WHO Warns New Pandemic Ahead With XBB.1.5 COVID!

Deadly threat from a new strain of coronavirus.

We are back to an endemic stage for the time being. There is no more Dr. Anthony Fauci around to bring out warnings about the coronavirus. The Republican-controlled Congress if they figure out a Republican House Speaker vows to oppose vaccine mandates and call for investigations into the Biden Administration for the handling of the pandemic.

They will not call out Washed Up 45 who literally dropped the ball on handling the coronavirus pandemic. He was warned as far back in October 2019 about the possibility of a deadly norovirus originating out of China.

The World Health Organization has gave a warning about a new transmissible variant of  coronavirus. 

President Joe Biden was informed about it. He and the U.S. government are preparing for it as well as the possible gridlock and obstruction from Republicans.

The new XBB.1.5 variant of COVID is the "most transmissible" yet detected, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned.

The variant, which is a sub-variant of Omicron, is confirmed to be spreading in 25 countries, including the UK and US.

Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, told a press conference on Wednesday: "It is the most transmissible sub variant that has been detected yet.

"The reason for this are the mutations that are within... this sub variant of Omicron, allowing this virus to adhere to the cell and replicate easily.

"And we are concerned about its growth advantage, in particular in some countries in Europe and in the US in North America, particularly the northeast part of the United States where XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other circulating variants."

The new XBB.1.5 variant of COVID is the "most transmissible" yet detected, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned.

The variant, which is a sub-variant of Omicron, is confirmed to be spreading in 25 countries, including the UK and US.

Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, told a press conference on Wednesday: "It is the most transmissible sub variant that has been detected yet.

"The reason for this are the mutations that are within... this sub variant of Omicron, allowing this virus to adhere to the cell and replicate easily.

"And we are concerned about its growth advantage, in particular in some countries in Europe and in the US in North America, particularly the northeast part of the United States where XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other circulating variants."

Mike Ryan, WHO's emergencies director, told a briefing in Geneva: "We believe the current numbers being published from China underrepresent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, particularly in terms of death."

He added the WHO believed the Chinese government's definition for death is "too narrow".

Late last month, China narrowed its definition for classifying deaths as COVID-related, counting only those involving COVID-caused pneumonia or respiratory failure, raising eyebrows among world health experts.

The WHO says deaths should be attributed to COVID-19 if they result from a "clinically compatible illness" in a patient with a probable or confirmed infection, and no other unrelated cause of death - like trauma - is involved.

Ryan added: "We still do not have complete data."

Boebert Sick Of Watching Softball!

Softball Hannity and Laura Boebert get into a shoutfest.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was pissed after the interview with Sean "Softball" Hannity, the most annoying media agitator in the world. Not only he continued to interrupt her, he kept badgering her with the type of condescending comments he often uses against Democrats.

Democrats rarely go on his show. It's mostly due to his stale way of interviewing, his ad hominem attacks, his non stop promoting of conspiracy theories and softball questions to Republicans he often agrees with.

The softball claimed he engaged with Republicans supportive of McCarthy. Of course, that is a journalistic ethics issue. He claims he is not a journalist but does what the folks in the media never does.

She had a better engagement with MSNBC agitator Stephanie Ruhle. It is rare that the far right Republican appears on MSNBC given its left-leaning opinion shows. On top of that, Boebert was given a little more respect than her appearance with the annoying media agitator.

Boebert is firm that she will not support Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House Speaker.

The softball badgered Boebert's earlier comments invoking Washed Up 45, who signaled his  fervent support for McCarthy.

"Even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off, I think it actually needs to be reversed," Boebert said as she nominated Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) ahead of the fifth round of voting. "The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that sir, you do not have the votes, and it's time to withdraw."

Ruhle pressed Boebert on why she refused to back McCarthy.

Still pressuring her, the softball continued to press her.

“Sean, I understand the frustration, I promise you, but ... ,” said Boebert, before the softball cut her off.

“I’m not frustrated. You didn’t answer any question,” the softball replied before the two went into a tense back and forth.

Hannity tried to regain control of the interview on several occasions before he appeared to take a jab at Republicans not supporting McCarthy’s bid.

“We are here to legislate, we are here to get the country back on track and ... ,” Boebert said.

“I can tell,” the softball replied.

Half A Dozen Nos!

Rep. Kat Kammack (R-FL) riles up Congress in her bid to support embattled lawmaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Officially, they are U.S. Representatives as of noon on Jan. 3. By order of the Congress, they are Representative-elect or member-elect until they are sworn in. I will use their proper handle.

For now, I won't call them Karens. But the GOP's behavior is so Karen-like.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was denied once again by 21 members of the Republican conference. On Wednesday, the embattled Republican faced a slew of opposition from the Freedom Caucasians. They decided to nominate do-nothing lawmaker Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a Black conservative activist who won his second bid to represent Florida.

The very same party that claims the Democrats are using "identity politics" decided to prop up a Black man as their scapegoat.

It was six floor votes and the Congress has no House Speaker.

Also Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) decided to dig at the Democrats after they shared pictures of them eating popcorn and watching the Republicans fail at governing.

Cammack suggested that alcohol was on the House floor in her nomination of McCarthy for the House Speaker.

“Diversity of thought is a good thing. It’s one of the things that sets us apart from our friends on the other side of the aisle. Yes, diversity of thought is a good thing. But they want us divided. They want us to fight each other. That has been made [clear] by the popcorn and blankets and alcohol and blankets that is coming over there,” Cammack said as she rose to nominate McCarthy for Speaker ahead of the sixth vote. 

It earned a wave of boos and calls for the remarks to be stripped from the record. 

Yet again, the Republicans failed at nominating McCarthy while Democrats nominated Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for House Speaker.

I mean it was a total shitshow with the Republicans. Even Washed Up 45 tried to intervene with no avail. The Republicans refuse to back the California lawmaker.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) and Victoria Spatz (R-IN) voted against McCarthy.

They all face a possible stripping of committees and no funding from McCarthy's allies and Republicans donors.

McCarthy has no intentions to bow out just yet.

He already has 90% of the conference backing him and they will oppose any of these members if they should be nominated for House Speaker.

Boy Meets Chilli!

No scrubs here. Chilli dating Matthew Lawrence.

It appears that Rondoza "Chilli" Thomas of TLC is dating Matthew Lawrence.

The two were spotted vacationing and were looking real cozy.

Lawrence who is an actor, director, media personality and brother to Joey and Andy Lawrence had recently divorce his wife Cheryl Burke. Lawrence, 42 and Chilli, 51 became romantically involved over the Thanksgiving holiday. They were spotted in Hawai'i in August.

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Lawrence met with Chilli's family.

“God has perfect timing,” read a quote posted to the TLC member’s Instagram feed on New Year’s Eve. “Never early and never late. It takes a little patience and a lot of faith.”

Longtime friends finally became lovers.

Alongside the post, Chilli, whose real name is Rozonda Thomas, wrote, “Won’t HE do it!!!!!! Blessed Sabbath Day Everyone 🙌🏽 May YESHUA bless yall with a WAVE of BLESSINGS in the New Year and every year after!!!🙏🏽 #Godissogood❤️.”

The “Waterfalls” singer, 51, confirmed her relationship with the “Boy Meets World” alum, 42, Tuesday after they first sparked dating speculation last summer.

Chewy!

Portland MAX station attack left man disfigured.

Years ago, Rudy Eugene, a Florida man high on a powerful drug attacked and literally raped and bite off the face of Ron Poppo. The police shot Eugene while he stripped naked and tore into the face. 

Poppo was permanently disfigured but is alive. The suspect was shot and killed.

It was one of the worst things to happen in modern history. Some called it similar to the Charla Nash and Travis the Chimpanzee incident. Travis ripped off Nash's face and went on a violent spree before Connecticut police shot and killed the animal.

It appears more of these incidents are happening.

A light transit rider was attacked by a transient in a horrific matter. The suspect literally peeled and ate some of the victim's face. It happened in suburban Portland, Oregon.

A suspect is in custody after a grisly attack on an elderly man on a MAX platform in Gresham early Tuesday morning, according to police.

At about 2:17 a.m., officers responded to the Cleveland Station at 1200 Northeast 8th Street where witnesses reported an attack and a lot of blood.

Officers found the attacker still on top of the victim, a 78-year-old man from Hillsboro, and pulled him off.

According to police, the suspect “had chewed off the victim’s ear and part of his face. The injury was so severe that responders could see the victim’s skull.”

The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment. His current condition is not known.

Police initially booked the suspect under the fake name of “El Baker” because that’s all he would give them. But later, through fingerprints, they discovered his true identity is Koryn Kraemer, 25, who had recently moved to Portland from the state of Georgia.

Authorities are investigating whether drug use may have played a part in Kraemer’s behavior.

Kraemer was booked on accusations of Assault in the Second Degree.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Biden Heads To Cincy!

Interstate 75's Brent Spence Bridge will finally be replaced.

President Joe Biden will meet with Kentucky governor Andy Beshear, Ohio governor Mike DeWine, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to announce the funding to replace the Brent Spence Bridge. He will greet former Ohio senator Rob Portman, one of the writers of the Biden Infrastructure Law. I am guessing Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval, Covington mayor Joesph Meyer and Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) will be there as well.

The bridge which crosses the Ohio River connects Cincinnati to the South.

Interstate 75 and Interstate 71 travel across the bridge. Over 452,000 vehicles travel it.

Cincinnati freeways include Interstate 75 which travels from the U.S.-Canadian border at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the western suburbs of Miami. Interstate 74 which goes from Davenport, Iowa to Cincinnati with proposal to extend towards Wilmington, North Carolina. Interstate 71 which traverses from Cleveland to Louisville. Interstate 471 which is a connector that starts in Cincinnati and leads to Newport, Kentucky and several Kentucky cities. Interstate 275 is a long beltway in Cincinnati that travels into Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

The president will speak in Covington, Kentucky to acknowledge the bridge and the Demar Hamlin situation.

This is a rare sign of unity between McConnell and Biden.

The backdrop for Biden’s visit will be the Brent Spence Bridge that connects Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, and is known to be one of the busiest freight routes in the country. Officials say the structure carries far more traffic than it is meant to support.

It’s also a bridge that Biden once promised he would overhaul: “We’re going to fix that damn bridge of yours going into Kentucky,” Biden said during a CNN town hall in Cincinnati in the summer of 2021, as the infrastructure bill appeared to be on the cusp of passage.

On Wednesday, the White House announced more than $2 billion from the infrastructure law would go towards upgrading the Brent Spence bridge and other “economically significant bridges” around the country.

McConnell is considered the most traitorous senator in modern history. He literally bragged that he halted Barack Obama's third Supreme Court nominee and said his number one goal was to make him a one term president.

McConnell had been pushing for Biden to fail as well. But after seeing Republicans failure to retake the Senate, McConnell is cautious. He is still plotting behind the scenes.

But when it comes to Kentucky's interests, he will show some unity.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) who voted against the infrastructure law and newly minted Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) will not be in attendance. They will be too busy appearing on Fox or cable news bitching. 

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) will likely not attend. 

Bipartisan is now considered a problem with Republicans, far right extremists and some leftists. They want chaos with no question.

Three Times And No Charm!

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is an embarrassment.

The Republicans cannot govern. It is a true failure of how one party cannot handle the solutions America voted their asses in.

No House Speaker as of tonight. 

No speaker means no swearing of legislators. No committee assignments. No paychecks.

The House of Representatives had adjourned without selecting a House Speaker. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was embarrassed not once, not twice but three times by the do-nothing lawmakers of the Freedumb Caucasians. Also to add insult to injury, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a Black coonservative lawmaker switched his support from McCarthy to Ohio's most polarizing do-nothing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the incoming Minority Leader got more votes to be the House Speaker. Democrats stayed unified in the voting and there were no intentions of supporting McCarthy. 

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had comment on how the Republicans failed to elect a speaker. 

"For many of us here who have served in the Congress, we respect the institution, and it would have been my hope that out of respect for the institution, the other side could have resolved their differences because they have the majority. And really, the public impression of this is not as respectful of the institution," Pelosi told reporters as lawmakers spent hours trying to elect the speaker.

Pelosi only had less than five members in her 2021 bid and 15 in her 2019 bid when Democrats had a comfortable majority.

McCarthy did everything to appease these idiots and yet they will not back him.

The failed votes marked the first time in 100 years that the majority party in the House has not elected a speaker on its first vote. The staunch opposition to McCarthy from a core group of Republicans grew larger over the course of the day, throwing the party into chaos.

As a result of Donalds’ defection, McCarthy won 202 of the 218 votes needed to secure the post in the third round, one vote less than he had in the first two ballots.

Jordan, who nominated and voted for McCarthy, won 20 votes in the third round. Jeffries, the incoming Democratic minority leader, won 212 votes in each of the three rounds.

Following the vote, Donalds suggested his caucus take a break from voting.

“The reality is Rep. Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have the votes,” Donalds wrote on Twitter. “I committed my support to him publicly and for two votes on the House Floor. 218 is the number, and currently, no one is there.

“Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps, but these continuous votes aren’t working for anyone,” Donalds wrote. “When the dust settles, we will have a Republican Speaker, now is the time for our conference to debate and come to a consensus.”

McCarthy got 95% of the Republican Party backing and it does not make fucking sense for the far right members to play this game. If he does get the Speaker bid, he could strip all members opposing him their committee assignments.

McCarthy has even brought video games, ice cream, pizza and Chick-fil-A for these idiots. I doubt a full belly and a handful of taxpayer dollars on video games will change these assholes' minds.

The far right agitators are split on this. Tucker Carlson endorses the noise. Sean "Softball" Hannity calls it a clown show.

It appears the Republicans are in disarray.

Anti-Vaxxers Inject Demar Hamlin With Noise!

The nation is now hoping Demar Hamlin pulls through.

Monday Night Football.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine, New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul, Kentucky's Gov. Andy Bashear, Pennsylvania's Gov. Josh Shapiro, NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell and Congress are aware of the condition of Demar Hamlin. 

They will respond in due time.

Hamlin is currently at University of Cincinnati Health in critical condition after he suffered cardiac arrest during the Buffalo Bills game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The NFL suspended the game.

During the first quarter, Tee Higgins was tackled by Hamlin. As soon as Hamlin got up, he took a few steps and fell back. Medical staff immediately approached him and it took over 10 minutes and led to an ambulance to carry him off.

Following the collapse, numerous NFL players and teams quickly offered their support and prayers on social media. Higgins offered his condolences to Hamlin's family, as did Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen urging people to "[p]lease pray for our brother". Fans began gathering outside the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center following his collapse. The lights on Paycor Stadium, the location of the game, were lit blue in honor of Hamlin. The lights on the Fifth Third Bank's headquarters on Fountain Square were also lit blue in honor of Hamlin.

The fans of the Bills and Bengals went silent at Paycor Stadium. The game halted and it is likely not going to finish. 

There is not much information about the condition of Demar. However, his charity organization managed to generate over $3 million after he pledged for $2,500.

The politics of vaccines.

There’s a lot of anti-vaccine misinformation being spread about Damar Hamlin right now. People are attributing his collapse to the COVID vaccine, despite no evidence of a connection. They will use any opportunity, even tragedy, to advance their agenda. pic.twitter.com/2hBAqK7L4l

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) January 3, 2023

Far right lawmakers and agitators have made claims that the coronavirus vaccines are causing heart attacks.

Some linked to fake Twitter accounts claiming to belong to the doctor who gave Hamlin his booster in December, while many linked to comments from cardiologist Peter McCullough, who has touted ivermectin as a cure for COVID-19 despite multiple studies showing no evidence that it works. After the Bills announced that Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field, McCullough claimed in an interview Silicon Valley entrepreneur and COVID misinformation superspreader Steve Kirsch that the vaccine could have caused his collapse.

McCarthy's Day Of Reckoning!

Kevin McCarthy let the nuts run the show.

Republican governance so far...... No successes.

1. Rep-elect George Santos (R-NY) accused of lying about his past. 

2. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and a handful of far-right lawmakers vow to oppose California lawmaker's bid to become Speaker of the House.

3. Moderate Republican Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said he may work with Democrats if things don't work.

As we begin the 118th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives will make their first vote. Who will be the House Speaker?

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has the support of most Republicans to be the House Speaker. It appears that only 14 members will likely oppose his bid which could cause chaos within the party. If there's no vote for Speaker of the House, the U.S. Congress can't govern. No member will be able to get a committee assignment and of course, it shows the country that Republicans can't govern.

Originally it was only five members of the party, but now it grew. The far-right members have said that McCarthy is a member of the "establishment." 

Ironic, they have the nerve to call him an "establishment!" They're establishment as well.

During a Sunday night conference call with members of the GOP conference, McCarthy (R-Calif.) acceded to a key demand pressed by members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, who had insisted on allowing the process to remove a speaker — known as a “motion to vacate” — to be initiated by just five Republican members instead of a majority. 

A “motion to vacate” was filed in 2015 by then-Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and triggered the resignation of then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The rule was changed in 2019 by Democrats.

Nine hardline Republicans — Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Chip Roy of Texas, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Andy Harris of Maryland, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and Rep.-elects Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Eli Crane of Arizona — rejected McCarthy’s proposed rules changes as “insufficient.”

McCarthy’s “statement comes almost impossibly late to address continued deficiencies ahead” of the new Congress, they wrote.

“It cannot be a surprise that expressions of vague hopes reflected in far too many of the crucial points still under debate are insufficient. This is especially true with respect to Mr. McCarthy’s candidacy for speaker because the times call for radical departure from the status quo — not a continuation of past, and ongoing, Republican failures,” the group of nine wrote in their response.

They added that “Mr. McCarthy bears squarely the burden to correct the dysfunction he now explicitly admits across that long tenure.”

The eleventh-hour concession is an indication of how far the California Republican has to go to shore up the 218 votes needed to attain the speaker’s gavel when the full House votes on Tuesday. 

With 222 Republicans set to be sworn in and all Democrats expected to oppose McCarthy’s nomination, the Californian can only afford to lose four members.

McCarthy also faces a challenge for the gavel from Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, a member of the five-person “Never Kevin Caucus” that includes Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. 

Failure to reach the 218-vote threshold could lead to a protracted floor vote.

The Freedom Caucasians.

“Sometimes it’s taken days, sometimes it’s taken hours, sometimes it’s taken weeks. So hopefully that’s not going to happen,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), an avowed McCarthy backer, told Fox News Monday.

Good, in an interview Monday on “Fox & Friends,” said McCarthy has done nothing to “earn my vote” and ripped the former House minority leader as “part of the swamp cartel.”

​”There’s nothing about Kevin McCarthy that indicates that he will bring the change that’s needed to Washington or that’s needed to the Congress, or he’ll bring the fight against the Biden-Schumer agenda and represent the interests of the voters who sent us to Washington to bring real change,” he said.

Good went on to predict that “there’ll be, I suspect, 10 to 15 [GOP] members” who vote against McCarthy on the first ballot Tuesday.

“I think you’ll see, on the second ballot, an increasing number of members vote for a true candidate who can represent the conservative center of the conference [and] can motivate the base,” he added.

Good did not specify who the “true candidate” might be, only saying: “You’ll see that name tomorrow on the second ballot.”

McCarthy himself put on a brave face Monday, telling reporters: “I think we are going to have a good day tomorrow.” However, he declined to say if he had the votes to become speaker on the first ballot: “And take away all the excitement?”

When asked if he’d be willing to make more concessions, the Republican leader only said: “I hope you all have a very nice New Year’s.”

What Happened To Sin'Zae Reed?

Since Sunday 1/1/2023, there were seven mass shootings in the U.S.

What happens when a Black person shoots a white person?

They obviously go to jail and are judged by the junk food media agitators for having some fault in their life. It is common that the far right wants Black America to condemn the actions of one Black extremist, one Black criminal or one Black politician.

According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanics and Asians shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left.

It is amazing that Ohio continues to trend more Republican. The state has a 75% white population, slow growth in six of the state's largest cities. Columbus and Cincinnati are the only areas with population growth. 

Columbus is the second largest Midwestern city after Chicago. It is the largest city with population over 1 million and is the capital of the state.

The Columbus Division of Police is controversial. The police had many high profile police shootings, abuse of power during the George Floyd protests and the plot to set up adult entertainer/activist Stormy Daniels were notable controversies.

Now the Franklin County Prosecutor is facing controversy. They dropped the charges on a white suspect who was accused of murdering Sin'Zae Reed in October 2022.

Prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case in Franklin County Municipal Court after the suspect's arrest. At the time, prosecutors said the shooter alleged that he had fired shots at Reed in self-defense. 

Because the autopsy report had not been completed, there was no forensic evidence about the positioning of Reed's wounds to prove or disprove the shooter's claims. There is no statute of limitations for filing a murder charge, and charges could be refiled at a later date. 

Family members and advocates of the 13-year-old who was fatally shot in October at a Columbus Hilltop apartment complex, held a press conference there Sunday to demand authorities charge the man who killed him.

The event at the Wedgewood apartments was held just feet from where police allege 36-year-old shooter, also a resident of the complex, fatally shot Reed.

The shooter was initially charged with Reed's homicide and ordered held on $1 million bond, but charges later were dropped pending further police investigation into the shooter's claim of self-defense in the shooting.

Shooter claims self defense.

Megan Reed, Sin'Zae's mother, said her son will now always be a 13-year-old teenage boy that she can longer hold or hear him speak.

"All I'm asking for is justice for my baby — is that too much to give?" Reed said. "I will never stop until Sin'Zae gets justice, I will forever be his voice."

Reed and others at the press conference called for the immediate re-arrest of the shooter.

Ramon Obey II, president of JUST 614 and event organizer, said he was calling on members of the community to pressure the Franklin County Prosecutor's office to take action.

"This family has had to wait going on 90 days," Obey said. "90 days for a senseless murder."

The Franklin County Prosecutor's office said earlier this week that it has no additional comment on the case at this time because the case is ongoing.

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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.

Sin'Zae Reed's mom demands Ohio prosecutors charged the shooter.

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.

So in closing, expect more.

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. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, 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.

Demar Hamlin In Dire Straits!

Serious questions for NFL arise after Buffalo Bills player injury.

Buffalo Bills safety Demar Hamlin was rushed to University of Cincinnati Medical Center after having a serious medical emergency. This happened early in the Bills game against the Cincinnati Bengals. 

The 24-year old's family was at Paycor Stadium watching him play.

After a tackle on Bengals player Tee Higgins, Hamlin briefly got up and then fell down. The Bills medical team rushed to him and it was not looking good. Hamlin was on the field for nine minutes and the medical staff literally took him off the field by ambulance.

As of tonight, they postponed the game. 

Bills Mafia is with you, @HamlinIsland. ❤️💙

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 3, 2023

Sending our thoughts and prayers to Damar🙏

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) January 3, 2023

All Shoulder Work. https://t.co/pk122DtVn8

— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) December 2, 2022

The NFL Players Association also released a statement on the matter.

"The NFLPA and everyone in our community is praying for Damar Hamlin. We have been in touch with Bills and Bengals players, and with the NFL," the NFLPA said in a tweet. "The only thing that matters at this moment is Damar’s health and well being."

The game was initially suspended and once Hamlin was in the ambulance and off the field, officials were giving players about five minutes to warm up again to get ready to play. But Bills coach Sean McDermott was seen pulling his players off the field and into the back of the locker room.

Be warned, graphic video.

Long stoppage in play in #Bills vs. #Bengals after this scary injury to Bills safety Demar Hamlin. pic.twitter.com/H5MGW1zLLP

— Sports Injury Central (@SICscore) January 3, 2023

Demar Hamlin for the Bills went down suddenly on the field playing the Bengals.

Medics administered CPR for almost 20 minutes and players are being sent back to the locker room.

Sending prayers for a full recovery 🤲🏽 #NFL #DamarHamlin #prayersup pic.twitter.com/0yzbzqNuYz

— Exelthior.eth (@Exelthior) January 3, 2023

No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ... which suddenly seems so irrelevant.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023

I've seen so many horrific injuries suffered on football fields yet never have I seen a reaction like this. In every other situation I witnessed or covered, the game always went on fairly quickly. The attitude was, "Hey, that's football." For these players, this was DIFFERENT.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023

So the politics.

Kevin Jackson, Skip Bayless and others have weighed in the situation and offered some of the most asinine reasons to why Hamlin was hurt.

What makes me so angry, this is a Black player who gave back to Buffalo children and is a human being. But the folks with no damn sense only see the game more important than the his life.

NYPD And FBI Probe NYE Machete Attack!

Attack on Time Square by a white terrorist.

One hour before the New Year's Eve ball drop, a man traveled from Maine to New York City and attacked three New York Police Department officers before another shot him.

The suspect may have been motivated by extremism. A white terrorist who was inspired by extremism. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

What pisses me off is the fact the suspect is described by the far right as a jihadist.

The fact that term is being used is trying to equate one isolate incident to all Muslims.

The Republicans continue to exploit fears of Muslims and immigrants. With them in control of the House of Representatives, the very fact a terrorist attack on police will certainly generate blame at President Joe Biden, Democrats and New York City mayor Eric Adams.

Instead of trying to find ways to eliminate extremism, Republicans keep pushing it.

They seem to not care about the militia group that tried to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer or the attack on U.S. Capitol. It flies under the Republican Party's radar.

Three officers assigned to New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square area were injured by a machete-wielding teenager who expressed militant support for Islam, law enforcement officials said.

The attack happened shortly after 10 p.m. at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, just outside checkpoints for the high-security zone set up for celebrants, officials said at a news conference early Sunday.

The suspect traveled from Maine to attack random people. He settled on New York cops.

The suspect approached an officer and tried to strike him over the head with the machete, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. He then struck two officers in the head with the blade before he was shot in the shoulder and apprehended by police, Sewell said.

Three law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the investigation said late Sunday that authorities were looking into whether the suspect reached for one of the officers' service weapons during their takedown. The injured police were out of the hospital and expected to recover.

Authorities identified the suspect at the news conference only as a 19-year-old man. Four senior law enforcement officials said the man is from Wells, Maine.

The suspect was known to federal agents, who interviewed him in mid-December after a relative alerted them to his revolutionary support for Islam, four law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation said.

His name is in a federal law enforcement database, they said, and he was known to investigators for his social media postings. The terrorist does not have a criminal record, the four officials said.

The man, who made pro-jihadist statements from his hospital bed overnight, is believed to have traveled from Wells to lower Manhattan on Thursday mainly via Amtrak, those sources said.

Investigators were probing whether he stayed at a homeless shelter downtown, the four officials said.

A diary found by investigators may have indicated the suspect believed he was on a suicide mission: He left notes about who would inherit belongings and where he wanted to be buried, the sources said.

The suspect said in the diary he regrets disappointing his mother; he also wrote that he wanted his brothers to join him in his fight for Islam, they said.

He had expressed some desire to travel to Afghanistan in the past, the officials said.

Terrorist-related propaganda and personal writings were found in his backpack, they said.

FBI agents with court authorization searched the man's home in Maine on Sunday, an agency spokesperson said.

Neighbors told NBC affiliate WCSH of Portland, Maine, that the suspect is the child of divorced parents and has two siblings. He recently worked at an area country club as a groundskeeper, they said.

A New York Police Department sniper shot the terrorist in the arm.

The terrorist was a 2022 graduate of Wells High School, where he wrestled and played football, according to the station.

Multiple law enforcement officials said they were looking into whether the attacker traveled to New York specifically to target police on New Year’s Eve.

The New York Police Department has seen other lone wolf terrorist-type attacks on officers. In Jamaica Queens in 2014, a radicalized man named Zale Thompson attacked three officers without warning with a hatchet, nearly killing one of the officers. In June 2020 in Brooklyn, Dzenan Camovic stabbed an officer in the neck, stole his gun and used it to fire at responding officers in another jihadist-inspired lone wolf attack.  

In Saturday's attack, the officers were initially hospitalized, one with a fractured skull and another with a bad cut, Sewell said. On a later call, officials said all three officers had been released from Bellevue Hospital overnight.

Mayor Adams said at the news conference that he had spoken to one of the wounded officers. “He understood that his role saved lives of New Yorkers today,” Adams said.

The investigation was still in its early stages.

Neither the FBI nor New York police were on the lookout for any other suspects, officials said.

The police department mounts a massive security operation every year during New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying thousands of officers in the area around Times Square.

Officials expected as many as 1 million people to crowd the area. Police did not have a more exact number Sunday.

Crowds are not allowed access to the blocks to see performances and the midnight ball drop without being screened at checkpoints where officers use metal-detecting wands to screen for weapons.

Large bags and coolers are banned from the area, while barriers are set up to prevent vehicle attacks in the secure area.