The reality TV agitator must pay the Security and Exchanges Commission a hefty fine for trying to scam her fans with a crypto currency.
Kim Kardashian was a subject of an investigation that involved a crypto currency that stole from investors. On social media, she promoted a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion. Kardashian agreed to settle the charges, pay $1.26 million in penalties, disgorgement, and interest, and cooperate with the Commission’s ongoing investigation.
Today @SECGov, we charged Kim Kardashian for unlawfully touting a crypto security.
This case is a reminder that, when celebrities / influencers endorse investment opps, including crypto asset securities, it doesn’t mean those investment products are right for all investors.
The SEC’s order finds that Kardashian failed to disclose that she was paid $250,000 to publish a post on her Instagram account about EMAX tokens, the crypto asset security being offered by EthereumMax. Kardashian’s post contained a link to the EthereumMax website, which provided instructions for potential investors to purchase EMAX tokens.
"This case is a reminder that, when celebrities or influencers endorse investment opportunities, including crypto asset securities, it doesn’t mean that those investment products are right for all investors," said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. "We encourage investors to consider an investment’s potential risks and opportunities in light of their own financial goals."
"Ms. Kardashian’s case also serves as a reminder to celebrities and others that the law requires them to disclose to the public when and how much they are paid to promote investing in securities," Chair Gensler added.
"The federal securities laws are clear that any celebrity or other individual who promotes a crypto asset security must disclose the nature, source, and amount of compensation they received in exchange for the promotion," said Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. "Investors are entitled to know whether the publicity of a security is unbiased, and Ms. Kardashian failed to disclose this information."
The SEC’s order finds that Kardashian violated the anti-touting provision of the federal securities laws. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Kardashian agreed to pay the aforementioned $1.26 million, including approximately $260,000 in disgorgement, which represents her promotional payment, plus prejudgment interest, and a $1,000,000 penalty. Kardashian also agreed to not promote any crypto asset securities for three years.
The SEC’s investigation, which is continuing, is being conducted by Jon A. Daniels, Alison R. Levine, and Pamela Sawhney of the Enforcement Division’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, and Kerri Palen, Lisa Knoop and Victor Suthammanont of the New York Regional Office. The case was supervised by Mark R. Sylvester of the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and Carolyn Welshhans.
The SEC’s statement urging caution regarding potentially unlawful celebrity-backed crypto asset offerings can be found here. SEC Chair Gensler today published a video warning investors not to make investment decisions based solely on the recommendations of a celebrity or influencer.
The SEC charges aren’t the first trouble for Kardashian over that post.
Kardashian, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr, basketball player Paul Pierce, and the currency’s creators were sued in a class-action case in California that alleges a "pump and dump" scheme — in which fraudsters spread misleading information to get people to buy an asset, driving up the price, then sell their shares at the higher price. The plaintiffs in the case say they were damaged by buying EthereumMax between May 14, 2021, and June 27, 2021.
EthereumMax told the BBC at the time that its celebrity endorsements were "simply intended to raise awareness of the project and its utility."
EthereumMax has suffered a 98% wipeout in its value since the end of May 2021, 0according to Bloomberg.
Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton will have speed bumps.
Dayton, Ohio, one of the country's Rust Belt communities is now resorted to making one of its main roads a permanent slow down.
Mayor Jeff Mims and city officials approved for four miles of North Gettysburg Avenue to have speed bumps to curb speeding and illegal racing.
Dayton plans to apply for millions of dollars in low-interest loans to put Gettysburg on a “road diet” — shrinking the roadway and likely the lanes of traffic — and the city also wants to make some immediate, temporary interventions until permanent ones can be put in place.
City manager Shelley Dickerson had said that a project to improve Gettysburg Avenue in the long term will happen if the U.S. Department of Transportation approves funding.
The speed bumps are expected to be placed on the road within weeks and it will cover the sections where frequent accidents occur.
From Free Pike to West Second Street, the city plans on adding speed bumps.
After a series of accidents including a deadly one which killed four people from Illinois, the city concluded that speed bumps will be the final decision instead of more traffic cameras and police patrol.
Dayton is also having a hiring crisis with police and city workers. The community has seen a slight tick in population growth but the jobs offered are not paying enough to keep up with inflation.
Creepy lawmaker votes against funds after Hurricane Ian ravaged his state of Florida.
The white nationalist lawmaker accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl voted no on hurricane relief for his own state.
The states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina; the U.S. territories Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands had serious hurricane damage. Georgia and Alaska had serious flood damage from endless storms. U.S. territory American Samoa had tsunami damages.
Natural disasters that led to massive disruptions in American lives.
Count on Republicans to vote against approval for disaster relief. But as soon as it hits their communities, they're begging for federal assistance.
Rep. Karen Gaetz (R-FL) is one of 90 lawmakers who do nothing but create noise. He is a creepy looking dude who resides in the panhandle city of Pensacola. His district is safe Republican and he is expected to win despite him being under federal watch.
Gaetz was one of the many Republicans who voted against a stop gap measure to keep the government open.
The House of Representatives approved a continuing resolution on Friday, giving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the ability to spend through the Disaster Relief Fund, freeing up $15 million more in aid for disaster relief. Only 10 Republicans voted for the measure, two days after a Category 4 hurricane barreled through Florida, killing dozens and causing billions in economic damage.
Gaetz indicated he'd vote against funding to benefit government agencies earlier this week. He joined dozens of his colleagues in signing a letter that they would "do what is necessary" to prevent additional funding for the Biden administration.
"Any legislation that sets the stage for a 'lame duck' fight on government funding gives Democrats one final opportunity to pass that agenda," the letter said. "Therefore, we, the undersigned, will oppose any continuing resolution that expires prior to the first day of the 118th Congress, or any appropriations package put forward in the remaining months of this Democrat-led Congress."
None of the representatives who signed the letter voted in favor of the resolution.
The House's passage of the bill follows the Senate passing the bill with 25 Republicans supporting the measure. The bill will now go to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed.
Of course, Republicans don't want the left to politicize a tragedy.
Remember, Softball Hannity once called Florida, the "free state" because of DeSantis and his stupid rollbacks of regulations. Now the end game.
However, we have to point out how ridiculous Republicans are when they vote against helping those in need. The safety net will be needed for those who were affect in Southwest Florida, Central Florida and the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Expected deaths will be in the hundreds to thousands.
People who cheered "Let's Go Brandon" will now need Biden and federal government to get their lives back together.
I am not sympathetic to Republicans. They don't believe in climate change. They literally laugh when California has wildfires, Chicago has gun violence, migrants dying while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexican border and Democrats dying.
Call me heartless.
Republicans find karma every day when things like this happen. Trust me, no one wants to see their livelihood collapse because of a natural disaster. But I see Republican voters as the idiots who got what's coming.
Man, politics is toxic.
Okay, if you want to help Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Georgia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and North Carolina, visit the American Red Cross. Your donations could help.
By the way, Alaska had catastrophic flooding in Juneau and Fairbanks. Republicans once again deny climate change felt the karma.
Vote for Beto O'Rourke over Karen Abbott. The controversial Texas governor is a "culture warrior" and fanatic to the noise of the far right. He is driven by an issue that some white extremist call the "white replacement theory." He hates migrants so much, he is illegally trafficking them to Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC with intentions to "own the libs."
Instead of having a heart, the Republicans have pivoted to crime, critical race theory, taxes, open borders, socialism and "men playing women sports." All the ingredients to fuel white extremism.
Two white extremists inspired by the hate of far right agitators and politicians decided to kill migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. It was the type of noise that drove a white extremist to gun down 22 lives in El Paso.
The El Paso Walmart in 2019 was the scene of a deadly mass shooting. The white extremist was inspired to kill because he thought the "great replacement theory" was literally unfolding before his eyes.
Two brothers in Texas have been arrested after authorities say one of them opened fire on a group of migrants getting water near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man and shooting a woman in the stomach, according to court documents filed Thursday.
The shooting Tuesday was in rural Hudspeth County about 90 miles from El Paso, where the woman was transported and recovering at a hospital, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
DPS said the victims were among a group of migrants standing alongside the road getting water when a truck with two men inside pulled over. According to court documents, the group had taken cover as the truck first passed to avoid being detected but the truck then backed up.
These white extremists inspired by hate killed migrants in Texas near the U.S.-Mexican border.
Twin brothers, both 60, were charged with manslaughter, according to court documents. It was not clear whether either man had an attorney and no contact information could immediately be found Thursday.
Records show that one of these white extremists was a warden at the West Texas Detention Facility, a privately owned center that houses migrant detainees and contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Scott Sutterfield, a spokesman for facility operator Lasalle Corrections, said Thursday that the center's warden had been fired "due to an off-duty incident unrelated to his employment." He declined further comment.
Authorities located the truck by checking cameras and finding a vehicle matching the description given by the migrants, according to court records.
The New York Times, citing affidavits, reported the two brothers told police that had been hunting and stopped their truck because they thought they spotted a javelina. Mark Sheppard said his brother got out with a shotgun and fired two times but they did not check if anything had been hit, the newspaper reported.
The number of migrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border is approaching a record high. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reported last week that officials in El Paso are trying to move migrants sleeping outside a Greyhound bus station to shelters and motels.
The suspects is 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, monkeypox 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.
Remember #3 means: 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. I am getting fucking tired of white nationalists and their enablers of color complaining about the lack of Black fathers. The fathers are either killed by gun violence, police violence, COVID-19, heart diseases, diabetes, freak accidents and just being Black in America.
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 former president has went after his former Transportation secretary and the Obstructionist Leader on Truth Social.
The former president is still simmering over Sen. Karen McConnell (R-KY) saying his picks for the Senate were crappy. It appears the Republican leader will now have more protection thanks to a subliminal attack from Washed Up 45.
It appears that the former president does not want him to lead the Republicans come next session if they do win back Congress.
After criticizing McConnell for approving "Trillions of Dollars worth of Democrat sponsored Bills," Washed Up 45 wrote on Truth Social that he believes the Senate Minority Leader is doing so either to spite him "because he hates Donald J. Trump" or because he "believes in the Fake and Highly Destructive Green New Deal."
"In any event, either reason is unacceptable," Washed Up 45 wrote. "He has a DEATH WISH."
The former president proceeded to insult McConnell's wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao: "Must immediately seek help and advise from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!"
The former president didn't specify which bill he was criticizing McConnell for approving, and it's unclear why he suggested the senator supports the Green New Deal even though the bill died in 2019 when McConnell led the Senate.
A spokesperson for Washed Up 45 and McConnell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chao is no longer in Washed Up 45 good graces.
On Tuesday, McConnell voiced support for the bipartisan bill to reform the Electoral Count Act in light of the January 6, 2021, riot and attempts to overturn the 2020 vote. The bill changes the way Congress counts electoral votes and would make it more difficult to challenge state-certified election results.
"I'll proudly support the legislation, providing that nothing more than technical changes are made to its current form," McConnell said in floor remarks on Tuesday. "The chaos that came to a head on January 6 of last year certainly underscored the need for an update."
Chao resigned right after the Jan. 6 riots. It was a sign of disloyalty and Washed Up 45 has been attacking disloyal Republicans.
The state of Florida looks like a penis and its governor is a dick.
Gov. Karen DeSantis has talked to President Joe Biden frequently. He has snapped at reporters over his previous bullshit stunts aimed at riling up the president. His stunt flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard is no longer in the news. The story is his days as a lawmaker and the votes he casted when other states needed hurricane relief.
He can't take his head out his ass. He issued a warning to looters. He said Florida is a "Second Amendment" state.
Motherfucker, if I ain't got food, water, a means of survival, its do or die. Fucking idiot governor doesn't understand that folks will go extreme to survive. Why would anyone risk electrocution, animal attacks and infrastructure collapse for copper and damaged luxury?
Property can be replaced. Lives can't!
DeSantis is a "culture warrior" among the far right. He has caused so much noise during his tenure. He easily beat the former Tallahassee city mayor, now openly bisexual, criminally indicted, Bernie Sanders endorsed at the time, Andrew Gillum. Thanks to Sanders and the far left, Florida took a hard swing to the Republicans.
His press conferences are catnip to Republicans. They believe he might run for president in 2024.
Hillary Clinton and Biden both lost Florida by eight points. Ohio and Florida, once considered swing states are now likely Republican. So it will be difficult for former lawmaker and former governor Charlie Crist to win back a state he once governed.
Crist was a Republican and served one term before switching to an independent and later a Democrat.
He is literally on the sidelines as DeSantis is stealing the limelight. As governor, Floridians will depend on his leadership to get them through this. For DeSantis, this may be his victory despite the junk food media thinking he is vulnerable.
The aftermath of Hurricane Ian has wreaked havoc on Florida and South Carolina. The Republicans who voted against Hurricane Sandy relief are now begging for federal assistance.
President Biden with Homeland Security's Alejandro Mayorkas and FEMA's DeAnne Criswell telling Americans that federal help will come to states affected.
Of course, Republicans don't want the left to politicize a tragedy.
Remember, Softball Hannity once called Florida, the "free state" because of DeSantis and his stupid rollbacks of regulations. Now the end game.
However, we have to point out how ridiculous Republicans are when they vote against helping those in need. The safety net will be needed for those who were affect in Southwest Florida, Central Florida and the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Expected deaths will be in the hundreds to thousands.
Fort Meyers Beach was affected with massive destruction from a category 4 storm.
The city is a former of itself. Many communities in the path, from Naples to Jacksonville suffered serious damage. The cities affected lost so many structures, it is estimated that damages could be up to $80 billion.
DeSantis has pledged that he, state and federal officials will rebuild Florida.
Over 2 million people lost power. There is no safe drinking water.
Alligators, sharks, venomous snakes and other dangerous wildlife will now find dinner with those folks who choose to stay at the peak of the storm.
People who cheered "Let's Go Brandon" will now need Biden and federal government to get their lives back together.
I am not sympathetic to Republicans. They don't believe in climate change. They literally laugh when California has wildfires, Chicago has gun violence, migrants dying while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexican border and Democrats dying.
Call me heartless.
Republicans find karma every day when things like this happen. Trust me, no one wants to see their livelihood collapse because of a natural disaster. But I see Republican voters as the idiots who got what's coming.
Man, politics is toxic.
Okay, if you want to help Alaska, Florida, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Georgia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and North Carolina, visit the American Red Cross. Your donations could help.
By the way, Alaska had catastrophic flooding in Juneau and Fairbanks. Republicans once again deny climate change felt the karma.
The sister of former White House press secretary Karen McEnany launched a social media platform that makes far-right extremists find love. Being conservative can cost you big time in relationship. In a tolerant country, these folks are the killjoys of most relationship. Always politics, judgement and hypocrisy!
I've dated them. I've peaked them out and I found them to be rather annoying but human as I am.
Okay, this chick created an app called The Right Stuff.
So they find the right person on OkCupid, Meetup, Facebook, Farmers Only, POF, Match.com, ChristianMingle, Bumble, Badoo, Tinder and Grindr.
The app, The Right Stuff unveiled a trailer to features seven actress who were paid to tell bullshit about looking for the right date and gave their biggest turn off.
They can't be a Democrat.
The app went live this September and is free to join, but will be invite-only à la Clubhouse style (if you remember the social audio app’s craze mid-pandemic). This means you can’t join unless you know someone who’s already a member and they send you an invite. The invite list is limitless, though.
"Other dating apps have gone woke," a tagline on the website reads, later specifically mentioning that this is a way to view profiles "without pronouns." "Connect with people who aren’t offended by everything," the site continues to promise.
Kick your boots up and connect with a far right extremist.
I was hoping they were going with they can't be Black, must speak English or not a Muslim.
The Right Stuff brings people together with shared values and similar positions. Discover new people while suping on our fun, full screen experience. Stop sweating the small talk, start with a date in mind. You can respond directly to amazing date ideas or create your own for even more matches.
McEneny sister, Karen said women are free to enter, men are likely to pay.
These days, there’s a dating app for everyone, from farmers to parents to goths. Another one being thrown in the mix hopes to help you find your Mr. or Mrs. "Right" — a conservative, right-leaning partner, that is.
The Right Stuff is a new dating app for conservatives only, co-founded by McEneny, Karen McEntee, Karen Huff and Karen Stalzer, three former Washed Up 45 administration officials. The app is backed by PayPal co-founder Karen Thiel.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is facing against Dr. Mehmet Oz. Both are extremely unpopular but guess who could end up winning if the election was today?
Oz.
Fetterman, who gets a kick out of trolling the shit out of Oz for his carpetbagging to compete in the race is now resorting to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tactics to win over the far-left.
Again, being tone deaf to the Black community is going to cost him big time. There are videos that are circulating online and it will turn off Black voters. Trust me, I am truly hoping he will win, but this nonsense and the latest attacks from Republicans are going to make Oz the winner.
We backed Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) who was the smart, moderate and the best candidate to run.
But the far-left and the Bernie Bros in the junk food media gave Fetterman a boost and the win.
Now we're stuck with a oaf who had a stroke and is allowing his campaign staff and wife drive him to failure.
Instead of talking about issues that Pennsylvanians face, he does some stupid Tik Tok video where he is kicking corporate greed, abortion bans and corruption in the balls. Instead of talking about inflation, cost of living, democracy being at risk of collapse and real serious issues, he does some juvenile stupidity on social media where the Republicans will likely seize upon this as a candidate who isn't taking his campaign seriously.
My biggest concern is...
Will Black voters turn out for him or just stay home?
This will guarantee Republicans to win the state of Pennsylvania and likely control of the Senate for years to come.
I see Pennsylvania voters are like Ohio voters.
Its all white and they might carry him but people of color might not.
Ignore the noise.
Vote.
Vote for John Fetterman over Mehmet Oz. I said it. We got to carry this oaf to victory or democracy could be destroyed by these Republican extremists. Oz is not an extremist but he will certainly be distraction because he's another celebrity turned politician who will use his antics to do nothing but be a troll online and Fox.
Media mogul Nick Cannon expecting his 11th child. Oh god, make it stop!
I don't understand why women think Nicholas Scott Cannon is a heartthrob. He literally is a C-list entertainer who isn't rich enough to take care of all these children. Hell, why should I care?
He's richer than me!
Cannon just announced on social media that Brittany Bell had given birth to his 10th child and third with him. He named the child Rise Messiah Cannon.
The other children are Golden Sagon and Powerful Queen.
It is confirmed that he had a child with former Price is Right model LaNisha Cole.
His daughter is now known as Onyx Ice Cole Cannon and the media mogul is likely to impregnant more women in the coming months.
Moroccan and Monroe children from Mariah Carey, the disgraced pop singer who jeopardized her career for this guy.
With Bre Tiesel, a son Legendary Love.
With Abby La Rosa, Zion Mixolydian and Zion Heir.
With Alyssa Scott, Zen. He passed away after five months.
Racism, sexism and fat shaming never takes a break. Conservatives are outraged over entertainer Lizzo playing on a 200-year old flute once owned by James Madison, the 4th President of the United States. Known as the shortest president married to the taller Dolley Madison, the former president was a musician.
He owned a crystal flute and the Library of Congress has it. They kept the former president's flute in safe storage.
The Library of Congress granted Lizzo access to the flute and apparently the far right went bonkers over it.
If all we had seen was the clip of Lizzo playing the flute in the halls of the Library of Congress while wearing a semi-modest outfit, everyone would have shrugged. But that's not the clip everyone championed as groundbreaking: it was the clip where she bragged about twerking.
Lizzo playing James Madison's flute was a form of racial retribution, according to the woke Left. And I actually have no doubt that this is part of the reason why the Library of Congress facilitated this spectacle. https://t.co/obpKb09PWo
Actually, it's not just for the sake of it. There's a very clear point here: to send the message that our heritage and history are meaningless and that nothing we love or care about has any value.
The entertainer made history and they're upset over it. For the far right, a Black woman playing a flute of an American president is disrespectful to the founding fathers.
It just noise.
The very same folks who want to carry firearms into businesses to trigger outrage are upset over a pop singer playing a damn flute.
Lizzo is richer than the noise. She is more popular than the noise. And she pretty much doesn't give a fuck about what the noise says. She is well deserving of the honor to play a part of history. It is a good day for Lizzo and the far right can stay mad all day long.
North Carolina Republican sheriff in some hot water after he made a series of racist diatribes about Black men and even some Black deputies. Shortly after he took his oath of office, this dirty sheriff fired three Black deputies and made moves that has the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the FBI and U.S. Justice Department's attention.
The dirty sheriff resigned from the sheriff union and the NAACP of North Carolina wants him gone.
Dirty sheriff Karen Greene, no relation to Rep. Idiot Karen Greene (R-GA) is facing off against another cop who recorded his racist rants.
They’re gone. This is as fair as I’m going to be. Just giving you a heads up, that’s coming. When me and [my attorney and wife] go through it tomorrow, the first numbers we see, they’re gone. They ain’t going to make it brother. I’m telling you, they might as well find somewhere else to go.
I’m tired of them fucking with me. It ain’t happening no more. No goddamn more. So you let them know, if I find their numbers in the next day or two, they ain’t going to like it. They damn sure ain’t going to like it. And that’s got to be somebody in the command staff…
Tomorrow’s gonna be a new fucking day. I’m still the motherfucking sheriff, and I’ll go up and fire every goddamn [inaudible]. Fuck them Black bastards. They think I’m scared? They’re stupid… I don’t know what else to do it. So it’s just time to clean them out. There’s a snitch in there somewhere tellin’ what we are doing. And I’m not gonna have it. I’m not going to have it.
I don’t know what else to do it. So it’s just time to clean them out. There’s a snitch in there somewhere tellin’ what we are doing. And I’m not gonna have it. I’m not going to have it.
In the recording, Greene can be heard saying he’s going to start firing people who are “guilty by fucking association” with former sheriff Lewis Hatcher and Melvin Campbell, another African-American officer in the department Greene fired two months after taking office.
“We’ll cut the snake’s head fucking off. Period. And Melvin Campbell is as big a snake as Lewis Hatcher ever dared to be. Every Black that I know, you need to fire him to start with, he’s a snake,” Greene says before ending the phone call.
Greene defeated the county's Black sheriff in 2018 by a mere 33 votes.
Greene is the sheriff of Columbus County and won the spot by a mere 34 votes.
His opponent Jason Soles has leaked the tapes after a conversation started between the two when he first got word the sheriff was planning on firing these Black bastards.
The NAACP issued a statement calling for his resignation. The N.C. Sheriff’s Association was scheduled to hold a hearing regarding Greene’s comments on Friday, Sept. 30, but Greene resigned Thursday afternoon.
“The Association believes sheriffs are and should continue to be held to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, principles, and morals and should serve their communities regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. Comments that disparage any North Carolina citizens certainly do not meet those standards,” a press release from the Association partially reads.
While Greene has resigned from his position in the Association, he is still the sheriff of Columbus County.
“Sheriff Jody Greene must resign. His language is divisive, nasty, and offensive — his words are disparaging and hurtful to people of color. His actions have cast a cloud over his ability to execute the office with impartiality,” the statement issued by NC State Conference of the NAACP President Deborah Dicks Maxwell and Curtis Hill, President of the Columbus County Branch of the NAACP, reads in part.
Greene is not resigning. He basically stated that all of the recordings are noise and he said that rumors won't stop him from doing his job.
The recordings opened up a possible lawsuit for wrongful termination and an ethics probe into how he conducts business as sheriff.
Columbus County is located in Southeastern North Carolina. It voted for Washed Up 45 by 60%. The largest town is Whiteville.
I know these Republicans ain't gonna take away student debt relief.
Seriously, Republicans want to take away debt relief from millions of Americans. That means their voters who go to college and have federal loan debt. Those who want to be future insurrectionists are being told that they must pay for the debt.
Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration in an effort to halt the student loan debt forgiveness plan for millions of Americans. The states leading this farce are Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina and Arkansas.
Arkansas leds the lawsuit.
Biden said in August he will forgive up to $20,000 in education debt for a huge number of borrowers. The announcement, after months of internal deliberations and pressure from liberal activists, became political fodder ahead of the November midterms while fueling arguments from conservatives about legality.
The lawsuit brought to federal court by these states says that the debt cancellation plan is "not remotely tailored to address the effects of the pandemic on federal student loan borrowers," as required by the 2003 federal law that the administration is using as legal justification.
Biden's student debt forgiveness plan will cancel up to $10,000 for student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 and those who make up to $250,000 will have $20,000 student loan debt cancelled.
Some Democrats like Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) have criticized the plan and seriously believes that it may impact his chances at taking the open senate seat. He is a competitive race against Moron Vance, a venture fund capitalist who moved to Ohio from San Francisco.
Republicans gave a huge tax break to billionaires and raise the national debt.
The poor and middle class need a break. The Republicans go crazy because it was not their idea and they don't want to give the Democratic president a win. They want Americans to pull themselves by the boot straps while they keep stripping away the safety net.