The extremist admits he rather die than get vaccinated.
The far-right extremist got the coronavirus for a second time and this time it could be worse than the first round.
The extremist said on his radio program and The Blaze network that the virus is getting into his lungs.
Speaking a fellow far-right extremist who is co-owner of Blaze Media, the agitator said he's had the virus for a week. He said he was "great, except having COVID and seeing the destruction of our country."
The agitator said this was a"lighter case, but it's now starting to go into my lungs today, which is a little disturbing," adding that he is "on all the medications and treatments and everything else, so we'll see."
The agitator went to Fox to say to the white nationalist in primetime that he had COVID -19 and beacuse of that he would not get vaccinated.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends that everyone, even those who have previously contracted the virus, get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The agitator told the fellow extremist that he was not being treated with monoclonal antibodies, some of which are less effective against the omicron strain, but instead he's trying junk science.
He is taking ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and fluvoxamine. The CDC and many health experts say that these are not approved coronavirus treatment and that his doctors were "hitting him hard."
The two went on to talk about unproven medical claims and President Joe Biden.
If he does make it through this bout, he will claim that vaccines are worthless and the like.
The omicron variant is more contagious, but is considered less serious. Cases of breakthrough infections are increasing. Thanks to those who refuse to get vaccinated, the coronavirus is mutating and its becoming more infectious. Those who got vaccinated are getting mild symptoms.
Those who are unvaccinated are either experiencing mild to severe symptoms. They are overwhelming the hospitals.
If only Americans got vaccinated, we would have been back to normal. Alas, they wanna fuck around and now they're going to find out. Matter of fact, we all are going to find out.
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.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about the funerals, the birthday parties, the weddings, the vacations, the events and your graduations. 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.
Hip-Hop's diss respectful rapper goes after rappers, politicians and things that happened in 2021.
2021 Rap Up
Talk to 'em, Tommy
You know every year, at the top of the year, it's my time
Y'all be waitin' for me to talk reckless
Respectfully, do I entertain y'all with my disrespect?
Respectfully (Great John on the beat, by the way)
Lil Nas X gon' catch AIDS and die like Eazy-E (he is)
Hope the LGBTQ don't cancel me (please)
Like they tried to stop DaBaby from gettin' paid
When he was talkin' 'bout how they be givin' each other AIDS (haha)
They hated on Dave Chapelle but couldn't stop 'em
Netflix was like, "If you don't like it, don't watch him" (word)
Bill Cosby came home, I'm glad he doin' well
Honestly, I thought Bill was gon' die in jail (I did)
Who the fuck be listenin' to Tyler, The Creator music (who?)
That's what DJ Khaled said, y'all know he don't like losin' (he don't)
How he get the number one album over Khaled (how?)
When he be out here tossin' other niggas' salad?
Do y'all know what today is? 'Cause today matters (do y'all?)
Today is the day I disrespect a whole bunch of rappers, respectfully (ha)
I don't care who niggas down with
I'm violatin' 'em if they was out here doin' clown shit, c'mon man (woo)
I know what happen, y'all know what happen, y'all heard what happen (y'all heard)
I said I wasn't gon' do it, niggas knew I was cappin' (cap)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (crazy)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (woo)
Y'all couldn't wait for this shit to drop (y'all couldn't)
I ain't got no rap friends left 'cause all the shit I pop (I don't)
And if y'all know me, y'all know I don't give a fuck
I'm cool with not bein' cool with niggas, so listen up
Bobby Shmurda came home Quavo picked him up in a jet (litty)
He happy to be home my nigga ain't stop dancin' yet (he didn't)
He did the crime and some extra time what he gotta prove? (What?)
So every chance he get he showin' off his new dance moves (ha!)
Good to see my nigga home gettin' back to a bag (Shmoney)
If her show is called "The Red Table" that's a red flag (woo)
Jada out here still makin' Will look stupid (she is)
She said when he fuck her she don't like the way that he do it (aww)
I'm like, damn, he probably don't get her wet
He be turnin' her off with all that throwin' up after sex (eww)
Still got the nerve to show their sex tape to his grandmother (cray)
I get it, I see why she let August Alsina fuck her (okay)
Either way she got Will Smith lookin' like a sucker (she do)
He should leave her like DaBaby left his baby mother (he should)
But don't go on Instagram or get the cops in it (don't)
If he kill her she gon' go to heaven and let Pac hit it (aww)
Future rather hang out with Jada than hang with Will
Shit I feel the same way that that nigga Future feel (I do)
I don't want no wife like Jada or Brittany Renner (I don't)
And I'll take the money instead of the Jay-Z dinner (haha)
I was smokin' on that Alpo pack when I wrote this
Finally a nigga died out here for doin' some ho shit (word)
That's what he get for rattin' and killin' a good nigga
Salute to whoever it was that pulled the trigger (salute)
We celebrated that's a W for the streets (turn up)
Finally the homie Rich Porter can Rest In Peace (finally)
Since Alpo got killed 6ix9ine been real quiet (shh)
Wendy said she fucked Method Man but he denied it (ha)
You know how Wendy Williams be she might be cappin'
She was coked up back then, she probably thought that happened (coke head)
Quavo and Saweetie was a trendin' topic
Went from relationship goals to bein' toxic (crazy)
Had an elevator fight remember that?
That was before they broke up and he took the Bentley back (vroom)
He ain't even hit her they tried to make him look crazy (he ain't touch her)
Shaderoom had us thinkin' she fucked Lil Baby
Quavo said they could swap it out he ain't stressin'
Lil Baby's baby mother got caught likin' that message (Jayda)
Soulja Boy the first rapper Kanye took off a track
On Drink Champs he told N.O.R.E. Soulja Boy's verse was wack (it was)
In that whole interview Kanye was out of line
Big Sean the worst nigga he said he ever signed (haha)
He don't like the way that Talib Kweli rhyme (he don't)
He was usin' them backpack rappers the whole time (he was)
I ain't a fan of that backpack rap neither (nope)
You'll never hear Talib Kweli comin' out my speakers (you won't)
Crazy how Verzuz became so necessary
L.O.X. vs. Dipset was legendary (facts)
That nigga Jadakiss was not tryna take an L (nope)
You see how he snatched that bandana off of Juelz
Threw it on the floor, I'm like these niggas need help
Kiss coulda beat the whole Dipset by his self (he could've)
They wasn't ready they was more focused on drippin'
He called them out for not knowin' they words and lip syncin'
Styles P tried to fuck up Cam'ron drip
Cam kicked him aggressively in the chest a li'l bit (that was funny)
Can't describe the energy that night New York felt
Niggas boo'd Cam'ron for a minute then caught theyselves
Like hold up, put some respect on my nigga name (Killa)
It was dope hearin' Jay-Z shout out that nigga Dame (it was)
Fat Joe vs. Ja Rule wasn't as special
They said Ja won but Joe was super disrespectful (he was)
Lets rewind it back to what Joey Crack said
He said Lil Mo and Vita look like crackheads
Caught them dusty in front of the Garden
Told Ja to feed them bitches, they look like they starvin'
Bone Thugs ain't do a show in twenty-three summers
And tried to charge Swizz like they doin' stadium numbers (what?)
Then them and Three 6 Mafia start fightin'
That's the only thin' about that battle that was excitin' (facts)
D'Angelo bumass did Verzuz alone
R. Kelly got found guilty he ain't comin' home (he ain't)
Do y'all know what today is? 'Cause today matters (do y'all?)
Today is the day I disrespect a whole bunch of rappers, respectfully (ha)
I don't care who niggas down with
I'm violatin' 'em if they was out here doin' clown shit, c'mon man (woo)
I know what happen, y'all know what happen, y'all heard what happen (y'all heard)
I said I wasn't gon' do it, niggas knew I was cappin' (cap)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (crazy)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (woo)
Y'all couldn't wait for this shit to drop (y'all couldn't)
I ain't got no rap friends left 'cause all the shit I pop (I don't)
And if y'all know me, y'all know I don't give a fuck
I'm cool with not bein' cool with niggas, so listen up
Trick Daddy said Beyoncé can't sing, that nigga bugged
He a cokehead that's why we tell kids say no to drugs (that's why)
That Gorilla Glue girl hair start fallin' out (ah-ha)
I don't know what's worse takin' these new drugs or chasin' clout
I'm gettin' warmed up it's about to get hotter (woah)
Tory told Megan to dance before he shot her (word)
Put your hands on your knees, shake your ass on some thot shit
That's what Tory told Megan before she got hit (imagine that)
Future told Steve Harvey he don't want Lori
Joe Budden got caught stealin' from Mal and Rory (Joey)
The way that shit went down they all look lame
Without them Joe podcast don't sound the same (it don't)
They got they own podcast now, I don't know the name (uh)
It ain't no Drink Champs or Million Dollars Worth of Game (it ain't)
It's too many podcast shows it's saturated
You see what Elliot Wilson and B Dot created (y'all see)
Kirk Franklin got caught cursin' his set up
I thought God was gon' pull up on him and pull his tongue out (amen)
"I'll put my foot in your ass, bitch ass nigga"
That's what Kirk Franklin said he sounded like a nigga
Trump supporters took over the U.S. Capitol (facts)
Picture black people bein' in a buildin' that valuable (picture that)
SWAT team woulda been out there movin' all tactical
They woulda shot us on TV it woulda been tragical
I'm thinkin' bout the Travis Scott concert
Ten people died, thousands got hurt (damn)
Thinkin' bout that 9 year old that's the saddest part
You know Uncle Murda love the kids, yeah, I have a heart (I do)
What happened at that concert is not his fault (it wasn't)
But why is Trump lawyer representin' him in court? (Why?)
See I remember what he said about Mike Brown
That's why he goin' through all this bullshit right now (karma)
People went to Travis Scott show and lost they life
It's crazy how my nigga Kanye West lost his wife (crazy)
Kim K done with Kanye, it's official
She ain't just file for divorce she filed to be single (how?)
But that nigga Kanye West really love her
He went and bought the house directly across the street from her (Gangsta)
She could do her but not in the crib he built
Kim K gon' fuck around and get Pete Davison killed (just sayin')
Picture Pete pullin' up in Kim K's Wraith
Then Ye walk across the street and punch him in his face (Yeezy)
Drake and Kanye deaded their fake beef
Did a concert that looked like Verzuz without Swizz Beatz (it did)
Drake and Swizz got beef so they cut my nigga out
It was for Larry Hoover, Kanye tryna get him out (free Hoover)
Wonder how Pusha T feel about they reunion (I wonder)
After all that dick ridin' Kanye West was doin' (aww)
That's what Big Sean said when N.O.R.E. asked him a question
"I mean, not to be funny but it's just like, the obsession"
Got my own fire in the club, security ride us hard (free Pooh Shiesty)
Lil Wayne pulled a chopper out on his own bodyguard
And they talkin' 'bout Jay-Z battlin' who on Verzuz?
Don't make me sound like Kirk Franklin usin' all them curses
"I will break your neck nigga, don't you ever disrespect me"
Tristan Thompson tryna keep his new baby a secret
Seventy-five thousand couldn't get her not to keep it (it couldn't)
That's what he offered baby girl but she ain't take it
He lookin' like Nick Cannon with all these kids he makin' (wildin' out)
Derrick Jaxn cheated on his wife (not Derrick)
And he be out here givin' women relationship advice (aww)
He was talkin' down on niggas like niggas was animals
He a narcissist, I rock with Kevin Samuels (ha)
He tell you what's necessary not what you wanna hear
Like when Stephen Jackson made fun of Kwame Brown career (damn)
Him and Matt Barnes wasn't lyin' he ain't shit (he ain't)
We went over all his stats with Stephen A. Smith (on First Take)
He a certified bum he averaged two points
"Love Don't Live Here" droppin' soon, that's my new joint (woah)
And if I ever run into a Karen
I'm cursin' that bitch out everybody gon' be starin' (bitch, bitch)
Really wasn't gon' do this, last year I said that's it
But I'm back like bing bong, Nems got me sayin' that shit (fuck you're life)
Every year everybody be waitin' on me to do this (I know)
It's crazy how Karen Civil robbed Joyner Lucas (Karen)
Funny thing about it is we know he ain't lyin'
He ain't the only one accusin' her of shit she denyin'
Mother Nature really out here movin' reckless
Bitch really had it snowin' out in Houston, Texas (in Texas?)
That free money Trump gave away ya'll enjoyed it
Y'all ain't been smokin' Zaza since they stopped unemployment (hahaha)
President Joe Byron is a joke
He look old and sick like he bout to die from a stroke (die, nigga)
Governor Cuomo and his brother Chris is trendin'
Both of them got sexual harassment cases pendin' (crazy)
A lot of shit caught me off-guard I ain't see it comin'
Like LeBron James homie Rich Paul and Adele fuckin' (we up)
Hello, she ain't never goin' back to the other side
Condolences to my nigga Snoop Dogg his mother died (hold ya head)
Let me smoke a blunt right now and get in my zone
Akademiks said Freddie Gibbs got beat up by Jim Jones (word)
I'm not a big fan of his the streets don't rock with him
That be Elliot and B Dot givin' all of those props to him (just sayin')
So when he talk tough we don't believe what he sayin' (we don't)
His father a cop and his brother down with the DEA
Yeah, I ain't like his reaction when Nas won a Grammy (I didn't)
He never lost in court 'cause law enforcement is his family
I know I ain't the only one that feel like he hated
Freddie album ain't deserve to be Grammy nominated (nope)
Do y'all know what today is? 'Cause today matters (do y'all?)
Today is the day I disrespect a whole bunch of rappers, respectfully (ha)
I don't care who niggas down with
I'm violatin' 'em if they was out here doin' clown shit, c'mon man (woo)
I know what happen, y'all know what happen, y'all heard what happen (y'all heard)
I said I wasn't gon' do it, niggas knew I was cappin' (cap)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (crazy)
Crazy, crazy, shit crazy (woo)
Y'all couldn't wait for this shit to drop (y'all couldn't)
I ain't got no rap friends left 'cause all the shit I pop (I don't)
And if y'all know me, y'all know I don't give a fuck
I'm cool with not bein' cool with niggas, so listen up
I'm in the booth right now it feel like I'm gettin' fuckin' sick
I caught the Omarion virus recordin' this fuckin' shit
The Brooklyn Nets let Kyrie get back on the team
Even after he refused to take the vaccine (don't take it)
He can't play no home games, fuck it's all good
Stand on what you believe in like Martin Luther King would (facts)
Free Sheff G, the game can't wait to have you back
Sleepy holdin' it down he just got another platinum plaque (woah)
Sheff broke a nigga jaw in jail, yeah, I heard what happened
Eli Fross got locked up for a shootin' in Manhattan (bang bang)
Free Kay Flock, I hope the homie beat the case
He had a mask on how they know it was him? They ain't see his face (how?)
BMF is niggas in the hood new favorite show (it is)
You can't stop the rain, that Lamar nigga had to go (had to)
Y'all was playin' yourself doin' that dumb crate challenge
Hurtin' yourself makin' it to the top to lose y'all balance (dummies)
Squid Games was the most watched show on Netflix ever
Lebron James said he thought it could've ended better (word)
Niggas really out here gettin' knocked out by Jake Paul
Deontay Wilder lost again but it was a fuckin' brawl
They was knockin' each other out, he really gave it his all
Couldn't get him to stay down when he had made him fall
Rest In Peace to Kreuger, Brooklyn lost a legend
It don't even seem real it was so unexpected (it don't)
I'm retirin' for real, man, this shit be too sad to say
Now I gotta mention how the homie DMX passed away
X was a one of one could never be duplicated (never)
It was dope seein' how him and God communicated (super dope)
It's so many memories in hip hop you created
Swizz made sure your legacy got celebrated (salute Swizz)
X was a legend and an icon in this shit
A father and a child of God he truly gon' be missed (facts)
Black Rob passed away not too long after
Year after year it's like we keep losin' more rappers (too many)
Rest in peace to Dolph he put on for his trappers
He was independent he wasn't gettin' robbed by them crackers (word)
His wife and kids good because of that, that's what matters
Rappers be dyin' and their families don't know who own they masters (crazy)
Rest in peace to Slim 400 we never met
But I heard you was solid so I'm payin' my respects (you already)
Rest in Peace to Drakeo this shit is unreal (dang)
That's the third rapper I named this year that got killed
What the fuck is goin' on? We gotta do better, bruh
Bein' a rapper is the most dangerous job in America (it is)
We got a guilty verdict for the cop that killed George Floyd
The whole world seen it that was somethin' they couldn't avoid (had to)
He got twenty years to do before he gettin' out
Bein' white ain't work for him like it did Kyle Rittenhouse (haha)
That lil' white boy cried his way out of jail
If he was black his white ass be sittin' in the cell (white privilege)
For killin' those two people that kid is not sorry
At least they found them crackers guilty that killed Ahmaud Arbery (word)
Kim Potter got found guilty too, that's major
How you pull your gun out and shoot and think it's a taser? (How?)
Now that dumb cop bitch gotta sit in the pen'
All that white privilege shit is comin' to an end (haha)
A traffic stop turned in to takin' that boys life
Condolences to the family of Daunte Wright
Rest in Peace to Virgil, a fashion icon
Let's get super drippy every year on the day he died on (let's go)
November 28th, mark that down in your calendar
Let's see who get the drippiest that day, I challenge ya
Shit I got a book on Amazon that my kids wrote
My boys is young Black authors ain't that dope
Collin Powell took the vaccine and died from Covid
Them vaccines don't really work and the government know it (they don't)
Too many people died this year, it felt like a horror movie
Rest in peace to Larry King, rest in peace Paul Mooney (rest in peace)
Rest in peace Michael K. Williams, Cecily Tyson
Said rest in peace to like twenty people since I been writin'
It's kinda hard focusin' on makin' y'all laugh today
Prince Markie Dee and Biz Markie passed away (legends)
Dre had an aneurysm, bitch, almost made him die
I know he's happy his divorce is finally finalized (word)
Greedy bitch wasn't shootin' with him in the gym
Judge still made Dre pay her a hundred M's (what the?)
I know a lot of R&B chicks in they feelings
Rihanna the first one out of them worth a billion (Rih Rih)
J. Lo keep a new man, she ain't lose her ass yet
From Mark Anthony to A-Rod back to Ben Affleck (mixxy)
Covid got us in the house, we can't go out and turn up
Zac Stacy went viral for beatin' his girl up
Ex-NFL player out here lookin' crazy
We don't condone doin' sucker shit like that to a lady
Came up off of SHIB I'm a crypto whale
Get two hundred bands just to drop, my shit gon' sell (just sayin')
Ask Ghazi ask Nima I ain't makin' this shit up
If you independent and you buzzin' then that's who you should hit up
This really my last year doin' this shit, no cap
I hope y'all enjoyed all the Rap Up's, it's a wrap (it's over, sheesh)
And this ain't no regular MP3
Holla at my nigga Kicks to get the exclusive NFT (woah)
The shit is crazy. Murda goes after New York rappers, Lil Nas X, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Future, Kirk Franklin, Wendy Williams, Washed Up 45, President Joe Biden, Travis Scott, Drake, Kanye West and threw out conspiracy theories on vaccines.
Lenny Grant is a controversial figure in hip-hop. He is known as a rapper, songwriter and producer/
In the diss, the says he doesn't care how you feel, how you react or what you think.... He's hood and he's dissing.
The controversial Arizona senator will not back the filibuster rules change.
The Democratic senators Karen Sinema of Arizona and Karen Manchin of West Virginia have been thorns in President Joe Biden's side. Despite the attempts by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to force a floor vote on the Build Back Better agenda and voting rights, it's blocked by the 50 Karens in the Republican conferences and these two Karens in the Democratic caucus.
These two Democrats are destructive to the very course of democracy.
A majority of Americans believe democracy is trouble. Since the insurrection, we seen Republicans pass more partisan voting restrictions to keep people from voting. We seen the Supreme Court down policies towards health and safety.
We have Republican members openly calling for the assassination of federal workers.
We have a handful of news networks freely pushing extremism on a national stage.
Black people voted for Biden to win.
We didn't vote for Karens.
Sinema and Manchin went to the Democratic luncheon with their hands cross and their mouths completely shut when Biden urged the party to get on board with changing the filibuster.
He said now is not the time to be complacent to the status quo.
The Democrats have a slim majority in the Senate. Had the former president had that, I bet you money, the opposition leader McConnell would have quickly pushed forward an elimination of the filibuster to pass legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act, restrictions to a woman's body, sending immigrants back to their home countries despite not being there when they were children and who knows.
Sinema believes that if we take away the filibuster and go through simple majority, the consequences will be equal. Don't worry bitch, McConnell will find a way.
Matter of fact, the goal is to reinstall the former president.
Washed Up 45 or anyone can be the U.S. Speaker of the House. The Republicans can impeach Biden and Vice President Harris and thus the former president if chosen to be speaker could be president.
Republicans take control of the senate and throw out the filibuster and thus remove Biden and Harris.
Then Republicans can rule with an iron fist and cause another insurrection.
They will prey on the stupid by telling them that the economy is bad, Blacks are dangerous, immigrants are getting handouts, radical Islam on the rise, they want to silence your voice. They are stirring the ingredients of a white nationalist revolution in which the dying race is being replaced.
Leading will be Murdoch's bullshit peddlers on primetime and the internet thanks to Mark Zuckerberg and his ilk.
And when the day come, we can thank her and Manchin.
She said removing the filibuster would not guarantee "that we prevent demagogues from being elected" and that getting rid of it would merely be treating the "symptom" of partisanship and not the underlying problem.
No to change.
Sinema said while she continues to strongly back Democrats' elections legislation she will not support "separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country ... There's no need for me to restate my long-standing support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation."
"When one party need only negotiate with itself, policy will inextricably be pushed from the middle towards the extremes," she added, noting that she does not support that outcome, and she knows "Arizonans do not either."
Sinema's position has been consistent throughout recent negotiations on voting rights but is a fatal blow to her party as they tried to strike a unified tone in backing legislation on the issue, ahead of a self-imposed deadline Monday to act.
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego called out Sinema by name for supporting the filibuster over the wishes of Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other progressive Democrats. Gallego has not ruled out running against Sinema in the 2024 Senate primary.
"We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans," he said on Thursday. "It's past time for the US Senate and Senator Sinema to do the same."
Arizona Democratic Party chair Raquel Terán also criticized Sinema, saying the organization was "disappointed to say the least that she has chosen to protect an antiquated rule over her constituents."
Sinema acknowledged some states are passing laws that make it harder for voters to access the ballot box, and said she supports civil rights groups challenging those laws in court, and she said she will support voting rights bills coming from the House. However, she is not going to back a change to the filibuster.
Sinema argued the country needs a "sustained robust effort to defend American Democracy." She outlined some ways to do this, including supporting state and local candidates who represent the values enshrined in our Constitution and ensuring "we have a judiciary that is less lopsided in its political leanings." She also said that it is key the nation "confront and combat the rise of rampant disinformation."
Sinema drew praise from her fellow moderate Manchin who said he listened to Sinema's speech and that she did an "excellent job."
"I think it's the points that I've been making for an awful long time, and she has too," he said, when asked if he agrees with many of the points she made in her floor remarks.
Republicans also praised Sinema. McConnell told CNN that her remarks were an act of "conspicuous of political courage." He added: "She saved the Senate as an institution."
The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the governor's decision to approve the new state and U.S. Congressional maps. The Buckeye state will lose one congressional district. Republicans were hoping to make a power move by giving 14 districts to them and two to Democrats.
They were going to draw congressional maps that limited Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH). Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) is making a sacrificial lamb decision to run for the U.S. Senate.
Ohio is considered more Republican thanks to Washed Up 45 winning the state by eight points.
The voters approved a measure that would establish a committee that would make a fair decision on how to draw up the state map.
In a 4-3 decision, the state court sent the maps back to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, giving the GOP-led panel 10 days to take another crack at complying with the provisions of a 2015 constitutional amendment requiring an attempt at avoiding partisan favoritism.
The Republican state chief justice Karen O'Conner provided a pivotal swing vote, joining the three Democrats in a victory for national voting rights and Democratic groups.
Ohio and other states were required to redraw their congressional maps to reflect the results of the 2020 census, under which the state lost one of its current districts due to lagging population. The plan sprinted through the state house and passed without Democratic support. It was signed by Ohio's Karen governor DeWine.
He has a crony on the court. His son is one of those cronies who voted to keep the gerrymandered map.
The Supreme Court's idiot wing downs Biden's attempts to save the country.
Sabotage.
I bet you wish we had elected a woman to be president in 2016. I bet you wish you didn't support the decision to vote for a washed up entertainer. I bet you hear the same ankle biters demand the 46th President of the United States magically wave a wand and change everything in a second.
In reality, white nationalism still exists. The former president left a trail of extremism on his way out.
It oozed into state legislatures, state courts and now the federal government. We see the aftermath of allow Republicans run governments. Now we see the aftermath of a court system not with the times.
The consequences of American politics. The cause and effect of an American electorate devoted to putting stupidity ahead of science.
The U.S. Supreme Court downs President Joe Biden's attempt at forcing a requirement for American employees at large businesses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the the U.S.
The court's decision on Thursday during a spike the coronavirus will set back the goal to get Americans vaccinated in the wake of the delta and omicron variants. This also slows down Biden's efforts to get Americans vaccinated.
The court's stupid wing concluded that the administration overstepped its authority by seeking to impose the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's vaccine or test rule on U.S. businesses with at least 100 employees. More than 80 million people will be affected if the court would have sided with scinece.
"OSHA has never before imposed such a mandate. Nor has Congress. Indeed, although Congress has enacted significant legislation addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, it has decline to enact any measure similar to what OSHA has promulgated here," the six idiots on the right wrote.
Washed Up 45's pick Gorsuch refuses to wear a mask. The other pick, Barrett plays Karen.
In dissent, the court's three liberals argued that it was the court that was overreaching by substituting its judgement for that of health experts. "Acting outside of its competence and without legal basis, the Court displaces the judgements of the government officials given the responsibility to respond to workplace health emergencies," said Justice Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in a joint dissent.
The challenge came from states where the coronavirus is surging. Guess?
Republican-led states.
This decision is a test of what we're expecting from the Court in the coming months. The Supreme Court will rule on the Texas and Mississippi abortion bans. They will make a decision that will impact women's health.
So as we're approaching 900,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, we will see American businesses force companies to allow unvaccinated workers continue to come to their jobs and spread it.
Those who are vaccinated could be exposed. They will get sick and thus we'll keep the cycle of death going.
One less racist. We still got a lot more to get rid of.
I don't dance on the graves of my enemies. I rather they find eternal peace wherever they go. But this is one funeral I will not be attending. I mean I guess his bargain book, White Girl Bleed A Lot will be topping the best sellers list.
After all, white nationalists need fuel for their engine of hate.
Dear Black folks: We are at war. Right now, millions of racist white Americans are mourning the death of the super racist Colin Flaherty. This evil clown preached extreme hatred against Blacks in general. White bigots are celebrating his life. pic.twitter.com/wN2blOXgU3
Apparently racist author Colin Flaherty has died. Flaherty was scheduled to speak at the last white nationalist American Renaissance conference but pulled out due to health issues.
In two best-selling books, he documented the black criminality epidemic, vastly disproportionate to black % of population, and the Regime Media's efforts to conceal it, which he called: “the biggest lie of our generation.”
Colin Flaherty is now taking a dirt nap. I am happy to see such a despicable human being like this gone.
It almost seems like we talked about him yesterday.
Feels like Rush Limbaugh all over again.
If we could get rid of the MAGAtoonist and that annoying "softball" agitator on Fox, maybe I'll probably celebrate.
Flaherty looked really like he's was dying in his September 2021 posting.
We talked about this white extremiston the blog and he actually responded back to us. I was actually shocked to hear that this disease would respond to our blog.
He became a household name when he started writing for WorldNetDaily. He was talking about Black on whatever crime throughout Barack Obama's presidency. He got the attention of Fox and that annoying agitator, "Softball" Hannity.
The agitator was promoting him as the counternarrative to the Michael Brown shooting and protests.
Flaherty had few Black allies. I mean Larry Elder, Jesse Lee Peterson and Kevin Jackson were among those Black allies who supported his pseudo-statistics.
He often would post on YouTube and Twitter videos of Black criminality. He would often equate the narrative that Black people were violent and white people would have to take arms.
Don't get me started on his opinions on crime within a interracial relationship. A white woman would be killed by a Black man, he would tweet it and share it on social media. It would be picked up on the racist watering holes.
There wasn't much to say him other than he's done nothing but divide our nation with racial angst.
Wikipedia deleted his article and tied it into "White Girl Bleed A Lot."
Hopefully, if there is a hell, Flaherty and Rush Limbaugh can rest comfortably.
Right wing agitator and white supremacist writer Colin Flaherty died yesterday in Delaware. He was 66 years old.
He is best known for writing three venomous racist books such as White Girl Bleed a Lot, The Knockout Game, and Don't Make The Black Kids Angry.
He was the host of his podcast until 2020. His racist views have influenced racists and bigots such as the orange man, Sean Hannity, countless Republican politicians such as Pat McCrory.
He has caused so many deaths of Black people because the police, vigilantes, and the easily brainwashed public, picked up his Klan views as a clarion call to harm Blacks all over America.
Not one ounce of sympathy coming from me, for he has destroyed so many peoples' lives.
We lose another talent. The famed lead singer of the 1960s R&B group, The Ronettes has passed away.
The cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group The Ronettes, has died. She was 78.
Spector died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, her family said. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude,” a statement said. No other details were revealed.
Tributes flooded social media, from Stevie Van Zandt saying it was an honor to produce her, to Brian Wilson, who wrote on Twitter: “I loved her voice so much and she was a very special person and a dear friend.” Diane Warren called her “The voice of a million teenage dreams including mine.”
The Ronettes’ sexy look and powerful voices — plus songwriting and producing help from Phil Spector — turned them into one of the premier acts of the girl-group era, touring England with The Rolling Stones and befriending the Beatles.
Spector, alongside her sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley, scored hits with pop masterpieces like “Baby, I Love You,” “Walking in the Rain,” “I Can Hear Music” and “Be My Baby,” which was co-written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
“We weren’t afraid to be hot. That was our gimmick,” Spector said in her memoir. “When we saw The Shirelles walk on stage with their wide party dresses, we went in the opposite direction and squeezed our bodies into the tightest skirts we could find. Then we’d get out on stage and hike them up to show our legs even more.”
Spector, born Veronica Bennett, and her multiracial bandmates grew up in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. They began singing and dancing in clubs as Ronnie and the Relatives, becoming noteworthy for their liberal use of eyeliner and mascara.
“The louder they applauded, the more mascara we put on the next time,” she wrote in her memoir. “We didn’t have a hit record to grab their attention, so we had to make an impression with our style. None of it was planned out; we just took the look we were born with and extended it.”
In March 1963, Estelle Bennett managed to arrange an audition in front of Phil Spector, known for his big, brass-and-drum style dubbed the “wall of sound.” They were signed to Philles Records in 1963. After being signed, they sang backup for other acts until Spector had the group record “Be My Baby” and “Baby I Love You.”
The group’s debut album, “Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica,” was released in 1964. Five of its 12 tracks had made it to the U.S. Billboard charts.
“Nothing excites me more than just being onstage, having fun and flirting and winking to the guys and stuff like that,” she told People magazine in 2017. “I just have so much fun. It’s just the best feeling when I go out and they say, “Ladies and gentlemen…” —my heart stops for a minute—“…Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes!” Then I just go out there and the crowd reacts the way they react and I can go on singing forever.”
After touring Germany in 1967, the Ronettes broke up. Spector married Ronnie in 1968, then she said he kept her locked in their Beverly Hills mansion. Her 1990 autobiography “Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts And Madness” tells an unhappy story of abuse. The couple divorced in 1974. Phil Spector was sent to prison in 2009 for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson and died in 2021.
Ronnie Spector’s influence was felt far and wide. Brian Wilson became obsessed with “Be My Baby” and Billy Joel wrote “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” in Spector’s honor. Amy Winehouse frequently cited Spector as an idol.
Martin Scorsese used “Be My Baby” to open his 1973 film “Mean Streets” and the song appears in the title sequence of “Dirty Dancing” and the closing credits of “Baby Mama.” It also appeared on TV in “Moonlighting” and “The Wonder Years.”
When the Ronettes were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones remembered opening for the trio in England in the mid-1960s. “They could sing all their way right through a wall of sound,” Richards said. “They didn’t need anything. They touched my heart right there and then and they touch it still.”
After the Ronettes broke up, Spector continued to tour and make music, including “Take Me Home Tonight” with Eddie Money, recording Joel’s “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and recording the 1999 EP “She Talks to Rainbows,” which included her first ever recording of “Don’t Worry Baby,” written for her by Brian Wilson.
In 2006, she released “Last of the Rock Stars,” her first album in 20 years and it featured appearances by the Raconteurs, Keith Richards, Patti Smith and the Raveonettes. In 2010 she released a doo-wop Christmas EP called “Ronnie Spector’s Best Christmas Ever” and in 2016 released “English Heart,” her covers of songs from Britain in the ’60s.
She is survived her husband, Jonathan Greenfield, and two sons, Jason and Austin.
Calvin Simon, an iconic funk, pop and gospel singer passed away.
Iconic co-founder of the funk band Funkadelic and Parliament passed away.
Calvin Simon, a singer and original member of the influential, genre-bending music collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died at age 79.
His death was announced on the official Facebook page for George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, which wrote, “Fly on Calvin!”
The news was later confirmed on Simon’s personal Facebook page with a post featuring a photo of the music group in 1974.
“Thank everyone for the wonderful memories… we will so miss you Calvin… but love the thought that heaven just got a bit funkier, reads the announcement, which was shared Saturday.
Simon, whose cause of death was not released, began in the late 1950s with the doo-wop band the Parliaments, which formed in New Jersey.
The West Virginia-born artist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a member of the multi-band Parliament-Funkadelic collective.
Simon most recently released an album titled “I Believe” in 2018.
“There was such a positive message and vibe to the original music of Parliament Funkadelic that was delivered in a fun way,” Simon said on his website ahead of the album’s release. “True music, true arrangements, pure joy.”
The suspects who were involved in the shooting of Young Dolph are caught and now they are facing a federal sandwich for their actions.
Both terrorists were wanted for the shooting of Adolph Thornton, Jr., 36 while he was buying cookies at Memphis' Mekada's Homemade Cookies.
The U.S. Marshals Services had nabbed the prime suspect in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 23 year old, was fingered as the main shooter. He had a history of violence.
Those who aided in his fleeing to another state will be criminally charged. The suspect went by the name Straight Drop and he was already on time out because of a previous encounter at a bowling alley four years ago. He was on weapons disability when he committed this murder.
The other suspect is 33 years old. He is being charged with attempted first-degree murder, unlawfully carrying or possessing a weapon, employment of a firearm with intent to commit a felony and theft of property between $10,000 and $60,000.
Two terrorists caught. One is a former rapper.
The Nov. 17 shooting rocked the hip-hop community.
Dolph was an independent artist who made millions off of music. He often would ended up promoting Black businesses. He would donate computers, clothes and food to residents of his hometown.
Dolph was born in Chicago but grew up in Memphis. He would gain fame with releasing mixtapes and his albums. He collaborated with the likes of Clifford "T.I." Harris, Key Glock, Megan Thee Stallion, Gucci Mane and Young Scooter.
Dolph leaves behind a fiance and two children.
The city of Memphis has dedicated a portion of Airways Boulevard to be Adolph "Young Dolph" Thornton, Jr. Avenue.
The suspects face the DEATH card if convicted in court. The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth. When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history.
The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence.
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GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES!
Biden calls for systematic change. Will they listen?
It takes a village.
Yesterday, Joy Reid hosted a controversial leftist and CNN hosted another leftist. They both slammed Biden for being "all talk." They said they're not impressed by Biden's handling of voting rights.
Like he can magically wave a fucking wand and make things happen. He signs laws. He can negotiate with these fucking senators and often be stopped by opposition. The opposition has overused the filibuster and it's been an obstacle to get things done.
The "woke mob" which is proving to be damaging to the Democrats in the longtime are demanding that Biden pass voting rights.
He has a 50-50 senate with Vice President Kamala Harris being the tie-breaker. The Senate is stalled on many of the House bills passed. Two white nationalist Democrats refuse to back the Build Back Better and voting rights bills.
The 49 white nationalists and one Black enabler within the Republican Party won't support anything.
So basically you have 51 white nationalist and one Black enabler as Biden described it "Presidents" who want to dictate how the country is ran.
All the ankle biters like Latosha Brown of the Black Voters Matter group and Cliff Albright will drain the Democrats out of their resources. They decided to boycott the president's arrival.
Many Americans don't vote anyway. Especially the leftists who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in his two failed bids for president. On top of that, many Americans aren't voting because they trust politicians. Biden can travel to any state or territory in the country. He can say everything and these fucking ankle biters are going to cherry-pick the speech.
Matter of fact, he said "President Harris" and guess what the folks are going to discuss?
Biden on Tuesday called for an end to the filibuster to allow for passage of federal voting rights bills, as congressional Democrats increasingly prioritize ballot box protections and advocates grow frustrated over stalled legislation.
In a long-awaited speech on voting rights, the president tried to frame the issue as one that has historically received bipartisan support, accusing Senate Republicans of lacking the "courage to stand up to a defeated president to protect the right to vote." Their obstruction, he said, left Democrats with "no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this."
"Pass it now," Biden said, referring to the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. "I am tired of being quiet."
Biden has been under pressure to more aggressively address voting rights after a wave of restrictive voting laws, fueled by Washed Up 45's false claims about the results of the 2020 election, were passed last year by more than a dozen GOP-controlled state legislatures. His speech also comes amid anxiety from activists who are frustrated and demanding more leadership from the president.
Biden, who frequently describes himself as an institutionalist, had resisted for months calls to back the changing of the filibuster. But he said Tuesday that "the United States Senate, designed to be the world's greatest deliberative body, has been rendered a shell of its former self."
Even with the president’s new position on the filibuster, it is unclear how voting rights legislation would pass Congress. Republicans have remained unified in their opposition to the two voting rights bills currently being considered and Sen. Karen Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Karen Sinema (D-AZ) have said they oppose altering the filibuster. Without their votes, Democrats would be unable to change Senate rules to get around the 60-vote threshold.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Tuesday that the Senate would vote on the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act by Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. When they fail, Democrats will consider changing Senate rules, Schumer said.
Biden delivered his remarks Tuesday at the Atlanta University Center Consortium, the oldest and largest association of historically Black colleges and universities. He also visited the crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before going to the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King used to preach and where Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is now a pastor.
Biden framed the moment as an inflection point in American democracy and urged senators of both parties to consider the role they played in protecting the right to vote.
"Will you stand for democracy, yes or no?," said Biden. "Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? This is the moment to decide."
Harris was invested in voting rights since she was a senator.
Some voting rights advocates had expressed frustration with the president ahead of his visit for not prioritizing legislation on the issue earlier on in his administration, arguing that Biden's rhetoric on the issue has not translated into a strategy to get legislation passed.
"While President Biden delivered a stirring speech today, it’s time for this administration to match their words with actions, and for Congress to do their job," NAACP president Derrick Johnson said in a statement after the speech. "Voting rights should not simply be a priority — it must be THE priority."
Stacey Abrams, a Democratic candidate for governor and one of the party’s most prominent advocates for voting rights, did not attend Tuesday’s speech. Some influential activist groups, including the Black Voters Matter Fund and the New Georgia Project Action Fund, also skipped the event in an effort to highlight what they said is the need for action in the U.S. Senate, rather than speeches.
In an interview with MSNBC Tuesday morning, Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, said it had been a “difficult decision” to attend Biden’s speech.
“We certainly understand the frustration of our local partners here in Georgia,” Waters King said. “It’s been a long year of a lot of things not being done, and we stand and we share that frustration.”
Biden’s speech in Atlanta was only the second time since taking office that he has held an event solely dedicated to voting rights, following a speech on the issue in Philadelphia in July. In comparison, he has held more than 60 events solely dedicated to the pandemic and 40 events focused on his infrastructure and Build Back Better agenda.
“Giving dozens of speeches for Build Back Better didn't get us Build Back Better,” said Nsé Ufot, the chief executive officer of the New Georgia Project and its affiliate, New Georgia Project Action Fund. “So if they are telling me that this speech is going to get us voting rights, I don't think it's crazy or unreasonable for me to ask simply: how?”
"I'm looking for marching orders. I'm looking for a plan," she added.
At least 19 states passed laws last year making it more difficult to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Far more restrictive voting rights laws were enacted around the country in 2021 than in any year since the center began tracking voting legislation a decade ago.
In the spring, Georgia’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed a law that limits the time voters have to request absentee ballots, institutes tougher ID requirements, significantly cuts down on the number of mail-in voting drop boxes, and bans offering food or water to voters waiting in line.
Biden won Georgia in the 2020 election by less than a percentage point, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to prevail in the state since 1992. Georgia also delivered Democrats control of the Senate with the election of Warnock and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in January 2021.
Clay Aiken makes another run and this time he is confident he will win.
The former American Idol singer and actor is now turning his eyes to Washington, DC. He announced he is running for Congress. After the last battle in which he came within four points of the Republican challenger, Clay Aiken has said he's maturing his campaign is going to fight the noise of the far-right.
This time, Aiken is working to make sure that name recognition and a ground to stand on will be key to winning this round.
Given that the Republicans are thirsty for a takeback of Congress, the party of insurrection and white nationalism will try to taint Aiken as a "celebrity" trying to tell regular folks in North Carolina how to live.
The shameless hypocrisy is always there. They nominated a former reality television star with no political experience. Yet, they have the audacity to go after entertainers who want to change the norms.
They did it to Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY), a lawyer and former rapper known as AD The Voice.
They will do it to Aiken.
Can you believe it's been almost 20 years since I first got to share my voice with you? That's a long time. A LOT has changed!
We need powerful voices more than ever, so I'm running for Congress.
He is competing for the 6th Congressional District.
"These days my life looks a lot like yours than Justin Bieber's. But one thing that never changed for me is how much I love my home state. North Carolina is the place where I first discovered I had a voice, and it was a voice that could be used for more than singing."
Aiken is running on progressive policies of political civility, including issues like income equality, health care and climate change.
"We, as levelheaded, open minded and compassionate Democrats, we have always been the party of All Americans," Aiken added. "We have always been the big tent and we've got to continue to be that, because from stopping climate change and systemic racism and income inequality and gun violence to securing voting rights and free healthcare and a woman's right to choose, we are the ones who are gonna solve the country's biggest problems."
