The last sitting leader to attend a NRA Convention is Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of The United States. Reagan a survivor of an assassin attack two years prior went to the NRA Convention in Phoenix to get gin up support from angry White gun owners. He would tell them that his administration is a friend to the proud Americans who use their firearms.
Decades later, the former reality television star now the current leader heads to the NRA to encourage angry White gun owners to support him throughout his term.
"Only one candidate in the general election came to speak to you, and that candidate is now the [] of the United States, standing before you," said Trump.
"I have a feeling that in the next election, you're going to be swamped with candidates, but you're not going to be wasting your time. You'll have plenty of those Democrats coming over and you're going to say, 'No, sir. No thank you. No, ma'am.' Perhaps 'ma'am' It may be Pocahontas (Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)), remember that. And she is not big for the NRA, that I can tell you. But you came through for me, and I am going to come through for you.
Trump makes his appearance at the NRA Convention to do a stump speech about how he'll protect the Second Amendment.
Donald J. Trump goes to Atlanta to deliver his speech to the National Rifle Association, the country's oldest gun lobbyist organization. He also heads to a fundraiser for Republican candidate Karen Handel's special election runoff against Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate who nearly won a heavily Republican district.
The NRA once again shows its impact on Republicans and Democrats by doing a victory lap.
The defeat of Hillary Clinton is a smack to the face of victims of gun violence.
The Republicans will rollback laws and regulations that allow more firearms in the public.
Barack Obama has been good for propaganda being spread by the NRA, conservative agitators and Republican politicians.
Trump's appearance to the NRA Convention wasn't without controversy. Many of the victims of gun violence protested the event. You couldn't even be allowed to enter the convention because the Secret Service refuses entry of a firearms within the bubble.
Donald J. Trump feels like he's in a cocoon. He was surprised how hard his new job is.
"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier," said Trump.
He said that was accustomed to not having privacy in his "old life," expressed at how little he had now. Reuters reports that Trump can't go outside the bubble. The 24/7 Secret Service protection has really gotten to him.
"I like to drive," said Trump. "I can't drive any more."
He can't live the lavish lifestyle as he did when he was a reality television star and business executive.
He's trapped in duty that requires him to be on point. His words matter and that's why people are extremely concerned that his comments about North Korea, Syria, the Democrats and allies in his own party could undoing his legacy.
We are not normalizing him. I refuse to give him any rest. He wanted the job. He will have to prove to me that he's "man enough" to handle the leadership.
What's symbolic about the first 100 days?
It's usually the motivation for a successful presidency. It's the major proposals that are signed into law and the achievements accomplished during a sitting president's first term.
Trump is not a "normal" president. He is a former reality television star who had the backing of extremists. He is the elected leader who won the Electoral College against the rational but yet flawed candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump took advantage of a stirring pot of conservative agitation. He won over working class Whites fed up with the slow progress of then president Barack Obama's two terms. He dog whistled throughout the campaign and won.
Now holding power to a country of 326 million people is really tough.
I mean really tough. Cause just because you get a honeymoon period doesn't disqualify the responsibilities given to a president on DAY ONE.
April 29 is traditionally the First 100 Days of a U.S. president's agenda. That's a part of the tradition.
Even though Trump dismisses this a "symbolic nonsense," it shows a pattern of problems that plagued him the moment he got in.
White extremist Ann Coulter is stopped at the door.
The so-called defender of White rights is on Fox News complaining about the University of California-Berkeley announcing that her highly publicized speaking tour being cancelled due to safety concerns.
The UC Berkeley students and anti-fascist groups demanded that the college put the brakes on this turd. The turd was going to speak Thursday but postponed it out fears for her safety and the potential for violent riots.
Coulter went to the junk food and social media to say, "It's a sad day for free speech."
The last time the college erupted in unrest was the gay white extremist Milo Yiannopoulos coming to speak at the campus. That was canceled but it left the police overwhelmed with costly destruction of property.
The college Republicans knew how polarizing Coulter was. They did it to seek attention for their stupid group.
The Young America's Foundation saying that far left radicals continue to demonize Republican lawmakers and conservative agitators.
Coulter heeded the calls from city leaders that her appearance could cause a serious disruption. They probably would have billed YAF and Coulter for the damages.
Hit them in their wallets.
Stop the hate, the bigotry and sexism in the junk food media.
Coulter has made inflammatory statements on television and radio.
Why do advertisers continue to promote their products on programs that feature her?
Republicans have control of Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court. Why the hell are they blaming the Democrats for the pending government shutdown?
The Republicans basically shut the Democrats out of discussion when it came to the health care law, the Supreme Court and funding the government. Democrats said pass all the laws on your own.
Republicans "won" and want their proposals passed with a bipartisan Congress. The Democrats refuse to get behind a bill that uses taxpayers money to build a border wall. They especially refuse to pass any bill that requires them to repeal a historical feat like the ACA.
And Trump took to social media to attack the Democrats for not getting along with him and Republicans.
The Democrats want to shut government if we don't bail out Puerto Rico and give billions to their insurance companies for OCare failure. NO!
Republicans are still at odds over how to run a functional government. The "grown ups" can't even compromise on their own promise to "repeal and replace" Obamacare.
The Affordable Care Act, a signature health care law signed by then president Barack Obama has been the "fly in the ointment" for Republicans since its signing.
On his 100th day the U.S. government could shutdown.
Donald J. Trump promised within his first 100 days the health care law would be repealed and replaced with American solutions. So far these solutions were met with harsh criticism.
The proposal by the House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was done in a closed room with the do-nothing House Freedom Caucus. Some of the moderate and rank-in-file Republicans are not willing to back this decision to exempt lawmakers from the bill.
Democrats want the Republicans to take off the table Obamacare repeal and border wall. They also ask for a bailout for the autonomous territory of Puerto Rico.
Trump so far is refusing to met with the Democrats and will not meet them halfway.
I say to the Democrats, keep the pressure on the Republicans. Make them sweat. Go to their town halls and demand they answer to why Russia meddled in the election. Demand the Congress to investigate members of his team who colluded with Russia. Demand Trump to show his tax returns.
Keep pressuring Republicans with facts on ACA, climate change, the stealing of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, bigotry and the Trump brand.
Kelly Wright sues Fox News after years of racial discrimination.
Fox News got a handful of lawsuits this week. There were 11 current and former Black employees suing the network for racial discrimination. Andrea Tantaros is filing a criminal complaint against the network after she claimed that former Fox News president Roger Ailes and his allies tapped her phone and email.
This class-action lawsuit filed on Tuesday describes the network as an "abhorrent. intolerable, unlawful and hostile racial discrimination."
Tichaona Brown, Tabrese Wright worked for the payroll department and they sued first in March against former network comptroller, Judith Slater/ The New York Times report that the former comptroller engaged in racist behavior. She had made racist and crude remarks towards Black workers and network executives ignored the concerns.
A third worker named Monica Douglass said that Slater questioned her inappropriately about her personal life and mocked her and fellow Black employees. She had breast cancer and lost a side of her breast.removed. Slater called her "one-boobed girl" and kicked her in the butt while walking down the hall.
One familiar face on the network is Kelly Wright. He is currently on the network and he joined the lawsuit. He said that washed up conservative agitator Bill O'Reilly would never allow him on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss positive stories about Black people. That includes Black protesters outraged over gun violence, rappers, then president Barack Obama and Black Lives Matter.
O'Reilly scoffed at the notion of positive stories in the Black community. He said he better dial up Ailes and Bill Shine. Shine and Jack Abernathy are the current co-presidents of Fox News.
O'Reilly said that Wright should "offer to sign the national anthem at Fox News Town Halls."
Wright was once on the seat at Fox & Friends Weekend when he was replaced with a White anchor.
Despite Wright's outstanding performance and because he is Black, Wright had been effectively sidelined and asked to perform the role of a "Jim Crow" -- the racist caricature of a Black entertainer.
Slater also said some pretty foul shit about Black employees.
Slater would make employees say "ask" and "mother" and asked for them to pronounce them correctly. When some of the workers addressed Donald J. Trump's travel ban, Slater said "Who is going to Africa?"
Julie Roginsky also field a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes and Shine. She said that she faced retaliation for refusing sexual advances from Ailes.
Accounting director Tammy Efinger was ousted recently. She was one of the workers who ordered a woman to "fight" a Black employee for amusement.
Ailes would be extremely nervous around Black, Brown and Muslim employees. He would target Musfiq Rahman, a Bangladeshi payroll employee who he believes was a sympathizer to al Qaeda.
He also got really angry at Rahman when he accidently walked into the office without permission.
Ailes using the Fox News budget built a "barrier wall" to prevent anyone from seeing inside his office. Ailes grew paranoid about him. He said that he ordered the construction of the barrier wall to prevent "dark-skinned employees, especially males who could be mistaken for being Middle-Eastern descent" from entering his office unexpectedly.
Shine is on the ropes right now. James, Lachlan and papa Rupert Murdoch are considering a "clean house." Shine is close to being loaded inside the cannon. He could be fired out of it soon.
Many of the complaints alleged that non-White workers had to have a "brownnoser" guide them to the executive floor of Fox News. They had to be chaperoned to the top.
For years, Fox News lead the way in cable news. It's unapologetic, often brash and competitiveness has finally reached a boiling point.
The next move is to target advertisers of Fox News. The network relishes in promoting hate, sexism, and bigotry. Hit them in their wallets. Take down Bill Shine, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Jesse Watters, Bob Beckel, Greg Gutfeld, Neil Cavuto, Alex Jones, Joseph Paul Watson, The Drudge Report, The Gateway Pundit, Stuart Varney, Eric Bolling and Sean "Softball" Hannity.
If it wasn't for one of their own, Fox News wouldn't be in this mess.
For years, we complained about the racism, sexism, Islamophobia, the homophobia, and the constant disrespect towards the Obama family.
Advertisers continued to keep Fox News profitable because of their niche.
A bunch of angry old White men, a couch loaded with White women in skimpy skirts and heels, uber-patriotic themes and someone they can demonize was the formula for Fox News.
But like all things, success has an end.
Could Donald J. Trump's favorite channel be on the verge of a collapse of its own hate?
ESPN is laying off 100 sports figures you've seen on the channel.
Disney/ABC Television Group is the parent company of ESPN. The 24/7 sports and entertainment channel is going to phase out 100 postitions. Some of thos familiar names are on the chopping block.
Many of the most familar names you watched on the network might br gone by the end of the week.
I guess this decision is mostly about the cable fees and the subscribers decisions to drop the cord. ESPN carries a whole lot of licensing fees to cover NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, MLS, NHL, NCAA, Premiere Boxing, motorcross, boating, the Little League baseball, English Premier league soccer, and NASCAR.
ESPN president John Skipper said the decision was tough but essential to keep the network running.
I guess this is another one of those "Make America Great Again" memes.
We are on the verge of a retail industry crash. Even the cable networks are suffering.
Scott Baio called former co-star a dope fiend on radio.
Washed up actor Scott Baio is a huge Trump supporter. He spoke on behalf of Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last year.
Baio is a kookspiracy nut who believes then president Barack Obama is a Muslim, Communist and terrorist sympathizer. He is a "staunch conservative" and isn't ashamed of it. He blames liberals for his horrible comments about his former co-star who he trashed on radio.
Right now, he's facing a backlash after he made disparaging comments about his former Happy Days co-star Erin Moran's sudden death. Moran who had numerous run-ins with drugs, alcohol and the law.
Moran and her husband lived in Indiana at a local trailer park about 40 miles from Louisville.
Moran was found dead in her trailer home and the county bag 'em ups said that she had Stage 4 cancer.
Baio blasted Moran for her reckless lifestyle and said on point that drugs and alcohol killed her. He was on Bernie and Sid Radio Program on Monday saying the following:
"If you do drugs or drink, you're going to die. She was just an insecure human being and fell into this world of drugs and alcohol. Again, I don't know if that's what killed her. I'm sure it was a culmination of years and years of doing it might have had something to do with it. She just never found her way."
Scott Baio and his wife Renee faced a huge backlash against the comments.
He said that the criticism is made to "shut him and other conservatives up."
He did post an emotional response in regards to the passing of Moran. Unfortunately it's a little too late, Moran's brother Tony, said that Baio is a piece of shit and coward.
Tony Moran said that he prays he doesn't run up on him.
Moran said that Baio is a little short on delivery.... well you know!
Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Henry Winkler and Donny Most went to social media to show sympathy towards Moran through their public social media and public appearances.
Moran and Baio would later star in the short-lived sitcom Joanie Loves Chachi.
Baio is most famous for also being on Charles in Charge.
Federal court struck down Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities.
A federal judge temporarily halted Donald J. Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities.
Trump's order was challenged by the city and county of San Francisco and Santa Clara County, California.
The two areas with a population of 1.3 million residents said that the president's order exceeds a city and county's enforcement of locality. The localities are saying, "we're not federal immigration agents."
This is a major setback to the Trump fuhrecy. His executive orders regarding immigration and the so-called Muslim ban were blocked in federal court.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the order's enforcement, effectively preventing the administration from pulling federal funds from the sanctuary jurisdictions that sured and others that may likewise feel their federal funding is at risk if they don't get along with the fuhrer.
This ruling could impact any attempts by Trump to strip localities of federal funding.
This makes another defeat for Trump. The fuhrer is reaching 100 days and yet no accomplishments other than stealing the Supreme Court seat from then president Barack Obama.
Cities that Trump claimed were sanctuary cities were San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Milwaukee, Honolulu, New Orleans and Miami.
The Republicans are embracing alternative facts. They relish in this belief that the Democratic Party is the "Party of No."
After eight years of opposing about 95% of then President Barack Obama's agenda, the Republicans are now complaining about the Democrats refusal to get along with them.
Republicans have the House, Senate, and White House. They can't even get along with one another. A looming government shuts down is a coming. They want to pass a bill to fund the government but funding for the border wall is going to be added. Democrats oppose the bill and warn the Republicans to not go there.
The Republicans are feverishly trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans couldn't even muster enough of their own to get the bill on the floor. But who's gets the blame?
The Democrats.
Reality television finally made it to the White House.
Yeah, the party that is in the minority with 48 senators and 188 representatives. What can they do?
The Senate imposed the "simple" majority vote to get Donald J. Trump's nominees confirmed. The Democrats could oppose everyone and the Republicans will still get their candidates nominated.
The House tried to do budget reconciliations. The Republicans held the House for 7 years.
You remember then weeper John Boehner of Ohio, saying on the House floor, "Hell NO You Can't!"
I remember. The Republicans led us into a sequester, a government shutdown and delay in tax refunds to taxpayers. They accepted subsidies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Stimulus) for funding towards their districts.
I remember Obama went to the Republican retreat to answer questions and mingle with them in order to get their support. The GOP delayed confirmations of nominees for Obama's cabinet, federal judges, and legislation.
I remember Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying to a forum that his single goal is to make sure that Barack Obama is a one term president.
I remember that McConnell, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) all bemoaned the notion of having a sitting president nominate a Supreme Court justice during an election year. The Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015. Trump won and basically got his Court pick through deceptive messures.
The Republican Party can't govern even with a Republican leader.
And yes, the Republicans continue to obstruct agendas. Of course with Donald J. Trump in office, not so much. Even the ineptness is starting to piss off the party's biggest cheerleaders on the right. They warn Republicans that they could lose it all.
Why the delay?
You see this visual garbage the Republican National Committee placed on the week of Trump's first 100. They practically blame Democrats for the rough rollout of his agenda.
No major legislation other than the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 and the rollback of privacy on the internet. The rule with no title was enacted in early April.
There were only 15 laws Trump signed.
This is the lowest so far from any sitting leader.
He's so far is in the negative with his job approval and the Republican Party continues to burn away money on revising history.
Serena Williams keeps it classy when it comes to a former tennis star's racist remark about her pregnancy.
Serena Williams announced on social media that she is pregnant with her first child. Williams and her fiance Alexis Ohanian were caught off guard by former tennis star Ilie Nastase.
The comments were deemed offensive. And Williams wasn't going to allow this shit to go down without a response.
Nastase would make a snarky comment about the pregnancy. He said that their child is "chocolate with the milk."
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"It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments," said Williams in her statement released on social media. "I have said it once and I'll say it again, this world has come so far but yet e have so much further to go. Yes, we have broken down so many barriers --- however there are a plethora more to go. This or anything else will not stop me from pouring love, light and positively into everything that I do. I will continue to take a lead and stand up for what's right."
Old fart snarked about Serena Williams' baby.
The tennis star will give birth to her child in the fall.
Serena kept is classy as always.
For the old fart....an investigation into his conduct.
The BBC reports that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has launched an investigation into the comments made by 70-year old Nastase, Romania's Fed Cup captain, at a news conference before their tie with Great Britain in Constanta last week.
"I humbly thank the ITF for any consideration given to all the facts in this case. They have my full support," said Williams.
Our local congressman Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) held a town hall in Enon, Ohio. I swear I wish I was there to serve him a question. I believe that public officials should make their town halls available for every constituent.
See most Americans don't know who their local politicians are.
The United States has some of the lowest figures in voting. Many Americans have such disdain for the political parties. The Republicans are favored negatively. The Democrats are favored negatively but not as much as the Republicans. The parties are too polarized by members who have no achievements other than appearing on television and radio to attack the current and former.
I don't like Donald J. Trump. I refused to acknowledge him as 45. I will still refer Barack Obama as a president. He will be regarded as former or then president. The same goes for George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. They will have my respect and honor.
Trump. NO. NEVER. HELL NO.
He will be regarded as "leader", "fuhrer", and the former reality television star.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) represents the Dayton metro area.
Davidson represents Troy, Tipp City, Huber Heights, Springfield, Piqua, Eaton, West Chester, Middletown, Fairfield, Greenville, Fairfield and Oxford. His district was once occupied by the former Weeper of the House, John Boehner.
Davidson is a part of the do-nothing Freedom Caucus. He along with Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Chabot (R-OH) represent the Miami Valley.
These Republicans are coming from a region that is economically deprived of the necessities.
In the video, Davidson insults some of the constituents who had concerns about Trump, their district, the Affordable Care Act and the accountability of Congress.
Davidson was looking at his phone when some of the questions came up.
A few weeks ago, he had escort some of the people out of a town hall in Troy, Ohio.
Worthless lawmakers continue to get elected. We must change this. This goes for Republicans and Democrats alike.
Grand Rapids Police come under fire after their officers pulled their guns on five unarmed teens.
Grand Rapids Police are under fire for an incident that happened in March. The police department decided to release the footage from the encounter. Of course, to justify why they did what they did to innocent Black boys. From the view of an officer's body camera, the cop pulls up on five Black boys and orders them to the ground.
The boys ranged from age 12 to 14, were walking from the Salvation Army Kroc Center on Division Avenue after playing basketball when they were stopped by the law.
The law approached the teens with guns drawn, ordering them to ground, searching them and placing two of them in the hand bracelets. The cops said that they followed procedures by the book.
INFURIATING.
Grand Rapids cops point their guns at 5 young black boys, claiming they thought they were armed. They weren't. They are 12 y/o pic.twitter.com/FSnptb5eke
The teens were released to their parents and got a full explanation of why they approached them.
They claimed that someone spotted them with a gun.
They were trying to justify their detainment by getting the junk food media on their side.
This weekend, the department said they arrested individuals who were actually carrying firearms.
Local junk food media says that the police arrested a 12-year old, 14-year old and 16-year old accused of gun crimes. They are being held in juvie... They are innocent until proven guilty.
A report shows that the Grand Rapids Police have pulled over more minorities at an unjust rate.
The chief, David Rahinsky apologized, but said to the junk food media, the officers acted professionally and the police union defended the actions.
"The officers' response was measured, it was appropriate, it was professional in regards to responding to information about young people with a gun," Rahinsky said. "I appreciate that there's an emotional response to having seen that. If that's my child, my son, I would feel very similar.
Rahinsky: It wasn't your son. I bet your son is probably getting off a traffic ticket or probably committing crimes under your nose. I'm just saying. he wouldn't have faced a police officer with guns drawn at him.
"We have never, nor will we ever, fail in our duty to protect the public, given the information we are handed and the circumstances we find ourselves in," union leaders wrote in a statement.
Here's a question: If the teens were White, would the police had stopped them? I mean isn't Michigan an open carry state? Don't the NRA support the legal right to carry firearms in public. Or is that justified for White, Republican, white and rich men and boys!?
Grand Rapids is 189,000 residents and is surrounded by Interstate 96, Interstate 196, U.S. Highway 131 and the Paul B. Henry Freeway (M-6).
The second largest city in the state of Michigan is home to Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). What is his opinion on the matter?
Of course, Michigan's Republican governor Rick Snyder and Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) should be swamped with calls. What can they do in the wake of this controversy?
