One Lucky Preacher!

An image like this shows the dangers of gun violence.

A murderer tried to ice a preacher. 

The religious folks are screaming Hallelujah and Praise Jesus after a Pennsylvania pastor avoided instant death. A man barged into a service and point the barrel of a firearm at the pastor. The gun jammed and the suspect was subdued. It turned out that the shooter had an agenda. He killed his cousin and later tried to take his frustration on innocent civilians.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he tried to shoot a pastor during a sermon that was being livestreamed Sunday, hours before a relative was found dead in a home where the suspect lived, authorities say.

Bernard Junior Polite, 26, of Braddock, had walked into Jesus Dwelling Place Church in the 400 block of Lobinger Avenue in Allegheny County, about 10 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, just after 1 p.m. 

He entered the church and pointed a firearm at the pastor as he was delivering a sermon and attempted to shoot, “but the firearm failed to discharge,” Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.

The terrifying ordeal was captured on a livestream of Sunday’s sermon that showed the moment Polite, dressed in black, wordlessly approached Glenn Germany preaching on stage and pointed what appeared to be a silver handgun at him. 

The pastor ran to a nearby podium, as attendees were heard yelling in shock.

Polite then walked over a bannister in front of the stage and a deacon, Clarence McCallister, ran up behind Polite, put his arms around him and brought him to the ground. 

Germany then pried the gun out of Polite’s hands and held him on the ground. State police said that the pastor and a congregation member held Polite until authorities arrived.

“He stood up and he smiled at me, and it was just a smile, but he comes to right here and then all of a sudden that’s when I see him pull a gun and all I could do was just duck and get out of the way,” Germany said to NBC affiliate WPXI of Pittsburgh. 

It clicked. You heard him shoot it. So, God jammed the gun so that the bullet didn’t come out,” Germany added. 

Pastor tearfully blessed that the gun jammed.

Germany said he even spoke with Polite after the attempted shooting.

“He said, 'Look, spirits was in my mind. They got in my mind and they told me come in and shoot the pastor.' He actually apologized to me. I told him that I forgive you and want you to know that I love you,” Germany explained. 

“God had his hands on the pastor,” McCallister told the station. “He wasn’t letting him go nowhere.”

Polite was charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person, court records show. He was arraigned around 1:15 a.m. Monday and denied bail, and was being held at Allegheny County Jail.

Hours later, police made a grisly discover at Polite's home.

At 8:15 p.m. Sunday, the Allegheny County Police Department responded to a house in the 500 block of Stokes Avenue in North Braddock and found an adult male, identified as Derek Polite, 56, deceased.

The medical examiner said Derek Polite had been shot. A homicide investigation is underway.

An Allegheny County Police spokesperson said Bernard Polite is a relative of the shooting victim.

"At this point, no charges have been filed in connection with the homicide and it remains an active investigation," police spokesperson Jim Madalinsky said.

A deacon subdued the shooter.

It's not immediately clear if Polite has legal representation. He’s due back in court for a preliminary hearing on May 13. 

Cindy Davis and Ben Jordan, who live next door to the Polites, told NBC News that they were surprised to hear of the attempted church shooting. Davis described both Bernard Polite and Derek Polite as quiet and nice, noting she’d see Bernard play football with people in the area. 

A relative of Bernard and Derek Polite, who did not wish to be identified by name, told NBC News they were at a Cinco de Mayo party when they saw the video of the attempted church shooting on Facebook and people recognized Bernard Polite. 

The relative said they drove to Derek Polite’s house to check on him, found him dead and called 911. 

The family is “just in total shock,” the relative said. They “don’t have any words … because we just never would’ve imagined it.”

The relative said that Bernard had moved in with Derek several years ago and has a history of mental illness but that there have been no alarming incidents since he has been in the Pittsburgh area. 

Allegheny County police also said no one has reported concerns about Bernard in recent weeks to the police department.

To all the Black firearm owners who support the Second Amendment or former president Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential race, I just want to say...

"YOU'RE GONNA BE SHOT BY POLICE TOO!"

The National Rifle Association never reacts to lawful exercise of firearm use when a Black, Hispanic, Arab, Muslim, Indigenous, LGBTQ or underage teen of color is carrying them.

It is automatic dehumanizing from the far right, police unions and the junk food media.

When white men, women or even some Asians are carrying firearms, the NRA is often parading them around like they're heroes and protectors of freedom.

Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.

You notice when Blacks are owning or posing with firearms, the junk food media calls it disturbing. When white people are posing with firearms, they are patriotic and expressing freedom.

No remorse.

I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

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" themselves from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.

 

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, X and other extreme outlets. They force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. Let them know this law on TikTok is a ban on free speech. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism.

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. We have rampant gun violence happening in the country every day. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.

What Happened To Roger Fortson?

What will be the excuse for the Oskaloosa County sheriff? They shot a Black U.S. service man.

To all the Black firearm owners who support the Second Amendment or former president Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential race, I just want to say...

"YOU'RE GONNA BE SHOT BY POLICE TOO!"

The National Rifle Association never reacts to lawful exercise of firearm use when a Black, Hispanic, Arab, Muslim, Indigenous, LGBTQ or underage teen of color is carrying them.

It is automatic dehumanizing from the far right, police unions and the junk food media.

When white men, women or even some Asians are carrying firearms, the NRA is often parading them around like they're heroes and protectors of freedom.

In about 45 states, I believe it is lawful for you to walk down a street with a firearm.

If you're a Black man walking down the street with a firearm, the random 911 call or the visual spotting from a police officer merits an automatic drawl of a service weapon.

Police officers within seconds are either shooting or premeditated an excuse to use force.

The unions back up their claims of "fearing for their lives" despite the perpetrator not even firing a round. Given that the junk food media loves to paint the aggressor as the victim, the police officer is given the benefit of doubt. The person police shot usually do not get any ounce of doubt. A mugshot of a suspect or a picture of a person posing with money or firearms automatically draws far right conclusions to justification of force.

Even fleeing from police with a firearm and not even pointing at them results in police shootings. 

If a person does survive, the state still charges the person for a crime despite the state allowing open carry and lawful possession.

So I just want to say that the Second Amendment is White, period.

Again.

Oskaloosa County, Florida. 

Where a mere two months ago, a deputy resigned after he fired his service weapon into his cruiser with an unarmed suspected handcuffed inside. He claimed that he was fired on but in reality, an acorn fell on the hood and this idiot reacted with gunfire.

He is still under investigation despite his resignation. The person they arrested was unharmed but shaken. The charges were later dropped.

So here we go again.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, a failed presidential candidate, typical defender of Israel, police brutality and one sided free speech is likely going to slow walk his Florida state authorities from releasing body camera footage. 

Florida is an open carry and stand your ground state. Literally anyone can walk into a public facility with a firearm if they are not posing a threat. So if a suspect was walking into a bank with a firearm not hoisted, it is perfectly legal.

So once again, the Oskaloosa Sheriff Department is trying to justify the shooting of an active U.S. Air Force member after a routine call.

The U.S. Air Force said an airman based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, was shot and killed Friday during an incident involving a sheriff’s deputy.

Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement released Monday.

A deputy responding to the call of a disturbance in progress “reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun,” the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday.

Fortson was taken to a hospital where he died, officials said. The deputy involved was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident.

Fortson was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron as a special missions aviator, where one of his roles as a member of the squadron’s AC-130J Ghostrider aircrew was to load the gunship’s 30mm and 105mm cannons during missions.

In a statement late Tuesday, Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the incident and the State Attorney’s Office will conduct an independent review. He said the sheriff’s office was “saddened” by the shooting.

The Air Force’s 1st Special Operations Wing said its priorities are “providing casualty affairs service to the family, supporting the squadron during this tragic time, and ensuring resources are available for all who are impacted.”

Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.

You notice when Blacks are owning or posing with firearms, the junk food media calls it disturbing. When white people are posing with firearms, they are patriotic and expressing freedom.

I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

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" themselves from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.

 

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, X and other extreme outlets. They force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. Let them know this law on TikTok is a ban on free speech. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism.

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. We have rampant gun violence happening in the country every day. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.

Cannon Fire!

The federal judge in the Trump classified documents trial postponed indefinitely.

Special prosecutor Jack Smith is going to request for a judge because U.S. District Court judge Alieen Cannon is incompetent. While she is within her right to hold a trial or not, the former president, Donald J. Trump is not above the law and this will show how unprecedented her legal skills are.

Donald J. Trump represents the very definition of white privilege. 

The trial had been scheduled to start May 20 but it was postponed indefinitely.

“The Court ... determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture—before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming—would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury,” Cannon wrote Tuesday. “CIPA” is a reference to the Classified Information Procedures Act.

“The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice,” she added.

Cannon also scheduled additional hearings on some of the pending issues, with the first one in May and the last one in late July. That schedule would mean the case is unlikely to go to trial before August. Trump has argued that going to trial in the weeks before the November election would amount to political interference because he should otherwise be campaigning.

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith will use his legal authority to get federal judge Alieen Cannon removed.

Trump is waiting on a Supreme Court decision about his claim of presidential immunity in a separate federal case in Washington, D.C., where he is accused of crimes related to the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

He has argued that any decision in that case could influence his other criminal cases, including the ongoing hush money trial in New York.

Trump faces dozens of felony charges, including willful retention of national defense information, false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record and corruptly concealing a document. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira have also pleaded not guilty to the related charges against them. Special counsel Jack Smith has accused Nauta, who was Trump’s valet and continued to work for him after he left the White House, and De Oliveira, a property manager at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, of seeking to erase security video at Mar-a-Lago after the Justice Department sought to obtain it. De Oliveira is also accused of making false statements to prosecutors.

Trump Wants To Defy The Gag Order!

The king of white privilege wants to show how tough he is in jail.

Donald J. Trump represents the very definition of white privilege. While others are jailed or forced to pay hefty fines for defying a court order, Trump complains about the very system he claimed to swore an oath to is unfair. He basically blaming President Joe Biden for his legal woes. He is still insulting the judge, the prosecutors and wasting the federal and state courts time with these ridiculous appeals.

Tell me a person who held on to top secret documents and defied an order from the U.S. government to return them immediately or face the consequences. Yeah, Biden and Mike Pence had classified documents at their homes. But they headed an order and returned without any consequences. 

Tell me, if Biden tried to intimidate state and federal officials into not granting certification of a president-elect would he be subjected to the same standards as Trump?

Would the far right be calling for an arrest if Biden declared the elections were stolen and Americans would be denied their votes were counted?

Trump rallies aren't as huge as they were in 2015 and 2016. Practically, they are in the hundreds not the thousands. Many of his supporters come from other communities or states to see him regurgitate the same noise. He doesn't talk about his presidency or what his plans are for a new term. He just constantly complains about Biden and how the 2020 election was stolen. Many of his supporters still think he is actually the president.

He is not campaigning as much. Thanks to the trial, he is mostly doing random stops and often fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago. He still has his appeal case where the state of New York fined him over $450 million for tax fraud. He also faces his Georgia election interference trial and is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on how the U.S. government can handle a former president. He has two federal court trials.

If the Supreme Court rules in Trump's favor, it will ensure that Trump, Biden and future presidents are no longer held accountable for criminal acts.

It may be a good thing for Trump. The protests are not focused on him for now.

Biden is getting them because of his "ironclad" support for Israel. It is driving him down and many are not supporting him because of it.

The U.S. Secret Service has talked to the New York State Police and New York Department of Corrections. Since he has protection because of him being a former president and a presidential candidate, Trump being jailed is going to be a hefty task.

Justice Juan Merchan said the nine $1,000 fines he had imposed previously did not seem to be deterring the wealthy business mogul from violating the order, which bars him from speaking publicly about the jurors and witnesses in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

“I do not want to impose a jail sanction and have done everything I can to avoid doing so. But I will if necessary,” Merchan said at the start of the trial's 12th day before the jury entered.

Imprisonment would be an unprecedented step in the historic trial, which stems from a hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the final weeks of the 2016 election.

After Merchan's ruling, jurors heard testimony from former Trump employees that could bolster prosecutors' case that Trump falsified business records to cover up the hush money payment.

Trump has pleaded not guilty and denies wrongdoing.

Merchan warned Trump to stop following conspiracy theories and posting information about witness on Truth Social.

As he imposed the fine, Merchan said he considered jail time “truly the last resort” as it would disrupt the trial, pose extraordinary security challenges and complicate the 2024 presidential election, in which the Republican Trump seeks to win the White House back from Democratic President Joe Biden.

But the judge said Trump’s “continued, willful” violations of the gag order amounted to a “direct attack on the rule of law.”

Merchan imposed the 10th $1,000 fine on Monday for an April 22 broadcast interview in which the former president said: "That jury was picked so fast - 95% Democrats. The area's mostly all Democrat."

Merchan found that other statements flagged by prosecutors that mentioned witnesses Michael Cohen and David Pecker did not violate the gag order.

The order prevents Trump from making statements about jurors, witnesses and families of the judge and prosecutors if meant to interfere with the case. Violations are punishable by fines of up to $1,000 or jail time of up to 30 days.

Last week Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for nine social media posts that he ruled had violated the gag order.

Trump complains frequently that the gag order limits his ability to make his case to voters in his comeback White House bid.

"He's taken away my constitutional right to speak," Trump told reporters outside the courtroom, before the judge fined him.

Prosecutors on Monday later showed jurors business records that documented payments totaling $420,000 from Trump to Cohen, his former fixer and personal lawyer.

Those payments were listed as legal fees, but prosecutors say they were actually meant to reimburse Cohen for paying $130,000 to Daniels to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump in 2006.

Trump denies ever having had sex with Daniels.

Prosecutors say the $420,000 paid by Trump was meant to cover the $130,000 Cohen paid to Daniels, along with $50,000 in other expenses he had incurred. Trump doubled that total to account for taxes and also included a $60,000 year-end bonus, they say.

A former controller in Trump's organization, Jeffrey McConney, testified that he was not aware of any other instance in which the Trump Organization reimbursed someone so generously.

McConney said he never spoke with Trump about the payments but was told by the company's top finance official Allen Weisselberg that they were reimbursements.

Another former Trump employee, Deborah Tarasoff, walked the jury through the 34 invoices, ledger entries and checks stemming from the payments to Cohen, which were made on a monthly basis after Trump won the election. Each represents one of the 34 counts in the indictment against Trump.

Most of the checks were signed by Trump personally, and prosecutors highlighted his tall, looping signature in thick ink for the jury.

Prosecutors say the payment to Daniels corrupted the 2016 election by keeping the news from voters, at a time when Trump's treatment of women was a central issue in his campaign against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

They say the altered business records covered up election-law and tax-law violations that elevate the 34 counts Trump faces from misdemeanors to felonies punishable by up to four years in prison.

If found guilty, Trump could face up to four years in prison, though defendants typically face fines and probation.

The main players in the case have yet to testify, including Cohen and Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

The case features sordid allegations of adultery and secret payoffs, but it is widely seen as less consequential than three other criminal prosecutions Trump faces. It is the only one certain to go to trial before the Nov. 5 presidential election.

The other cases charge him with trying to overturn his 2020 presidential defeat and mishandling classified documents after leaving office. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all three.

Senate Republicans Threaten International Criminal Court Prosecutors!

Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell would protect the Devil if he was prime minister of the ethnostate of Israel.

The party of "law and order" is not the Republican or Democratic Party. The lawmakers both have zero respect for the Constitution. The constituents are always left behind. Before you cast a vote for any individuals to the House, the Senate, a governorship, a state legislation or the President of the United States, please look at the issues that matter

I was an open minded voter at one time. Now I became a single issue voter. Israel is that red line for me.

I can no longer be on the side of the Democratic Party or even embrace the Republican Party.

If President Joe Biden does win a second term, I will become an independent. If Donald J. Trump becomes president again, I will still become an independent. If any third party or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. becomes the president, I will still become an independent.

Threatening international bodies like the ICC is the behavior of lawless states, which is precisely what our government will become if it punishes an international body for daring to prosecute war criminals. We urge @POTUS & the Senate to condemn this letter. https://t.co/5RNP2ZGNjH

— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) May 6, 2024

The International Criminal Court is considering charging Benjamin Netanyahu, Isaac Herzog and Israeli officials for war crimes. U.S. lawmakers quickly denounced it and warned the ICC that they are playing a dangerous game.

A letter was leaked with 12 U.S. Senators signing off on it claiming that if the ICC carries out the criminal charges while ignoring Iran, Syria, China and Russia, then members of the court could face sanctions and a permanent ban to the United States.

The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has appealed for an end to what it calls intimidation of its staff, saying such threats could constitute an offence against the “administration of justice” by the world’s permanent war crimes court.

The Hague-based office of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement on Friday that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials must cease immediately.

While the prosecutor’s statement did not mention Israel, it was issued after Israeli and US officials have warned of consequences against the ICC if it issues arrest warrants over Israel’s war on Gaza.

“The Office seeks to engage constructively with all stakeholders whenever such dialogue is consistent with its mandate under the Rome Statute to act independently and impartially,” Khan’s office said.

“That independence and impartiality is undermined, however, when individuals threaten to retaliate against the Court or against Court personnel should the Office, in fulfillment of its mandate, make decisions about investigations or cases falling within its jurisdiction.”

It added that the Rome Statute, which outlines the ICC’s structure and areas of jurisdiction, prohibits threats against the court and its officials.

Over the past week, media reports have indicated that the ICC might issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over the country’s conduct in Gaza.

The court may prosecute individuals for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The Israeli military has killed nearly 35,000 people in Gaza and destroyed large parts of the territory since the start of the war on October 7.

News of possible ICC charges against Israeli officials led to an intense pushback by the country and its allies in the United States.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu released a video message rebuking the court. “Israel expects the leaders of the free world to stand firmly against the ICC outrageous assault on Israel’s inherent right of self-defence,” he said.

“We expect them to use all the means at their disposal to stop this dangerous move.”

In Washington, several legislators called on President Joe Biden to intervene and thwart any ICC action against Israel.

“It would be a fatal blow to the judicial and moral standing of ICC to pursue this path against Israel,” Democratic Senator John Fetterman wrote in a social media post this week.

In 2021, the Biden administration lifted US sanctions against ICC officials that had been imposed by former President Donald Trump.

Israel and the US have not ratified the Rome Statute, but Palestine, a permanent observer state at the United Nations, has accepted the court’s jurisdiction.

The court has been investigating possible Israeli abuses in the occupied Palestinian territory since 2021. Khan has said his team is investigating alleged war crimes in the ongoing war in Gaza.

In October, Khan said the court had jurisdiction over any potential war crimes committed by Hamas fighters in Israel and by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Kim Goodwin Out At ABC News!

ABC News president out.

Just weeks after Rob Marciano was fired out the cannon, ABC News president Kim Goodwin is out as well. The Walt Disney Media Company which owns ABC News has struggled with programming. Calling it an early retirement.

Although ABC has No. 1 with ABC News Tonight with David Muir, the other shows are not doing so well.

Goodwin was the one responsible for firing Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes after it was revealed the two were involved while married to their former spouses.

Also she was responsible for icing Whoopi Goldberg after The View host criticized Israel and the AIPAC influence on politicians. She also said the Holocaust was not about race.

Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, said Sunday she was retiring from the business. Debra O’Connell said she will be in charge “for the time being” as it looks ahead.

Godwin inherited a news division where its two most important programs, “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America,” led rivals at CBS and NBC in the ratings. They’re still ahead, although “Good Morning America” has seen some slippage amid the messy departures of anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, and Cecilia Vega’s jump to CBS News.

Godwin was recruited as an outsider from CBS News and was beset by grumbling about her management style that made it into print.

In a note to staff members, Godwin said she understood and appreciated the significance of being the first Black woman to hold such a prominent broadcast news role.

“It’s both a privilege and a debt to those who chipped away at the ceiling before me to lead a team whose brand is synonymous with trust, integrity and a dogged determination to be the best in the business,” she wrote.

After working at ABC, CBS, NBC and at 10 local news stations in nine cities, Godwin said she’s quitting the business.

“I leave with my head held high and wish the entire team continued success,” she wrote.

What About The Rest Of Us?

Is Congress gonna protect a Black woman while she was racially heckled by an Ole Miss white fraternity?

If Jewish Americans are not feeling safe, what about the rest of us?

President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are sucking the cock of Israel. I am so frustrated with Biden and it will cost him my support.

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— Young Democrats of America (@youngdems) May 4, 2024

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— Young Democrats of America (@youngdems) May 4, 2024

While Congress is trying to ban criticism of Israel, an incident in Mississippi by a fraternity towards a Black woman shows the brutal reactions from folks who still believe in the status quo. A far right agitator staged an eye injury at Yale.

Israel has banned Al Jazeera from the West Bank. The network has covered the war and several of their journalists were killed by the evil regime in doing so. The Israelis are trying to ban networks that don't tow the line. Basically claiming that Hamas runs it and it was telling strategic locations of IDF killers. The usual Israel says bullshit. 

The Israeli regime shuts down Al Jazeera because they cover the war and it holds this evil country accountable.

The U.S. condemned Russia when they banned journalists and media outlets. Israel is doing it and the U.S. has not raise one ounce of anger. Just like the killing of the World Central Kitchen aid workers, not one investigation by the FBI because the U.S. is putting its trust in Israel. The deaths of Americans killed by Israel barely get Biden to say enough is enough. He will be fanning "phony outrage" while giving unconditional aid to Israel.

This should be a layup. Peaceful protest is a protected right. Chanting “burn Tel Aviv to the ground” and breaking into university buildings is NOT. I can’t understand why it’s so hard for people to condemn this and say that doesn’t represent their movement. pic.twitter.com/sTQpqEgOoO

— Congressman Jared Moskowitz (@RepMoskowitz) May 1, 2024

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) are the Thought Police. Instead of worrying about their goddamn U.S. Congressional Districts, they are trying to fast track legislation to ban criticism of Israel. They passed with overwhelming support and it heads to the Senate where it is expected to pass.

X account @StopArabHate is my new go to for exposing racists. The Zionists who support Israel are chanting genocidal rhetoric. They are calling for protesters to be fired from their jobs. They are calling for protesters to be raped. They are calling for protesters to be arrested and physically assaulted.

One in the same.

They try to infiltrate protests.

They do mock interviews with protesters to make them look like idiots when its presented on cable news. They play the victim when some minor scuffle happens when they're the ones who instigated it.

It is time to shame these losers.

Winners and losers of 2024.

Sahar Tartak faked a injury when she tried to heckle pro Palestinian protesters at Yale in late April.

After this Yale student jabbed my eye with his flag, I tried to yell and run after him. But the people in this video made a human blockade to stop me from confronting my assaulter. They stood in front of me in a line throughout the night pic.twitter.com/R4LfHqN6TN

— Sahar Tartak🇮🇱🇺🇸 (@sahar_tartak) April 21, 2024

It's worse than you think pic.twitter.com/3v0p06MOHf

— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) May 3, 2024

This stupid bitch claimed a flag stabbed her in the eye. Then she went to many of these junk food media platforms to claim that because she was a Jew she didn't feel safe and the protesters were attacking her. I'm surprised she has sight long enough to write a damn column for some far right propaganda. This bitch was cap and the media treated her like a victimized girl. 

The new Laura Loomer. The ugly truth about Sahar Tartak.

There no consequences for someone who fakes a damn injury. 

Tartak's scam was to paint peaceful protests against Israel as an attack on Jews. No one knew who she was unless she tried to provoke some engagement.

This bitch is trying to be the next Laura Loomer. Or maybe Tara Reade. 

PROUD AMERICANS: Anti-Israel agitators silenced as Ole Miss students gather to sing the Star Spangled Banner. pic.twitter.com/9giEh98qVK

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2024

A lot of these frat boys that warmed Gov. @TateReeves' heart by singing the National Anthem as a rebuke to anti-genocide protestors also chanted "Lizzo! Lizzo! Lizzo!" at the same Black woman and hurled obscenities at her.pic.twitter.com/gUNYgUR7YL

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) May 3, 2024

Mike Collins is breaking out his robe and hood pic.twitter.com/dprOgbCA97

— EarthSong (@Chanharp) May 3, 2024

The only flag that should be flying at our universities is the American flag.

End of discussion. https://t.co/Nr0PHUcUxo

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 1, 2024

1) What fraternity does he represent? That fraternity’s national leadership needs to be contacted immediately and that frat should be barred from campus.

2) We have recently seen endless conversations and action items created about antisemitism, but I’m guessing that same energy… https://t.co/JvuTXYaMqK

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 3, 2024

JP Staples and several of his frat brothers at Ole Miss [University of Mississippi] are shutting down social media and scrubbing their history after online sleuths outed him for being one of the dickheads who heckled a Black woman by making monkey sounds. The fraternity called her Lizzo because she was overweight.

Freshman lawmaker Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and Fox were praising these morons. Collins is a MAGA idiot.

He and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) were backed by AIPAC despite they're election deniers, trying to intentionally interference in Jack Smith's investigation into Trump and lackluster job as representatives from the 10th and 14th Districts of Georgia.

America is becoming Israel. The police are brutally arresting peaceful protesters.

“Ole Miss taking care of business,” Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a with a link to the video showing the racist jeers.

The Associated Press left voicemail messages for Collins on Friday at his offices in Georgia and Washington and sent an email to his spokesperson, asking for an explanation of what Collins meant. There was no immediate response.

The taunting brought sharp criticism on and off campus.

“Students were calling for an end to genocide. They were met with racism,” James M. Thomas, a sociology professor at the University of Mississippi, wrote Friday on X.

A Trump supporter named Hanna Sedwick who runs on the TikTok handle @hannasedwickkk share a viral video of these dickheads singing the Star Spangled Banner while waving American and Israeli flags. Fox called these hecklers "Proud Americans." Some folks called out Fox for not noticing the KKK in the handle.

Mind you their free speech is protected and praised. But when it comes to protesters who call Israel a criminal state, an apartheid state, an ethno-state and a evil regime, idiots like Jared Moskowitz is trying to ban it. This idiot is a Florida Democrat from Coral Springs, Florida and he represents Fort Lauderdale and Parkland.

6:16 In LA Over Family Matters!

Damn near 40 year old rappers getting personal.

The winners and losers of 2024.

It got beefy over in the hip-hop world.

Kendrick Lamar released another diss on Drake. And Drake responded.

So I am get to the point.

K. DOT AND DRIZZY, y'all need to put an album out or patch it up because your fans are loving it, your security is tightening up and the fears of violence are looming.

Kendrick Lamar released "6:16 in LA", "Not Like Us" and "Meet The Grahams."

Drake released "Family Matters."

Drake hints more on the way. Kendrick got more coming.

I see K Dot got a damn EP of disses to Drake. I am calling it an obsession because the Compton rapper is devoted to just running the Toronto rapper down. If you see the strategic skills of Drake and how his music is played on radio more than Kendrick...well I'll just leave it here.

Drake is a pop rapper. Ain't no shame in his game. He makes millions and has numerous hits. Even his worst songs are making chart.

Kendrick Lamar is a pop rapper too. But he is a political conscious rapper who got the skills to make chart hits. He got the backing of Dr. Dre who made Eminem, 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak very successful. He has brought Compton back with lyrics. The Game couldn't do it because he too invested in shock value and name dropping.

This feud hasn't gotten violent yet. But I am guessing both rappers are hiring more security and begging radio not to play their singles. I am guessing SiriusXM's Sound42 banned K. Dot and Rozay spins. Future probably got banned too.

Drake suddenly having feuds with not only Kendrick Lamar but The Weeknd, Metro Boomin, Future, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky and his old enemies Kanye West and Pusha T.

Drake had collaborated with Rick Ross, Future and Metro Boomin the most.

The Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud is an ongoing conflict between Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar which escalated in March 2024 after the release of "Like That". Lamar has since been supported by Future, Metro Boomin, the Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross, and Kanye West. Drake has also been in a feud with Kanye West since 2018. Their first collaboration was on the song "Buried Alive Interlude" from Drake's 2011 album Take Care. Lamar first took a shot at Drake on the 2013 song "Control" by Big Sean. In 2023, J. Cole proposed on the track "First Person Shooter" from Drake's album For All the Dogs that he, Drake, and Lamar were the "Big Three" of hip hop music.

The conflict escalated in March 2024 when Lamar rejected Cole's proposal on the song "Like That". Cole then responded to Lamar on the diss track "7 Minute Drill” which he deleted after apologizing on stage. Drake then released the songs "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made" in April, with the latter containing AI vocals from rappers Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. "Taylor Made" was deleted from social media after Shakur's estate disapproved of the song and threatened Drake with legal action.

In response, Lamar released the song "Euphoria" on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 and "6:16 in LA" on Friday, May 3, 2024. Drake responded with "Family Matters" on Saturday, May 4, 2024; less than an hour later, Lamar released another diss track, "Meet the Grahams".

Bird Flu On The Rise!

The silent pandemic.

It's happening all over again.

A potential pandemic is coming and the U.S. is either too busy giving billions to Israel while Americans are paying more in groceries, rent, tuition, gasoline and services. The Biden Administration is prepared hopefully. Republican lawmakers and governors will wait til the last minute before they actually take the threat seriously.

Congress is an all time low.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are at an all time low.

Former president Donald J. Trump is at an all time low.

The public perception of the junk food media is at an all time low.

Wondering why?

The dangers of an infectious disease spreading from wild animals to humans is concerning. 

The Drudge Report which turned on Trump and Biden has splashed Bird Flu Fears Rise.

CBS News is reporting that one man contracted the disease and refused to rat out his employer. Animals are contracting the disease and it could pose a threat to diary, meat and the consumer goods industry.

Bird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency's scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this "pandemic potential" virus this year, they said in a new report.

Epidemiologists from the agency were ultimately unable to access a Texas dairy farm where a human was infected with the virus in March, they disclosed in attachments to the report published Friday by the New England Journal of Medicine. That prevented investigators from being able to investigate how workers might have been exposed to the virus on the farm. 

That is because the dairy worker who came to a Texas field office for testing "did not disclose the name of their workplace," said Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services. 

They also were unable to collect follow-up samples from the dairy farm worker or their contacts, which could have revealed missed cases as well as tracking the virus and antibodies against it in the body after an infection.

The worker did not wear protective eye goggles or a face mask that could have protected them from the virus, the report said. The virus was likely transmitted through their contaminated hands or droplets of the virus from sick cows.

H5N1 was likely spreading through dairy farms via the high concentrations of the virus found in the raw milk of infected cows, authorities said previously. 

The virus had been circulating in cows for an estimated four months before it was confirmed by labs on March 25, according to a draft report from U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists released Thursday.

A mutation to the virus in wild birds, a specific "clade" of the virus that scientists call 2.3.4.4b, appears to have enabled bird flu to jump into cows. Multiple herds were likely infected during that initial spillover before the birds migrated north, officials have said.

Since then, at least nine states have detected cow infections from the virus. Cows largely recover from H5N1, unlike the mass die-offs seen in other species. Some herds with infected cows have also remained asymptomatic and are continuing to produce milk.

Experiments run by the Food and Drug Administration show that pasteurized milk remains safe to drink, despite traces of the virus found in samples from grocery stores. The outbreak has also prompted a renewed warning not to drink raw milk, which has been linked to deaths of other animals like cats. 

The ongoing outbreak is also in stark contrast to how the virus has spread in other mammals infected by the virus, which have generally resulted in what USDA scientists called "dead end hosts."

A handful of variants with potentially worrying mutations have also since been spotted in cows, the USDA analysis found. If those variants become dominant, it could change the disease caused by H5N1 or make spread to other animals or humans more likely.

The virus from cows has also been spotted spreading out of dairy farms into nearby wild birds and poultry, likely ferried by contaminated milk droplets and surfaces.

Questions also remain about the exact origins of the virus that infected the Texas dairy worker. While the H5N1 sequence from the human case is closely related to those found in dairy herds, the agency's analysis found it also differs in some key ways.

Those genetic differences suggest the human was infected by "an early, slightly different virus" that was circulating in cows before the current cases, or that multiple spillovers may have actually occurred. 

While sequences collected from sick cows on the worker's dairy farm could have helped CDC scientists answer those questions, samples were "not available for analysis."

Mike Lawler And Majorie Taylor Greene Battle For The Most Insufferable Lawmaker This Month!

Even Greene thinks Congress goes too far when it comes to backing Israel.

For once I actually agree with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the most insufferable House member of the laziest 118th Congress. She with 20 Republicans and 70 Democrats voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

It is a controversial bill because it advocates the notion that criticism of the state of Israel amounts to antisemitism. The bill wants to outlaw any form of antisemitism including the claims of Jews controlling the media, AIPAC is all about the Benjamins, or Israel is no better than Nazi Germany. The "thought police" are trying to punish free speech and criticism of a foreign government. This was brought courtesy of the Anti-Defamation League and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, two foreign operatives working on behalf of Israel.

When antisemitism accusations are exploited for political purposes, especially to counter criticism of Israel, it may be described variously as a weaponization of antisemitism, instrumentalization of antisemitism, or playing the antisemitism card. Such accusations have been criticized as a form of smear tactics and an "appeal to motive". Some writers have compared this to playing the race card. When used against Jews, it may take the form of the pejorative claim of "self-hating Jew".

The Republicans and Democrats who voted against HB 6090 are standing on the right of this latest culture war.

The bill is headed to the Senate, where it is expected to pass, and then to Biden’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.

Pro-Palestine Jewish organizations have denounced the bill, such as the Boston chapter of If Not Now, who labeled it “a bill that criminalizes criticism of Israel for a false promise of Jewish safety.” Jewish Voice for Peace Action, the political advocacy arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, said the bill “would do nothing to fight antisemitism. Instead, it would enable repression of students and faculty advocating for Palestinian rights.”

The Act adopts the definition of antisemitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an organization which states, “Manifestations [of antisemitism] might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.” 

The organization also states that anti-semitism includes “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” “applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation,” “using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis,” “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis,” and “holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.”

Republicans and Democrats denounced college protests against Israel. The police have gotten violent towards protesters. Pro Israel supporters have instigated confrontations.

Then when they are catching a fade, they cry to the junk food media about not being safe.

Since the Columbia University protests launched, other colleges and universities joined in solidarity. President Joe Biden continues to support Israel despite the Democratic base warning him that he may not win full support come election time.

Greene who is known for peddling bullshit got into a feud with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). The two who are endorsed by AIPAC and very much supportive of the evil Israeli regime have reacted to Greene calling them out for doing what "the left" does when they try to silence conservatives.

Since George Soros is Jewish and funds the radical left including the Pro-Hamas Protests breaking out on college campuses, thanks to Mike Lawler’s new Antisemitism bill, college kids who speak out against Soros could be convicted of being Antisemitic.

Talk about opening… https://t.co/RRDmWPiCU8

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 2, 2024

And yet in both instances, more than two thirds of Congress voted with me.

The bill simply codifies President Trump’s executive order into law — it does not ban the Bible or limit free speech.#MoscowMarjorie has gone off the deep end — maybe the result of a space laser. https://t.co/SAtXawUllR

— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) May 3, 2024

🚨#LaserBeamGreene continues peddling BLATANT LIES & CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

Mike Lawler’s bill CODIFIES President Trump’s definition of anti-semitism.

Greene voted ONCE AGAIN with pro-Hamas Ilhan Omar, while Jewish students are under assault by hateful, violent mobs on campus! https://t.co/BeaBTEhieG pic.twitter.com/lEhYSPeU6K

— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) May 3, 2024

Sending in militarized police and snipers to stop students from exercising their First Amendment rights is truly disgusting.

Why are my colleagues and the mainstream media more outraged over these anti-war protests than they are about the over 35,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza? pic.twitter.com/EwLqRrS2we

— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) May 1, 2024

Greene wrote on X, “Since George Soros is Jewish and funds the radical left including the Pro-Hamas Protests breaking out on college campuses, thanks to Mike Lawler’s new Antisemitism bill, college kids who speak out against Soros could be convicted of being Antisemitic.”

“Talk about opening Pandora’s box,” she added.

Republicans and Fox can't keep that man's name out their mouths. If Soros wanted to sue for defamation, I can only imagine Fox claiming that he is a public figure and the far right network has a right to express their opinions.

Mediaite wrote that Soros, a Jewish billionaire who funds left-wing causes, has long been a kind of boogeyman on the American right with wild conspiracy theories floated regarding him and the policies he advocates for. PolitiFact fact-checked claims that Soros has funded the protest, writing, “Soros’ grant-making organization, Open Society Foundations, has awarded grants to two groups that the New York Post article linked to the demonstrations, but the connections between Soros’ money and specific campus protesters had several degrees of separation.”

Thought Police Officer Mike Lawler reporting for duty. New York Republican lawmaker sponsored controversial bill.

Lawler replied to Greene, writing, “And yet in both instances, more than two thirds of Congress voted with me.”

“The bill simply codifies President Trump’s executive order into law — it does not ban the Bible or limit free speech. #MoscowMarjorie has gone off the deep end — may be the result of a space laser,” he added, referring to Greene’s wild 2018 claim that Jewish-controlled space lasers caused deadly California wildfires.

Lawler replied to a user on X who said he sounded like a leftist in his criticism of Greene, saying, “When you offer ridiculous takes and conspiracy theories, you deserve ridiculous nicknames.” 

Gimenez also blasted Greene for her criticism of Lawler.

Greene, in the past, has spun many baseless conspiracy theories based on tragic events including questioning if a plane really hit the Pentagon on 9/11 and suggesting that mass shootings are false flag operations.

“I’ve got a question for you. How do you get avid gun owners, and people who support the Second Amendment, to give up their guns and go along with anti-gun legislation? How do you do that?” Greene said in a video she released on social media before becoming a member of Congress in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 that killed 60 people.

“Maybe you accomplish that by performing a mass shooting into a crowd that is very likely to be conservative, very likely to vote Republican, very likely to be Trump supporters, very likely to be pro-Second Amendment, and very likely to own guns,” she said of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.