Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Sheila Jackson-Lee: Can't Your Staffers Read Bills Lauren Boebert?

Still feuding. The worst comes in next posting.

The most worthless lawmaker in the Western Slope of Colorado continues to stoke "angertainment." It appears that Adam Frisch is likely going to run for a second time to defeat her.

Republican lawmaker Lauren Boebert of Colorado continues to do what 49.9% of the voters disapprove of. The lawmaker barely won. At final count, Boebert won with 549 votes ahead of Frisch.

Many of her supporters even told her to stop making noise and focus on the 3rd Congressional District.

Debbie Hartman voted for Boebert for Congress in 2020 and again in 2022, delighted by Boebert’s unequivocal defense of cultural issues that animate the Republican Party’s far right flank. But as Hartman shopped recently at a supermarket in this Rocky Mountain ranching outpost, she had one piece of advice for the Colorado lawmaker.

“Tone down the nasty rhetoric on occasion and just stick with the point at hand,” said Hartman, 65, a veterinary tech assistant.

That sentiment reflects Boebert’s challenge as she begins her second term in the House. In her relatively short time in Washington, she has built a national profile with a combative style embracing everything from gun ownership to apocalyptic religious rhetoric. Constituents such as Hartman in the Republican-leaning district laud Boebert for defending their rights, but cringe at her provocations.

Boebert has engaged in feuds with numerous lawmakers. Her most notable were Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and now Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX).

Boebert took issue with the bill and aimed at the Texas lawmaker.

Jackson-Lee had introduced a bill that addresses extremism. She wrote a bill that criminalizes violent instigation of white supremacy. Lee's bill was reaction to the Buffalo mass shooting attack in which a man filmed attack on Black shoppers through alt-tech.

The man also advocated anti-Black rhetoric on those white supremacy platforms.

Jackson-Lee introduced the Leading Against White Supremacy Act of 2023 to assign criminal punishment for certain forms of hate speech.

The bill's language is broad and could result in people facing criminal charges for sharing hateful content, including on social media.

Under Jackson-Lee's bill, a "person engages in a white supremacy inspired hate crime when white supremacy ideology has motivated the planning, development, preparation, or perpetration of actions that constituted a crime or were undertaken in furtherance of activity that, if effectuated, would have constituted a crime."

Just a few weeks ago, she had to check Brian Mast.

The bill would impose criminal penalties for anyone who "published material advancing white supremacy, white supremacist ideology, antagonism based on ‘replacement theory,’ or hate speech that vilifies or is otherwise directed against any non-White person or group, and such published material," if it was "read, heard, or viewed by a person who engaged in the planning, development, preparation, or perpetration of a white supremacy inspired hate crime."

Though the bill has no chance of moving through the Republican-led House, Jackson-Lee hits back at Boebert for being clueless to how bill are drafted. She even took aim at her inability to have her staffers look at bills.

Boebert is one of 90 members who have very to little accomplishments. She has spent 90% of her time outside her district. Even with the warning to tone down the noise, she continues to double down.

Doubling down on trying to "own the libs" instead of delivering results.

Many of her supporters rather see her vote "no" on issues than appear on television, radio and the internet yelling it.

She and Greene are not productive lawmakers. They are invested in being in the limelight and being accepted by white extremists. Damn shame, though.

Only the voters will decide if her noise will earn her a third term.

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Monday, January 16, 2023

Keep His Name Out Your Mouth!


Republicans and some Democrats need to keep Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s name out their mouths.

When I see the grandiose of several lawmakers, media agitators and folks who distort the message of King, I grind my teeth and shake my head.

The far right loves to quote King's quotes to justify white supremacy. 

If King was alive, the far-right, Fox, Breitbart and Republicans would hate him with a passion.

So I boggles the mind to hear lawmakers who oppose voter rights and civil rights, support war and bigotry, stomp on the grave of King.

Respondents to a new The Economist/YouGov poll were asked “Do you think that Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday?”

Overall, 55 percent of respondents said “yes,” Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday, with 24 percent responding “no” and another 21 percent saying they were “not sure.”

Support for the holiday from racial subgroups was highest among Black respondents, 77 percent of whom said “yes” versus 10 percent who said “no” and 14 percent who weren’t sure. Among White respondents, support was lowest among White men with no college degree at 44 percent.

The highest support was registered among Democrats at 74 percent “yes” and 12 percent “no,” with 14 percent not sure.

But by far, the lowest support for the holiday came from Republicans, only 39 percent of whom said “yes,” MLK Day should be a federal holiday, with the remaining 61 percent either against it (37%) or not sure (23%).

Among independent voters, the plurality who said “yes” was 49 percent, while 25 percent said no and 26% were not sure.

Even more shocking, though, is the fact that while support for the holiday has grown among Democrats since the holiday was signed into law in 1983, support from Republicans and independents has decreased quite significantly.

According to a Harris poll taken weeks before the Senate passed the bill, 48 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of independents favored establishing the law. Forty-two percent of Republicans were opposed, while 10 percent were “not sure.”

Support among Republicans has also dropped by two points since the same poll in 2021.

In that same poll, 66 percent of Democrats favored the law while 29 percent opposed, with 5 percent saying they were “not sure.”

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Dayton Faces A Year Of Gun Violence!

Outside a business, an Uber/Lyft driver saw a Dayton woman's body in the street shot dead.

Dayton, Ohio has a population of 137,000 and is part of the rust belt.

It's the third week of the year and in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio, we have experienced a high amount of gun violence in the city. There were 10 people killed from Jan. 1 to Jan. 15.

There were over 15 incidents of gun violence.

The suspect(s) are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox and they force it into national news.

So on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, I ask the question..... 

What can we do to stop gun violence?

I have the answer, but it will take an act of Congress and the president to minimize gun violence in the United States.

For those who aren't aware, Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only African American who is not a politician to get a national holiday. It was widely disapproved of by Republicans and the signer of the legislation, Ronald Reagan. 

At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.
 
Two of the main arguments mentioned by opponents were that a paid holiday for federal employees would be too expensive and that a holiday to honor a private citizen would be contrary to longstanding tradition (King had never held public office).

The other was the explorer Christopher Columbus, a brutal Spanish colonializer who is sanitized to be a hero of American history.


By the way, King was a victim of gun violence. He was assassinated in April 1968 outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis.

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.

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.

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

What Happened To Keenan Anderson?

The arrest of Keenan Anderson led to his death.

The cousin of controversial activist Patrisse Cullors was found dead after an encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Keenan Anderson died moments after the Los Angeles Police Department arrested him and tasered him.

This was a series of incidents where the LAPD used deadly force on people they tried to arrest or detain. It has brought back the infamous reputation of "beat on the street."

The incident happened on Jan. 3 and involved Los Angeles resident Keenan Darnell Anderson. The police department released body-camera video of Anderson's arrest Wednesday.

Police said Anderson was involved in an accident and tried to flee. Cullors said her cousin had flagged down police and was asking for help.

"And not a single time did any of the responding officers listen to him," she said in a phone call.

Anderson, 31, a Black man, died at a hospital after he suffered a medical emergency about 4½ hours after he was arrested, Kelly Muñiz, a police spokesperson, said in a video statement.

The situation began around 3:35 p.m. when a Los Angeles police officer was flagged down about a traffic accident, Muñiz said. Witnesses directed the officer to Anderson, who "they indicated had caused the vehicle accident," she said.

Clearly unarmed and with his hands up.

The body camera video shows Anderson in the middle of the street. "Please help me," he tells the officer before he runs away.

The officer tells Anderson to "get off to the side," the video shows. In response, Anderson says someone is trying to kill him.

Anderson eventually gets on the sidewalk and puts his hands in the air. "I didn't mean to," he tells the officer.

The officer instructs Anderson to get up against the wall, the video shows. Anderson instead drops to his knees and puts his hands behind his head.

"Please. Please, sir, I didn’t mean to, sir. Please. Please. I’m sorry," Anderson says, according to the video.

Anderson tells the officer that he lost his key and had someone fix his car. After Anderson says again that someone is trying to kill him, the officer asks whom he is talking about.

"I had a stunt today," Anderson responds. "I had a stunt today, sir. I need to. Like, no, no, no."

Patrisse Cullors.

Muñiz said Anderson stayed on the ground for several minutes.

"However, as the additional officers arrived Anderson suddenly attempted to flee the location by running into the middle of the street," she said in the video statement.

"The officers gave chase and ordered Anderson to stop. Anderson ultimately stopped and was ordered to get on the ground. As the officers attempted to take Anderson into custody, he became increasingly agitated, uncooperative and resisted the officers."

The body camera video shows Anderson lying on his back in the middle of the street in front of a car. Several officers tell him to turn over on his stomach, and when he does not, they grab him, the video shows.
"Please, sir, don’t do this," Anderson says in the video. "Please, help me, please. ... They’re trying to kill me. Please, please, please, please, please, please."

The officers tell Anderson that if he does not stop resisting, they will Taser him. The video shows one officer, who appears to be Black, placing his elbow on Anderson's neck to pin him to the ground.

At one point, Anderson yells, "They’re trying to George Floyd me," referring to the Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police in May 2020.

His death his under investigation.

As Anderson and the police struggle, an officer is seen in the video deploying his Taser repeatedly. He is later handcuffed and placed in an ambulance to be evaluated for the Taser deployment, according to Muñiz and the video. He died at the hospital around 8:15 p.m. Jan. 3.

Cullors said the body camera video was "shocking" and "disturbing to watch." She questioned why officers used force. She also said she did not think police should be the first to respond to minor traffic incidents.

"If there’s an accident, then it should be ambulance and firefighters. There should be professionals who are trained in crisis management," she said. "If my cousin did not have to interact with LAPD that day, he would be alive."

At a news conference Wednesday, Police Chief Michel Moore said Anderson had committed a felony hit-and-run and tried to "get into another person's car without their permission."

A report by the police department's toxicology unit found that Anderson tested positive for cocaine metabolite and cannabinoids, Muñiz said. An independent toxicology test will be conducted by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. A cause of death has not been released.

Asked about the toxicology report, Cullors said the family's focus was on why Anderson had to die.

"Our family can never know what truly happened that day, because we weren’t there. What we do know is that Keenan was in a supposed accident and he asked for help, and in that process, he died," she said. "How did this result in his death?"

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Spare!

Not afraid.

The memoir of Prince Harry is on pace to sell 3 million copies. It has already broken Guiness Book of World Records for being the fastest selling publication in the world.

Harry spares no one.

His book Spare details his faults from drug abuse, his infamous Nazi uniform, his playboy lifestyle and rumors about not being the King's son. He details his strain relationship with his father King Charles III, Prince William, Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Catherine. 

He shows praise to the late Queen Elizabeth II and his mum, Princess Diana, who died in a deadly car accident in 1997. He said that he fears the very fate could happen to his wife and children.

He also took aim at the U.S. and British media. He is furious at the way they have treated Duchess Meghan of Sussex. Since he married Meghan, the junk food media has been relentless on attacking her.

Nevermind that Charles cheated on Diana or Prince Andrew cheated on Duchess Sarah with numerous women and allegedly slept with underage girls. Nevermind the royal institution has declined in popularity in eight nations where their leaders are people of color.

In July 2021, it was announced that Harry was set to publish a memoir via Penguin Random House, with proceeds from its sales going to charity and Harry reportedly earning an advance of at least $20 million. It is ghostwritten by novelist J. R. Moehringer. In the following month, Harry confirmed that $1.5 million of the proceeds from the memoir would go to the charity Sentebale, while £300,000 will be given to WellChild.

Harry stated "I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become. I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story – the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned – I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think." Harry said the book was "accurate and wholly truthful". The publisher stated that the book takes readers "immediately back to one of the most searing images of the 20th century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow – and horror". The publisher maintained the book is "full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom".

The Times reported in January 2023 Harry had second thoughts about publishing the book after visiting his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the summer of 2022, but eventually went ahead with it. In an interview with Bryony Gordon, Harry stated that the first draft was 800 pages, meaning that he had enough material for two books, but it was reduced to about 400 pages because there were things between him and his father and brother that "that I just don't want the world to know. Because I don't think they would ever forgive me." He claimed that the book's aim was "not trying to collapse the monarchy" but rather save it, and added that he felt he had an obligation to reform the institution for the sake of future spares, namely his brother's younger children, despite being told explicitly by William that his children are not Harry's responsibility.

But what got me going is the lies about Meghan. The extremists are claiming that Meghan's mother Doria Ragland was a drug dealer.

 Tom Bower appeared on Dan Wootton and claimed that Doria Ragland was not only a drug user, she was also a dealer. He believes that is what caused the split from Thomas Markle.

He also says Prince Harry has been an addict for twenty-five years and continues to take drugs to this day. Bower said he believes he smokes pot every day.

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Predator Arrested Again!

The continuing downfall of a notorious sexual predator.

Disgraced actor and comedian was arrested for public intoxication and failure to register as a sexual offender. He is likely homeless. His only residence is a trailer home and it was raided during his arrest.

This actor had a history of inappropriately touching women and men.

Deputies first received reports of an intoxicated person early Friday morning at a tavern in Lake Elsinore, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

When deputies arrived, the sexual predator, 57, was present and appeared intoxicated, according to TMZ.

During the arrest, authorities say the predator’s records showed he was a registered sex offender who was not up to date on his registration.

He was taken into custody without further incident. The predator8 was booked and later released after posting bond.

This is not the comedian’s first run-in with the law.

In 2022, he was convicted of sexual battery after groping an Uber driver in West Hollywood back in 2019.

In May 2022, the predator was arrested at an Orange County campground for alleged sexual battery. 

In October 2022, the predator was caught allegedly stealing tools from a Santa Barbara home, according to the Santa Barbara Independent.

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

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Hallie Jackson Out At MSNBC!

Hallie Jackson goes to NBC News Now.

MSNBC had an afternoon shakeup. It is about time in the case of Hallie Jackson. She will still have a place but with a different platform.

Jackson who hosted Hallie Jackson Reports from 3pm until 4pm with lead in to Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace will now have her show on its streaming platform NBC News Now. It will be expanded from 5pm until 7pm. 

She has the Mehdi Hasan type of program. She joins Chuck Todd who was demoted out of MSNBC. He held on to MTP: Daily which was on at 5pm until 2020 when his show was moved to 1pm and Wallace was given two hours. And until mid-2022, Todd was hosting at 1pm until he was moved to NBC News Now with Meet The Press Now.

Chris Jensing who occupies the 1pm spot will host two hours and Katy Tur will have the 3pm slot. 

Also Jonathan Capehart will now host weekends at 9am. Katie Phang will host a 8am show. Ali Velshi will now fill the 10am spot that Capehart and Tiffany Cross held. Jose Diaz-Balart’s show will move from 10am to 11am on weekdays. He will still host NBC Nightly News on Saturdays. 

Andrea Mitchell will remain in the 12 pm.

Cross was fired from MSNBC in late November.

The reworking of daytime was messaged around the same time as an estimated 75 employees from NBC and MSNBC were set to be impacted by layoffs, a source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. NBC’s news division counts 3,500 employees in total.

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Welcome Back Ted Williams!

Ted Williams is returning to media.

The legendary Ted Williams, the man with golden voice has a podcast and platform on social media. 

From the bottom to the top, Ted was at his bottom.

At the exit ramp at Interstate 71 and Hudson Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, Ted was a homeless and addicted to crack. It was a person who gave a few dollars and a chance to get back into the limelight. In 2011, his life was given a jolt.

His voice shocked the world and everyone was amazed to hear a professional sounding voice homeless.

He quicky gained fame and was seen on every market in the world. He was sought from all angles and it literally almost shattered because of the fame.

He still struggled to overcome addiction and mental illness.

For the first time in almost 20 years, Williams found himself steadily working. He co-authored A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work, and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation with Bret Witter. He is the founder of the Ted Williams Project, a non-profit organization serving homeless shelters.

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Ye's Surprise Marriage!

This relationship won't last long.

When you thought he would just fade away to repair his already damaged rap career, he done got married to a fashion designer after divorcing his high profile marriage to Kim Kardashian.

Kanye West had finished up 2022 with backing Washed Up 45, launching a possible bid for president in 2024, saying anti-semitic remarks, praising Adolf Hitler, getting dropped from Def Jam, losing his $1 billion deal with Adidas, with Candace Owens facing lawsuits from the family of George Floyd, facing lawsuits over his Donda Academy, having Donda Sports fold, getting dropped from his management agency, hanging out with Nick Fuentes, threatening Pete Davidson, threatening D.L. Hughley, threatening Trevor Noah, threatening Kim Kardashian, owing over $285,000 in child support, being dropped as a billionaire by Forbes, losing Pusha T, losing John Legend, losing Beyonce, losing Jay-Z, selling Nazi based propaganda and now this. 

Bianca Censori became the latest victim of Ye's turmoil. She and Ye held a private ceremony in Beverly Hills.

Kanye and Bianca have not filed a marriage certificate to make it legal.

Kim K said it really difficult co parenting with Ye.

Ye has been ducking lawyers preparing to serve him.

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Lisa Marie Presley Passed Away!

Lisa Marie Presley had died.
The only daughter of Elvis Presley and Prisella Ann Wagner has passed away from a cardiac attack.

Lisa Marie Presley passed away at the age of 54.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement Thursday evening. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”

The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to the hospital earlier Thursday.

Los Angeles County paramedics were dispatched to a Calabasas home at 10:37 a.m. following a report of a woman in full cardiac arrest, according to Craig Little, a spokesperson for the county’s fire department. Property records indicate Presley was a resident at that address.

Paramedics arrived about six minutes later, Little said. A subsequent statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said paramedics performed CPR and “determined the patient had signs of life” before taking her to a hospital in nearby West Hills immediately.

News of Presley’s hospitalization was first reported by TMZ and later confirmed by People magazine.

Presley, 54, attended the Golden Globes on Tuesday, on hand to celebrate Austin Butler’s award for playing her father in “Elvis.” She called his performance “mind-blowing” during a red carpet interview with “Entertainment Tonight.”

“I really didn’t know what to do with myself after I saw it,” she told ET of Baz Luhrmann’s movie. “I had to take, like, five days to process it because it was so incredible and so spot on and just so authentic that, yeah, I can’t even describe what it meant.”

Just days before that, she was in Memphis, Tennessee, at Graceland — the mansion where Elvis lived — to celebrate her father’s birth anniversary on Jan. 8.

Elvis with Priscilla and Lisa Marie.

Kristen Sainato and her husband were visiting Memphis from Cleveland when she heard the news of Presley’s death on Thursday. She wore a black jacket with the well-known TCB lightning bolt (shorthand for (taking care of business in a flash) on the back as she described meeting Presley at a celebration of her father’s birthday on Jan. 8 at Graceland. Sainato set down a bouquet of flowers at the front gate of Graceland.

“Those are for Lisa,” she said.

She said Lisa Marie Presley was one of the last connections to her famous father.

“Everyone is shocked over this. Why? Why did this have to happen?” Sainato said, wiping tears from her eyes as she stood in front of the stone wall that borders the home-turned museum. “She deserved a long, happy life.”

Presley had recently penned an essay published in People about “the horrific reality” of her grief following her son Benjamin Keough’s death by suicide in 2020. Presley is also the mother of actor Riley Keough and twin daughters.

“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old. I’ve had more than anyone’s fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I’ve made it this far,” she wrote in August.

The infamous marriage to Michael Jackson.

Lisa Marie and the King of Pop. The infamous marriage to Michael Jackson. In late 1993, Jackson proposed to her over the phone. Some believe it was publicity stunt to deflect from allegations of sexual abuse by three boys. 

They married in La Vega, Dominican Republic, in May 1994 by civil judge Hugo Francisco Álvarez Pérez. 

The tabloid media speculated that the wedding was a publicity stunt to deflect away from Jackson's sexual abuse allegations and jump-start Presley's career as a singer. Their marriage ended little more than a year later, and they separated in December 1995. Presley cited "irreconcilable differences" when filing for divorce the next month and only sought to reclaim her maiden name as her settlement. 

After the divorce, Judge Pérez said, "They lasted longer than I thought they would. I gave them a year. They lasted a year and a half." In an October 2010 interview with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, Presley revealed that she and Jackson had attempted to reconcile intermittently for four years following their divorce, and that she had travelled to different parts of the world in order to be with him.

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

House Pass Born Alive Bill!

Being in your business is these folks business.

So no more talk about crime. No more talk about inflation. No more talk about the gas prices. Republicans pivot right to culture wars and distractions from real issues.

They so far proven they can't govern. 

Weren't they suppose to read the U.S. Constitution first?

Aren't they supposed to have a bill preview three days before the scheduled vote?

What does the abortion bill have to do with bringing down inflation, tackling crime, dealing with climate change and lowering the temperature of political violence?

Republicans in the House voted to pass a bill that would ban abortion and make it mandatory to save the life of a fetus if there is a chance.

It has no chance of getting passed in the Senate. If it does, President Joe Biden will veto it.

The measure, titled the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, passed in a mainly 220-210-1 vote. Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) was the only Democrat to vote for the measure. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) voted “present.”

The bill, which House Republicans vowed to bring up even before they clinched the majority, would mandate that an infant born alive after an attempted abortion receives the same degree of care that any other child born prematurely would receive. The measure also requires that the infant is taken to a hospital. And it threatens providers who don’t comply with a fine or up to five years in prison.

It is rare for an infant to be born after an attempted abortion, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 143 infants were born after an attempted induced termination from 2003 to 2014, according to the agency, the majority of whom died between one and four hours later. Of those, 97 “involved a maternal complication or, one or more congenital anomalies.”

Softball Hannity in a sea of white saying Republicans are the party of diversity.

House passage of the bill comes days before the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which made access to abortion a constitutional right. The justices struck down that decision in June.

The move from the bench reverberated across the country, with conservatives hailing the court and liberals sounding the alarm about the future of abortion access in the U.S. That fallout lingered until the November midterm elections, with abortion proving to be a top priority for voters. Polls ranked it as the second most important issue, behind inflation.

Months after the election, and in their first week of legislating, House Republicans brought the born-alive bill and a resolution condemning attacks on pro-life facilities to the floor.

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), a sponsor of the born-alive legislation, hailed its passage.

“Every single newborn, regardless the circumstances of their birth, deserves to share the miracle of life and have lifesaving medical care.  We must act with compassion to protect these little ones and give women a strong support system as they navigate the miracles and challenges of motherhood,” she said in a statement. “This bill will save real lives, and it will give survivors a precious chance to build a future.”

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), a co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, said the measure affirms that “life is sacred.”

“Upholding the value and sanctity of life has been a personal mission for me, and this bill plays a key role in affirming what the American people have always known: life is sacred,” she wrote in a statement following the vote.

Democrats, on the other hand, sharply criticized the bill during debate on the House floor Wednesday. Some argued that the measure was not needed because infants are already protected through a law Congress approved in 2002.

That legislation, titled the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002, said infants must receive the same legal rights as any other individuals. The legislation passed through both chambers and then-President George W. Bush signed it into law.

“It is illegal and always has been illegal in every state and then federal law to kill an infant born alive. It is illegal and always has been illegal not to provide that infant with appropriate medical care,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on the House floor.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) called the bill “extremist, dangerous and unnecessary.”

NARAL Pro-Choice America on Tuesday condemned this bill as “one that would allow politicians to interfere in personal family decisions.”

“These bills make it plain: House Republicans are patently rejecting the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans who voted to support legal abortion in November,” said Mini Timmaraju, the organization’s president.

Before I go, I want to address Softball Hannity and the Republicans celebrating diversity.

They have 16 Hispanic members, 3 Native American members, 5 African Americans members and 2 Asian American members. Overall, 85% white and 15% other.

Republicans are making small gains but it is not enough. They are really bad at gaining support among people of color.

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Pete Ricketts To Fill Nebraska Senate Seat!

Sen-designate Pete Ricketts (R-NE) (left) with Gov. Jim Pillen.


The guy who said that a woman should carry her rapist's baby is the senate-designate for Nebraska.

Former Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts (R-NE) is going to finish the term of former senator Ben Sasse. The new governor of Nebraska did a quid pro quo when it came to the selection of a replacement.

Born John P. Ricketts, he is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023. He is the son of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade. He is part owner of the Chicago Cubs along with several of his family members.

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced he will pick Ricketts to fill the term. It is likely Ricketts will run for reelection.

Pillen and Ricketts appeared together at a joint news conference at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, where Pillen described the selection of Ricketts as “very, very obvious.”

Sasse officially resigned on Sunday to become the president of the University of Florida, a job he will begin next month.

Ricketts’ support in last year’s Republican gubernatorial primary helped Pillen emerge at the top of a packed GOP field. Pillen took office last week.

He said Ricketts was “committed to the long haul” to attempting to keep the seat.

“I don’t believe in placeholders. I believe that every day matters,” Pillen said.

Ricketts ran for Senate in 2006 and lost to conservative Democrat Ben Nelson.

Ricketts was the 2006 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Ben Nelson. His opponents in the primary were former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg and former state Republican chairman David Kramer. Ricketts spent nearly $5 million of his own money, outspending his opponents 10–1 in winning the nomination.

Ricketts received some high-profile campaign assistance, most notably from President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Bush appeared at a campaign rally for Ricketts on November 5, 2006, just days before the election, in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Ricketts ran on a conservative platform, emphasizing fiscal responsibility, immigration reform, and agriculture, as well as championing a socially conservative platform opposing same-sex marriage and abortion. In all, he contributed $11,302,078 of his own money to his campaign, triggering the Millionaire's Amendment which allowed his opponent to raise larger amounts from each donor. He spent more money than any Senate candidate in Nebraska history, but lost to Nelson by a margin of 36%–64%.

Ricketts will be sworn in late January. 

Currently the Democrats control the Senate. They have 48 senators and three independents who caucus with them. Republicans have 49 senators. 

Democrats have 51 seats to Republicans 49 seats.

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