I enjoy watching Hollywood stick this in the face of Fuhrer Donald J. Trump.
Actor Mahershala Ali became the first American Muslim to take home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Moonlight. The movie is a sleeper hit that was nominated for eight Oscar nominations.
Ali is a featured player on the Netflix series House of Cards.
Moonlight received near unanimous praise from critics, with high acclaim from Ali's performance.
Congratulations to Mahershala Ali for winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Moonlight won the Best Feature after a serious mix up. It beat out top-tier La La Land.
Warren Beatty has a Steve Harvey moment. The cast of La La Land were up on stage and halfway through the acceptance speech, they were interrupted and Moonlight became the winner.
Shock and pause from the cast of both movies. A lot of "I'm sorry" and internet traffic driven up.
Viola Davis won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
How to Get Away with Murder ends its season on ABC. It will return in the fall. In the meanwhile, Viola Davis will be going home with a smile on her face.
She played Rose Maxon in the movie version of the Broadway show. She and co-star Denzel Washington were up for nominations.
She was nominated for three Academy Award nominations. She hasn't won an Oscar until now.
She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her role Fences.
Congratulations to her on winning this achievement.
Today marks five years since the fatal encounter in Sanford, Florida.
While I hate to admit that George Zimmerman get away with murder, the whole ordeal became a part of American history. The Sanford shooting became a highly polarized and racialized issue in 2012.
On this day, we have to make the fifth anniversary of the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin.
On February 26, 2012, on a rainy night, a young teenager left a local Sanford, Florida 7-Eleven to head to his home at the gated community nearby. A neighborhood watch volunteer witness the suspicious figure walking through the community. He calls 9-1-1 and relays the information to the dispatcher. The dispatcher was on the phone when the volunteer decides to follow the individual. While on the phone the dispatcher tells the volunteer to avoid following the individual. By that time, a confrontation, a gunshot and then a teenager lying in a pool of blood.
The police arrive and question the volunteer and let him go. They believed that the use of deadly force was justified through the "Stand Your Ground" law. The state hired a special prosecutor and then charged the volunteer with second degree murder. In 2013, the jury decided that the volunteer was justified in murder. It was one of the most watched courtroom trials in American history. Second to the OJ Simpson trial.
George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin became symbolic names in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Zimmerman, then a neighborhood watcher got into a confrontation with Trayvon Martin, who was walking through the gated community where his father stayed. The details of the confrontation are often disputed through the left and right's version's of the encounter.
The left believes that Trayvon Martin was targeted because he was a Black male. He was walking through a gated community and George Zimmerman took upon himself to be a police officer.
The right believes that Martin's anti-social behavior and refusal to acknowledge authority lead to his death. Martin may have thrown the first punch leaving Zimmerman no choice but to use deadly force.
Regardless of what happened, it opened up some deep wounds in the Black community. It also gave Black America a notice that "our lives are worthless" in the eyes of Republicans, conservatives, and white guilt liberals.
Trayvon Martin was labeled a thug by conservatives and White extremists because he would pose with middle fingers, smoke weed and have tattoos on his arm. They accused his family of making money off his death. They blamed Barack Obama and Al Sharpton for meddling in affairs they have no business getting in to. They were celebrating that Zimmerman was handed a "not guilty" verdict when read by the jury.
George Zimmerman was labeled a cocky asshole by the left. He would often be accused of inciting situations and threatening his ex-wife and girlfriends with gun violence. He would also post offensive images on social media. He would often get into more misfortunes. He is currently unemployed and extremely controversial if ever invited to speak at any event. He was blocked indefinitely from Twitter after he posted a photo of a nude woman who he claimed was a girlfriend. He claimed that she cheated on him with a "dirty Muslim."
The Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman controversy still linger in the public. It's still a touchy subject to focus on because White extremists are often willing to expose themselves online and public whenever this is mentioned.
Rachel Dolezal continues to acknowledge she's a "Black woman". She is struggling since her downfall.
The former president of the Spokane NAACP who was outed as a White woman comes out of hiding.
She publishes a memoir of her life growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family, her embracing of Black culture and the downfall of her career as an activist.
Rachel Dolezal became a focus of scandal when her own family outed her as a White woman. Growing up in Montana, Dolezal claims that her family was brainwashing her and making her life miserable. She left the family to explore an area where most in Montana would normally avoid. She embraced the Black culture. She adopted the Black hairstyle and even identified herself as a Black woman in many public outings. She would take a role in the NAACP Western district. She would become a vocal voice in the organization.
She was also a target of death threats then and now. Her deeds would go punished.
She and her three sons are living nearly on broke. She is getting food stamps and is nearly homeless.
The major book deal fell flat and she's relying on an independent distributors and an interested group of readers.
Sometime in 2015, Dolezal became the focal face of White privilege when she was pretending she was Black. The 39-year old activist got fired out the cannon over at Eastern Washington University,
The former professor and columnist told The Guardian she's applied for more than 100 jobs, but not a single place will hire her. The only offers that have come her way have been for reality television and porn.
Dolezal says that food stamps and some of her friends keep her afloat. But she fears that the toll will leave her and her family homeless.
The memoir called "In Full Color," will come out in March and it was a hard sale. Over 30 publishing companies turned down her memoir.
Dolezal is defiant she's a Black woman, despite being outed by her parents. She opened up about how she got through her struggles as a sheltered woman. She opened up dialogue about race and identity, and she encourages people to be who they feel comfortable with.
"The times I tried to explain more, I wasn't understood more. Nobody wanted to hear, 'I'm pan-African, pro-Black, bisexual, an artist, mother and educator,'" said Dolezal to the Guardian. "People would just be like, 'Huh?'"
Trump lackey blocks CNN, BBC and The Politico from presser.
Donald J. Trump and his allies in the White House hate the junk food media. They consider it the "enemy" and it's unfortunate. Some are saying that the comments are eerily similar to dictatorships.
The fuhrer's spokesperson Sean Spicer blocked access to CNN, The BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Politico, BuzzFeed, The Daily Mail and others. Who got access were Breitbart, One America News, the Washington Times as well as Fox News, CBS, NBC and ABC. Time and the Associated Press boycotted the briefing.
The decision to limit access to Spicer is unprecedented. Trump had really caused a shitstorm
If blocking the media is "Making America Great Again," we're in deep shit.
Reporting on Trump's campaign ties to the Russian government are getting coverage and his lackeys are trying to distance themselves from the scandal. After Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn were caught in the web of Russian association, many in the junk food media are pressing for Trump to acknowledge Russian intervention during the U.S. Election.
The White House warned that they're going to "push back" against "false narratives" in the news.
This could come in serious doubts that the White House Correspondents' Association will host it's annual NerdProm in late April. Trump said he will not attend any WHCA dinners.
At CPAC, the fuhrer and vice fuhrer Mike Pence made formal appearances at the event to high applause.
I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!
White terrorist kills an innocent man at a Kansas bar.
Kansas City was the scene of a mass shooting. As I told the good readers here at World News Today in simple fashion: EXPECT MORE!
When Republicans continue to allow firearms into public venues and rollback restrictions that ban people with mental issues or those with the potential to carry out terrorist attacks.
Given that this is considered a "regional" incident, the junk food media will not elevate this story to national coverage.
Conservatives are on this "America first" bullshit. They want to kick foreigners and Muslims out of the country because they are threats to their White privilege.
Olathe Police arrest a White extremist after got into a heated argument with a group of bar goers.
The extremist said some racial slurs towards the victims. Then when he was thrown out the club, he returned back to the bar popping off his piece.
The bullets were flying and it hit Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineering student from India. He was killed upon impact. His two friends were injured. Ian Grillot and Alok Madasani were injured trying to wrestle the firearm from the terrorist.
This white terrorist is named Adam Purinton. He will face murder charges and a possible federal hate crime charge. He could face LIFE in the iron college. He could also be given the DEATH card if he is found guilty of a federal hate crime charge.
Terrorist kills an Indian man in a suburban Kansas City bar.
See the warped minds often believe that the foreigners are taking away something of theirs.
Of course, they can't get it through their thick heads that the First Nation/Native Americans owned the land before European colonial rule.
This isn't Making America Great Again! This innocent man loses his life to the bigotry of hatemongers like Pat Roberts, Jerry Moran, Sam Brownback, Kevin Yoder, Roger Marshall, Lynn Jenkins, Mike Pence and Donald J. Trump.
I know the terrorist is solely responsible for the heartless murder of an innocent man.
However, I blame these Republican lawmakers and the fuhrer for the death of Srinivas.
Another album for Future. He completes obligations with his former labelmate Rocko and his label A1 Recordings.
Atlanta's own codeine obsessed trap rapper releases another album.
Last week Future released his fifth album, the self-titled Future. Then he came out with another album and it was released on Apple through his label Epic Records.
On this album HNDRXX, he has only two featured acts. R&B singer The Weeknd and pop singer Rihanna make feature appearances.
The rapper has production from his longtime producers Metro Boomin', Southside Sizzle, DJ Mustard, and Detail. He also has newcomers like The Track Burnaz, Dre Moon, K-Major and Cubeatz.
Future is quickly trying to leave Rocko's A1 Recordings. He and Rocko Dinero are feuding over royalties and obligations when Future was then a street rapper.
Rocko hit Future with a $10 million lawsuit saying that the rapper and Antonio "LA" Reid deliberately shut A1 Recordings out of the contractual deals.
Future releasing this album may have ended his contractual obligations with A1. He can possibly be free to release his albums on Epic Records and his FreeBandz Global label.
Future went global. From Pluto to HNDRXX, Nayvadius DeMun Winburn is gunning for greatness.
Future is the father of six children. One from pop singer Ciara. Others include a child from a second cousin that I know.
Large box stores are seeing their shoppers migrate to other venues. An anchor store known as J.C. Penney is deciding to close up 140 stores in the United States and Canada.
It cites sluggish sales during the holiday season. In order to save grace, they decided to close up underperforming stores and asking for some to take an early buyout or retirement.
These stores as well as distribution centers in Lakeland, Florida and Buena Park, California.
The possibility of a JCPenney closing in your neighborhood is huge. I mean the company promises that the closures will save the company from bankruptcy.
Macy's and Sears are also suffering in sales decline. They announced store closings as well.
Online competition, H&M, Forever 21, T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and thrift stores have taken shoppers away from the mall.
Out of the 1,014 stores, there's a possibility of some of the store closures are happening in your area.
It's unfortunate that American stores like JCPenney are fading away.
Making America Great Again is just a catchphrase. Losing your job in the Trump era is an actual fact!
The infamous ACORN Pimp James O'Keefe wants to take down CNN.
James O'Keefe released the "damaging" CNN tapes.
The 119 hours of tape is supposed to expose CNN for being "fake news" and such.
O'Keefe, a notorious troll who tries to infiltrate organizations under the guise of being a legitimate company. He would have hidden recording devices in possession. He secretly records the conversation. They would often bait the person into saying something that could be considered criminal.
In the first part of his cache of audio, he claims that CNN is practicing in "media malfeasance".
"Project Veritas was given over 200 hours of audio from an anonymous source earlier this month," said O'Keefe. He was soliciting volunteers to "help transcribing, investigating, and connecting the dots."
The audio was obtained in 2009. That would be around the time Barack Obama was the president.
He said it came from CNN Headquarters in Atlanta. He said that the information was obtained legally.
CNN has no comment as of yet. But expect a lawsuit on the way. By obtaining audio without the permission of the company, it presents a legality issue.
CNN Worldwide Headquarters in Atlanta.
"I want to start exposing the media and their flaws," O'Keefe said on social media. It was in particular that his man-crush, the fuhrer Donald J. Trump said that "CNN is fake news."
"This is the beginning of the end for the MSM. And it starts today."
O'Keefe is notorious for selective editing and paying out lawsuits. He is a convicted felon who managed to beat five years in the federal time out for trying to bug Mary Landrieu, then senator of Louisiana's office.
He also forked over $100,000 to the former members of ACORN, the organization O'Keefe and Hannah Giles claimed were committing voter fraud. They dressed up like a pimp and prostitute.
Now he's offering a $10K to those who could expose the junk food media.
I won't cover too much of the Conservative Political Action Conference. It's the big gathering of conservative leaders and movers in the movement. It's often held every February.
I will note that the usual agitators, politicians and the fuhrer will all make an appearance at the event.
Surprisingly, the one agitator I didn't expect being there is Ed Schultz.
Schultz was then a liberal agitator who stood up for the middle class. He had a gig on MSNBC for ten years before he had a bitter fallout with the network. He no longer is on radio and he's now podcasting on RawStory for the time being.
The Raw Story promotes his podcast.
Schultz now works for RT America and its considered propaganda for the Russian government.
Schultz is going gaga for fuhrer Donald J. Trump. He even went as far to bash Hillary Clinton for being a loser.
Rightly so, that Clinton failed to reach out to Midwest voters, but for Schultz to use CPAC as a voice is a pathetic attempt to generate support for his show.
Schultz once mocked the CPAC attendees as a bunch of "nuts in a tree". I guess he's not allergic to nuts.
Even white extremist Richard Spencer was there. Unfortunately, he was stopped at the gate. CPAC already had enough racist and bigots there. Spencer, Milo Yiannopoulos, Matt Heimbach were banned from CPAC for being too controversial.
David Clarke, Kellyanne Conway, Steven Bannon, Reince Priebus, former presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, vice fuhrer Mike Pence, fuhrer Donald J. Trump, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Betsy DeVos, Joel Pollack, Ed Schultz, Jeannie Pirro, NRA vice chair Wayne LaPierre, Nigel Farage and others gather in suburban Washington DC for the gathering of political conservatives.
Two racist passengers were booted off after taunting Pakistani travelers.
Two passengers were booted off a United Airlines flight for allegedly making racist comments about other travelers while on roue from Chicago to Houston.
The man who made a snide comment towards a woman and her husband in Pakistani clothes. He asked if they were packing a bomb in their suitcase.
When the passengers tried to ignore the comments he kept taunting.
The passenger said in a interview with the local junk food media. "The person ahead of us turned around and asked where my boyfriend was from. My boyfriend said, 'It's none of your business."
"At that point, he said all illegals and foreigners need to leave the country," said the passenger.
Soon the man was told by flight attendants to get off the plane. At first he refused, but he finally saw that they weren't playing. Soon the man and his female passenger got off and gave the crew and the passenger the bird.
By that time, the woman filming them leaving said "This is not Trump's America. Goodbye racist!"
Cheers throughout the plane.
On his way out, the man threatened them, "Hey I'll come back. You'll be gone!"
Looks like he missed the flight.
United Airlines cleared up the situation.
"We removed two passengers for making others feel uncomfortable on the flight and for saying some inappropriate things to customers on the flight. Most customers appreciate a place where they feel safe and where they're not going to be attacked and we want to provide that."
Retired librarian was murdered by an inept cop in a training session.
Some years ago, a woman who was practicing in defensive training was bucked by a cop who failed to check the firearm.
Now he's facing charges as well as the police chief.
Punta Gorda officer Lee Coel was charged with the felony manslaughter for firing the shot that killed 73-year old Mary Knowlton during a academy's "shoot/don't shoot" exercise. Coel was placed in the Charlotte County lockup and later released on bail.
Cop faces some serious heat for failed stunt.
Chief Tom Lewis was also charged for culpable negligence, a high misdemeanor. Lewis was place in the freezer pending the city's decision to either fire him out the cannon or hand him some major discipline.
Mary was trying to do defensive training in the case of robbery when Coel was coming in wearing a hoodie and mask. He failed to check his holster for blanks. He had grabbed the holster with live rounds.
His attorney, Jerry Berry said that the officer is regretful to the incident. However, he was surprised that the state would charge him for this. He didn't know that the firearm was live.
Something tells me that he wasn't trained properly or he's trying to invent a cop out. He's actually placing his idiocy on the chief of police and the victim.
The family of Mary Knowlton settled with $2 million with the city.
The attorney is confident that the charges will be thrown out. He said, "once we can present our side of the case and additional facts that [prosecutors] might not know about, we're comfortable that the case will be dismissed or a jury will find him not guilty."
Coel could face 60 years in the iron college if found guilty. He is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
