I guess the one-liner about passing the torch didn't motivate folks to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
The California Democrat has formally exited the race. He participated in one presidential debate.
Speaking from a union hall outside San Francisco on Monday, Swalwell thanked his staff, his supporters, his family and those who supported his candidacy. He will shift his focus on running for reelection in his House race.
"Being honest with ourselves, we had to look at how much money we were raising, [and] where we were in the polls."
He along with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Pete Buttigieg are the youngest candidates running for U.S. president.
Swalwell declined to endorse a candidate but said that he will support whomever becomes the nominee.
During his run he wanted to make gun violence a prominent issue. He was the only candidate that supported gun buyback programs.
During the debate, he commented that he was six when former vice president Joe Biden (then a Delaware senator) spoke of passing the torch to a younger generation. That generated an applause line and also scorn from his rivals, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Biden himself.
California U.S. Senator Kamala Harris had a better night. She managed to be placed either in second or third place in most national polls.
Tom Steyer jump into the race for the Democratic nomination for president.
Tom Steyer, the billionaire hedge fund investor is now in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, progressive activist and fundraiser. He is the founder and former co-senior partner of Farallon Capital and co-founder of Onecalifornia Bank. He and his wife Kat Taylor have taken a pledge to donate about half or most of their earnings to charities. He was born in Manhattan, New York.
His father was a lawyer from Sullivan & Cromwell, while his mother was a teacher of remedial reading at the Brooklyn House of Detention. He has also mulled a chance at running for governor of California as an independent or when Gavin Newsom serves his term.
He is the latest candidate to run in this already large field. Many of the candidates running are slowly running out of funds and they will soon be leaving the race.
Tom Steyer joins the 2020 Democratic Primary. Do you believe he has the potential to become the President of the United States? (Expect trolls to pick the dumbest answers)
Steyer is the guy who is funding "IMPEACH45" and he's fed up with the Democratic Party's refusal to proceed in impeaching Donald J. Trump. The billionaire is tired of political theatrics from party leaders.
He joins the race after initially denying he would run. He felt that the need to run is now.
In a video released on Tuesday, Steyer said, "if you think that there's something absolutely critical, try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may. And that's exactly what I'm doing. My name's Tom Steyer, and I'm running for president.
Steyer has operated as a fundraiser for the Democratic Party and in recent years he was bankrolling on candidates that promote progressive causes.
Steyer is a billionaire like Trump. He is motivated to be the spoiler.
Steyer joins a field of candidates who have no clear front runner.
Tom Steyer with his wife and four children.
Joe Biden is declining and Kamala Harris is rising. The first debate put a dent in Biden's lead. He found himself on the defensive after Harris called him out for bringing up Democrats who supported conservative and racist causes.
Elizabeth Warren is surging past Bernie Sanders as well.
Steyer's late entry to the race makes it highly unlikely to qualify for the second round of Democratic debates that CNN is set to run in July.
Steyer dismissed the debates and said that he'll be doing grassroots and is willing to bring his war chest of self-funding into the race.
Warren and Sanders welcomed Steyer in a not-so-subtle way. They said that the Democratic Party doesn't need billionaires in the race. They believe Tom Steyer and Howard Schultz will distract from the message of being as the "party for the people."
Hell, if they get rid of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Steny Hoyer and Joe Manchin, maybe we could be the party of the people and not the status quo.
Steyer had funded over $100 million in the 2018 Midterm. He was instrumental in helping Democrats win back the House of Representatives.
Given that Steyer is in, one has left.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has officially left the race. He was not able to qualify for the second debate. He will formally exit the race at the end of the week. He will continue to run for his U.S. House seat.
Still mass shootings in Chicago. Donald Trump ain't doing shit about it.
Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers won't bring back the dead or heal the wounded. Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government. They are enabling this. Donald J. Trump, Congress and the National Rifle Association are a bunch of lily-livered cowards. They are numb to gun violence.
So whatabout Chicago?
There was another mass shooting in the United States. This time in Chicago. The city had over 1,350 shootings with some being fatal. Suspect were caught. Who deserves the blame? (Expect far-right trolls to pick the dumbest answers)
The city had a bloody Fourth of July weekend and it seems like it's not getting any better. The far-white often associated Chicago to Barack Obama since that was his hometown when he was then a senator. The far-white often tried to single out Chicago as a way to justify strong policing towards people of color. Those far-white trolls online would often associate Chicago to NIGGER.
That white extremist who I highlight in red wrote a book called "White Girl Bleed A Lot" to discuss how Chicago's violence is tied to Black mobs.
Gun violence spiked soon after Memorial Day. The Fourth of July weekend was one of the deadliest this year.
Obviously, the far-white will associate Chicago to Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton. They are the scapegoats of issues in Black America.
No sign of change in the Windy City.
BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. AGAIN, THAT RUSSIAN-BACKED BLUE LIVES MATTER CROWD WANTS TO JUSTIFY THE DETAINMENT OR KILLING OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AS US OVERREACTING AND PLAYING THE "RACE CARD" TO HATE ON THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT HATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOW OURSELVES BECOME THE NEXT HASHTAG WHEN WE DIE. I AM SICK OF HEARING THIS BULLSHIT. CONSERVATIVES (AS WELL AS COONSERVATIVES AND FAR-WHITE TROLLS) SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE BLACK CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A FATHER. IT'S FUNNY! WHEN SOMEONE SHOOTS AN UNARMED MAN OF COLOR, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CHILD'S FATHER. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN OF COLOR SAFE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE RACE SOLDIERS WHO BELIEVE THE BADGE OR ENTITLEMENT IS THEIR WEAPON OF CHOICE.
Need I repeat myself. I might as well continue to do so. Obviously, some aren't getting the message.
Where's the outrage from the far-white agitators like Sean "Softball" Hannity?
I mean he used to brag on his goddamn right wing carnival about how many names he could say being killed in Chicago by gun violence. There's no more Rahm Emanuel to kick around.
The Chicago Police Department is corrupt as well.
I mean the only focus for folks like the softball, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham is a disgraced entertainer who faked a crime for attention. Jussie Smollett is officially a washed up celebrity who not only killed Lee Daniels' dramas Empire and Star but his chances at returning to the small screen are pretty much done.
Donald J. Trump promised to do something about Chicago. Still waiting.
Lori Lightfoot becomes the new mayor of the city and the third largest city in the United States is still the beacon of gun violence.
Less than a month into the first term of Chicago's newly elected Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the city is experiencing a second straight weekend of gun violence.
Since Friday, at least three people have been killed in shootings and more than 30 others have been wounded, according to the Chicago Police Department. One of the youngest victims was a 12-year-old boy, who was seriously injured after being shot in the back on Saturday afternoon.
This comes just a week after the city's most violent weekend so far this year, which left 10 dead and 52 wounded in shootings.
Lightfoot, who was sworn in as mayor on May 20, and Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson have made tackling the city's crime rate a top priority.
During the first weekend of June, the city experienced an outburst of shootings due to gang-related incidents. The violent outburst came just hours after the department announced a sharp decrease in crime on Friday.
New challenges ahead for Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot. She enters city hall with mass shootings in her hometown.
Data collected by the Chicago Police Department from the first five months of this year showed a 13% decrease in shootings and a 7% decrease in murders compared to a year ago.
Police said 41 people were shot and seven were killed in the city just two weeks before.
More shootings are often reported in warmer months, when large numbers of people tend to congregate outdoors.
Chicago residents were told they should expect to see a "heavy" police preference this past weekend.
Detectives have already made one arrest in connection with shootings that occurred Saturday, and there are also several initiatives underway citywide to address the proliferation of guns, police said.
Since Friday, at least 14 people have been arrested on illegal gun charges and 43 weapons have been seized.
On the day of her inauguration last month, Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who is the city's first black female mayor, said there was "no higher calling than restoring safety and peace in our neighborhoods," according to the Chicago Tribune.
"Enough of the shootings. Enough of the guns. Enough of the violence,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.
In order to track the names of victims of gun violence, you can visit The Gun Violence Memorial website. This is a website devoted to those who don't make the junk food media. Those who aren't hashtags. Those who are just like you and me. Those who are killed by firearms and the only thing we got from our politicians is "thoughts and prayers."
A Maryland man was served a knuckle style chili by the Montgomery County Police. The cop who kneed him faces a court hearing.
A Maryland man is lucky to be alive after he was arrested by Montgomery County boys. One of their officers served him a hot plate of knuckle style chili and tried to cover it up.
Montgomery County state attorney John McCarthy said that the charges bring a "sad day" to the department and community.
He stated that those officers who manhandled Arnaldo Pesoa will be held accountable.
On July 3, a dirty cop was caught on camera placing his knee on the neck of Pesoa outside a McDonald's restaurant in Silver Springs.
In the mugshot, Pesoa has a bruised eye and lip after the serving of knuckle style chili.
The Montgomery County Police Department claimed that Pesoa was acting disorderly. They arrested him on the grounds of resisting arrest, drug possession and disorderly conduct by second degree assault. He was given a "get out free card" and released pending a trial. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The video shown on social media went viral. It showed the dirty cops were using excessive force on the detained subject. They said that he spat on one of the dirty cop's shoes.
The video shows that dirty cop kneeing the 19-year old man's head onto a hot sidewalk.
Aye y’all get this viral for me my bro peso got slam for no reason fuck y’all MOCO police I swear y’all niggas pussy y’all wanna treat us like dogs we gonna treat y’all like dogs we gonna show y’all how we do police @mcpnewspic.twitter.com/rTixtw0wOf
Pesoa was lying on his stomach and screams as his head slams down and his mouth appears to be bleeding. The dirty cop lifts Pesoa's shirt and covers his face with it. During the arrest, Pesoa was treated a local hospital before he was sent to the lockup.
The cops claim that he was on "psilocybin mushrooms" known as shrooms.
The dirty cop named Kevin Morris is being charged with second degree assault and misconduct while in uniform. These charges are enough to get him fired out the cannon. These charges could put him in the iron college for up to three to ten years. The dirty cop can appeal his icing and possible firing with the police union. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The police union claimed that the video doesn't show the facts. Clearly in their defense of this dirty cop, they believe that the whole ordeal should have been avoided if Pesoa gave up his rights.
Plain clothes kneed an American man for having "shrooms." Minor offense turned into a brutal attack.
Now this is the latest incident in the United States where people of color are brutalized by these race soldiers.
Cops believe that wearing a badge gives them the right to abuse the citizens they're supposedly sworn to protect.
It's unfortunate that our country being led by Donald J. Trump continues to be sliding closer to anarchy.
BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. AGAIN, THAT RUSSIAN-BACKED BLUE LIVES MATTER CROWD WANTS TO JUSTIFY THE DETAINMENT OF A LATINX (BLACK/LATINO) MAN AS US OVERREACTING AND PLAYING THE "RACE CARD" TO HATE ON THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT HATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOW OURSELVES BECOME THE NEXT HASHTAG WHEN WE DIE. I AM SICK OF HEARING THIS BULLSHIT. CONSERVATIVES SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE BLACK CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A FATHER. IT'S FUNNY! WHEN SOMEONE SHOOTS AN UNARMED MAN OF COLOR, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CHILD'S FATHER. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN OF COLOR SAFE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE RACE SOLDIERS WHO BELIEVE THE BADGE OR ENTITLEMENT IS THEIR WEAPON OF CHOICE.
Need I repeat myself. I might as well continue to do so. Obviously, some aren't getting the message.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting tired of Nancy Pelosi telling her and women of color to shut up.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has angered the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
The House Speaker is trying to silence women of color. Pelosi goes after four women of color who were sent to Congress on the grounds of being aggressive to Trump.
The progressive wing of the Democratic Party demands Trump gets impeached. They are demanding that Democrats get more tough on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). They are warning Pelosi that her gavel is on the line if she continues to knee-toe to Trump, Republicans and establishment Democrats.
Freshman lawmakers Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) are getting tired of being told to shut up by Republicans and Democrats.
They are planning on recruiting candidates to primary Democratic establishment lawmakers.
Pelosi, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) are a problem within the Democratic Party. They are old, white, out-of-touch and not willing to accept change. We know the Republican Party isn't willing to accept change, but the Democrats are saying "Hey, we gonna change, but give us time!"
No there's no time for waiting. It's really time to get this shit together. We can't afford another election defeat.
The progressives are sick and tired of being marginalized by the far-white, agitators in the media, establishment lawmakers and candidates running for president.
Ocasio-Cortez is tired of the status quo in Washington, DC. Same here.
I am tired of these lawmakers calling Omar and Tlaib anti-Semitic for supporting the BDS Movement. They have the right to criticize Israel, their brutal treatment of Palestinian people, their foreign meddling and their attempts to drag the United States into war with Iran. That foolish far-white agitator Tucker Carlson continues to attack Omar because she said the truth about the United States. Omar dismissed his attacks. She also called out Pelosi for trying to cater to lobbyists who support Israeli causes.
Tlaib was right on the Democrats using people of color and women as bargaining chips to win elections. I've explained that in earlier postings. Tlaib said that Democratic leadership wants to keep women of color isolated from the public discussion.
I am tired of these lawmakers calling Ocasio-Cortez uneducated because she speaks out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She has been well-educated on issues against people of color to be told she doesn't know what she's talking about. To see folks like Tariq Nasheed running his mouth about her and a border agent drinking out of a toilet to prove a point is the reason to why she is tired of status quo theatrics.
"When these comments first started, I kind of thought that she was keeping the progressive flank at more of an arm's distance in order to protect more moderate members, which I understood," Ocasio-Cortez told The Washington Post in an interview published Wednesday.
"But the persistent singling out ... it got to a point where it was just outright disrespectful ... the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color," Ocasio-Cortez added.
Ocasio-Cortez stood by her claim Thursday that Pelosi has been unfairly zeroing in on freshman women of color.
"It's really just pointing out the pattern, right? We're not talking about just progressives, it's signaling out four individuals," Ocasio-Cortez told CNN on Capitol Hill. "And knowing the media environment that we're operating in, knowing the amount of death threats that we get, knowing the amount of concentration detention, I think it's just worth asking why."
Asked if she thinks Pelosi has racial animus or is racist, Ocasio-Cortez said unequivocally, "No, no, absolutely not, absolutely not."
On Wednesday, Pelosi made an impassioned plea to her caucus for party unity as tensions among the progressive and moderate fractions have been at a high.
But in an interview with The New York Times posted Saturday, Pelosi knocked four liberal members of her caucus who had voted against the House border supplemental package before the July Fourth recess.
"All of these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world," Pelosi told the Times. "But they didn't have any following. They're four people and that's how many votes they got."
Ocasio-Cortez hit back on Twitter, arguing "That public 'whatever' is called public sentiment."
Pelosi has stood by her comments this week, saying she was simply stating that the four members voted against the bill. She also told reporters she does not have any regrets about her remarks.
And in the caucus meeting Wednesday, Pelosi told members: "You got a complaint? You come and talk to me about it. But do not tweet about our members and expect us to think that that is just OK."
Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez have clashed over some of the more progressive policies and stances that the New York Democrat has pushed.
The House speaker made similar comments about Ocasio-Cortez in an April interview.
"While there are people who have a large number of Twitter followers, what's important is that we have large numbers of votes on the floor of the House," Ocasio-Cortez told USA Today.
In February, Pelosi announced the Democratic members for her select panel on the climate crisis without Ocasio-Cortez included. Pelosi told reporters that Ocasio-Cortez had turned down her offer to sit on the committee, according to Politico.
She was asked by Politico about the "Green New Deal" and responded dismissively about the sweeping legislative proposal Ocasio-Cortez has championed that aims to combat climate change.
"It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive," Pelosi said, Politico reported.
"The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it, right?"
Call Box Ken. White man calls the law on a Black man. The guy is a YouTube employee.
YouTube executive is under fire for allegedly calling the law on a Black technician who was employed for the company.
Call box Ken. Or perhaps a top-level YouTube executive who may have face a cannon firing.
I'm blaming this guy for me losing YouTube/Google AdSense.
AdSense, Android, Chrome, Blogger, YouTube and Google are product of Alphabet, Inc. I want to be clear that this guy who called the law on a Black man is probably the one who cost me money.
Christopher Cukor was the white guy who decided to call the law on a Black man because he felt that he was a trespasser. Wesly Michel, a tech specialist was outside the home when Cukor called 911 on him. Some are giving Cukor a cutesy name. I guess this how we're addressing racists yet again!
The YouTube executive claimed that his father was killed by a trespasser outside his home.
So he decides to target every Black person that walks in his space?
I don't buy it.
Footage of Cukor's young son tugging on his jacket pleading with him to put the damn phone down went viral.
Cukor apologized to Michel. He said that Michel was "unfairly targeted due to his race," but he said it was "necessary to get help" to protect his son.
Smile. You're famous. Wesly Michel filmed an asshole trying to call the law on him minding his business.
The issue started when Michel tailgated his way into a San Francisco building without using a callbox.
The YouTube executive said, "I noticed [Michel] caught the door and entered the building without using the callbox. I did what came naturally and asked where he was going. When the encounter turned confrontational and I couldn't resolve it myself, I called the police. My father was murdered outside his home by a trespasser who confronted him alone. For my child's safety, my safety and that of the building, I felt it was necessary to get help in the situation. Furthermore, I've encountered trespassers in my building and we've been robbed several times. This is not uncommon in San Francisco and the bad actors are all different colors."
Michel decided to recorded this encounter and it went viral.
The two get into a heated argument and while he was recording, a person who knew Michel waved at him. Cukor's child then told him that he needs to let it go. The YouTube executive didn't so Michel decided to make this asshole famous.
Michel did not accept the apology from this asshole.
Again, we here at Journal de la Reyna thank you for reading our postings. I do my best to be honest about issues here in the United States. We are a blog that talks about issues that face people of color.
So obviously we're a blog that features issues on African American culture. That's usually bait for far-white extremists and trolls.
I know a lot of trolls are starting to read the postings and leave feedback that goes against our views. I don't worry about what they think about us, the blog or our view on society. I just remove it.
We do not condone any form of hate whatsoever. We are tolerant of race, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity and religion.
The Linkdn account says this asshole worked for YouTube.
I can personally state that I do not tolerate conservatism whatsoever.
Being a conservative is not cool. It's pretty much an endorsement of racism!
Take that as a response to anything you've posted in comment section.
Donald J. Trump has invited a bunch of far-white trolls to the White House to discuss his ways of winning 2020 without Russian influence. The far-white cartoonist Ben Garrison had his pass revoked. The White House denied the troll a pass.
After pressure, Garrison was told he was no longer allowed to visit The White House.
Also not invited was Facebook, Google and Twitter. They are not allowed to access to the social media summit.
Who's invited to the summit. A handful of controversial trolls and agitators who have shaky backgrounds. Some who are convicted criminals and those who are often regarded as kooks in general.
Benny Johnson of Turning Point USA. The group Turning Point USA is having struggles. The founder Charlie Kirk is bleeding out money. Members of the TPUSA are being caught on camera spewing racist bullshit. Candace Owens and Kyle Kashuv were fired from the group after they made racially offensive comments in public. The group has shady money funneled into its banks.
James O'Keefe of Project Veritas. The controversial O'Keefe is known as the "ACORN Pimp." He maliciously filmed people working for a community action group and posted misinformation about the group ACORN and its employees. He managed to get Congress to strip its funding and it eventually went out of business. The workers filmed sued O'Keefe, his former girlfriend Hannah Giles and Andrew Breitbart, the late far-white agitator who pushed it on his website. O'Keefe was forced to shelve out a hefty sum of money to the workers. He was also arrested trying to bug a former U.S. Senator's office. He was placed on in-house. Trump is likely to pardon him. O'Keefe has often tired and failed in his "sting" videos. Many political organizations and community activists are now forcing recruits to have formal background checks because of him.
The Heritage Foundation is a far-white think tank that had advocated white nationalists and policies that cater to racism. Those who have worked for The Heritage Foundation has members Rob Bluey, Bridgett Wagner, Maria Sousa, Lyndsey Fifield and Jessica Anderson invited to the summit.
Scott Presler is a notorious troll. He has been on Twitter promoting kookspiracies and misinformation about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). He is a birther, anti-vaccine advocate, sexist and racist. He is a part of the alt-white movement.
They will be going to the White House. Also in attendance is this far-white agitator named Bill Mitchell who has a YouTube page and radio show.
Laura Loomer, the alt-white agitator who lost her Facebook and Twitter account might be there as well. She is planning on suing the companies for "get this" $3 billion for her being banned from using their services.
The actor who is best known for playing in the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones hit movie Men in Black passed away on Tuesday.
Rip Torn passed away in Connecticut at the age of 88.
He was an Emmy Award-winning actor who starred in Men in Black, its sequel and HBO's The Larry Sanders Show said his publicist Rick Miramontez.
He died with his family by his side.
The actor has a seven-decade career in film, television and theater, with nearly 200 credits to his name.
He once said, "Play drama as comedy and comedy as drama". He claimed this to be his secret weapon.
Torn appeared on Broadway ten times, with his debut in Elia Kazan’s staging of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth on March 10, 1959, alongside Paul Newman and Geraldine Page whom he would later marry. He earned a 1960 Tony Award nomination and won a Theater World award for his role as "Tom, Jr.", a role he recreated in the 1962 film.
Throughout Torn's career, critics praised his work on stage. Clive Barnes said of his last appearance on Broadway, in Horton Foote's Young Man From Atlanta: "beautiful in its brusque detail." And the Academy Award-winning winning actress Estelle Parsons remembered Arthur Penn saying, "Rip starts where every other actor finished up."
In addition to his work on stage he had a celebrated career in film: The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Payday (1973), and Cross Creek (Oscar nomination 1983); but his career had fits and starts until he displayed his talent for comedy as the defense attorney Bob Diamond in Albert Brooks' film Defending Your Life (1991). Garry Shandling saw him in that movie and cast Torn in the role he became most widely associated with: talk show producer Artie on The Larry Sanders Show (1992). Torn earned six consecutive Emmy Award nominations for the role, winning for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1996.
Will Smith played Agent J in Men in Black. He along with Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn made the franchise a success.
That show and that role led to a late life resurgence, with almost 200 film and TV credits to his name at the time of his death.
Rip Torn was married to actress Ann Wedgeworth with whom he had a daughter, Danae Torn. He later married actress Geraldine Page, and they had one daughter, Angelica Page, and twin sons, Tony and Jon Torn. He had two children with actress Amy Wright – Katie and Claire Torn.
He is also survived by his sister Patricia Alexander and his four grandchildren: Elijah, Tana, Emeris and Hannah.
American woman was told to cover up her top or lose her flight.
A doctor from Houston was told to cover up her romper or not fly American Airlines.
The doctor was preparing to board a flight from Kingston, Jamaica to Miami on June 30 when a flight attendant to cover up her "assets" or lose her seat.
She was on vacation with her 7-year old son when she was about to board a flight back to the United States. The attendant was not comfortable with the romper she was wearing.
Here is what i was wearing when @AmericanAir asked me to deplane for a talk. At which point I was asked to “cover up”. When defending my outfit I was threatened with not getting back on the flight unless I walked down the aisle wrapped in a blanket. #notsofriendlyskiespic.twitter.com/AYQNNriLcq
Dr. Latisha "Tisha" Rowe, who specializes in family medicine in Houston, went viral on Twitter on June 30 after sharing her experience on a flight from Jamaica to Miami.
Rowe claimed that a flight attendant approached her after boarding the aircraft and asked her to deplane. Once outside, she was met by another another attendant who inquired if she had a jacket before explaining that the ensemble she was wearing, a printed strapless romper, was deemed "too distracting" by members of the flight crew.
Rowe alleged she was then told she needed to cover up. If she was not able to find acceptable attire, she and her son would not be allowed to fly.
After the humiliating incident, she took to Twitter to share front and side photos of the outfit she was wearing when the incident occurred taken after landing in the airport bathroom.
Dr. [La]Tisha Rowe, MD is a well-known Texas doctor who has posted videos on social media about health and wellness.
American Airlines has a "contract of carriage" that it requires passengers to agree upon the purchase of tickets. That contract mentions attire, stating, "Dress appropriately; bare feet or offensive clothing aren't allowed." It does not not provide examples or descriptions of clothing that would fall outside those rules.
Regardless, Rowe said on Twitter that she felt her outfit "covered EVERYTHING" and was perfectly acceptable. And while she says she defended her outfit to flight attendants, she told Insider.com she stopped after she saw that her son was fighting back tears, embarrassed.
"My automatic mommy protective mode started," Rowe recalled to the outlet. "I'm like, 'How do I fix it? I don't want to be in this situation. I just, I want this done.'"
To solve the problem, Rowe asked for a blanket that she then tied around her waist. Eventually ,after repeatedly asking to go back on the plane, she claims crew members allowed her to reboard as long as she remained covered for her entire flight.
American doctor and her son were shamed by an attendant.
"I'm disgusted," Rowe wrote on Twitter. "I'm tweeting so I won't cry. Seriously. My heart hurts. … Just before boarding I posted my trip was unforgettable. Now it’s even more unforgettable, but not in a good way."
She added that her son spent the flight in tears, with a blanket over his head.
Eventually American Airlines would apologize to Rowe. They haven't sent the employees involved packing yet. But the company released a statement saying that they will look into the matter.
Colorado father killed by white terrorist over fireworks.
Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers won't bring back the dead or heal the wounded. Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government that is enabling this. Donald J. Trump, Congress and the National Rifle Association are a bunch of lily-livered cowards. They are numb to gun violence.
BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. AGAIN, THAT RUSSIAN-BACKED BLUE LIVES MATTER CROWD WANTS TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF A BLACK MAN AS US OVERREACTING AND PLAYING THE "RACE CARD" TO HATE ON THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT HATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOW OURSELVES BECOME THE NEXT HASHTAG WHEN WE DIE. I AM SICK OF HEARING THIS BULLSHIT. CONSERVATIVES SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE BLACK CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A FATHER. IT'S FUNNY! WHEN SOMEONE SHOOTS AN UNARMED MAN OF COLOR, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CHILD'S FATHER. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN OF COLOR SAFE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE RACE SOLDIERS WHO BELIEVE THE BADGE OR ENTITLEMENT IS THEIR WEAPON OF CHOICE.
An American man was shot and killed in an altercation with neighbor over a fireworks. This happened in Aurora, Colorado.
The victim, Jaharie Wheeler was minding his own business when the shooter confronted him. The shooter complained about Wheeler's children shooting off fireworks.
The victim's girlfriend was injured by the shooter.
The shooter yelled at the victim's girlfriend, Shamira Cotton and the children. Cotton was headbutted by the shooter and she threw a drink at him. Wheeler then came out to confront the shooter. He was then shot in the chest. Wheeler was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The shooter is a white terrorist. He was upset over the fireworks scaring his dogs. So he didn't call the police. He took actions into his own hands. The 36-year old Wheeler was defending his family from a white terrorist. Wheeler was trying to defend his girlfriend from being attacked by this shooter. The two get into a verbal and physical altercation before the shooting.
When the shooter realized he shot a man, he wanted to leave him to die. The shooter's girlfriend had to intervene and told him to back away from the scene. The shooter would start breaking down.
The police were called and the shooter was arrested. He was charged with second-degree murder. He told the law that he shot him because he got hit in the face.
The shooting was caught on cellphone video and the Aurora Police are combing through it.
It told a story of the shooter's girlfriend starting the whole ordeal. She kicked over the fireworks and triggered Cotton to argue with her. The shooter would come outside to threaten Cotton.
Cotton yelled at him. He headbutted her. She threw a drink at him. Wheeler comes out to confront the shooter. The shooter and Wheeler get into an argument and then an altercation. The shooter put a bullet in him. The victim dies and now the shooter is charged. The shooter's girlfriend was armed as well but she didn't fire.
The shooter (right) is in the county lockup. The shooter's girlfriend who started the ordeal is in hiding. She is being publicly shamed on social media.
The junk food media is trying to give the shooter a personal story. They are trying to make you believe that the shooter was in the right by telling a story about him being a part of law enforcement.
The shooter and his girlfriend were Colorado correctional guards.
Now the charges will put this scumbag in the iron college for LIFE. They gave him a hefty bond and stripped him of his firearms. He is in the freezer at the iron college were he's employed.
Upon that, he will not have contact with the victim's family, the woman he headbutted, the neighbors, the police, social media and lose his passport and vehicle.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
