Sunday, July 02, 2023

Independence Daze: Mass Shooting In Baltimore!

This was not fireworks.

Thanks Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Wes Moore, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and the U.S. Representatives for Maryland were notified of the latest mass shooting in the city of Baltimore.

Well even on a holiday, gun violence.

Mass shooting: 397

Multiple people were injured and two were killed in a shooting in Baltimore, Maryland during a block party early Sunday morning.

Baltimore Police Department in a news release said that early Sunday just after 12:30 a.m., officers received multiple calls about a shooting near the 800 block of Gretna Court. Once officers arrived at the scene, they found multiple victims.

Police say there were a total of 30 shooting victims, according to their preliminary investigation.

An 18-year-old woman was found deceased at the scene, according to the New York Times.

Multiple other people were shot, Baltimore’s acting police commissioner, Col. Richard Worley, said at a news conference on Sunday morning, according to the Times. At least three were in critical condition. Nine were transported to the hospital and 20 others took themselves to the hospital.

Police say a 20-year-old man died at a hospital.

Worley said that the shooting happened at a block party, The Associated Press reported.

“This morning, all of Baltimore is grieving,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, said at the news conference, calling the shooting a “reckless, cowardly act,” according to the Times.

Information about a suspect has not yet been released but Worley said that investigators are reviewing video and speaking with witnesses to try to identify the suspect, according to WBAL.

The names of the victims have not yet been released.

Other mass shootings include: Wichita; Tulsa; Chicago; Florin, CA; Odessa, TX; Greensboro; Ypsilanti, MI; Cincinnati; Missouri City, TX; Marlow Heights, MD; Kansas City; Indianapolis; Ashboro, NC; Union, SC; Saginaw, MI; Orlando; Beaumont, TX; Little Rock; Detroit; Greenville, NC; Milwaukee and Fort Worth. 

Mass shooting during Independence Day weekend celebrations.

Saginaw, Michigan and Willowbrook, Illinois had mass shootings that made the news. 

These shootings happened at large scale gatherings.

An active shooter doesn't care about the politics, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, your finances, your family, your plans that day, your successes, your failures, and most importantly, your life.

These lawmakers will do the usual "thoughts and prayers" and "our hearts goes out to" as well as the Republicans saying that "now it's not the time to talk" bullshit. 

These murderers don't have mental illness. They are calculated and prepared. It happened to be a moment where they have the opportunity to take out lives. There's no sickness in the head. Most mass shooters legally obtain their assault rifles without little background checks. They have likely no criminal history and they are willing to use the assault weapon in the only thing it's good for: Killing numerous lives.

I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

THE NICE GUY IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON WITH A FIREARM. THOSE WHO ARE SPURN BY RELATIONSHIPS, THE WORKPLACE, SOCIETY IN GENERAL WILL SEEK REVENGE BY TAKING OUT LIVES. THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OF MASSACRING THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEING.

THE JUNK FOOD MEDIA AND POLITICIANS ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE BY AMPING UP POLARIZING RHETORIC. 

What to do to protect your life.

1. Run - If you hear sounds like firecrackers, popping sounds or suspicious activities around a large gathering (i.e. malls, stores, clubs, public gatherings), if you can flee, run away from the shooter. Do not run in a straight path of the sight. Move around and zig-zag if possible to keep yourself out the line of fire. It's best to not film a shooter commiting the act. If you are willing to risk your life for a viral video, more power to you but its best to stay out of the line of fire by running away.

2. Hide - If you are involved in an active shooting, you must barricade yourself in a room and keep doors locked, lights off, phones on silent. Do not go into restrooms, lockers and kitchens. Those are most likely places where shooters often go. If you can barricade a room to prevent a shooter from getting in, it eliminate the opportunity for the shooter to get through. Make sure you keep your voice low when you're involved in mass shooting. Call 9-1-1 if you can.

3. Fight - If you are willing to risk your life or willing to film the incident, you have no choice but to fight. Make sure you grab something that is powerful enough to disarm a shooter. Do not confront a shooter in the midst of sight. Make yourself not visible if you're trying to fight. Do not think being a "good guy with a gun" is going to stop a bad guy. The cops don't see good guys trying to stop bad guys. They see active shooters and they will shoot anyone who is armed regardless of the matter. If you're ready to fight, be prepared to die. It's best to not be easily seen if you're trying to stop a shooter. If you're a conceal carry and attempt to disarm an active shooter, you are willing to sacrifice your life to save lives. You are willing to go hero, you could die a hero or an idiot.

4. Realize - Mind you, that the types of firearms used by shooter are based on capacity which limits the time of reaction. As with rule 3, you have only less than a second to make a reaction when the shooter is set on sights. So there's no real solution to save your life in the event of an active shooter. The best thing to do is understand, that anywhere in the United States could be a target of a mass shooting. Congress isn't doing a damn thing about it.

The far right often infiltrate protests and cause chaos to paint progressives protests as violent. Even when the far right attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, they believed that far left members infiltrated the mob. Ignore the fact that Washed Up 45 and his allies urged the supporters to come, called for them to protest and told them to not show weakness.

According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white. They say a white person should "protect" from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

Republicans solutions are more guns, blame others for America's social ills and defect from accepting reality.

You're not safe at home, in the school, the concert, the hospital, the church, the casino, the bus station, the subway, the light rail train, the buses, the malls, the local big box store, the political rally, the protest rally, the beach, the women's center for reproductive surgeries, the mosque, the synagogue, the road trip, the natural disasters, the state/federal buildings, the workplace, the gas station, the family picnic, the food truck rally, the funerals, the birthday parties, the graduations, the wedding, the televised events, the sporting events, the homeless shelter and many more events that have some terrorist with a firearm. Domestic violence, suicide, racism, culture war inspired, politically motivated and international operative inspired are types of gun violence.

Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of never ending tragedy. Gun violence, extremism 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.

The city of Baltimore had its 145th murder.

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 one Democrat and one independent who caucuses with the 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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Saturday, July 01, 2023

Y'All Done P*ssed Them Off!

The Court of fools.

I can't wait to see an owner deny a Christian family from praying inside their business.

The Supreme Court made it legal to discriminate or deny services to those who do not agree with their views. So if you're a far right media personality, say Candace Owens and she comes into a business with her husband George Farmer and someone recognizes her.

They can deny her service not only because she is Black, but she is married to a white man and her views go against the political views of the owner. She can cry racism, call for boycotts, say it's the left all she want on her trolling accounts but it is legal and there's nothing she can do about it.

Scott Presler, Joey Mannarino, Terrence K. Williams, Tammy Bruce, Caitlyn Jenner, Andy Ngo and every far right gay agitator who backed Washed Up 45 better hope they're not going into businesses that support Christian causes. They will be denied services and be forced to leave or be formally removed.

Republicans got a part of the Paycheck Protection Program which was signed by Washed Up 45 but extended by President Joe Biden during the coronavirus pandemic. 

About 45 House and Senate Republican members took from the PPP and had their debts forgiven. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-TX) literally took from the PPP but had the audacity to say that Americans are obnoxious for asking for student debt forgiveness.

Norman and Republican cheered the Supreme Court's controversial decisions.

Affirmative action is no longer allowed in colleges and the workplace.

You can use religion as an excuse to not work certain days at an essential business.

You can legally deny LGBTQIA Americans (broad) from businesses or services.

The presidential powers are limited in certain issues. 

Democrats are motivated by the decisions.

Democrats are hoping the court’s moves to halt student-debt forgiveness, end affirmative action in college admissions and back a Christian website designer opposed to LGBT marriage will help President Joe Biden once again harness voter anger as he enters a tough reelection battle.

“The last two days of the Supreme Court have done more to help Democrats mobilize people of color and mobilize young people than any piece of policy or legislation that they say they’re going to be able to move through Congress,” said Cornell Belcher, a pollster and alum of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.

Public support for student-debt forgiveness is split but sharply increases among key constituents for the president — including young, Black and Latino voters. More Gen-Z voters were aware of the debt-cancellation plan than any other major policy under Biden, according to a Generation Lab/Voters of Tomorrow poll.

Biden spent the week painting the Supreme Court as squarely outside the mainstream — while pointing the finger at the Republicans he’ll run against in 2024.

There’s risk the Supreme Court’s decisions this week may frustrate progressive voters who have already expressed disappointment Biden couldn’t accomplish more during his term.

The unfavorable rulings for the president and his supporters has underscored the limitations of the presidency, leaving Biden with few options beyond small-bore executive actions to blunt the court’s edicts. The White House was criticized by abortion-rights supporters who said it responded too slowly to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Some Black Americans are unhappy with Biden’s progress on voting rights and police reform. A May ABC News/Washington Post poll found Biden’s approval among Black Americans at 52%, down from 82% when he took office.

Republican presidential candidates, for their part, have sought to capitalize on the court rulings as evidence Biden has pursued an extremist agenda. For leading candidates like Washed Up 45 and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, painting the president as beholden to “woke” special interests is a central tenet of their platform.

The former president told supporters Biden’s student loan plan was “very unfair” to millions of people who paid their bills through hard work at an event Friday in Philadelphia.

The reaction to the loan decision among Republicans was notably muted compared to the celebration Thursday over the affirmative action ruling, which polls indicate divides Biden’s electoral coalition. While Black voters support affirmative action programs, White and Asian voters are opposed — and the issue is particularly salient in suburban communities that delivered Biden the White House in 2020.

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Friday, June 30, 2023

You Gotta Pay The Loans!

Borrowers of federal loans must pay in full.

Elections have consequences.

Think about the corporations and lawmakers getting loans and debt relief. They are allowed to get it but not the working class.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's amended student loan relief plan and it sided with the culture wars and elite. Their decision limits the presidential powers for Biden and future presidents.

So thus, Congress must pass legislation to give debt relief to students. 

Oh the leftists who claimed that Biden alone can cancel student debt. Stupidity is also a problem. Not messaging or strategic tactics.

See voting for third party candidates, Washed Up 45 or not voting at all led to the three Supreme Court rulings rolling back abortion rights, affirmative action, rights for the protected class and a measly ounce of money to help the poor and middle class.

Hillary Clinton was right all along. The leftists who were Bernie or Bust can go fuck themselves. They allowed the conspiracy theories ruin 50 years of progress.

Corporate Democrats my ass. 

How about leftist trash got the end game handed to them. All because they wanted to embrace short term goals with do nothing agitators. Bernie Sanders, Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Jon Tester should pat themselves on the back. Sanders for making the 2016 election a loss. Manchin, Sinema and Tester for running with their tails between their legs. Murkowski and Collins for believing these justices are going to hold the status quo.

The president's executive order to extend student debt relief is over. The students who failed to apply for student debt relief will now be on the hook for any occurrence and owed debts.

The 6-3 decision clearly fell on Republican states trying to "own the libs."

Vacation time. The decisions are made and now they head home. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will be celebrated by their megadonor buddies.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch struck down the executive order.

Justices Kentaji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor opposed it.

The court rejected the Biden administration's arguments that the plan was lawful under a 2003 law called the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, or HEROES Act. The law says the government can provide relief to recipients of student loans when there is a “national emergency,” allowing it to act to ensure people are not in “a worse position financially” as a result of the emergency.

Chief Justice John Roberts said the HEROES Act language was not specific enough, writing that the court's precedent "requires that Congress speak clearly before a department secretary can unilaterally alter large sections of the American economy."

The plan, which would have allowed eligible borrowers to cancel up to $20,000 in debt and would have cost more than $400 billion, has been blocked since the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary hold in October.

About 43 million Americans would have been eligible to participate.

The student loan proposal is important politically to Biden, as tackling student loan debt was a key pledge he made on the campaign trail in 2020 to energize younger voters.

The ruling will immediately put pressure on the Biden administration to find an alternative avenue to forgive student debt that could potentially withstand legal challenge.

Advocates, as well as some Democrats in Congress, say the Education Department has broad power to forgive student loan debt under the 1965 Higher Education Act, a different law to the one at issue in the Supreme Court cases.

Separately, the student loan repayment process is set to begin again at the end of August after having been put on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic, although first payments will not be due until October.

The court considered two cases: one brought by six states, including Missouri, and the other brought by two people who hold student loan debt, Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor. The court ruled that the program was unlawful in the case brought by states but found in the second case that the challengers did not have legal standing.

She said the states bringing the challenge did not have legal standing to even bring the case, and in analyzing HEROES Act, the conservative justices ignored the clear language of the law.

"The result here is that the court substitutes itself for Congress and the executive branch in making national policy about student-loan forgiveness," Kagan wrote.

The court decided the case in part based on a legal argument made by the challengers that the conservative majority has recently embraced called the “major questions doctrine.”

Under the theory, federal agencies cannot initiate sweeping new policies that have significant economic impacts without having express authorization from Congress.

The conservative majority cited the major questions doctrine last year in blocking Biden’s Covid vaccination-or-test requirement for larger businesses and curbing the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to limit carbon emissions from power plants.

The challengers argued that the administration’s proposal — announced by Biden in August and originally scheduled to take effect last fall — violated the Constitution and federal law, partly because it circumvented Congress, which they said has the sole power to create laws related to student loan forgiveness.

Biden had proposed canceling student loan debt during the 2020 presidential election campaign.

The administration ultimately proposed forgiving up to $10,000 in debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year (or couples who file taxes jointly and earn less than $250,000 annually). Pell Grant recipients, who are the majority of borrowers, would be eligible for $10,000 more in debt relief.

The administration closed the application process after the plan was blocked. Holders of student loan debt currently do not have to make payments as part of Covid relief measures that will remain in effect until after the Supreme Court issues its ruling.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated in September that Biden’s plan would cost $400 billion.

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Make Discrimination Legal Again!

Now you can deny employment and services to protected classes.

The end game of leftists who refused to back Hillary Clinton in 2016. In one term, Washed Up 45 rammed through three Supreme Court justices and they ended up being the perfect foils for white nationalism. Now they are marked and are likely going to get round the clock protection due to their decisions.

You can deny services, employment and opportunities for protected classes. People of color, disabled and LGBTQ can be denied by a radical group of robes.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a bigot who felt it was her right to discriminate against a gay couple. The Court ruled in a 6-3 decision on the grounds of a culture war, Christian-facsism, white nationalism and homophobia.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh ruled in favor of Lorie Smith, a Christian nationalist who refused to plan a wedding for a Colorado couple.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Kentaji Brown Jackson opposed the decision.

Smith, owner of 303 Creative LLC, in a case over Colorado’s anti-discrimination law. The court found, “The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.”

“In this case, Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the court’s majority opinion. “The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.”

The Supreme Court has went radical.

Smith said she did not want to make sites celebrating same-sex marriages, which she tied to her religious beliefs. She claimed that Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violated her right to free speech over such marriages. In a court filing, attorneys for Smith argued that the law could not be used to force people “to convey government-approved messages.”

“Smith does not discriminate against anyone, but only declines to speak certain messages,” attorneys wrote.

The state argued that the law “requires businesses open to the public to sell their goods and services to all customers regardless of protected characteristics.”

The Supreme Court heard arguments over the case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, in December 2022.

So that means, gay business owners can discriminate against religious groups entering their businesses (in broad sense). Muslims can deny Christians and Jewish people the right to service. 

Religious extremism won today.

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Geraldo Rivera Chasing Ambulances Again!

Adios Geraldo.

The former talk show host joined Fox in 2001 until his cannon firing in 2023. Geraldo Rivera, the Puerto Rican American media agitator who once had a chair thrown at him by Neo Nazis joined a channel that gives cadence to those the very people.

He backed a guy who said the Charlottesville riots had "very fine people" on both sides.

Maybe he needs to get back into Al Capone's vault.

After being told he will no longer be a part of "The Five", he went on a rant. So the struggling far right network decided to cut the fat. 

The Dominion lawsuit cost Fox nearly $790 million. Fox let go of Tucker Carlson, Dan Bongino and now Rivera.

The media agitator said he "quit" Fox. 

Nope. I don't believe it. Rivera, Jesse Watters, Howard Kurtz, Greg Gutfeld, John Robert's, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Tyrus, Pete Hegseth, Charles Payne, Stuart Varney, Greg Jarrett, Steve Hilton and Sean "Softball" Hannity are known sexual predators.

Rivera has sexually harassed women.

The last scheduled appearance on “The Five” for the television veteran, whose 80th birthday is on July 4, is next week.

“It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I hope it’s not my last adventure.”

Rivera said that it was his choice to leave “The Five,” but that Fox management “didn’t race after me to say, ‘Geraldo, please come back.’” There was no immediate comment from Fox.

Despite airing in the late afternoon instead of prime time, “The Five” has become Fox’s most-watched program, with an average of more than 3 million viewers last year. Its conceit is simple — five people, four of them conservative and one liberal — kick around the issues of the day.

Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino and Jeanine Pirro are the regular conservatives. Rivera has rotated as the liberal voice with Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., a former congressman from Tennessee.

Rivera said he planned to remain as a “correspondent at large” at Fox, with a contract that expires in January 2025.

Geraldo Rivera along with Jeanine Pirro, Jessica Tarlov, Harold Ford, Jr., Jesse Watters, Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld. Rivera admits he has a feud with Gutfeld.

He said he’d been suspended a handful of times, most recently in early May. He had tweeted shortly after Fox fired Tucker Carlson on April 24 that he found Carlson’s theories about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to be “bullshit,” leading Gutfeld to respond via tweet, “You’re a class act Geraldo, a real man of the people.” Carlson had downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, calling people who invaded the Capitol “sightseers.”

Rivera and Gutfeld had a handful of particularly contentious exchanges. In late April, Rivera told him “stop pointing at me” when they argued over electric vehicles. He called Gutfeld “an arrogant punk” on the air last year during a fight about abortion.

Rivera would not comment directly about Gutfeld.

“There has been a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences and personal annoyances and gripes,” he said. “It’s not worth it to me.”

Rivera, once a friend of Washed Up 45 who split with him over the former president’s false claims of winning the 2020 election, said that “under no circumstances do I think Donald Trump should be president of the United States again and that’s an important message I am committed to bringing to the American people between now and November 2024.”

Although “The Five” and its large viewership would seem a prominent place for him to deliver that message, he said “you can imagine the friction that role by definition” would provoke.

“I’m 80 years old,” he said. “I don’t want the friction. ‘The Five’ is too intimate a place and it gets too personal.”

The argument over electric vehicles illustrated the challenge faced the liberal voice on “The Five.” As he talked, onscreen chyrons below him read “Biden pushing pricey electric cars on Americans” and “Americans not buying Biden’s EV hype.”

Rivera had a colorful syndicated talk show that aired from 1987 to 1998, and hosted an evening news and interview show at CNBC in the late 1990s. He was brought to Fox shortly by then-chairman Roger Ailes after the September 2001 to be a war correspondent at first and has remained. On Wednesday he expressed some regret, in retrospect, for not leaving the network after the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.

He said his relationship with his colleagues on “The Five” is “a reflection of what the country is going through. ... It’s not an easy job if you take it as personally as I do.”

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Unrepentant Terrorist Tried To Kill The Obamas!

This terrorist carried a cardboard cutout of Washed Up 45.

Donate $5 to reelect Joe Biden for president: Let's Finish the Job.

U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of a Jan. 6 rioter who was attempting to place an explosive device near former president Barack Obama's Washington, DC home.

This terrorist was on the lamb for over a few years.

Those very fine people that Washed Up 45 wants to pardon for their participation in one of history's most deadliest attempted coup d'etat. The people who tried to overturn democracy do not show an ounce of regret. 

The perfect example of white privilege and unrepentant behavior is the MAGA MILF.

Jenna Ryan already proved to the federal courts that she has no regrets and is willing to do it again (which is a violation of her probation). She spent 60 days in federal time out when prosecutors recommended 3 years. 

Ryan said that because she was white, blonde, pretty and successful, she would not serve a day in jail. She literally lied to the judge about her being apologetic. She used crocodile tears to get a little sentence.

Since her release, she is hoping Washed Up 45 or any Republican president pardons her.

She is still promoting conspiracy theories and is promoting Jan. 6 merchandise alongside her realtors license.

Lemonade or gasoline.

Another example is this terrorist. He is still aiming to kill critics of Washed Up 45.

A man with materials to make explosives and an active Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested by law enforcement in former President Barack Obama's Washington, D.C., neighborhood, multiple sources briefed on the matter tell CBS News. 

Several sources identified the suspect as 37-year-old Taylor Taranto, of Seattle, Washington. Secret Service spotted him within blocks of the Obama's home, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter. Taranto fled, and Secret Service chased him. He was running toward the Obama home, but was apprehended before reaching it. 

Taranto's van was parked close to where he was arrested. There were multiple weapons and the materials to make some kind of explosive device akin to a Molotov cocktail, but it had not been assembled, according law enforcement officials familiar with the details. He had said he had explosives, but first responders only found the materials to make them. 

Even though they've been out of office, the Obamas still are targeted by extremists.

U.S. officials were concerned because Taranto had made threats during recent livestreams on social media against a public figure. He also had an open warrant on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. He wasn't in Obama's neighborhood by mistake, a U.S. official noted.

According to a senior law enforcement official, Taranto had been in Washington, D.C., area for a couple of months. He had been seen camping out in his van near the D.C. jail where many of the Jan. 6 defendants are being held, and some of his livestreams were apparently posted while he was in the D.C. area.

Taranto has been charged with being a fugitive from justice, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. 

The incident did not result in any injuries. It's unclear if the Obamas were home at the time. 

Besides the attempt to use a weapon of mass destruction, rioting, trespassing and threatening a former president, this terrorist faces at least 45 years to LIFE if convicted in a court of law.

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

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

SCOTUS Dumps Affirmative Action!

Another unpopular decision.

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the culture wars and white nationalists. It once again ruled in a decision that many Americans disapprove of.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have supported removal of affirmative action.

Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor opposed the decision.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reacted to the Court's decision.

Republicans are praising it as a step in the right direction.

Democrats are slamming it as a decision that affects generations and it will advocate racial discrimination and white majority rule once again.

I blame the leftists who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Their fixation of claims that the primaries were stolen and Bernie Sanders was robbed was a total joke. His extreme views and his acylates are responsible as well. The far right built this coalition of hate for years. They managed to win in 2016 with a former reality television star who had no political experience. He kept his word.

Washed Up 45 in his single term managed to get three Supreme Court nominees through and a generation of historical accomplishments rolled back.

On Thursday, the Court ruled that the universities violated the Fourteenth Amendment. It struck down policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The colleges gave preferences to some applicants based on their race.

So this decision not only affects colleges, scholarships, but workplaces and hiring. The companies can literally hire mostly white workers or conservatives if they choose to do so.

"Many universities have for too long wrongly concluded that the touchstone of an individual's identity is not the challenges best, skills built, or lessons learned, but the color of their skin," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's majority.

The Supreme Court also ruled on Thursday siding with an evangelical Christian worker who was denied requests to take Sundays off from his post office job to observe his Sabbath in a narrower ruling than some religious freedom advocates sought.

While the court did not overrule a precedent that set when employers must make accommodations for religious employees, it did "explain the contours" of that decision in way that may be more beneficial to employees.

The ruling in one of the most closely watched religious cases this term and was one of two major decisions− the court struck down affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina − announced by the Supreme Court on Thursday as a historic term moves to its end.

These assholes roll back historic progress.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion for a unanimous court. The decision sends the case back to lower courts.

At the center of the case is Gerald Groff, a former U.S. Postal Service employee who wanted to take Sundays off for church and rest. That presented a scheduling conflict – and a burden on his colleagues, the government argued – after the Postal Service started delivering Amazon packages on Sundays.

Groff’s attorneys had asked the Supreme Court to toss out a 1977 precedent that made it easier for some companies to deny such requests. The earlier case said that businesses could avoid meeting religious requests if the cost of doing so would be more than a "de minimis," or trivial, amount.

"An employer must show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business," Alito wrote.

The decision could affect other situations where religion and workplace rules conflict, such as for religious dress. Some worried the case could also affect religious conduct at work, giving employees more leeway to exercise their personal views even if they were inconsistent with those held by their employers or colleagues.

Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Groff v. DeJoy to uphold meaningful religious accommodations in the workplace for employees of all faiths:"Federal law protects employees' ability to live and work according to their religious beliefs," said John Bursch, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. "Employers must provide reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious practice unless doing so imposes undue hardships on their operations. For too long, that duty had been erased by a misguided court ruling."

Rachel Laser, president of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, noted the court clarified its standard rather than overturning it.

“We’re facing an aggressive movement working to weaponize religious freedom, but religious freedom must never be a license to harm others, and that remains true in the workplace," she said.

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One Punch Lead To A Shooting! Debate Over Teen Killing A Man Defending His Mother!

Mother and son had murder charges dropped but their troubles are not over.

Chicago.

Charges were dropped against a mother and son after a confrontation at a restaurant led to a deadly shooting.

There is mixed reaction to the shooting. Some believe it was justified. Others believe it was excessive and cold blooded murder. The shooter was a 14 year old boy.

So a video that circulated online had went viral. A heated argument between the victim and the woman led to a boy shooting the victim two times.

Jeremy Brown, 32, is captured having an argument with 35-year-old Carlishia Hood at Maxwell Street Express on the city's Southwest Side earlier this month.

"If you say one more thing I'm going to knock you out," Brown says in the video.

Moments later, he punches Hood repeatedly.

The Cook County State's Attorney's office said it reviewed the case against Carlisha Hood and her 14-year-old son and "in light of emerging evidence" moved to dismiss charges against both.

The video ends with what sounds like a gunshot.

The incident was also captured on surveillance video. An edited version was released by police last week.

Prosecutors reportedly said Hood told her son to keep shooting Brown and kill him.

After the teen stopped shooting at Brown, his mother allegedly told him to shoot Brown's girlfriend, who authorities said encouraged Brown during the earlier altercation. Prosecutors also reportedly said Hood tried to grab the gun herself before her son shoved her off and the two fled the scene.

Brown ultimately died from his injuries, police said.

Hood lucky her son did not shoot others. The boy shot dead an aggressor. Hood threatened to shoot witnesses.

Hood and her son surrendered to police on Wednesday and were arrested by authorities, Chicago police said. They were both charged with first-degree murder and Hood faced an additional charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Prosecutors said Hood, who has no criminal background, also had a valid firearm owners identification card and a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

With the charges dropped, the woman sues the city of Chicago for an undisclosed sum.

She and her son are likely marked for retaliation due to this. Had they shot Brown's girlfriend or other people, the state would have a case. On top of that, the people who were inside the restaurant could sue them for emotional distress and putting their lives at risk.

Brown's family is outraged over the charges being dropped. 

According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white. They say a white person should "protect" from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

A heated argument lead to physical assault and then a shooting.

Republicans solutions are more guns, blame others for America's social ills and defect from accepting reality.

You're not safe at home, in the school, the concert, the hospital, the church, the casino, the bus station, the subway, the light rail train, the buses, the malls, the local big box store, the political rally, the protest rally, the beach, the women's center for reproductive surgeries, the mosque, the synagogue, the road trip, the natural disasters, the state/federal buildings, the workplace, the gas station, the family picnic, the food truck rally, the funerals, the birthday parties, the graduations, the wedding, the televised events, the sporting events and many more events that have some terrorist with a firearm. Domestic violence, suicide, racism, culture war inspired, politically motivated and international operative inspired are types of gun violence.

Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of never ending tragedy. Gun violence, extremism 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.

Jeremy Brown leaves behind two children.

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 one Democrat and one independent who caucuses with the 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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Bidenomics!

Nancy Mace (center) and 199 Republicans voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. She is taking credit for the appropriations going to her South Carolina district.


As the president kicks off his 2024 reelection campaign, Fox and the far right are obsessed with Hunter Biden and the president sleeping with a breathing machine.

President Joe Biden's job approval is at 41% and his handling of the economy is at 34%. The reasons why are because Republicans are noise. They are pretty much against almost everything he does.

Biden’s approval figures have barely moved for the past year and a half, a source of concern for a president pursuing a second term on his ability to govern and focus on workers. He wants voters to connect local roads and bridge projects, factory construction and the rise of electric vehicles and renewable energy to the millions of dollars in initiatives he signed into law during the first two years of his administration.

A sleep apnea machine is due to snoring, stuttering and dry mouth. He often coughs when he speaks due to gastrointestinal problems and stuttering. 

The president is healthy. But for the noise, his age and the numerous conspiracies will be what Republicans are focused on.

They aren't concerned about the economy or inflation. Since things are doing well, the Republicans are pivoting to culture wars and conspiracy theories. Under President Joe Biden, the unemployment rate is 3.5%, inflation has dropped down to normal levels, jobs are plentiful and Bidenomics is now a term.

While in Chicago on Wednesday, the president mentioned that Republicans are sharing on social media the accomplishments of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Here are the Republicans who voted against the law but now are taking credit for the appropriations that went to their states.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a controversial former football coach turned far right extremist lawmaker touted the law's broadband for rural communities. He was one of the most vocal lawmakers who voted against the law.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) also voted against the bill. She shared that the Charleston area will be receiving green energy public transportation for the Lowcountry. She called the law absurd and a budget fiasco.

Mace is joining Republicans in calling for impeachment of Biden and many on his administration based on conspiracies.

They vote against the laws and then claim credit for its successes.

Biden said his administration’s efforts were sparking recovery after Republican policies had crushed America’s middle class.

“Bidenomics is about the future,” he declared in his Wednesday speech to cheering supporters. “Bidenomics is just another way of saying: Restore the American dream.”

At the same time, he sought to paint previous Republican tax cuts as deeply flawed, saying they helped the rich but failed the middle class for decades as the promised “trickle down” benefits never seemed to come to the less wealthy.

“The trickle down approach failed the middle class,” he said. “It failed America. It blew up the deficit. It increased inequity. And it weakened our infrastructure. It stripped the dignity, pride and hope out of communities, one after another.”

White House aides believe that Biden’s speech on Wednesday can generate greater awareness of his policies and increase Democratic voters’ appreciation of the economy. While the president’s allies acknowledge that many Americans still hold dim views of the economy, they note that the actual economic data was far worse last November, when Democrats mounted a stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

Biden aides say they are encouraged by data showing Americans’ views can be changed by a consistent message reinforced on multiple fronts, which is what the president and his Cabinet are setting out to do by touring the U.S. over the next three weeks. Their hope is that repetition of Biden’s accomplishments, coupled with a contrast to GOP proposals to undo those initiatives, will stick with voters for 2024.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Horsing Around!

Russian operative angry that her mare is being taken by its owner.

California horse rescue is trying to retrieve the mare that Russian operative Tara Reade left behind when she "defected" to the federation. Reade threatens online a lawsuit against the rescue.

No horsing around.

Malcolm Nance, a lead expert in Russian propaganda saw this a mile away. He said that the Russians were amplifying misinformation and anchor talk during the 2016, 2020 and now 2024 presidential elections.

They knew that an idiot like Washed Up 45 would fuck America up. That's why they used social media to sow discourse and confusion.

Hence in 2019, Reade claiming that Biden touched her without permission. When it didn't pick up steam, she made the claim in 2020 he digitally penetrated her in the halls of Congress. That became a rally cry for leftists and far right extremists to tarnish Joe Biden without even hearing his side. Biden denied the allegations.

Through careful vetting and investigations, as well as 75 former staffers, they basically found Reade's claims inconclusive.

Reade would fade away. However in the wake of the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit and criminal trial for the Washed Up 45 hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, Reade has asked for Republican lawmakers to investigate her claims. Reade asked insufferable lawmakers, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to interview her but not under oath.

The Republican controlled House which devoting its time to culture wars and conspiracy theories was to take up the Tara Reade allegations. It would require her to testify under oath. In late May, she appeared on Russian state media alongside convicted spy Maria Butina. She said that she was not safe in the U.S. and she was asking dictator Vladimir Putin for a fast track citizenship. Reade admitted that she knew Butina for a long time which invites herself to a FARA investigation.

Since moving to Russia, she shared pictures and touted how Russia is doing just fine despite crippling sanctions.

While living in Russia, she had a mare. The mare is at a Washington state ranch. Reade signed an agreement to maintain the horse while in her custody. It was an agreement for adoption and her defection forefeits the rights to it.

The owner, Lynn Hummer has been at odds with Reade for years. Hummer claims Reade often told stories about her life being in turmoil and she needed money to survive. She spoke favorably of Biden during her stint as a volunteer at Pregnant Mare Rescue in California. 

Mare owner Lynn Hummer is within her legal right to get the horse back from Tara Reade. Not a Democrat or Joe Biden plot.

Hummer said she stole from her ranch and used an unauthorized vet to treat her horse.

The vet sent Hummer the bill and she threatened to sue Reade for losses.

Reade went ballistic. She claims that Biden and Democrats are trying to steal her horse.

You may remember that Republicans and Reade claim that Biden sic the Justice Department on her in 2020 for making the allegations public. They clearly ignore the fact that this happened under Washed Up 45 and then attorney general William Barr.

Reade is insane. 

If she does come back to the U.S., she may face criminal charges for failure to file as a foreign agent and lying to federal authorities.

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Concerns About Madonna!

Madonna had a health emergency.

The world is watching the health of iconic entertainer Madonna. She was found unresponsive and rushed to a hospital. She is currently being treated.

It was a serious bacterial infection. Her manager and family feared that she may have passed away if they didn't get to her as quick as they did. Her concert tour was postponed and the fans are wishing her a speedy recovery.

Madonna spent several days in the ICU after developing a "serious bacterial infection" on Saturday, her manager announced.

"Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care," Guy Oseary wrote Wednesday. "A full recovery is expected." 

Details on the type of infection and how long her recovery is expected to take were not immediately available.

Oseary said the Grammy Award-winning pop icon will have to halt her upcoming The Celebration Tour, which was scheduled to begin July 15 with a performance in Vancouver, Canada.

The tour was set to bring the 64-year-old to cities throughout North America, Europe and the U.K. with 84 performances over the course of about six months. The tour is billed as a retrospective of Madonna's four-decade career.

Madonna has four children. 

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