Not a Muslim. Not Hamas. Just an angry white man whose frustration led to a mass shooting.
The Dec. 6 shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Three people were killed, and three additional people were wounded. Two of the wounded were police officers. The perpetrator was killed in a shootout with police.
The shooter arrived at the University of Nevada campus at around 11:30 and was armed with a legally purchased Taurus 9mm handgun and 11 loaded magazines. At 11:45 a.m. PST, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a call about a shooter in the Frank and Estella Beam Hall. Officers reportedly entered the hall after about a minute from the first 911 call. The shooter reportedly started on the fourth floor of the hall and made his way down several other floors. A witness in the hall said that he and others were confused after an alarm went off in the building, but evacuated after hearing someone scream "there's a gun".
Eight minutes later, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas posted a Twitter message that police were responding to reports of gunshots, warning students at the Beam Hall to "evacuate to a safe area." Approximately twenty minutes later, the university reported additional gunshots at the Student Union building.
The Las Vegas Raiders will hold a vigil for the lives lost in the University of Nevada Las Vegas mass shooting. The victims were identified as Naoko Takemaru, Cha-Jan "Jerry" Chang and Patricia Navarro-Velez. They were killed during a shooting on campus on Wednesday. Takemaru oversaw UNLV's Japanese Studies program while Chang and Navarro-Velez were both professors in the business school.
The terrorist is a former worker at UNLV. So this was a disgruntled worker.
The terrorist was identified. He had served as a tenured associate professor of business at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and also served as an adjunct professor of business at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Henderson, Nevada from 2018 to 2022. He had applied to be a professor at various schools throughout Nevada, including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but all his applications were unsuccessful. According to his former employers, the terrorist resigned from East Carolina University as a tenured assistant professor, and lost his job at Roseman when the school discontinued the program in which he taught.
The terrorist maintained a "target list" of people against whom he was seeking retribution, included colleagues from his former employer, East Carolina University. Police later confirmed that none of the victims of the shooting were on the "target list".
Past students at East Carolina claimed that he fixated on negative reviews by students and would claim to know who they were and point out specific seats in the classroom. The terrorist was very active on social media, with online writings showing an interest in Las Vegas and conspiracy theories. He posted to his personal website conspiracy theories focusing on Powerful Organizations Bent on Global Domination, with the Trilateral Commission being an example of one such organization.
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.
Three professors lose their lives to a racist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The UNLV mass shooting affects lives.
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.
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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.
The Republicans are angry at Ronna McDaniel. The Republican National Committee is ending all presidential debates after the Newsnation debate only attracted 4 million viewers. It was an epic fail.
Due to the leading candidate avoiding debates, many Republicans are not interested in the remaining candidates. So thus, no one is watching and the RNC caved to Trump.
Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis did not change polls and it appears that Donald J. Trump, the former president managed to skip every debate since its start.
The hypocrisy of the Republican Party. Many candidates feel like the finger was on the scale for Trump and it was unfair rules that led to Mike Pence, Tim Scott and Doug Burgum dropping out. They all believe McDaniel is reckless. They all had to sign a loyalty pledge to back the eventual nominee. Trump refuses to do it and Chris Christie reluctantly did it.
The RNC’s decision, made by a 16-member internal body, means that any forthcoming debates will be hosted by networks independently of the committee. Two outlets — ABC and CNN — have announced plans to host future debates in Iowa and New Hampshire ahead of early state voting. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis already said he will attend CNN’s planned Iowa debate before next month’s caucuses and ABC’s planned New Hampshire debate.
Republicans running for president are robbed by Trump and the RNC's rigged rules.
Trump has aggressively pressured McDaniel to forgo hosting debates, arguing that he has a wide lead in the polls and that the committee should be focused on preparing for the general election.
The committee has also faced pressure from Trump’s lower-polling rivals, who argued that the party should allow candidates to participate in an array of forums and debates without penalty. The candidates each signed an RNC pledge earlier this year that they would not take part in any debate that was not sanctioned by the RNC.
Without the centralized organizing mechanism the RNC provided, media companies will now be responsible for hosting future debates. It is an arrangement that comes with pitfalls, as is already apparent.
After CNN on Thursday evening announced plans to host a Jan. 21 debate at New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm College, just three days after Saint Anselm had already announced that it will be hosting a debate with ABC News on Jan. 18. Neil Levesque, the executive director of the college’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics, on Friday morning wrote on X: “We were surprised to be included on a press release by a network about a debate which we had not planned or booked.”
Remember former Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) was accused of putting the finger on the scale for Hillary Clinton when she and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) were fighting for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Trump and Republicans crowed that Clinton was given an unfair advantage and they "rigged" it for her to win. It led to supporters of Bernie Sanders to sit out, vote for Trump or vote for Jill Stein.
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania flipped for Trump giving him the presidency.
Mind you Clinton won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.
Project 2025 is what Republicans are planning. With illegal gerrymandering in Ohio, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin, Republicans have stronger districts which allows them to obtain more electoral votes.
Biden is losing favor with voters.
Voters are also not too keen on a Trump presidency seeing he failed the first time.
Republicans like Liz Cheney and Democrats like Joe Manchin are secretly plotting a unity candidate to rally around seeing that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is flopping and voters don't want elderly men as their president.
The controversial conspiracy theorist is allowed on X after seven years of being banned for promoting misinformation, racism and encouraging violence.
I bet his ex-wife is going to react to it.
I bet the victims of Newtown, Connecticut [Sandy Hook Elementary] are going to react to Elon Musk and his platform X. The platform is bleeding money due to Musk and his reckless behavior.
Musk decides to bring back Alex Jones, the controversial far right extremist who promotes conspiracy theories and openly encourages violence.
Linda Yaccarino is likely on her way out. She can't control this platform and the leadership of a borderline autistic billionaire is frustrating. The billionaire basically is killing X on purpose.
The decision to reinstate Jones on X comes as President Joe Biden is losing support due to his backing of Israel. He has practically turned off Arab Americans, Muslims, young voters and swing voters with his reckless decision to allow Israel to completely force a genocide on Palestinians. And for what?
Allegations of terrorism on Oct. 7 versus the 75 years of military occupation and apartheid by Israel. Biden is taking the side of a neo fascist government and falsely equating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism.
Jones will certainly flare up conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden, Jan. 6, his ex-wife and Biden's age. His lies will leak into the mainstream and force Democrats on the defense.
Donald J. Trump who is facing lawsuits, indictments and other controversies was reinstated by Musk. X has reinstated Ye, Laura Loomer, Brian and Ed Krassenstein, James O'Keefe and numerous other extremists. Jones back on X will certainly help the embattled former president.
Trump is a flawed candidate as well as Biden. It seems the two may face off again.
It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads, and is the latest divisive public personality to get back their banned account.
Musk posted a poll on Saturday asking if Jones should be reinstated, with the results showing 70% of those who responded in favor. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted, "The people have spoken and so it shall be."
A few hours later, Jones' posts were visible again — the last one from 2018, when the company permanently banned him and his Infowars show for abusive behavior.
Musk, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, said the move was about protecting those rights. In response to a user who posted that "permanent account bans are antithetical to free speech," Musk wrote, "I find it hard to disagree with this point."
The billionaire Tesla CEO also tweeted it's likely that Community Notes — X's crowd-sourced fact-checking service — "will respond rapidly to any AJ post that needs correction."
It is a major turnaround for Musk, who previously said he wouldn't let Jones back on the platform despite repeated calls to do so. Last year, Musk pointed to the death of his first-born child and tweeted, "I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame."
Jones repeatedly has said on his show that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators never happened and was staged in an effort to tighten gun laws.
Relatives of many of the victims sued Jones in Connecticut and Texas, winning nearly $1.5 billion in judgments against him. In October, a judge ruled that Jones could not use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billon of that debt.
Musk has threatened to ban folks who say "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
When Musk went to Israel, he made a deal with the government to stifle Pro-Palestinian protests online and force shadow bans of content showing Israel committing war crimes.
An Alabama sheriff's deputy was seen on camera tasing a handcuffed man and berating him.
Micah Washington was tased by Deputy Dana Elmore, the longtime member of the Pickens County Sheriff's Department and a reserve for the town of Reform. He was facing resisting arrest, drug charges and illegal weapons possession. Some of the charges were dropped.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Washington was arrested near Tuscaloosa on suspicion. He was changing his girlfriend's tire and Elmore stopped and detained Washington. During the encounter, he was armed and it led to an arrest. As he was talking about the unfair arrest, he was tased, berated and threatened with being shot. While he was handcuffed and tased, he cries and pleads for mercy.
The cop threatened to do more harm.
The felony fentanyl trafficking charge against an Alabama man who was hit with a stun gun while he was handcuffed and face down on the hood of an officer’s police car has been dismissed.
Washington, 24, still faces three additional charges that stem from his encounter with Elmore on Saturday, but he is out of jail on bond.
Removed with pay. The controversial arrest has Alabama state officials looking into cop's previous encounters. No body camera footage released yet.
The ordeal began when Washington was changing a flat tire on a Pickens County roadway, not far from his aunt’s house, Maxwell said. Washington and others were going back and forth to the house to get equipment needed to change the tire when Elmore stopped to question Johnson.
Maxwell said the officer asked him what was going on and asked him for identification. Washington told the officer he was not doing anything wrong, knew his rights and didn’t have to provide that information if he wasn’t detained.
Has Dana Elmore been arrested?
I'm a conservative Republican to my core and I'm horrified by what appears to me to be the number of people who are fine with police brutality if, and only if, the suspect is black.
24yr old Micah Washington was changing his tire when officer Dana Elmore of Reform Alabama (right outside of Tuscaloosa) harassed, Brutalized & arrested him. Based on initial charges the police were planning To plant evidence to accuse him of drug trafficking. Share this story pic.twitter.com/J21khyWx8R
I honestly had to watch this video twice to make sure it wasn't a skit. That's how unbelievable this is. This is 24 year old Micah Washington who was tased by Reform, Alabama police officer Dana Elmore.
BL@CK MAN was TORTUR3D by a R@CIST cop for changing his tire 🛞
DANA ELMORE a PATH3TIC R@CIST COP with the Reform Police Department (@City_of_Pickens) is on “ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE” after she was CAUGHT on camera using a STUN GUN on a handcuffed… pic.twitter.com/oTICqRBmxb
The statement from the mayor and police chief didn't name the cop, but the court records filed in connection with Micah Washington's arrest lists the complainant as Dana Elmore.
How many more people has Dana Elmore brutalized as a police officer in Reform, AL? pic.twitter.com/sVlN76wHR7
Washington pulled out his phone to start recording and Elmore used a stun gun on Washington, which caused him to drop to the ground. He was then handcuffed.
What happened next was caught on the now-viral video recorded by one of Washington’s family members.
The video begins with Elmore, identified through charging documents against Washington, ordering Washington “stand up” after he was handcuffed in the roadway in Pickens County.
He wanted to help his girlfriend out of a jam. The good guys always seem to get the short end of a stick.
She then tells him to lay down on the front of a vehicle, which he does face down.
The officer then holds a stun gun to Washington’s back while she goes through his pockets. She tells him to “stay still” at which point he says, “I ain’t doing shit, bro. I got a gun right there.”
Elmore laughs as she retrieves the gun and says, “Oh yea.”
She then deploys the stun gun directly into Washington’s back, telling him to “shut the fuck up” as he screams.
Washington then begins to cry, repeatedly saying, “Oh my God.”
The officer then says, “Do you want it again?” as Washington continues to cry. “Shut your bitch ass up,’’ the officer says.
That’s where the video ended.
Reform police Chief Richard Black and Mayor Melody Davis sent out a statement Monday acknowledging they are aware of the video of Washington’s arrest. Elmore remains on leave with pay.
“The department is in the process of turning over all materials related to this arrest to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation and has requested a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest,’’ the statement said.
Micah Washington is traumatized by the ordeal. The far right will justify his arrest by his mugshot after the arrest.
Washington was initially charged with trafficking fentanyl, obstructing government operations, resisting arrest and first-degree possession of marijuana.
24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin filed a motion to dismiss the fentanyl trafficking charge, which was granted by District Judge Lance Bailey.
According to Hamlin’s motion, field testing on the substance indicated positive for fentanyl but addition testing failed to confirm the substance as fentanyl.
Washington was released from the Pickens County Jail on Tuesday. He posted this on his girlfriend’s Facebook page: “Thanks for the love & support fr. It’s really appreciated. I’m just happy to be free.”
Maxwell said he plans to file a $20 million lawsuit on behalf of Washington.
“These occurrences of excessive force happen every day,’’ Maxwell said. “Fortunately, this one was caught on film.”
“We will not stop working until we clear Micah’s name and hold all responsible parties accountable,’’ he said. “In addition to abuse of force, we have evidence that false criminal charges were created against Micah.”
A Florida commissioner calls the law on the mayor of Pembroke Park mayor Ashira Mohammed on the allegations she had a firearm on her and was threatened people.
The city is located in Broward County, Florida which has a population of 6,500.
A former mayor now city commissioner has an ongoing feud with Mohammed.
A small town mayor is detained over a false allegation of a firearm being flashed.
Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs called the Broward Sheriff’s Office, claiming Mayor Ashira Mohammed had a gun.
The mayor’s purse was searched in the commission chambers by Pembroke Park Police Chief Ra Shana Dabney-Donovan after Mohammed requested she do so publicly after already being searched privately. No gun was found.
“This is absolutely ridiculous,” Mohammed said of Jacobs’ accusation, after the search turned up no weapon.
Dabney-Donovan then explained why she had to stop the meeting.
“As a police chief, as a police officer, when I hear certain alert words, I had to come and disrupt the meeting,” Dabney-Donovan told commissioners. “So I apologize for the disruption of the meeting.”
Earlier in the meeting, Mohammed and Jacobs had a heated argument over his lack of following the rules when it comes to the time speaking.
Jacobs was previously the focus of an independent investigation that found he created a hostile work environment in the town. He has sparred with several town department heads who have since resigned, as well as his fellow commissioners.
UN deputy ambassador for the U.S. caught on the phone and vetoing the resolution to end the Israeli war crimes.
#Byeden is the unfortunate circumstance of opposing a Biden second term. I am not voting for Donald J. Trump either. He had his chance and made it worse by allowing the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, trying to overturn a fair election, the immature slandering and name calling, his handling of the economy and the pandemic are reasons he should never be allowed another chance.
President Biden should be denied because he failed to do fundamental change as promised in his 2020 campaign.
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.
From theRiver to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 🇵🇸 🍉
Cry more.
I am just done with him. I am done with President Joe Biden and it is a damn shame that my red line is foreign influence. I can get over the fact I work two jobs to survive. I can get over the fact that the federal government is by far the most laziest since Republicans have taken back the House. I can accept that inflation is causing pain to my wealth. I can get over the lack of legislation that could help Americans find prosperity and a sense of feeling good about the economy. I can get over the fact that Biden is 80 years old and he can run for reelection. I understand the Democrats are trying to prevent Republicans from passing legislation that allows illegal gerrymandering, abortion bans, book bans, religion bans, bans on LGBTQ youth and adults, banning the teaching Black and indigenous history and the throwing out of votes if they don't accept defeat.
Biden's support for Israel will be the red line for me. Democrats supporting AIPAC and backing Republicans in equating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism will keep my wallet closed when candidates need funding to win primaries and general elections.
Robert Wood, the deputy United States ambassador to the United Nations is an African American. He is the definition of a coon and sell out to white nationalism.
Wood was the scarifical goat since Linda Thomas-Greenfield was not present for the UN vote on a ceasefire. She would earn the HCIC [Head Coon In Charge] title of she was present for the vote.
The U.S. was the one country out of 194 nations to veto a resolution that would have forced Israel to stop the genocide. Israel would be held accountable for war crimes.
The U.S. said the UN must acknowledge the rapes and sexual abuse allegations by Hamas and Israel must eliminate Hamas once and for all. This is not justifying the attacks in the West Bank and Lebanon. This is not justifying the constant bombing of Gaza.
They only killed less than 100 Hamas members and overall killed 20,000 Palestinians.
Why Trump won in 2016? He was not the status quo.
The writing is on the wall.
World leaders, international rights groups and United Nations officials have criticized the United States for vetoing a UN resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and failing to halt the war that has killed more than 17,400 Palestinians and about 1,100 people in Israel since October 7th.
A UN resolution on the pause in hostilities failed to pass on Friday at the UN Security Council after the United States vetoed the proposal and Great Britain abstained.
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?
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 still building settlements in the West Bank. They are still invading Syria and Lebanon without any repercussions.
Biden and Democrats are facing pressure. Arab Americans, Muslims and young voters are tired of Biden taking Israeli propaganda as facts. They want an immediate ceasefire and an end to financial aid to Israel. They want Palestinians to be a full state and free of the illegal occupation. They want aid ended for Israel.
Vice President Kamala Harris hinted that Biden and his administration has gotten tired of Israel doing wide scale damage. She said that displacement will not be accepted. She will be ignored by Israeli leaders because they disrespect Biden at every turn.
Israel has ignored the UN and International Criminal Court. They labeled them anti-semitic because they want investigations into war crimes.
It is time to say #Byeden.
Biden is 11 months away from a election. This stain will not clean up over time.
He already cost himself 5 million votes. My vote will be 5,000,001.
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.
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
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STAY AT HOME PARENT
RETIRED
QUIT ON THEIR OWN
TERMINATED FROM EMPLOYMENT
NOT HIRING UNQUALIFIED
NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
ACTIVE MILITARY
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.
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