If you claim people supporting a "Free Palestine: From the River to the Sea" are anti-semitic or in support of terrorism, you are either Islamophobic, xenophobic, blinded by propaganda or a terrorist yourself.
I do not condone the Hamas attack on October 7th. I've rightfully condemn the actions.
But it is time to condemn Israel and its actions opposed on those living in the Gaza Strip.
It's time to throw the allegations back at them for once. If you are reading this blog, I speak on behalf of myself. You have a right to agree or disagree to what I am posting.
I only stand for what's right and denounce the wrong.
I will not be pressured to believing a narrative that has long past its relevance.
I am not going to rest until the apartheid Israel is non existent. I will not rest until the Palestinians have their land returned. The colonialism and barbarism of the Israeli government must be held accountable. They must be held for war crimes and those who advocate for it should no longer be held in power whether in Israel or the West.
If we can be outraged at Russia cutting off fuel, medicine, electricity, water, heat and food from Ukrainians, then we should be outrage at Israel for doing the same.
It is time to stop with the charades.
Israel is a country, not a religion. They must honor all International laws when it comes to war, human rights and propaganda.
The United States, Great Britain, Canada, European Union, Japan and Australia must end foreign aid to Israel and call for an immediate ceasefire. They must allow the United Nations and the International Criminal Court to hold Benjamin Netanyahu, Isaac Herzog and the Israeli Defence Force criminally liable for war crimes.
They should abolish the Knesset and reestablish a unitary Republic. They must end all building of settlements in the West Bank, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.
They must demolish all border walls, surveillance towers and razor wire fencing.
They must offer reparations and rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.
Do not fall for the propaganda that the West push. This did not start overnight. It was 75 year issue that finally boiled to a point. It has come to a point where we cannot and will not look the other way anymore.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) is no longer in running for Speaker of the House.
Washed Up 45 sunk his bid. The Republicans for another week failed to nominate and vote for a House Speaker since do nothing lawmaker Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) forced the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from the former president and hardline GOP lawmakers.
Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee after Emmer and the others fell short in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as GOP factions jockey for power.
Refusing to unify, far-right members won’t accept a more traditional speaker and moderate conservatives don’t want a hardliner. During private balloting, Johnson won a majority, but ahead of an expected House floor vote Wednesday the nominee will need almost all Republicans to win the gavel.
“Mike! Mike! Mike!” lawmakers chanted at a press conference afterward, surrounding Johnson and posing for selfies in a show of support.
Three weeks on, the Republicans have been frittering away their majority status — a maddening embarrassment to some, democracy in action to others, but not at all how the House is expected to function.
Anxious and exhausted, Republican lawmakers are desperately trying to move on. “Pretty sad commentary on governance right now,” said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark. “Maybe on the fourth or fifth or sixth or 10th try we’ll get this thing right.”
After he withdrew Tuesday afternoon, Emmer briskly left the building where he had been meeting privately with Republicans. He said later at the Capitol that Washed Up 45’s opposition did not affect his decision to bow out.
“I made my decision based on my relationship with the conference,” he said, referring to the GOP majority. He said he would support whomever emerges as the new nominee. “We’ll get it done.”
Washed Up 45, speaking as he left the courtroom in New York where he faces business fraud charges, said his “un-endorsement” must have had an impact on Emmer’s bid.
“He wasn’t MAGA,” said the former president, the party’s front-runner for the 2024 presidential election, referring to his Make America Great Again campaign slogan.
House Republicans returned behind closed doors, where they spend much of their time, desperately searching for a leader who can unite the factions, reopen the House and get the U.S. Congress working again.
Attention quickly turned to Johnson, who was the second highest vote-getter on Tuesday morning’s internal ballots.
A lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, Johnson had rallied Republicans around Washed Up 45’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
Elevating Johnson to speaker would giving Louisianans two high-ranking GOP leaders, putting him above Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was rejected by hardliners in his own bid as speaker.
But hardliners swiftly resisted Johnson’s bid and a new list of candidates emerged. Among them was Reps. Byron Donalds of Florida, a Washed Up 45 ally who ran third on the morning ballot, and a few others.
Hey, do you really want the job?
In the end, Johnson won 128 votes on the evening ballot, more than any other candidate. McCarthy, who was not on the ballot, won a surprising 43 votes.
One idea circulating, first reported by NBC News, was to reinstall McCarthy as speaker with hardline Rep. Jim Jordan in a new leadership role.
It was being pitched as a way to unite the conference, lawmakers said, but many said it would not fly.
“I think sometimes it’s good to have fresh ideas and fresh people,” said Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind.
While Emmer won a simple majority in a morning roll call behind closed doors — 117 votes — he lost more than two dozen Republicans, leaving him far short of what will be needed during a House floor tally ahead.
Washed Up 45's allies, including the influential hard-right instigator Steve Bannon, have been critical of Emmer. Some point to his support of a same-sex marriage initiative and perceived criticisms of the former president. Among the far-right groups pressuring lawmakers over the speaker’s vote, some quickly attacked Emmer.
Having rejected the top replacements, Scalise and the Washed Up 45-backed Jordan, there is no longer any obvious choice for the job.
With Republicans controlling the House 221-212 over Democrats, any GOP nominee can afford just a few detractors to win the gavel.
“We’re in the same cul-de-sac,” said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.
Yet Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., one of the hardliners, said, “This is what democracy looks like.”
Republicans have been flailing all month, unable to conduct routine business as they fight amongst themselves with daunting challenges ahead.
The federal government risks a shutdown in a matter of weeks if Congress fails to pass funding legislation by a Nov. 17 deadline to keep services and offices running. More immediately, President Joe Biden has asked Congress to provide $105 billion in aid — to help Israel and Ukraine amid their wars and to shore up the U.S. border with Mexico. Federal aviation and farming programs face expiration without action.
Coming in a steady second in the morning balloting, Johnson offered his full support to Emmer. Others were eliminated during multiple rounds of voting, including Donalds and Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, a conservative leader and former McDonald’s franchise owner who plied his colleagues with hamburgers seeking their support. Reps. Austin Scott of Georgia, Jack Bergman of Michigan, Pete Sessions of Texas, Gary Palmer of Alabama and Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania also dropped out.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the hard-right leader who engineered McCarthy’s ouster, has said several of those who were running — Hern, Donalds or Johnson — would make a “phenomenal” choice for speaker.
Nevertheless, Gaetz voted for Emmer, though others who joined in ousting McCarthy did not.
Dingbat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) refuses to support GOP House Speaker. She wants the House Speaker to impeach Biden and other officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
Many hardliners have been resisting a leader who voted for the budget deal that McCarthy struck with Biden earlier this year, which set federal spending levels that far-right Republicans don’t agree with and now want to undo. They are pursuing steeper cuts to federal programs and services with next month’s funding deadline.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said she wanted assurances the candidates would pursue impeachment inquiries into Biden and other top Cabinet officials.
During the turmoil, the House is now led by a nominal interim speaker pro tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the bow tie-wearing chairman of the Financial Services Committee. His main job is to elect a more permanent speaker.
Some Republicans — and Democrats — would like to simply give McHenry more power to get on with the routine business of governing. But McHenry, the first person to be in the position that was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks as an emergency measure, has declined to back those overtures.
Newt Gingrich 2.O. Tom Emmer is a trainwreck waiting to happen.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) is the new pick for Republicans in their bid to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the former House Speaker. He is an election denier, a troll and a simpleton. The Republicans are about to nominate an extremist.
He may not have the votes to be the House Speaker.
Emmer, a longtime establishment Republican was close to McCarthy and it may be a sign that the MAGA wing will oppose it.
Emmer was elected to Congress in 2014, winning the 6th district seat being vacated by Michele Bachmann. He has since been reelected four times. The district includes the far western and northern suburbs of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, most of the St. Cloud metropolitan area, as well as a large part of rural Central Minnesota, generally an agricultural region.
Emmer chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 to 2023. After Republicans gained a majority in the 2022 U.S. House of Representatives elections, he successfully ran for majority whip.
Emmer was chosen as the Republican nominee for speaker despite a challenge from Mike Johnson. Emmer is the third candidate of the Republican Party for the office as previous nominees Steve Scalise (Louisiana) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) failed to garner the required 217 votes to preside over the House.
Emmer was challenged for posting a video on Twitter that showed him firing a fully automatic machine gun with the caption "#FIREPELOSI". As chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Emmer led 2022 election efforts to win a majority and replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The post occurred just days before the home invasion and attack on Pelosi's husband in California.
Emmer was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Washed Up 45. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.
Emmer, the Republican majority whip, prevailed over a crowded field of eight GOP candidates after several rounds of voting Tuesday morning. Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry has said the nominee could face a vote before the House floor as soon as Tuesday.
It is unclear if Emmer can secure the 217 Republican votes needed on the House floor. He can only afford to lose four GOP votes, as Democrats have lined up in lockstep behind their nominee, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
The House has been leaderless for nearly three weeks now, which has left Congress paralyzed and unable to move forward with spending legislation as a Nov. 17 deadline looms to avoid a government shutdown. Congress is also unable to respond to President Joe Biden’s call for emergency security assistance for Israel and Ukraine until the House elects a speaker.
Emmer was one of the only GOP candidates who voted to certify Biden’s 2020 election victory. He also voted for spending legislation in September that averted a shutdown.
The House leadership crisis was triggered when a faction of eight Republicans, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, ousted McCarthy in a historically unprecedented no-confidence vote. Democrats refused to save McCarthy’s speakership, leading to the California Republican’s downfall.
This woman is not remorseful. Jenna Ellis took a plea deal.
She is not remorseful. She only did it because Fani Willis, the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney had enough evidence to convict her. On top of that, Jack Smith is going to have more evidence to pursue Washed Up 45.
Jenna Ellis is a pathetic woman.
Ellis pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Washed Up 45’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with “deep remorse.”
Ellis, the fourth defendant in the case to enter into a plea deal with prosecutors, was a vocal part of the former president’s reelection campaign in the last presidential cycle and was charged alongside the Republican former president and 17 others with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law.
Ellis pleaded guilty to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. She had been facing charges of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, and soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer, both felonies.
She rose to speak after pleading guilty, fighting back tears as she said she would have not have represented Washed Up 45 after the 2020 election if she knew then what she knows now, claiming that she relied on lawyers with much more experience than her and failed to verify the things they told her.
“What I did not do but should have done, Your Honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true,” the 38-year-old Ellis said.
The guilty plea from Ellis comes just days after two other defendants, fellow attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, entered guilty pleas. That means three high-profile people responsible for pushing baseless legal challenges to Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory have agreed to accept responsibility for their roles rather than take their chances before a jury. A lower-profile defendant pleaded guilty last month.
Steve Sadow, the former president’s lead attorney in the Georgia case, used Ellis’ plea to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the racketeering charges Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought against all 19 defendants.
“For the fourth time, Fani Willis and her prosecution team have dismissed the RICO charge in return for a plea to probation,” he said. “What that shows is this so-called RICO case is nothing more than a bargaining chip for DA Willis.”
He also noted that Ellis pleaded guilty to a charge that wasn’t in the original indictment and doesn’t include Washed Up 45.
She was sentenced to five years of probation along with $5,000 in restitution, 100 hours of community service, writing an apology letter to the people of Georgia and testifying truthfully in trials related to this case.
White women tears. Jenna Ellis is not remorseful for her actions.
The early pleas and the favorable punishment — probation rather than prison — could foreshadow similar outcomes for additional defendants who may see an admission of guilt and cooperation as their best hope for leniency. Even so, their value as witnesses against the former president is unclear given that their direct participation in unfounded schemes will no doubt expose them to attacks on their credibility and bruising cross-examinations should they testify.
The indictment in the sweeping case details a number of accusations against Ellis, including that she helped author plans on how to disrupt and delay congressional certification of the 2020 election’s results on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob of Washed Up 45 supporters eventually overran the U.S. Capitol.
Ellis is also accused of urging state legislators to unlawfully appoint a set of presidential electors loyal to the former president at a hearing in Pennsylvania, and she later appeared with some of those lawmakers and Washed Up 45 at a meeting on the topic at the White House. The indictment further says she similarly pushed state lawmakers to back false, pro-Washed Up 45 electors in Georgia as well as Arizona and Michigan.
Prosecutor Daysha Young said in court Tuesday that Ellis attended a December 2020 meeting of Georgia state senators with Washed Up 45 attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and with Georgia-based attorney Ray Smith. Ellis “intentionally aided and abetted” the other two as they made false statements to the lawmakers, including that more than 2,500 people convicted of felonies, more than 66,000 people who were under 18 and more than 10,000 dead people voted in the 2020 election in Georgia, Young said.
Before her plea, Ellis, who lives in Florida, was defiant, posting in August on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, “The Democrats and the Fulton County DA are criminalizing the practice of law. I am resolved to trust the Lord.”
But she has been more critical of the former president since then, saying on conservative radio in September that she wouldn’t vote for him again, citing his “malignant, narcissistic tendency to simply say that he’s never done anything wrong.”
Along with Giuliani, Ellis was a leading voice in the Washed Up 45 campaign’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, appearing frequently on television and conservative media to tell lies about widespread fraud that did not occur and spread misinformation and conspiracy theories.
She was censured in Colorado in March after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 election.
That punishment was due in part to a Nov. 20, 2020, appearance on Newsmax, during which she said, “With all those states (Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia) combined we know that the election was stolen from President Trump, and we can prove that.”
Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors and was sentenced to serve six years of probation and was ordered to pay a fine of $6,000. Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony and was ordered to serve five years of probation, pay $5,000 in restitution and do 100 hours of community service. Bail bondsman Scott Graham Hall pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges and got five years of probation. All of them were ordered to write apology letters to the people of Georgia and to testify truthfully in any other trial in the case.
Ellis and the other three pleaded guilty under Georgia’s first offender law. That means that if they complete their probation without violating the terms or committing another crime, their records will be wiped clean.
Washed Up 45 and the other defendants, including his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, have pleaded not guilty.
New York media personality DJ Envy, one of the co-host of The Breakfast Club is facing scrutiny and also a federal watch. His buddy is facing a federal sandwich after he stole money from victims who wanted to make money flipping homes in New Jersey.
His freedom and job are on the line.
IHeartMedia, the company that syndicate the Power 105.1 FM show had its offices searched by the feds. Electronic devices were seized.
The well-known DJ, whose real name is Raashaun Casey, often advertised his real estate business with Pina, also known online as FlippingNJ, on the iHeart radio show that's said to reach over 4 million listeners on nearly 100 stations across the country.
"We're here in one of the properties that we own, this is 24 units, six storefronts. And, we just want to go over some of the things with rentals," DJ Envy said.
Cesar Pina, a controversial figure is facing an indictment due to his scheme to steal funds from victims of his online scam. He charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. He appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward S. Kiel in Newark federal court and was release on $1 million secured bond with electronic monitoring.
As alleged in the complaint, Pina exploited celebrity status and social media to develop a devoted following of potential victims. Promising returns that were too good to be true, Pina allegedly defrauded dozens of people of millions of dollars. Our office is committed to protecting the public from these schemes and prosecuting those who lie to investors for their own personal gain.”
U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said in the indictment:
"Investment fraud is simply a crime of greed," U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Christopher A. Nielsen of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Philadelphia Division, said. "In this case, Cesar Pina allegedly solicited dozens of individuals to provide him with millions of dollars to purchase and invest in residential properties. However, instead of sharing the profits, he defrauded his investors in a Ponzi scheme. Postal Inspectors will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to combat financial fraud and protect the American people."
“Plain and simple, the defendant ran a fraudulent scheme. They falsely represented the nature of their business and lied about potential investment returns to bilk unsuspecting victims out of millions,” Tammy Tomlins, Special Agent in Charge of IRS – Criminal Investigation Newark Field Office, said. “Today’s arrest highlights IRS Criminal Investigation and our law enforcement partners’ commitment to investigate and prosecute unlawful behavior.”
Cesar Pina and wife are indicted for wire fraud.
“We allege Pina offered a ridiculously high rate of return to investors, then took the millions he got and invested it in himself,” FBI – Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy said. “History has proven time and again, Ponzi-schemes don't work. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow eventually runs out. Investors take note – it’s your money, don’t let them steal it.”
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Pina partnered with DJ Envy to conduct real estate seminars around the country. Through these seminars, self-promotional efforts, and other marketing strategies, Pina developed a significant social media following.
Starting in 2017, Pina began accepting investments from victim investors for the alleged purchase, remodel, and sale of specific real estate projects in New Jersey and other states. To induce his victims, Pina often promised 20 to 45 percent returns on investment within five months. But instead of using victims’ investments as promised, Pina engaged in a Ponzi-like scheme by commingling victim money, using new victim investments to pay off prior victims, and spending victim funds on personal expenditures. The investigation has revealed that Pina defrauded dozens of investors of millions of dollars.
Stuck like glue.
The charge of wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the gross amount of any pecuniary gain that any persons derived from the offense or of any pecuniary loss sustained by any victims of the offense, whichever is greatest.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Thomas Mahoney; special agents and task force officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz in Newark; postal inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Newark, under the direction of Christopher A. Nielsen, Philadelphia Division; special agents and task force officers of IRS – Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Tammy Tomlins in Newark; and special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy in Newark, with the investigation leading to the charges. He also thanked the Franklin Lakes Police Department for its assistance in the investigation.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark J. Pesce and Carolyn Silane of the Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Bargain seller.
The Breakfast Club has seen setbacks since the departure of Angela Yee. She left the show after expressing frustration with pay, the feud with Gucci Mane, the torment from Envy and Charlamagne tha Rapist and it was better she got out of it because she knew their downfalls were eminent.
Massimo F. D'Angelo, DJ Envy's attorney, insisted that the radio host did nothing wrong.
"DJ Envy is a victim, just like the others. He's actually a double victim, because now there's a bunch of false reporting. And again, you know, an element of sensationalism that's attached to this simply because of his celebrity figure," D'Angelo said.
DJ Envy claimed he never made any money from the business venture.
"I didn't see a dollar of return. I do nothing but try to uplift people and show people a different way to the business model," DJ Envy said.
Hopefully Jeffrey Shaun King will feel the feds some day and I may feel that justice is coming.
We cannot confirm information because like Israel, Russia is known for pushing state run propaganda and misinformation. On top of that, Russia maintains a level of secrecy involving the longtime dictator.
The information has to be legitimate. The Daily Express is a tabloid. It is not a legitimate source in my opinion.
Unconfirmed reports that Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin may have suffered a heart attack. Having cardiac arrest can be extremely fatal if not caught.
Putin is alleged to have suffered a "cardiac arrest" in his private Moscow apartment on Sunday evening.
A Telegram Channel believed to be run by a former Kremlin insider reported that incident saying the Russian leader was found by guards on the floor of the bedroom "lying on the floor, rolling his eyes."
Doctors were reportedly called immediately and they later diagnosed the 71-year-old as having suffered a "cardiac arrest."
Putin was then moved to a special medical facility built in the apartment where he underwent intensive care, the source claims.
The unverified report comes following persistent speculation surrounding Putin's health amid rumors of a long-hidden medical condition.
The Telegram channel General SVR, reportedly run by a former Russian lieutenant-general, declared in a post: "Security officers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who were on duty at the residence, heard noise and sounds of falling coming from the president's bedroom.
"Two security officers immediately followed into the president's bedroom and saw Putin lying on the floor next to the bed and an overturned table with food and drinks."
General SVR continued: "Putin convulsively arched while lying on the floor, rolling his eyes."
Doctors later reportedly arrived and "resuscitated" Putin having "previously determined that the president was in cardiac arrest."
The reported heart attack, which is yet to be independently confirmed, is said to have seriously spooked Putin's inner circle.
General SVR frequently claims that Putin used body doubles that were swapped in for the Russian leader for public events and foreign visits.
A lookalike, it is claimed, was used by Kremlin officials during the recent trip to China during a meeting with Xi Jinping, according to SVR.
However, the reported body double is said to have suffered a facial malfunction.
General SVR wrote: "The fault is again with the double's 'floating' cheekbones, which do not stay in place and move in different directions.
"The double initially had less expressive cheekbones, which, as a result of plastic surgery, were 'enlarged' and made similar to Putin's cheekbones.
"But it was impossible to make sure they stayed stationary in the right places."
General SVR's claims have not been verified though recent Japanese AI analysis and various media reports have raised speculation about Putin's potential use of body doubles for public appearances.
The Big Ten College Football game between No. 2 [University of] Michigan and rival Michigan State [University] was a blowout. The Wolverines defeated the Spartans in an overwhelming scoring session in East Lansing.
What was supposed to be a fun night for fans turned into a controversy.
During a brief segment, the Spartans Stadium billboard has a questionaire. The question was about the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.
Michigan State is apologizing after an image of Adolf Hitler appeared on a Spartan Stadium video board Saturday night prior to its game against Michigan.
Multiple images circulating on social media on Saturday show an image of the Nazi leader’s face on the stadium’s largest scoreboard, alongside a trivia question answer about his birthplace.
Michigan State said the scoreboard content came from a third-party source. The school will no longer use that source and will update its screening procedures.
“MSU is aware that inappropriate content by a third-party source was displayed on the video board prior to the start of tonight’s football game,” MSU spokesperson Matt Larson said in a statement. “We are deeply sorry for the content that was displayed, as this is not representative of our institutional values. MSU will not be using the third-party source going forward and will implement stronger screening and approval procedures for all videoboard content in the future.”
The timestamp scoreboard shows that the image appeared 80 minutes before kickoff of Saturday night’s game. Michigan State regularly shows rotating trivia questions on its stadium video boards prior to the game.
Michigan State suffered its worst home loss in the 100-year history of Spartan Stadium on Saturday night.
A 49-0 defeat against rival Michigan followed an embarrassing pregame incident in which a picture of Adolf Hitler was displayed on the videoboard as part of a trivia question about the former Nazi leader’s birthplace.
The image quickly went viral and Michigan State issued a statement during the game apologizing for the incident, which it attributed to a third-party source that will no longer be used. A day later, a university employee has been suspended with pay and the Board of Trustees called for accountability.
“The Michigan State University Board of Trustees is outraged at last night’s incident at Spartan Stadium,” the board wrote in a statement released Sunday afternoon. “The projected image was unacceptable, and as the oversight body for MSU we want to publicly apologize to everyone who was in Spartan Stadium or learned of this through other means.
“The board has spoken with Interim President Teresa Woodruff and Athletic Director Alan Haller and conveyed to them our extreme disappointment and our demand to know how this happened. MSU personnel must be accountable and held responsible for this disgusting display.”
The trivia question came from The Quiz Channel and its creator, Floris van Pallandt, addressed the issue on his YouTube page, saying the university didn’t ask for permission to use it or pay for it.
“To be clear, I was unaware Michigan State University is using my content for stadium entertainment and this was unsolicited and (unauthorized) use,” he wrote. “A random history trivia question in an inappropriate setting.”
The image was displayed more than an hour before kickoff before most of the more than 74,000 fans filtered in. A trivia question about the central figure responsible for the Holocaust drew widespread condemnation of Michigan State, which has an enrollment of more than 51,000 students who hail from 130 different countries.
“Every person in the MSU community and our guests deserve to feel safe and that they belong,” the Board of Trustees said in its statement. “The board does not condone bigotry of any kind. We will take necessary steps to ensure that our athletic department and the administration live up to that expectation at all times. The board demands that MSU administrators thoroughly examine all the factors and actions that led to this incident and report back to the board and the public about how this happened and who will be held accountable.”
Haller issued a statement of his own Sunday night, detailing an error in vetting and the athletic department’s initial response.
“I am deeply sorry for the offensive image we displayed on the Spartan Stadium video boards Saturday night,” Haller wrote. “I apologize for the pain it has caused our community. Ultimately, it is my responsibility to make sure all those who interact with Spartan Athletics feel safe, valued and respected.
“The image was harmful to our communities, especially our Jewish community which is currently experiencing a rise in antisemitism, including acts of violence.
“Michigan State Athletics is responsible for all content shown on its video boards. Before it was displayed, the video was not viewed in its entirety by anyone in athletics, exposing a failure in our process. The video was not part of a sponsorship and had no affiliation with any of our corporate partners or our community.
“An initial assessment was conducted, and an involved employee has been identified and suspended with pay pending the results of an investigation. The investigation will determine any future appropriate actions.
“Looking forward, Michigan State Athletics will ensure greater oversight and processes surrounding any material displayed in relation to one of our athletics events. We are committed to ensuring this never happens again and to better demonstrating the inclusive community that we are."
The ongoing conflict in between Hamas and Israel has become one of the most polarizing events in the world. The U.S. is now caught in between a rock and a hard place.
Pro-Palestinian protests have continued. They are calling for an immediate ceasefire, an end to the occupation, an independent Palestine, an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's reign and the end of dehumanizing of Muslims and Jewish worldwide.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
It is not anti-Israel or anti-semitic.
What the Israeli government is doing is trying to quell protests and justify their barbaric attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The ADL and AIPAC are propaganda. They are lobbying on behalf of the state of Israel.
Israel is spending millions to peddle influence in American politics. They are spreading state run propaganda on YouTube, Facebook, X and TikTok.
They are pushing for the junk food media to label Pro-Palestinian protests as being on the side of Hamas and terrorism.
The lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican Party are trying to stifle free speech by pushing for criminal charges.
Business leaders and donors are trying to get protesters expelled from schools, fired from their jobs and denied tenure.
Dave Chappelle faces backlash after he does a comedy show in which he called out Israel for its war crimes and propaganda here in the United States.
All of this is coming to head.
Young voters, Arab Americans and Muslim voters are not happy with President Joe Biden, Republicans and Democrats.
The Republicans are known to push Islamophobia, anti-semitism, homophobia, Christian Nationalism and white supremacist rhetoric. Democrats are caught between a rock and a hard place. The Republicans can't govern. They can't even nominate a Speaker of the House.
The progressive wing wants Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to military funding for Israel. The centrists want Biden to continue to aid Israel in its fight to eradicate Hamas.
Israel is committing war crimes and it is no longer being shielded by the junk food media.
The U.S. is facing pressure to call it out and immediately push for removal of Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.
Worldwide protests are continuing and Western leaders are feeling pressure.
American Israeli citizens freed and controversial leftist claims credit.
Jeffery Shaun King is back. After his clothing company and news organization failed, the controversial leftist reappears now as a global foreign policy expert.
He claims he and his charities helped organize the release of two Americans held hostage by Hamas.
Once again, this is by far one of the most polarizing events in world history. The Israeli government has been bombing the Gaza Strip, building settlements in the West Bank and the U.S. continue to look the other way. The Israeli state run propaganda has influenced Western media and has split Democrats and somewhat united Republicans.
President Joe Biden lost my vote after he declared the Israeli government did not launch an airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City. He said it was "the other team." Clearly ignoring the numerous other times and the warnings the state gave to Palestinians, the U.S. literally took the talking points of a disputed government as fact.
Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie were received by the Israeli military upon their release on Friday. Hamas had shared that it released the hostages for humanitarian reasons.
The Qatarian Kingdom had brokered a deal to have the Americans released. Hamas has denounced the American government and President Joe Biden for clearly taking the side of Israel and deliberately ignoring the reasons for their Oct. 7th strike.
"In response to Qatari efforts, Al-Qassam Brigades released two American citizens (a mother and her daughter) for humanitarian reasons, and to prove to the American people and the world that the claims made by Biden and his fascist administration are false and baseless," Hamas had written.
Taking to Instagram, King had claimed that he felicitated the release of Judith and Natalie. In his post, the controversial writer had thanked Qatar for their help in the safe release of the hostages.
“Hamas has just freed the teenager Natalie Raanan and her mother. I’m grateful. As I said last week, Natalie and her family have been supporters of mine and protested police violence in America alongside us. I am also thankful for the Qatari government for helping to negotiate this. Dozens of us worked frantically behind the scenes to help make this possible. I spoke to Natalie’s family this afternoon and they are anxiously awaiting more updates," wrote King.
So you’re telling me Shaun King has connections in Gaza & can negotiate/locate hostages but can’t find his own biological black father? pic.twitter.com/DPuTtoCooU
Wait a minute... Shaun King is a civil rights activist, historian, mountain climber, wealth manager, AND hostage negotiator? Have we seen George Santos and Shaun King in the same room together? https://t.co/6WApC7BbUO
— Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) (@cbouzy) October 22, 2023
"The family of released mother and daughter clarified: 'Judith and Natalie have no idea who [Shaun King] is. They heard about him and the post for the first time only after they were released." https://t.co/4kcZeoocWcpic.twitter.com/JbHShO4veA
"Shaun King is not a mountain climber. He's not even fit."
He raised 16K to climb 7 mountains on 7 continents, got supporters to donate miles to his family so they could watch him climb Mt Rainier, quit training after one day and, had a vacation in Washington with his family pic.twitter.com/eTXKhXn3WC
— Imani Gandy (Orca’s Version) ⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) October 21, 2023
This is what Tamir Rice’s mother had to say about Shaun King.
🔥🚨BREAKING NEWS: Shaun King just got exposed by the family of Natalie Raanan who claim that he lied about getting Natalie released from Hamas. This is truly extremely disturbing. pic.twitter.com/CPJNyZApuq
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) October 22, 2023
The American hostages' family out rightly denied having any links or association with King. The family called him a "liar" and vehemently rejected his claims.
"First and foremost, we make it clear that he is lying! Our family does not and did not have anything to do with him, neither directly nor indirectly. Not to him and not to anything he claims to represent," said the family.
"Natalie told us that this morning it was the first time in her life that she came across Shaun King's name and his posts, after she finally got a phone call after two horrific weeks in captivity in Gaza, and was looking for what was written about her while she was away," added the family.
The leftist who is a backer of Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner, Larry Krasner, Lee Merritt and numerous other controversial figures is often referred as a leader of "Black Lives Matter."
Jeffrey Shaun King is the king of grift.
He is not.
He acts like no one remembers his divisiveness.
He calls upon his troll army to attack critics. He literally blocks anyone who dares questions his race or his fundraising tactics. He is a white man who is transracial. He is the male version of Rachel Dolezal.
King has fallouts with allies. He is calling for a primary against President Joe Biden in 2024. He has questioned Vice President Kamala Harris and her blackness.
He sic his troll army on Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH), Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, supporters of the Biden-Harris campaign and those who questioned his race.
He has stolen ideas from Black women. He has started numerous organizations and products that never lift off or deliver the promises.
Ohio Republican Mike Turner is a stupid lawmaker. He, Elise Stefanik and Nancy Mace were once moderate lawmakers. Now they are MAGA extremists.
I reside in Dayton, Ohio, a Rust Belt city that has a population of 136,000 residents. It is one of the many communities lost in the void. Once a pioneering city for manufacturing, Dayton lost numerous companies and is now a service based community,
The only thing that keeps Dayton alive is Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
And the status quo that keeps Dayton at the bottom of the barrel is the leadership.
Democrats run Dayton. Since Jeff Mims took charge, Dayton has not seen anything developing happen in West Dayton. Well, they are doing a community grocer on the old Dayton schools property near U.S. Highway 35 but nothing monumental to help grow that side of town. The Water Street development is slowly developing. The Arcade is almost complete. The so called Tech Town is a bust. The Dayton South Fairgrounds project is a bust. The city has more abandoned buildings around the city. Nothing exciting in my opinion. The 2019 tornado damage still plague the city. Speed bumps on main roads and a lot of minor repairs to roads. Thank President Joe Biden for allocating the transportation law that Republicans voted against.
The city is a part of 10th Congressional and 15th Congressional District. It was a part of the illegal Ohio gerrymandered map that unfairly gave Republicans an advantage in Congress.
Ohio is still facing a legal fight over it and for the time being the Dayton-Springfield area is ran by three Republicans. They are ineffective members.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) of Centerville represents the 10th District.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) of Troy represents the 8th District.
Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) of Grove City represents the 15th District.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) of Cincinnati (and San Francisco) is currently the Junior Senator of Ohio.
Montgomery County is split between these three districts. The county went to Washed Up 45 in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. Barack Obama carried the county twice in 2008 and 2012. George W. Bush almost won it in 2000 but lost to Al Gore.
Turner, serving Congress since 2003 was the former mayor of Dayton and was a moderate at one time. Now he is a full fledge member of the MAGA and is an ineffective leader.
It could happen again if the Democrats have a candidate strong enough to defeat him.
I won't back either candidate but it will be good to see this status quo lawmaker retire.
Turner backed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) of Urbana for House Speaker despite his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He appears on GOP Sundays a lot. Turner usually hanging out with Fox, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski or CNN's Jake Tapper or Dana Bash.
Turner is like Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). He talks like he's smart but really he isn't.
He is an opportunist who will say anything to look like he is smart but in reality, he has no clue on how things are.
The media always want Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to condemn terrorism. When will they ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz or Chuck Schumer to condemn genocide?
Online trolls and influencers are totally destroying Meta and X.
Facebook, X, Threads, YouTube, Google and TikTok are becoming toxic. I almost want to block even those I used to enjoy.
X has become a breeding ground for pornography, hate, disinformation and state run propaganda.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are getting tired of being harassed by the junk food media. They always have to be on the frontlines of denouncing the actions of others.
Fox's Hillary Vaughn does confrontational interviews and questioning towards Democratic lawmakers. She reports on behalf of Maria Bartiromo, Jesse Watters, Sean "Softball" Hannity and Laura Ingraham.
She had recently confronted Tlaib and Omar.
Protesters need to confront Senate leader Chuck Schumer directly. He advocates Zionism and has turned his back on Palestinians.
Omar literally had to pause and finally address Vaughn for who she is.... a "crazy lady."
Why don't the junk food media harass Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Jerry Nadler (R-NY), Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) and every lawmaker who are outright defending the barbaric killings of Palestinians?
And don't let them get away with saying it was Hamas using human shields.
This is by far the most polarizing thing in the United States. The genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israel is not anti-semitism or anti-American. It is a clear and present event that has young voters, Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, people of color and indigenous people concerned.
No one is asking Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz about war crimes and genocide committed by Israel.
Democrats will pay the price if they don't condemn Israeli propaganda.
Zionism is a hateful propaganda that conflates Israel, Judaism and Western policies into governance. It is a colonialist belief that Jewish people have birthright ownership of land.
The Palestinians were expelled from their homes since the Nakba of 1948. They are isolated in a three segments of land that surrounded by border walls and razor wire fences. They are treated as second class citizens.
Omar, Tlaib and Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) are concerned that President Joe Biden and Democrats are expressing Islamophobic troupes and dehumanizing Arabs.
Biden foolish stated: "I don't believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist."
Biden delivered a tone deaf address. He condemn Islamophobia and anti-semitism but fails to condemn Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and buidling of settlements in the West Bank.
Many Arab leaders clearly look at Biden as ineffective in the crisis. He took a clear side with Israel and offered a blank check to allow Israel commit horrific crimes under guise of stopping terrorism.
Biden currently has a 54% chance at winning reelection.
He will lose Black men, Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and young voters. Crucial voters who may either sit it out or vote Republican.
I lost faith in Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. They were supposedly fundamental change. But due to their hardline stance towards Israel, the systematic propaganda of painting critics of Israel as anti-whatever and the failure to acknowledge Palestinian Lives Matter, I will not vote for them.
Detroit activist and a local synagogue president Samantha Woll was stabbed to death.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and the U.S. House members of Michigan will react to the stabbing of a 40 year old woman at a Metro Detroit synagogue.
The most polarizing event in modern history is underway. The conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip has divided Democrats. The Arab world is angry that the U.S. and European Union are not holding Israel accountable for war crimes.
Michigan is home to a large number of Palestinian Americans. They are fed up with the dehumanizing rhetoric and the calls to denounce Hamas.
Why are they not asking Jewish leaders or Israeli-Americans to denounce the criminal acts of Israel?
Samantha Woll may have become the latest victim of this polarizing campaign.
Woll was found outside her residence in the 1300 block of Joliet Pl in Detroit around 6:30 a.m.
Woll led the congregation of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, which confirmed Woll's death in a statement. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Samantha Woll, our Board President," it said.
“May her memory be a blessing,” the statement continued.
On Saturday evening, Detroit Police Chief James E. White asked the public for patience as resources poured into the investigation. He promised an update Sunday morning.
“I am asking that everyone remain patient while investigators carefully examine every aspect of the available evidence,” he said in a statement. “It is important that no conclusions be drawn until all of the available facts are reviewed.”
ADL Michigan, the state chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, also asked Michiganders to refrain from speculating on motive.
Authorities said a 911 caller early Saturday reported a person lying on the ground unresponsive at Woll’s home. Police discovered multiple stab wounds on Woll’s body and found a trail of blood leading to her house, where they believe the crime occurred.
Woll had ties to state Democrats. She previously worked for Rep. Elissa Slotkin and served on state Attorney General Dana Nessel’s re-election campaign.
Slotkin praised Woll's dedication to serving Detroit communities.
“She did for our team as Deputy District Director what came so naturally to her: helping others & serving constituents,” Slotkin wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Separately, in politics & in the Jewish community, she dedicated her short life to building understanding across faiths, bringing light in the face of darkness.”
Nessel expressed shock and horror at her death.
“Sam was as kind a person as I’ve ever known,” she said.
“She was driven by her sincere love of her community, state and country. Sam truly used her faith and activism to create a better place for everyone.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is likely to not endorse Biden for 2024 due to his tone deaf response to the war crimes being committed by Israel.
“President Biden, not all of America is with you on this one and you need to wake up and understand that,” Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said at a rally calling for a cease-fire Wednesday. “We will remember this.”
The White House and Biden’s campaign say they are aware of the concerns and working to address them, pointing to Biden’s comments in his Oval Office address on Thursday night pushing for aid to Palestinian civilians, urging Israel “not to be blinded by rage” and directly telling Muslim Americans: “I see you. You belong.”
“The President and this administration have been unequivocal: there is no place for Islamophobia, xenophobia, or any of the vile racism we have seen in recent weeks,” Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said. “As MAGA Republicans continue to run on an openly Islamaphobic platform — including renewed support for Donald Trump’s Muslim ban — the stakes of next year’s election could not be more consequential. President Biden continues to work closely and proudly with leaders in the Muslim and Palestinian communities in America, to listen to them, stand up for them, and fight back against hate.”
I will not stay silent to the atrocities caused by Israel.
Immediately after his Oval Office address Thursday night, Biden called the family of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian American boy slain in Illinois in what prosecutors say was an anti-Muslim hate crime.
Muslim leaders are warning that Democrats risk losing their support, too, if Biden and the party do not do more to combat Islamophobia and address the pain many are feeling about the war in Gaza.
“Joe Biden has single-handedly alienated almost every Arab-American and Muslim American voter in Michigan,” said state Rep. Alabas Farhat, a Democrat whose district includes Dearborn, which is home to one of the largest Muslim and Arab American communities in the country.
Farhat said he has constituents and neighbors who have family members trapped in Gaza — including some who are American citizens — and they feel completely abandoned by the U.S. government for not doing more to help get them out, get aid in and pressure Israel for a cease-fire.
“The Biden administration and Democrats as a whole are going to have to do a lot of work to rebuild some level of trust with my community,” he said. “It’s never too late to do the right thing.”
In rolling conversations in Michigan and beyond over the past two weeks, Muslim elected officials, activists and community leaders have coalesced around a plan to mobilize their constituents to vote next year — but also to encourage them to leave the top of the ticket blank in protest, according to multiple people involved in the discussions.
“That’s the plan right now,” Farhat said. “I think there’s going to be a lot of people that remember when you won Michigan years ago by a razor-thin margin, when you won Georgia with a razor-thin margin, when you won Arizona by a razor-thin margin — do not be surprised if there are consequences for your actions.”
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