Can we do a Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?
You can't fix stupid!
You can't change minds!
You are completely trapped in stupid.
You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.
Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated?
I would never touch a wild animal.
Alas, some people think that animals are timid when you're petting them. Nope.
For Pete's sake, if you live in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina, please watch your surroundings. Please stay 50 feet away from drainage, canals, ponds, retaining pools, lakes, rivers and large water surroundings.
Keep your children, pets and elderly family members away from water. And for the sake of your health and law, please do not harass, torture or mame the animal.
Another victim of the chomp.
A woman was killed by an alligator in South Carolina.
A 69-year-old woman has died following an alligator attack in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, authorities said Tuesday.
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office deputies, Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue, the Beaufort County Coroner's Office and Spanish Wells security personnel responded around 9:28 a.m. to a report of a possible alligator attack near a lagoon bordering the golf course in the Spanish Wells community.
They located the woman -- a resident of the community who had been walking her dog -- at the edge of the lagoon. She appeared unresponsive, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
While rescue efforts were being made, an alligator appeared and was guarding the woman, interrupting emergency efforts, according to the sheriff’s office.
The alligator was safely removed from the area, and the woman's body was recovered. The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.
Authorities said it wasn’t clear when the woman was taken into the water.
This is the second fatal attack in the area in less than a year. An 88-year-old woman was attacked by an alligator at a lagoon near her home last August.
The alligator will likely be euthanized.
While rare, alligator attacks do happen and many of the victims are close to the water or have pets within a sight of the reptile. If you get too close to the reptile, you are likely a victim of stupidity. On land, an alligator is fast. In the water, an alligator is deadly.
Especially when you live in a community where water is close by... I mean are they clueless or just stupid?
Once the animal gets a hold of a prey, it's rare that an animal will escape without losing a body part.
It's the unfortunate cause and effect of animals and people.
I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"
If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.
To escape an alligator in the water if possible, punch its eyes or put something in its nose. Don't turn your back on an alligator. If you're on land run backwards in a zig zag position. An alligator does not want to waste its time trying to catch a prey that moves too much. An alligator can travel up to 20 mph on land and is very fast and silent in the water.
When you are near ponds or bodies of water keep pets, elderly adults and small children away.
I will say this as a reminder. Back in the slavery days, white extremists would kidnap Black babies and string them to trees. They leave them crying in the swamps for alligators and bears to attack them. They would use Black babies as bait for alligators and bears.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, Space X and Twitter has driven money away from his businesses. The investors are getting really concerned about the billionaire's impact on the companies.
Twitter since his purchase has went downhill fast. The far right was pleased that Musk took over. Many of the banned extremists were reestablished accounts, Washed Up 45 was given his account back, Musk fired nearly all the workers, the platform is charging to post and be verified, he banning critics despite being a "free speech" townhall and now has limited its view of follower accounts, scrolls and tweets. Twitter announced Monday that access to TweetDeck, an app that allows users to monitor several accounts at once, would be limited to verified accounts next month.
Musk has driven advertisers away and has invited strong competition.
Controversial Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week.
Zuckerberg's Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as "Threads, an Instagram app", available for pre-order in the United States, with a message saying it is "expected" this Thursday.
Twitter has seen a decrease and its impact is felt since the Musk takeover.
Let that sink in.
Threads will hopefully launch and recruit influencers to back it up. Meta will rebound and guess what?
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) will not turn a blind eye to Israeli war crimes.
The Anti Defamation League has lost my support. They have decided to equate a foreign country to the Jewish faith. They have now declared that Israel is a religious state. They are now trying to silence the loud protests against the Israeli government and its assault on the Palestinians.
Israel is not a Jewish state. It is a unitary state with a republican form of government in which the political power is vested in and entrusted to the parliament with confidence by its electorate.
They have elected leaders and a functioning government. If it was a Jewish state, then it would be fascism. Because it would ban other religions and punish those who stand up to the authority.
Israel has been under fire for committing war crimes in the West Bank, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The country has continued building settlements in the West Bank despite the warnings it would flare tension.
Those living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are being stripped of resources. Those living in the West Bank are banned from traveling on roads built to the settlements.
For the people of the Gaza Strip, they have no resources or the military to defend itself.
Since 2005, Israel has a blockade for aid to the Gaza Strip. Those who tried to bring aid into the Gaza Strip are stopped or shot.
The Palestinians have no military. Israel does and it has proven to be extremely brutal in its attacks.
Israel is a neo fascist country. They are masquerading as a legitimate democracy when its prime minister and his far right coalition are trying to eliminate the federal courts, outlaw integration, outlaw non white Jews, non white immigrants, make it a religious theocracy and brutally eliminate the other. They are trying to destroy democracy and wipe out the Palestinians who live in Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.
The U.S. funds its defense operations and they use it in a brutal almost criminal assault on those living in Palestine. The Palestinians have no military equipment or the technology. Whenever Israel strikes, they hit residential and urban centers. They claim they are killing "militants" and those who were injured are used as shields. Israel claims the world hates them and they must defend themselves.
The Republicans and some Democrats have this notion that criticism of the state of Israel is equal to antisemitism. They seriously call for boycotts and censorship of those who dare speak against the inhumane crimes done by the Israeli government.
Saying "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is apparently inappropriate to say. Worthless media personality Marc Lamont Hill was fired from CNN because he criticized Israel.
Making criticism of Israel as a Muslim is hate speech says the Republicans and Democrats who harbor Islamophobia and bigotry. Or maybe it's the contributions from America Israel Public Affairs Committee to stifle criticism of Israel.
Being a celebrity who criticize Israel and you're expecting Fox and companies to attack you. Taking a picture with a critic who is against Israeli interest is also guilt by association.
We see several lawmakers in Washington who are embolden by this. The AIPAC and several groups with ties to Israel are trying to stifle speech when it comes to addressing war crimes, desplacement, bigotry, neo fascism and warmongering done by the Israeli government.
Jonathan Greenblatt is full of shit. He is trying to silence critics who say there is an apartheid in Israel.
The so called "freedom of speech" crowd would infuriate Muslims by drawing the Prophet Mohammed knowing it is blasphemy to depict the spiritual imam as any formation.
They run around literally saying "radical Islam" when it comes to a domestic terrorism attack done by a Muslim. They get offended when they are called to task on right wing domestic terrorism or white supremacist terrorism.
The ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt has decided to make it his mission to stifle free speech and make baseless claims against those who criticize Israeli war crimes.
Even for @RashidaTlaib, the level of dishonesty here is truly staggering.
For starters, it’s a complete fiction. But equally important, this was a targeted action against armed terrorists who brutally murdered innocents, recklessly hid weapons under a mosque and intentionally… https://t.co/1KGuoM1qiz
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) July 3, 2023
Now calling Israel an apartheid state is anti-semitic says the ADL.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is one of the many insufferable lawmakers in Congress. She is all noise and little results. She represents Michigan's 12th District. The district has Detroit, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Inkster and Livonia.
However I strongly support her in this. She, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) are the only Muslim lawmakers in Congress. Tlaib and Omar are vilified for their opposition to U.S. funding of Israel's military. They condemned the attacks and many of the Jewish Democrats are siding with Republicans in criticism them.
Several Jewish Democrats are Islamophobic.
The Israeli incursion into Jenin has been labeled by Reuters as “one of the biggest West Bank operations in 20 years” and has left at least eight Palestinians dead. Israel troops have said raids on the refugee camp have uncovered a huge explosives workshop and an arms store hidden under a mosque. Israel has also said it destroyed terror command centers.
But what is seen is the ambulances being blocked by the Israeli Defense Force. What is seen is a bulldozer knocking over buildings and tearing up roads to prevent medical access.
What Palestinians see is an illegal invasion into their territory to take the heat off of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ambitions to reformat the courts and instigate a war in Syria and Iran to take pressure off his corruption trial.
Greenblatt decided to take aim at Tlaib.
Tlaib is a Palestinian American who has a first and second generation of family members living in the West Bank.
Another holiday and another mass shooting in the United States.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and the U.S. Representatives for the state of Pennsylvania were notified of the latest mass shooting in the city of Philadelphia.
Four people were killed and four others were injured following a Monday night shooting in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia.
Police said a total of six people were shot, including two children.
One of the people that died is believed to be a teenager, police said.
According to police, officers responded to 56th Street and Chester Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. for a report of multiple people shot.
Police took several victims to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and a juvenile to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting on the 1800 block of Frazier Street, police said.
The suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest and was armed with a rifle and a handgun.
While police investigate, 56th Street is closed between Kingsessing and Chester avenues.
A person is in custody and a weapon has been recovered, police spokesperson Miguel Torres told CNN.
Six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, police spokesperson Jasmine Reilly told CNN.
Philadelphia police have not provided details about the conditions of those hospitalized.
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.
Bad weekend.
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.
Mass shootings never stop.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. continues to look away when it comes to war crimes done by Israel.
We want to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine. But when it comes to Israel and Palestine, the U.S. and many other countries ignore the war crimes, the illegal occupation and the Israel's tilt towards fascism.
The Palestinians do not have a military or the weapons of defense. Israel does and they have vowed to wipe out the Palestinians from existence.
The Republicans and some Democrats have this notion that criticism of the state of Israel is equal to antisemitism. They seriously call for boycotts and censorship of those who dare speak against the inhumane crimes done by the Israeli government.
Israel is a neo fascist country. They are masquerading as a legitimate democracy when its prime minister and his far right coalition are trying to eliminate the federal courts, outlaw integration, outlaw non white Jews, non white immigrants, make it a religious theocracy and eliminate the other. They are trying to destroy democracy and wipe out the Palestinians who live in Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.
The U.S. funds its defense operations and they use it in a brutal almost criminal assault on those living in Palestine. The Palestinians have no military equipment or the technology. Whenever Israel strikes, they hit residential and urban centers. They claim they are killing "militants" and those who were injured are used as shields. Israel claims the world hates them and they must defend themselves.
At its founding, the Israeli Zionists brutally forced out Palestinians and demolished their homes, schools and businesses. This continues as we speak. The U.S. and many Western nations look the other way.
Whenever the United Nations intervenes with investigations into war crimes, immoral dehumanization and violations of sovereignty, the U.S., United Kingdom and France block the notions.
Israeli propaganda has Americans believing criticism of its actions is anti-semitic.
The Israeli Defence Force went into Jenin and hit the city with no mercy.
Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”.
At least eight Palestinians were killed and 50 injured, 10 seriously, in the attack that began at about 1am on Monday, and the death toll is likely to rise, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Launching at least 10 drone strikes on buildings, a brigade of Israeli troops – suggesting between 1,000 and 2,000 soldiers – backed by armoured bulldozers and snipers on rooftops entered the city and its refugee camp, encountering fire from Palestinians, after Israel informed the White House of its plans.
A spokesperson for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, called the operation “a new war crime against our defenceless people”, while the Gaza-based militant group Hamas called on young men in the West Bank to join the fighting.
Lynn Hastings, the UN’s resident humanitarian coordinator, described “alarm” at the “scale of Israeli forces operation in Jenin”, adding on Twitter: “Airstrikes were used in the densely populated refugee camp. Several dead and critically wounded. Access to all injured must be ensured.”
The West continue to call Palestinians defending themselves militants. Again, giving a one sided view to why this ongoing conflict is not ever bring peace in the Middle East.
In a joint statement, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and the domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet, said they had attacked a command centre in the Jenin refugee camp that was used by a local militant group.
Images from inside Jenin showed armed and masked Palestinian fighters on the streets as gun battles and explosions continued into Monday morning.
At a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city, the sound of increasingly heavy gun battles and aircraft overhead could be heard as the day wore on.
In an escalation of the violence, Israel carried out an airstrike near a mosque in the city that it said was being used by Palestinian gunmen to target Israeli forces. “Exchanges of fire are taking place with gunmen adjacent to a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp,” the IDF said. “An IDF aircraft struck to remove the threat.”
Hundreds of armed fighters from militant groups including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah are based there, and the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority has next to no presence.
This is not Ukraine.
The Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of armed men from different factions, has been blamed for several terror attacks against Israeli citizens as the security situation across Israel and the West Bank has deteriorated over the past 18 months.
Jenin and nearby Nablus have been the major targets of the now more than year-old Israeli Operation Breakwater, which has involved near-nightly raids and some of the fiercest fighting in the West Bank since the second intifada came to an end in 2005. Vigilante attacks by West Bank-based Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages are also growing in scale and scope.
Only days before a drone strike last month in Jenin, for the first time since the second intifada, the army used helicopter gunships to help extract troops and vehicles from a raid on the city, after fighters used explosives against a force sent in to arrest two suspects.
After the last major raid in Jenin, Palestinian gunmen killed four Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in an attack that led to a rampage by settlers in Palestinian villages and towns.
Police shoot unarmed French teen and it sparked massive unrest.
Riots Tear France Apart!
The United States Department of State has a Level II travel advisory for people heading to the French Republic. The country is known for crime, sex trade which forces victims into the industry without consent, possible attacks from terrorist groups and civil unrest.
Embattled French president Emmanuel Macron is now facing a global crisis.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the former president Washed Up 45 and current President Joe Biden are facing controversies as well.
When you become a leader of a country, you're tasked to keep civility in the wake of controversy.
The police shooting of an unarmed teen has led to a series of violent protests.
Nahel Merzouk (sometimes spelled Naël), a 17-year-old French youth of Maghrebi Algerian descent, who was driving without a licence, was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop following a car chase in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France. Authorities arrested the police officer who shot Merzouk, on suspicion of "voluntary homicide by a person in authority". The killing led to widespread protests and riots in which symbols of the state such as town halls, schools, and police stations, as well as other buildings were attacked, as well as cars and trash bins set on fire. According to the Interior Ministry, over 1,350 vehicles were set on fire, and over 1,300 arrests were made in connection with the riots.
On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron accused social media of playing a “considerable role” in encouraging copycat acts of violence as the country tries to tamp down protests that surfaced long-simmering tensions between police and young people in the country.
The cop who shot Nahel five times was criminally charged.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said police made 917 arrests on Thursday alone. More than 300 police officers have also been injured attempting to quell the rioting over the death of the teenager, who is of north African descent and has only has been identified by his first name, Nahel.
Macron, who in tandem castigated video games for the rioting, said the French government would work with social media sites to take down “the most sensitive content” and identify users who “call for disorder or exacerbate the violence.”
WHY IS THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT CONCERNED?
A French official, speaking anonymously in line with the presidency’s customary practices, cited an example of the name and address of the police officer who shot at Nahel being published on social media. A prison officer also has seen his professional card going online, the official said, suggesting it could put the person’s life and family at risk.
During his speech on Friday, Macron did not specify what type of content he viewed as “sensitive,” but he said he expected “a spirit of responsibility” from the social media platforms.
Unrest continues.
Talks between the government and social media platform, including Snapchat and Twitter, have started with the aim to speed up the process to remove content inciting to violence, the official said. The French government is also pushing for identifying people who launch calls for violence but it’s still at the “discussion” stage.
Darmanin said that in a meeting with social networks, he’d delivered a warning that they can’t allow themselves to be used as channels for calls to violence.
“They were very cooperative,” he said. “We’ll see tonight if they really are.”
Darmanin said on Friday that French authorities will provide social media companies with “as much information as possible” so that, in return, they get identities of people who incite violence, adding that authorities will “pursue every person who uses these social networks to commit violent acts.”
He also said that the country will take “all necessary measures if we become aware that social networks, whoever they are, don’t respect the law.”
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.
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.
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.
You cannot “cancel” student loans any more than you can cancel a car payment or credit card debt. That money has to come from somewhere.
Proponents of this literally wanted student loan debt transferred to other people. It’s obnoxious.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
