After the Civil War, the U.S. ratified the 14th Amendment to guarantee rights to former slaves and more. It also included a two-sentence clause called Section 3, designed to keep former Confederates from regaining government power after the war.
The measure reads:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
Former president Donald J. Trump is fuming again. The washed up politician is still leading in the Republican Party presidential nomination race. Just as Michigan ruled he was eligible to appear on the primary ballot, another state joins Colorado in disqualifying him.
Both decisions are historic. The Colorado court was the first court to apply to a presidential candidate a rarely used constitutional ban against those who “engaged in insurrection.” Maine’s secretary of state was the first top election official to unilaterally strike a presidential candidate from the ballot under that provision.
We will hold elected officials and former presidents accountable.
But both decisions are on hold while the legal process plays out.
That means that Trump remains on the ballot in Colorado and Maine and that his political fate is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Maine ruling will likely never take effect on its own. Its central impact is increasing pressure on the nation’s highest court to say clearly: Can Trump still run for president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol?
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made the decision on Thursday.
On December 15, two challenges to Trump's eligibility as a candidate for the primary election via Section 3 of the 14th Amendment were presented to the Maine Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows. Another challenge, citing the 22nd Amendment restriction that "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice", said that Trump is ineligible because he claims to have already been elected for a second time.
On December 28, Bellows announced Trump's ineligibility in a 34-page ruling, arguing that he "used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters" and "engaged in insurrection or rebellion". However, removal from the ballot has been stayed to permit time to appeal.
Trolls call the law to cause havoc. Republicans want an end to it.
The Republican Party wants to ban
Abortions
Gay marriage
Critical race theory
Gender affirming treatment
Honing
Texting while driving
Laws removing Confederate memorials
Swatting calls
The Republican Party want to push for
Mandatory ID requirements to vote
Work requirements to get food and home assistance
Drug screening to get food and home assistance
Jailing doctors and aids who assist in abortion
Requirements to certify election results if they believe there's fraud
Removing President Joe Biden and Democrats from ballots
Partisan gerrymandering
Religious freedom [Christian and Jewish supremacy]
Jailing anti-Israeli protesters and any boycotts of Israel
Ending birthright citizenship to children of immigrants
Expanding the Supreme Court through elimination of the filibuster
Outlawing pornography
Bans on transgender women playing women's sports
Building of a border wall on the U.S.-Mexican sovereignties
Designate Antifa, Black Lives Matter and Greenpeace as terrorists
More schools to have armed teachers and security
More charter and private schools to shrink public schools
Mass deportation of immigrants
Repealing of the Affordable Care Act
Unitary presidential powers giving the president ultimate rule
Pulling out of the United Nations and World Health Organization
Ending requirements to purchase firearms
Not anything on the agenda deals with stopping the No. 1 problem in the United States.
Gun violence.
We close out this year with Republicans fuming over possible domestic and foreign actors swatting their homes. The police shown up to the home of insufferable member Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and boyfriend Right Side Broadcasting media Brian Glenn multiple times thanks to a swatting call.
Now she and Republicans are planning on outlawing it.
Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage situation, or a false report of a mental health emergency, such as reporting that a person is allegedly suicidal or homicidal and may or may not be armed, among other things.
Democrats have proposed it but it was denied by Republicans on the grounds, well... "you know it's a First Amendment issue" and "We don't believe you" mantra.
A 2015 bipartisan bill in Congress sponsored by now House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) and then Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) made swatting a federal crime with increased penalties. Congresswoman Clark wrote an op-ed in The Hill saying that 2.5 million cases of cyberstalking between 2010 and 2013 had only resulted in 10 cases prosecuted, although a source for this was not provided. As revenge for the bill, an anonymous caller fraudulently called police to Rep. Clark's house on January 31, 2016.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) was swatted when he was then a California state senator and advocated for swatting to be illegal.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost was also swatted this year.
Greene confirmed that the incident on Christmas disrupted her and made her fearful. LLP
The Rome (Georgia) Police Department quickly verified that the call was a hoax and didn't send officers to the house, department spokesperson Kelly Madden said.
"I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here. My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn't have to deal with this," Greene wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Jared Moskovitz (D-FL). The one time two insufferable lawmakers get along. Moskovitz calls himself the Smurf.
A man in New York called the Georgia suicide hotline just before 11 a.m. Monday, claiming he'd shot his girlfriend at the address of Greene's home and was going to kill himself next, Madden said. The call was quickly transferred to police when suicide hotline responders recognized the Georgia congresswoman's address.
The department said it contacted Greene's private security detail to confirm she was safe and that there was no emergency at her residence. The call was then determined to be a swatting attempt, so the police response was canceled en route, Madden explained.
"We determined before our personnel could get to her location that there was no emergency and there was no reason to respond," she said. "Her security detail had it all under control, and there actually was nothing going on."
The congresswoman, who represents the cities of Rome, Dalton and Calhoun in northwest Georgia, spent her first term stripped of committee assignments by the former House Democratic majority over racist comments, her embrace of conspiracy theories and her past endorsement of violence against Democratic officials. She has since gained more influence under the House's current Republican leadership and continues to be a firebrand for the far-right.
Greene's statement that she has been the target of roughly eight swatting attempts is accurate, Madden said. Past calls claimed that dead bodies had been found in the bath tub and in other areas of her home, which is located about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta. Police also responded last year to false reports of shootings outside her residence.
The department said it sent officers to the house in response to those prior incidents but has since formed a close working relationship with Greene's security detail, which enables officers to better assess the threat level. The criminal investigations division is working to identify Monday's caller and build a case, Madden said.
Another New York man was sentenced to three months in prison in August for making threatening phone calls to Greene's Washington, D.C., office.
Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) said in a post on X that he was also targeted by a swatting attempt on Christmas Day. The Cayuga County Sheriff's office said it received a false report of a shooting at the congressman's home in central New York and sent officers to confirm that there was no present danger. Sheriff Brian Schenck didn't immediately respond to phone messages seeking further details.
"Our home was swatted this afternoon," Williams wrote. "Thanks to the Deputies and Troopers who contacted me before arriving. They left with homemade cookies and spiced nuts! Merry Christmas everyone!"
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) continues to embarrass herself once again. She can't do her job in the Western Slope of Colorado. Now she wants to do nothing in the Eastern Plains and Front Range.
In a Facebook video Wednesday evening, Boebert announced she would enter the crowded Republican primary in retiring Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-CO) seat in the eastern side of the state, leaving the more competitive 3rd District seat she barely won last year — and which she was in peril of losing next year as some in her party have soured on her controversial style.
Boebert implied in the video that her departure from the district would help Republicans retain the seat, saying, “I will not allow dark money that is directed at destroying me personally to steal this seat. It’s not fair to the 3rd District and the conservatives there who have fought so hard for our victories.”
Buck, who is a close ally to the embattled Republican represents the 4th District, a strong Republican district. Donald J. Trump carried the district by nearly 60%.
The district that Boebert currently represents had Trump win it by 10 points.
Boebert facing a tough challenge against Adam Frisch decided to listen to Colorado Republicans and switch districts in order to starve off a potential defeat.
It endure a Republican can actually win in the 3rd Congressional District.
She throws out the George Soros, Jewish conspiracy theories.
And they call the Pro Palestinian protesters anti-semitics....
“The Aspen donors, George Soros and Hollywood actors that are trying to buy this seat, well they can go pound sand,” she said.
Boebert called it “a fresh start,” acknowledging the rough year following a divorce with her husband and video of her misbehaving with a date at a performance of the musical “Beetlejuice” in Denver. The scandal in September rocked some of her faithful supporters, who saw it as a transgression of conservative, Christian values and for which Boebert apologized at events throughout her district.
She already faced a primary challenge in her district, as well as a general election face-off with Democrat Adam Frisch, a former Aspen city council member who came within a few hundred votes of beating her in 2022. A rematch was expected, with Frisch raising at least $7.7 million to Boebert’s $2.4 million.
Instead, if Boebert wins the primary to succeed Buck she will run in the state’s most conservative district, which former President Donald Trump won by about 20 percentage points in 2020, in contrast to his margin of about 8 percentage points in her district. While it’s not required that a representative live in the congressional district they represent, only the state the district is in, Boebert said she would be moving — a shift from Colorado’s western Rocky Mountain peaks and high desert mesas to its eastern expanse of prairie grass and ranching enclaves.
In 2022, Frisch’s campaign found support in the conservative district from unaffiliated voters and Republicans who’d defected over Boebert’s brash, Trumpian style. In this election, Frisch’s campaign had revived the slogan “stop the circus” and framed Frisch as the “pro-normal” alternative to Boebert’s more partisan politics.
I don't care who the Republican candidate is, my mission is to help the Western Slope.
In a statement after Boebert’s announcement, Frisch said he’s prepared for whoever will be the Republican candidate.
“From Day 1 of this race, I have been squarely focused on defending rural Colorado’s way of life, and offering common sense solutions to the problems facing the families of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.” he said. “My focus will remain the same.”
The Republican primary candidate who has raised the second most behind Boebert in the 3rd District, Jeff Hurd, is a more traditional Republican candidate. Hurd has already garnered support from prominent Republicans in the district, first reported by VailDaily.
Boebert rocked the political world by notching a surprise primary win against the incumbent Republican congressman in the 3rd District in 2020 when she ran a gun-themed restaurant in the town of Rifle, Colorado. She then tried to enter the U.S. Capitol carrying a pistol and began to feud with prominent liberal Democrats like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
This could backfire. She could lose the Republican primary.
So she is self defeating. It will be a gamble given that she has name recognition, her Beetlejuice groping scandal, the fact she barely spends time in the district and the lack of trust among MAGA has made her vulnerable even if she switched district.
Many other Republicans who actually live in the district will be robbed of their chance to represent the district. Boebert, a toxic figure could give Democrats an opportunity to flip the district.
Despite evidence Donald J. Trump and Ronna McDaniel, head of the Republican National Committee pressuring were Michigan Republicans to not certify the 2020 election results, the state Supreme Court has rejected a liberal group and Democratic Secretary of State's claims that his participation in the Jan. 6 attacks should disqualify him from the ballot.
The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot.
It said in an order that the application by parties to appeal a Dec. 14 Michigan appeals court judgment was considered, but denied “because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this court.”
So this, the former president will be on the ballot primary and general election if he is declared the nominee. It helps the former president in his federal lawsuit against the state of Colorado who threw him off the Republican Party primary vote for instigating an insurrection.
Trump gloats, “The Michigan Supreme Court has strongly and rightfully denied the Desperate Democrat attempt to take the leading Candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election, me, off the ballot in the Great State of Michigan. This pathetic gambit to rig the Election has failed all across the Country, including in States that have historically leaned heavily toward the Democrats.”
I am so close to returning to call him Washed Up 45. He reacts to almost everything, acting like he's a victim while attacking opponents. He openly said he would be a dictator on "day one." He cries about President Joe Biden, people claiming he stinks, turning on his most loyal allies and is getting special treatment in the Republican nomination race.
So this Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie are being ignored, they are following the RNC rules and yet they ain't getting attention. They would never try to overturn an election.
The ruling contrasts with Dec. 19 decision by a divided Colorado Supreme Court which found Trump ineligible to be president because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. That ruling was the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
The Michigan and Colorado cases are among dozens hoping to keep Trump’s name off state ballots. They all point to the so-called insurrection clause that prevents anyone from holding office who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution. Until the Colorado ruling, all had failed.
The Colorado ruling is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never ruled on the rarely used Civil War-era provision.
The plaintiffs in Michigan can technically try again to disqualify Trump under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in the general election, though it’s likely there will be a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the issue by then. The state’s high court on Wednesday upheld an appeals court ruling that the Republican Party could place anyone it wants on the primary ballot. But the court was silent on whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment would disqualify Trump in November if he becomes the GOP nominee.
“We are disappointed by the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision,” said Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech for People, the liberal group that filed the suit to disqualify Trump in the state. “The ruling conflicts with longstanding US Supreme Court precedent that makes clear that when political parties use the election machinery of the state to select, via the primary process, their candidates for the general election, they must comply with all constitutional requirements in that process.”
Trump hailed the order, calling the effort to keep him off the ballot in multiple states a “pathetic gambit.”
Only one of the court’s seven justices dissented. Justice Elizabeth M. Welch, a Democrat, wrote that she would have kept Trump on the primary ballot but the court should rule on the merits of the Section 3 challenge. The court has a 4-3 Democratic majority.
Trump pressed two election officials in Michigan’s Wayne County not to certify 2020 vote totals, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed in a Dec. 22 report by The Detroit News. The former president ’s 2024 campaign has neither confirmed nor denied the recording’s legitimacy.
Attorneys for Free Speech for People, a liberal nonprofit group also involved in efforts to keep Trump’s name off the primary ballot in Minnesota and Oregon, had asked Michigan’s Supreme Court to render its decision by Christmas Day.
The group argued that time was “of the essence” due to “the pressing need to finalize and print the ballots for the presidential primary election.”
Earlier this month, Michigan’s high court refused to immediately hear an appeal, saying the case should remain before the appeals court.
Free Speech for People had sued to force Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to bar Trump from Michigan’s ballot. But a Michigan Court of Claims judge rejected that group’s arguments, saying in November that it was the proper role of Congress to decide the question.
Yahya Sarraj writes an op-ed for the New York Times and the Zionist rage.
The mayor of Gaza City writes an opinion editorial in the New York Times. Cue, the outrage. Dr. Yahya Sarraj calls for a ceasefire and accountability for the conflict.
He wrote:
"The Israeli invasion has caused the deaths of more than 20,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and destroyed or damaged about half the buildings in the territory. The Israelis have also pulverized something else: Gaza City’s cultural riches and municipal institutions."
"The unrelenting destruction of Gaza — its iconic symbols, its beautiful seafront, its libraries and archives and whatever economic prosperity it had — has broken my heart."
"I call on the world’s municipalities — everyone — to pressure world leaders to stop this mindless destruction."
"Why can’t Palestinians be treated equally, like Israelis and all other peoples in the world? Why can’t we live in peace and have open borders and free trade? Palestinians deserve to be free and have self-determination. Gaza’s emblem is the phoenix, which rises from the ashes. It insists on life."
In the extreme fashion, many on Fox, Republicans, Democrats and their pro-Israeli shrills are mad that the free press allows a voice that doesn't fit their narrative express his thoughts on the ongoing one sided and damn near horrific war between Israel-Hamas.
Israel will be held accountable for its war crimes.
President Joe Biden is risking everything due to his stubbornness and willingness to allow Israel carry out this. He will lose support going into 2024. Trust me, Biden is in danger of losing his core base of supporters due to this defense and allowance of genocide.
The Israeli government can't even be trusted when it comes to the truth.
Israel leveled Gaza City, city of 615,000 residents.
The arrogance of Israelis, American celebrities going to Israel and the lawmakers still taking funding from lobbyists like AIPAC.
Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Rapaport, Amy Schumer, Tara Strong, Mayim Bialik and Jamie Lee Curtis will pay a price for their arrogance. They will realize that protesters will flush their careers down the toilet.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, spokesman John Kirby, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre are being shouted down and interrupted during their holiday break. Protesters visited their homes.
Israel has suffered losses. Its ground forces have been strategically outwitted by Hamas.
Several countries are denying Israelis access to shipping, traveling and funds.
Many world leaders are warning the U.S. that their impact on world affairs will come to an end if they continue to block resolutions for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid.
Hamas will be referred as resistance. They are not terrorists. They have been pushed to the boiling point with the Israeli apartheid and occupation.
They exposed Israel for what many have said in the past, a fascist ethno-state that is openly trying to eradicate Palestinians while claiming its the victim.
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
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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.
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