Israel carried out an illegal airstrike against Iran official Sayyed Razi Mousavi.
Iran vows retaliation after a top general Sayyed Razi Mousavi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria. That is not the Gaza Strip where Israel is carrying out a genocide through war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Israel has illegally invaded another foreign country, carried out a military strike on another foreign country's top official a D continues to claim victimhood.
America continues to be an obstacle in holding Israel accountable for its actions.
The U.S. is likely Israel's last ally left. Everyone else is getting sick and tired of the country.
Did you know there was a large scale cyberattack on Israel's power grid?
The country is preparing for another wave of external attacks. Yemen has vow that ships passing through their territorial waters will be restricted if they are shipping to Israel.
The U.S. has tried to build a coalition to oppose Yemeni Houthis but it has sparked more tension.
The Israeli propagandist claim it was done for the security of the state.
"I won't comment on foreign reports, these or others in the Middle East," IDF propagandist Daniel Hagari said in response to a reporter's question at a nightly press conference. "The Israeli military obviously has a job to protect the security interests of Israel."
Iran's state television interrupted its regular news broadcast to announce that Mousavi had been killed, describing him as one of the Guards' oldest advisers in Syria.
It said he had been "among those accompanying Qassem Soleimani", the head of the Guards' elite Quds Force who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Iraq in 2020.
Iran's ambassador in Damascus Hossein Akbari told Iranian state TV that Mousavi was posted at the embassy as a diplomat and was killed by Israeli missiles after returning home from work.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the assassination of Mousavi showed weakness on the part of Israel.
"This act is a sign of the Zionist regime's frustration and weakness in the region for which it will certainly pay the price," Iranian media cited Raisi as saying.
The Revolutionary Guards said Israel would suffer for killing Mousavi, who held the Guards' rank of brigadier-general.
Netanyahu leading sheep to slaughter.
"The usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime," the Guards said in a statement read on state TV.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told state media that: "Iran reserves the right to take necessary measures to respond to this action at the appropriate time and place."
For its part, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group condemned the killing of Mousavi as a "cowardly act", saying he had played a vital role in supporting the resistance in the region as well as the Palestinian people and their cause.
There was no immediate comment from Israel's military.
Israel has for years carried out attacks against what it describes as Iran-linked targets in Syria, where Tehran's influence has grown since it backed President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that erupted in Syria in 2011.
Earlier this month, Iran said Israeli strikes had killed two Revolutionary Guards members in Syria who had served as military advisers there.
Iran has sent hundreds of Guards as "advisers" to help train and organise thousands of Shi'ite militia fighters from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to back the government in the Syrian conflict. Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have also worked closely with Iranian military commanders in Syria.
An ineffective Congress is a burden on the American voter.
You may remember in the first year of the Democratic controlled Senate where Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema infamously did a thumbs down and curtsy. While wearing a wig, an expensive mini skirt, purse and ankle boots, the senator sunk the federal minimum wage increase proposal. Sinema, sided with Republicans and seven Democratic senators to vote down a minimum wage increase amendment to President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. It was the way she did it that drew condemnation on social media and some comparisons to the late John McCain.
Sinema (I-AZ) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) have been considered nuances to Biden.
Manchin is retiring from the Senate and is considering an independent run for president to undermine Biden. Sinema has not announced her intentions to run for reelection.
However, Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) have confirmed they're intentions to run.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has vowed to be the replacement to Sinema and Manchin once they leave.
Currently the U.S. minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour. There is no chance Congress will pass any legislation to rise the wage.
But several states do have trigger laws.
Workers in 22 states and dozens of localities will see a wage hike on New Year’s thanks to cost-of-living adjustments baked into minimum wage laws.
Ineffective lawmakers like Kyrsten Sinema can parade expensive clothing while voting against fair wages and labor rights.
In all, 65 cities, counties and states will hike their wage floors at the start of 2024, the majority of them hitting at least $15 per hour, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), a group that advocates for higher minimum wages.
Another three states and 22 local jurisdictions will boost their minimums later in the year, including 15 that will set a floor of at least $17 for some workers.
The near-record number of increases is the result of years of organizing by workers and labor groups pushing state and local governments on the issue, particularly through the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign that began in fast food in 2012.
State increases slated for Jan. 1, 2024:
Alaska: $10.85 to $11.73
Arizona: $10.85 to $14.35
California: $15.50 to $16.00
Colorado: $13.65 to $14.42
Connecticut: $15.00 to $15.69
Delaware: $11.75 to $13.25
Hawaii: $12.00 to $14.00
Illinois: $13.00 to $14.00
Maine: $13.80 to $14.15
Maryland: $13.25 ($12.80 for small employers) to $15.00
Michigan: $10.10 to $10.33
Minnesota: $10.50 to $10.85 (large employers); $8.63 to $8.85 (small employers)
Missouri: $12.00 to $12.30
Montana: $9.95 to $10.30
Nebraska: $10.50 to $12.00
New Jersey: $14.13 to $15.13
New York: $15.00 to $16 (New York City area); $14.20 to $15 (Upstate)
Ohio: $10.10 to $10.45
Rhode Island: $13.00 to $14.00
South Dakota: $10.80 to $11.20
Vermont: $13.18 to $13.67
Washington State: $15.74 to $16.28
Raises will come later in the year to Florida ($12.00 to $13.00), Nevada ($11.25 to $12.00) and Oregon ($14.20 to yet-to-be-determined).
The too good to be true in work. The starting wages at over $20.00 an hour. Usually it is limited part time work and inconvenient hours like a shift between where starting times are either 1am or 6pm. Many states also are "at will" where employers can fire you for social media, competing jobs, not accommodating to their scheduling, taking an extended time off, place you on a no hire or rehire listing and continue a blacklisting clause. The pressure to cut costs wherever possible leads factory owners and managers to squeeze labor in turn. Beyond low wages, workers experience this price squeeze in the forms of wage theft, safety violations, excessive overtime, and violations of their right to organize, to name a few.
All legal and unethical. Congress refuses to pass a workers right bill.
Be warned, there will be graphic images. Take discretion.
While I strongly agree that the world would be better off without him, I think Meta is making a big mistake banning critics of Israel.
Israel isn't any special entity. It should not be treated like a protected class. It is a neo fascist religious-state. It's influence peddling is not working. More Americans are now seeing Israel as a taxpayer burden. They are saying Israel is going too far in its "mission" to stop Hamas, an anti-Israeli resistance group. I do not see Hamas as a terrorist group.
The junk food media for years pushed the narrative that Hamas is a terrorist group. For years, Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They have violated numerous UN-resolutions and is currently engaging in war crimes.
It is an apartheid that is being exposed for what it is.
President Joe Biden and Congress refuse to stop the genocide. They are quietly telling Israel that their support is waning. The Israeli government has ignored the U.S. and U.N. warnings.
Jeffrey Shaun King, the controversial leftist who equates himself with the Black Lives Matter movement had his Instagram account deactivated. He quickly posted a follow up on Facebook stating he may soon be banned from this as well.
King was a vocal supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and platformed numerous others through his social media.
He has also a history of bilking supporters of their money through shady fundraisers and activism.
He has backed candidates who often associate with the Democratic Socialists of America and they often are masquerading as Democrats.
He removed his protected account functions to delete all of his controversial postings.
And like magic, King returns to advocate justice.
If he loses his X account, he is fucked.
King said in a video shared by the Wissamgaza account that he was "safe" and claimed that it is "clear" that Meta, Facebook, and Instagram "have decided to stand in the way of those of us that are fighting for the human rights and dignity of Palestinians." It is unclear why King's safety would be compromised by the loss of his Instagram account.
I was told that the white supremacists and zionists here on Twitter believe that all of the 8,000+ babies and children slaughtered in Gaza are fake. Dolls. Special effects.
It could be a publicity stunt or something that could make Meta decline in his engagement.
Israel has paid millions to influencers to promote its narrative that its fighting against Hamas. They are also trying to censor, ban and punish those who dismiss the narrative.
They are working online in bot farms trying to make you condemn Hamas, falsely accuse the person of being anti-semitic and try to threaten you with either unemployment, imprisonment or death.
As a part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is gaining momentum and the Israeli government and U.S. lawmakers are working overtime to stop it.
The BDS movement is calling for a worldwide boycott of Israel and companies that do business with it.
The U.S., Great Britain, European Union and Japan are trying to outlaw the BDS movement. Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, its government has been heavily criticized for its violation of human rights of the Palestinians and Arabs such as the allegation of engaging in apartheid which damage the Palestinian economic prosperity. This resulted in numerous terrorist attacks with the Israeli government responding with more aggressive military actions and racial profiling against Arab-Palestinian civilians.
After the Oslo Accords have failed to bring peace between Israel and Palestine, believing Western leaders were no longer committed in holding Israel accountable for the allegations against human rights, the Palestinian human right activists conceived a new peaceful movement to boycott Israel, for example, refusal to buy any goods made from Israel, in particular those from the Israeli-occupied territories or divesting funds from Israeli corporations. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, "BDS" for short, was formally announced in 2005, with the primary goal of pressuring Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories among other demands to cease oppressing the Arab-Palestinians.
The Israeli government and its supporters believes that the BDS movement conforms to the definitions of anti-Semitism, most notably subjecting Israel with double standard and delegitimizing the state of Israel. The Israeli government and overseas Jewish and Zionist organizations are lobbying Western governments to suppress any boycotting of Israel, since the BDS movement has gained momentum in Western countries.
King acts like no one remembers his divisiveness.
He calls upon his troll army to attack critics. He literally blocks anyone who dares questions his race or his fundraising tactics. He is a white man who is transracial. He is the male version of Rachel Dolezal.
King has fallouts with allies. He is calling for a primary against President Joe Biden in 2024. He has questioned Vice President Kamala Harris and her blackness.
He has stolen ideas from Black women. He has started numerous organizations and products that never lift off or deliver the promises
Avoid him.
Drop him as a follower on X and Instagram. Listen to the mothers of Tamir Rice and Richard Risher. Samaria Rice said it best, “As a white man acting Black you are a imposter that can not be trusted,” she said, adding that King was a “selfish self-centered person” who had made her son’s death about himself. “God will deal with you, white man.”
Be blessed. Some of the children have to live with traumas of war and famine.
Happy Holidays.
As always, we are celebrating Christmas. Many of you are hopefully spending time with your families. Others are still working to keep the country moving even on this holiday.
Given 2/3 of the United States had a monster blizzard and record cold temperatures, more people are working to keep lights on and lives saved.
Gun violence never takes a break. I will say that somewhere in the country, there will be a shooting. The United States had over 700 mass shooting this year.
I would say thank you to the essential workers and open service workers. You are truly the people who run the world.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are still active despite being on Christmas vacation. They are required to know the mood and the world events in their press briefings and engagements.
Those who work constantly include:
The President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States
Prime Minster of Canada
U.S. Military
Police Officers
First Responders (Firefighters/EMT)
Border Agents
Hospitals
News Reporters And Meteorologists
Electric Grid Workers
Cable, Internet And Telephone Workers
Gas Station Clerks
Toll Booth Operators
Barge And Cruise Ship Operators
Casino Workers
Hotel Workers
Sit In Restaurant Workers
Bus Drivers
Taxi/Lyft/Uber Drivers
Tow Truck Operators
Train Operators
Truck Drivers
Security Officers
Suicide Hotline Operators
Radio DJ (Local Operators)
Prison Guards
Mental Health Counselors
Water And Sanitation Operators
Storm Clean Up And Spotters
Criminals
7-Eleven/Speedway, Sheetz, Wawa, Casey's General Stores, Waffle House, IHops, Red Lobster, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Golden Corral, Ponderosa, Perkins, Bob Evans, Domino’s and a few Save A Lot stores are open.
Check local times.
McDonald's, Burger King, Hardees/Carl's Jr. at some locations are open.
Again, we must acknowledge that many aren’t getting an opportunity to spend time with their families. Many may never see their loved ones ever again thanks to gun violence and the coronavirus.
As of Christmas, 1.2 million Americans are dead from the coronavirus.
By the end of the month, we will have more Americans dead from gun violence. It's unfortunate that we have an ineffective Congress and a junk food media that refuses to stay focus on the real issues.
Also, we must take into account the plight of the Palestinians. The Israeli government is literally doing a genocide under the guise of "defending itself."
I mean this year was frustrating as like many in the past. I thought we would get through this together. Alas, we are still fighting culture wars.
Full disclosure: I an working two jobs to make ends meet. I am making ends meet but I am not happy about the jobs and feel like I am exhausted.
When I get older, I will say to my grandchildren, I survived the global pandemic. We had a president who allowed a genocide to happen and is actually caving to a foreign country.
Biden let me down. Despite the results on the economy, his critics are often pivoting because they know some of his policies are effective. Biden, Congress and the junk food media are stuck on stupid.
I miss seeing my son. Holidays don't suck but it would be nice to have a Christmas without the strings attached.
My son is biracial. I found out he existed on Dec. 7, 2016. He was born in August. I still deal with the PTSD from missing out my first child’s birth. There’s nothing worse than to find out you had a “surprise child” from a blind date.
It happens to the best and the worst of us.
I will move forward because I value everything. I won't let setbacks stop me.
My time will come and successes are looking bright next year.
Biden is going to pay a price for his support of Israel.
The United States is losing influence thanks to President Joe Biden and lawmakers in Washington. The hardline support for Israel has placed the president at a crossroads with his Democratic voter base.
The hostile treatment towards the Palestinians and protesters demanding an end to Israeli occupation and war crimes has been met with fierce criticism.
SOME OF JOE BIDEN'S ARDENT SUPPORTERS ARE JUST AS BAD AS THOSE WHO SUPPORT DONALD J. TRUMP. THEY HAVE NO SHAME IN WHAT THEY SAY AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COMES FORTH.
NOTE: SOME ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS AS WELL.
Look at screenshots from several X users.
On Christmas Eve, the Israeli government posts a Merry Christmas to those who support their cause to eradicate Hamas.
I said in previous postings, I no longer see Hamas as a terrorist group. For one, they are not a loosely group of civilians. They were created as resistance towards the Zionist movement that calls for the permanent removal of the Palestinians from Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
Israel continues to illegally seize land and indiscriminate air strikes on civilians.
Wishing a Merry Christmas to all of our Christian friends in Israel and around the world.
Biden had called Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him about the global outlook if he continues to kill civilians.
Netanyahu brushed it off and stated he will continue his campaign.
When asked about a two state solution, Israel flatly rejected it. They said there will be no talks about a two state solution. They want a removal and total control.
Israel also takes aim at the United Nations. The UN wants sanctions but the U.S. vetoes it.
The Israel Defense Forces, fighting to eradicate Hamas, have killed more than 20,000 people in Gaza, the enclave’s Health Ministry said Friday. With water, food and shelter all short, international aid groups warn a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding.
The U.S. is trying to keep Israel from being held accountable for its war crimes. That move will make Biden and American influence weak. State Department documents obtained by HuffPost indicate how US diplomats are finalizing a démarche to Switzerland that Washington hopes will cancel the preparations for an event to discuss Israeli violations of the Geneva Conventions in Palestine.
Formal rulings that "Israel" breached the treaties in its US-backed war in Gaza would bring about a severe worldwide condemnation of both parties and would support the accusations of human rights groups that have amassed evidence that stands as proof of such violations.
Switzerland, which has always been neutral, decides when meetings of the parties concerned to discuss compliance take place.
According to State Department documents and a source familiar with the Palestinian effort, Palestinian diplomats and a group of UN member states, including some European nations allied with the US, are preparing a call for Switzerland to launch such a conference focused on the war in Gaza.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists all endorse the urgent meeting. The Biden administration, however, plans on lobbying Swiss counterparts to stop the conference.
Internal memos obtained by HuffPost encourage US diplomats to express "serious concern" about the Palestinian initiative and present several counter-arguments.
According to the materials, US delegates should also state that organizing a meeting would imply politicizing the Geneva Conventions by giving the idea that they are being used solely to target "Israel", therefore attempting to pressure Switzerland into fearing for its reputation.
While a US official refused to comment, a Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson told HuffPost that they are aware of the Palestinian initiative and will "consider the request once it has been submitted.”
Kevin McCarthy looks like he smelled something bad.
The man who refuses to acknowledge he lost the 2020 presidential election is denying he smells horrible. Many of Donald J. Trump's critics claim that he has a horrid body odor.
Kathy Griffin, Adam Kinzinger, Mary Trump and some on the internet are mocking the former president for having an apparent stench. Kinzinger was a former Republican lawmaker from Illinois who was a part of the Jan. 6 Hearings. He supported Trump until 2021. He and former Wyoming Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney made it their mission to keep Trump from winning in 2024.
In a viral post over the weekend, Kinzinger wrote, “I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor.”
“It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Trump, the front-runner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, reacted via a spokesperson.
Adam Kinzinger made the #TrumpSmells hashtag go viral.
“Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Independent. “He has disgraced his country and disrespects everyone around him because he is a sad individual who is mad about how his miserable life has turned out.”
It’s not clear what televised fart the spokesperson was referring to, but in 2019, people of the internet lost the plot after hearing what sounded like a toot during a live MSNBC interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), in an incident quickly dubbed “Fartgate.”
Kinzinger retired from Congress this year and went on to join CNN as a senior political commentator. Prior to his departure, he was one of two Republicans to serve on the Jan. 6, 2021, committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
It’s not the first time Trump’s scent has come up recently. Last month, during an appearance on “The Mary Trump Show” podcast, comedian Kathy Griffin said the former president had a “distinct smell” when she worked briefly with him as a guest on his reality show, “The Apprentice.”
“It’s like body odor with kind of like a scented makeup products,” Griffin recalled. “But you can smell the hair products even outdoors.”
My son isn't a criminal. Quantavious Eason and his mom reject a Mississippi judge's mandatory rules for probation. It requires him to do a drug test.
A 10 year old boy was arrested for urinating in public. It was a minor criminal act and something that the law should have dismissed on the grounds it was a child.
The mother and her lawyer were offered a plea deal. That plea deal would violate her son's rights and she said she refuses to sign off on it.
The boy who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and has asked for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family’s attorney announced Tuesday.
The child’s mother had initially planned on signing the agreement to avoid the risk of prosecutors upgrading her son’s charge, as they threatened, but she changed her mind after reading the full agreement Tuesday, attorney Carlos Moore said.
“We cannot in good conscience accept a probation agreement that treats a 10-year-old child as a criminal,” Moore said. “The terms proposed are not in the best interest of our client, and we will take all necessary steps to challenge them.”
The terms for the 10-year-old’s probation were similar to those prosecutors would demand of an adult, including sections that prohibited the use of weapons and demanded he submit to drug tests at a probation officer’s discretion, Moore said.
“It’s just a regular probation. I thought it was something informed for a juvenile. But it’s the same terms an adult criminal would have,” Moore said.
The agreement also imposed an 8 p.m. curfew for the child, which would have taken effect during the Christmas holiday.
The terms of the agreement stem from a sentence ordered on Dec. 12 by Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow. The judge said the child, who is Black, must serve three months of probation and write a two-page book report on the late NBA star Kobe Bryant.
The child’s mother has said her son urinated behind her vehicle while she was visiting a lawyer’s office in Senatobia, Mississippi, on Aug. 10. Police officers in the town of about 8,100 residents, 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee, saw the child urinating and arrested him. Officers put him in a squad car and took him to the police station.
Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler said the child was not handcuffed, but his mother has said he was put in a jail cell.
Days after the episode, Chandler said the officers violated their training on how to deal with children. He said one of the officers who took part in the arrest was “ no longer employed,” and other officers would be disciplined. He didn’t specify whether the former officer was fired or quit, or what type of discipline the others would face.
The prosecution threatened to upgrade the charge of “child in need of supervision” to a more serious charge of disorderly conduct if the boy’s family took the case to trial, Moore said.
A voicemail message left for Paige Williams, the Tate County Youth Court prosecutor appointed to handle the case, was not immediately returned. A staffer for Williams has said the attorney could not comment on cases involving juveniles.
After advising the boy’s mother not to sign the probation agreement, Moore filed a motion requesting the Tate County Youth Court either dismiss the case or set a trial. A hearing on that motion has been scheduled for Jan. 16.
Graham has a hissy for over New York push for 24/7 restaurants.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) does not live in New York. He has no home, office or constituents representing the state. He lives in South Carolina and he should focus on issues in his own state and not worry about other states.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is the perfect example of lazy. She only spends about 15% of her time inside the district. She managed to bring a few benefits to her district but refuses to credit President Joe Biden for legislation passed. She votes against most bills passed in the House and often claims credit for it. Her legislation record is relatively low for a two term member. She has appeared at most Trump rallies and far right events.
Greene barely even knows her own district. She finally moved into the district with boyfriend Brian Glenn of Right Side Broadcasting. She lives in a gated golf course community near Trenton, Georgia.
In her two terms, she wrote a book, threaten impeachment on President Joe Biden, caused feuds with Republicans and Democrats, double down on conspiracy theories and continuous bullshit.
Graham who has no reason to be in New York is protesting the state's legislation requiring food and gas stations at rest stops must be available 24/7.
Likely on the New York Thomas Dewey Thruway toll road which carries Interstate 87 and 90 for example.
Graham joined a protest on Friday to keep Chick-fil-A restaurants closed on Sundays in response to a proposed New York bill that would require restaurants at rest stops to be open seven days per week.
“As if the insanity by the left couldn’t get any worse, Democrats in New York are trying to force @ChickfilA to open on Sundays…” wrote Graham in a social media post, attached to a photo of himself outside a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Manhattan. “I showed up to their Manhattan location today while visiting NYC to send a clear message: Hands off OUR Chick-Fil-A!”
The senator concluded his post by calling on supporters to, “Join me in this fight!”
Graham received both criticism and ridicule on social media for taking part in the stunt 700 miles away from his own state of South Carolina.
“Even when Lindsey Graham says the right things he still manages to look like an absolute fool,” reacted conservative journalist Ben Kew, while former Marco Rubio adviser Gregg Nunziata tweeted, “People in public life, of course, have to pick their battles. They should be judged by the fights they choose and those they do not.”
Graham also received criticism for failing to state that the proposed bill would only apply to restaurants at rest stops, where drivers require service seven days per week.
I am guessing that Chick-Fil-A isn't on the toll roads and rest stops. But Graham wanted to make a statement about protecting religious freedom.
Graham is a staunch supporter of Donald J. Trump and is considered the most polarizing members in the Senate.
Graham, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and former governor Nikki Haley had a run for president.
Graham and Scott failed to capture the nomination and Haley is still in the 2024 race but is struggling.
If he was a Black or Muslim, the media would definitely talk about it. Washed up actor John Schneider threatens President Biden with death.
Growing up as an 80s baby, I watched CBS and the action comedy, The Dukes of Hazzard.
The show was a part of the Southern explosion in TV. It was a runaway hit during the primetime. It was a part of the cultural revolution.
Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. Probation prevents the "Duke Boys" from owning guns and the duo are armed with bows and arrows and clever plans to outwit a corrupt sheriff and greedy rich "city slickers." Their female cousin Daisy Duke, and other family (such as patriarch Uncle Jesse), live in a secluded country home in the woods where they plan various escapades to expose and evade county commissioner Boss Hogg and law officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The "Duke Boys" drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the General Lee, which became a symbol of the show. The show is no longer in syndication due to the Confederate flag. The Charleston Mother Emmanuel massacre and George Floyd protests sparked removals of Confederate themed propaganda.
John Schneider who starred in that show as Bo Duke. He also starred in Smallville and was recently revealed on The Masked Singer is under fire for his now deleted tweet calling the President of the United States to be publicly hung.
Thanks to years of noise from former president Donald J. Trump and Fox, folks seriously believe the greatest threat to America is Hunter Biden.
Still no evidence of wrongdoing. Republicans launched another impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Republicans are deliberately ignoring the ethics issues surrounding Jared and Ivanka Kushner.
Deleted but screenshots live forever.
Ivanka Trump is the eldest daughter of the former president and former White House advisor. Her and husband Jared Kushner made millions while Trump served his one term in office.
The New York Post and X were responsible for pushing this conspiracy theory. The broke and criminal indictment Rudy Giuliani, the most annoying Sean "Softball" Hannity, the alleged pedophile Alan Dershowitz, the discredited author Michelle Devine, the criminally indicted Steve Bannon, the soon to be indicted Roger Stone and the criminally indicted Donald J. Trump all played a role in this.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continue this insufferable mission to impeach Biden without evidence.
It has indoctrinated washed up celebrities like Schneider, Roseanne Barr, Kodak Black, Rob Schneider, Kid Rock, Kevin Serbo, James Woods, Jon Voigt, Ricky Schroeder, Waka Flocka Flame, Kanye West, John Schnatter and Kristy Swanson to believing conspiracy theories.
The sad Biden meme is a famed portrait of him in thought.
Now the U.S. Secret Service would like to have a word with the Duke.
“Mr President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung,” Schneider wrote to Biden. “Your son too. Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider.”
The comment was a reply to a post from Biden which said Donald Trump – who is facing more than 90 criminal charges as he seeks a second presidency in 2024 – “poses many threats to our country”.
“But the greatest threat he poses is to our democracy,” Biden’s X post continued, in part. “If we lose that, we lose everything.”
Schneider’s response to Biden’s post drew thousands of replies before it was deleted.
As Newsweek first noted, among those to reply was the investigative journalist Victoria Brownworth, who wrote: “Just here for the ratio and to let you know that it’s ‘hanged,’ not ‘hung’.” Brownworth added: “There’s zero evidence of ‘treason.’ Step out of the Fox News bubble.”
What some people do for a buck?
Another user added: “Wow! You’re calling for the execution of a sitting president. May the secret service show up at your door with a reply.”
Citing anonymous sources close to the matter, Deadline reported later Thursday that the Secret Service – the agency tasked with protecting presidents and their families – had opened a preliminary investigation into Schneider.
Boston man finally gets apology for a crime he didn't commit.
The families of Willie Bennett and Albie Swanson were present when Boston mayor Michelle Wu read an apology on behalf of the city for wrongly accusing them of killing Carol Staurt.
During the late 1980s, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush got "tough on crime."
In the city of Boston, tensions were rising when the story broke on national TV about Charles and Carol Stuart being shot in the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill.
Mission Hill, a predominately Black neighborhood became the center of the Boston Police's racist "stop and frisk" and "racial profiling" of its residents.
Mind you former rapper and internet troll Raymond "Benzino" Scott grew up in the Boston neighborhoods of Mission Hill and Roxbury. Scott is infamous for his feuds with Eminem and his own daughter, rapper/model Coi Leray.
The Boston Police and the Suffolk County prosecutor Newman A. Flanagan were calling for the reestablishment of the death penalty and called upon many Black leaders to do something about the unruly children.
Stuart was having an affair on his wife, Carol. She was pregnant with his child. She wanted to carry to term. He wanted her to abort it. He also felt that her life being taken out would help financially. He saw the expenses could pile up if she divorced him and got him for child and spousal support. He was making a reasonable amount of money working in a luxury fur store.
On October 23, the couple attended childbirth classes at Brigham and Women's Hospital and then drove through the Roxbury neighborhood. Stuart later told police that a young adult African-American gunman with a raspy voice and wearing a striped tracksuit forced his way into their car at a stoplight, ordered them to drive to nearby Mission Hill, robbed them, and shot Charles in the stomach and Carol in the head. Stuart said he managed to drive away and call the emergency number 9-1-1 on his car phone.
Carol was shot fatally. She was induced an emergency caesarean section and delivered her son. Her son would later pass away from trauma and oxygen deprivation.
Stuart who self inflicted his gunshot wound blamed a Black man for the shooting.
Boston Police detectives Robert Ahearn and Robert Tinlin immediately suspected Stuart because he seemed too calm when recounting the murder. They were overruled by their superiors, who pursued Stuart's description of the assailant. The case was assigned to lead detective Peter O’Malley.
Boston mayor Michelle Wu held a press conference to apologize for the city's decision to racialized a criminal act.
In late October, the Boston Police arrested Alan "Albie" Swanson, a Black man who matched Stuart's description. Officers found newspaper clippings about the murder in Swanson's bathroom, but they concluded he had been too intoxicated to have committed the crime.
In mid-November, the police arrested William "Willie" Bennett based on a tip. Their suspicions increased after finding that a bullet in his mother's home matched the caliber of the gun used in the murders. Two days later, on November 13, Bennett was charged with the robbery of a video store several weeks earlier. Stuart, who was released from the hospital on December 5, identified Bennett as his attacker in a police lineup on December 28, 1989.
Soon it became clear that Stuart and his family made up the claims of a random Black man robbing and shooting him and Carol. The law would soon focus on him and it led to the killer committing suicide.
At a press conference Monday, Wu issued a formal apology to Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson, who were both publicly linked to the case. Wu was joined at the press conference by Swanson and Bennett's family, as he was unable to attend; the Boston Globe said he now has dementia.
"We are here today to acknowledge the tremendous pain that the city of Boston inflicted on Black residents throughout our neighborhoods 34 years ago," said Wu. "The mayor's office, city officials and the Boston Police Department took actions that directly harmed these families and continue to impact the larger community, reopening a wound that has gone untended for decades."
In October 1989, Charles Stuart told police that a Black man shot him and his pregnant wife Carol in their car as they were leaving a birthing class at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Carol and her unborn baby died. Stuart was shot in the abdomen but survived.
"There was no evidence that a Black man committed this crime," said Wu. "But that didn't matter because the story was one that confirmed and exposed the beliefs that so many shared...At every level and at every opportunity, those in power closed their eyes to the truth because the lie felt familiar. They saw the story they wanted to see."
Charles Stuart killed his wife Carol after she found out he had an affair and she was going to divorce him and make him pay for support. He made a racial hoax.
"On behalf of the Boston Police Department, the mayor's office and the entire city of Boston, I want to say to Mr. Swanson and Mr. Bennett, the entire Bennett family and Boston's entire Black community, I am so sorry for what you endured," said Wu. "I am so sorry for the pain that you have carried for so many years. What was done to you was unjust, unfair, racist and wrong."
Swanson and Bennett's family both received letters of apology but they said they've been looking for more for years. Bennett later sued the city and his mother received a small monetary settlement of $12,500 in 1995. Swanson said he remains destitute as a result of the wrongful accusations and arrest.
"I need housing, reparations, I don't have anything," said Swanson. "I'm still homeless and still in the same position."
Bennett says he can't forget because his name is now forever linked to Charles Stuart's - a man he calls a monster: "I aint got nothing to say about that man. He did what he did and now he's gone. I'll see him in hell, if there is a hell," he said.
Bennett says he is still angry about being wrongfully considered a suspect in the Stuart case and he is bitter that he was never compensated for all he went through.
Victims shield on the roof of Charles University in Prague. Mass shooting.
Rarely a mass shooting happens in the Czech Republic. But I bet you money, that the federal government will push for an end to it.
The world just learned of a mass shooting in the capital of Prague.
In the United States, a mass shooting happened just about one every 12 hours. Some get national attention while others is just localized. It still gets the same point, a lot of injuries and dead bodies.
In fact, gun violence is the No. 1 threat to children and adults in the United States. It is more dangerous than cancer, car accidents, any variant of the coronavirus, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, animal attacks, train accidents and fireworks.
The mass shooting killed 10 people and injured about 30 others, and the person who opened fire also is dead, Czech police and the city’s rescue service said Thursday.
Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of the gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They said officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square.
The philosophy department of Charles University, which is located in the square, was evacuated, Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda said.
The police department said the square has been sealed off. It urged people to leave the surrounding streets and stay inside.
Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said no other assailant was at the scene, but he urged people to cooperate with police.
Prague’s rescue service confirmed that 11 people had died, including the shooter. It said about 30 others suffered various injuries, including nine with serious ones.
Images of the terrorist. He is not a Muslim.
Pavel Nedoma, the director of Rudolfinum Gallery, which also is located in the square, told Czech public television he saw from a window a person who was shooting from a gun toward the nearby Manes bridge across the Vltava River.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala canceled his scheduled events and was heading for Prague.
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.
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.
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.
UN Secretary General António Guterres and President Joe Biden.
The United Nations has considered changing the way it's going to voting on resolutions.
After the United States, a leading chair on the UN-Security Committee vetoed the latest resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire and accountability for the war crimes committed by Israel, the UN Secretary General has issued a warning to President Joe Biden.
António Guterres has directly told Biden that he needs to stop pandering to Israel and order an immediate ceasefire. Biden said the United States is still working through whether to support a UN Security Council resolution that calls for a halt in Gaza hostilities to allow more aid into the enclave after a much delayed vote on the matter was pushed to Thursday.
Asked when Israel should move to a less intensive phase of its war with Hamas, Biden pointed to the negotiations at the UN as a reason not to give a firm answer.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli government propagandists have openly declared they are going to wipe Gaza and the West Bank out. They also are planning to invade and seize land in Lebanon and Syria.
They are still building illegal settlements.
Israel is still pandering propaganda and disinformation online through X, Meta, Google and Apple. They have a coordinated bot and troll farm like Russia. They are actively swaying for the annihilation of Gaza and the West Bank. They are actively rooting for former president Donald J. Trump as well.
The Israeli government refuses to acknowledge the U.S. calls to minimize strikes and specifically detail Hamas targets. The Israeli government continues illegal wat crimes.
World leaders now view Biden unfavorably. Due to his one sided stance to Israel, he completed destroyed his narrative. Especially when all past year, Biden called out Russian president Vladimir Putin for causing the same criminal acts.
Majority of Americans believe Israel went too far and some are calling for an end to military funding and taxpayer money to Israel and Ukraine.
Many in the developing world have long seen a double standard in the West condemning an illegal occupation in Ukraine while also standing staunchly behind Israel, which has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967 and maintains settlements in the former—moves that are considered illegal by most of the international community. Israel has also held Gaza under a land, air, and sea blockade since 2007.