Monday, June 17, 2024

Trump Calls Milwaukee "Horrible" Weeks Away From GOP Convention!

Beautiful skyline of Milwaukee.

Are you tired of Republicans bashing American cities?

It is almost like they don't have any need for the crucial votes they need to win an election.

Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest city. It is 95 miles from Chicago and 80 miles from state capital Madison. To get to Green Bay it's about 130 miles on Interstate 41 (U.S. 41) and 116 miles on Interstate 43.

Milwaukee has a population of 558,000. 

The Midwest is the Rust Belt.

Chicago, Columbus and Indianapolis are the largest communities in the Midwest.

The only communities growing in the Midwest is Columbus, Madison, Kansas City, Lincoln, Grand Rapids, Appleton, Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas.

The states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota will be in play. 

While I have Minnesota going to President Joe Biden by 1.5 to 2 points, Michigan and Wisconsin seems like a toss up.

Ohio and Iowa will go to former president Donald J. Trump.

As the Republican Party prepares for the Republican National Convention in mid-July, they are doing damage control for the remarks Trump said about host city Milwaukee.

Biden greets Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore and Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson.

Republicans are expecting protests because of the Supreme Court, Israel and Trump's convictions.

The previous cities the Republican Party held their conventions were Charlotte/Washington, DC (pandemic) and Cleveland.

Democrats will hold the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They are expecting massive protests because of Biden's refusal to cut aid to Israel.

The Democrats previously held their convention in Milwaukee/Wilmington, Delaware (pandemic) and Philadelphia.

Trump known for using dog whistle politics knew what he was saying when he called Milwaukee a "horrible" city.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has stated that electing Trump now that he is a convicted felon is a reckless gamble. Trump now trashing Wisconsin makes Ryan even more him critical of the Republican Party. 

The comment, first reported by Punchbowl News while the meeting was in progress, immediately drew disagreements from those there about what Trump meant.

Several congressmen who support Trump and attended the meeting argued he was referring to crime and voter fraud. Trump frequently denounces Democratic-led cities as unsafe — even as violent crime decreased nationally in the most recent FBI statistics — and repeats falsehoods about his loss in the 2020 election.

Trump and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.

President Joe Biden’s campaign and his Democratic allies pounced on the reported remark even as Wisconsin Republicans contested how it was being interpreted. Biden posted a photo on the X social platform of himself greeting the Milwaukee Bucks after their 2021 NBA championship with the message: “I happen to love Milwaukee.”

Trump is scheduled to be in Racine, Wisconsin, for a campaign rally on Tuesday, just three weeks before heading to Milwaukee for the convention.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung posted on X that Trump “was talking about how terrible crime and voter fraud are.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who represents western Wisconsin, said Trump was talking about the “terrible or horrible” crime rate in the city.

“He was directly referring to crime in Milwaukee,” said Van Orden, who told The Associated Press he was sitting just feet from the former president.

He said Republicans in the room concurred. “They’re like, yeah, crime is terrible.”

U.S. Rep, Scott Fitzgerald, also from Wisconsin, told WISN-TV in Milwaukee that Trump was referring to election integrity.

“That’s where the comment came from, that Milwaukee’s just terrible,” Fitzgerald said. “What he was talking about was the elections in Milwaukee, their concerns about them.”

But Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, who represents southeast Wisconsin, disputed that Trump made the comment.

“I was in the room,” Steil posted on X. “President Trump did not say this. There is no better place than Wisconsin in July.”

And Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents northern Wisconsin, said he never heard Trump call Milwaukee a “horrible city.”

“What I heard is to make sure there’s election integrity in Milwaukee,” Tiffany said in a telephone interview. “He’s talking about the states that are in play and the states of greatest importance and Wisconsin is top of the list.”

A Trump aide and two attorneys who advised him in 2020 were charged with felonies last week in Wisconsin for their roles in a scheme to get Republicans to cast Wisconsin’s electoral ballots to Trump even though he lost the state.

Government and outside investigationshave uniformly found there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could have swung the 2020 election. But Trump has continued to spread falsehoods about the election, particularly in Wisconsin.

Republican Rep. Jim Banks, of Indiana, said he was also in the room and “Trump never disparaged Milwaukee.”

“Just another Democrat hoax,” Banks posted on X.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, when asked about Trump’s reported remarks, said at a news conference, “If Donald Trump wants to talk about things that he thinks are horrible, all of us lived through his presidency, so right back at you buddy.”

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan will not support Trump in his 2024 bid.

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, a Democrat who represents and lives in Milwaukee, made a nod to Trump’s recent felony convictions in her response. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in New York on July 11, days before the convention opens.

“Once he’s settled in with his parole officer, I am certain he will discover that Milwaukee is a wonderful, vibrant and welcoming city full of diverse neighborhoods and a thriving business community,” Moore posted on X.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is up for reelection this year, said on X that Milwaukee is “part of what makes Wisconsin the best state in the nation. Donald Trump wouldn’t understand even if a jury told him so.” She used the Trump comment in a fundraising plea hours after it was first reported.

Local and statewide Democratic leaders, including Gov. Tony Evers, worked with Republicans to land the convention this summer.

Evers, in response to Trump’s comment, posted on X: “Add it to the list of things Donald Trump is wrong about.” He followed it with an emoji of a clown face.

Milwaukee was supposed to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, but that was moved almost entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Garret Graves Out!

Garret Graves, a U.S. Representative from Baton Rouge retires after his Republican allies threw him under the bus for the more controversial Julia Letlow in redistricting battle.

Another frustrated Republican.

Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) was drawn out of his district due to the Supreme Court's controversial decision on gerrymandering. Mind you that the Court allowed Alabama and Louisiana mandatory redrawing to remain while bucking on Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois and Texas.

Graves announced he will retire at the end of his term. It will be a district that may serve another Black constituency which could earn the Democrats a possible seat.

Graves is a five term U.S. Representative from Baton Rouge has a district that covers portions of the city, Lafayette, Alexandria and parts of Shreveport. The corridor is Interstate 10 and Interstate 49. It is slithered around the Mississippi River.

Graves and Rep. Judy Letlow (R-LA) were on the chopping block with this redistricting.

Letlow was spared. Former president Donald J. Trump and Louisiana Republicans backed her over Graves. The Republicans probably backed her because she's a widow (Republican Rep-elect Luke Letlow died before serving) and her seniority as a two term member. They didn't want a costly and bruising primary battle between the two.

Luke Letlow died from the coronavirus. He was an anti-vaxxer and election denier. 

Letlow resigned from her teaching position to run for the seat.

She easily won and served since 2021.

“After much input from constituents, consultation with supporters, consensus from family, and guidance from the Almighty, it is clear that running for Congress this year does not make sense,” Graves said in a written statement. 

The congressman said he believed Louisiana’s most recent congressional map would eventually be struck down, but not in time for the November election.

“Campaigning in any of these districts now is not fair to any of the Louisianians who will inevitably be tossed into yet another district next year,” he wrote. 

He faced unfavorable options for seeking reelection in November.

State lawmakers, with the blessing of Landry, reconfigured Graves’ 6th Congressional District to have a majority-Black population and favor a Democrat. The congressman could have run in the adjoining 5th District, but it is represented by fellow Republican Julia Letlow, the widow of Graves’ close friend Luke Letlow and the preferred choice of the Republican establishment.

Louisiana’s GOP leaders, including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, made it clear they would back Letlow over Graves in a head-to-head match by issuing a series of early endorsements for her several weeks ago.

Graves with Julia Letlow.

A recent court ruling over Louisiana’s new congressional districts also didn’t go Graves’ way. The map that alters his 6th District will be in effect on Election Day, making it difficult for him to stay in Congress. 

“This has been an amazing experience resulting in thousands of new friendships and unrivaled progress for the area we represent. In this divisive and politically-polarized environment, to receive over 80 percent of the vote in the last election confirms that we were getting it mostly right. Thank you for the opportunity to serve,” Graves said Friday.

The political career of Graves, 52, might have been cut short – at least for the time being – by the collision of two political events.

A federal court insisted Louisiana rework its congressional districts to give Black voters an opportunity at better representation. Graves also got into political fights with two of Louisiana’s most powerful Republicans: Landry and U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

A federal judge told state lawmakers they needed to convert one more of its congressional seats into a majority-Black district to better reflect the state’s demographics. Over 30% of Louisiana residents identify as Black, but only one of the state’s six U.S. House districts had a majority-Black population.

The ruling meant one of Louisiana’s five Republican representatives in Congress was likely to lose their seat. 

Graves made himself the odd man out last year when he toyed with running against Landry for governor. He also didn’t publicly support Scalise’s push to become House speaker, which occurred last fall before Johnson, another Louisiana Republican, won the job.

Legislators didn’t hesitate to target Graves’ district for dismantling when they voted to redraw the congressional districts in January. Legal challenges to the latest congressional map remain but likely won’t alter the makeup before the fall election when Graves would have had to run. 

Graves was first elected to Congress in 2014 to replace Republican Bill Cassidy, who had won a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Graves was a close ally and top lieutenant of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, who tapped him in 2021 as the lead Republican for a select committee on climate.      

He previously worked for former Gov. Bobby Jindal as the head of the state Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. He was also a congressional aide to former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin and Sen. David Vitter.

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Church For Thugs!

Trump goes to a Black congregation at 180 Church to greet out of town lawmakers, former Detroit police chief James Craig, Sada Baby, Icewear Vezzo, Peezy and a lot of white supporters. 

Anyone who believes a convicted felon is suitable to run U.S. president is a goddamn fool.

Republicans and the far right complained when the president and vice president visit Black churches and events.

The far right mock the president when he doesn't dance to Black gospel and soul music.

When the former president goes to a remotely Black or Latino event, the junk food media covers it and the far right exploits it like its the biggest thing he's done in his pathetic 78 years on this planet.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III continue to tell Republicans that their father's legacy is not equal to their agenda. They kindly ask them to stop using their father's name in their political affairs. The Republicans ignore them.

When the far right claims that the president and vice president never visit a Black church, I keep reminding myself that Raphael Warnock is a senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the church Martin Luther King, Jr. served. Warnock is a U.S. Senator and have invited the president, vice president and former president to the church. The president and vice president have attended.

Black men are more inclined to support former president Donald J. Trump because of the perception of an unfair justice system. Instead of talking about how he used his white privilege to delay his criminal trials, he managed to swindle Americans with shoes, NFT cards, signed bibles, phony $2 dollar bills and mugshot t-shirts.

Trump goes to a church in Michigan and the far right calls it a monumental event for the former president and Black voters. Yet in some pictures and videos, you barely see many Black churchgoers. Rep. John James (R-MI), Ben Carson, rappers Icewear Vezzo, Pezzy and Sada Baby, former Detroit Metro Police chief James Craig Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) were in Detroit.

All three of them were outside their district. Craig was ousted from the Metro Police because he is incompetent like he was in police chief in Cincinnati. Carson served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 until 2021. He is a former neurosurgeon who became famous for his trolling towards former president Barack Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast.

There were mass shootings in Michigan. When they don't describe the identity or put a narrative of the shooting, the shooter is likely a white man. 

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) and members of the Michigan U.S. Representative delegation were notified of a mass shooting in Rochester Hills.

Icewear Vezzo (left) and Sada Baby (right) pose with Trump.

On June 15, 2024, 8-10 people were shot in Rochester Hills, Michigan, including children. An 8-year-old boy is in critical condition from the shooting. The shooter committed suicide at their home and his identity has not yet been released to the public. He is described as a 42-year-old White man.

There was another mass shooting in Southfield. 

Turning Point Action was in Detroit doing its annual "America (and Israel) First" convention.

Trump spoke about a myriad of topics in a speech that lasted around 20 minutes, including subjects he’s repeatedly addressed in his campaign, like inflation, Biden’s handling of the U.S. southern border with Mexico and his general opposition to an embrace of electric vehicles. Following the speech, a 20-minute roundtable discussion with small business owners and other community members moderated by U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., took place.

But in a city he only received 5% of the vote in four years ago, he also pitched himself as a better choice for Black voters than Biden, telling a diverse crowd he would crack down on crime, improve the country’s economic outlook and in general, do more for Black Americans than Biden has. 

Rev. Lorenzo Sewell invited Trump and Republicans to his church. Trump did not offer much other than a word vomit of attacks against Biden.

“I knew I should be here,” Trump said as he greeted the crowd. “I’m honored to be in Detroit.”  

Trump said crime, particularly in neighborhoods like the west side one he visited Saturday, would decrease if he returned to the White House. Data recently released by the FBI shows violent crime decreased in the U.S. in 2021 and 2022, after reaching higher levels in 2020. In Michigan, violent crime increased from 2020 to 2021, but decreased below those years in 2022, the data shows.

“The crime is most rampant right here and in African American communities,” he said. “More people see me, and they say, ‘Sir, we want protection, we want the police to protect us.'” 

The whole town hall was Trump rambling and complaining. Nothing more. Nothing less.

And to Kellyanne Conway, there wasn't 8,000 people inside the church.

Other rappers and hip-hop figures who endorsed Trump.
  1. Sexxy Red
  2. Lil Pump
  3. Waka Flocka Flame
  4. Teddy Riley
  5. Kanye West
  6. Benny the Butcher
  7. Forgiato Blow 
  8. Vanilla Ice 
  9. Suge Knight
  10. Kodak Black
  11. DaBaby
  12. Topher
  13. Shoreline Mafia OhGeesy
  14. Ray J
  15. Lil Wayne
  16. Takeshi 6ix9ine
  17. Sheff G
  18. Sleepy Hallow
  19. Sada Baby
  20. Afro Man
  21. Icewear Vezzo
  22. Peezy
Enough of this.

Trump is making inroads with Black men. It is true that Black men see him more positively than Black women. 

Biden has been to Black churches. The far right often attacks him for doing what Trump is trying to do. They call it pandering when Biden does it, but outreach when Trump does it. 

Granted that Biden is a devoted Catholic and attends mass in Washington, DC or Wilmington, Delaware. Trump barely attends church and often golfs on Sunday.

Religion is on the decline. Black churches that advocate Trump either support separatism or some form of discrimination against other minorities and protected classes.

A bullet does not care about color. We all bleed red and so many lives are lost to gun violence and Republicans offer no solutions other than "thoughts and prayers" with a touch of "lock em up."

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

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

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

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Those victims who don't get their names or accomplishments 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. We are tracking police violence as well. 

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 we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism. 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.

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Angela Bofill Passed Away!

R&B and jazz singer Angela Bofill passed away in California.

One of the rare gems of pure R&B and soul has passed away. According to her family and management team, Angela Bofill has passed away at the age of 70.
 
Her debut album Angie was considered on the best R&B albums of the 1970s. 

She released 10 albums in her career spanning over 40 years.

Angela Tomasa Bofill was born on May 2, 1954, in the Brooklyn area of New York City to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother. Raised in The Bronx, Bofill grew up listening to Latin music and was also inspired by African-American performers. During Bofill's childhood, her weekends were taken up studying classical music and singing in New York City's All City Chorus, which featured the best singers from all of the high schools in the five boroughs. For high school, Bofill attended Hunter College High School; graduating in 1972. Bofill later studied at the Manhattan School of Music, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1976.

Bofill is most known for singles such as "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "Angel of the Night", and "I Try". Bofill's career spanned over four decades.

Bofill suffered a stroke on January 10, 2006, and was paralyzed on her left side. She convalesced at Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, and was released from intensive care on January 15, requiring speech and physical therapy. Bofill lacked health insurance, and a benefit concert was organized to pay her hospital bills.

Will Donning with Angela Bofill.

The show was planned by Rich Engel, her manager, and the New York radio stations Kiss FM and WFAN-FM. It took place on March 11, 2006, at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey. Similar events followed, and other aid was sought from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Her album Live from Manila (recorded in September 2004) was released during this time. Bofill suffered a second stroke in July 2007, which required therapy and left both her speech and mobility impaired.

Bofill died on June 13, 2024, at the age of 70 at her daughter’s home in Vallejo, California, as announced by Engel in a post on her Facebook page. 

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Candace Owens And Briahna Joy Gray: America Is Held Hostage By Israel!

Two fired political agitators vow to carry on against Israel and their former employers.

Two controversial Black women who are political agitators were fired from their jobs recently. Both of them expressed concern about America's support of the apartheid ethnostate of Israel. President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., are staunch supporters of Israel. 

Jill Stein is pro Russian and a perennial candidate. Cornel West is anti-establishment and is viewed as somewhat a Black separatist. 

All of them are old and quite out of touch with reality.

Trump has set American democracy back. His one term alone has made America down significantly. Biden is accelerating it by supporting Israel. Biden was fully supportive of kicking Russia out of the Olympics and Eurovision. The U.S. push for sanctions gave Russia pain and suffering, but no stop to its invasion of Ukraine. When it comes to Israel, he and the United States are lockstep in preventing Israel from facing sanctions, bans and punishment.

Candace Owens and Briahna Joy Gray are both on the same page when it comes to Israel.

Israel is holding the United States hostage. They are constantly parading themselves as the victim while engaging in crimes against humanity.

Owens is a staunch supporter of Trump and Christian nationalism. She has waned slightly on Trump due to his support of her rivals Tomi Lahren, Ben Shapiro and Laura Loomer influencing him to take a Pro Israel stance.

Gray is a democratic socialist who supported Bernie Sanders failed 2020 presidential bid.

Gray is anti-Trump and anti-Biden. She is undecided on who to support come November.

Owens was fired from The Daily Wire after she earned praise from Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist who supported her views on Israel. Owens has said "Christ is King" and stated that Israel has killed Christians in their campaign against Gaza. Ben Shapiro was angry over this. He personally had her terminated.

Gray was fired from The Hill, a part of the far right propaganda outlet Nexstar. An Israeli propaganda account on X call @StopAntiSemitism pushed heavily for her firing. Gray allegedly rolled her eyes at the sister of a hostage held by Hamas. The Israeli propagandists often call U.S. outlets demanding they remove agitators who attack the regime.

Owens relaunched her podcast and invited Gray to discuss her firing and how Black women with differing political views can agree that America needs to terminate its "special relationship" with Israel before it drives us to global war.

Now I find both women insufferable. But for once, I agree with them.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

SCOTUS Downs Bump Stock Ban!

Why can't nine justices do right?

The Las Vegas massacre on Oct. 1, 2017 will be one of the most deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. The U.S. Supreme Court will continue to allow these massacres to continue.

The Court 6-3 majority said that Donald J. Trump's executive order on banning a semi-automatic firearm booster was unconstitutional.

To MAGA, it is a blow to President Joe Biden who is still pushing for a ban on AR-15, the most notorious firearm used in most mass shootings.

John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brent Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are the most idiotic jurists in America. They have no fucking clue.

Dissenting were Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson,

Bump stocks are rapid-fire gun accessories used in some of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms back into the nation’s political spotlight.

The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration overstepped when it changed course from predecessors and banned bump stocks, which allow a rate of fire comparable to machine guns. The decision came after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with semiautomatic rifles equipped with the accessories.

The gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds into the crowd in 11 minutes, sending thousands of people fleeing in terror as hundreds were wounded and dozens killed.

The ruling thrust guns back into the center of the political conversation with an unusual twist as Democrats decried the reversal of a GOP administration’s action and many Republicans backed the ruling.

The 6-3 majority opinion written by Thomas found the Justice Department was wrong to declare that bump stocks transformed semiautomatic rifles into illegal machine guns because, he wrote, each trigger depression in rapid succession still only releases one shot.

The ruling reinforced the limits of executive reach and two justices — conservative Alito and liberal Sotomayor — separately highlighted how action in Congress could potentially provide a more lasting policy, if there was political will to act in a bipartisan fashion.

Originally, imposing a ban through regulation rather than legislation during Trump’s presidency took pressure off Republicans to act following the massacre and another mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Prospects for passing gun restrictions in the current divided Congress are dim.

Biden, who supports gun restrictions, called on Congress to reinstate the ban imposed under his political foe. Trump’s campaign team meanwhile, expressed respect for the ruling before quickly pivoting to his endorsement by the National Rifle Association.

As Trump courts gun owners while running to retake the presidency, he has appeared to play down his own administration’s actions on bump stocks, telling NRA members in February that “nothing happened” on guns during his presidency despite “great pressure.” He told the group that if he is elected again, “No one will lay a finger on your firearms.”

The 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas was carried out by a high-stakes gambler who killed himself, leaving his exact motive a mystery. A total of 60 people were killed in the shooting, including Christiana Duarte, whose family called Friday’s ruling tragic.

“The ruling is really just another way of inviting people to have another mass shooting,” said Danette Meyers, a family friend and spokesperson. “It’s unfortunate that they have to relive this again. They’re really unhappy.”

No neck gun extremist got the Supreme Court to lift the ban on bump stocks.

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, the former county sheriff in Las Vegas who has refused to sign multiple gun control measures the Democrat-controlled Legislature has sent to his desk, said in a statement Friday, “While I have always been a supporter of the Second Amendment, I have been a vocal opponent of bump stocks since my time in law enforcement, and I’m disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision today.”

The opinion comes after the same Supreme Court conservative supermajority handed down a landmark decision expanding gun rights in 2022. The high court is also expected to rule in another gun case in the coming weeks, challenging a federal law intended to keep guns away from people under domestic violence restraining orders.

The arguments in the bump stock case, though, were less about Second Amendment rights and more about whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department agency, had overstepped its authority.

Bump stocks are accessories that replace a rifle’s stock, the part that rests against the shoulder. Invented in the 2000s, they harness the gun’s recoil energy so that the trigger bumps against the shooter’s stationary finger, allowing the gun to fire at a similar speed as an automatic weapon.

The Supreme Court majority found that the 1934 law against machine guns defined them as weapons that could automatically fire more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. Bump stocks don’t fit that definition because “the trigger must still be released and reengaged to fire each additional shot,” Thomas wrote. He also pointed to over a decade of ATF’s findings that claimed bump stocks weren’t automatic weapons.

The plaintiff, Texas gun shop owner and military veteran Michael Cargill, applauded the ruling in a video posted online, predicting the case would have ripple effects by hampering other ATF gun restrictions. “I’m glad I stood up and fought,” he said.

The plaintiff, Texas gun shop owner and military veteran Michael Cargill, applauded the ruling in a video posted online, predicting the case would have ripple effects by hampering other ATF gun restrictions. “I’m glad I stood up and fought,” he said.

In a dissent joined by her liberal colleagues, Justice Sotomayor said that bump stocks fit under the ordinary meaning of the law: “When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,” she wrote. The ruling, she said, could hamstring the ATF and have “deadly consequences.”

The deadliest instrument of destruction.

ATF Director Steve Dettelbach echoed the sentiment, saying that bump stocks “pose an unacceptable level of risk to public safety.”

The high court took up the case after a split among lower courts. Under Republican President George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama, the ATF decided that bump stocks didn’t transform semiautomatic weapons into machine guns. The agency reversed those decisions at Trump’s urging. That was after the Las Vegas massacre and the Parkland, Florida, shooting that left 17 dead.

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have their own bans on bump stocks that aren’t expected to be affected by the ruling, though four state bans may no longer cover bump stocks in the wake of the ruling, according to the gun-control group Everytown.

Cargill was represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a group funded by conservative donors like the Koch network. His attorneys acknowledged that bump stocks allow for rapid fire but argued that they are different because the shooter has to put in more effort to keep the gun firing.

The Biden administration had argued that effort was minimal, and said the ATF came to the right conclusion on bump stocks after doing a more in-depth examination spurred by the Las Vegas shooting.

There were about 520,000 bump stocks in circulation when the ban went into effect in 2019, requiring people to either surrender or destroy them at a combined estimated loss of $100 million, the plaintiffs said in court documents.

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Egging An Ex-Boyfriend's Home Led To A Woman Crashing Into A Car!

Cause and effect.

A person's attempt to vandalize a former lover's home backfired badly.

You can't fix stupid.

Sometimes, you just want to walk away from abusive relationships. Me, I am like that because sometimes I feel that I could lose it when I am pushed to my limits with women.

I rather be single for now.

Anyway, in Detroit a viral video shows a group of teens vandalize a home and then speed off in a SUV running a stop sign. They ended up getting sideswiped by a car that had the right of way.

A woman who filmed it told Detroit local junk food media that she never saw something like this in her life.

"It was eggs, jiffy mix, flour water," said Nisha Anderson, whose house near Puritan and Schaefer was targeted. 

Anderson's 17-year-old brother had dated one of the girls who threw the cake ingredients at their home; she was joined by other teens.

"I guess she got mad because he broke up with her because he had a female friend, and she had a guy friend – it was basically a relationship problem," Anderson said.

The teens hopped into an SUV to flee, ignoring a stop sign and crashing into another vehicle.

"I was a little frustrated because you just put somebody else in something that had nothing to do with anything," Anderson said.

A woman driving the other car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital. 

The teens fled the scene but did not make it far. 

"Cops caught up with them. Only thing the cops did was give them a ticket and send them home with their parents," Anderson said.

The crash was captured by a neighbor who was sitting on his porch – Jordan Powers. The video went viral on social media.

"I usually see stuff like that on social media not in real life," said Powers.

The driver at fault will be cited. The Detroit Metro Police will also charge the individuals who vandalized the home and victim's vehicles. 

I see why the boy broke up with her. This childish, reckless and ignorant behavior would have cost him his reputation, his freedom, his finances and possibly his life.

All kidding aside, we have to think about consequences to actions. To be that upset over a break up shows how dangerous it is to be in an abusive relationship. We must have a sense of calm and understanding.

I been through heartbreak and frustration with women. At the end of the day, why waste my time chasing it. I rather stay in my lane. I been through enough. Work two jobs and being a single dad with little time to see my son is frustrating. 

I was robbed of a lot of things. Being a father was the most. Had I known the situation, I wish never met the woman. I am blessed to be a father but forever angry at the woman for hiding the fact she had my son without me knowing. 

Forgiving her is easy. Erasing it is hard.

Nonetheless, we have to settle with the future.

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Pop Goes The Weasel!

The Republican senators greet Trump and celebrate his birthday. The neverending  hypocrisy of Republicans. McConnell backs the man who puts his life in danger.

On Thursday, a convicted felon was allowed on the grounds of Congress on behalf of the Republican Party and its elected leaders. In a few weeks, the former president and current president have their non-traditional debate on CNN.

Donald J. Trump turns 78 today. He was born on June 14, 1946. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee was greeted with open arms by the party that once claimed to be for "law and order" and "rule of law." 

Trump got to sit with Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell, two Republicans who ran for their worthless lives when the former president turned a mob of his supports onto the U.S. Capitol.

Republicans are fully supporting a convicted felon. They literally are throwing out their standards.

The House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) and outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) met with Trump. The former president made his first trip to the U.S. Capitol since post presidency and the infamous Jan. 6 attack.

Over 140 police officers injured, over $2.4 million in damages, five insurrectionists died, over 1,300 insurrectionists were arrested, nearly 345 convicted and Trump impeached once again for abuse of power.

Trump is a twice impeached former president who is sexual predator and convicted felon. Is this what the Republican Party wants to rally with?

He also vows revenge and said he will be a dictator on day one. Clearly, he is serious about his agenda. Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had privately told Trump that his obsession for attention is hurting the brand. He already is losing ground and even with President Joe Biden losing support, he still is more capable of beating Trump.

Republicans are still on this notion that Trump, the symbol of white privilege, is a victim of a biased justice system and a target of the "deep state."

Where he seriously believes that his rallies represent the votes. Trump was defeated by Biden by 8 million votes. 

Trump managed to earn nearly 74 million votes and Biden earned 82 million votes.

Despite pending federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, and his recent guilty verdict in an unrelated hush money trial, the Republican former president arrived emboldened as the party’s presumptive nominee. He has successfully purged the GOP of critics, silenced most skeptics and enticed once-critical lawmakers aboard his MAGA-fueled campaign.

A packed room of House Republicans sang “Happy Birthday” to Trump in a private breakfast meeting at GOP campaign headquarters across the street from the Capitol. The lawmakers gave him a baseball and bat from the annual congressional game, and senators later presented an American flag cake with “45” candles — and then “47" — referring to the next presidency. Trump bragged that even his telephone rallies for lawmakers could draw bigger crowds than mega-popstar Taylor Swift, who has yet to make any endorsement.

Trump with John Barrasso, Ted Cruz, Katie Britt, Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, Mike Crapo, Ted Budd, Chuck Grassley and the rest. Sound about white.

In one remarkable moment, Trump and his most prominent Republican critic, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, shook hands, and fist-bumped.

“There’s tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” Trump said in brief remarks at Senate GOP headquarters.

Trump spent about an hour each with House and Senate Republicans delivering free-wheeling remarks, fielding questions and discussing issues — including Russia and immigration, tax cuts and other priorities for a potential second term.

During the morning session, Trump said House Speaker Mike Johnson is doing a “terrific job,” according to a Republican in the private meeting and granted anonymity to discuss it. Trump asked the insufferable Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the speaker’s chief Republican critic, if she was being “nice” to Johnson, another Republican said.

“President Trump brought an extraordinary amount of energy, excitement and enthusiasm this morning,” Johnson said afterward, noting high fund-raising tallies since the guilty verdict. “We’re feeling good.”

The Republican speaker had demurred earlier over whether he’s asked Trump to respect the peaceful transfer of presidential power and commit to not doing another Jan. 6. “Of course he respects that, we all do, and we’ve all talked about it, ad nauseum.”

Many potential priorities for a new White House administration are being formulated by a constellation of outside groups, including Project 2025, laying the groundwork for executive and legislative actions, though Trump has made clear he has his own agenda.

“Anybody who thought that this president was going to be down after the sham trial ... . It’s only giving him even more energy,” said Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), the GOP whip. “Donald Trump is crushing this election.”

But Trump’s private meetings with House and Senate Republicans so close to the Capitol were infused with the symbolism of his return as the U.S. president who threatened the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power.

“It’s frustrating,” said former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who made his own unsuccessful run for Congress as a Maryland Democrat in the aftermath of Jan. 6, the day when police engaged in hand-to-hand fighting to stop Trump supporters who stormed the building in an effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s election. Dunn lost to an AIPAC-backed Democratic primary challenger.

Dunn spoke of the “irony” of Trump returning to the area and lawmakers now embracing him. “It just shows the lack of backbone they have when they’re truly putting party and person over country,” he said. “And it’s sad.”

Biden was overseas Thursday attending a summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, but the president’s campaign unveiled a new ad blaming Trump for lighting the “fire” of Jan. 6 and threatening democracy.

Many of those who once stood up to Trump are long gone from office and the Republicans who remain seem increasingly enthusiastic about the possibility of him retaking the White House, and the down-ballot windfall that could mean for their own GOP majorities in Congress.

Thursday afternoon offered the first encounter in years between Trump and McConnell, who once blamed Trump for the “disgraceful” attack that he called an “insurrection” but now endorses the party’s presumptive nominee.

Trump addressed the situation directly, saying he intends to work with everyone and that McConnell had “done his best” as leader, said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), an ally of the former president. He is the senator who threatened to fight a union leader during a heated committee hearing. 

According to Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) who organized the conference meeting, after Trump addressed the group McConnell gave a thumbs up and the two approached each other and exchanged the fist-bump.

“We had a really positive meeting,” McConnell said. “He and I got a chance to talk a little bit, shook hands a few times.”

Trump celebrates his hold on the Republican Party. 47 of 49 members welcomed a convicted felon to the U.S. Senate for a birthday party. J.D. Vance, Tim Scott and Marco Rubio are vying for vice president since Trump rejected Mike Pence as his running mate.

As democracies around the world come under threat from a far-rightward shift, some analysts warn that the U.S. system, once seemingly immune from authoritarian impulses, is at risk of populist and extremist forces like those that Trump inspired to sack the Capitol.

“This is just another example of House Republicans bending the knee to Donald Trump,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the chairman of the House Democratic caucus.

Making Jan. 6 a cornerstone of his reelection campaign, Trump celebrates those who stormed the Capitol as “warriors” and “patriots,” and he has vowed to pardon any number of the more than 1,200 people charged with crimes for the assault on the seat of U.S. democracy.

Moreover, Trump has vowed to seek retribution by ousting officials at the U.S. Justice Department, which is prosecuting him in a four-count indictment to overturn the election ahead of the Jan. 6 attack and another case over storing classified documents at his Mar-A-Largo home.

Republicans, particularly in the House but increasingly in the Senate, are vigorously following his lead, complaining of an unfair justice system. It’s having noticeable results: the House and Senate GOP campaign arms scored some of their highest fundraising periods yet after a jury found him guilty in the New York hush money case.

When former GOP Speaker Paul Ryan on Fox News reiterated this week that he wouldn’t be voting for Trump and wished Republicans had another choice for president, he was immediately ostracized by Trump allies.

“Paul Ryan, you’re a piece of garbage,” said Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX). “We should kick you out of the party.” Nehls is a former sheriff from Fort Bend County. Under his term as sheriff, he was a corrupt member. He destroyed evidence and had ethics violations. He also allegedly committed adultry while under the badge.

Of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over Jan. 6 and convict him on the charge of inciting the insurrection, only a few remain in office.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) had not been expected to attend Thursday’s closed-door session with Trump. But Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), joined as did Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).

Cassidy said he’s attending the Trump meeting expecting “he’s going to be the next president, so you have to work” together.

Asked if he was concerned about the direction of the Trump Republican Party, Cassidy said: “Let the day’s own troubles be sufficient for the day. You can fill yourself up with anxiety about tomorrow, but will it change a thing? No.”

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Enchanting Passed Away!

Gucci Mane's protege Enchanting passed away from an apparent drug overdose.

Texas rapper who was once signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Icy Records passed away from an apparent drug overdose. Although there is no confirmation of that, some are hinting her passing was due to actions she tried to get control of.

Enchanting, a protégé of hip-hop star Gucci Mane, has died.

Mane mourned the rapper's death in an emotional Instagram post on Tuesday. Enchanting was signed to Mane's 1017 Records.

"So sad to have to say R.I.P to such a great young lady," Mane wrote alongside a photo of Enchanting. "A true star. We('re) (going to) all miss you Chant."

A cause of death was not disclosed in Mane's post. USA TODAY has reached out to a representative for Enchanting for further information.

Known for her "ethereal vocals," Enchanting began pursuing music in her late teens, according to a biography on the rapper's official website. The Texas-based emcee made her foray into hip-hop with the release of her debut mixtape "Love & Drugs."

Enchanting described her style of music as "Trap-N-Blues," a soothing blend of neo-soul, retro R&B and trap.

"Other people can relate to the things I say," Enchanting previously said of her music, per her official website. "I might help somebody through any situation. They can listen to me and find peace."

Enchanting was introduced to Mane by producer J. White Did It, the rapper's bio states. She subsequently appeared on Mane's compilation mixtapes "So Icy Summer," "So Icy Gang" and others.

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SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

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SCOTUS Keeps Mifepristone Sales In Tact For Now!

Women's rights protected for now. Supreme Court sides with company that makes mifepristone.

We await so many controversial decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts.

Today's decision is a small victory for women's rights but it's not the end of it. The far right will figure out ways to ban women rights.

In an unanimous decision, the Court said that mifepristone, a safe tablet that is used for safe termination is allowed. The right to privacy and public access were on the line if the six conservative justices voted against it. This would have put distributors and workers out of business if they ruled against it.

The court found unanimously that the group of anti-abortion doctors who questioned the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions making it easier to access the pill did not have legal standing to sue.  

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the court, wrote that while plaintiffs have "sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections to elective abortion and to FDA's relaxed regulation of mifepristone," that does not mean they have a federal case.

The plaintiffs failed to show they had suffered any injury, meaning that "the federal courts are the wrong forum for addressing the plaintiffs' concerns about FDA's actions," he added.

"The plaintiffs may present their concerns and objections to the president and FDA in the regulatory process or to Congress and the president in the legislative process," Kavanaugh wrote. "And they may also express their views about abortion and mifepristone to fellow citizens, including in the political and electoral processes."

The legal challenge was brought by doctors and other medical professionals represented by the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom.

"We are disappointed that the Supreme Court did not reach the merits of the FDA’s lawless removal of commonsense safety standards for abortion drugs," said Erin Hawley, one of the group's lawyers. She told reporters she is hopeful the underlying lawsuit can continue because three states — Idaho, Missouri and Kansas — have brought their own claims and have different arguments for standing.

By throwing out the case on such grounds, the court avoided reaching a decision on the legal merits of whether the FDA acted lawfully in lifting various restrictions, including one making the drug obtainable via mail, meaning the same issues could yet return to the court in another case.

Another regulatory decision left in place means women can still obtain the pill within 10 weeks of gestation instead of seven. 

Likewise a decision to allow health care providers other than physicians to dispense the pill will remain in effect.

The ruling comes two years after the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, overturned the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, which led to a wave of new abortion restrictions in conservative states.

Then, the court suggested it was removing itself from the political debate over abortion, but with litigation continuing to rage over abortion access, the justices are continuing to play a pivotal role. 

Abortion rights supporters welcomed the ruling, with Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, saying she was relieved at the outcome but angered about the case lingering in the court system so long.

"Thank goodness the Supreme Court rejected this unwarranted attempt to curtail access to medication abortion, but the fact remains that this meritless case should never have gotten this far," she said in a statement.

Danco Laboratories, manufacturer of Mifeprex, the brand version of mifepristone, praised the ruling too, saying it was good for the drug approval process writ large.

Mifepristone is used as part of a two-drug FDA-approved regimen that is now the most common form of abortion in the United States.

Abortion is effectively banned altogether in 14 states, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs abortion rights.

The FDA had the backing of the pharmaceutical industry, which has warned that any second-guessing of the approval process by untrained federal judges could cause chaos and deter innovation.

Last year, Texas-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued a sweeping ruling that completely invalidated the FDA’s approval of the pill, leading to panic among abortion-rights activists that it would be banned nationwide.

The Supreme Court last April put that ruling on hold, meaning the pill remained widely available while litigation continued.

The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August then narrowed Kacsmaryk’s decision but left in place his conclusion that the FDA’s move to lift restrictions starting in 2016 was unlawful.

Both sides appealed to the Supreme Court. The court in December took up the Biden administration’s appeal in defense of the later FDA decisions, but it opted against hearing the challenge to the original approval of mifepristone in 2000. 

The Supreme Court focused solely on the later FDA action, including the initial 2021 decision that made the drug available by mail, which was finalized last year.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Hillary Clinton Backs AIPAC Candidate George Latimer Over Jamaal Bowman!

Clinton backs AIPAC candidate in Democratic primary in New York's 15th District.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is sweating. He is in the political fight for his survival as a lawmaker. He is a member of The Squad and is a critic of the Israeli regime. He has also been a politicizing figure. He was the idiot who pulled the fire alarm in one of the House buildings during a crucial vote on the federal budget.
Bowman is insufferable.

Yet, between him and the opponent, I will support Bowman over George Latimer.

Latimer, a Westchester County executive who is a staunch Zionist and has denounced the anti-Israel protests. He equates them to antisemitism and sympathizing with Hamas.

It appears the former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee is backing Latimer.

Two years ago, Nina Turner ran for the Ohio 11th Congressional District which represented Cleveland and parts of Akron. She was challenged by little known Ohio politician Shontel Brown. Turner, a controversial leftist agitator was hammered for her "bowl of shit" remarks about Joe Biden and Donald J. Trump. She backed Jill Stein after Bernie Sanders ended his 2016 bid for president and encouraged progressives to boycott Hillary Clinton. 

Clinton endorsed Brown and she started racking up endorsements and money.

Turner being a grandstander turned off voters. Her ill-fated trip to Bessemer, Alabama, inviting Killer Mike to call Jim Clyburn an "old fool", her "souls to the polls" stunt with white supporters who lived outside the district and her insufferable voice ended up taking a 15 point lead and dwindled it down to her defeat. 

The far left were saying a Hillary Clinton endorsement will doom Brown.

Turns out we can call her Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH). 

I backed Brown in 2021 and 2022 in her rematch against Turner. Now I don't even know whether I back her the next go around. Brown voted to make TikTok divest or face a permanent ban and continues to take AIPAC money. Even though, she has been avoiding the polarizing votes when it came to Israel, a redefinition of antisemitism, Brown is lockstep with the Zionist lobby and is more concerned about a foreign nation than her constituents in the rust belt city of Cleveland. Same with Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) who represents Akron, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) who represents Columbus and Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) who represents Cincinnati.

Clinton does hold a grudge against Trump, Nina Turner, Dick Morris, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Rashida Tlaib, Bill O'Reilly and Fox. She believes Russia, James Comey and the Republicans obsession with Benghazi and her emails doomed her 2016 bid.

Internet trolls are trying to make Latimer look like a freak. This image of him appears to be doctored. This was from Wikipedia. 

Nowadays, Clinton is enjoying the private life. She is a former first lady, former senator, former U.S. Secretary of State and twice ran presidential candidate and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee. She barely lost to Trump. She won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. 

To this day, Republicans and some Democrats can't keep her name out their damn mouths.

Now normally I would support any candidate backed by Hillary Clinton or President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary. With this Israel nonsense going on, I cannot with good sense trust their judgment when it comes to endorsements.

Clinton can endorse whomever she wants. She is no longer a member of the Senate or part of the White House. She is a private citizen who has the right to endorse whomever she wants. Now if Biden got involved, it would be a betrayal.

I do not support AIPAC or the Anti-Defamation League. They are agents of the Israeli government and they are interfering with the U.S. elections.

They are clearly trying to oust lawmakers who are opposed to Israel and its genocide.

AIPAC is working hard to oust Bowman and they're trying to be effective with Latimer.

A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Tuesday found Latimer leading Bowman in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District with 48 percent support to 31 percent, with 21 percent of respondents undecided.

The poll found that 51 percent of respondents have a favorable view of Bowman, compared to 43 percent who have an unfavorable view of the House Democrat. In comparison, 65 percent said they have a favorable view of Latimer, while 23 percent had an unfavorable view of the county executive.  

“Voters under 40 break for Bowman: 44% to 35%, while voters over 40 break for Latimer,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, explained in a press release.  

“Democratic primary voters ages 40-59 break for Latimer 53% to 31%, while voters in their 60s break for Latimer 46% to 29%, and voters over 70 break for Latimer 53% to 22%.” 

The numbers underscore the challenge the two-term incumbent faces ahead of the June 25 primary as he fights for reelection. Bowman was dogged by unflattering headlines last year after the House censured him for pulling a fire alarm during a key vote on government funding. He was also charged with a misdemeanor following the incident, though the House Democrat has argued that it was a mistake. 

The Democratic primary between Latimer and Bowman has divided Democrats and key groups. AIPAC has backed Latimer in the primary, and former New York lawmaker Rep. Mondaire Jones, who’s also fighting for a congressional seat this cycle, ruffled feathers when he backed Bowman’s opponent.  

Israel is using an online campaign to divide Black voters. Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar are warning Democrats that their support of the Israeli regime will doom them.

Meanwhile, progressive members such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO), and other high-profile groups like the powerful United Auto Workers, have thrown their weight behind Bowman.  

The seat is reliably blue, meaning whoever wins the Democratic primary later this month is the heavy favorite to win in November.

The Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey was conducted June 6-8 with 425 likely Democratic primary voters in the New York 16th Congressional District. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

Israel for way too long has manipulated me with this endless victimhood. All the while pushing for an ethno-nationalist state, Israeli government leaders [both left and right] have called for the eradication of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Not one penny will go to Biden, Democrats, Trump and Republicans. 

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.

Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. 

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. 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.

If anyone trolls you about condemning Hamas for Oct. 7, 2023, kindly ignore them or respectfully tell them that Israel has committed an illegal occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and the West Bank. They shoot innocent civilians and indiscriminately bomb heavily populated areas in Gaza and the West Bank. They have openly insulted Christians, Muslims and Sihks. Israelis have said racist things about Black or Arab civilians. Israel has interfered in our U.S. elections. Israel has placed Jews in danger worldwide with their insufferable arrogance. They have continued to defy international law and it has to stop. The world wants Israel banned from the Olympics like Russia. If they continue to troll you an accuse you of antisemitism, block them. If you are threatened with violence or intimidation, stop engaging and visit ic3.gov or contact local authorities to make reports of threats. 

Ask them these questions:

Will you condemn the actions of Israel if I have to condemn Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas?

If you're upset over protests, why are you not upset over the treatment of innocent people being killed by Israel?

If you're upset over TikTok being a danger, why are you not upset over X, Instagram, Facebook, Rumble, Threads, YouTube and Truth Social?

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