Americans not getting vaccinated are dying from the coronavirus.
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The deaths of Michael and Trina Daniel shows how Black America's fears of vaccinations are real.
They either watched Fox or listened to a hotep talking about the Tuskegee experiments. The infamous Tuskegee experiments happened in the 1930s when the U.S. used syphilis on Black men.
The 53-year old and 49-year old died within three hours after testing positive for the delta strain of the coronavirus.
The couple been married for 23 years.
Martin graduated from Tuskegee University in Alabama -- which collaborated on the study -- and "the government's syphilis experiments on Black men during the 1930s influenced his and his wife's decision not to get vaccinated."
"Just tying these two events together and understanding the historical context of what's going on, it really wears on me sometimes," said Cornelius Daniel, Martin's nephew.
The Daniels' family launched a fundraiser to benefit the couple's two teenage children.
The Tuskegee study, which ran from 1932 to 1972, had frequently been cited as one factor behind lower COVID-19 vaccination rates among African Americans.
Relishing on past sins, listening to Fox, playing politics with mask mandates and acting like this pandemic is a joke is why we're losing the battle.
Over 645,000 Americans died from the coronavirus. President Joe Biden had hopes that Americans would take this shit seriously. Unfortunately, Republicans so fucking eager to return to power will keep Americans fixated on the culture wars. Now vaccinations are part of this culture war.
But those fighting the culture war by not vaccinating, not wearing face mask in public, not following protocols, and deliberately ignoring federal and international rules when traveling are going to be the first casualties of the war.
With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.
The Republicans are so devoted to destroying Biden and the country for what....to regain power.
Pathetic.
According to the CDC, there is still not enough information on antibodies for COVID-19 and whether they can prevent someone from getting reinfected. It still recommends that people with a positive antibody test follow recommendations for protecting themselves and others.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.
Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19.
If you're not vaccinated, your chances of death increases to 48%.
Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!
If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov.
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President Joe Biden comes to Cincinnati to do a CNN Town Hall with Don Lemon. He also makes an appeal to Americans to support his infrastructure bill which the Senate failed to pass.
At the College of Mount St. Joseph, the president was asked about his policies, voting rights, the spike in coronavirus cases, the constant obstruction from Republicans and some Democrats, the federal court blocking the DREAM Act and his mistakes while in office.
It was robust.
He even brought up the controversial issues of the Brent Spence Bridge. Interstate 75 (and Interstate 71) crosses the Ohio River. It borders Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky. The bridge is the gateway to the South. Over 340,000 vehicles travel that bridge daily. With that being said, the bridge is dangerous. It is extremely dangerous. After last year's accident in which a tanker blew up on the bridge, the Kentucky Transportation Department and Ohio Department of Transportation have vowed to get the bridge fixed.
Biden even said it's time to fix that "damn bridge."
Biden expressed pointed frustration Wednesday over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that it's "gigantically important” for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again.
Biden, speaking at a televised town hall in Cincinnati, said the public health crisis has turned largely into a plight of the unvaccinated as the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country.
“We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple,” he said on the CNN town hall.
The president also expressed optimism that children under 12 will be approved for vaccination in the coming months. But he displayed exasperation that so many eligible Americans are still reluctant to get a shot.
"If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the IC unit, and you’re not going to die," Biden said at the forum at Mount St. Joseph University. "So it’s gigantically important that ... we all act like Americans who care about our fellow Americans.”
Over 80 minutes, Biden fielded questions on many of the pressing issues of the day, including his infrastructure package, voting rights and the makeup of the congressional commission that will investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. He also reflected on what it’s like to be president, saying he’s sometimes taken aback by the pomp that comes with the job and the weight of being “the last guy in the room” left to make the call on daunting decisions.
Six months into his presidency, taming the coronavirus remains his most pressing problem.
U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated. But COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray.
Across the U.S., the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Just 56.2% of Americans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The president noted that the rise has become so concerning that even his critics are pushing back against vaccine disinformation.
Biden made an indirect reference to high-profile conservative personalities at Fox who have “had an altar call” and are now more openly speaking to their skeptical guests about the benefits of getting vaccinated. Sean Hannity recently told viewers, ”I believe in the science of vaccination" and urged them to take the disease seriously. Karen Doocy, who cohosts “Fox & Friends,” this week told viewers the vaccination “will save your life.”
Asked about rising prices, Biden acknowledged “there will be near-term inflation” as the economy rebounds from the pandemic but said it was “highly unlikely long-term inflation will get out of hand.”
Biden, who traveled to Ohio as he's trying to rev up support for his economic agenda, visited a union training center ahead of the town hall.
The trip comes as the fate of his infrastructure proposal remains unclear after Senate Republicans rejected a $1 trillion blueprint i n a key test vote Wednesday. A bipartisan group of 22 senators said in a joint statement after the vote that they were close to coming to terms on a deal and requested a delay until Monday.
Biden expressed confidence in the outcome, saying, “It’s a good thing and I think we’re going to get it done.”
While lawmakers wrangle over the details of that proposal on Capitol Hill, Biden made the case that his nearly $4 trillion package is needed to rebuild the middle class and sustain the economic growth the country has seen during the first six months of his presidency.
The president’s visit took him near the dangerously outdated Brent Spence Bridge — a chokepoint for trucks and emergency vehicles between Ohio and Kentucky that the past two presidents promised without success to replace.
Biden made a passing reference to the structure, telling town hall attendees it's time to “fix that damn bridge of yours.”
He delved into the personal when he faced a question about the scourge of drug addiction, noting he's “so damn proud” of his son Hunter Biden, who has published a memoir about his struggles with substance abuse. The president also noted he feels a bit self-conscious about some of the fringe benefits that come with the office. He elicited laughter when he said he told some of the White House staff not to come in to serve breakfast. The real reason: The president likes to eat breakfast in his robe.
Biden defended the filibuster against repeated questions from CNN moderator Don Lemon about why he feels the need to protect what some critics argue is a legislative tactic once used to protect racist policies.
He said he’s trying to bring the country together around the need to protect voting rights, and he doesn’t want “the debate to only be about whether or not we have a filibuster.” Biden said if Democrats removed the filibuster “you’re going to throw the entire Congress into chaos and nothing will get done.”
Back in Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans selected by House GOP leader Karen McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. McCarthy said the GOP won’t participate in the investigation if Democrats won’t accept the members he appointed.
Lemon asked how Biden could have confidence that Republicans and Democrats can get together on anything when they can’t even come to agreement on investigating the most brazen attack on the U.S. Capitol in 200 years.
Biden simply replied, “These people,” a nod to forum’s spectators and his faith in Americans writ large. But Biden seemed to also acknowledge the partisan rift in Washington had become maddening.
“I don’t care if you think I’m Satan reincarnated,” Biden said. “The fact is you can’t look at that television and say nothing happened on the 6th and listen to people who say this was a peaceful march."
He said what he felt about a Black mayor running Tarrant, Alabama.
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It was said out loud at a town council in Alabama.
Do we have a house NIGGER in here?
In the city of Tarrant, Alabama, a councilman said the slur in front of the Black mayor in an attempt to undermine his leadership. Wayman Newton had to shrug off the slur made by Republican Karen Bryant, an old cracker who had a longtime seat on the city committee.
The white Tarrant city councilmen, used the racial epithet during a council meeting on Monday.
“Do we have a house NIGGER in here?” Bryant asked during the recorded council meeting. “Do we? Do we?”
In an interview with WVTM 13, Bryant said he repeated what Mayor Wayman Newton had called a fellow council member, Veronica Freeman, in executive session.
Tarrant, Alabama city council member Tommy Bryant has come under fire after he stood up and loudly asked, “Do we have a house nigger in here?” during a city council meeting https://t.co/5HqTZ3WV4mpic.twitter.com/xo1rjgqSGy
"[The mayor] doesn't need to use that term in front of everybody and I thought the city ought to know the terminology the mayor uses and I didn't want him to get away with it," Bryant said.
Mayor Wayman Newton didn't immediately reply to a USA TODAY request for comment.
In the video, attendees gasped after hearing the remark.
"We need to stop the racial slurs that the mayor makes and he's always picking on Veronica Freeman," Bryant told WVTM 13. " The city needs to know what kind of mayor and what kind of vocabulary he has."
In a statement viewed by AL.com, Newton said, "the video speaks for itself.”
Bryant is facing calls for his resignation after using the racial slur.
“We were astonished. No one left, because we were actually very very in shock as to what he had said,” Tarrant resident Waynette Bonham told CBS 42.
Bonham said even if Bryant was repeating what he heard, he should not have used it.
“He should resign because he was way too comfortable standing up and using that word in front of a group of people of color,” Bonham told the station.
The Alabama Republican Party Chairman Karen Wahl told AL.com Bryant's behavior was unacceptable.
"Such language is completely unacceptable in any setting, and even more concerning coming from an elected official,” Wahl said in a statement.
The Alabama Democratic Party urged Bryant to resign and called him unfit to serve.
“Alabama still has a long way to go when it comes to race, but cozying up to the KKK and using the N word should make you unfit to serve,” Wade Perry, the party’s executive director, said in a statement to AL.com.
Bryant said the mayor used the slur in a derogatory way, but it was OK for him to say because he was repeating it.
When asked by reporters if he would resign, Bryant said "absolutely not."
"I may even consider running for mayor next time,” Bryant said according to CBS 42.
Wayman Newton, the mayor of Tarrant, Alabama was called a racial slur.
Remind me why does the Republican Party claims to be the party of civil rights when they're literally trying to deny transgender children the right to play sports according to their gender?
Remind me why does the Republican Party think that opposing the John Lewis Voting Rights Bill and the For The People's Act is a token of their commitment towards voting and civil rights?
Remind me why does the Republican Party want to be the party that supports freedom of speech but yet want companies and people to be banned or punished for protesting injustices committed by Israel, systematic racism in the United States and whitewashing the infamous insurrection of 2021?
Remind me why does the Republican Party wants to delay President Joe Biden's agenda?
Is it because they believe Americans will forget about how a pandemic killed over 645,000 Americans?
Or is it because the Republicans want to keep us distract with the "culture war" issues that propel the insurrection?
I don't know but I can tell you that people of color should avoid voting for Republicans for the foreseeable future. The Republican Party and their policies are not helpful to anyone other than the powerful and incredibly ignorant.
Israeli and American lawmakers fume at Ben & Jerry's.
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Quit conflating Israel with Judaism.
It is not a Jewish state. It's an elected democracy and they have diverse coalition of groups. It's not an ethno-religious state. The pro-Israeli lobbyists in America are trying to justify the illegal crimes committed by the state.
When Israel launched it attacks on the Gaza Strip last May, it sparked international outrage. They attacked the offices of the Associated Press, BBC and al Jazerrea. They also attacked UN-sanctioned buildings and killed over 300 civilians.
Israel continued to push the lie that the West Bank's organized government Hamas was hiding in the facilities. The U.S. media sided with Israel.
The attacks didn't sway Israeli lawmakers from rejecting the leadership of Karen Netanyahu. He was soon ousted from his role as Prime Minister. He was replaced with another extremist.
The new prime minister Karen Bennett is even further to the right of Netanyahu. He will exploit his new role as prime minister to continue the brutal treatment of those living in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Israeli troops use lethal moves on protesters in the West Bank.
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream is by far one of the world's most popular brands of ice cream, frozen yogurt and smoothies. The founders are progressives and activists. They are seeing the writing on the wall.
They have decided that they can no longer attribute to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The company said they will no longer associate with the country's distributors.
Israel’s prime minister vowed Tuesday to “act aggressively” against the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, as the country’s ambassador to the U.S. urged dozens of state governors to punish the company under anti-boycott laws.
The strong reaction reflected concerns in Israel that the ice cream maker’s decision could lead other companies to follow suit. It also appeared to set the stage for a protracted public relations and legal battle.
Bennett’s office said he spoke with Alan Jope, chief executive of Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever, and raised concern about what he called a “clearly anti-Israel step.” He said the move would have “serious consequences, legal and otherwise,” and Israel “will act aggressively against all boycott actions directed against its citizens.”
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price declined to comment directly on the company’s decision. But he said the U.S. rejects the boycott movement against Israel, saying it “unfairly singles out” the country.
This is where I have a problem with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats and those who support Israel. They seriously believe that "Israel has a right...." which is one of the reasons to why this country is committing war crimes, human abuses and illegal settlements. The United States will not condemn it or sanction it. They will wink and nod. The U.S. gives Israel billions of our taxpayer dollars to build up its military, nuclear weapons and apartheid towards people of color.
The Arab League have often condemns the Israeli government's actions towards Palestinians.
The United Nations has also condemned actions by the Israeli government. The UN can't impose sanctions on Israel because the U.S., Great Britain and Canada often reject the resolutions.
So they pretty much cry and the U.S. is there to comfort.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, Karen Erdan, sent letters to 35 governors whose states have laws against boycotting Israel asking that they consider speaking out against Ben & Jerry’s decision “and taking any other relevant steps, including in relation to your state laws and the commercial dealings between Ben & Jerry’s and your state.”
States that have laws on the books that punish companies or individuals for boycotting Israel are controversial. You could be fired out the cannon from a company if you participate in boycotts against Israel or support the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movements. It's a freedom of speech and right of protest.
Those laws will likely be challenged in the Supreme Court.
Erdan said Israel views the company’s decision as “the de-facto adoption of anti-Semitic practices and advancement of the de-legitimization of the Jewish state and the dehumanization of the Jewish people.”
“As Arab nations cancel their decades-long boycott of the Jewish state and sign peace agreements with Israel, and cultural and economic cooperation in our region is growing, American companies with radical ideological agendas cannot be allowed to go against the policy of the United States and act against normalization and peace,” Erdan wrote. “Moreover, the past has proven that the citizens of Israel are never the only ones who suffer from such boycotts as these significantly harm Palestinians as well.”
In Monday’s announcement, Ben & Jerry’s said it would stop selling ice cream in the occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem. The company, known for its social activism, said such sales were “inconsistent with our values.”
Our taxpayer dollars fund Israel's war crimes.
The statement was one of the strongest rebukes by a high-profile company of Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which it has controlled for more than a half-century after capturing them in the 1967 Mideast war.
The Palestinians, with broad international support, claim both areas as parts of a future independent state. Israeli settlements, now home to some 700,000 Israelis, are widely seen as illegal and obstacles to peace.
Israel annexed east Jerusalem after the 1967 war and considers the entire city its undivided capital, though the annexation is not internationally recognized. It says the West Bank is disputed territory and says its final status should be resolved in negotiations. The international community, however, widely considers both areas to be occupied territory.
In its statement, Ben & Jerry’s said it had informed its longtime Israeli partner that it will not renew its license agreement when it expires at the end of 2022.
While noting it would not serve Israeli-occupied areas, it said it would continue to provide ice cream in Israel “through a different arrangement.” A number of companies, most notably beverage company SodaStream, have closed factories in the occupied West Bank but few have targeted Israeli consumers living there.
It remains unclear how Ben & Jerry’s plans to do that. Israeli supermarket chains, a primary distribution channel for the cleverly named flavors of ice cream, operate in the settlements, and under Israeli law, people or companies that boycott the settlements can be sued.
On the global stage, Israel does not differentiate between settlements and the rest of the country. When home-rental company Airbnb announced in 2018 that it would no longer list properties in West Bank settlements, Israel harshly condemned the move as part of a broader Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel.
Israel’s strategic affairs minister at the time, Erdan, encouraged Israelis harmed by the decision to sue Airbnb. Several months later, after continued Israeli criticism and a U.S. federal lawsuit filed by Israeli Americans, the company reversed course.
Erdan, now Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday that he had sent a letter to the governors of 35 states that have passed laws against anti-Israel boycott activity.
“Rapid and determined action must be taken to counter such discriminatory and anti-semitic actions,” he wrote. “We must stand united and send an unequivocal message that this will not be tolerated.”
But even some of Israel’s supporters said the company was on solid ground.
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of the liberal pro-Israel group J-Street, said it was not anti-semitism to differentiate between Israel and settlements built on occupied territory.
“Instead of demonizing and attacking companies and individuals for making principled decisions,” he said, “these leaders would make a greater contribution to the fight against antisemitism by helping to bring the unjust and harmful occupation to a peaceful end.”
The dispute has turned the Israeli ice cream market into the latest front in Israel’s long-running battle against the BDS movement, a Palestinian-led grassroots campaign that promotes boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israeli businesses, cultural institutions and universities.
The BDS Movement is falsely labeled anti-Semitic. The movement is to put pressure on world leaders to condemn and sanction Israeli's crime against humanity.
BDS organizers say they are protesting what they call Israeli oppression of Palestinians in a campaign modeled on the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Its nonviolent message has resonated with audiences around the world, including on many U.S. college campuses.
But Israel says the movement has a deeper agenda aimed at delegitimizing and destroying the country.
Omar Barghouti, a BDS co-founder, said the movement had been urging Ben & Jerry’s to pull out of Israel for years. He called its decision “quite significant.”
“It shows you cannot have business with an apartheid state without being complicit,” he said. “We expect more socially responsible companies to follow suit, perhaps less publicly.
Unilever, which acquired Ben & Jerry’s in 2000, appeared Tuesday to distance itself from the ice cream maker. In a statement, Unilever noted that under the purchase agreement, it recognized Ben & Jerry’s independence and right “to take decisions about its social mission.”
“We remain fully committed to our presence in Israel, where we have invested in our people, brands and business for several decades,” it said.
Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School, said that despite such assurances, the global company could be vulnerable to U.S. state laws banning anti-Israel boycott activity.
Kontorovich, who consulted with lawmakers in some states that adopted the laws, said they treat anti-Israel boycotts as a form of discrimination. Violating these laws, he said, could make both Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever ineligible for state contracts or prompt states to drop Unilever shares from large pension funds.
“They may see that mixing ice cream and anti-Israel politics may not be the best idea,” he said.
The battle comes against the backdrop of shifting U.S. attitudes toward Israel. Where Israel once enjoyed solid bipartisan support in the U.S., the country has turned into a divisive issue in recent years, with Republicans strongly supporting it and Democrats, especially young liberal voters, increasingly supporting the Palestinians.
Several factors have fueled this trend, including Netanyahu’s close alliance with Washed Up 45.
Karen Oren, who served as Netanyahu’s ambassador to the U.S., said the trends were worrisome for Israel.
While he said the Ben & Jerry’s decision posed no immediate threat to Israel’s robust economy, he said the boycott movement could contribute to a “steady erosion of Israel’s legitimacy.”
“Our enemies know they cannot destroy us with all those missiles,” he told reporters. “They can destroy us economically through sanctions and boycotts. And that’s where BDS poses a long-term threat.”
White nationalists cry over being shut out of the select committee on the insurrection.
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Bakersfield, California, this is your lawmaker. What has he done for you?
Urbana, Ohio, why do you continue to allow this enabler of pedophila be a part of Congress?
Fort Wayne, Indiana, why do you allow this white nationalist represent your city and the district?
The crybabies of the Congress are now pulling out of the January 6, 2021 insurrection committee.
Pelosi rejects QAnon lawmakers Jim Jordan and Jim Banks.
The House Minority Weeper, Rep. Karen McCarthy (R-CA) is fuming over the removal of Rep. Karen Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Karen Banks (R-IN) from the House Select Committee on the investigation of the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The House Speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has said that these two morons are not going to be a part of this committee. These two idiots supported the insurrection and voted against certifying the presidency of Joe Biden.
The two QAnon lawmakers were placed on the panel in a partisan attempt to undermine the committee.
McCarthy knew what the fuck he was doing. He wanted to place these clowns on the panel to distract the nation with Fox talking points and conspiracy theories.
These idiots act like they didn't see those extremists destroyed Pelosi's office. Those extremists threatened to kill Pelosi, former vice president Karen M. Pence and they deliberately staged a coup d'etat in support of Washed Up 45.
The Republicans have a temper tantrum against the panel investigating Washed Up 45's supporters who assaulted Congress in an attempt to stop it from certifying President Joe Biden's election.
"With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee," Pelosi said in a statement. "The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision."
Pelosi created the 13-member panel after House Republicans rejected an earlier attempt to create a bipartisan panel to probe the violence, which saw hundreds of the former president's supporters storm the building, assaulting police, smashing windows and sending lawmakers and the former vice president Pence scrambling for safety.
Creepy Jims. The Indiana and Ohio lawmakers are part of the least productive Freedom Caucus.
"Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts," McCarthy said in a statement withdrawing his nominees.
Pelosi had previously appointed one Republican, Karen Cheney of Wyoming, to the panel. Pelosi had said she would accept McCarthy's other three nominees -- Representatives Karen Davis, Karen Armstrong and Karen Nehls -- and had asked him to pick two new members.
Jordan is an ardent supporter of Washed Up 45 and enabler of pedophila, served as one of his main defenders during his two impeachment trials, the latter of which was on a charge of inciting the Capitol riot. The then-Republican-controlled Senate acquitted Trump both times.
Four people died on the day of the violence, one shot dead by police and the other three of natural causes. A Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the following day. Two police officers who responded to the assault on the Capitol later took their own lives. More than a hundred police officers were injured.
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This guy named Tom Barrack has a federal sandwich on the platter. He is being indicted by the feds for failing to register as a foreign agent on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
The private equity investor was arrested along with two other men on charges he was illegally lobbying for Washed Up 45 while he was running for president and serving during his one miserable term.
He will be appearing in federal court in Los Angeles before he will extradited to Brooklyn, New York.
Barrack was part of the 2017 inaugural fund for Washed Up 45.
A resident of Santa Monica, California, he and two others were secretly advancing the interests of the UAE at the direction of senior officials of the country by influencing the foreign policy positions of the inexperienced reality television star turned politician. He was lied to the feds during a June 2019 interview with the feds.
The evidence received from Barrack included thousands of emails, text messages, iCloud records, flight records and social media postings.
The suspect tried to met with senior leaders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is a close ally of UAE.
Of course, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel have controversial relationships with the United States. The Americans turn their backs while these three nations commit war crimes, human right violations and totalitarian regimes.
Also indicted was Matthew Grimes and UAE resident who is on the run, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi.
In a seven-count grand jury indictment, unsealed in a New York federal court, Barrack, 74, and two others are accused of "acting and conspiring to act as agents" of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018, but without registering as foreign agents. Barrack was also charged with obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements to federal law enforcement agents.
The trio acted "to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the United States at the direction of senior UAE officials by influencing the foreign policy positions of the campaign of a candidate in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and, subsequently, the foreign policy positions of the U.S. government in the incoming administration, as well as seeking to influence public opinion in favor of UAE interests," the Justice Department said.
Anyone acting on behalf of a foreign government in the U.S. is required by federal law to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department. Failure to do so constitutes a felony, and as an FBI official said Tuesday, the conduct amounts to "secret attempts" to influence the nation's highest officials.
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Tom Brady jokes with President Biden over the election results.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were at the White House today. They were hosting the Superbowl LV champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The team defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. The score was 31-9.
This was a historical first. The winning team played the Superbowl at their home stadium. The Buccaneers played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The team also hired a famed quarterback to their roster.
Tom Brady, 43 is one of the oldest players in the NFL. Still one of the highest paid and still one the greatest. Rob Gronkowski, 32 came out of retirement to play with Brady. The two were once a part of the New England Patriots. The first time two winning members of a remarkable NFL team winning the Superbowl ring at rival team.
It was a historical game. We also had a historical election in which a three time presidential candidate finally won the nomination and the election. He defeated an incumbent president who was slightly favored to win. The incumbent was a former reality television star and business mogul. He was well known for his namesake. He was wrapped in controversy. He never had favorable ratings. He was a conspiracy theorist. He was toxic and whatever he said on social media was the news. To this day, he continues to spill bullshit about him being robbed of the win.
Nevertheless, his opponent is quietly repairing a divided nation.
Biden picked a woman of color as his running mate. He is a former vice president under Barack Obama and former U.S. senator from Delaware. Since he was a running mate of a political ticket he won twice. He won his U.S. senate race and was vice president-elect.
Brady is a seven time Superbowl champion. He knows there's lots of people who just hate his ass.
Brady joked that his Tampa Bay Buccaneers had something in common with President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
About 40% of Americans didn't want us to win.
The Bucs visited the White House on Tuesday to celebrate their Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs. When Brady was at the podium, he mentioned how few people thought the Buccaneers could win. And then got in a joke about the people who continue to incorrectly believe that Biden didn't win the November presidential election.
"Not a lot of people think that we could have won," Brady said. "In fact, I think about 40% of the people still don't think we won."
"I understand that," Biden quickly replied.
"You understand that, Mr. President?" Brady then asked.
The quip from Brady is sure to displease Washed Up 45, a man who continues to falsely claim that Biden's win over him in November was somehow a product of a rigged election full of voter fraud. The former president has long counted Brady as a friend and said that Brady called him to congratulate him after he won the 2016 presidential election. Brady also had a MAGA hat in his New England Patriots locker when the washed up entertainer first started running for president.
Brady has been relatively tight-lipped about his relationship with the former president in recent years — his wife Gisele Bundchen asked him to not talk politics in 2016 — as Washed Up 45 became the most polarizing president in decades. Brady said in April that the former president had wanted him to speak at the 2016 Republican National Convention, an invitation that he declined.
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American rapper and actor Wiz Khalifa posted on social media he caught the coronavirus. It appears that the entertainer fucked around and found out.
Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid. No symptoms. Just stay away from me for a lil while
Camron Thomaz is a rapper, producer, actor and father of one. He should know better but I guess that ego and a whole lot of kush got in his head.
Many of these entertainers lost a lot of revenue when the pandemic hit. Venues like movie theaters, all you can eat buffets, weddings, amusement parks and music concerts took a huge hit. Since the coronavirus spreads into large gatherings, it pretty much made these venues obsolete.
Americans who refuse to get vaccinated or wear a mask are causing us to go backwards. The delta variant is the top strain here in the United States. Almost every state in the country has reported a rise in coronavirus cases.
Wiz decided to post a few days later saying that his second test turned out negative and he is no longer going to quarantine.
He is an idiot. First things, first! Because you tested positive but have no symptoms, it doesn't mean that you could put someone else or your child at risk of the coronavirus.
With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.
The Republicans are so devoted to destroying Biden and the country for what....to regain power.
Pathetic.
According to the CDC, there is still not enough information on antibodies for COVID-19 and whether they can prevent someone from getting reinfected. It still recommends that people with a positive antibody test follow recommendations for protecting themselves and others.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.
Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19.
If you're not vaccinated, your chances of death increases to 48%.
Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!
If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov.
