This next hearing will deal with the former president trying to push DOJ to help him win his election.
Today is the Jan. 6 hearing. This will be the last hearing for the month. The House Select Committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol is planning on resuming its session in July.
On Tuesday, Americans listen to testimony from Republican state officials and a Georgia mother and daughter.
The testimonies were pretty heartbreaking. They said that Washed Up 45 as well as his minions made life miserable for them.
The former president continued to push the lie that the election was stolen from him and he tried to pressure Republicans to overturn the results.
He failed in the court.
He failed to pressure someone to literally commit an illegal act.
He failed at getting his supporters to successful to destroy the electoral count ballots during the Senate's special session.
Washed Up 45 continues to push misinformation about what sparked the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The whole incident led to his second impeachment which the Republican senators failed to convict.
The testimonies of today's hearing will discuss former Justice Department officials were told by his lawyers to push forward a lie that immigrants were voting, urban areas had misconduct and Democrats threatened Republican poll workers.
It was a hodge podge of conspiracy theories and violent threat.
Now it reported that the committee members are getting extra protection after the last testimony.
New York rapper was seriously injured in an attempted robbery in New Jersey. The terrorists were caught. Many fear that Lil TJay may not survive his injuries.
The entertainer was shot multiple times and another man was also wounded during an attempted armed robbery early Wednesday in New Jersey, according to officials.
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, which is handling the investigation, said gunfire erupted at a Chipotle restaurant at a residential and outdoor shopping center in Edgewater.
The Edgewater Police Department responded to a 911 call about the shooting at 12:08 a.m. and found Lil Tjay, 21, whose legal name is Tione Jayden Merritt, with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release from the prosecutor’s office.
The other victim, Antoine Boyd, 22, was found at an Exxon gas station about a mile from the Chipotle, with a single gunshot wound, authorities said.
Investigators determined that suspect, 27 year old from New York, “attempted to commit armed robbery” against Lil Tjay, and two people he was with a 24-year old man from the Bronx, New York, and the other shooting victim when the shooting occurred, according to the prosecutor's office.
Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York City Police Department on Wednesday arrested the terrorist on three counts of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery and other weapons charges, the release stated. He is pending extradition to New Jersey.
The terrorists were also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, officials said.
They were remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first court appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, New Jersey, according to the release.
Lawyer information for the three was not immediately available.
Both victims were taken to a hospital where they were treated. TMZ was the first to report that Lil Tjay was shot and undergoing emergency surgery Wednesday.
NBC News has reached out to his representatives for comment.
Following news of the shooting, rapper French Montana tweeted "pray for my lil bro lil Tjay."
In an update Wednesday, officials said one critically injured victim was stable. The other victim had non-life threatening injuries and was in good condition.
Lil Tjay posted on his Instagram story Tuesday: “PSA Just because you’ve been around a person doesn’t make you entitled to the fruits of that persons labor. Envy is at an all time high be safe outchea.”
Lil Tjay, who hails from The Bronx in New York City, rose to prominence in 2018 with the song “Resume” and signed with Columbia Records.
The artist, who has over 7 million followers on Instagram and more than 17 million listeners on Spotify, is known for hits like "Calling My Phone" with 6lack and "In My Head." He was featured on Polo G's song "Pop Out," which hit No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Pop Smoke's "Mood Swings."
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. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
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. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
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. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
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The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
The far right outrages over Vice President Kamala Harris making a shot.
I just clicked on a piece from Mediaite and the writer who I will not name wrote "Kamala Harris’ Press Secretary Claims VP Shot ‘Nothing But Net’ in North Korean-Style Disinformation Tweet" and almost immediately I thought about MSNBC's progressive agitator Joy Reid mentioning the numerous stories aimed at Vice President Kamala Harris.
They have mentioned the vice president only by name instead of her formal title.
They have attacked her for her laugh, her travels, her marriage to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, her Blackness, her record as a senator, California Attorney General, San Francisco District Attorney and numerous events she attended as Vice President of the United States.
The writer wrote Kirsten Allen, the press secretary for Vice President Kamala Harris, spread North Korean-style disinformation on Twitter Wednesday.
ICYMI- I have a damn good reason why #BidenHarris should not step aside for some fill in the blank miscellaneous Dem in 2024- THEY WON! You don't bench your MVPs for rookies in a rematch. I never believed in living or dying by the polls & I'm not gonna start today. #DanAbramsLivepic.twitter.com/3vCgjZtlZF
— Reecie @BlackWomenViews (@ReecieColbert) June 22, 2022
The representative for the vice president claimed her boss hit “nothing but net” in a video featuring Harris shooting a basketball that quite obviously rattled into the basket instead.
The vice president makes a basketball shot at a local community center and this writer wrote "The fact the ball touched the rim is at odds with the Collins dictionary definition of what 'nothing but net' actually means. The fact the ball touched the rim is at odds with the Collins dictionary definition of what 'nothing but net' actually means."
“In basketball the term implies that a player shoots the ball and gets the basketball inside the rim without touching the rim with the ball,” Collins notes.
The vice president's shot appeared to hit the back iron, bounced around the rim and then went in.
The writer describing “nothing but net” as North Korean-style disinformation.
Joy Reid is telling the truth. The attack on Vice President Kamala Harris is systemic racism.
The writer then claimed his employer Mediaite combed through Allen’s career credentials, but was unable to link her to anyone inside North Korea. Still, her claim is aligned with tactics commonly used by Pyongyang.
The fact this asshole claimed two Black women are pushing a propaganda video is the very reason why Reid stressed that Vice President Harris' hlow approval ratings are proof that white males in the junk food media are strategically trying to prevent her from becoming President of the United States in the future.
It is true, the outrage from the far right and leftists are proof positive. Besides Mediaite, there's The New York Post, The Daily Mail, Breitbart, Newsmax, Fox and The Young Turks have targeted the vice president.
Reid stated "Most of the media is still white and male," the MSNBC presenter said. "And their take on Kamala Harris becomes the take. It becomes conventional wisdom."
Systematic racism towards women of color exist. Vice President Kamala Harris, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, former first lady Michelle Obama, Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, former Pennsylvania Republican senate candidate Kathy Barnette, Supreme Court justice designate Ketanji Brown Jackson and Valerie Jarrett faced racial attacks from white extremists.
In the case of Barnette, she was attacked by the very folks she supports. Fox turned on her quickly after Washed Up 45 endorsed Mehmet Oz.
Texas Republicans boo Cornyn for supporting gun reform even a watered down version.
For the first time in decades, the Congress is one step closer to passing gun violence prevention measures. Again, Congress (I mean Republicans) have always stopped legislation when it involves firearms.
Only 14 Republicans crossed over. That means 36 Republican senators do not give two fucks about you, your family or the community being plagued by endless gun violence.
They are emboldened to culture wars. If any of them are shot and killed by a terrorist, the Republicans will mourn, play partisan blame games and still vote against gun violence prevention.
Rep. Karen Scalise (R-LA) was shot and yet he will vote against gun reform.
Here's the names.
Obstructionist leader Karen McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Karen Todd (R-IN), Sen. Karen Portman (R-OH), Ssn. Karen Romney (R-UT), Sen. Karen Ernst (R-IA), Sen. Idiot Karen Capito (R-WV), Sen. Karen Collins (R-ME), Sen. Karen Tillis (R-NC), Sen. Sissy Graham (R-SC), Sen. Karen Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Karen Burr (R-NC), Sen. Karen Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Karen Cassidy (R-LA) and key negotiator Sen. Karen Cornyn (R-TX).
Expect death threats aimed at them.
Democrats face the biggest challenge, getting these idiot Republicans to do a floor vote.
Lawmakers released the 80-page bill nine days after agreeing to a framework for the plan and 29 years after Congress last enacted major firearms curbs. It cleared an initial procedural hurdle by 64-34, with 14 Republicans joining all 48 Democrats and two allied independents in voting yes. That strongly supported a prediction by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of approval later this week. Passage by the Democratic-led House could follow quickly.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) had one more road to cross. A floor vote.
Though Republicans blocked tougher restrictions sought by Democrats, the accord marks an election-year breakthrough on an issue that pits the GOP’s staunch gun-owning and rural voters against Democrats’ urban-centered backers of firearms curbs. That makes it one of the most incendiary culture war battlefields in politics and a sensitive vote for some lawmakers, particularly Republicans who might alienate Second Amendment stalwarts.
The legislation would toughen background checks for the youngest firearms buyers, require more sellers to conduct background checks and beef up penalties on gun traffickers. It also would disburse money to states and communities to improve school safety and mental health initiatives.
Aides estimated the measure would cost around $15 billion, which Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the lead Democratic bargainer, said would be fully paid for.
Resolving one final hurdle that delayed the accord, the bill would prohibit romantic partners convicted of domestic violence and not married to their victims from getting firearms. Convicted abusers who are married to, live with or had children with their victims are already barred from having guns.
The compromise prohibits guns for a person who has “a current or recent former dating relationship with the victim.” That is defined in part as one between people ”who have or have recently had a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature.” An offender’s ability to own a gun could be restored after five years if they’ve not committed another serious crime.
On another late dispute, the bill would provide $750 million to the 19 states and the District of Columbia that have “red flag” laws making it easier to temporarily take firearms from people adjudged dangerous, and to other states with violence prevention programs. States with “red flag” laws that receive the funds would have to have legal processes for the gun owner to fight the firearm’s removal.
Idiot Karen Greene can't stop trolling for click bait.
Momentum in Congress for gun legislation has a history of waning quickly after mass shootings. Lawmakers are scheduled to begin a two-week July 4th recess by this weekend.
The legislation lacks far more potent proposals that President Joe Biden supports and Democrats have pushed unsuccessfully for years, derailed by GOP opposition. These include banning assault-type weapons or raising the minimum age for buying them, prohibiting high-capacity magazines and requiring background checks for virtually all gun sales.
Yet after 10 Black shoppers were killed last month in Buffalo, New York, and 19 children and two teachers died days later in Uvalde, Texas, Democrats and some Republicans decided that this time, measured steps were preferable to Congress’ usual reaction to such horrors — gridlock.
Murphy said that after Buffalo and Uvalde, “I saw a level of fear on the faces of the parents and the children that I spoke to that I’ve never seen before.” He said his colleagues also encountered anxiety among voters “not just for the safety of their children, but also a fear about the ability of government to rise to this moment and do something, and do something meaningful.”
This bill, Murphy said, would “save thousands of lives.” Before entering the Senate, his House district included Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six staff members perished in a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Cornyn said of the pact, “Some think it goes too far, others think it doesn’t go far enough. And I get it. It’s the nature of compromise.”
But he added, “I believe that the same people who are telling us to do something are sending us a clear message, to do what we can to keep our children and communities safe. I’m confident this legislation moves us in a positive direction.”
In a positive sign about its fate, McConnell ,voiced his support, calling it “a commonsense package of popular steps that will help make these horrifying incidents less likely while fully upholding the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”
The National Rifle Association, which has spent decades derailing gun control legislation, expressed opposition. “It falls short at every level. It does little to truly address violent crime while opening the door to unnecessary burdens on the exercise of Second Amendment freedom by law-abiding gun owners,” the gun lobby group said.
It seemed likely a majority of Republicans — especially in the House — would oppose the legislation.
Underscoring the backlash GOP lawmakers supporting the pact would face from the most hard-right voters, delegates booed Cornyn at his state’s Republican convention in Houston Saturday as he described the proposal.
In another measure of conservative sentiment, Sen. Karen Hawley of Missouri, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, tweeted that the bill “ignores the national crime wave & chips away instead at the fundamental rights of law abiding citizens.” Sen. Karen Cotton (R-AK) a possible White House contender, said it would “restrict the freedoms of law-abiding Americans and put too much power in the hands of politicians and political officials.”
The measure will need at least 10 GOP votes to reach the 60-vote threshold major bills often need in the 50-50 Senate. Cornyn told reporters that he expected at least 10 GOP votes for the measure.
What’s uncertain is whether passage would mark the beginning of slow but gradual action to curb gun violence, or the high water mark on the issue. Until Buffalo and Uvalde, a numbing parade of mass slayings — at sites including elementary and high schools, houses of worship, military facilities, bars and the Las Vegas Strip — have yielded only stalemate in Washington.
“Thirty years, murder after murder, suicide after suicide, mass shooting after mass shooting, Congress did nothing,” Murphy said. “This week we have a chance to break this 30-year period of silence with a bill that changes our laws in a way that will save thousands of lives.”
The bill would require that federal background checks for gun buyers age 18 to 20 include examination of the purchaser’s juvenile record. That could add up to seven more days to the current three-day limit on background checks.
The suspects in the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings were both 18 years old, a profile that matches many recent mass shooters.
There would be hundreds of millions of dollars to expand community behavioral health centers, telemedicine visits for mental specialists and train first responders to handle people with mental health issues. More than $2 billion would be provided to hire and train staff for school mental health services, including $300 million to improve school safety.
Congress’ prohibited assault-type firearms in 1993 in a ban that expired after a decade, lawmakers’ last sweeping legislation addressing gun violence.
The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
After weeks, the primary challenger finally concedes to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX).
Jessica Cisneros is now the Nina Turner of Texas politics. The former intern of Ceullar ran against him twice and hoped this time she would defeat him. The run off and recount is over. Cisneros tried to label Cuellar as a Republican even though he is a Democrat. She did what Turner tried to do to Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH).
Cuellar is officially the Democratic nominee. He will face off against a Republican in a competitive race.
His original lead had been tabulated at 281 votes, but during the recount he picked up more votes in Jim Hogg and Starr County, the more rural and Cuellar-friendly parts of the sprawling southern Texas district.
The win is Cuellar's narrowest victory over Cisneros, who unsuccessfully challenged Cuellar for his seat in the 2020 primary as well.
Cuellar is the most conservative Democrat in the House caucus. Nonetheless, he has voted with President Joe Biden about 92% of time. The only issues he has with Biden is abortion and immigration.
Pelosi backs the incumbent candidates regardless of their policies.
Cuellar's victory came amid several controversies, including an FBI investigation that led to raids of Cuellar's Laredo, Texas, home and campaign office. Cuellar's attorney has said the congressman is not the target of the FBI investigations. The FBI has neither confirmed or denied Cuellar's involvement to CBS News.
Cuellar's stance on abortion also became a clear point of contrast between him and Cisneros after a draft opinion from U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked.
In a statement Tuesday, Cuellar said he was always confident his election night lead would hold and that he will work to reach out to the more progressive voters in his district, which recently was redrawn to include more of San Antonio.
"While we may differ on certain positions, we share a common ground on many issues to improve our communities and strengthen families. It is now time to come together and win the General Election in November," he said.
"I am an American, Texan then a Democrat — in that order — and I will continue to fight for Texas values and not let coastal elites bring their failed agenda to our communities," he added.
Cisneros conceded shortly after the official recount results were released. In a statement, she said she was "up against a corrupt political machine," and pointed to spending by outside groups such as the United Democracy Project, a group affiliated with the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which spent at least $1.8 million in independent expenditures in the race.
The Bernie Sanders curse doomed Cisneros.
"With this close of a margin, it's clear that without their aggressive interference in the lives of South Texas families, we would have won," Cisneros said in her statement. "We're going to keep fighting to create a more progressive and accountable Democratic Party this year and work to turn Texas blue in November."
Progressive groups backing Cisneros such as Justice Democrats also criticized the outside spending, as well as the House Democratic leadership's support for Cuellar, who received endorsements from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jim Clyburn, both of whom appeared at a campaign event with Cuellar in the closing weeks of the contest.
"The party establishment would rather protect one of their own than deliver results for Democratic voters and South Texas families," said Justice Democrats Executive Director Alexandra Rojas. "They would rather discourage more young, working-class women of color like Jessica from running for office. It's disgraceful and I am deeply worried about November."
Cuellar will now face Republican nominee Karen Garcia in the November general election, as Republicans turn their eye towards unseating the longtime border district incumbent. Republicans are optimistic about their chances, pointing to Republican Mayra Flores' special election win in Texas' nearby 34th District earlier in June.
The House GOP-backed Congressional Leadership Fund has reserved at least $3.5 million in advertising for the district in the fall. The National Republican Congressional Committee has also reserved a similar amount in T.V. ads that would air in the 28th District, as well as the neighboring 15th District.
Longtime Alabama lawmaker met his Waterloo. On top of that, he was one of earliest backers of the former president. And now he was defeated. The former president and this idiot backed the attempt to usurp American democracy.
Rep. Karen Brooks (R-AL) will be heading back to North Alabama after his term ends. The far right lawmaker and enabler of the Jan. 6 insurrection lost to a even further right challenger in the U.S. Senate race to replace Sen. Karen Shelby (R-AL).
This candidate will likely be the first woman to serve as an Alabama senator.
Karen Britt won the Republican nomination for Senate in Alabama on Tuesday, defeating the six-term Brooks in a primary runoff after Washed Up 45 took the unusual step of rescinding his endorsement of Brooks.
The loss ends a turbulent campaign for Brooks, a conservative firebrand who fully embraced the former president's election lies and had run under the banner “MAGA Mo.” But it wasn’t enough for the former president, who initially backed Brooks in the race to replace Britt’s former boss, retiring Shelby, but then pulled his support as Brooks languished in the polls.
Washed Up 45 eventually endorsed Britt in the race’s final stretch after she emerged as the top vote-getter in the state’s May 24 primary. She will face Democrat Will Boyd in November in the overwhelmingly Republican state.
The race was among a handful of contests held Tuesday at the midpoint of a primary season that has been shaped by the former president’s effort to influence the GOP.
While Britt was already considered the favorite by the time Washed Up 45 got behind her, the result gives the former president a win at a time his influence over the GOP has come under scrutiny. The former president has had a mixed record of success in backing candidates this election season, helping lift Senate candidates in Pennsylvania and Ohio while floundering elsewhere, particularly in Georgia. Voters in the onetime Republican stronghold rejected his efforts to unseat the state’s GOP governor and secretary of state, both of whom rebuffed his extraordinary pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Washed Up 45’s losing streak in Georgia, a crucial swing state this year and in the 2024 presidential campaign, deepened Tuesday as two of his endorsed congressional candidates faltered in their GOP run-off elections.
In the 6th District in Atlanta’s northern suburbs, emergency room physician Karem McCormick beat Washed Up 45-backed lawyer Karen Evans. And in the 10th District east of Atlanta, trucking company owner Karen Collins bested Democrat-turned-Republican Vernon Jones.
The former president had persuaded Jones to run for the seat and drop his long-shot bid for governor to clear the field for his chosen candidate, former Sen. Karen Perdue. Perdue lost to Republican Gov. Karen Kemp, who endorsed Collins. The seat is being vacated by Republican Rep. Karen Hice, who also lost his bid to unseat Republican Secretary of State Karen Raffensperger, another top Karen target.
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser won the Democratic nomination to serve another term, fending off a pair of challengers amid concerns over rising crime and homelessness.
An even further right wing extremist won.
But the Alabama Senate runoff had drawn particular attention because of the drama surrounding Washed Up 45’s endorsement. The former president initially endorsed Brooks in the spring of 2021, rewarding an ardent champion of his baseless claims of a stolen election. Brooks had voted against certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential election victory and delivered a fiery speech at the rally before the U.S. Capitol insurrection, telling the crowd, “Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
But nearly a year later, the former president rescinded his support after the pair’s relationship soured and as Brooks languished in the polls. The former president blamed his decision on comments Brooks had made months earlier, at an August rally, when he said it was time for the party to move on from litigating the 2020 presidential race — comments Washed Up 45 claimed showed Brooks, one of the most conservative members of Congress, had gone “woke.”
Brooks, who is known for his bombastic oratory style, has described the primary race as a battle for the soul of Republican Party, pitting the “true conservative” wing against establishment members of the GOP. He disparaged Britt, 40, as a RINO — the GOP pejorative meaning “Republican in name only” — and maintained he was the only one with a proven conservative record.
The founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus also made his opposition to Opposition Leader Karen McConnell a pillar of his campaign, embarking on a “Fire McConnell Tour” of town halls.
In his concession speech Tuesday night, Brooks told supporters he respected the race’s outcome. But in a sign of the contentious race, he accused voters of having been seduced by false advertising and congratulated high-dollar donors and “special interest groups” for funding Britt’s campaign.
“We are sending to Washington, D.C., the exact opposite of what we need in the United States Senate. But the voters have spoken. They might not have spoken wisely,” he groused.
Britt, meanwhile, cast herself as part of a new generation of conservative leaders while disparaging Brooks, 68, as a career politician. If victorious in November, Britt will be the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and one of its youngest members. The state’s previous female senators had been appointed.
“Alabama has spoken. We want new blood. We want fresh blood,” she said at her victory party. “We want someone who will fight for Christian conservative values, who will fight for the freedoms and liberties this nation was founded on and will fight for the American dream for the next generation and the next generation.”
That argument seemed to resonate with some voters Tuesday.
“She’s young. She’s smart,” said 86-year-old Carolyn Bowman. “That’s what we need in Congress.”
In Virginia, Republicans were choosing between Washed Up 45-aligned congressional candidates to take on some of the most vulnerable Democrats in the fall.
In the coastal 2nd District, state Sen. Karen Kiggans won the Republican race to try to unseat Virginia Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria, a retired Naval commander and member of the Jan. 6 committee, in the general election. In central Virginia’s 7th District, six candidates are in a competitive race to face Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer.
At the polls Tuesday in Virginia Beach, Nanci Eves, 70, said she voted for Kiggans in part because she believes the candidate is best positioned to win in November.
“We need someone who can beat Elaine Luria,” said Eves, a retired nurse who lives in Virginia Beach and who thinks Democrats have made “a mess” of the country while in power.
In Georgia, Democratic state Rep. Bee Nguyen defeated former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler in the secretary of state’s race. Nguyen will face Republican Raffensperger, who rebuffed the former president’s efforts to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s win in the state’s 2020 presidential election and beat back a Washed Up 45-endorsed challenger in his May 24 primary.
The Court is turning back the country's seperation of church and state.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.
The 6-3 outcome could fuel a renewed push for school choice programs in some of the 18 states that have so far not directed taxpayer money to private, religious education. The most immediate effect of the court’s ruling beyond Maine probably will be felt next door in Vermont, which has a similar program
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative majority that the program violates the Constitution’s protections for religious freedoms.
“Maine’s ‘nonsectarian’ requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Regardless of how the benefit and restriction are described, the program operates to identify and exclude otherwise eligible schools on the basis of their religious exercise,” Roberts wrote.
The court’s three liberal justices dissented. “This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to build,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote.
Justice Stephen Breyer noted in a separate dissent that Maine “wishes to provide children within the State with a secular, public education. This wish embodies, in significant part, the constitutional need to avoid spending public money to support what is essentially the teaching and practice of religion.”
The ruling is the latest in a line of decisions from the Supreme Court that have favored religion-based discrimination claims. The court is separately weighing the case of a football coach who says he has a First Amendment right to pray at midfield immediately after games.
In largely rural Maine, the state allows families who live in towns that don’t have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their choosing. The program has excluded religious schools.
Students who live in a district with public schools or in a district that contracts with another public system are ineligible for the tuition program.
Parents who challenged the program argued that the exclusion of religious schools violates their religious rights under the Constitution. Teacher unions and school boards said states can impose limits on public money for private education without running afoul of religious freedoms.
Michael Bindas, a lawyer for the libertarian Institute for Justice who argued for the parents at the high court, said the court made clear Tuesday that “there is no basis for this notion that the government is able to single out and exclude religious options.”
Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, sharply criticized the court for “forcing taxpayers to fund religious education” and cloaking “this assault on our Constitution in the language of non-discrimination.”
In the Maine case, parents sued in federal court to be able to use state aid to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville. The schools in question, Bangor Christian School and Temple Academy, are uncertain whether they would accept public funds, according to court filings.
The Bangor school said it would not hire teachers or admit students who are transgender. Both schools said they do not hire gay or lesbian teachers, according to court records.
In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions.
In that case, the court said states don’t have to allow public money to be used in private education. But they can’t keep religious schools out of such programs, once created.
But even after that ruling, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Maine program, holding that the state was not violating anyone’s constitutional rights by refusing to allow taxpayer money to be used for religious instruction. The three-judge panel included retired Justice David Souter, who occasionally hears cases in the appeals court.
Most of the justices attended religious schools, and several send or have sent their children to them.
Today, the House Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol will be held today.
The committee will talk to prominent Republicans who engaged with Washed Up 45. They are going to testify to the public that the former president tried to pressure them to throw out votes and not certify states for Joe Biden.
What is expected is testimony and evidence to prove the former president tried to deliberate change an outcome of the 2020 election. He pressured Republican leaders, former vice president Karen R. Pence and far-right media figures to get the message out that the election was stolen.
He cheered on the threats towards Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Karen Romney (R-UT).
He already blasted the committee hearings as "witch hunt."
Pence wants to "move on" despite his life being in danger and the former president calling him a "pussy" for not caving to an illegal act.
Rep. Karen Kinzinger (R-IL) shared a death threat he gotten this week after he participated in the committee hearings.
Here is the letter. Addressed to my wife, sent to my home, threatening the life of my family. The Darkness is spreading courtesy of cowardly leaders fearful of truth. Is the what you want @GOP? Pastors?
— Adam Kinzinger🇺🇦🇺🇸✌️ (@AdamKinzinger) June 19, 2022
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Raffensperger, Georgia operating officer for Secretary of State Karen Sterling, Arizona House Speaker Karen Bowers and former Fulton County election worker Wandrea "Shaye" Moss will make their case to the committee.
The former president lost Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia to Biden.
The former president was calling for the mail-in ballots to be halted.
His former campaign manager Karen Stephion told him that the possibility of winning was highly unlikely. His former Attorney General Karen Barr said that the idea that the election was rigged and stolen was bullshit.
Pence and Washed Up 45 were literally not talking to one another for a few days after the situation.
Pence his brother Rep. Karen Pence (R-IN), his wife, former second lady Karen Pence and daughter Karen were literally terrified at the mob that stormed the Capitol.
The U.S. Secret Service literally were outnumbered and were willing to empty shell casings to protect the former vice president.
Washed Up 45 accused Moss, a Black poll worker of carrying suitcases of ballots that belonged to him.
The former president called her a professional vote scammer. One America News and Karen Giuliani were sued by the woman after she gotten death threats and intimidation.
The committee also denounce Dinesh D'Souza's stupid movie 2000 Mules.
In the resort town of Seaside, Florida, a homeowner is pissed that a burglar came into his home and threw a party. It is a celebrity amd they choose to be anonymous.
Law enforcement in Walton County, Florida are trying to identify the people for breaking into a home and throwing a large party.
In the video, teenage girls are seen sporting white boxing gloves and hitting each other surrounded by peers. Alcohol and drinks are scattered on the counters and tables inside the home.
The Walton County Sheriff's Office said the party happened overnight Friday with a noise complaint call coming in early Saturday morning. Kids are shown repping championship rings inside the home on social media photos.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were responding to a noise complaint at a home on Blackwater Street in the upscale beach community of Watercolor early Saturday morning, WEAR reported.
“An open house party is against the law. An open house party in a home you break into is a burglary,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, adding that videos of the party were posted on social media. The department posted videos on its Facebook page.
“Videos (of the party) are circulating on Snapchat, Instagram, and other social media platforms with some of the highlights. Including where some of the people attending turn the foyer of the $8 million home into a boxing ring,” the sheriff’s office said.
“If you were there, know someone who was there, were invited, knows who circulated the flyer for the party (yes, we know about that, too) you are asked to come forward. Do yourself a favor and let us know. Come clean and give us the information we need to hold those responsible,” sheriff’s department said.
Law enforcement is asking anyone with information to contact Walton County Sheriff’s Office at (850)-892-8111 or you can remain anonymous by calling Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at (850)863-TIPS.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Guns and Republicans... A recipe for white extremism.
Former Missouri governor is the latest Republican who wants to use firearms in a political ad. These idiots have no shame in what they do, what they say and how they act.
Karen Greitens, uses a political ad to target RINOs (Republicans in Name Only). He does a political campaign stimulating that he and a militia are plotting on killing anti-MAGA Republicans. The video was banned on Facebook.
A lot of Washer Up 45 endorsed candidates are trying to flex their tiny muscles around firearms. Its a way to show the voters, they're White, privileged and willing to prove they're not weak. Let a Black man, Muslim or an immigrant pose with firearms.
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WE THE PEOPLE must stay vigilant in defense of our Second Amendment rights and constitutional freedoms. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/pcNlyCqJrN
— Garrett Soldano For Governor (@GarrettForMI) October 5, 2021
Las Vegas city councilwoman Karen Fiore poses with her family and they're holding firearms.
Mehmet Oz running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is posing with firearms.
Rep. Karen Massie (R-KY) shared his Christmas photo with his family posing with firearms.
Not to be outdone, Rep. Karen Boebert (R-CO) shared her photos of her and her sons with firearms.
And of course, Rep. Idiot Karen Greene (R-GA) poses with firearms. So is Rep. Karen Cawthorn (R-NC) and numerous others embracing the use of firearms in political campaigns.
Given that we have daily shootings everyday and the average day of people killed by firearms is now 167 people a day, somehow Republicans think the solution to guns is pose and show off.
It is part of the culture wars the Republican Party's embracing. They rather keep the focus on issues that drives their voters out. They are literally voting against bills that solve problems. They won't vote on bills dealing with inflation, gas prices, funding Ukraine in its fight against Russia, price gouging, infrastructure and trade. They want chaos
The most recent culture wars.
1. Cancelling Pepe Le Pew, Dr. Seuss, old Disney, old Warner Bros., Muppets and MGM movies.
2. Critical race theory.
3. Transgender girls playing sports and using restrooms.
4. Antifa and Black Lives Matter protests
5. Immigrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.
6. Drag queens reading to children.
7. Abortion.
8. Prayer.
9. Vaccines.
10. Woke.
11. Biden's health, gaffes and stuttering.
12. Posing or showing off firearms.
As we speak, Republicans are trying to back out of the gun reform legislation. The Republicans are trying to move on from Uvalde and Buffalo. Since the news is back on the economy, they figured that its time to move on.
There were 325 mass shootings.
Shootings in Washington, DC, New York City (Manhattan), San Antonio, Grand Rapids, Lexington, SC, Walterboro, NC, Baltimore, Pensacola, FL, Chicago and Miami.
Not to mention the single shootings where one person dies.
Uvalde was only three weeks ago. And yet there were over 40 mass shootings.
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. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
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. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
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. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.
The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Former Democratic nominee for president warns the party that going too extreme in positions will turn off voters. She basically saying that its important to stop allowing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) throw off the party's messaging to voters.
On top of most Americans' minds is the economy. Then comes gun violence.
The most important thing that both sides agree with is that politicians are too polarizing and are doing less work.
The former secretary of state sat down with Financial Times editor Edward Luce. During the conversation, she reflected on her 2016 presidential candidacy, the possible overturning of Roe V. Wade, and what her past dealings with Vladimir Putin tell her about the war in Ukraine. Clinton went on to voice a number of concerns about the Democratic Party’s break with “common-sense politics,” saying that it hurts their chances of winning elections in the future.
Maybe we don't take advice from white women who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton https://t.co/P9NEWidKkT
Isolating the victim allows the bad actors to dominate the conversation. In 2016, we all witnessed this insidious strategy used against Hillary Clinton. Every pro-Hillary tweet and the comment section in every pro-Hillary YouTube video was flooded with anti-Hillary propaganda...
Hillary Clinton was right in 2016. Now, she’s right in 2022. #HillaryWasRight
— Chanteezy The Real ♉️ (@iamchanteezy) June 19, 2022
"Even in his reptilian brain, Trump has to know that he lost." My Lunch with the FT with @HillaryClinton who calls Margaret Atwood a "prophet" of our times, bemoans the left's departure from "common sense politics" and dissects Putin's misogyny. https://t.co/gPTf3t0Yja
"I cannot allow the lunch to end without questioning the direction of her party. I say that Democrats seem to be going out of their way to lose elections by elevating activist causes, notably the transgender debate, which are relevant only to a small minority. What sense does it make to depict J.K. Rowling as a fascist? To my surprise, Clinton shares the premise of my question. “We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window,” she says. “Look, the most important thing is to win the next election. The alternative is so frightening that whatever does not help you win should not be a priority.”
The conversation went on with Clinton warning Democrats to break off of the public campaign to “defund the police.”
“You need accountable measures. But you also need policing. It doesn’t even pass the common-sense politics test not to believe that,” she said. “Some positions are so extreme on both the right and the left that they retreat to their corners…Politics should be the art of addition not subtraction.”
Clinton is often vilified by the far right, constantly named check by Softball Hannity, and trolled by leftists. As a private citizen, they want her to disappear. However, she is not staying silent. She is speaking directly to Democrats and those who value democracy.
She saying that Sanders, Washed Up 45 and their allies are a threat to democracy.
The U.S. Marshals and FBI are involved and they are determined to capture four men who escaped from a federal time out in Virginia. The Bureau of Federal Prisons will also hold a handful of employees accountable for letting their guard down and leaving opportunities for their escape.
Corey Branch, Tavares Graham, Lamonte Willis and Kareem Shaw were all discovered missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday.
Authorities said the four prisoners, pictured above, walked away from the federal minimum-security facility, located about 22 miles southeast of Richmond.
Corey Branch, 41, was sentenced to a 160-month sentence for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Branch is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5-foot 8-inches tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds.
Tavares Lajuane Graham was sentenced to an aggregate 120 months for possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine and over 28 grams of cocaine base. He was also charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Graham is a 44-year-old Black male with brown eyes. He is about 6-foot 2-inches tall and weighs around 245 pounds.
Lamonte Rashawn Willis was sentenced to a 216-month sentence for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Willis is a 30-year-old Black male with brown eyes. He is 6-foot 2-inches tall and weighs approximately 165 pounds.
Kareem Allen Shaw was sentenced to a 194-month sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a measurable quantity of heroin. Shaw is a 46-year-old Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5-foot 8-inches tall and weighs around 167 pounds.
The Petersburg’s satellite camp houses 185 prisoners and is one of many found around the country, according to the Bureau of Prisons. They are often adjacent to or adjoining to the prison’s main building, and provide inmate labor to the main institution and to off-site work programs.
An internal investigation is now underway.
The United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies have been notified of the prisoners’ escape and are taking part in the search. Anyone with information about these individuals is encouraged to contact the United States Marshals Service at 804-545-8501.
Escape from a federal is automatically 15 additional years. They will be held in a high security once captured. If they commit any criminal act or have allies assisting, those involved will be caught as well. The fugitive are a flight risk. They are considered armed and dangerous.
They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
