RiRi's Billions!

Boss talk.

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GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

Robyn Rihanna Fenty, 33 years old is a Barbarian singer, media personality, actress and now billionaire.

She is worth $1.7 billion according to Forbes Magazine. She is one of the richest singers in the world.

Rihanna is crowning the title of one of the world's newest billionaires. She is placed second behind the Queen of Talk and Media, Oprah Winfrey.

"God is good" said the entertainer.

Rihanna’s beauty company, Fenty Beauty, is worth an estimated $2.8 billion, according to Forbes. The singer owns 50% of the company, which is half-owned by French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. 

The financial magazine estimated Rihanna’s lingerie company, Savage X Fenty, to be worth $270 million. 

Why make music when you're a businesswoman who designs clothes, perfumes, jewelry and women's apparel?

Wonder how Chris Brown is taking this?

Rihanna listened to Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter on how to become a become a hustler in the music business.

Rihanna was discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes. After signing with Def Jam in 2005, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200 chart. In 2017 she founded the fashion house Fenty as its artistic director, and became the first black woman to head a luxury brand for LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) group.

Rihanna with A$AP Rocky.

Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporated elements of dance-pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry. The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award and catapulted her to global stardom. She continued to mix pop, dance, and R&B genres on her next studio albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and Unapologetic (2012), which became her first Billboard 200 number one. The albums spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Diamonds", and "Stay". Her eighth album, Anti (2016), showcased a new creative control following her departure from Def Jam. It became her second US number-one album and featured the chart-topping single "Work". Rihanna has collaborations with artists such as rappers Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West and singers Adam Levine, Paul McCartney, Ne-Yo, and Shakira.

With sales of over 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She has earned 14 number-ones and 31 top-ten singles in the US and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. Her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and six Guinness World Records. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2018. Forbes ranked her among the top ten highest-paid celebrities in 2012 and 2014; as of 2021, she is the wealthiest female musician, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion.

Aside from music, Rihanna is known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, entrepreneurial ventures, and the fashion industry. She is the founder of the nonprofit organisation Clara Lionel Foundation, cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion house Fenty under LVMH. Rihanna has also ventured into acting, appearing in major roles in Battleship (2012), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018). She was appointed as an ambassador of education, tourism, and investment by the Government of Barbados in 2018.

Rihanna is signed as an artist on Roc Nation, Def Jam and Westbury Road.

Summer Listening!

Nas released his latest album.

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GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

So we're going to go ahead and get some of my Summer listening out of the way. I've been delaying the postings due to the Google Blogger interface being trash and I'm starting to get bored with the blog.

Not saying that I'm going to just move on, but I am going to consider 2022 as a slow down period.

We still have roads to cross, bridges to build, places to go and things to accomplish. In the United States, the pandemic has driven folks into madness. So many Americans are refusing to wear facial masks, getting vaccinated, pushing conspiracies about the election, stopping Americans from voting, pushing racism under guise of patriotism, sowing discourse and showboating. 

It can be frustrating.

But hey we still have the music.

So today, I'll give you five of the albums I've going to listen to.

The Off-Season from J. Cole.

1. J. Cole - The Off-Season

The North Carolina rapper/media personality released his album on May 14 on Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. It is his sixth album and was executive produced by J. Cole, Ibrahim Hamad and T-Minus.

The album features guest features from 21 Savage, Morray, Bas, Lil Baby, 6lack and has production from Cole, Boi-1da, DrtWrk, Don Mills, Tommy Parker, Wu, 10, Frank Dukes, DJ Dahi, Mario Luciano, Tae Beast, Jake One, Timbaland, Sucuki, Coleman and Maneesh. 

The album has 12 tracks. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200.

2. Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

The Odd Future frontman has come out as a member of the LGBTQ community. He is openly bisexual. He released the album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST on Columbia Records and it's his sixth album on the label. 

He is the executive producer of the album and has features from DJ Drama, 42 Dugg, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Wayne, Teezo Touchdown, Domo Genesis, Brent Faiyaz, Fana Hues, Jamie xx, Daisy World, Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams. His album has 16 tracks but a bonus feature on deluxe album. The production includes Tyler himself with Jamie xx, Jay Versace, Pharrell Williams and Lil Uzi Vert in assistance.

3. Nas - King's Disease II - The sequel to the Grammy award winning album King's Disease. This is the 14th album release from Nasir Jones. The Queens-based rapper and media mogul released his album on Mass Appeal, LLC with association to Def Jam. He and Hit-Boy are the executive producers of the album.

Most of the production is coming from Hit-Boy with one of the tracks assisted by Big Ax-D. 

The album is expected to peak at No. 1. It was released on Friday and it already has Grammy buzz.

The album has features from EPMD, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, YG, Blxst, Hit-Boy, Eminem and Lauryn Hill. The surprising appearance of Lauryn Hill. The two haven't collaborated since Nas released the It Was Written in 1996.

4. Isaiah Rashad - The House is Burning 

This is the third album from the Chattanooga based rapper Isaiah Rashad. The album was released on July 30 and will likely get Grammy buzz. The rapper and singer has released the album on Top Dawg Entertainment and Warner Records. 

Isaiah Rashad's The House is Burning is a certified hit.

He has 16 tracks to this album and it features Lil Uzi Vert, Duke Deuce, Smino, 4r Da Locals, Amindi, Jay Rock, Jay Worthy, YGTUT, SZA and 6lack.

The album has production from Devin Malik, Kal Banx, Banshee The Great, Keanu Beats, Hollywood Cole, J.LBS, Groove, Henry Was, Rory Behr, Amaire Johnson, Kenny Beats, TIGGI, Free P, Crooklin, Pete (Scum) and Nebula.

5. Lil Durk & Lil Baby - The Voice of the Heroes

The collaborative studio album from Chicago rapper Lil Durk and Atlanta rapper Lil Baby. Released on Quality Control, 4 Pockets Full, Wolfpack, Only The Family, Alamo Records, Geffen Records, Motown and Capitol Records.

The two worked on the album between 2020 and 2021 and released the album on June 4. 

The two have guest features from Travis Scott, Meek Mill, Young Thug and Rod Wave.

The production on the 18-track album includes: Touch of Trent, Haze, Forever Rollin, Flex OTB, Chi Chi, Young TN, Wheezy, London on da Track, Tone Def, Rockin wit Slime, Nile Waves, Iroc, DJ Young Pharaoh, Nick Papz, KJ, MFoss, Section 8, Noah, ATL Jacob, DannyProd, Turbo, Russ Chell, Harris, TnTXD, Luke C and Murda Beatz

Bonus 

Migos - Culture III

The group consist of Quavo, Takeoff and Offset. The three have released solo albums and often collaborate on many projects associated with Quality Control. They released Culture III on June 11.

The group is signed to Quality Control, Capitol Records and Motown Records. The rap group's album debuted on No. 2 on Billboard Top 200.

The album has production from longtime producer DJ Durel but also Quavo as well. The other production includes: Wallis Lane, Azul Wynter, LoMastro, Preme, Atake, Sluzyyy, Slime Castro, Nuki, Osiris, Murda Beatz, Tay Keith, Pooh Beatz, Rvnes, Section 8, Ciaga, Nas Moore, Diaz, Mars, Smash David, OG Parker, Fox, Buddah Bless, Pvlace, Zaytoven, Trauma Tone, Danny Wolf, Carnage, Nils, DGudini, Sonic, Oz, Keanu Beats, Aguilar, L'Etranger, Kid Hazi, Will Major, Squill, Pyrex and DUn Deal.

The album has features from Drake, Cardi B, Polo G, Future, Justin Bieber, Juice Wrld, Pop Smoke and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Juice Wrld died in 2019 after having a fatal seizure. Pop Smoke was killed in 2020 after a home invasion. The four terrorists were criminal charged with his murder. The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Polo G - Hall of Fame

The third studio album from Polo G on Columbia Records. The album debuted No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200. He is a Chicago based rapper who is associated with the drill music music. He was nearly joining Juice Wrld in 2019 after having a near fatal seizure from ecstasy and Xanax mixed in his drink.

This album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. 

His album was released on June 11.

The album features guest vocals from Kid Laroi, Lil Durk, Lil Wayne, Scorey, G Herbo, Rod Wave, DaBaby, Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, Nicki Minaj, Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign.

The album production includes 1040, Yung Fuel, E. Bankz, Synco, Taz Taylor, Ryder Johnson, Mason Wu, Jkei, WizardMCE, Tahj Money, D Mac, LondnBlue, Kartlin Bankz, Angelo Ferraro, 12Hunna, Spaceman, BJ, Aiden Han, Damn Mikey, Daniel Magnusson, Varohl, Kid Culture, BKH Beats, Lil Mosey, Nick Mira, NicoNiceWitt, Ben Billions, David Mescon, Terrence Rolle, Wheezy, Fizzle, Boby Raps, SephGotTheWaves, CashMoneyAP, Finesse, Menace, Axl Beats, SAFE and S.Dot.

The album has 20 tracks.

Pop Smoke's vocals were added late into the album. The Victor Victor label cleared the release of unreleased lyrics and features.

Vince Staples - Vince Staples

Rapper/actor/singer Vince Staples is a member of the Cutthroat Boyz. He is a rapper from Long Beach, California and is signed to Motown Records. Universal Music split the Motown label from Def Jam. 

Staples also has a distribution deal with Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records.

This is his fourth album and first eponymous. The album received acclaim from critics. The album has 10 tracks but last only 22 minutes. 

It has no featured guests on the album. His main production comes from Kenny Beats. But also associated production comes from WahWah, James Harper Gordon and Monte Booker.

You can listen to them on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, Deezer or purchasing them from your local retailer. I endorse these albums for your listening pleasure.

Sharice Davids: I Got The Coronavirus!

Rep. Sharice Davids test positive for the coronavirus. She said the vaccines prevented the worst.

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PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

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GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

Democratic lawmaker from Kansas tested positive for the coronavirus. The lawmaker got her vaccination and is experiencing mild symptoms. Had she not got vaccinated, she could have faced a potential deadly fate.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Karen McCarthy (R-CA) were notified of Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) testing positive for the coronavirus.

Davids was one of two Native American women elected in 2018. Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk noble tribal nation. Deb Haaland, was then U.S. Representative from New Mexico before she was tapped by President Joe Biden to become the Department of Interior Secretary. She is the first woman and Native American to be in this position.

Davids who is a former mixed martial arts fighter was elected in 2018. She lives in Kansas City, Kansas and is a lesbian. She is the first openly LGBT Native American elected to the House of Representatives.

She said that she will isolate at home, where she has been since an unrelated outpatient parathyroid surgery."I have followed CDC recommended precautions throughout this pandemic, including masking indoors in areas of high or substantial transmission," Davids said in a statement. "I’m incredibly grateful for the vaccine and the protection that it offers. I know things could have been much worse for me without it."

Sharice is a fighter. She will beat the coronavirus.

Of course, there's folks who are fully vaccinated but end up getting the coronavirus. As with vaccines, nothing is 100%. The vaccines are capable of preventing the coronavirus. At best, it's a 94% prevention rate which means 1 out of 500 could be infected even if they're vaccinated.

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.

Coronavirus Rolls Into Sturgis!

Rolling to the emergency rooms across America. The Sturgis bike rally is one despite the coronavirus spiking in the United States

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PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

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WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! TRUST SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXPERTS! THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FUCKING REAL!

GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

President Joe Biden warned Republican governors that ignoring the CDC's advice during this pandemic will be a grave mistake. The state of South Dakota will set off another wave of coronavirus infections.

Over 645,000 Americans are dead from the coronavirus.

I am going to not have sympathy for those who catch the coronavirus and die. I will tell you that the mother of my son is a prime example of those idiots who refuse to get vaccinated. She literally will put her life, my son, her other son and family member's lives at risk with this delta strain of the coronavirus because of political views or utter stupidity.

Washed Up 45 and Republicans tepid response to the pandemic has led to vaccine skepticism and discarding of health mandates. Those attending Sturgis, South Dakota could spark another deadly month of the coronavirus.

I mean the vaccines are available and its free. But politics continue to be the reasons to why folks not willing to get vaccinated.

It appears that the city of Sturgis is moving forward with his motorcycle rally. The rally is supposed to attract over 800,000 and it will be considered a super-spreader event. There will be many who aren't vaccinated and they will not be wearing face masks. 

Of course, the state's incompetent governor who is vying for a place in the 2024 presidential race is willing to risk the lives of her state's residents and those from out of South Dakota.

Coronavirus be damned, they're going to Sturgis. 

“It’s great to see a party of hundreds of thousands of people,” said Zoltán Vári, a rallygoer who was settling into his campsite Tuesday after making the trek from Hungary.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s defenders argue open air is plentiful on the meandering highways and in the campgrounds where many bikers stay, but contact tracers last year reported 649 virus cases from every corner of the country linked to the rally, including one death. A team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded in a published study that the 2020 rally “ had many characteristics of a superspreading event.”

Rallygoers reasoned that after years of riding Harleys, the coronavirus was just another risk. Five motorcycle riders were killed in crashes during the 2020 rally, and one fatal crash has already been reported this year.

The attitude was summed up on a T-shirt sold last year: “Screw COVID. I went to Sturgis.”

But public health experts warned the massive gathering revved the virus far beyond those who chose to attend. One team of economists argued that the rally set off a chain reaction that resulted in 250,000 cases nationwide. However, that paper was not peer reviewed and was criticized by some top epidemiologists — as well as some bikers — for overestimating the rally’s impact.

While it’s not clear how many cases can be blamed on last year’s rally, it coincided with the start of a sharp increase across the Great Plains that ultimately crescendoed in a deadly winter.

The gathering could potentially power a fresh wave of infections like the one that is currently shattering hospitalization records in parts of the South, said Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.

“I understand how people want to move on from this pandemic — God knows I want to — but the reality is you can’t ignore it,” he said. “You can’t just tell the virus you’re done with it.”

The current rate of cases in South Dakota is roughly half of what it was in the days leading up to last year’s rally. Deaths have also dropped significantly.

COVID-19 vaccines provide hope the rally won’t set off virus spread, but it’s not clear how many in the Sturgis crowd have received a shot. Unlike events like Lollapalooza that required attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, precautions at Sturgis are minimal and optional. The biggest step the city has taken was to allow rallygoers to drink on public property, reasoning it will spread the bacchanalia into the open air.

Only about 46% of adults in the county that hosts Sturgis are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC, compared with 60.6% nationwide. Vaccination rates were similarly low in the five counties where most 2020 rallygoers hailed from, according to an analysis of cellphone data from the Center for New Data. Only one — Maricopa County, Arizona — has cracked 50%. Campbell County in Wyoming, has the lowest rate, at just 27%.

Vári, the biker from Hungary, said he’s been fully vaccinated — but only because he falsely thought he needed proof of vaccination to get into the United States.

“Sturgis or bust,” he wrote on Facebook.

He was eager to return to riding a Harley-Davidson through the Black Hills after missing last year. Vári evaded U.S. tourism travel restrictions on Europe by spending two weeks in Costa Rica before making his way to South Dakota. He hopes 1 million people will show up. Typical attendance is around a half a million.

The city of Sturgis, usually a sleepy community of under 7,000, tried to tamp things down last year, canceling most city-sponsored events and promotion, but hordes of bikers showed up anyway.

“The rally is a behemoth, and you cannot stop it,” said Carol Fellner, a local who worried that this year’s event would cause a fresh outbreak of cases. “I feel absolutely powerless.”

This year, the city is embracing the crowds. Republican Gov. Karen Noem has given the rally her blessing and will appear in a charity ride. The event is a boon for tourism, powering over $800 million in sales, according to the state Department of Tourism.

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.

Conor Lamb Goes Into The Penn Senate Race!

Connor Lamb enter the U.S. senate race.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

STOP ASIAN HATE!

PROTECT AAPI WOMEN!

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸!

WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! TRUST SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXPERTS! THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FUCKING REAL!

GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

It appears the far left is going to sabotage Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) now that he has entered the race to replace Sen. Karen Toomey (R-PA) who is retiring. He will be facing Pennsylvania state senator Malcolm Kenyatta in possibly a bitter primary. I'll be backing the candidate that wants to do the work not make noise!

The far-left will never learn. I'll tell you. 

After Tuesday's defeat of Nina Turner at the hands of Shontel Brown, the far-left should stop trying to primary candidates in districts or races where Republicans have an advantage.

Lamb seems like he can be the perfect candidate to reach out to the voters who typically vote on kitchen table issues and not on culture war issues (i.e. Medicare for all). 

The three-term congressman posted a video to Twitter announcing his campaign. He has been expected to announce a run for a while now.

"Our democracy was born in Pennsylvania," Lamb wrote on Twitter, sharing an ActBlue link. "I'm running for Senate because I believe Pennsylvania can save it."

In the video, Lamb said he speaks with Pennsylvanians "who have come to believe that our democracy is in crisis" before claiming that "they’re right."

"The other side denies reality and worships Trump," the congressman claimed. "They’re making it harder to vote and lying about our elections."

Lamb said he would be making his formal announcement later on Friday and that he deems the Pennsylvania seat "the most important Senate seat in the country."

"We have to build on our majority and tell the truth to people about what’s really going on in people’s lives," Lamb said, adding that the Senate needs to "raise pay for working people, protect retirements, and make sure you have health care when you need it."

"All of these issues are on the line next year, and our opponents will lie about them, just like they lie about elections," Lamb claimed.

"These are serious times, and we won’t win this race on Twitter," Lamb said, adding that he and his campaign "plan to visit a dozen counties in the next week alone."

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokeswoman Karen Litzow warned that Lamb will be a "rubber stamp" for liberal policies in the Senate and remarked that the Democrats are "already sprinting" as far as they can to the left of the aisle.

"Campaigns are marathons, but the Democrat candidates in Pennsylvania are already sprinting as far Left as possible, embracing Bernie Sanders’ agenda to ban fracking and destroy Pennsylvania energy jobs and agreeing with the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree," Litzow said in a statement. "Conor Lamb is just another extreme progressive liberal joining the other extreme progressive liberals."

"Lamb has voted 93% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and will be a rubber stamp for the dangerous liberal policies," she continued, pledging that the "NRSC will spend every day highlighting their positions that are way out of step with the voters of Pennsylvania."

Well I love hearing this. Extreme agenda...huh!

The Democratic Party isn't running around trying to stop Americans from voting. They ain't the ones trying to impose bans on health mandates in the middle of a deadly pandemic in which 645,000 Americans died. The Democratic Party don't spread lies about an election, a pandemic, the economy and racism.

It's the Republicans and their embracing of Washed Up 45 making them the extremists.

Lamb has served in Congress since 2018 after defeating former Republican state Rep. Karen Saccone in a special election to replace former Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., who had resigned from the House in October 2017.

The Pennsylvania Senate race is expected to be the bellwether on which party will control the upper chamber in 2023.

Lamb is facing a robust Democratic primary for the Senate seat, where his opponents include Eric Orts, a business professor at the Wharton School of Business, and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

Candy Apples And Corn Dogs!

More jobs but still a pandemic.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

STOP ASIAN HATE!

PROTECT AAPI WOMEN!

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸!

WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! TRUST SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXPERTS! THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FUCKING REAL!

GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

With the delta strain and lambda strain of the coronavirus spreading, we see America's culture warriors in state and federal office trying to keep mask mandates from returning. With slow vaccination of Americans, the "Great American Comeback" could be a lost.

The jobs report for July will determine if the varying factors of inflation, rising food prices, rising costs in materials, rising gasoline, rising energy, rising rent, the eviction moratorium, unemployment benefits being capped and a job hiring bonanza where folks aren't interested in low wage work, the Biden economy is sputtering along.

Wildfires in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Political extremism on the rise with the former president and his allies being hellbent on trying to sabotage President Joe Biden. 

Hiring rose in July at its fastest pace in nearly a year despite fears over Covid-19′s delta variant and as companies struggled with a tight labor supply, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 943,000 for the month while the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4%, according to the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The payroll increase was the best since August 2020.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 845,000 new jobs and a headline unemployment rate of 5.7%. However, estimates were diverse amid conflicting headwinds and tailwinds and an uncertain path ahead for the economy.

Average hourly earnings also increased more than expected, rising 0.4% for the month and are up 4% from the same period a year ago, at a time when concerns are increasing about persistent inflationary pressures.

“The data for recent months suggest that the rising demand for labor associated with the recovery from the pandemic may have put upward pressure on wages,” the BLS said in the report, though it cautioned that the Covid impact is still skewing data and wage gains are uneven across industries.

Markets reacted positively to the report, with the Dow and S&P 500 hitting new record highs at the open Friday morning.

“It feels like a Goldilocks report. You have not too hot in terms of wages, but not too low in terms of job gains,” said Beth Ann Bovino, chief U.S. economist at S&P Global Ratings.

The drop in the headline unemployment rate looked even stronger considering that the labor force participation rate ticked up to 61.7%, tied for the highest level since the pandemic hit in March 2020. A separate calculation that includes discouraged workers and those holding jobs part-time for economic reasons fell even further, to 9.2% from 9.8% in June.

“This not only was a strong jobs report by nearly every measure, it also signals more good things to come,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

As has been the case for the past several months, leisure and hospitality led job creation, adding 380,000 positions, of which 253,000 came in bars and restaurants. The sector took the hardest hit during the pandemic but has been showing consistent gains during the economic reopening.

The unemployment rate for leisure and hospitality tumbled to 9% in July from 10.9% in June and compared to 25% a year earlier, though there are still about 1.8 million fewer workers than prior to the pandemic. Wages in the sector rose 1.2% month over month and are up 3.1% from a year earlier.

The Squad could sink the infrastructure bill.

Education also showed strong gains, with 261,000 new hires. The BLS cautioned, however, that the pandemic has distorted the sector’s numbers and likely elevated the number for July.

That also left private payrolls up 703,000 for the month, about in line with expectations.

Professional and business services contributed 60,000, and transportation and warehousing added 50,000. Sectors also showing increases were other services (39,000), health care (37,000), manufacturing (27,000), information (24,000), financial activities (22,000) and mining (7,000). Retail posted a loss of 6,000 while construction and wholesale trade were flat.

The numbers come amid a rush of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. and around the world, with the most serious illnesses happening in areas with larger unvaccinated populations. The increase has raised fears that it could slow economic activity in a recovery that began in April 2020 and has shown resilience despite the periodic flareups of Covid cases.

At the same time, the U.S. is fighting a continuing battle with a scarcity of labor.

Job placement site Indeed estimated there were 9.8 million job openings as of July 16, far more than the 8.7 million considered unemployed. In a survey of 5,000 job seekers, however, the amount of those citing health concerns as a reason for not looking for a job declined, with a growing number citing a lack of need due to a financial cushion as the top response.

The unemployment rate has tumbled from pandemic high of 14.8% but remains well above the 3.5% before the crisis. Federal Reserve policymakers have vowed to keep ultra-easy monetary policy in place until they see stronger signs of full employment, though Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday criticized the central bank, saying it was risking runaway inflation in its jobs quest.

President Joe Biden is close to getting his infrastructure bill passed.

“Although there have been some cracks in the armor, today’s jobs number showed that once again our economy is incredibly resilient and moving forward,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist for LPL Financial. “This number was really good, but the best part was it wasn’t so strong that the Fed would have to change policy.”

July’s job gains added to an overall positive climate for employment. May’s numbers were revised up by 31,000 to 614,000, while the June count increased 88,000 to 938,000, for a total gain of 119,000.

1. The U.S. Senate is finishing up the American Jobs Act. The Senate will remain in session to pass the bipartisan bill that will finally get the ball rolling on infrastructure. The Senate is hoping to have enough votes to pass the legislation. The legislation will then go to the House and eventually to President Joe Biden.

2. Over 645,000 Americans are dead from the coronavirus. The new strains of coronavirus have started to affect Americans who aren't vaccinated. Those who aren't vaccinated keeping this pandemic going. Thanks to Washed Up 45, Republicans and the junk food media agitators on the far-right, we're returning back to the pandemic's deadly phase. 

3. Wildfires in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho have an impact on the economy. California is a leading state in revenue and it's impacts are being felt in the supermarket. Tomatoes, honey, milk and even pork are going up due to the wildfires and deadly droughts.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in.

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

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 (BY ACTIVELY TAKING PART IN ILLEGAL ACTS).

Things are returning back to normal. Over 78% of Americans have at least gotten one of the coronavirus vaccines. 

However, they are struggling trying to hire employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour.

Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.

Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.

Yes. We can't always assume that folks are lazy. 

Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.

Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.

Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience. Washed Up 45's presidency and Republican controlled governments led us to losing over 620,000 Americans. President Joe Biden has a four seat House majority and a spilt in the Senate.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local councilman, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Richard Trumka Passed Away!

Richard Trumka passed away.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

STOP ASIAN HATE!

PROTECT AAPI WOMEN!

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸!

WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! TRUST SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXPERTS! THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FUCKING REAL!

GET VACCINATED! IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, GET IT WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINES DO WORK AND IT REDUCES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!

GIVE PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAKE IT THE DOUGLASS COMMONWEALTH.

GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

WE'RE NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT! WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATES THAT AREN'T THE NOISE! REJECT EXTREMISTS ON THE LEFT AND ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT!

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

EXPECT MORE!

An ally of President Joe Biden has passed away. The longtime AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack.

Trumpa rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.

The federation confirmed Trumka’s death in a statement. He had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for 14 years. From his perch, he oversaw a federation with more than 12.5 million members and ushered in a more aggressive style of leadership.

“The labor movement, the AFL-CIO and the nation lost a legend today,” the AFL-CIO said. “Rich Trumka devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership as the voice of America’s labor movement.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Trumka’s death from the Senate floor. “The working people of America have lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most,” he said.

The president called Trumka "a close friend" who was “more than the head of AFL-CIO.” He apologized for showing up late to a meeting with Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander civil rights leaders, saying he had just learned Trumka had died.

A burly man with thick eyebrows and a bushy mustache, Richard Trumka was the son and grandson of coal miners. He grew up in the small southeast Pennsylvania town of Nemacolin, where he worked as a coal miner while attending Penn State University.

He was elected in 1982 at age 33 as the youngest president of the United Mine Workers of America, pledging that the then-troubled union “shall rise again.”

There, he led a successful strike against the Pittston Coal Company, which tried to avoid paying into an industrywide health and pension fund, the union’s website said.

At age 43, Trumka led a nationwide strike against Peabody Coal in 1993. During the walk-off, he stirred controversy.

Union strong.

Asked about the possibility the company would hire permanent replacement workers, Trumka told The Associated Press, “I’m saying if you strike a match and you put your finger on it, you’re likely to get burned.” Trumka insisted he wasn’t threatening violence against the replacements. “Do I want it to happen? Absolutely not. Do I think it can happen? Yes, I think it can happen,” he told the AP.

As AFL-CIO president, he vowed to revive unions’ sagging membership rolls and pledged to make the labor movement appeal to a new generation of workers who perceive unions as “only a grainy, faded picture from another time.”

“We need a unionism that makes sense to the next generation of young women and men who either don’t have the money to go to college or are almost penniless by the time they come out,” Trumka told hundreds of cheering delegates in a speech at the union’s annual convention in 2009.

That year, he was also a leading proponent during the 2009 health care debate for including a public, government-run insurance option, and threatened Democrats who opposed one.

“We need to be a labor movement that stands by our friends, punishes its enemies and challenges those who, well, can’t seem to decide which side they’re on,” he said in August, 2009.

During the 2011 debate over public employee union rights in GOP-controlled statehouses Trumka said the angry protests it sparked were overdue.

Trumka said he hoped then-Wisconsin Gov. Karen Walker’s bill to strip public employee unions of their bargaining power, which drew thousands of protesters to the Capitol in Madison, could renew support for unions after decades of decline.

Whether he meant to or not, Trumka said, Walker started a national debate about collective bargaining “that this country sorely needed to have.”

Eulogies poured in from Trumka’s Democratic allies in Washington.

“Richard Trumka dedicated his life to the labor movement and the right to organize,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in a statement. “Richard’s leadership transcended a single movement, as he fought with principle and persistence to defend the dignity of every person.”

Democratic Sen. Karen Manchin of West Virginia said he was “heartbroken” to learn of the death of his friend.

“Rich’s story is the American story — he was the son and grandson of Italian and Polish immigrants and began his career mining coal. He never forgot where he came from. He dedicated the rest of his career to fighting for America’s working men and women,” Manchin said in a statement.