Israel parades men in their underwear. They are going claim that they are Hamas.
Over 20,000 Palestinians are killed by Israel. For war that is targeting Hamas, they only managed to kill only a few members. So what about the rest?
Is their excuse, everyone is a member of Hamas because they cheered the Oct. 7 resistance?
Are they gonna call you anti-semitic because you want Israel to be held accountable for crimes against humanity.
No, I don't ignore the 1,200 Israeli civilians and military officials killed. However, I believe Israel may have indiscriminately killed their own civilians.
Regardless of how I feel about the situation, am I the only person who feels the pain of Palestinians. Since 2012, I had become more aware of the apartheid of Israel and been hoping there will be a fundamental change to the status quo.
Alas, Barack Obama and Joe Biden failed.
President Joe Biden condemns Muslim leaders because they dare praise the resistance fighting against Israel. The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT and Harvard are being called anti-semitics because they are taking a hands off approach to the Pro Palestinian protests and the accusations that some are chanting anti-Jewish rhetoric. They are now facing death threats and calls for termination.
Big donors to these facilities are withdrawing their funds and calls for their ouster grow.
Mind you, the very same folks who want to stifle protest and boycotts against Israel want to boycott and protest the ones support Palestinians.
Israel's Hesbara is dangerous propaganda. The Congress pass a House resolution sponsored by AIPAC and the Anti-Defamation League equating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism.
Benjamin Netanyahu has declared the International Criminal Court anti-semitic because they are investigating Israel for its carpet bombing of Gaza and illegal settler violence in the West Bank.
Israel has made extreme claims of Hamas raping hostages, beheading babies, putting babies in ovens, making dirty bombs, having a nicely clean Arabic Mein Keif in a child's bedroom, a Hamas command center in three hospitals, a list of terrorist names on calendar, weapons by a MRI machine, underground tunnels, shooting female soldiers in the genitals, top secret plans obtained by the IDF, rolling heads like soccer balls, using human shields, partnering is D'aesh [Islamic State] and living like kings while Gazans starve.
Israel has used the Hesbara to make emotional manipulation, toss outlandish claims, run a distortion campaign to undermine dissent and an appeal to racist notions that Palestinians are inherently violent and cruel.
The United States just vetoed the UN-sponsored resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire.
The latest jobs report for the month of November. In a country of 331 million, 50 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, the jobs are spread across and some netted them while others lost them.
Job creation showed little signs of a let-up in November, as payrolls grew even faster than expected and the unemployment rate fell despite signs of a weakening economy.
Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 199,000 for the month, slightly better than the 190,000 Dow Jones estimate and ahead of the October gain of 150,000, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The unemployment rate declined to 3.7%, compared to the forecast for 3.9%, as the labor force participation rate edged higher to 62.8%. A more encompassing unemployment rate that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time positions for economic reasons fell to 7%, a decline of 0.2 percentage point.
The department’s survey of households, used to calculate the unemployment rate, showed much more robust job growth of 747,000 and an addition of 532,000 workers to the labor force.
Average hourly earnings, a key inflation indicator, increased by 0.4% for the month and 4% from a year ago. The monthly increase was slightly ahead of the 0.3% estimate, but the yearly rate was in line.
Markets showed mixed reaction to the report, with stock market futures modestly negative while Treasury yields surged.
“What we wanted was a strong but moderating labor market, and that’s what we saw in the November report,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union, noting “healthy job growth, lower unemployment, and decent wage increases. All this points to the labor market reaching a natural equilibrium around 150,000 jobs next year, which is plenty to continue the expansion, and not enough to trigger a Fed rate hike.”
Health care was the biggest growth industry, adding 77,000. Other big gainers included government (49,000), manufacturing (28,000) and leisure and hospitality (40,000).
Heading into the holiday season, retail lost 38,000 jobs, half of which came from department stores. Transportation and warehousing also showed a decline of 5,000.
Duration of unemployment fell sharply, dropping to an average 19.4 weeks, the lowest level since February.
The report comes at a critical time for the U.S. economy.
Though growth defied widespread expectations for a recession this year, most economists expect a sharp slowdown in the fourth quarter and tepid gains in 2024.
Mike Johnson is experiencing headaches.
Federal Reserve officials are watching the jobs numbers closely as they continue to try to bring down inflation that had been running at a four-decade high but has shown signs lately of easing.
Futures markets pricing strongly points to the Fed halting its rate-hiking campaign and beginning to cut next year, though central bank officials have been more circumspect about what lies ahead. Pricing had been pointing to the first cut happening in March, though that swung following the jobs report, pushing a higher probability for the first expected cut now to May.
The Fed will hold its two-day policy meeting next week, and investors will be looking for clues about how officials view the economy.
Policymakers have been looking to bring the economy in for a soft landing that likely would feature modest growth, a sustainable pace of wage increases and inflation at least progressing back to the Fed’s 2% inflation target.
Consumers hold the key to the U.S. economy, and by most measures they’ve held up fairly well.
Retail sales fell 0.1% in October but were still up 2.5% from the previous year. The numbers are not adjusted for inflation, so they indicate that consumers at least have nearly kept pace with higher prices. A gauge the Fed uses showed inflation running at a 3.5% annual rate in October, excluding food and energy prices.
However, there is some worry that the Covid-era stimulus payments and the continued pressure from higher interest rates could eat into spending.
Net household wealth fell by about $1.3 trillion in the third quarter to about $151 trillion, owing largely to declines in the stock market, according to Fed data released this week. Household debt rose 2.5%, close to the pace where it has been for the past several quarters.
Pressure to rid the world of evil people like Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fed officials have been watching wage data closely. Rising prices tend to feed into wages, potentially creating a spiral that can be difficult to control.
As we close out 2023 with two ongoing conflicts and three forgotten conflicts, President Joe Biden ends on a sour note. His presidential approval is down and his hypothetical main rival Donald J. Trump is leading him in several swing states. If Biden fails to win 270 electoral votes, he will become a one term president like his predecessor and it will be a historical feet for Trump.
An indicted former president could win. I hope to God, he doesn't win.
Trump could become the second Grover Cleveland.
The Writer's Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild of America-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strikes are over. The Blue Cross strike is over. The UAW strike is over.
Israel and Palestine is an ongoing conflict and the public is turning against Biden, Democrats and Israel. The far right Israeli government launched an ongoing conflict and many world leaders are expressing concern that its becoming a genocide.
Protests in the U.S. have divided America. Many on the left are calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Because of this, some prominent Democrats and progressive figures are turning one another. They are angry at AIPAC, the largest pro Israeli lobby which is pouring millions into primarying Democrats who oppose Israeli propaganda.
George Santos was ousted.
Members of the House have passed legislation that equates anti-Zionism with anti-semitism. They have so far censured three members, expelled George Santos, led Kevin McCarthy out the door and caused frustration for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Republicans now have a three seat majority.
Santos is facing indictments and it led to his expulsion from the House. He vows revenge.
Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia retiring also puts the Senate up for grabs. His retirement sparks speculation that he and Liz Cheney are planning a no labels bid for the White House. Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, independent of Arizona are hated among progressives because of their conservative stances on many Democratic issues. Sinema and Democratic lawmaker of Arizona Ruben Gallego are feuding with one another. They both support Israel and criticize pro Palestinian protests. Gallego is challenging Sinema and a Republican who isn't Kari Lake. If Sinema runs it could put the race in favor of the Republican because Gallego is too extreme for Arizona.
Ron DeSantis had debated Gavin Newsom on Fox. He debated Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley and Chris Christie on Newsnation. None of these debates helped him in the polls.
Even his attempt to criticize the College Football Playoffs for excluding 13-0 Florida State didn't move the needle. Florida State was excluded despite winning the ACC championship game. Alabama's surprise victory over Georgia for the SEC championship plus Michigan's win over Ohio State and Iowa in the Big Ten Championship has them in the playoffs.
No. 1 Michigan.
No. 2 Alabama.
No. 3 Texas.
No. 4 Washington.
Florida State criticized the snub and felt that the whole thing was rigged.
Hunter Biden faces nine additional charges for tax fraud in California. He also confirmed he will speak to Congress. However, Republicans are angry that he wants it to be public deflating their attempts to claim that Biden wants to hide the truth. Johnson has said that he will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the president, despite not having evidence that links President Joe Biden, then vice president to bribery.
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota has a dilemma of his own. His son, Ian killed a North Dakota State sheriff deputy. Ian Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road and was taking cover behind his squad car, according to court documents.
Ian Cramer, of Bismarck, was traveling over 100 mph and already had two flat tires when he slammed head-on into Deputy Paul Martin’s squad car on Wednesday, pushing it “directly into Martin’s person and launching him for about 100 feet,” according to charging documents. Martin, 53, was killed.
Ian Cramer is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday on multiple felony counts including manslaughter, fleeing a police officer and reckless endangerment. Court records did not list an attorney for him, and Sen. Kevin Cramer declined an interview after charges were filed out of respect for Martin’s family.
Kevin McCarthy out by Christmas.
The island nation of Seychelles declared a state of emergency Thursday after flooding killed three people and a huge blast at an explosives depot near the capital injured scores of others.
The explosion caused mostly minor injuries to 178 people, the health ministry said. It took place around 2 am. Thursday and came after hours of heavy rain and flooding starting Wednesday evening, mostly in the north of the main island of Mahe, though authorities did not link the blast to the weather.
Waters from the rains flooded houses, washed away parts of roads and caused landslides in some areas. Two of the people who died in the flooding were trapped in their home, authorities said.
Gun violence is still the No. 1 issue in the United States. Mass shootings happened in Las Vegas, Chicago, Beavercreek, Austin, Lewiston, Tampa and Green Valley. Not to mention many other communities were affected by gun violence.
Yes, folks are working two jobs. I am a testimony of that. But I am confident that in the short term I will have all the resources to reapply for the job I prefer.
The Congress has less work than most Americans. It is infuriating that the average worker works more 50 hours a week while 157 House members and 36 senators work on average of 25 hours a week.
Republicans see the only path to victory is basically obstruct and complain about the president. They won't offer solutions or policies. All they care about is trying to keep folks angry with culture wars and distractions.
President Joe Biden's headaches:
Donald J. Trump.
Elon Musk and X.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and Meta.
TikTok.
The Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate stalling his agenda.
Bad poll numbers.
The media asking him about Trump's controversies.
The Supreme Court making controversial decisions that impact the country.
Gun violence and Congress not doing anything to stop it.
Inflation.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) , Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO).
Republican governors Ron DeSantis, Doug Burgum, Kay Ivey, Greg Abbott, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Bill Lee, Glenn Youngkin, Kristie Noem, Kim Reynolds, Brian Kemp, Brad Little and Greg Gianforte.
Federal Judges and Supreme Court members appointed by Trump.
The junk food media and their never ending dramatizing of world events.
Anti-Vaxxers.
Lawmakers and activists who protest the CDC guidelines during the pandemic.
The endless culture wars that Republicans find outrage in.
Fox, Breitbart, Libs of TikTok, The Daily Mail, Newsmax and OANN's relentless talk about Biden conspiracies.
The Republicans constantly dogging his brother James Biden and son Hunter Biden.
The Republicans and conservatives spreading misinformation about Ashley Biden.
The junk food media mentioning Russian propaganda and Tara Reade.
The endless racism towards Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
The relentless talk about spending despite the former president's reckless spending.
The lack of civility towards fellow Americans.
The junk food media's obsession with his age.
Vladimir Putin.
Xi Jinping.
Kim Jong-Un.
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Alexander Lukashenko.
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
Monthly reminders:
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about the funerals, the birthday parties, the weddings, the vacations, the events and your graduations.
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.
You're not safe 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 women's center for reproductive surgeries, the mosque, the synagogue, the state 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.
Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in.
Real Reasons To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is! The main reasons why some are not working.
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IN PRISON
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN COLLEGE FULL TIME
VOLUNTEER
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STAY AT HOME PARENT
RETIRED
QUIT ON THEIR OWN
TERMINATED FROM EMPLOYMENT
NOT HIRING UNQUALIFIED
NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
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NATURAL DISASTERS
MASS SHOOTINGS DISRUPTING DAILY ROUTINE
BEING LAID OFF DUE TO CLOSING OR STAFF REDUCTION
DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY OR PROPRETY
OUTSOURCING JOBS TO OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES
BEING UNDOCUMENTED IN FEAR OF I.C.E. OR U.S. AGENCIES
BEING PUBLICLY OUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOING SHAMEFUL ACTS
PARTICIPATING IN UNCIVIL OR VIOLENT PROTESTS
Jobs are looking good despite fears.
Companies are cautious about hiring employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour. Matter of fact, no one can survive on $15 an hour.
Trump still brags about his crowd sizes being the reasons why he believes the 2020 election was stolen.
Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.
Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.
We can't always assume that folks are lazy. People are literally dying from being exposed to the coronavirus, gun violence and folks are tired of the status quo of their jobs.
Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.
Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.
Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience.
Trump's presidency and Republican controlled governments are incompetent. Their leadership has killed millions of Americans. Biden has a slim majority in Congress and things can't be done with obstruction from both parties.
Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions.
We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.
Keep pressure on them with Israel.
They must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid to Israel.
They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that Biden is under extreme pressure to do something. Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Biden putting his reelection chances in danger.
The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police.
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. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.
Well deserved punishment for do nothing lawmaker who pulled fire alarm.
While he did not pull the fire alarm in the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) did pull the fire alarm at a House building. Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has allowed a formal censure to pass which is a step close to expelling.
He was upset over Republicans passing a continuing resolution that included spending cuts. So instead of letting staff read the bill, he tried a desperate attempt to stall a floor vote.
He knew what he was doing, a censure was a proper punishment.
Censure amounts to a significant rebuke of a member of Congress, though it does not carry an explicit penalty beyond a public admonition of a lawmaker and is not as severe as expulsion.
He could be stripped of his committee assignments.
Censure is typically a rare move by lawmakers, but Republicans have led efforts to censure two other Democrats since June. Bowman is the third censured since the GOP took control of the chamber. The GOP-led censure resolution passed by a vote of 214 to 191.
Following passage of the resolution, Speaker Mike Johnson called for Bowman to present himself in the well of the House chamber and publicly announced the censure. A crowd of Democratic lawmakers gathered around Bowman as that happened.
Bowman was caught on tape pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building in late September, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill. The building was subsequently evacuated. The congressman said following the incident that it had been an accident.
“I was trying to get to a door. I thought the alarm would open the door, and I pulled the fire alarm to open the door by accident,” Bowman said at the time, adding: “I was just trying to get to my vote and the door that’s usually open wasn’t open, it was closed.”
In October, Bowman was charged by the DC attorney general over the incident and subsequently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building.
Republican Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan put forward the resolution to censure Bowman, saying on X, “Nobody is above the law, Congressmen included.”
Lisa McClain proves that the "no one is above the law" rhetoric is bullshit.
Ironic, McClain refuses to hold former president Donald J. Trump accountable for Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the Nov. 2019 impeachment inquiry for abuse of power by trying to exploit Volodymyr Zelenskyy into launching a sham investigation into his rival Joe Biden.
But yes, let's talk about Bowman, Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton.
The resolution stated that if the House voted to censure Bowman, he must present himself in the well of the House where they would read out the censure notice.
“Representative Jamaal Bowman will forth with present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure,” the resolution states.
Bowman and other Democrats have spoken out against the censure effort.
“It’s painfully obvious to myself, my colleagues, and the American people that the Republican Party is deeply unserious and unable to legislate. Their censure resolution against me today continues to demonstrate their inability to govern and serve the American people,” Bowman said on the House floor Wednesday.
“The legal process on this matter has played out. In no way did I obstruct official proceedings … Unfortunately, Republicans are here trying to rehash an already litigated matter,” the congressman said, saying that he “took responsibility and accountability for my actions and plead guilty.”
On Wednesday, the House voted down a Democratic motion to table – or block – the resolution by a tally of 201 to 216, setting up a final vote over the censure on Thursday.
The censure resolution will come to the floor less than a week after the House voted to expel indicted GOP Rep. George Santos of New York – the most severe form of punishment for a member. That vote brought an end to a scandal-plagued and tumultuous tenure on Capitol Hill for the freshman congressman. Expulsion is exceedingly rare and requires a two-thirds majority vote to succeed – a high bar to clear.
The Republican-controlled House has brought censure resolutions against other Democratic lawmakers as well.
In November, the House passed a GOP-led resolution to censure Democratic lawmaker Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan over comments critical of Israel and in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s war against Hamas.
Tlaib defended herself, arguing that the censure was an effort to silence her and saying that her “colleagues have resorted to distorting my positions in resolutions filled with obvious lies.”
In June, the House voted to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.
Ahead of the vote, Schiff called the move “a badge of honor” and said, “They wouldn’t be going after me if they didn’t think I was effective.”
Schiff and Tlaib were wrongly censured. If anything, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) acting foolish at the Beetlejuice musical is the type of behavior deserves censure.
Mindful, the 118th Congress is the least productive in history. Republicans often make Congress unproductive due to their psuedo stances on every shiny coin controversy.
The No. 1 issue in the United States is gun violence. A problem that never seems to be solved through federal legislation and state legislation. According to the Republican Party, National Rifle Association, Gun Owner's of America, some Democrats and extremists love the Second Amendment. Of course, they want to silence dissent when it comes to stopping gun violence and opposition to Israel's genocide in Palestine.
What happens is we cover it for a few days, get reaction from President Joe Biden, a state governor or a mayor about the latest mass shooting in the country.
We talk about the weapon of choice for mass shootings. The calls for more gun reform grow only for Republicans and some Democrats to balk at it.
Republicans will say "Now it's not the time to talk about gun violence."
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.
Another mass shooting in America.
No. 717.
Las Vegas.
By the way, there were mass shootings in Green Valley, WV; San Antonio, TX; Austin, TX; Lugoff, SC; Orchards, WA; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; McComb, MS; Aurora, CO; Fresno, CA; Lexington, KY; Chicago, IL; New Orleans, LA; Washington, DC; Autryville, NC; Winston-Salem, NC; Fontana, CA and list keeps going.
By the way, Las Vegas had a mass shooting that was at a homeless encampment. Suspect still at large. Could be a coincidence that a random shooting can be interlocked.
Any city, town or village will become a statistic.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Joe Lombardo, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), mayor Carolyn Goodman, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) were notified.
The shooting happened at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The worst mass shooting in American history was the Las Vegas Route 91 Music Festival where 59 people were murdered and hundreds were severely injured.
Three people were killed and one person was wounded in a shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Armed police order woman to leave the facility.
Police said Wednesday evening that the suspect was killed by officers who rushed to the scene and that there was no ongoing threat to the community.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a Wednesday evening news conference that the police know the identity of the suspect but will not release his name until the families of the victims are notified.
Two law enforcement sources told CBS News the gunman, who they described as a white male in his sixties, was a former college professor who had previously taught in Georgia and North Carolina.
McMahill had said earlier in the day that police did not know the suspect's motive.
The first call about the active shooter came at about 11:45 a.m. local time, after which metropolitan and university police immediately responded, shooting and killing the suspect outside of Beam Hall, McMahill said. The shooting originated on the fourth floor of the building.
In addition to the three people killed, one person was taken to an area hospital with a gunshot wound. The person was in stable condition, McMahill said. Four other people were hospitalized after suffering panic attacks.
Two police officers received minor injuries while searching the campus's rooms and buildings for more victims, McMahill said.
McMahill said that, during the attack, there was a gathering outside Beam Hall that included people eating and building Lego sets together. He said there could have been many more deaths if responding officers had not "raced to the campus" within minutes and engaged in armed contact.
"No student should have to fear pursuing their dreams on a college campus," McMahill said, calling the incident "a heinous, unforgivable crime."
Sunrise Hospital Trauma Center confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that it had received three patients from the shooting, according to trauma medical director Chris Fisher.
A reunification center for families unable to contact their loved ones was opened at the campus's North Hall, Clark County Fire Chief John C. Steinbeck said at an afternoon news conference.
A federal law enforcement official told CBS News the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were responding and offering assistance with the investigation to the metropolitan police.
UNLV will remain closed for the week, and additional determinations will be made about whether it will reopen on Monday, university police chief Adam Garcia said at the evening news conference.
Young man tells the junk food media about the shooting.
President Biden addressed the shooting in a statement Wednesday and called for measures to address "the epidemic of gun violence we face."
"Just hours ago, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas became the latest college campus to be terrorized by a horrific act of gun violence," Mr. Biden said in the statement, in which he also addressed shooting deaths in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
"For all the action we have taken since I've been President, the epidemic of gun violence we face demands that we do even more. But we cannot do more without Congress," Mr. Biden wrote while urging Republican lawmakers to help pass an assault weapons ban and universal background checks, among other measures.
Goodman called the news "tragic and heartbreaking."
"Praying for everyone on campus as law enforcement responds to the situation," she wrote.
University president and former Nevada governor Brian Sandoval said this was "an unimaginably sad and shocking day for our entire state."
"We send our deepest sympathies and our thoughts are with the families of the multiple victims of this terrible tragedy. Today and in the days to come we are all Rebels," Sandoval wrote on social media.
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.
Young women are shaken by the shooting.
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.
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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 gun control. They will not relinquish from the narrative. These 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 but balk at the fact Blacks obtain them. 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. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Like Dennis Hastert, John Boehner and Paul Ryan. They couldn't control the House Republicans and left with the positions in disgrace. But let's vilify Nancy Pelosi!
She got things done and will be remembered as a historical figure.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is out. MAGA won and the longtime Republican congressman is exiting right before Christmas. He will take his disgraceful ass back to Bakersfield.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) leaving Congress hurts Republicans in the fundraising. The man knew how to talk to donors. He also knew how to govern. Well, let me rephrase that...!
He allowed his governance doom him. He was ousted from his Speakership in October.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Speaker emeritus Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will react to the news.
The Democrats and eight Republicans voted against his speakership. He made a negotiation with far right members to be ousted if one member calls for it.
With him gone, it only gives Republicans a three seat majority. His exit is a blow to his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Republicans, further cutting the already narrow GOP majority and making passing legislation in 2024 even more challenging.
"No matter the odds, or personal cost, we did the right thing. That may seem out of fashion in Washington these days, but delivering results for the American people is still celebrated across the country," McCarthy, R-Calif., wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.
“It is in this spirit that I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” he said.
"I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office," McCarthy added. "The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders."
McCarthy’s timeline means he would depart before the Feb. 13 special election to replace expelled Rep. George Santos, further cutting the Republican majority down to 220 members versus 213 Democrats. That means House Republicans could lose just three votes before requiring Democratic support to pass measures.
McCarthy paired his retirement announcement with a video on X.
As the son of a firefighter from Bakersfield, my story is the story of America. For me, every moment came with a great deal of devotion and responsibility.
Serving you in Congress and as the 55th Speaker of the House has been my greatest honor. pic.twitter.com/jNnYQ8UO4k
"Today I sit here having served as your whip, leader and as the 55th speaker of the House," he says in the video, citing a list of achievements that he's proud of. "We kept our government operating and our troops paid while wars broke out around the world. ... I have faith in this country."
"Now, it is time to pursue my passion in a new arena," McCarthy said, without going into detail about his next move.
McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, setting off a contentious race to replace him. Eight Republican rebels, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) forced out the speaker midsession for the first time in history. That night, McCarthy said he feared “the institution fell today” and quipped that he made a mistake in helping get some of those eight GOP lawmakers elected.
Some McCarthy allies warned that the House vacancies could spell trouble for Republicans in the New Year.
"Congratulations Freedom Caucus for one and 105 Rep who expel our own for the other," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on X. "I can assure you Republican voters didn't give us the majority to crash the ship. Hopefully no one dies."
McCarthy's departure has long been anticipated since his ouster, although his decision to leave before the end of the term will create fresh headaches for his party.
He represents a solidly Republican district based in Bakersfield, California, which his party is likely to hold onto when it comes before voters again.
The Daily Mail, a far right tabloid and The Drudge Report are peddling Israeli propaganda under the guise of objectively. The world is covering the inhumane actions of the Israel Defence Force and their war crimes in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria.
Israel is losing the messaging war. More people are demanding a permanent ceasefire and accountability for the actions committed by Israel. The Israeli government through its proxies are trying to sway American lawmakers into criminalizing criticism of its actions to antisemitism.
The allegations now spread by Israel is that Hamas is shooting IDF female soldiers in their breasts, crotches and buttocks.
Based off the testimony of one "temporary" army reservist, Shari Mendes said as she described what experts saw when they identified and prepared for burial the bodies of female victims of Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
“These women arrived with their eyes open, their mouths grimacing, their fists clenched,” said Mendes, whose IDF rabbinical unit worked with the bodies, all of which were brought to the IDF’s Shura base.
“The soldiers that we dealt with had expressions of agony on their faces still,” said Mendes. “I remember one young woman whose arm was broken in so many places it was difficult for us to lay her arm in the burial shroud, her leg too. In her case, the entire left side of her body was shredded, torn apart, most likely by a grenade.”
This woman, Sheri Mendes with a smirk on her face claims Hamas will shoot female soliders in their private areas. She doesn't fight the ground assault but heard from an IDF soldier about the claims.
Again, there is no proof and it is coming from one account from an IDF soldier.
The White House condemned the alleged sexual violence, calling on the world to condemn such conduct “without equivocation” and “without exception”.
“Reports of women raped – repeatedly raped – and their bodies being mutilated while still alive – of women corpses being desecrated, Hamas terrorists inflicting as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible and then murdering them,” President Joe Biden said at a campaign fundraiser in Boston. “It is appalling.”
In a statement on its Telegram channel, Hamas denounced Biden’s statements as false accusations and said he was joining Israel’s effort to cover up war crimes in Gaza committed with US support.
“We strongly condemn President Biden's dissemination of Zionist false claims by accusing the Palestinian resistance fighters of "sexual violence and rape" during the Battle of Al-aqsa Flood on October 7th
Let's make one thing clear: the @IDF is one of the most experienced, capable armies in the MENA region. You know that already. What many English-speaking people don't know is that it is also the wittiest and funniest army, probably in the entire world.
"There will be no negotiations or exchange of detainees until Israel’s aggression against the Gaza strip stops.
We hold Netanyahu fully responsible for the lives of the Israeli hostages and for obstructing the completion of the exchange deal." pic.twitter.com/g6veQENHvU
Someone asks Chomsky about the "Hamas charter" and whether he is horrified by it and it proves they and Palestinians are to blame for not having peace. He responds: Actually the charter is irrelevant and Israel is to blame for everything. pic.twitter.com/lARG9Jzc5E
Why is the death toll in Gaza so high?@FleurHassanN says we can't don't know the true numbers as 'we can't rely on Hamas' estimations.@KayBurley responds that organisations like the UN say the death toll is high.https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3
This Sky interview with the Thai Chief Negotiator is incredible. She asks if the taking of hostages is justified he responds “yes, because Israel has more than 6,000 Palestinians in their prisons, no one heard their cries, that’s why Hamas has to do this. To get the world to see” pic.twitter.com/CADwL5lmLO
Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas.
So instead of getting their female soldiers to do this, they have them post thirst traps and tiktok dances??? Israel and its defenders are HORRIBLE. https://t.co/n6rrQCHg1y
The UN meeting, attended by about 800 people including diplomats from dozens of countries, watched videos from police interviews with first responders who described genital mutilation and shooting at breasts. A survivor of the attack on the Supernova rave described witnessing a gang-rape.
Two first responders from Israel addressed the UN in person. Simcha Greinman, who collected victims’ remains from the sites of attacks, described finding a woman’s body, naked from the waist down, leaning over a bed.
The Israeli government mandates all adults serve at least a year with the IDF.
The corpse had been booby trapped with a live grenade, hidden in the woman’s hand, he added. Among the bodies he recovered were two people who had suffered genital mutilation, one a woman who had “nails and different objects” in her genitals, the other so badly damaged “we couldn’t even identify if it’s a man or a woman”.
The Israeli government has a propaganda that is aggressively promoting a narrative that justifies its war crimes and is attacking critics with the charges of antisemitism to stifle Pro-Palestinian support . Their proxy groups like the Anti-Defamation League, The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are foreign operatives working on behalf of the Israeli government.
Hamas is listed as a terrorist group by the U.S., Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Israel and the European Union. Most of the world does not consider it a terrorist group.
Hamas has stated that their goal is to remove the occupiers from historic Palestine and honor the "right of return." I don't condone the actions of Hamas attacking civilians but going after the IDF is justified because it's a war according to Israel.
The IDF is called a terrorist group by Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Eygpt and Algeria.
Iran has long complained about Israel causing chaos in the Middle East. Israel has carried out targeted killings of civilians who worked in Iranian nuclear facilities and have assassinated Hamas leaders in other countries without impunity.
The Zionists are really desperate in quelling the global movement. The movement to end the occupation and Israeli apartheid of Palestine will see fundamental change in American politics.
Israel is moving forward with bombing all of Gaza. After telling civilians to leave northern Gaza, they have decided to go into southern Gaza. They are also increasing assaults in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
From theRiver to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 🇵🇸 🍉
Cry more!
The truce is over and war continues. Israel will still have settlers shoot and run over Palestinians with vehicles. They will continue to kill Gazans who try to return to the north.
They will continue manipulating the West and Americans with the notion that they were the victims of this ongoing conflict.
Pressure is on and it will be a matter of time before change happens. Israel will be held accountable for its actions and we will see the movement to dissolve the apartheid regime.
The phrase above is a rally call for liberation.
If anyone trolls you about condemning Hamas for Oct. 7, 2023, kindly ignore them or respectfully tell them that Israel has committed an illegal occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and the West Bank. They shoot innocent civilians and indiscriminately bomb heavily populated areas in Gaza and the West Bank.
Will you condemn the actions of Israel if I have to condemn Hamas?
Why are you not condemning the rapes that Hamas did to Israeli women?
Why are you not condemning the attack on Oct. 7?
Do you think Hamas should eliminate the Jews?
Just like with the Mein Kampf in a child's bedroom, the terror calendar, the Hamas chemical weapons playbook, the "secret" Hamas attack plans and the underground tunnels under the al Shifa hospital, Israel wants to make sure you are believing everything they're telling you when it comes to their war in Gaza. Israel has not provided any legitimate proof it has justified the assault on Gaza.
For one thing, Hamas is not raping women and there is no proof they done such a horrible act. It is part of the dehumanizing campaign Israel is promoting to influencers in the West. You see it when they are constantly deflecting from the images of Gaza being destroyed by American and European sponsored Israeli weapons. In their minds, they are justifying the brutal slaughter of children, women, journalists and doctors as collateral damage. Hamas stated the reasons for attack on occupation forces. It has nothing to do with the Jewish religion or Iran.
Biden, Donald J. Trump, Republicans, Democrats and the American junk food media are on the wrong side of history. Israel will be a 2024 issue. Once this pass, I will get the feeling that Biden will be the last U.S. president to support Israel.
Presidents after him (hopefully Trump never wins a second presidency) will come to realize that Israel was the bad guy all along.
The man of people. Norman Lear passed of natural causes.
An icon of American television and an inspiration for generations has passed away at the age of 101. Norman Lear, the famed actor, producer, director, playwright, creator of many sitcoms of the 1960s to 2010s passed away in Los Angeles.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Jimmy Kimmel and entertainers who were a part of Norman Lear's career will react to this.
Lear whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website. He was 101.
After just watching a group of writers and actors on both coasts wish me a happy birthday, I can’t help but think back to my very first WGA strike in 1960. It was a different America then and has me reflecting on all of the Americas I’ve known for 101 years. pic.twitter.com/Pr478QFYeO
I wrote in the very first year of television, when writers were revered. I now watch talented writers struggle to earn a living wage without the path to a career like mine. 2/4
I stand with writers and with the Writers Guild of America, my union. The industry is stronger when we stand together to protect our collective community. #WGAStrong 4/4 pic.twitter.com/tDfwxoUeP8
Lear’s shows, including “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” and “Good Times,” tackled fraught topics of racism, feminism and social inequalities that no one had yet dared touch.
He was executive producer of the cult movie classics “The Princess Bride” and “Fried Green Tomatoes” and was nominated for an Academy Award for best screenplay for “Divorce American Style.” His political advocacy led to the establishment of the liberal political organization People for the American Way.
Norman Lear with Amy Poehler, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel and Octavia Spencer.
Even in his 90s, Lear kept working. Along with Jimmy Kimmel, a 95-year-old Lear produced and hosted three episodes of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” which won Primetime Emmy Awards in 2019 and 2020. The series used current stars like Jamie Fox, Woody Harrelson and Viola Davis to re-create original episodes of “The Jeffersons,” “All in the Family” and “Good Times.”
In recent years, Lear and his business partner Brent Miller rebooted some of his ’70s sitcom successes, including “One Day at a Time.”
Lear was still working and producing television shows even at the age of 101.
He recently spoke on his birthday about longevity and how he will best be remembered when he passes away.
“I am living in that moment now, with all of you,” he said. “Bless all of you, and our America.”
Born July 27, 1922 in Connecticut, Lear flew combat missions in World War II before he began his storied career in television, first with variety shows like The Martha Raye Show and The Andy Williams Show before creating such hits as Sanford and Son, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Maude, All in the Family, Good Times, One Day At A Time, The Jeffersons, The Facts of Life, among many others.
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