Cory Booker Wants To Battle!

Cory Booker enters the race for president.

The second African American in this race. Another candidate who will face an onslaught of racial attacks from both the right and the left.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is the next contender in a supposedly crowed race. The New Jersey senator is the next high profile contender in a race that could split the party's corporate wing from the party's progressive base.

Donald J. Trump has a 70% chance of winning reelection. So the Democrats have a lot of work to do.

They cannot win on the white working class voters. They need to get the voters who are tired of the "status quo" in politics. The status quo of politics will continue as long as the junk food media continues to put on agitators who divide us for profit.

Do you believe Cory Booker ready for to be President of the United States?

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Yes. I believe Cory Booker is a proven leader. He has the ability to bring people together. He can defeat President Donald Trump.

Yes. I believe that Cory Booker's optimism and policies for the middle class makes him a well-qualified leader. He will be a good president.

No. I believe Cory Booker will be another Barack Obama clone. He's already promising things he can't deliver and he certainly won't appeal to middle of the road Democrats who voted for President Donald Trump.

No. I believe he's one of the many corporate Democrats running for office. He's not progressive enough and he's embolden to Wall Street and the elite. His policies aren't progressive enough.

I have no opinion about Cory Booker. I need to know where he stands on the issues before I support him.

Booker, then a mayor of Newark, managed to capture the minds of millions of Americans. He would the first day of Black History Month to announce his bid for president.

Booker chose the first day of Black History Month to launch his campaign, timing that nods to Booker's own heritage and suggests he will put it at the center of his pitch to voters.

"The history of our nation is defined by collective action; by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists; of those born here and those who chose America as home; of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it," Booker narrates in a video released on Friday morning, which features him walking through his Newark neighborhood.

"I'm Cory Booker and I'm running for president of the United States of America," he says in the video.

Booker joins a crowded and growing Democratic field that is already the most diverse in history -- with multiple women, one gay candidate, a Latino and, with Booker now in the mix, two black candidates.
His announcement comes nearly a year to the day from the Iowa caucuses and the start of the primary calendar. Booker plans to head to Iowa February 8-9 and then to South Carolina on February 10. He also intends to visit New Hampshire over Presidents Day weekend.

Booker is one of several senators running for president or seriously considering it. At 49, he is the youngest among his Senate colleagues in the race. His age is not all that sets him apart: Booker is unmarried and vegan, two unique qualities among the emerging Democratic field.

In his announcement video, Booker also notes that he is "the only senator who goes home to a low-income, inner city community" in Newark, "the first community that took a chance on me."

Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey since 2013 and a member of the Democratic Party. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.

Booker was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, where he received an undergraduate and master's degree in 1991 and 1992, respectively. He studied abroad at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship before attending Yale Law School. He won an upset victory for a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark in 1998, where he staged a 10-day hunger strike and briefly lived in a tent to draw attention to urban development issues in the city. He ran for mayor in 2002, but lost to incumbent Sharpe James; he ran again in 2006 and won against deputy mayor Ronald Rice. His first term saw to the doubling of affordable housing under development and the reduction of the city budget deficit from $180 million to $73 million. He was re-elected in 2010. He ran against Steve Lonegan in the 2013 U.S. Senate special election and subsequently won reelection in 2014 against Jeff Bell.

As senator, his voting record was measured as the third most liberal.

Considered a social liberal, Booker supports women's rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and single-payer healthcare. During his five years in office, Booker co-sponsored and voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (2013), tougher sanctions against Iran, sponsored the Bipartisan Budget Act (2013), voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (2014), co-sponsored the Respect for Marriage Act (2014) and lead the push to pass the First Step Act (2018). In 2017, he became the first sitting senator to testify against another when he testified against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing. In April 2018, following the FBI raid on the offices of Michael Cohen– Trump's personal attorney–Booker together with Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, and Thom Tillis, introduced the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act to limit the executive powers of Trump.

Booker regularly exercises and has been a vegetarian since 1992, when he was a student at Oxford.

He abstains from alcohol and "has no known vices or addictions" other than coffee.

In 2014, Booker began practicing a vegan diet and has expressed his vegan ethical philosophy and advocacy for animals. As of June 2016, Booker worshiped at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.

Booker has never been married, and in 2013 he was named one of Town & Country's "Top 40 Bachelors".

Although he has generally tried to keep his personal life private, Booker has in the past described himself as a "straight male" and has said that he is trying to date more in hopes of finding someone to settle down with. In a 1992 column in The Stanford Daily, Booker admitted that as a teenager he had "hated gays".

Booker has himself been the target of rumors about being gay and has generally refused to address these on principle, which he explained in 2013:

There is a rumor he's dating actress Rosario Dawson.

Though neither of them have acknowledged or confirmed those rumors. Dawson and Booker have been seen together at several public events in the last month; Dawson has yet to acknowledge Booker's presidential run.

Groundhog Saw Its Shadow!

Sometimes, the good news isn't often great.

Despite the government shutdown, the Department of Labor announced there was net growth of 311,000 jobs for the month of January. That news comes with a price, the unemployment rate risen to 4 percent.

Reuters reports that Americans are working but

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in January, with employers hiring the most workers in 11 months, pointing to underlying strength in the economy despite an uncertain outlook that has left the Federal Reserve wary about more interest rate hikes this year.

The Labor Department said its closely watched monthly employment report on Friday showed no “discernible” impact on job growth from a 35-day partial government shutdown, while acknowledging it was unable to quantify the effect on private industry.

But the longest shutdown in history, which ended a week ago, pushed up the unemployment rate to a seven-month high of 4.0 percent. The report came two days after the Fed signaled its three-year interest rate hike campaign might be ending because of rising headwinds to the economy, including financial market volatility and softening global growth.

The brisk pace of hiring suggested still strong momentum in the economy, a theme that was also underscored by a separate report showing a pickup in manufacturing activity in January.

Wage gains, however, slowed, pointing to tame inflation.

“The Fed chickened out on further rate hikes this year and boy are they ever misreading the tea leaves on where the economy is going next,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. “U.S. companies have not let up one bit on their hiring in response to risks out there in the world economy.”

Nonfarm payrolls jumped by 304,000 jobs last month, the largest gain since February 2018, the Labor Department said. Job growth was boosted by hiring at construction sites, retailers and business services as well as at restaurants, hotels and amusement parks.

The economy, however, added 70,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in November and December. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by only 165,000 jobs in January. Roughly 100,000 per month are needed to keep up with growth in the working-age population.

January marked a record 100 straight months of job gains.

The government shutdown saw about 380,000 workers furloughed but President Donald Trump signed a law guaranteeing these employees back pay. As a result, these workers were included in the survey of employers from which the payrolls number is calculated.

The furloughed workers were, however, considered unemployed on “temporary layoff” in the separate survey of households from which the jobless rate is derived. This lifted the unemployment rate one-tenth of a percentage point from 3.9 percent in December. The shutdown ended last Friday after Trump and Congress agreed to temporary government funding, without money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Average hourly earnings rose three cents, or 0.1 percent in January after accelerating 0.4 percent in December. That lowered the annual increase in wages to 3.2 percent from 3.3 percent in December, giving the employment report a Goldilocks feel.

The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies as traders focused on the tepid monthly wage gain. Stocks on Wall Street rose, while U.S. Treasury prices fell.

The jobs that are hiring include: health care, food services, construction and manufacturing. These were contributions to the country's hiring.

Of course, we won't talk about GM closing up locations. We won't talk about Sears Holding Group closing up Kmart and Sears locations. We won't talk about the government shutdown that took 800,000 workers off the payroll. We won't talk about the wildfires in California. We won't talk about the hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

We continue to ignore that for every job being spread around, one area in the United States lost some.

The Midwest has lost more jobs than the Sun Belt states of Arizona, Texas, Florida and Nevada.

Those die-hard Trump supporters will say that his leadership is successful. All the while, they find that their average wages are stalling.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen over the past year.

Real Reason To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!

There are 104 million active body people not working in the United States. The examples of why they're not working.

1. DEAD

2. BORN

3. IN PRISON

4. IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

6. IN HIGH SCHOOL

7. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING

8. VOLUNTEER

9. DISABLED 

10. STAY AT HOME PARENT

11. RETIRED

12. QUIT ON THEIR OWN

13. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED

14. NATURAL DISASTERS

15. ACTIVE MILITARY 

16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED

17. LAID OFF

18. FIRED FROM THE JOB

19. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY

20. OUTSOURCING

21. IMMIGRANTS TOO AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED BY I.C.E.

22. SHAMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA

Let me remind you, that Trump and Republicans believe austerity is the key to a strong economy and job market. The Republicans are not in control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats now control the House and will push for an agenda that Trump will likely oppose. Republicans will continue to pass ridiculous laws that hurt the working class and middle class.

The Jobs and Tax Cut Act has added trillions of dollars of debt to the economy. The results of the tax cuts haven't produced the stability. It's still considered a very unpopular law.

Deregulation has made safety a top priority. Many rollbacks of regulations imposed by Barack Obama and previous presidents have also made things worse. The removal from the Paris Climate Accords and the Iranian Nuclear Deal made things worse.

Trump has created tension with trade partners.

I believe in less than three years, Trump and Republicans will once again throw us into another recession. If the Democrats take control of the White House in 2020, we're already prepared to hear the loudest voices on the right blame the Democratic president for the mess Republicans created.

I wonder how trolls feed themselves in this economy?

Looney Coons On VICE!

CJ Pearson joins the Looney Coons.

Black History isn't the month of February. It's everyday. Black achievement is a part of American history. Black America's greatest achievement was electing Barack Obama, the first African American to become the President of the United States.

That achievement is often questioned by Republicans and their conservative allies. But the ones who question the success of Barack Obama are Black conservatives. These folks don't see historical milestones. They see opportunity to make money off of sucking up to a base of folks who exploit them for a few soundbites.

VICE documents the rise of Black conservatives.

Lee Adams of VICE News goes into the lion's den of Black extremism. He meets with Candace Owens, Stacey Dash and many others who believe the African Americans are trapped on the "plantation" of the Democratic Party.

The condescending rhetoric of Black conservatives is amazing.

Who's your favorite Looney Coons celebrity?

Candace Owens David Clarke Diamond & Silk Terrence K Williams Stacey Dash

Kevin Jackson CJ Pearson Tommy Sotomayor Colion Noir All Of Them

It doesn't matter if they're Black, White, Hispanic, non-White, Christian, Jewish, Muslim or non-religious. If you're a conservative, you're likely a bigot or supporter of bigotry and racism.

Conservatism is dosed in the fuel of hate of someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. They don't represent progress! Conservatives represent a shallow reality of American bigotry.

You can go into this narrative of me being hateful towards Black conservatives. I don't care anymore! I have no patience for this anymore!

I am tired of Black conservative agitators.

The slander the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass.

Stacey Dash always a star on Looney Coons.

They use their names in vein to promote a hateful agenda against Blacks, Hispanics, LGBT, immigrants, Muslims and the poor.

Black conservatives hate when they're called "sell outs", "Uncle Toms", "bootlickers" and the such. Of course, they're so eager to call Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, "race hustlas", "racists" and "liberal slaveowners".

They're attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) for being the forefront of Black success.

In my opinion, I can't stand Black conservatives! They're just as bad as these White extremists in the conservative media.

Black conservatives need a program on Fox News or Blaze TV. How about Looney Coons!

Blame Game: Dennis Tuttle And Rhogena Nicholas!

The shooters weren't immigrants, Muslims or Black people. They were white. They shot at Houston Police.

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers won't bring back the dead or heal the wounded. It's just meaningless platitudes.

Bad cops will get good cops killed. Cops know the risk. They know that domestic call or traffic stop could be their last.

The mass shooting in Houston had four officers in the hospital. It seems like the suspects were supporters of MAGA (aka Donald J. Trump). After all, they reside in Texas, the state that has the most lenient gun laws in the country.

The terrorists were a white couple.

The latest mass shooting in the United States. This one was in Houston. The suspects were caught. Who deserves the blame for this?

Donald Trump

Barack Obama

Black Lives Matter

Muslims

Immigrants

Progressives

Conservatives

NRA

March For Our Lives

Greg Abbott

Congress

Video Games

The Junk Food Media

White Privilege

The Shooter(s)

The mass shooting left two terrorists dead and the five officers wounded in the hospital. All of the officers have survived, however. One officer, though, is fighting to recover, the chief said. The January 28, 2019 gun battle erupted during a dangerous search warrant execution at a home suspected of being tied to the dealing of black tar heroin, police say.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the drug raid on the home stemmed from numerous complaints from neighbors. He said undercover officers had previously made two purchases of black tar heroin from drug dealers at the house.

Armed with a search warrant, nine narcotics detectives backed up by at least six patrol officers surrounded the home just before 5 p.m. on Monday.

After a 54-year-old officer, the lead investigator on the case, broke open the front door, a 33-year-old officer armed with a shotgun entered the residence and was immediately attacked by a pit bull, Acevedo said.

He said that the officer being attacked shot and killed the dog.

charged from the back of the house firing a revolver at the officer, hitting him in the shoulder.

"He went down and fell on the sofa in the living room," Acevedo said of the wounded officer. "A female suspect went towards that officer, reached over the officer and started making a move for his shotgun."

Another officer who entered the house was allegedly shot by the terrorist.

Acevedo said officers opened fire, killing female terrorist and engaged in a gun battle with the male terrorist.

He said the lead investigator who breached the door entered the house and was also shot.

"After we had two officers down and another shot, the remaining officers ... started laying down cover fire, left positions of cover themselves and, I believe, they heroically pulled their fellow officers out of harm's way," Acevedo said.

He said the terrorist followed the retreating officers to the front door and continued to fire at them before he was shot and killed.

Dennis Tuttle, 59 the other suspect involved in the Officer involved shooting pic.twitter.com/3ZiuydTH7p

— Jeff Ehling (@JeffEhlingABC13) January 29, 2019

Rhogena Nicholas one of the suspects involved in officer shooting. pic.twitter.com/8aqgglvUaS

— Jeff Ehling (@JeffEhlingABC13) January 29, 2019

Police recovered two shotguns and three rifles from the residence and seized marijuana and a white powder they believe to be either cocaine or the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, Acevedo said.

The terrorist attacked five Houston Police officers.

The terrorist's sister says they are sending prayers to the officers.

"Our prayers are with the officers and the families that are affected," said Elizabeth Ferrari, the sister of the male terrorist.

These terrorists are another example of the reckless actions of the National Rifle Association. The gun lobhy has pushed for easier access to firearms.

his epidemic of gun violence and the ignorance of white terrorism infuriates me.

Houston Police determined the two terrorists were running a trap house.

Most mass shooters in recent time are not Black or Brown people. They're not Muslim. They're not immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras or the Dominican Republic.

They are white men and they're Republican. They are men who are rejected by women, the workforce, society in general. They are the folks that create a danger to everyone.

No mental health screening or stricter background checks allow this reign of blood to continue.

Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the 36 Representatives of Texas will offer nothing but their "thoughts and prayers" and "hearts going out to." Just meaningless platitudes and no action.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

Trump Offers Herman Cain A Role In A Pizza Commercial!

Herman Cain's back.

Donald J. Trump is considering the guy who once totted the 9-9-9 plan as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. The controversial conservative agitator was once the CEO of Godfather's Pizza.

Herman Cain is a smooth talking Black man who has a talk radio show on WSB-AM in Atlanta.

Cain ran for president in 2012 and touted his 9-9-9 plan. The plan was ridiculed for being an order for pizza and wings.

Cain also faced scandal. Many women came out against his bid for president. Some accused him of sexual abuse and harassment. It force Cain to drop out the race. He would endorse Trump for president after Ted Cruz left the race.

Cain, 73 was at the White House on Wednesday, according to people close to the matter. Two seats to the Federal Reserve are vacant. If Cain is nominated, he will face questions about his sexual harassment and infidelity.

Cain founded a 2020 pro-Trump political action committee called America Fights Back PAC, which features a photo of Trump on its website saying that the county "must protect Donald Trump and his agenda from impeachment."

Cain has been a Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City director from 1992 to 1996. He once advocated that U.S. to return to the gold standard during his ill-fated presidential bid.

Cain was the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza Inc, an Omaha based restaurant. Cain is a musician, ordain minister and talk show agitator. He was the famous Black guy who questioned Bill Clinton on the issue of healthcare reform.

He is a graduate of Morehouse College and a master's of Purdue.

Ah, shucky ducky now, Herman Cain is back in the house.

Kentucky's Most Dumbest......Politicians, Y'all!

The state of Kentucky is full of yokels. The lawmakers there are quite dumb.

It's Kentucky, y'all. The state's governor, two U.S. Senator, and a former county clerk were in the news this week.

1. Rand Paul gets racks after being served a knuckle style chili.

The Kentucky senator went to Canada for treatment for his back after the infamous fight with a neighbor in his hometown of Bowling Green. Paul is the son of former Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. Both Pauls tried and failed at running for President of the United States. Both have expressed white extremist views.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was awarded over $580,000 in damages by a Kentucky jury on Wednesday after he was attacked by his neighbor in the fall of 2017.

The lawmaker was violently attacked by his neighbor, Rene Boucher, in November 2017 while he was mowing his lawn. Paul was tackled from behind and suffered six broken ribs, including three displaced fractures. His recovery was complicated by fluid and blood around the lungs and recurrent pneumonia.

Boucher pleaded guilty in March to a federal charge of assaulting a member of Congress and had asked for probation.

He was sentenced in June to 30 days in federal prison for the assault. He was also ordered to one year of supervised release, a $10,000 fine, 100 hours of community service, and ordered to have no contact with Paul's family.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) are considered the worst in Washington. Why does Kentucky keep electing these two nimrods?

Paul at the time said he thought Boucher should've faced a longer sentence for the attack, which kept Paul off Capitol Hill for nearly two weeks.

Boucher, a retired anesthesiologist, said the attack was sparked because he was agitated about piles of brush on Paul's property. Boucher also claimed Paul used his lawnmower — on the same day as the attack — and blew some leaves onto his property, igniting his outrage.

2. Matt Bevin walked 15 miles in -15 degree weather.

The Kentucky governor fails to take the Polar Vortex seriously. He goes on record saying that Kentuckians are a bunch of wimps for not opening up schools.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said America is "getting soft" by closing schools during the extreme cold that has gripped the country this week even as wind chills in his state have dipped low enough to cause frostbite in 30 minutes.

In a radio interview Tuesday with 840 WHAS radio in Louisville, the Republican governor bemoaned the fact the schools across the state would be closed Wednesday because of the bitter cold, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.

"Now we cancel school for cold, I mean — " Bevin told host Terry Meiners.

"It's deep freeze; this is serious business," Meiners responded.

"Come on, now," Bevin said. "There's no ice going with it or any snow. What happens to America. We're getting soft, Terry, we're getting soft."

"It's better to air on the side of being safe, and I'm being only slightly facetious, but it does concern me a little bit that in America on this, and any number of other fronts, we're sending messages to our young people that if life is hard you can curl up in the fetal position in a warm place and just wait until it stops being hard," the governor added.

NBC weatherman Al Roker clapped his ass.

"This nitwit governor in Kentucky saying these kids who are going to be in subzero wind chills...no! Cancel school," Roker said. "Adults, if they want to be out there, that's great. These are our children, you know. I'm glad you're not a teacher."

3. Kim Davis's crusade costed her a lot of pennies.

The infamous Rowan County clerk was defeated in the 2018 U.S. Midterm elections. Kim Davis, the former clerk of county became infamous in 2015 for denying same-sex couples marriage certificates.

Davis claimed that it violated her religious beliefs. The Supreme Court ruling mandated marriage legal in all 50 states and five territories.

Davis won praise from Republicans and conservative agitators for standing firm against the government. It cost her a job and it will be a lot of pennies in water jugs.

Citing "conduct that violates civil rights," lawyers for Gov. Matt Bevin say former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be held responsible for nearly $225,000 in legal fees and court costs incurred by couples who sued her in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licenses because of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage.

Although Bevin, a Republican, publicly has praised Davis as "an inspiration ... to the children of America," his attorneys are taking a more critical tone in court briefs, blaming the ex-clerk for failing to do her job following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage.

A three-judge panel will hear arguments about who should bear the case's expenses Thursday at the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. A district judge ruled in 2017 that the couples suing for marriage licenses clearly prevailed and that the state of Kentucky must pay their fees and costs.

Bevin appealed that ruling, hoping to hand the bill instead to the Rowan County clerk's office. Davis acted alone, without any state support, the governor's lawyers told the 6th Circuit in briefs ahead of the oral arguments.

The governor's general counsel, Steve Pitt, said Wednesday that Bevin still personally supports Davis.

"In contesting the federal court’s award of attorney's fees against the commonwealth, outside counsel retained by the Beshear administration to represent the governor's office have taken no position as to whether Ms. Davis acted unconstitutionally. Bevin does not believe that she has done so and continues to support Ms. Davis's actions," Pitt said.

“Regardless, the federal court has held that she violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights and that the state must pay to the ACLU legal fees incurred as a result,” Pitt said. “Our outside counsel have only argued, given the court’s ruling, that if constitutional rights were violated, the taxpayers of Kentucky are not responsible to pay the ACLU’s attorney fees.”

Kim Davis might want to check her watering hole, she's coming up dry on funds.

At issue are the litigation expenses for eight people who sued Davis for refusing to grant them marriage licenses: April Miller, Karen Ann Roberts, Shantel Burke, Stephen Napier, Jody Fernandez, Kevin Holloway, L. Aaron Skaggs and Barry W. Spartman.

After the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision, Davis announced that she held religious objections to gay marriage and no longer would grant marriage licenses to anyone in Rowan County. Her protest became international news, turning her into a symbol of conservative resistance, especially when U.S. District Judge David Bunning jailed her for several days for contempt of court.

4. Mitch McConnell is still a turtle hiding in his shell.

The most dirtiest politician in Washington is (Addison Mitchell) McConnell, Jr. You may know him as Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader. He resides in Louisville and he's the most visible member of the Senate. He is the most hated politician in the country besides Donald J. Trump.

McConnell wants to protect the "status quo" and will continue to play dirty to win. Remember, this guy denied Barack Obama an opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice. As soon as Trump won the election, McConnell was all but happy to help the imbecile get nominees for the Court through. He repealed the rule requiring a plurality of votes to confirm. Now the Court needs 51 senators (or 50 with Mike Pence) to confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court.

McConnell is often mocked for looking like a turtle. He has been mocked, taunted and harassed by Kentuckians for being a failure. He hasn't confirmed his intention of running for reelection in 2020.

Matt Bevin is a disgraceful human being.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) does not want to make Election Day a federal holiday, arguing that it would put "taxpayers on the hook" for this "generous" benefit.

McConnell took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to rail against H.R. 1, a bill Democrats are pushing that would make Election Day a holiday for federal workers. Under the bill, which would also enact automatic voter registration and tackle campaign finance, federal employees would be able to take off six days to work at a polling place. This is a "power grab" by Democrats, McConnell said. "Just what America needs, a bunch of government workers being paid to go out and work for I assume ... our colleagues on the other side, on their campaigns." The bill says nothing about federal workers being paid to work for any political party.

Democrats were quick to respond, with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) saying that voting "is a power grab. By citizens." Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tweeted that voting is "democracy, and it's literally the entire point of our representative government. And by the way: Not only should Election Day be a federal holiday, we need automatic voter registration and universal mail voting, too."

The Bluegrass state is lovely, but the politicians they elect are pretty sad.

James Ingram Passed Away!

James Ingram, an iconic talent passed away from brain cancer.

If you're a fan of the 1980s hit "Baby Come To Me" by Quincy Jones, you might want to thank the famed songwriter and singer James Ingram. He and Patti Austin made the famed quiet storm single that makes you feel like you can curl up with your loved one.

It was announced by his family that Ingram had passed away from a severe form of brain cancer.

Ingram's longtime friend, actress/producer Debbie Allen announced the news today.

"I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir," Allen wrote on Twitter. "He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name."

I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir. He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name.❤️ pic.twitter.com/TDJfpbbJWa

— Debbie Allen (@msdebbieallen) January 29, 2019

There are no words to convey how much my ❤️ aches with the news of the passing of my baby brother, James Ingram. With that soulful, whisky sounding voice, James was simply magical. He was, & always will be, beyond compare. Rest In Peace my baby bro…You’ll be in my ❤️ forever pic.twitter.com/oZtA9h8uZR

— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) January 29, 2019

James Edward Ingram was born February 16, 1952 in Akron, Ohio. He was an American singer, songwriter, record producer and instrumentalist. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song.

Ingram began his music journey in 1973 and has eight charted Billboard Hot 100 hits. His music was best in the 1980s and 1990s. He also charted 13 singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

He also had a hit with Linda Ronstadt with the single "Somewhere Out There." The single was on the animated film An American Tail.

He was a backup singer for the Los Angeles band Revelation Funk. He and his brother Philip became famous for their music. Philip became a part of the R&B group Switch.

The singer collected two Grammys during his career: His song "One Hundred Ways" won best male R&B performance in 1981 and his duet with Michael McDonald on "Yah Mo B There" won best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals in 1984. He was also nominated for back-to-back best original song Oscars in 1993 and 1994, for co-writing "The Day I Fall in Love" from Beethoven's 2nd and "Look What Love Has Done" from Junior.

He also tallied hits as a songwriter, co-penning Michael Jackson's top 10 Hot 100 hit "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," from the Thriller album, as well as songs recorded by Pointer Sisters, George Benson, Ray Charles, Shalamar and others.

"Ingram's rich voice and masterful songwriting has made a lasting impact on the music industry," the Recording Academy said in a statement. "Our thoughts go out to his loved ones during this difficult time."

Ingram was also nominated in back to back years at the Academy Awards in 1994 and 1995 in the best original song category for "The Day I Fall In Love" and "Look What Love Has Done," respectively.