Dayton Continues To Be A Food And Pharmacy Desert!

Rite Aid is on the ropes. More Dayton, Ohio locations are closing. 

We got so many issues in our country. 

Hey let's give billions to Israel and ban TikTok because of the app being owned by the Chinese. Capitalism for greed. Socialism for foreign countries.

I don't watch the local news but when I see the area, I think about how nothing changes.

Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens are closing locations in the United States. 

Dayton, Ohio is no different.

Rite Aid is closing the Salem Avenue location in Harrison Township. 

Earlier this month, Walgreens closed its Hoover Avenue location.

Several Dayton locations have closed. They have closed locations in Dayton, Harrison Township, Kettering, Riverside, Trotwood and other areas.

Rite Aid told Insider that it considers a variety of factors when deciding to close a store, “including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance.”

Jeffrey Stein, the company’s chief executive officer and chief restructuring officer, is due to get a $20 million “success fee” at the end of the process, which lawyers complained — in a court filing Monday — is the same total all “unsecured creditors” will get.

After pushing local pharmacies to close, Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens move into the area.

These companies push ridiculously high prices on products, lobby for more corporate greed and refuse to take accountability for the opioid epidemic. Mind you, they are willing to shelve millions to CEOs, top executives and product sponsors, but pass on the prices to the consumer. They lobby cities to build their locations on the promises of new jobs, easy access to consumer needs and low prices. 

Once they build their new location, they open up and slowly raise their prices to make it seem like they're just going with the trends.

They will claim it was because of shrink and low foot traffic for the location to close.

Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) complain about Biden's policies but never do anything to improve them. They vote against almost everything Biden pushes but take credit for the successes.

The junk food media will hype up stories of homeless people or individuals shoplifting from these stores. Many of these folks on the far right will call for violence over a few dollars of theft. These companies will complain about how shrink is the reasons for locations pulling out of communities. 

Well it is one factor.....  but the actual factor is the company's inability to keep private equity firms happy. They own almost every stock in Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid.

When these businesses close, they leave abandoned buildings. These buildings become a nuisance and prime target for vandalism and arson.

I was criticizing former president Donald J. Trump for allowing my community to fall victim to food and pharmacy deserts. I was angry when Premier Health Partners closed Good Samaritan Hospital. I was angry when TeraData left Dayton. I was angry when Kroger closed its Harrison Township location. The coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the tornado and mass shooting in 2019 were reasons why I didn't vote for Trump.

Biden was not my first, second or third choice. He was my fifth choice. I was for Kamala Harris, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker and Pete Buttigieg. Knowing all of them were in favor of aiding Israel and looking the other way to the apartheid, I would have not backed them. Republicans are lockstep with Israel. 

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have not improve things in Ohio. Population still declining, opioid epidemic is bad and food deserts in urban areas continue.

Now as we are seeing day by day as companies are closing around Dayton, I start to think that President Joe Biden, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, Dayton mayor Jeff Mims failed this community.

I believe Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have their priorities fixated on other issues. 

Vance would stare at the sky with a firearm trying to showboat himself shooting at a 10 ton surveillance balloon. Vance did not vote to aid Israel or ban TikTok. He was upset that funding went to Ukraine. If Ukraine aid was left out, Vance would definitely vote to ban TikTok and aid Israel. 

Brown voted to give aid Israel, ban TikTok and brag about Intel coming to Ohio in 2026 despite the chip maker seeing problems ahead. Brown is facing a tough opponent named Bernie Moreno, a closeted Ohio Republican who will say anything to win Trump's support. Brown wants to shift to the center now that he is facing a candidate that isn't closeted Republican Josh Mandel.

Walgreens closes its West Dayton location.

Turner complains about Republicans being in the back pocket of Russia but in reality he and his fellow members are in the back pocket of Israel. He voted to give aid to Israel, ban TikTok and still couldn't tell you which Dayton neighborhoods have a food deserts. He represents Dayton, Centerville, Trotwood, Oakwood, Clayton, Englewood, Springfield, Huber Heights, Xenia, Yellow Springs, Cedarville and Kettering.

Carey voted to give aid to Israel, ban TikTok and refuses to aid Ohioans struggling from a tornado and a train derailment. He couldn't tell you which neighborhoods in his district were affected by tornado damages, the opioid epidemic, food and pharmacy deserts. He practically lives in Columbus, but never cares about his district communities of Tipp City, Vandalia, Huber Heights, South Charleston, Urbancrest, Grove City, Valleycrest, London, Troy, Hillard and New Carisle.

By the way, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) can't do anything for Cincinnati. The same thing happening in Dayton is happening in the Cincinnati area too. They all voted to fund Israel, ban TikTok and stated their stances on peaceful protests at Miami University, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University. They want protesters arrested. They won't do anything about the opioid epidemic. They couldn't tell you which neighborhoods in their districts are affected by food and pharmacy deserts.

Davidson represents Cincinnati, Eaton, West Chester, Hamilton, Greenville, Middletown, Troy, Tipp City and Piqua.

Landsman represents Cincinnati, Norwood, Indian Hill, Lebanon, Middletown, Springboro and Mason.

Wenstrup represents Cincinnati, Hillsboro, Chillicothe, Wilmington, Athens, Jackson, Portsmouth and Batavia.

Don't let Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) fool you. He is pro Israel too. He is a do nothing lawmaker who refuses to vote on spending. He can't even vote to approve funding for the Brent Spense Bridge rebuilding project in his own district. That bridge is dangerous and structurally inefficient.

Biden, Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Congress and the junk food media are supportive of Israel. It must end. We have too many damn things in our country to focus on. Trust me, this giving aid to Israel will end soon. Cause Americans are tired of taxpayer money going to foreign countries while our own country is still struggling to survive.

Shaye Moss And Ruby Freeman Broke The Gateway Pundit!

Slandering two Black election workers cost The Gateway Pundit big time.

While it is not the end, but we are seeing the eventual downfall of an infamous conspiracy theorist platform. The two former Georgia poll workers became victims of a smear campaign that painted them as criminals who stole the 2020 election from former president Donald J. Trump.

To this day, they are still flanked with baseless allegations and threats of death.

So they decided to take the agitators to court. Now I really hope that Fox is next on their agenda.

Ruby Freeman and daughter Shaye Moss sued Rudy Giuliani. He is ordered to pay $175 million in punitive damages for the relentless smear campaign against them.

Now the most dumbest agitator on the planet must fork over millions. Besides, Sean "Softball" Hannity, there is Jim Hoft. The St. Louis-native is an openly gay white nationalist who owns and operates The Gateway Pundit. He had to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy after he and his company lost in a major defamation lawsuit.

"TGP Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, recently made the decision to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Florida as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet.

This is not an admission of fault or culpability. This is a common tool for reorganization and to consolidate litigation when attacks are coming from all sides. It allows TGP to consolidate this lawfare in one court for ultimate resolution.

The moron must pay victims despite declaring bankruptcy.

Despite the radical left’s efforts to silence The Gateway Pundit through censorship, de-platforming, de-banking, cut-off from advertisers, and other financial strategies, we will not be deterred from our mission of remaining fearless and being one of the most trusted independent media outlets in America today. We do not expect that to change."

Founded in 2004, The Gateway Pundit expanded from a one-person enterprise into a multi-employee operation that is supported primarily by advertising revenue. During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, the site received over a million unique visitors per day. In September 2021, Google demonetized the site for publishing misinformation.

It was banned by X in 2021. 

Elon Musk reinstated that platform as well as Trump, Laura Loomer, Alex Jones, Kevin Jackson and The Gateway Pundit.

The George Floyd Vibes!

You can't break us.

Let's dispel the notion that being anti-Israel and anti-Zionist is anti-Semitic. By no means criticism of Israeli government, its leadership and these actions over the last two weeks equate to attacking the Jewish religion. If you ask me, the Israeli government and Zionist propaganda are being exposed for hyping up religious angst to cover for years of genocide and apartheid of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

President Joe Biden is doing the very same thing former Donald J. Trump is doing when it comes to losing. He is underestimating the power of protesters. Remember he was trying to "save the soul" of America. He used the tragedy of George Floyd to his advantage.

Trump called protesters vermin and stood in front of a church in the middle of a deadly pandemic holding a bible to show how he is truly on the side of "law and order."

Trump ignored the cries to do something on gun violence and encouragement of police reform. He managed to lose votes because he was tone deaf.

Once Biden got into the White House, he abandoned this for the status quo. The Israeli lobby managed to keep him and Democrats in place.

As protest grows, Republicans and Democratic governors as well as Congress are pushing for restrictions and jailing of protesters. They decided that "privileged" college students have no ideas or the competence to understand the dynamics of the Israeli-Hamas war.

Because of TikTok, more Americans are sympathetic with Palestinians and believe Hamas is not the enemy as Israel and the U.S. claimed it is. The lobbyists at AIPAC and the ADL decided to push for a ban on TikTok.

Congress decided to pass a ban on TikTok. 

Now the company has less than a year to divest from ByteDance or face a permanent ban.

It was a bipartisan effort by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. Biden is expected to sign it into law. It will be a dangerous decision that may cost the president votes.

Biden is ignoring the cries of voters. The Arab American and Muslim vote helped Biden win Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These states have a large Arab American population. Now many of them are abandoning him because he is tone deaf.

What is more ironic, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli regime want Trump despite Biden signing a law giving billions of aid to Israel without any conditions. It shows how ungrateful and pointless Israel is to the United States. Biden at the thought of conditions and sanctions backed out because of his members of the Democratic Party demanding him to not cave to the pro Palestinian protesters.

The Israeli regime has now devised new tactics to stop protests. They are now using the ADL as a powerful weapon. The ADL launched this ridiculous "report card" system to claim that colleges and universities are not doing enough to stop antisemitism.

This vile man tells American lawmakers to find ways to end protests.

They are demanding women of color who are presidents of esteemed colleges and universities to resign because of the protest.

What we are seeing right now, is the downside of democracy. Texas governor Greg Abbott used the Texas state patrol and the University of Texas-Austin Police to violently remove protesters after day stage day walk out in solidarity with the Palestinian people. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Virgina Foxx (R-NY), New York's Republicans Mike Lawler, Nicole Malliotakis and Anthony D'Esposito went to Columbia University to denounce the protesters and call for the resignation of the college professors and college president. 

Several Democratic lawmakers have went on several junk food media programs to say that their students are not safe. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) have all called upon colleges to stop antisemitism despite the unfounded claims. 

The George Floyd protests started in May 2020 when a Minneapolis Police officer placed his goddamn knee on the neck of Floyd. That tactic was trained to U.S. law enforcement by the Israelis.

When the Black Lives Matter movement declared a stance on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Israeli lobby wanted to stop it. So they equated the protesters to be violent.

Agent provocateurs would infiltrate the protests and agitate aggression. It would get play on local and cable news. 

It's time to sanction Israel for war crimes. It's time for Benjamin Netanyahu and the entire Israel government to be sent to the Hague. 

Don't call me anti-Semitic because I'm calling the state of Israel a terrorist state! It's there in clear sights. The United States was always slow to doing something. They took forever to deal with South Africa during its apartheid. 

Now it's time to pressure American companies to not do business with Israel. It's time for Americans to stand up against legislation that requires forcible removal from their employers because they criticize Israel. 

Americans should not lose their jobs because they criticize Israel. 

Biden is supposed to change the status quo. It appears he's not willing to do it until we pressure him to do so. 

You upset over protests. Get upset over your taxpayer money going to Israel.

Democrats can't use the "save democracy" theme anymore. These idiots just voted to support a ban on an app that has an operation in the United States operating as an independent of its owner. They falsely believed 

America is so divided.

Trump is the very definition of white privilege. He claims that he fraud trial, interference in the certification of an election trial, his deliberate theft of classified documents trial and hush money trial are election interference. He gets more privileges to move around the country where other defendants are on house arrest or in custody until trial.

All those people who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection are in federal time out and Trump is fighting to stay out. He promises to pardon those who threatened to destroy democracy. 

People are literally buying up thousands of dollars of Trump propaganda believing that Biden's failures will be Trump guidance to victory. 

All Trump does is whine and bitch about how he is a "victim." His current trial will keep him off the campaign and of course he keeps violating the gag order.

Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.

Could you name one damn thing Israel's done for the United States?

The Israeli government through its proxies are trying to sway American lawmakers into criminalizing criticism of its actions to antisemitism.

Israel's latest excuses to justify the genocide:

• They claimed that Hamas wants to kill as many Jews as possible.
• They claim that Hamas has underground tunnels under schools, hospitals and refugee camps.
• They claim that Hamas was planning on building a dirty bomb.
• They claim that Hamas are using civilians as human shields.
• They claim that Hamas is ISIS.
• They claim that Hamas had a copy of Mein Kampf inside a base in a children's bedroom.
• They claim that Hamas was beheading 40 babies.
• They claim that Hamas misfired a rocket at a hospital.
• They claim that Hamas wants a regional war.
• They claim that Hamas had top secret plans to attack the U.S. and Great Britain.
• They claim that Hamas has a calendar that showed the shifts of who was watching the hostages.
• They claim that Hamas shot female soliders in the buttocks and breasts.
• They claim that Hamas shot dead a civilian and raped the victim's corpse,
• They claim that Hamas has placed explosive devices on corpses.
• They claim that Hamas has infiltrated college campuses in the U.S. and Great Britain.
• They claim that Hamas support from individuals amounts to being a terrorist sympathizer.

Hamas is not raping women and there is no proof they done such a horrible act. It is part of the dehumanizing campaign Israel is promoting to influencers in the West. You see it when they are constantly deflecting from the images of Gaza being destroyed by American and European sponsored Israeli weapons. In their minds, they are justifying the brutal slaughter of children, men, women, journalists and doctors as collateral damage. 

Hamas stated the reasons for the attack on occupation forces. It has nothing to do with the Jewish religion or Iran. 

Biden, Donald J. Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Republicans, Democrats and the American junk food media are on the wrong side of history. Israel will be a 2024 issue. Once this pass, I get the feeling that Biden will be the last U.S. president to support Israel. 

Presidents after Biden (hopefully Trump never wins a second presidency) will come to realize that Israel was the bad guy all along.

Israel is a neo fascist country. They are masquerading as a legitimate democracy when its prime minister and his far right coalition are trying to eliminate the federal courts, outlaw integration, outlaw non white Jews, non white immigrants, make it a religious theocracy and brutally eliminate the other. They are trying to destroy democracy and wipe out the Palestinians who live in Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.

We may think its China Russia and Iran interfering in our elections but in reality it's actually one. Israel is definitely involved in this. They are meddling in our elections too.

Just to make sure you don't forget. Donald J. Trump supports Israel, global wars and TikTok bans too. It was because of TikTok mocking him, Israel and the coronavirus challenges like licking a toilet seat. 

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 🇵🇸 🍉

Cry more!

Israel for way too long has manipulated me with this endless victimhood. All the while pushing for an ethno-nationalist state, Israeli government leaders [both left and right] have called for the eradication of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

The operatives have operated with shell agencies like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. These organizations operated at the behest of Israel.

Israel has fanned outrage over octopuses, buttons, protests at synagogues, protests at Holocaust museums, sleep ins at college campuses, comparing Zionism to Nazism, blocking roads, blocking bridges, wearing a keffiyeh, posting on TikTok, boycotting companies that do business with Israel and calling for international sanctions. Now Israel is outraged over the slightest suggestion of regime change and it comes from the biggest U.S. Zionists like Biden, Trump, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

Israel keeps calling it an attack on Jewish people and it amounts to antisemitic propaganda. 

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Keep pressure on them with Israel. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

Biden is doing the very mistakes Trump made. He is not reading the optics.

They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that Biden is under extreme pressure to do something. Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Biden putting his reelection chances in danger. 

Not one penny will go to Biden, Democrats, Trump and Republicans. 

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. Let them know this law on TikTok is a ban on free speech. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism.

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.

If anyone trolls you about condemning Hamas for Oct. 7, 2023, kindly ignore them or respectfully tell them that Israel has committed an illegal occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and the West Bank. They shoot innocent civilians and indiscriminately bomb heavily populated areas in Gaza and the West Bank. 

Will you condemn the actions of Israel if I have to condemn Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas?

If you're upset over protests, why are you not upset over the treatment of innocent people being killed by Israel?

If you're upset over TikTok being a danger, why are you not upset over X, Instagram, Facebook, Rumble, Threads, YouTube and Truth Social?

Summer Lee Survives AIPAC Backed Challenger!

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) defeated an AIPAC Democrat.

The Squad is no longer playing games with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

The progressives declared war on the dark money foreign lobby group. After it was announced that AIPAC has launched a $100 million campaign to oust Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the Squad decided to fight back.

AIPAC has been active in supporting lawmakers who keep pumping billions of our tax dollars into Israel. 

Ohio's 15 lawmakers voted to fund Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and ban TikTok. The 11 Republicans and 5 Democrats 

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) voted to ban TikTok. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) voted against the TikTok ban because he is opposed to funding Ukraine. Had it been TikTok only, definite yes on the matter. Ohio has 17 electoral votes. All the members and Senators embraced AIPAC.

Former president Donald J. Trump carried the state in 2016 and 2020. He is expected to carry it again.

Our neighbor to the east, Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes. The state has 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans. Only 13 members of the state are endorsed by AIPAC. It has two Democratic senators. Both of them also are embracing AIPAC.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) voted to ban TikTok.

Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016. He lost it in 2020. He hopes to achieve that goal again.

AIPAC blessed these lawmakers with donations and a shield. Those who didn't bow to the Israeli lobby were targets.

Summer Lee was no exception.

Lee, a freshman lawmaker faced a primary challenger who was backed by AIPAC.

Bhavini Patel was backed by Democratic Majority for Israel, an AIPAC-backed lobbying group. Her loss shows that Democrats disapprove of Biden's stance on Israel.

Bhavini Patel, a Democrat who is progressive but a staunch supporter of Israel was defeated in a primary that would have determined whether the Zionist propaganda was effective.

Lee not only far outperformed her lone challenger across the District, but she was also on track to far surpass her own win in the primary two years ago.

The Associated Press called the race for Lee at 9:21 p.m. ET, when she led Edgewood Borough Councilmember Bhavini Patel, 59% to 41%, with more than half of the vote reporting.

Lee was ahead in both vote-rich Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, and in Westmoreland County, where she was trounced in the 2022 primary. At the time the race was called, Lee was also ahead in both counties among votes cast by mail as well as those cast on Election Day. Two years ago in Allegheny, Lee lost decisively among votes cast by mail but managed to carry the county overall on the strength of her performance among Election Day votes.

The 12th District votes reliably Democratic in general elections, but the ongoing protests over the Israel-Hamas war have placed the primary contest in a national spotlight. Lee has accused Israel of “war crimes” in Gaza and was an early proponent of a cease-fire. She was also supportive of a campaign to vote “uncommitted” in Democratic presidential primaries to send a message to President Joe Biden over the war.

Lee narrowly defeated attorney Steve Irwin in the 2022 Democratic primary, 41.9% to 41.0%. She led Irwin in Allegheny County by less than 5,000 votes, a margin of about 4.5 percentage points. Irwin dominated in Westmoreland County, with 56% of the vote compared to 24% for Lee. But Westmoreland makes up only about 10% of the vote in the 12th District.

Lee’s victory Tuesday as well as her 2022 primary victory were both powered by her strong performance in Pittsburgh, where she was far ahead of Patel, 62% to 38%, at the time the AP called the winner. Two years ago, Lee bested Irwin in Pittsburgh, 54% to 31%.

Lee will face Republican James Hayes in November. She defeated her Republican opponent in 2022, 56% to 44%. Voters in the 12th District gave Democrat Hillary Clinton 57% of the vote in the 2016 presidential election and President Joe Biden 59% of the vote in 2020.

By the way, I would still back Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) over Nina Turner if they ever face off again. Despite Brown being in the pocket of the Israeli lobby, she isn't the left's version of Majorie Taylor Greene.

Arizona Indicts Trump's Cronies!

More felonies for Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and John Eastman.

The legal woes continue for former president Donald J. Trump and his allies. Fresh off of his calling Columbia University protesters, anti-semitic terrorist sympathizers, former New York mayor and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani along with Jenna Ellis, Boris Epshteyn, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Trump attorney Christina Bobb, John Eastman and former campaign aide Mike Roman.

These individuals were involved in trying to encourage then Republican governor Doug Ducey to certify electors who weren't legitimate. Joe Biden won Arizona and legally was obligated to have the electoral votes in certification.

About 18 were indicted. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020, including the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers. They’re charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery. The identities of seven other defendants, including Giuliani and Meadows, were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges.

Trump, who is described in the indictment as an unindicted co-conspirator, has argued that he can’t be prosecuted for acts he committed while serving as president. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments on his bid to avoid federal prosecution over his efforts to reverse his loss.

With the indictments, Arizona becomes the fourth state where allies of the former president have been charged with using false or unproven claims about voter fraud related to the election. Heading into a likely November rematch with Biden, Trump continues to spread lies about the last election that are echoed by many of his supporters.

“I will not allow American democracy to be undermined,” Democratic state Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a video released by her office. “It’s too important.

The Associated Press was able to determine the identities of the unnamed defendants based on their descriptions in the document.

One is an attorney “who was often identified as the Mayor” and spread false allegations of election fraud, which clearly describes Giuliani. Another is Trump’s “ chief of staff in 2020,” which describes Meadows.

Christina Bobb, a former Trump lawyer turned conspiracy theorist was indicted.

Descriptions of other unnamed defendants point to Mike Roman, who was Trump’s director of Election Day operations; John Eastman, a lawyer who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the election; and Christina Bobb, a lawyer who worked with Giuliani. Eastman and Bobb did not respond to text messages seeking comment, nor did a lawyer who is representing Roman in a case in Georgia.

George Terwilliger, a lawyer representing Meadows, said he had not yet seen the indictment but if Meadows is named, “it is a blatantly political and politicized accusation and will be contested and defeated.” Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, decried what he called “the continued weaponization of our justice system.”

The 11 people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate saying they were “duly elected and qualified” electors and claiming that Trump carried the state. A one-minute video of the signing ceremony was posted on social media by the Arizona Republican Party at the time. The document was later sent to Congress and the National Archives, where it was ignored.

Biden won Arizona by more than 10,000 votes. Of the eight lawsuits that unsuccessfully challenged Biden’s victory in the state, one was filed by the 11 Republicans who would later sign the certificate declaring Trump as the winner.

Their lawsuit asked a judge to de-certify the results that gave Biden his victory in Arizona and block the state from sending them to the Electoral College. In dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa said the Republicans lacked legal standing, waited too long to bring their case and “failed to provide the court with factual support for their extraordinary claims.”

Days after that lawsuit was dismissed, the 11 Republicans participated in the certificate signing.

The Arizona charges come after a string of indictments against fake electors in other states.

In December, a Nevada grand jury indicted six Republicans on felony charges of offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument in connection with false election certificates. They have pleaded not guilty.

Michigan’s Attorney General in July filed felony charges that included forgery and conspiracy to commit election forgery against 16 Republican fake electors. One had charges dropped after reaching a cooperation deal, and the 15 remaining defendants have pleaded not guilty.

Far right agitator Jenna Ellis sobs as she pleads guilty in Georgia. She got more problems facing her with the indictment in Arizona.

Three fake electors also have been charged in Georgia alongside Trump and others in a sweeping indictment accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally overturn the results. They have pleaded not guilty.

In Wisconsin, 10 Republicans who posed as electors settled a civil lawsuit, admitting their actions were part of an effort to overturn Biden’s victory. There is no known criminal investigation in Wisconsin.

Trump also was indicted in August in federal court over the fake electors scheme. The indictment states that when Trump was unable to persuade state officials to illegally swing the election, he and his Republican allies began recruiting a slate of fake electors in battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — to sign certificates falsely stating he, not Biden, had won their states.

Arizona gadfly Kelli Ward indicted too.

In early January, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said that state’s five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law. In New Mexico and Pennsylvania, fake electors added a caveat saying the election certificate was submitted in case they were later recognized as duly elected, qualified electors. No charges have been filed in Pennsylvania.

In Arizona, Mayes’ predecessor, Republican Mark Brnovich, conducted an investigation of the 2020 election, but the fake elector allegations were not part of that examination, according to Mayes’ office.

In another election-related case brought by Mayes’ office, two Republican officials in a rural Arizona county who delayed canvassing the 2022 general election results face felony charges. A grand jury indicted Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby in November on one count each of conspiracy and interference with an election officer. Both pleaded not guilty.

The Republicans facing charges are Kelli Ward, the state GOP’s chair from 2019 until early 2023; state Sen. Jake Hoffman; Tyler Bowyer, an executive of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA who serves on the Republican National Committee; state Sen. Anthony Kern, who was photographed in restricted areas outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and is now a candidate in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District; Greg Safsten, a former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party; energy industry executive James Lamon, who lost a 2022 Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat; Robert Montgomery, chairman of the Cochise County Republican Committee in 2020; Samuel Moorhead, a Republican precinct committee member in Gila County; Nancy Cottle, who in 2020 was the first vice president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women; Loraine Pellegrino, past president of the Ahwatukee Republican Women; and Michael Ward, an osteopathic physician who is married to Kelli Ward.

In a statement, Hoffman accused Mayes of weaponizing the attorney general’s office in bringing the case but didn’t directly comment on the indictment’s allegations.

“Let me be unequivocal, I am innocent of any crime, I will vigorously defend myself, and I look forward to the day when I am vindicated of this naked political persecution by the judicial process,” Hoffman said.

None of the others responded to either phone, email or social media messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.

The Insufferable Congress Passed The TikTok Ban Into Law!

Biden and Congress are insufferable. 

The U.S. Senate has passed the controversial TikTok ban bill and it will now become law once President Joe Biden sign it. An unproductive Congress decides to rollback democracy, one bill at a time.

This was done because of the ADL, AIPAC and the state of Israel. 

The country is fucked. 

The measure was part of a $95 billion foreign aid package, including military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which has now cleared Congress and heads to Biden's desk.

U.S. and other Western officials have voiced alarm over the popularity of TikTok with young people, alleging it allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It has 170 million users in the United States alone.

These critics also say TikTok is subservient to Beijing and a conduit to spread propaganda. China and the company strongly deny these claims.

Biden has stated he will sign the legislation.

The list of Senators who voted to ban TikTok, fund Israel, fund Ukraine and fund Taiwan.

Supports 79

Tammy Baldwin Wis.

Michael Bennet Colo.

Richard Blumenthal Conn.

Cory Booker N.J.

John Boozman Ark.

Katie Boyd Britt Ala.

Sherrod Brown Ohio

Laphonza Butler Calif.

Maria Cantwell Wash.

S. Capito W.Va.

Benjamin L. Cardin Md.

Tom Carper Del.

Bob Casey Pa.

Bill Cassidy La.

Susan Collins Maine

Chris Coons Del.

John Cornyn Tex.

C. Cortez Masto Nev.

Tom Cotton Ark.

Kevin Cramer N.D.

Mike Crapo Idaho

Steve Daines Mont.

Tammy Duckworth Ill.

Dick Durbin Ill.

Joni Ernst Iowa

John Fetterman Pa.

Deb Fischer Neb.

Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.

Lindsey Graham S.C.

Chuck Grassley Iowa

Maggie Hassan N.H.

Martin Heinrich N.M.

John Hickenlooper Colo.

Mazie Hirono Hawaii

John Hoeven N.D.

Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.

Tim Kaine Va.

Mark Kelly Ariz.

John Neely Kennedy La.

Angus King Maine

Amy Klobuchar Minn.

James Lankford Okla.

Ben Ray Luján N.M.

Joe Manchin III W.Va.

Edward J. Markey Mass.

Mitch McConnell Ky.

Robert Menendez N.J.

Jerry Moran Kan.

Markwayne Mullin Okla.

Lisa Murkowski Alaska

Chris Murphy Conn.

Patty Murray Wash.

Jon Ossoff Ga.

Alex Padilla Calif.

Gary Peters Mich.

Jack Reed R.I.

Pete Ricketts Neb.

James E. Risch Idaho

Mitt Romney Utah

Jacky Rosen Nev.

Mike Rounds S.D.

Brian Schatz Hawaii

Charles E. Schumer N.Y.

Jeanne Shaheen N.H.

Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.

Tina Smith Minn.

Debbie Stabenow Mich.

Dan Sullivan Alaska

Jon Tester Mont.

John Thune S.D.

Thom Tillis N.C.

Chris Van Hollen Md.

Mark R. Warner Va.

Raphael G. Warnock Ga.

Elizabeth Warren Mass.

Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.

Roger Wicker Miss.

Ron Wyden Ore.

Todd Young Ind.

Opposes 18

John Barrasso Wyo.

Marsha Blackburn Tenn.

Mike Braun Ind.

Ted Budd N.C.

Ted Cruz Tex.

Bill Hagerty Tenn.

Josh Hawley Mo.

Ron Johnson Wis.

Mike Lee Utah

Cynthia Lummis Wyo.

Roger Marshall Kan.

Jeff Merkley Ore.

Marco Rubio Fla.

Bernie Sanders Vt.

Eric Schmitt Mo.

Rick Scott Fla.

J.D. Vance Ohio

Peter Welch Vt.

Did not vote 3

Rand Paul Ky.

Tim Scott S.C.

Tommy Tuberville Ala.

The Republicans who voted against the bill opposed Ukraine funding. The Democrats and independent voted against funding Israel. Some were against a ban on TikTok.

Biden reiterated his concerns about TikTok in a rare telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping early this month.

This is McCarthyism all over again. 

TikTok complained after Saturday's House vote, saying it was "unfortunate" that lawmakers sought to "jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate seven million businesses, and shutter a platform that contributes $24 billion to the US economy, annually."

Under the bill, ByteDance would have to sell the app within a year or be excluded from Apple and Google's app stores in the United States.

Steven Mnuchin, who served as US treasury secretary under Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, has said he is interested in acquiring TikTok and has assembled a group of investors. He is a Zionist who has Israeli intelligence agents who are willing to help him buy the company and change the algorithms to stifle pro Palestinian videos.

@worldnewscoverage Here's who's behind the banning of TikTok #worldnews #news #today #tiktok ♬ original sound - WorldNews

@tizzyent

The tiktok ban & the myth of a news source controlled by the Chinese government

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@lisaremillard #foreignaid #tiktokban #keeptiktok ♬ original sound - 📺The News Girl 📰

@stilldrereacts The Senate has officially BANNED TikTok! Wow! #fyp ♬ original sound - Prince Dre

TikTok for years has been in the crosshairs of American authorities, who say the platform allows Beijing to snoop on users in the United States. But a ban could trigger lawsuits.

The bill passed by Congress gives the US president the authority to designate other applications as a threat to national security if they are controlled by a country deemed hostile. And yet, Israel continues to invade other countries without impunity. 

But what about Iran?

Biden, you will be regarded by history as one of the worst. You will not be at the levels of former president Donald J. Trump, but this term and your legacy will be regarded as the president who lied about saving the "soul of the nation."

The Democrats will no longer be supported after 2024. I will no longer support their causes or donate to their campaigns. Whomever wins the presidency will not change a damn thing when it comes to Israel, political extremism, rollbacks of freedoms and the goddamn status quo.

Even that far right extremist Ben Garrison see it.

Democrats can't use the "save democracy" theme anymore. These idiots just voted to support a ban on an app that has an operation in the United States operating as an independent of its owner. They falsely believed 

America is so divided.

Trump is the very definition of white privilege. He claims that he fraud trial, interference in the certification of an election trial, his deliberate theft of classified documents trial and hush money trial are election interference. He gets more privileges to move around the country where other defendants are on house arrest or in custody until trial.

All those people who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection are in federal time out and Trump is fighting to stay out. He promises to pardon those who threatened to destroy democracy. 

People are literally buying up thousands of dollars of Trump propaganda believing that Biden's failures will be Trump guidance to victory. 

All Trump does is whine and bitch about how he is a "victim." His current trial will keep him off the campaign and of course he keeps violating the gag order.

Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.

Could you name one damn thing Israel's done for the United States?

The Israeli government through its proxies are trying to sway American lawmakers into criminalizing criticism of its actions to antisemitism.

Israel's latest excuses to justify the genocide:

• They claimed that Hamas wants to kill as many Jews as possible.
• They claim that Hamas has underground tunnels under schools, hospitals and refugee camps.
• They claim that Hamas was planning on building a dirty bomb.
• They claim that Hamas are using civilians as human shields.
• They claim that Hamas is ISIS.
• They claim that Hamas had a copy of Mein Kampf inside a base in a children's bedroom.
• They claim that Hamas was beheading 40 babies.
• They claim that Hamas misfired a rocket at a hospital.
• They claim that Hamas wants a regional war.
• They claim that Hamas had top secret plans to attack the U.S. and Great Britain.
• They claim that Hamas has a calendar that showed the shifts of who was watching the hostages.
• They claim that Hamas shot female soliders in the buttocks and breasts.
• They claim that Hamas shot dead a civilian and raped the victim's corpse,
• They claim that Hamas has placed explosive devices on corpses.
• They claim that Hamas has infiltrated college campuses in the U.S. and Great Britain.
• They claim that Hamas support from individuals amounts to being a terrorist sympathizer.

Hamas is not raping women and there is no proof they done such a horrible act. It is part of the dehumanizing campaign Israel is promoting to influencers in the West. You see it when they are constantly deflecting from the images of Gaza being destroyed by American and European sponsored Israeli weapons. In their minds, they are justifying the brutal slaughter of children, men, women, journalists and doctors as collateral damage. 

Hamas stated the reasons for the attack on occupation forces. It has nothing to do with the Jewish religion or Iran. 

Biden, Donald J. Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Republicans, Democrats and the American junk food media are on the wrong side of history. Israel will be a 2024 issue. Once this pass, I get the feeling that Biden will be the last U.S. president to support Israel. 

Presidents after Biden (hopefully Trump never wins a second presidency) will come to realize that Israel was the bad guy all along.

Jonathan Greenblatt is an evil man.

Israel is a neo fascist country. They are masquerading as a legitimate democracy when its prime minister and his far right coalition are trying to eliminate the federal courts, outlaw integration, outlaw non white Jews, non white immigrants, make it a religious theocracy and brutally eliminate the other. They are trying to destroy democracy and wipe out the Palestinians who live in Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.

We may think its China Russia and Iran interfering in our elections but in reality it's actually one. Israel is definitely involved in this. They are meddling in our elections too.

Just to make sure you don't forget. Donald J. Trump supports Israel, global wars and TikTok bans too. It was because of TikTok mocking him, Israel and the coronavirus challenges like licking a toilet seat. 

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 🇵🇸 🍉

Cry more!

Israel for way too long has manipulated me with this endless victimhood. All the while pushing for an ethno-nationalist state, Israeli government leaders [both left and right] have called for the eradication of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

The operatives have operated with shell agencies like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. These organizations operated at the behest of Israel.

Israel has fanned outrage over octopuses, buttons, protests at synagogues, protests at Holocaust museums, sleep ins at college campuses, comparing Zionism to Nazism, blocking roads, blocking bridges, wearing a keffiyeh, posting on TikTok, boycotting companies that do business with Israel and calling for international sanctions. Now Israel is outraged over the slightest suggestion of regime change and it comes from the biggest U.S. Zionists like Biden, Trump, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

Israel keeps calling it an attack on Jewish people and it amounts to antisemitic propaganda. 

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Keep pressure on them with Israel. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that Biden is under extreme pressure to do something. Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Biden putting his reelection chances in danger. 

Not one penny will go to Biden, Democrats, Trump and Republicans. 

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. Let them know this law on TikTok is a ban on free speech. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism.

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.

If anyone trolls you about condemning Hamas for Oct. 7, 2023, kindly ignore them or respectfully tell them that Israel has committed an illegal occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and the West Bank. They shoot innocent civilians and indiscriminately bomb heavily populated areas in Gaza and the West Bank. 

Will you condemn the actions of Israel if I have to condemn Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas?

If you're upset over protests, why are you not upset over the treatment of innocent people being killed by Israel?

If you're upset over TikTok being a danger, why are you not upset over X, Instagram, Facebook, Rumble, Threads, YouTube and Truth Social?