politics on FB," Goosmann had written. "The DNC parading the mothers of slain thugs around on their stage has me furious."
Many locals immediately told Goosmann it should have stayed that way - and made sure to tag his employer in their outraged tweets.
"God forbid #bobgoosmann ever has to bury a child that society deems not worthy of grief because they were "thugs", one user tweeted. 'That was heartless. @KRLD".
"Gotta be real silly to think you can say whatever w/o consequences," wrote another user named Dean Smith. "Bob Goosmann had "no idea" that life exists beyond his view point!"
One user wrote a series of tweets to honor Garner, Davis, and Tamir Rice.
"A young man wearing a hoodie, armed with #candy and a #tea, is not a #thug. #BobGoosmann," they wrote, referencing Martin.
"A teenager with loud music is not a #thug. A 12 year old with a toy gun is not a #thug," they added, referencing Davis and Rice, respectively.
Tell me, do you believe that this guy is a racist?
I guess it's best to be "politically correct". If you don't believe in political correctness, it could cost you your job. Vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence if you believe that the comments made by this asshole were justified.
Here's this Black extremist Jesse Lee Peterson. He supports this weatherman's comments.
There was a mass shooting in Austin, Texas. There was at least one person right now killed and four others who suffered life threatening injuries. The police are searching for the terrorist.
The shooting happened in the Sixth Street entertainment district. The incident happened overnight between 2am and 3am.
The victim was a woman in her 30s and two other women and a man were injured.
Mass shooting in Austin, Texas.
Besides Barack Obama, Muslims, Black Lives Matter or illegal immigrants will be the first things uttered out the mouths of the gun supporters.
A video posted on social media purported to be from the scene of the shooting showed people running and screaming after shots were heard. Instead of running for their lives, they want to capture the moment so they can share for click bait.
We don't know the name of the victims or the name of the terrorist but I can tell you conservatives will find a way to claim the shooter is.....
MUSLIM --- TERRORISM
BLACK PERSON --- THUG
HISPANIC --- ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
WHITE PERSON --- LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Once again, Texas governor Greg Abbott, President Barack Obama and the local leaders will offer their condolences and prayers to the victims. Every time the president speaks out against gun violence, the tone deafness of conservatives will be that Obama's coming for your guns. Now that Hillary Clinton is the nominee for the Democratic Party, the NRA and agitators in the junk food media will say that she's coming for the guns now.
A few days or a few weeks will pass by and then we're off to another mass shooting, a terrorist attack, or a cop shooting.
When it comes to fighting these issues, Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress and conservative agitators use their only muscle they got. It's their tongues and they're getting tongue tied trying to blame everyone else other than the shooter.
Developments will continue.
Another life lost to a senseless mass shooting.
Instead of offering condolences and prayers to the victims, I am going to say that Congress is allowing mass shootings to happen in the United States. They're too busy taking vacations to pass Zika virus funding, highway infrastructure funding, and a gun control or background check law.
They're afraid and inept. If this is what you want for your government, vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Cause they sure as hell ain't doing much to solve the problems. With a Republican controlled Congress, they'll do whatever it takes to repeal laws or throw up road blocks.
They'll keep the little majority of White uneducated individuals fearful of change.
The Texas Department of Safety is doing an investigation into the Austin Police officer who arrested an elementary school teacher. She was thrown to the ground twice and was detained.
While in the police cruiser, the second officer said that to her "Blacks have 'violent' tendencies.
Where's Sheriff David Clarke when you need someone to deny this ever happened?
Breaion King is counting her blessings that she wasn't killed. After all if she was, the conservative media would troll her social media pages to find something to justify this abuse of power by the law.
Breaion King tearfully recounts the encounter.
They remain silent on the shooting of a Miami man who was shot in the leg when he told the law he had his hands up and the other guy had special needs and wasn't harming anyone.
Bryan Richter is in the freezer for this event. He made a traffic stop that escalated rapidly in the seven seconds from the encounter. This incident happened in June 2015. Now it's shown on camera he slammed her on the ground twice.
As she was being driven to county lockup. She was placed in the back of Patrick Spradlin's vehicle.
She asked him why this country is hard on Black people. He said that Black people can be intimidating.
Austin's police chief Art Acevedo said that the whole ordeal should have been handled without force.
He said that Richter will face some mandatory time without pay, proper retraining and probably a ban from social media contact. Spradlin will face a ban from social media as well.
This is an example of why Blacks have a distrust with those in law enforcement.
Iconic photo of a woman standing in the face of Baton Rouge Swat officers.
Some random thoughts in the wake of the Dallas police shootings. We seen the reactions from both sides of this debate. And one network is there to make the divide even wider.
In the picture, Ieshia Evans, a resident of Baton Rouge got international attention after she stood firm while the Baton Rouge Swat tried to arrest her and the protesters.
President Barack Obama hosted a town hall on ABC, Thursday. The President and the People was a good sit down. The president had to confront the families of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick.
The daughter of Eric Garner, Erica was none too happy about the sitdown. She blamed ABC for not giving her an opportunity to ask the president a question. Her father was brutally taken down by the law and died of a heart attack. The cop who performed a choke hold was not indicted and it sparked protests. A terrorist went to New York to buck two NYPD officers in the wake of this.
D.L. Hughley called out the Fox News and CNN in the past for advocating racism. He went on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly and they got into it.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) had nothing nice to say about the president's speech in Dallas. They believe that the president and Black Lives Matter were responsible for the acts of that terrorist who ambushed five officers in a sniper attack.
Alton Sterling's son went to the junk food media to denounce the conservative lies about his father being affiliated with gangs. He was very emotional when his mother read a statement to the press about how her husband was brutally murdered by two cops while on the ground.
On Friday he was buried. The family held a large funeral and called upon the state and federal government to pass police reform.
DeRay McKesson, the founder of ProjectZero and spokesman for Black Lives Matter was arrested in Baton Rouge. He was detained for two days after he was cited for walking in the street. Of course, he was to appear on CBS's Face The Nation but was detained at the present time.
Fox News is the panderer of extremism. The network, its reporters, commentators, and its boss Roger Ailes have mastered the art of painting the opposition as the enemy.
#BlackLivesMatter is once again in the network's crosshairs and its working overtime to discredit the group and those who support it.
America's most annoying (and possibly hated) conservative agitator Sean "Softball" Hannity along with fellow agitators Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren have been on the opposite end of a real issue that's bubbled to the surface.
Black America feels like there's no justice when it comes to law enforcement.
The tragic mass shooting in Dallas ended the president's visit to the European Union. He was working on the aftermath of the United Kingdom's exit from the 27 nations. Prime Minister David Cameron will end his term on Wednesday and Theresa May will be sworn in.
He abruptly headed to Texas on Tuesday to talk to the mayor of Dallas and governor of Texas.
He also called upon the former president and vice president to accompany him to this memorial.
Pres. Obama and former Bush both attend the memorial.
The president had to address grieving families over 14 times since.
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama were accompanied with Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, George W. Bush and Laura Bush for the memorial service of the fallen officers of Friday's mass shooting.
The former president and current president both asked for calm and peace in the wake of racial tensions.
Also Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings and police chief David Brown had an opportunity to speak to the nation as well.
A moment in history where America came together.
Of course, Republicans and the conservative agitators will find some outrage over the speech. They will suggest that Obama attacks cops and whites.
Like the president said, the agitators and politicians retreat to their corners with the same old rhetoric that keeps America divided.
Man shot and killed by law enforcement in open carry Texas.
Is there a war on Black people or a war on cops?
The junk food media is spreading the flames to the long hot summer.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) said that Congress must act on gun violence and police reform or this could inspire more attacks on not only law enforcement but all Americans.
The fatal shootings of Dallas Police officers was sparked by a terrorist who had hatred of White people (especially White cops). The names of the officers were released. Bret Thompson, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, and Lorne Ahrens were murdered by this cold hearted terrorist.
The motives of this terrorist were sparked by the fatal encounters of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. These two men had legal right to carry firearms but the officers fired upon him.
The officers who shot these men are in the freezer. The FBI and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are investigating the incidents.
And here we go again. Social media is flooded with the name of a man who was fatally shot by Houston Metro Police.
Alva Brazel was killed in the early morning. This happened when the officers ordered him his revolver down. The police were dispatched to an incident in which they claim a Black man was waking in the middle of the road with his revolver.
He pointed it in the air and the officers let him have it. They shot him 10 times and he was killed immediately.
In the state of Texas, it's open carry. He had the right to carry his firearm in the public without any fear of arrest. Somehow it's only good if you see White people carry firearms in public.
But if a Black man has a revolver (not a high powered M15 assault weapon), it's still grounds for kill.
The officers were in danger.
The officers in the freezer after this. The Texas Department of Safety and Harris County district attorney are investigating the incident. The U.S. Justice Department and FBI will be notified of this situation.
World News Today send our condolences to families of the murdered Dallas Cops and Alva Braziel.
Dallas police mourn the lost of their own after a terrorist launched an attack on a Black Lives Matter protest rally.
BE WARNED, SOME IMAGES MY BE DISTURBING!
World News Today send our condolences to those lost in these senseless tragedies.
When will it stop?
When will we finally get something done about gun violence?
Who's going to be blamed?
In the wake of the mass shooting in Dallas sparked by a terrorist's anger with the death of unarmed Black men, who takes the blame for this?
I bet you money, the blame game will focus solely on President Barack Obama. They will accuse him of inciting violence against police. They will complain about the protesters supporting this terrorist and his horrific act against those in law enforcement. The concern trolls will use the "If I had..."
I bet you that "the shooter was...." will be the first thing coming up. Agitators in the junk food media will fault people other than the shooter.
In the wake of two officer involved shootings in which two Black men were gunned down, a peaceful protest in Dallas was disrupted by a terrorist attack.
A terrorist managed to take out five Dallas officers and injured 15 in the #BlackLivesMatter march.
The terrorist named Micah Xavier Johnson, 25 was responsible for one of the most deadliest shootings for law enforcement since 9/11. He is a former Army reserve ranger.
The terrorist before the shooting.
The terrorist said that he's not in tone with the protesters. He just showed a strong hatred of White people, especially White officers. He believes that the recent incidents in the junk food media inspired him for the attack.
The terrorist was eventually taken down by SWAT snipers and a police robot.
Downtown Dallas is on lockdown as they are trying to figure out if the terrorist had any help.
Three individuals were also detained for questioning. The incident happened around 9pm in the wake of a protest. Police negotiated with the terrorist. Dallas Police chief David Brown said that the terrorist was not willing to surrender to the authorities He said he was turned up.
He was cornered in the El Centro College. The terrorist was determined to take out many.
The terrorist was from Mesquite, a nearby suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The terrorist had no prior history with the law or the feds.
Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings, Texas governor Greg Abbott, President Barack Obama were horrified about this ambush attack on those who served and protected. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have canceled their campaigns for the time being.
Mind you that Texas is an open carry state. The terrorist would have strolled with the firearm without any retaliation from the law.
Did you happen to notice the junk food media erroneously accused a man protesting with his firearm as the suspect?
Mark Hughes was there at the protest with no intentions of using his firearm. He was accused of being the shooter by the junk food media. The Dallas Police Department had made the mistake and quickly apologized to Hughes. The damage was done. Hughes face were splashed across the networks and he immediately got death threats.
The Drudge Report once again spread more hate and fear in the wake of a mass shooting. The racist right will automatically use this as a rally call to start the "great race war".
Congress will once again ignore the threat of gun violence.
Nothing will be done about gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES.
Today Black and Hispanic members of Congress and Loretta Lynch have talked to the junk food media about the "rush to judgement" and the accusations of profiling.
The nation's law enforcement will step up forces in the wake of this.
Again the blame game will be often addressed. As expected, you will hear the conservatives deflect from the gun violence to single out #BlackLivesMatter for the actions of the shooter.
The media will cover this for a few weeks and then it's off to another shiny coin.
Almost four weeks since the Orlando massacre. About a year past the shooting in Charleston and four years since the Aurora movie theater shooting. Now we can add the Dallas massacre to the list of mass shootings.
This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices. What I didn't truly understand, however, was the range of emotion I would feel during this process.
Fans throw the lighter fluid on Kevin Durant's jersey.
The primary mandate I had for myself in the making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player- as that has always steered me in the right direction. But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolutions as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth. With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors are the Oklahoma City Thunder's arch rival. The fans were shocked about this decision.
Fans are shocked about this news. Durant's move almost certainly takes the Thunder out the running for being in the NBA finals.
Warriors Draymond Green gave a special shout out to Durant. He welcomes him to the Splash.
The feds want to put this woman in the joint for murder.
The FBI added another woman to the Ten Most Wanted list. Shanika Minor is being sought by the feds after eluding a shooting a nine month pregnant woman.
In the early hours of a March night, Shamika Minor killed a neighbor over a long-standing feud that involved music and verbal insults. Senseless violence sparked by ignorance.
Since Brenda Delgado made the list this year, very few women earn the title of "MOST WANTED FUGITIVE".
Tamecca Minor was murdered along with her unborn child.
The Milwaukee Police and FBI hopes the public finds the suspect and nabs her before she causes great harm to people or herself. Shanika Minor is a 24 year old woman from Milwaukee who is being sought in the death of Tamecca Perry and her unborn child.
Minor is being charged with murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child. The charges are likely to carry a LIFE sentence. The FBI offering a $100,000 in the capture of her and anyone who helped her flee the feds.
This happened over a minor dispute over music. Minor had complained that Tamecca was playing her music loud in the early AM. She had a firearm on her and put the burner on the young mother.
FBI wants this fugitive.
Minor's mother tried to calm the situation. But heated words led to Minor pulling the trigger. The bullet hit Tamecca in the chest. Tamecca ran away before collapsing. The young mother collapsed in front of her children and her boyfriend.
The family of the victim is hoping that Minor turns herself in.
"Wherever you at Shanika, I would appreciate it if you could come. I don't want you to get hurt. I just want you to just come forward," said Cynthia Freeman, the mother of Tamecca Perry. "I just want her caught so I can rest. I don't sleep. I don't eat. I really want to know the reason why she would pull a gun out and do what she did to my daughter."
Shanika doesn't have much of a paper trail. Some say that she was a delivery person. The woman doesn't have no other jobs.
The feds are hoping to nab her. She has ties to Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio and Georgia. So all the state agencies are hoping that Minor makes a slip-up.
Minor is innocent until proven guilty. The charges alone could put her away for LIFE. The Death card could be issued if the suspect had willingly intended on murder.
Anyone who aids in Minor's escape will be charged with aiding and abetting a federal fugitive.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Tamecca Perry and her unborn child.
The Supreme Court rules in Texas anti-abortion law.
The Supreme Court struck down the anti-abortion law that the state of Texas passed in 2013. The 5-3 decision was a blow to conservatives. This decision eliminates a state's attempt to pass restrictive laws to curb a woman's right to choice. This is the biggest ruling since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The Texas statute was to close up a handful of abortion clinics in the state. The Court ruled it unconstitutional.
The Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt is the most significant ruling for pro-choice activists. If the ruling went the other way, states would impose stricter laws preventing abortion.
Texas insisted that the HB 2 law was constitutional. Ruth Bader Ginsburg questioned the state's law.
She wondered how this bill would help women who wanted a safe term. Texas was mandating that abortion clinics undergo costly upgrades to look like hospitals and abortion providers must get "special privileges" at hospitals. It was a backdoor plot to eliminate abortion clinics.
Stephen Breyer wrote in his decision that "the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions and constitutes an 'undue burden' on their constitutional right to do so".
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott wasn't pleased about this decision. Lila Rose and her allies in the anti-choice movement were hoping to gain momentum.
The Center for Medical Progress was partly involved in this as well. The ringleader of the anti-choice group tried to infiltrate Planned Parenthood facilities to expose executives taking pride in terming live fetuses.
Former state lawmaker Wendy Davis got some vindication. She fought this all the way to the Court.
Her failed bid for governor was a downer but to watch Abbott fail at his job is probably the sweetest revenge she's gotten so far today.
Anthony Kennedy joins Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor in the decision to spare abortion rights.
Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented the decision.
This polarizing decision comes a week after the Court struck down President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. Conservatives were happy Obama was handed a defeat. Now this decision will have conservatives concerned.
With an evenly split court, most of the rulings conservatives supported could be at risk of being tossed out or stuck down. Republicans continue to delay the nomination of Merrick Garland.
They believe that Obama's pick could swing the Court in a progressive direction. It's too late.
Truly, this was a blow to conservatives and the anti-choice movement.
Women have a right to choice. Although I am no fan of termination, I do support a woman's right to do so. It's a freedom that helps protect a woman's health.
Would you allow a woman to carry a rapist's baby?
Would you allow a woman to die if the baby was causing her health to decline?
An unwanted pregnancy is a dangerous experience for women. If the Court was to deny women a right to choice, the black market abortion providers would be on the rise.
Supreme Court ruled in an affirmative action case.
With the Supreme Court overwhelmed at eight, cases will be either evenly divided or lopsided with no real results. When the Court rules, it's over. Regardless of who wins or loses, the Supreme Court of the United States is the final leg of a federal case.
Abigail Fisher comes out the loser in her case against the University of Texas Austin.
She took her case of affirmative action to the Court. She was denied entry into the college. The court's 4-3 decision continues the college entry rules.
Fisher v. University of Texas, concerned an unusal program and contained a waring to other university that not all affirmative action programs will pass constitutional muster. The New York Times added, that the ruling's basica message was that admissions officials may continue to consider race as one factor among many in ensuring a diverse student body.
Elana Kagan backed off the case because she had ties to the University of Texas.
Abigail Fisher and her conservative allies lost this one.
President Barack Obama was pleased with the decision. "I'm pleased that the Supreme Court upheld the basic notion that diversity is an important value in our society," he said today.
"We are not a country that guarantees equal outcomes, but we do strive to provide an equal shot to everybody".
Anthony Kennedy sided with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor in the majority. Kennedy wrote that the courts must give university substantial but not total leeway in designing their admission programs.
The disagreement of consent came from Samuel Alito. He practically slammed the decision. He said that the university had not demonstrated the need for race-based admissions and that the Texas program benefited advantaged students over impoverish ones.
Conservatives were hoping that this decision would eliminate the quotas.
Say if you came from a bad school and graduated at top rank and were accepted to a privileged college but tested lower than the student from a higher performance school, you would be getting a leg up.
It was an evenly divided court that decided on the use of executive orders for presidents. This will affect presidents after President Barack Obama. The 4-4 decision to send the executive order on work permits to immigrants back to the lower court was considered a blow to Obama on his immigration plan.
The liberal and conservative wing kicked the decision back to the lower court which said that it was unconstitutional.
The order would have secured 4 million immigrants living here in the United States.
The Wall Street Journal added that the court's outcome in the immigration case doesn't require the administration to begin deportations of the affected immigrants—all of whom had significant ties to the U.S., such as children who are U.S. citizens or lawful residents. But it does halt the government's plan to normalize their presence by granting them authorization to work.
Speaking from the White House, Obama expressed frustration at the nation's continuing paralysis on immigration policy: "I believe that this country deserves an immigration policy that reflects the goodness of the American people."
The president also complained about the continuation of the open seat at the Supreme Court. Citing the increasingly frequent tie votes, he said that Republicans were extending the court's paralysis by refusing to consider his nominee for the open seat, U.S. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland.
"Republicans in Congress currently are willfully preventing the Supreme Court from being fully staffed and functioning as our founders intended," Obama said.
Republicans have said the next president should decide who should fill the Supreme Court opening.
Obama announced the immigration policies in November 2014, describing them as the furthest he believed he could go using executive authority to normalize the status of illegal immigrants after a Senate-passed immigration overhaul died in the House.
The current members of the Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. Without the ninth justice, it's going to be a quagmire of decisions that could gravely affect the nation. Antonin Scalia passed away in February.
The plan sought to assist more than four million people who already are considered the lowest priority for deportation. Authorities, lacking resources to remove most of the more than 10 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., focus on newly arrived individuals and those with criminal records.
By formally suspending the threat of deportation, the program would give affected immigrants the opportunity to obtain work authorization and other prerequisites for participating in society, such as a Social Security number and a driver's license.
Obama demanded that the voters decide on what the future. He said should they vote, should they continue to allow the federal courts and agencies tied up, mass shootings, gridlock in Congress, partisan gamesmanship, and Donald Trump. He urges that the future lies in the Dreamers who believe that they can change the direction of Congress and the presidency.
It's a tall order given the Republicans gerrymandered areas making it harder to win the House.
Republicans and their conservative allies have a megaphone of agitators and simpletons willing to distort the truth.
One Republican lawmaker believes Harriet Tubman belongs on a food stamp.
Iowa Republican lawmaker tried to block the U.S. Treasury Department decision to have abolitionist and civil rights icon Harriet Tubman from appearing on the $20 U.S. dollar bill.
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) a notorious racial agitator in Congress has openly express frustration with the president and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew.
CNN reports that King introduced an amendment to bar the Treasury Department from spending any funds to redesign paper money or coin currency.
The amendment would have nullified the Treasury Department's plans to replace the current image of Jackson on the $20 bill with a portrait of Tubman, one of the most prominent abolitionists for her work in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. She will become the first black woman ever to appear on a U.S. banknote.
Speaking to CNN at the Capitol on Wednesday, King said Tubman's accomplishments didn't measure up to the seventh president.
"As much as she did, she didn't change the course of history," King said.
But King's amendment to block Tubman from the bill won't get a vote in the House.
The House Rules Committee determined Tuesday evening that the amendment had a point of order, meaning it was not in compliance with House rules. The committee will not be taking up the amendment, averting a potentially contentious vote.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Rep. Steve King (R-IA) are worthless lawmakers. They are apart of this "Freedom Caucus" which supports racially motivated policies.
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Andy McGuire hit King's amendment as an attention-grabbing stunt.
"For King, a Congressman who has based his entire career on hate speech and xenophobic policies, to accuse President Obama of dividing the country is the definition of hypocrisy. The truth is Rep. King is more interested in grabbing headlines than in improving the quality of life for Iowans in the 4th district," McGuire said in a statement.
In 2030, Tubman will appear on the twenty dollar bill. Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States. Jackson has an ugly legacy as the president and many civil rights leaders praise the decision as a sign of progress.
Back in the day, conservatives were associated with the Democratic Party. They were the party that was in favor of imperialism and slavery. Old Hickory was a notorious cheater on his wife and allowed his buddies into the job.
Conservatives now hang with the Republican Party. King is a proud member of that party. His racism is showing again.
Donald Trump even said that he prefers Tubman on the $2 U.S. dollar bill. Like the asshole he is!
Would you want your child to have a rope around their neck and the school saying that this was a playful accident?
In Texas, there was a shocking incident that occurred in Waco. A young Black girl was roped by three White boys and they tried to drag her around. Now the parents are shocked by this event and are planning on suing the school for negligence.
Now the little girl got a scar that's so noticeable, the law is getting involved in this.
Live Oak Classical School is being sued for a $3 million in damages for allowing this to happen.
The New York Times report that the school is denying that race was a factor to this incident.
Lawyers for the girl, who is identified in court papers filed on Monday only as K.P., said evidence suggested that race played a role in the episode, which occurred during an overnight outing in April by students from the Live Oak Classical School in Waco. The girl was 12 at the time.
But while lawyers for the girl and the school agree that something happened to the student, they disagree about virtually everything else — whether what occurred had been a deliberate act, the severity of her injuries, who was to blame and if race was a motivation.
The girl’s mother, Sandy Rougely, said in an interview on Thursday that she thought her daughter was wearing a necklace when she first saw her after the trip. She said when she learned that the marks had been caused by a rope, “that just tore me into pieces.”
“It looked like somebody ripped my daughter’s neck off and stitched it back together,” Rougely said. The marks are still visible, she added.
Rougely said she took her daughter to an emergency room, where she was treated for severe rope burns, and the police were called.
Lawyers for both sides said the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office was investigating. Sheriff’s officials could not immediately be reached.
According to the lawsuit, the girl had transferred in 2014 from a public school to Live Oak, which has about 400 students in junior kindergarten through 12th grade and affirms the principles of Christianity. It is made up predominantly of white children, the suit says. Rougely said her daughter had a partial scholarship to attend the $7,000-a-year school.
The girl had been flourishing in fifth grade, the suit said, but in sixth grade, she reported that her classmates would not talk to her and physically bullied her. She was pushed to the ground, and a classmate kicked and shoved her when a teacher was not looking, court papers said. Rougely said school officials blamed her daughter, and when the mother met with administrators and counselors, she felt rebuffed.
It was against this backdrop that the girl and 21 other students went on the trip to a bucolic property near Johnson City, TX., for an end-of-year school trip on April 28.
The lawsuit said the episode occurred at a swing: a disc-shape basket hanging from a tree with a separate rope that the children pulled to lift the swing higher. The girl said she had been pulling on the rope but then became tired and stood to the side. She then felt the rope around her neck, and she was “violently jerked” to the ground.
“When it got around my neck, no one helped me, so I had to pull it off by myself,” she said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News.
Marshall "Rock" Jones passed away. He was one of the original members of the legendary Ohio Players.
The bassist of the legendary funk band The Ohio Players passed away. Marshall Jones died in his home in Houston, Texas, according to the Associated Press.
Marshall "Rock" Jones was an original member of the Dayton-based funk/rock group. His daughters Donna Williams and Charlotte Phillips had said that their father peacefully in his sleep.
He was one of the original members of The Ohio Players. The band formed in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables and it included Robert Ward, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, Cornelius Johnson, and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrook. Ward would eventually leave the group and they added LeRoy "Sugarfoot" Bonner to the group and then they would become the legendary Ohio Players.
"We appreciate all of the support and prayers,” Donna Williams said. “We lost not only a father, a grandfather and an uncle, we lost an icon to the community and an icon to his family.”
The family is planning a memorial in Dayton. Details will be announced later.
James "Diamond" Williams, the Ohio Players' leader said Jones will be missed.
“He was inventive, and he was creative. He was a great musician,” said Williams. “Marshall Jones contributed greatly, and we will miss him.”
The Dayton native was 75.
Jones was with the Ohio Players during the height of the legendary band’s success.
He was a member when the group started in Dayton in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables.
Williams said Jones had battled cancer and had suffered a recent stroke.
He is pushing for a Dayton street to be named for the Ohio Players while some members are still living.
From their beginnings in Dayton, The Ohio Players gained international acclaim with a long list of hits that include "Fire," "Love Rollercoaster," "I Wanna be Free," "Pain," "Funky Worm," "Skin Tight," "Honey" and "Sweet Sticky Thing."
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Marshall "Rock" Jones.
The New Orleans Pelicans mourn the loss of first year player Bryce Dejean-Jones.
The NBA community is mourning the loss of Bryce Dejean-Jones. The New Orleans Pelicans guard was shot to death he attempted to break in a Dallas apartment. His former girlfriend and their child live in the apartment above. At 3:20 AM, the resident of the apartment who had been sleeping, shot Dejean-Jones in the abdomen as he entered the bedroom.
See in Texas, they have avoid entry law whereas regardless of error, the owner of a firearm could kill without facing any charges.
I am certain that a mistaken door and a possibly intoxicated Bryce could have lead to his death.
He was the son of Walter Dejean and KC Franchesca Jones. He had four brothers and two sisters.
He stood at 6'6" and was signed to the New Orleans Pelicans after doing a bid for the D-League's Idaho Stampede. He would end up taking the bench after he was an injury on his wrist.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will once again head to the NBA Championship game. They will have to wait on the outcome of the Western Conference.
Golden State Warriors will force a Game 7 on the Oklahoma City Thunder after a tough Game 6.
The Warriors were faced a pending defeat. They were the 2015-16 NBA Champions.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Bryce Dejean-Jones.
What happens on the road becomes fodder for social media. A road rage incident in Houston, Texas lead to a physical assault. The Houston metro police are searching for the people involved.
Again once this stuff hits the webs, it's there forever. It could cost the individuals involved, their driver's licenses, their jobs and possibly their freedom.
The person who filmed the incident went to the junk food media to enlighten the public about how ignorant these people are.
David Dao was with his daughter when she recorded the drama on FM 1960 at U.S. 290 in suburban Houston. Of course, she posted it on social media and it lit up a shitstorm of controversy.
A white vehicle was trying to pass a truck at a turn lane but it refused the pass. So I guess one of the people involved got out of the vehicle and confronted the other vehicle and all chaos erupts.
In the video it shows a man trying to calm down a woman who is arguing with another man, who is a passenger inside a white car.
The woman is then seen going back to the white car and saying something to the passenger, who threw a drink at her. The video shows the truck driver coming back into view and kicking the white car's grille.
A brawl erupted as the driver and passenger from the white car chased after the driver of the truck and began serving him a five finger roll with a side toejam jelly. The video shows the woman screaming and trying to break up the fight.
One of the people gave her the five finger roll. The man and woman got back into the truck and slammed their vehicle into the white car and sped off on U.S. 290. The white car sped after them.
Dao told the junk food media that the four people involved in the fight were close to hitting his car.
Dao remained calm in his vehicle and asked others to not get involved. He wanted to get out the car but feared the people fighting would see his daughter filming them and go after her.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office has no record of an accident reported, so it's not known what happened to the drivers once they took off.
If they are found, each individual will be charged with battery, reckless endangerment and disturbing the peace. No names were revealed at the time. They are innocent until proven guilty.
While on tour, Post Malone puts his hands on Justin Bieber's neck. The rapper told the junk food media they were just playing.
Post Malone who had the hit single "White Iverson" made him a household name. Now giving the Biebs a neck brace is legendary. The Dallas rapper was allegedly placed his hand on the neck of Canadian entertainer Justin Bieber.
Biebs was being an asshole as usual. He decides to put a cigarette out on Post Malone.
TMZ reported that Justin Bieber had mischievously ashed a cigarette on Post Malone while he was performing his hit, "White Iverson," at a Houston club. As far as we could tell from the clip, Malone seemed unbothered by the move, or perhaps he's just a good showman and withheld the pain until after his performance-- because a new photo tells a slightly different story.
Justin Bieber looks like the holy ghost got him. Nah, that's his buddy Post Malone after he flick a square on him.
The junk food media went bonkers. Matter of fact, people were trashing on Post for being "rough" on him.
Post said that they were just playing. No feud.
In the clip, taken on a mobile phone, Justin can be seen grinning after the shocking incident - which took place as the pair partied with the Biebs’ very large entourage following his sold out show in Houston on April 9.
Responding to the picture on Twitter, Post said: "I love Justin y'all tripping lol.
"He's my big brother and we like to rough house. If we was fighting someone would have done something instead of just sit around while the Biebs gets chokeslammed.
"End of story I love jus more than life and the mixtape is on the precipice of release. God bless my fans."
They are currently on the Purpose Tour. Bieber is currently on tour with Post Malone. The incident happened while they were in Houston.
"As many of you have probably noticed, I've stayed away from politics on FB," Goosmann had written. "The DNC parading the mothers of slain thugs around on their stage has me furious."
