Thursday, August 08, 2024

We're Coming To Tear Your Kingdom Down!

Wesley, you gonna face pressure.

Israel and its operatives feelings were hurt. So the Biden Administration reacts and condemns it. 

A defiant lawmaker declares war on the lobby.
But all they did was radicalize me, and so now they make me afraid. See, now they are about to see this other Cori, this other side, because let me say this, I just grew up a whole lot more over the last few weeks – just grew up a whole different way. And so what they are about to get, they think… I don’t think that anything, there is nothing that happens in my life that happens in vain. So this happened, it’s because it was meant to happen. And let me say, it’s because of the work that I need to do. And let me say this: AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemns the rhetoric of Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) after she called out the foreign lobbying group AIPAC. The two term lawmaker was defeated in the Democratic primary by St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell.

Jean-Pierre was asked about Bush's defeat and her criticism of the lobby. The lobby isn't a person or a fucking religion. Her handlers were in the room.
So, look, the president has always been very clear — and very recently, after the assassination attempt of the last president — about lowering rhetoric — right? — lowering political rhetoric and the importance of doing that. It is important — important that we be very mindful of what we say. This kind of rhetoric is inflammatory and divisive and incredibly unhelpful.

And, look, we’re going to continue to condemn any type of political rhetoric in that way, in that vein. And so, it is important to be mindful in what we say and how we say it. But we cannot have this type of inflammatory, di- — divisive language in our political discourse.
Israeli regime operatives poured in over $10 million to oust the Squad member. 

Bush and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) were fiercely critical of the Israel. The evil regime and its operatives poured millions to Bell and George Latimer.

Now as she honors the 10 year anniversary of Michael Brown's death, Bush ushered a warning to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Bell.

"[WE'RE] COMING TO TEAR YOUR KINGDOM DOWN!" 

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) faced a primary challenge as well but easily trounced his opponents. His wife died soon after. Concidence? Who knows?

Democrats are still divided over Israel.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, former president Donald J. Trump, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan all support the evil apartheid ethnostate. The regime wants Trump.

Trump is too incompetent to stand up to Israel. They already ran Biden out the race and pressure is on Harris. 

Harris and Walz are not immune from protests and calls to do something. Arab American voters are still considering avoiding Harris because she has to not undermine Biden's stances or piss off the lobby.

AIPAC supports Trump and it has backed Republican lawmakers who supported the Jan. 6 insurrection as well as voting to not certifying the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.

AIPAC has poured money into many of these primaries. It openly bragged that its choices which were Democrats and Republicans beat their challengers.

House members passed a bill to define antisemitism in attempt to suppress freedom of speech. The insufferable House of Representatives in a bipartisan moment are trying to criminalize thought and dissent.

They are now trying to outlaw any criticism of Israel as hate speech which could be punishable by sanctions, divestment or allowing companies to terminate employment of anyone who dares criticizes Israel. Also possible jail time if you criticize Israel.

Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.

Wesley Bell with an AIPAC chairman.

The Congress has less work than most Americans. It is infuriating that the average worker works more 50 hours a week while 435 House members, 6 non voting House delegates and 100 senators work on average of 25 hours a week.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Keep pressure on them with Israel. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that Biden is under extreme pressure to do something. Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Biden. In turn it puts the Harris-Walz ticket election chances in danger.

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

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that 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. 

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.

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Wednesday, August 07, 2024

J.D. Vance's Creepy Confrontation With Kamala Harris!

While in Eau Claire, Vance tried to troll Harris and Walz.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and his wife Usha were at the U.S. Senate when Vice President Kamala Harris shook his hand and welcomed him to the class. It was a friendly engagement where a political novice became a part of American lawmaking.

Yet, he had nothing much to offer as Ohio's junior senator. He is up for reelection in 2028 if he continues as the U.S. Senator.

Vance is 39 years old. 

He is actually an intelligent man. But somehow, like pointing his firearm in the sky, he is so full of himself.

Michigan and Wisconsin are crucial for former president Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The Harris campaign had picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz and the two will start campaigning in swing states to gain momentum.

Joyful.

Harris is not immune from protests.

Due to her and President Joe Biden's stance on Israel, protesters have interrupted campaign rallies and vowed to not support her if she doesn't call for an end to aiding Israel.

Vance decided to troll Harris. Once again, Republicans do these weird antics for clout.

Vance, Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Laura Loomer, Jesse Watters and Sara A. Carter are known for doing weird confrontations.

Vance said he had a “bit of fun” Wednesday trying to catch up with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on an airport tarmac the two shared as part of dueling campaign travels.

“I just wanted to check out my future plane,” he joked with reporters after walking off former President Donald Trump’s campaign plane and walking straight over to Air Force Two, which had landed with the vice president and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Will momentum turn to votes?

“I also wanted to go say hello to the vice president and ask her why she refuse to answer questions from the media,” Vance said, jabbing at Harris for not having conducted an extended interview or full press conference since she began her campaign July 21 after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid. “I at least have enough respect for you all and for the American people to come and talk to you and answer questions.”

It’s not unheard of during a general election campaign for opposing candidates to cross paths as they travel, especially given the compressed map that limits much of the campaign activity to a relative few states that will determine the Electoral College winner.

“I had a little bit of fun,” Vance said. “I don’t think the vice president waved at me as she drove away.”

The senator campaigned in Wisconsin on Wednesday as a counter to Harris and Walz, who are continuing a multiday tour of battleground states that began Tuesday in Philadelphia with the first joint rally after the vice president announced Walz as her running mate.

Vance, continuing his jocular jabbing, said he’d be more than willing to debate Harris on Aug. 13 “if she’d like to do a debate with me.” That was a matchup scheduled before Biden stepped down, meaning it would have put Vance and Harris on the same stage as vice presidential rivals.

Vance earlier questioned Walz military credentials as well as Harris' race and ethnicity.

The Democrats managed to score points with labeling Trump and Republicans weird.

It bothers them.

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Feds Knocked On Andy Ogles' Door!

Israel backs this moron and he supports not certifying the upcoming 2024 election if Donald J. Trump loses. Andy Ogles under federal watch for campaign finances.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is under federal watch for his actions involving financial transactions. The insufferable lawmaker from Middle Tennessee faces heat.

Only a day after he won the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District, the FBI managed to do a no knock on his home and campaign office. They seized his phone, computers and tablets.

Ogles, who called Vice President Kamala Harris a DEI hire and drafted Articles of Impeachment against her for the U.S.-Mexico border issue is maintaining innocence.

Ogles is speaking out after the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized his cell phone on Aug. 2, the day after he beat Courtney Johnston in the U.S. House primary race for District 5.

This is according to a post on X by Ogles Tuesday afternoon.

“Last Friday, the FBI took possession of my cell phone,” Ogles wrote. “It is my understanding that they are investigating the same well-known facts surrounding these filings.”

He said that it’s been widely reported for months that his campaign made mistakes in its initial financial filings.

“We have worked diligently with attorneys and reporting experts to correct the errors and ensure compliance going forward,” he wrote.

Ogles added that he will be cooperating with the FBI as he claims to have been doing with the Federal Election Commission.

“I am confident all involved will conclude that the reporting discrepancies were based on honest mistakes, and nothing more,” he said.

Ogles has represented the district since 2023. He is a Tennessee native who lives on a farm south of Columbia. District 5 includes Lewis, Maury and Marshall counties and parts of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties.

As the elected primary Republican candidate, Ogles will now face Maryam Abolfazli, who is unopposed in the Democratic Primary, and three independent candidates.

Ogles filed his first campaign finance report more than a week after the deadline, the only candidate in the race at that time to be late in doing so. He blamed the delay on "issues retrieving bank statements". When he did file it, the report showed that the campaign had raised $254,000 instead of the $453,000 it claimed shortly after Ogles launched it. Questions were raised about the $320,000 loan Ogles claimed to have made his campaign, a loan not reflected in any of his personal financial disclosures to the House and beyond his apparent means. In May 2024 the campaign filed 11 amendments to its reports over the past two years restating the amount loaned as $20,000. Ogles said the larger amount previously stated was a "pledge" as to how much of his own money he was prepared to put into the campaign if necessary and was mistakenly included on the reports.

Ogles is a Zionist. 

In February 2024, during an altercation with a pro-Palestinian activist questioning him about Palestinian child casualties in the Israel-Hamas war, Ogles told the activist "So, I think we should kill 'em all if that makes you feel better— everybody in Hamas. Hamas and the Palestinians have been attacking Israel for 20 years. It’s time to pay the piper... Death to Hamas!" The American Muslim Advisory Council criticized Ogles' comments, claiming that he was endorsing the "extermination of the Palestinian people." A spokeswoman for Ogles stated that Ogles "was not referring to Palestinians, he was clearly referring to the Hamas terrorist group." Ogles would further state that he supported the right of Israel "to punish Hamas on a scale of Biblical proportions, including their accomplices and the facilitators of the aforementioned atrocities. I stand by what I said: Death to Hamas."

In May 2024, Ogles introduced a pair of bills in the House in response to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses. The first bill, entitled the Antisemitism Community Service Act (HR 8321), would send anyone who has committed a crime on a college campus since October 7, 2023, the date of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, to the Gaza Strip to perform six months of community service, though the text of the bill appears to apply regardless of whether the crime in question was related to a pro-Palestinian protest. The second bill, entitled the Study Abroad Act (HR 8322), would cancel travel visas for those who have been arrested “for rioting or unlawful protest” or for "establishing, participating, or promoting an encampment" on college campuses since October 7, 2023.

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Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Cori Bush Defeated!

A foreign lobbying group is trying to oust progressives and get Trump back in. Israel is becoming not only a burden but a downright threat to our democracy. Cori Bush, the controversial Democratic lawmaker was ousted by Wesley Bell.

Democrats still have this issue. 

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz better do something about this country. Russia, China and Iran are not meddling in the U.S. elections. It is one country and it's been like this for years.

Israel once again interfered in U.S. elections and it comes as no surprise that foreign operatives from AIPAC and Democratic Majority for Israel have made a jackass like Wesley Bell win.

It also is smack to the face for the supporters who wanted police reform and an end to genocide in Gaza. This will be the ten year anniversary of Michael Brown, Jonathan Crawford III, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner's deaths at the hands of police.

I am so frustrated with the Democrats siding with the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.

Bell and George Latimer are disgraceful and I hope they taste karma.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) despite all the theatrics and the bluster had delivered for St. Louis and St. Louis County. The Republicans and big money once again ousted a member of The Squad.

“This is only the beginning,” Bush told the AP before primary day. “Because if they can unseat me, then they’re going to continue to come after more Democrats.”

Bush, a second-term lawmaker, was bested in the Democratic race for Missouri’s 1st District by St. Louis prosecuting attorney Bell, who was backed by a major pro-Israel group. The race was the second most expensive House primary in U.S. history, taking a back seat only to the contest earlier this year for Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s Bronx-area seat, according to the group ad impact. 

From Shontel Brown to Wesley Bell, the Israeli lobby has recruited nobodies to oust progressives.

Bell sought to frame Bush as out of touch with her constituents throughout the monthslong race and highlighted the multiple investigations into her campaign finances. But Bush’s criticism of the Israeli government, more than any other factor, came to define the campaign.  

A registered nurse and activist, Bush was the first member of Congress to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, nine days after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Since then, she has remained a steadfast critic of Israel’s handling of the war and accused Israeli officials of committing genocide.

The United Democracy Project, a super PAC aligned with The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, poured more than $8 million into the contest to boost Bell’s campaign to replace Bush in the halls of Congress. Justice Democrats, a PAC that has knocked U.S. aid to Israel, meanwhile, said it spent more than $2 million in support of Bush. 

The St. Louis primary isn’t the first race where AIPAC has played a role in 2024. The group has put its weight behind an array of candidates challenging some of the most vocal Democratic lawmakers criticizing Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza. 

I am disappointed in Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH), Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA), Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY). They can't claim to be progressive if they're on their knees giving in to Israel and its minions. 

Israel is a threat to the world. 

Biden will hopefully be the last U.S. president to back Israel.

It will be a setback to lose Bush and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). Their antics did amount to being a headache in the Biden agenda. They're votes against the infrastructure law was used by the Israeli lobby to paint them as obstacles.

AIPAC has backed lawmakers who refuse to certify the 2020 election. The lawmakers who participated in trying to free insurrectionists. The group backs Trump.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that Biden is under extreme pressure to do something. Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Biden and now Harris putting her election chances in danger.

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

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that 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.

End the status quo of American politics. Enough of the noise. Enough of the dehumanizing of people. Enough of the "Us versus Them" bullshit. 

Focus on the issues.

I don't care about the culture wars and partisan banter. I don't my taxpayer money funding border walls, Israel or lawmakers' travel expenses.

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The Walz Closing In!

We're not going back!

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris introduced her vice presidential candidate in Philadelphia. He comes hot.

Minnesota governor Tim Walz got his moment to shine and did not fail.

In his remarks to a raucous crowd of more than 10,000 at Temple University, Walz described his upbringing in a small Nebraska town, his 24 years serving in the Army National Guard and his prior career as a high school social studies teacher and football coach.

"It was my students who encouraged me to run for office," he said. "They saw in me what I was hoping to instill in them: a commitment of common good, a belief that one person can make a difference.

Walz clapped at former president Donald J. Trump, Republican presidential nominee and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential nominee. 

"He mocks our laws, he sows chaos and division, and that's to say nothing of his record as president," Walz said of Trump. "He froze in the face of the COVID crisis, he drove our economy into the ground, and make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump. That's not even counting the crimes he committed."

Harris' entry into the race after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid just over two weeks ago has rapidly upended the election campaign, with polls showing she has erased the lead Trump had built.

Walz criticized Republicans for pursuing restrictions on women's reproductive rights, an issue that has plagued Republicans since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 ended women's constitutional right to abortion.

"Even if we wouldn't make the same choice for ourselves, there's a golden rule: mind your own damn business!" he said, drawing a huge ovation.

Harris, speaking before Walz, listed his titles - husband, father, teacher, coach, veteran, congressman, governor - before predicting he would earn a new one in the Nov. 5 election: vice president of the United States.

"He's the kind of person who makes people feel like they belong and then inspires them to dream big," she said.

Harris, the U.S. vice president, announced her choice of Walz earlier in the day, opting for a vice presidential running mate with executive experience, military service and a track record of winning over the rural, white voters who have gravitated to Trump over the years.

The Harris campaign said it had raised more than $20 million after the announcement of Walz as the vice presidential pick.

Pennsylvania, the site of their first rally, is seen as perhaps the most critical state in what is expected to be a close election between the Democrats and their Republican rivals.

Walz was elected to a Republican-leaning district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and served 12 years before being elected governor of Minnesota in 2018 and again in 2022.

He has pushed a progressive agenda that includes free school meals, goals for tackling climate change, tax cuts for the middle class and expanded paid leave for workers.

Trump and Vance were quick to criticize the new competition as too liberal.

"This is the most Radical Left duo in American history," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

Vance knocked Walz for his handling of protests after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed in Minneapolis by a white police officer in 2020, with the Republican saying Walz was not assertive enough in combating the rioters.

"The biggest problem with the Tim Walz pick - it's not Tim Walz himself. It's what it says about Kamala Harris, that when given the opportunity she will bend the knee to the most radical elements of her party," Vance told reporters in Philadelphia earlier in the day.

Americans typically focus on the person at the top of the ticket when choosing whom to vote for, but vice presidential candidates can help or hurt their running mates based on their backgrounds, home state popularity and ability to sway important constituencies or independent voters.

"She went with her gut on this one and chose the option that won't alienate young folks," said Republican strategist Rina Shah.

Walz beat out Pennsylvania's popular governor, Josh Shapiro, for the No. 2 role. Shapiro had faced sharp criticism from the left, especially progressive groups and pro-Palestinian activists, over his support for Israel and his handling of college protests sparked by the war in Gaza.

Shapiro delivered a fiery speech at the Tuesday evening rally in his home state, attacking Republicans and promising to "work my tail off" to get Harris elected. He also offered a strong endorsement of Walz, telling the crowd that he is an "outstanding governor" and a "great patriot."

Some Trump advisers were glad Harris did not pick Shapiro because of concerns he could help deliver all-important Pennsylvania if he was on the ticket, one adviser said.

After their joint appearance in Philadelphia, Harris and Walz plan a multi-city tour of critical swing states including Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada. Vance is doing a similar tour, with stops in Michigan and Wisconsin planned on Wednesday.

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Trump And Adin Ross Have A Weird Interview At Mar-a-Lago!

Weird.

The controversial podcaster and gamer Adin Ross came to Mar-a-Lago in a Tesla Cybertruck with the image of former president Donald J. Trump with his fist pumped up after he survived an assassination attempt. 

They shared a few moments together, played 50 Cent's "Many Men (Wish Death)", did the weird "Y.M.C.A."  dance and talked about random nonsense.

Ross is an American internet personality and online streamer. He is known for his collaborations with celebrities and livestreams of the NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto V video games. He previously streamed on Twitch where he was permanently banned in 2023. The same year, he signed a deal with Kick.

He is an Islamophobe. He also supports the Men's Rights and No Sissies movements.

He is a Zionist. He is Jewish and supportive of Israel and the Make America Great Again mantra.

Ross interviewed Trump on his stream while wearing a Make America Great Again hat, expressing his support for him, as well as telling his viewers to vote for Trump on the upcoming 2024 election. 

During the interview they talked about various topics that are effecting the U.S. and many individuals. 

The stream had 500,000 concurrent viewers at its peak during the live. 

Towards the end, Ross gifted him a Rolex watch. Like Trump needs those. He still has to pay E. Jean Carroll in her lawsuit. Not to mention the state of New York and federal government for fines and taxes.

Though it remains unclear if Trump accepted them due to campaign contributions under federal law capped at $3,300. 

They briefly went inside the Cybertruck where they listened to songs together on Trump’s custom Spotify playlist including "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas, The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows," Elvis Presley’s, "Can't Help Falling in Love" and Michael Jackson’s "Beat It." 

The oldest person running in this race already blundered the National Association of Black Journalists interview. Even appearing at a softball interview with a goofball like Adin Ross shows how Trump's cognitive abilities are in decline.

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Harris And Company!

Tim Walz will be the firepower Kamala Harris needs.

Republicans, be afraid. The Democrats are back and they are stronger together.

Vice President Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. The crucial Midwest is up for grabs and having Walz reaching out to Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and even Pennsylvania will make a huge difference.

Walz being the vice presidential nominee eases concerns that the young voters will abandon Harris. If she had picked Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear or Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, it would have faced a backlash.

The U.S. Secret Service will immediately protect him and his family. His lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan will assume the role in Walz's absence. If he does become the 50th Vice President of the United States, Flanagan will be the first woman and first Indigenous/person of color to be governor.

Shapiro, despite him being a decent governor has turned off young voters, Muslim, Black and Arab American voters over his stance with Israel. It would be a big issue if he tried to campaign in Michigan and face a backlash from voters who vowed to not support Harris (via President Joe Biden).

Walz is a hero and an amazing human being. He did something that Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Missouri, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi never could do.... Save babies. Minnesota became the first U.S. state to provide free meals to school children regardless of income. 

He also supported the movement for police reforms after the deaths of George Floyd and Daunte Wright. The U.S. Capitol attack also had Walz consider a petition to cancel former president Donald J. Trump off the ballot.

That move shows sympathy to Americans. 

They will greet each other in Philadelphia for a rally.

In choosing the 60-year-old Walz, she is turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran and union supporter who helped enact an ambitious Democratic agenda for his state, including sweeping protections for abortion rights and generous aid to families.

Her selection of Walz was confirmed by three people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it had not yet formally been made public.

He is joining Harris during one of the most turbulent periods in modern American politics, promising an unpredictable campaign ahead. Republicans have rallied around former President Donald Trump after his attempted assassination in July. Just weeks later, President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign, forcing Harris to unify Democrats and consider potential running mates during an exceedingly compressed time frame.
Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

Harris hopes to shore up her campaign’s standing across the upper Midwest, a critical region in presidential politics that often serves as a buffer for Democrats seeking the White House. The party remains haunted by Trump’s wins in Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016. Trump lost those states in 2020 but has zeroed in on them as he aims to return to the presidency this year and is expanding his focus to Minnesota.

Harris, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Walz are set to appear together for an evening rally in Philadelphia, recalling a joint 2020 appearance by Biden and Harris in Wilmington, Delaware.

After Tuesday’s trip to Pennsylvania, they will spend the next five days flying thousands of miles around the country touring critical battleground states. They’ll visit Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Detroit on Wednesday and Phoenix and Las Vegas later in the week.

Planned stops in Savannah, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina, were postponed because of Tropical Storm Debby ’s effects, and rain associated with it could also upend a scheduled stop in Durham, North Carolina.

A team of lawyers and political operatives led by former Attorney General Eric Holder pored over documents and conducted interviews with potential selections, and Harris herself met with her three finalists on Sunday. She mulled the decision over on Monday with top aides at the vice president’s residence in Washington and finalized it Tuesday morning.

Harris, the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to lead a major party ticket, initially considered nearly a dozen candidates before zeroing in on a handful of serious contenders, all of whom were white men. In landing on Walz, she sided with a low-key partner who has proved himself as a champion for Democratic causes.

“It’s no surprise that San Francisco Liberal Kamala Harris wants West Coast wannabe Tim Walz as her running-mate – Walz has spent his governorship trying to reshape Minnesota in the image of the Golden State,” said Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s campaign press secretary. “Walz is obsessed with spreading California’s dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.”

A great way to turn off voters, attack American cities that have Republicans living there too. Trump's campaign seriously needs to focus on issues and end the pointless attacks.

Walz has been a strong public advocate for Harris in her campaign against Trump and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, labeling the Republicans “just weird” in an interview last month. Democrats have seized on the message and amplified it since then.

During a fundraiser for Harris on Monday in Minneapolis, Walz said: “It wasn’t a slur to call these guys weird. It was an observation.”

Walz, who grew up in the small town of West Point, Nebraska, was a social studies teacher, football coach and union member at Mankato West High School in Minnesota before he got into politics.

He won the first of six terms in Congress in 2006 from a mostly rural southern Minnesota district, and used the office to champion veterans issues. Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard, rising to command sergeant major, one of the highest enlisted ranks in the military.

We're not going back.

He ran for governor in 2018 on the theme of “One Minnesota” and won by more than 11 points.

As governor, Walz had to find ways to work in his first term with a legislature that was split between a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-led Senate. Minnesota has a history of divided government, though, and the arrangement was surprisingly productive in his first year. But the COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota early in his second year, and bipartisan cooperation soon frayed.

Walz relied on emergency powers to lead the state’s response. Republicans chafed under restrictions that included lockdowns, closing schools and shuttering businesses. They retaliated by firing or forcing out some of his agency heads. But Minnesotans who were stuck at home also got to know Walz better through his frequent afternoon briefings in the early days of the crisis, which were broadcast and streamed statewide.

Walz won reelection in 2022 by nearly 8 points over his GOP challenger, Dr. Scott Jensen, a physician and vaccine skeptic. Democrats also kept control of the House and flipped the Senate to win the “trifecta” of full control of both chambers and the governor’s office for the first time in eight years. A big reason was the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which held that the Constitution doesn’t include a right to abortion. That hurt Minnesota Republicans, especially among suburban women.

“Tim has been in the news because the country and the world is seeing the guy we love so much,” U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Monday.

Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party said young people he spoke to on the campaign trail were “Walz pilled.”

Walz and other Democrats went into the 2023 legislative session with an ambitious agenda — and a whopping $17.6 billion budget surplus to help fund it. Their proudest accomplishments included sweeping protections for abortion rights that included the elimination of nearly all restrictions Republicans had enacted in prior years, including a 24-hour waiting period and parental consent requirements. They also enacted new protections for trans rights, making the state a refuge for families coming from out of state for treatment for trans children.

Their other major accomplishments included tax credits for families with children that were aimed at slashing childhood poverty, as well as universal free school breakfasts and lunches for all students, regardless of family income. They also enacted a paid family and medical leave program, legalized recreational marijuana for adults and made it easier to vote.

Republicans complained that Walz and his fellow Democrats squandered a surplus that would have been better spent on permanent tax relief for everyone. And they’ve faulted the governor and his administration for lax oversight of pandemic programs that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

Federal prosecutors charged 70 people with defrauding federal food programs that funded meals for kids during the pandemic out of $250 million on Walz’s watch. Known as the Feeding Our Future scandal, it’s one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases. The Office of the Legislative Auditor, a nonpartisan watchdog, delivered a scathing report in June that said Walz’s Department of Education “failed to act on warning signs,” did not effectively exercise its authority and was ill-prepared to respond.

Republicans still criticize Walz for his response to the sometimes violent unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, which included the torching of a police station.

We got this.

During a May fundraiser in St. Paul, Trump repeated his false claim that he was responsible for deploying the National Guard to quell the violence. “The entire city was burning down. ... If you didn’t have me as president, you wouldn’t have Minneapolis today,” Trump said.

It was actually Walz who gave the order, which he issued in response to requests from the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul. But within Minnesota, GOP legislators said both Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey were too slow to act. And there was finger-pointing between Frey and Walz on who was responsible for not activating the Guard faster.

Walz has served often as a Biden-Harris surrogate, and has made increasingly frequent appearances on national television. They’ve included an interview on Fox News that irritated Trump so much that he posted on Truth Social, “They make me fight battles I shouldn’t have to fight.” Walz is also co-chair of the rules committee for the Democratic National Convention. And he led a White House meeting of Democratic governors with Biden following the president’s disastrous performance in his debate with Trump.

Putting Walz on the ticket could help Democrats hold the state’s 10 electoral votes and bolster the party more broadly in the Midwest. No Republican has won a statewide race in Minnesota since Tim Pawlenty was reelected governor in 2006, but GOP candidates for attorney general and state auditor came close in 2022.

Trump finished just 1.5 percentage points behind Democrat Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. While Biden carried Minnesota by more than 7 points in 2020, Trump has taken to falsely claiming that he won the state last time and can do it again.

Minnesota has produced two vice presidents, Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale.

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Monday, August 05, 2024

John Crawford: 10 Years Later!

We never forgotten John Crawford III.

The Hamilton, Ohio father of two picked up a BB gun and walked around a Dayton area Walmart. A man named Ronald Ritchie was upset over him being loud on the phone and walking around with a firearm. He ended up calling the Beavercreek Police claiming that the man was looking like he was up to no good and pointing a firearm at children.

The call came and Sean Williams, a then five year officer arrived with fellow officer six year officer David Darkow. Within seconds, Williams opened fire on the man.

As the man was shot, he cried, "Why did you shoot me?"

The noise and the shock of watching a man get shot caused Dayton mother Angie Williams to have a heart attack. She would later die at a hospital. 

Ritchie, realizing he made a huge mistake, tried to downplay how serious he was when all of this went down. Once the incident got national attention, Ritchie ducked the junk food media and fled Dayton for Florida.

The man was John Crawford III and his life was tragically taken by a white man falsely calling 9-1-1 on a lawful carry man.

Security camera footage showed that Crawford was talking on his cellphone and holding the BB gun as he shopped, but at no point did he aim the BB gun at anyone. After the security camera footage was released, Ritchie recanted his statement that led to the fatal shooting and stated, "At no point did he shoulder the rifle and point it at somebody", while maintaining that Crawford was "waving it around".

Sean Williams was trigger happy.

Tasha Thomas, Crawford's girlfriend at the time was treated like a criminal.

The Guardian revealed in December that immediately after the shooting, detective Rodney Curd aggressively questioned Crawford's girlfriend, Tasha Thomas, threatening her with jail time. The interrogation caused her to sob uncontrollably, with hostile questions suggesting she was drunk or on drugs when she stated that Crawford did not enter the store with a gun. She was not yet aware of Crawford's death at the time of the interrogation. 

Thomas died in a car crash in Dayton several months later on January 1, 2015.

The officers involved in the shooting were not indicted after an internal and federal investigation.

In May 2020, the city of Beavercreek agreed to pay the estate and family of John Crawford III $1.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.


Read the statement issued by the family on Aug. 5, 2024, below:

It’s hard to comprehend that it’s been 10 years since our son John was gunned down by an officer with the Beavercreek Police Dept. as he walked through a Wal-Mart. John’s senseless death has left an irreplaceable hole in all of our hearts.

Our quest for justice for our son continues a decade later. We will never give up hope as we honor his legacy and work to ensure that such an unnecessary tragedy never impacts another family.

John was doing nothing wrong as he walked through the Wal-Mart that day. Our son was simply holding an unpackaged BB gun. Surveillance video clearly shows he wasn’t a threat to anyone. Our family doesn’t understand how trained police officers could overreact in such a way or how Wal-Mart could leave an unpackaged BB gun out for days if the threat of danger was so apparent.

Our hearts break that John’s two children will never be able to spend time with their father again. Nor will we.

In an effort to hold those responsible accountable for John’s death and prevent another senseless tragedy, we continue to pursue our civil claims. We won’t rest until our son’s voice has been heard.

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Iran Has The Right To Strike Israel!

Israel strikes Iran again and killed a Ismail Haniyeh. Now Iran is vowing retaliation.

President Joe Biden is still aligned with Israel. It is a legacy that he carry to his grave. He will be hopefully the last U.S. president to back the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.

Iran has vowed retaliation after Israel conducted an airstrike on Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah's top commanders. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Forces has not determined whether they will carry out a direct strike on Tel Aviv or an assassination attempt on Benjamin Netanyahu and top Israelis, but the confrontation is coming.

Israel has carried out an unprecedented amount of crimes against humanity and the U.S. turning a blind eye amounts to complicity. 

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant who is also a primary target has vowed to carry out the operations in five sovereignties and the occupied Gaza and West Bank.

Now the U.S. is planning on bringing military forces into the region. 

Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday, as the United States and allies prepared to defend Israel from an expected counterstrike and prevent an even more destructive regional conflict.

Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months of war in Gaza and the killing last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top political leader in Iran. Iran and its allies have blamed Israel and threatened retaliation. Hamas says it has begun discussions on choosing a new leader.

Netanyahu said Israel was ready for any scenario. Jordan’s foreign minister was making a rare trip to Iran as part of diplomatic efforts — “We want the escalation to end,” Ayman Safadi said — while the Pentagon has moved significant assets to the region.

Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new president wants Israel to face sanctions for its actions.

“We are doing everything possible to make sure that this situation does not boil over,” White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer told ABC.

In Israel, some prepared bomb shelters and recalled Iran’s unprecedented direct military assault in April following a suspected Israeli strike that killed two Iranian generals. Israel said almost all the drones and ballistic and cruise missiles were intercepted.

A stabbing attack on Sunday near Tel Aviv killed a woman in her 70s and an 80-year-old man, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service, and two others were wounded. The police said the attack was carried out by a Palestinian, who was “neutralized.” 

Inside Gaza, the Health Ministry said at least 25 people were killed and 19 others injured when Israel struck two schools in Gaza City. AP video showed at least one child among the dead. Israel’s military, which regularly accuses Palestinian militants of sheltering in civilian areas, said it hit Hamas command centers.

“As you can see, there is no equipment to recover the injured. Rescuers are digging with their hands,” said one man, Yusuf Al-Mashharawi.

Earlier, Israeli strikes killed at least 18 people. One hit a tent camp for thousands of displaced Palestinians in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing four people, including one woman, the Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it targeted a Palestinian militant in the strike, which it said caused secondary explosions, “indicating the presence of weaponry in the area.”

The hospital in Deir al-Balah is the main medical facility operating in central Gaza as many others in the territory no longer function. A separate strike on a home near Deir al-Balah killed a girl and her parents, according to the hospital.

Another strike flattened a house in northern Gaza, killing at least eight, including three children, their parents and their grandmother, according to the Health Ministry. Another three people were killed in a strike on a vehicle in Gaza City, according to Civil Defense first responders.

The Palestinians demand the UN reign in on Israel before it becomes a regional conflict.

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired at least five projectiles at Israeli communities near the border without causing casualties or damage, the military said. The military later told people in some parts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to evacuate.

The Health Ministry also said an Israeli strike on Saturday at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed at least 16 people. Israel’s military said it struck a Hamas command center.

The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 people hostage.

Israel’s massive offensive in response has killed at least 39,580 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Heavy airstrikes and ground operations have caused widespread destruction and displaced the vast majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, often multiple times.

The militant group Hezbollah and Israel have continued to trade fire along the Lebanon border since the war began, with the severity growing in recent months. The Lebanese state-run National News Agency said an Israeli strike targeted a house in Beit Lef, and the Lebanese Health Ministry said two people were critically wounded.

Hezbollah says it’s aimed at relieving pressure on fellow Iran-backed ally Hamas. A growing number of countries, including the U.S., are encouraging citizens to leave Lebanon after last week’s killing of a senior commander.

Israel is a threat to the world. The U.S. is so deep in the shit. Most Arab League nations and world leaders condemn the attacks conducted by this evil regime. The U.S. and European Union "ask for restraint" as they gear up to protect Israel and assure more resentment from Arab nations. 

Russia is a threat as well but the world is punishing that rogue state. The U.S. continues to block any efforts to punish this apartheid ethnostate. America's credibility is going down fast because of Israel. It makes it hard to support voting.

Project 2025 and Greater Israel are threats.

Anyone who supports this Israeli apartheid is lost in the colonialist rhetoric. The white nationalist playbook of dehumanizing people is labeling. Calling people terrorist because they oppose Israel, the status quo of "good versus evil" and religious supremacy is the standard of white colonialism.

Anyone who disagrees with Israel is either labeled anti-American, antisemitic or unpatriotic.

Biden had called Vladimir Putin a war criminal. Biden stands next to Benjamin Netanyahu, an actual war criminal.

Anyone who opposes Israel but sympathizes with Hamas, Hezbollah, Houtis and the Iranian government are labeled terrorists or useful idiots.

Spare me the bullshit.

Israel is a white Jewish supremacist ethnostate. 

Israel is becoming similar to Nazi Germany.

You criticize Israel or boycott the country, expect punishment from U.S. leaders and businesses. 

You speak publicly about Israel, the regime could ban you from entry, they could put a target kill on you or torture you. Israel has defend the right for those monsters that rape people they captured in the West Bank or Gaza Strip.

Fuck Israel. The hell with all these U.S. lawmakers end their blind support of Zionism.

President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and most of Congress continue to ride the cock of Israel.

Biden will have a legacy of turning a blind eye to a genocide. He will also weaken the argument that the U.S. supports human rights.

Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. You upset over people protesting at a synagogue. You upset that people question a foreign government's propaganda. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‰

It is not antisemitic to rally for Palestine. Cry more!

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.

The Israeli regime has rejected a two state solution. They have interfered in U.S. elections time after time with their proxy groups the ADL and AIPAC throwing money to primary challengers against Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Thomas Massie and Jamaal Bowman. They are literally influencing our lawmakers into banning TikTok, criminalizing boycotts against the regime and equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism. 

They literally are spying on Muslims, Christians, protesters and organizations opposed to the regime's actions.

The Israeli regime is trying to force Americans to hate. The regime is rooting for Trump and when he returns he and Republicans can start their Project 2025 bullshit and assist in the Greater Israel bullshit.

The Israeli regime wants American lawmakers to punish lawmakers, athletes, media personalities, religious leaders, social media influencers, adult entertainment and television shows who speak out against the regime.

The evil Israeli regime has fanned outrage over regime change, boycotting entertainers who support Israel, octopuses, buttons, protests at synagogues, protests at Holocaust museums, blocking roads, blocking bridges, boycotting companies and calling for international sanctions. 

Israel keeps calling it an attack on Jewish people and it amounts to antisemitic propaganda. 

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

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Just The Bear Facts!

NYPD was investigating a dead bear in Central Park. It appears that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. deliberately placed a dead carcass in the park.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is trying to do damage control after a rather interesting issue rattled his campaign.

Kennedy who is an estranged member of the Kennedy family has about 10% of the vote.

Like Donald J. Trump, Kennedy is the definition of white privilege. He is a conspiracy theorist and an adulterer. He is literally trying to be a spoiler for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats.

Trump is a conspiracy theorist and dog whistler. 

When President Joe Biden dropped out the race and endorsed Harris to take the mattle and his coffers, it rocked the Trump and Kennedy campaigns. They have nothing that sticks and it appears the acts of desperation are showing.

Fred Trump III, endorsed Harris after he released a book detailing how his uncle said that an estranged grand nephew with disabilities should just die because it was a costly and tragic mistake to have him living. Fred's son is in a group home. Mary Trump, the former president's niece is the sister of Fred. She is an outspoken critic of Trump. They were kicked off the inheritance after they came out to protest Trump. Mary endorsed Harris shortly after Biden dropped out.

Kennedy is a recovering drug addict and an environmental lawyer. He is also a skeptic of vaccines and medical research. He is an advocate for marijuana use and deregulation of companies.

A washed up actress and washed up politician share weird stories.

The Kennedy family endorsed Harris for president.

His campaign is bleeding cash and is struggling to gain momentum. That 10% makes a big difference in a close election. Trump is secretly talking with Kennedy in trying to defeat Harris now that Biden is out.

The New Yorker has a piece about Kennedy intentionally leaving a maimed bear cub underneath a bicycle in Central Park in New York. It happened in 2013, shortly after Kennedy dated and later married actress Cheryl Hines.

On Roseanne Barr's podcast, the washed up actress and noted conspiracy theorist got Kennedy to explain his actions to get ahead of the controversy. Barr endorsed Trump but supports a Kennedy bid to siphon votes from Harris.

Kennedy describes the incident in a video that was posted to social media Sunday, adding it will be included in a forthcoming New Yorker article that he expects to be damaging.

It’s the latest bizarre incident in Kennedy’s quixotic campaign that has divided his famous family and left Republicans and Democrats alike concerned about his potential impact on the presidential contest. Kennedy has acknowledged a parasite that lodged in his brain and died. He denied eating a dog after a friend shared a photo with Vanity Fair magazine showing Kennedy dramatically preparing to take a bite of a charred animal; Kennedy said it was a goat.

In the video, Kennedy recounts the story to Barr. He says he was heading to a falconry excursion with friends when a woman driving ahead of him hit and killed the young bear with her vehicle. He says he put it in his own vehicle, intending to skin it and eat the meat, but the day got away from him.

Weird.

Eventually, he says, he was in Manhattan and needed to get the bear carcass out of his vehicle. His friends, fueled by alcohol, concocted the Central Park plan as a prank, he said, adding he was not drunk himself. At the time, bicycle accidents were getting significant media attention, so Kennedy and his friends thought it would be funny to make it look like the bear was hit by a bicycle.

Two women walking their dogs found the dead bear and alerted authorities, touching off a mystery that captivated the city for a few days. Bears are not among the park’s known wildlife population.

The bike was dusted for prints and the animal sent to Albany for a necropsy, which determined the bear was likely hit by a vehicle and was not a victim of animal cruelty. But how the bear ended up in Central Park remained a mystery.

“I was worried because my prints were all over that bike,” Kennedy tells Barr in the video.

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