Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Candace Owens: The Hypocrisy Of Conservatives Is On Full Display!

Bringing the side eye. Owens is calling out her own base for backing Israel.

The far right is angry over fellow far right member calling them out for their unabashed support for Israel. 

Candace Owens said if anything happens to her, blame Israel.

During a livestream, Owens was calling out conservatives for supporting Israel through financial and military support while complaining about Ukraine.

Owens said that Israel is the only country that won't extradite American pedophiles.

Owens, Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes have soured on Donald J. Trump. 

The former president promised unilateral support for Israel. He also said the Medal of Freedom which he honored to megadonor Miriam Adelson was equal to the Medal of Honor.

Trump received an immediate backlash Thursday when he said the Presidential Medal of Freedom he awarded to Dr. Miriam Adelson, the widow of Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, was "equivalent" and "much better" than the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for bravery in combat. 

Speaking from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, during an event on fighting antisemitism, Trump praised the late Las Vegas casino magnate as "one of the greatest businessmen in the world," before addressing Sheldon Adelson's widow to make a comparison between the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, which is typically given for significant achievements in the arts, public service and other fields. 

"I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That's the highest award you can get as a civilian. It's the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version," said Trump as he spoke from the podium in front of multiple American and Israeli flags. 

He added, "It's actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers. They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they are dead. She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman. And they're rated equal, but she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom." 

Israel got big mad at Candace Owens.

Conservatives and progressives who support Israel immediately condemned Owens for criticizing Zionism and Israel. They claim she was doing "blood libel."

Owens rolled her eyes and stated that she ain't concerned about the noise.

Owens ranted about a “cult” of pedophiles which, she claimed, founded the nation of Israel and murdered European Christians during Passover. Owens also told viewers that if she’s killed they should “blame the Zionists.”

During her unhinged tirade, Owens said that Frankists — followers of Jacob Frank, whom the The Forward called an “obscure 18th century Jewish apostate” — masquerade as Jews while committing a litany of crimes, from ritual murders to pedophilia.

According to Owens, Leo Frank — the Jewish factory superintendent who was convicted and lynched for the 1913 rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan — wasn’t just a Frankist himself, but was related to Jacob Frank. She claimed that Phagan’s murder was part of a “sexual ritual” that was meant to coincide with Passover.

Our ally is the bad guy.

In fact, she argued that “Frankists” had often murdered Christians during the Jewish holiday. “Catholics and Christians were going missing on Passover,” she said. “Then they would find bodies, okay, across Europe, and they were able to trace them back to Jews. ‘Blood libel!’ They weren’t Jews, okay? These were Frankists.”

Thanks to subsequent evidence, including a sworn statement by a witness in the case, it is now widely believed that Leo Frank was wrongfully convicted. In 1986 he was awarded a posthumous pardon by the state of Georgia for failing to protect him from his killers.

But Neo-Nazis continue to use Frank’s case in their antisemitic propaganda.

Owens also said that Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, was a Frankist, that Israel had been founded by Frankists, and that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Mossad — Israel’s national intelligence agency. She warned her audience that if she dies, it will be at the hands of “Zionists.”

“I just wanna be clear: Anything happens to me, blame the Zionists,” she declared. “Like one thousand percent blame the Zionists. Like, let that be what my parting words, okay?”

Owens is tired of Zionists trying to stop her from speaking. She and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) have declared war on AIPAC and the ADL.

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! 🇵🇸 🍉

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.

They are feeling it. Democrats know the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are under extreme pressure to do something. Some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back 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. 

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.

DNC Day 3: The Savanna!

Tim Walz's time to shine.

Tonight, Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz will take the stage and accept the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States.

He will be accompanied by wife Gwen and his two children. He will also have his Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan present to congratulate him.

He will take aim at former president Donald J. Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance, Ohio Republican senator. He will address Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell and the Republican obstruction. He will be addressing the conflicts in Ukraine. Also address the concerns about Israel and Gaza. He also address the pandemic, post George Floyd, Minnesota values and his love for his wife and family.

Tonight’s speakers

Alex Hornbrook, executive director of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey

Sri Rakesh Bhatt of the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple

Bishop Leah D. Daughtry, the House of the Lord Churches

Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee

Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All

Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president

Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign

Jessica Mackler, president of EMILYs List

María Teresa Kumar, founding President and CEO of Voto Latino

Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York

Mayor Aftab Pureval of Cincinnati

Mayor Cavalier Johnson of Milwaukee

Rashawn Spivey and Deanna Branch, lead pipe removal advocates

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware

Rep. Grace Meng of New York

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida

Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Maren Morris, American singer-songwriter

Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut

Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County, Texas

Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, chair of the House Democratic Caucus

Carlos Eduardo Espina, content creator

Olivia Troye, former Trump administration national security official

Oprah Winfrey, media mogul and talk show host

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi

Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, retired U.S. Capitol Police officer

Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey

Olivia Julianna, content creator

Performance by Stevie Wonder

Kenan Thompson, American comedian and actor

Mindy Kaling, American comedian and actress, master of ceremony 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York

Former President Bill Clinton

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California

Gov. Josh Shapiro Pennsylvania

Alexander Hudlin

Jasper Emhoff

Arden Emhoff

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada

Performance by Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet Laureate

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Performance by John Legend and Sheila E.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota

Benjamin Ingman, former Walz student

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, vice presidential nominee

Benediction by William Emmanuel Hall, lead Pastor of St. James Church in Chicago

Coach Tim.

Those in bold are considered controversial and will be discussed by the junk food media.

Sanders, the independent senator will speak and formally endorse Harris. 

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is an ongoing presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will vote on the party platform and ceremonially report their vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and affirm her choice of Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota for vice president in the 2024 presidential election. It is currently being held from August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates nominated Harris for president through online and phone voting that lasted from August 1 to 5. Harris is the first Black woman and first South Asian person to be the presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States, and the first Democratic presidential nominee from the Western United States.

RFK Jr. Might Drop Out And Back Trump!

Out of gas.

We are not going back!

Winners and losers of 2024.

Spoiler might be going MAGA.

Independent vice presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan hinted that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. may throw in the towel. But what's interesting, the 71 year old Kennedy will back former president Donald J. Trump if they drop out.

After Kennedy was blocked from New York, he has finally acknowledge that it may be over. 

The Kennedy family has formally endorsed Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

Kennedy infamously met Trump during the Libertarian Party Convention and Republican National Convention to discuss a coalition or an appointment in a second Trump administration.

Republicans were boasting Kennedy when President Joe Biden was running. Mind you that Kennedy pulled 15% when it was Trump and Biden. Now Kennedy pulls in only 5% with it being Harris and Trump.

It can make a big difference if the Republicans manage to win key swing states if Kennedy got on the ballot.

Kennedy this month lambasted Harris in the wake of reporting saying he was denied a potential role in her administration. The Washington Post reported Kennedy’s team had contacted the Harris campaign seeking a meeting to discuss a potential role should she win in November.

Kennedy reportedly offered to drop out of the race and endorse Harris in exchange. Shanahan on Tuesday denied such reports via the “Impact theory with Tom Bilyeu” podcast, but she said the Kennedy campaign may shutter operations to avoid the “risk” of a victory by Harris.
There’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and [Tim] Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump,” she said.

The other option, she said, is to “walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump.” Shanahan said this move would allow the campaign to eye a potential 2028 run.
Shanahan went on to clarify she is not currently in talks with the Trump campaign about such a move. Kennedy reportedly met with Trump during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to discuss such a deal.

The third party campaign is currently struggling to obtain ballot access in some states. A judge ruled this month Kennedy could not appear on New York’s ballot, a decision that could impact his access in other states.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., this month discussed obstacles he faced running for president. Though he filed to run as a Democrat in the 2020 election, the senator is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.

"We won the first three primaries, and then the establishment got very, very nervous ... and they said, 'Hey, it would be a good idea if you dropped out," Sen. Sanders said.

Kennedy and Trump are rich. They are white privilege. They are conspiracy theorists.

They are adulters. They are deniers of facts, vaccine and elections. They hate being ignored.

Mary and Fred Trump III endorsed Harris. 

All the members of the Kennedy family endorsed Harris.

Beniffer Over Again!

Splitsville.

Winners and losers of 2024.

Did you know that Jennifer Lopez had previously dated Sean "Puffy" Combs (Diddy) before her brief two year relationship with Ben Affleck?

Lopez had date numerous men and was married four times.

She has two children with Marc Anthony.

He has three children with Jennifer Garner.
 
After two years of marriage, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are divorcing. It appears that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck once again became a name for toxic relationships. 

Ben Affleck, who was previously married to Jennifer Garner reunited with Lopez after the two were seen at a gathering.

I am getting the feeling that Affleck was going to start drinking again. If he continued his relationship with a demanding Lopez who often pressures him to be open, he would have returned to drinking again.

Affleck is a recovering alcoholic.

The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it — that dazzled from the very heights of the pop culture firmament and emblazoned countless tabloid covers. The pair became known, even before such power-couple portmanteaus were ubiquitous, as “Bennifer.”

Court records showed Lopez filed the petition Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The news was first reported by the TMZ website. TMZ reported further that Lopez listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024. It added that she did not mention any prenuptial agreement.

After meeting, falling in love and getting engaged in the early 2000s — and starring together in 2003’s infamous “Gigli” and 2004’s “Jersey Girl” — the couple parted ways, blaming in part the pressure of the public eye.

But to the delight of many and perhaps the skepticism of others, they reunited two decades later and married — twice — in 2022.

“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez, announcing their first, quickie Las Vegas wedding that July, and signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

“Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with,” she wrote in her newsletter.

You saw tension.

The couple had flown to Las Vegas, lined up with their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at A Little White Wedding Chapel, where Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of the couple’s lives.

A month later, they had a much grander wedding at Affleck’s house in Georgia, in front of friends and family.

Both of them had been previously married. Affleck, 52, married Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children, in 2005. They divorced in 2018.

Lopez, 55, had been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade, having wed in 2004, and share 14-year-old twins. She started dating former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017, but the couple called off their engagement in 2021.

All along, it had been Lopez who was more vocal in describing her and Affleck’s journey. When asked earlier this year whether she was harder on herself because her relationships had been so high-profile, Lopez agreed.

“Oh yeah. 100%. It’s made me doubt myself and really feel bad about myself at times. Made me feel like I wanted to quit at times. But at the end of the day, I feel like you kind of have to do this thing where you learn how to navigate it,” she told The Associated Press. “You take the things that could be constructive about that and use it, and the rest you kind of just throw away as kind of like haterations or, you know, other things like that and just be like, ‘Whatever. I know who I am, I know what I want to do.’ ”

Affleck himself expressed admiration for her self-possession, telling the AP last year that he agreed with the idea that Hollywood was unsure how to capitalize on her wide-ranging talent.

“I think she’s in her prime,” Affleck said then. “She’s doing extraordinary work in large measure because she’s taking that step to take responsibility for what she’s doing rather than say, ‘This is what I’m being offered.’ ”

Lopez is starring in the upcoming “Unstoppable,” under Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity banner.

In May, she starred in the Netflix movie “Atlas.” At the end of the month, she suddenly canceled her 2024 North American tour, saying she was “heartsick and devastated” to be letting fans down but the move was necessary. “Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” organizers said in a statement.

Ben Affleck angry at paparazzi flashing at him while driving from the home he shared with Jennifer Lopez.

The tour was to be her first in five years, in support of her first solo album in a decade, “This Is Me.... Now” and its companion film. a fictionalized look at her long love life, and a documentary.

“When I was a girl they’d ask me what I’d be. A woman in love is what I grew up wantin’ to be,” Lopez sang on the title track.

The album, she said, was inspired by her rekindled relationship with Affleck. But the film was more “about your journey as a person, it’s about one person’s journey and what it takes to get from heartbreak back to love. Or a hopeless romantic’s journey in their search for love.” In the movie, she played a character called The Artist who, similarly, had decided as a child what she wanted to be when she grew up: “in love.”

But the road was rocky. In an early scene, The Artist is on the back of a motorcycle, riding across a beach, with a hunky man, face shielded. Then the motorcycle crashes.

“Not all love stories have a happy ending,” she says

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

DNC Day 2: The Tundra!

President Joe Biden passes the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris.

The second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago at the United Center.

This is a celebration of President Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president. She and Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz will accept their nomination on Thursday.

Former president Donald J. Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) will host events in Ashboro, North Carolina and Glendale, Arizona. Trump is still fuming over Harris being the nominee.

Trump and the Republicans are scrambling for ways to go after Harris and Walz.

Here's the full speakers list for Tuesday:

Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee

Mitch Landrieu, DNC Night 2 co-chair and committee co-chair

Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter's grandson

Jack Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's grandson

Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta 

Kyle Sweetser, former Trump voter

Common, Oscar and Grammy award winning actor and rapper

Patti LaBelle, R&B singer and actress

Mickey Guyton, Country music singer and producer

Lil Jon, rapper and actor, former Celebrity Apprentice contestant 

Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former White House press secretary

Nabela Noor, content creator

Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan

Kenneth Stribling, retired Teamster

Ceremonial roll call, with remarks from the Minnesota and California delegations

Ana Navarro, The View cohost and CNN contributor

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois

Ken Chenault, business executive

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico

Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic Senate candidate from Maryland

John Giles, mayor of Mesa, Arizona

Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

Douglas Emhoff, second gentleman

Michelle Obama, former first lady

Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States 

Day 2 will be the formal nomination of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Those in bold are considered controversial and will be discussed by the junk food media.

Sanders, the independent senator will speak and formally endorse Harris. 

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is an ongoing presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will vote on the party platform and ceremonially report their vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and affirm her choice of Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota for vice president in the 2024 presidential election. It is currently being held from August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates nominated Harris for president through online and phone voting that lasted from August 1 to 5. Harris is the first Black woman and first South Asian person to be the presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States, and the first Democratic presidential nominee from the Western United States.

Florida Woman Convicted Of Killing Ajike “AJ” Owens!

Unremorseful. Florida woman will face the rest of her life in the iron college.

Florida woman who shot and killed another woman through the door of her home.

The mother of four was upset over this woman destroying her children's property.

The woman claimed self defense which was bogus. Now Susan Lorincz, 60 will likely die in the iron college. The family of Ajike "A.J." Owens would rather see her get LIFE not a limited of number of years. Lorincz fired a single shot from a .380-caliber handgun as Owens knocked on her apartment door on June 2, 2023. 

A white woman with a history of harassing children and using racial slurs was convicted of manslaughter on Friday in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor last year in Ocala, Florida.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said at the time Lorincz and Owens were in a long-standing “feud” over Owens’ children playing.

The all-white, six-person jury found Lorincz guilty of manslaughter despite the 60-year-old asserting that her actions were in self-defense. Lorincz, who showed no emotion, faces up to 30 years in prison.

Pamela Dias, Owens’ mother, cried during the trial. A family member yelled out, “Oh, God. Thank you, Jesus,” after Lorincz was convicted and taken into custody.

Dias, at a post-trial press conference with attorney Anthony D. Thomas, said that it "has been a long journey to get to this day, to get to this verdict," adding that she has found "some peace" with the verdict and feels "some justice" has been achieved.

"My heart is a little lighter, and we’re now on the path of true healing," Dias said.

Thomas said Owens' "children are coping the best that they can."

Pamela Dias, Ajike's mother pushes for Florida to end the "Stand Your Ground" law.

"Certainly the loss of their mom lingers every single day," Thomas added. "But just like I’ve said before, and the State’s Attorney’s Office agrees, we still need to sentence Susan Lorincz. The next step is the sentencing part."

Owens, a mother of four, had gone over to confront Lorincz after the woman allegedly threw skates and an umbrella at Owens’ children as they played outside. Owens was shot through the door as the women argued and with Owens’ children present.

During trial, Lorincz’s interview with police in which she told authorities she was in fear for her life was played for the jury. She said she was scared and wanted Owens to “go away.”

“I was never intending to kill. I was shaking. I was just so distraught at that point in time,” Lorincz said in the interview. “I felt like I was in mortal danger.”

Owens was not armed and the door to Lorincz’s apartment was locked, according to prosecutors.

Justice couldn't come any sooner.

Lorincz denied throwing things at Owens’ children and described in the interview feeling harassed by the children during her time living in the home. Her defense attorney, Morris Carranza, told jurors in his opening statement that Lorincz felt “in her core that she had no choice” but to shoot.

Florida law gives some protection for the use of deadly force if a person “reasonably believes” such force is necessary because their life is in imminent danger. These are often called “stand your ground” laws and have led to some controversial cases.

"Not only was Susan Lorincz on trial today, but so was 'stand your ground' and how that’s defined," Thomas said at the post-trial presser. "I think we made one step closer with case law and defining what 'stand your ground' actually means."

Thomas continued: "No, you cannot claim to be in fear of your life. No, you can’t bait the police by telling them you’re in fear for your life over the phone to make sure they hurry up and get there."

Dias, Owens’ mother, told reporters Lorincz had “no regard” for human life.

“She set out to cause harm. She set out to kill. That’s exactly what she did,” Dias said. “She has no regard for any form of human life.” 

Lorincz wasn’t initially arrested following the shooting, which prompted outcry. The sheriff’s office at the time said officials were investigating whether the “stand your ground” law applied.

Ajike "AJ" Owens' children deserve a mother. Susan Lorincz took that away.

She was arrested June 6, 2023. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said investigators gathered information from witness interviews that found her actions were not justifiable under the law, calling it “simply a killing.”

The prosecutor’s office has said it considered a second-degree murder charge, but did not feel there was enough evidence to prove intent.

Multiple neighbors told NBC News in interviews last year that they recalled times Lorincz had recorded their children, taunted them with slurs, called the police and waved guns at them.

Phyllis Wills lived in the neighborhood for 15 years and described Lorincz as having a problem with children being children. She noted that many of the neighbors had issues with Lorincz.

Lorincz yelled curse words at the children, as well as used the N-slur and a pejorative for people with intellectual disabilities, Wills said.

“She’s gotten into her truck and blasted the radio as loud as she could to agitate the kids,” Wills said. “She’s gotten into her truck and laid on the horn for long periods of time to agitate them, as well.”

The Sean Hannity Word Vomit: The Flip-Flop And Flailing Edition! 🤮🤮🤮🤮

Sean "Softball" Hannity spinning conspiracy theories and propaganda as usual.

Almost 30 years on Fox and he hasn't changed the formula of his stale, repetitive, boring and downright whackadoodle radio and television program. The biggest conspiracy theorist on that far right network is by far the most annoying. Now operating out of his West Palm Beach, Florida penthouse, the annoying agitator continues on the path to destruction.

He repeats himself over and over, initiates Trump-style name calling, flip-flops on almost everything whenever a Democratic lawmaker promotes Republican policies and constantly complains about the media competition being state run media.

Sean Hannity is as old as the mold in a bathtub not scrubbed in decades.

I call him "Softball" Hannity because he admitted that he gives softball interviews to Republicans and especially former president Donald J. Trump. In 2016, he got angry at Ben Sasse because the former Nebraska senator refused to endorse Trump. He stated that Republicans are given easy interviews because he wants them to win.

I've listen to him on radio and television for about 10 years during the Bush and Obama presidencies. I started to realize that he is basically a scripted character.

Constantly repeating the formula of divisiveness.

Can you stomach three hours of radio and one hour of television listening to one of the most annoying media agitator in the world?

The top ten controversies that should have gotten Hannity fired.

1. Hannity literally cost Fox $787 million in promoting false claims that Dominion Systems intentionally changed voting machines from Trump to Joe Biden. 

2. Hannity promoted the Seth Rich murder as a conspiracy to disprove that Russian operatives stole emails from the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta. He put on guests who believed that Hillary Clinton murdered Rich because he allegedly gave emails to Wikileaks. The family sued Fox and settled for an undisclosed amount.

3. Hannity has allegedly sexually harassed women. He was named in a handful of lawsuits involving inappropriate behavior. He managed to scare far right agitator Debbie Schlussel into retracting her claims of him trying to engage in a sexual tryst. Cathy Areu has accused him of sexual harassment. Her case was dismissed and she faced criminal charges for elder abuse. She has signaled she will file again. Kristen Powers, a former Fox commentator has accused him, Bill O'Reilly and the late Roger Ailes of inappropriate behavior. He has allegedly slept with Fox commentator Sara A. Carter. He is currently involved with former contributor and now Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt. He divorced wife Jill Rhodes in 2018.

4. Hannity gotten a woman fired from her job after doing a radio prank call while questioning the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act. While on a rant about the ACA (Obamacare), Hannity called the phone number to talk to a representative named Earline Davis. He asked stupid questions about the ACA and forced the woman to reveal the slowness of applications. Davis was fired and it forced Hannity to apologize. He assured her that he will get her another job and even paid her $30,000 to starve off a possible lawsuit from Davis.

5. Hannity has failed to acknowledge that Rudy Giuliani, Michael Cohen, Victoria Toensing, Joseph diGenova and Jay Sekulow were his lawyers. The most infamous was the revelation that Cohen was his lawyer. Cohen in federal court had admitted that Hannity was one of three clients who used his services. Stormy Daniels was in attendance. Hannity flatly denied it and claimed that his services were off the record and he was talking about real estate and not hush money payments.

6. Hannity has been told numerous times to stop using Fox's brand when doing events. He appeared on stage along with Jeanine Pirro at a Trump rally in Missouri. Trump called them to speak on behalf of him and then state attorney general turned senator Josh Hawley. While the late Rush Limbaugh was free to speak on stage, Hannity and Pirro were not. The network quickly refuted the claims that they "allowed" them to speak. Hannity and Bill Cunningham were promoting the Cincinnati Tea Party's event at the Fifth Third Arena. Hannity, the late Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, Jon Voight and Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) were scheduled speakers. Hannity was the headliner. Hannity had his crew there preparing for the taping. Hannity was at the studio in Cincinnati saying he will be there. However at 6pm, he flew back to New York for a studio taping and left his fans angry and disappointed. The sponsor of the event, the Tea Party Patriots had to refund money to those who had paid to be close to the annoying agitator. Fox warned him that he would be a termination if he does that again. He still does this stuff. He appeared in 2018 with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), then congressman turned governor Ron DeSantis for an event in Florida without permission of Fox top levels. 

7. His ratings have been steady at best. While not the No. 1 on Fox, Hannity has tried to stay competitive with The Five, Gutfeld, Jesse Watters Prime, Outnumbered and Fox & Friends. When Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox, the network saw a 15% decrease in viewership. The Five remains the top program followed by Gutfeld and Jesse Watters Primetime. Even some far right viewers believe his show is stale. Endless conspiracy theories and constant name drops of Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, his media ratings and reminding folks to set their DVRs is tiring. Many figured that Hannity is not willing to change the way he does his programming. Media Matters for America believe having on Greg Jarrett, John Solomon, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sara A. Carter are a liability. They are notorious for peddling libel and misinformation.

8. Hannity forced his supporters to destroy their property to protect him from advertising boycotts. He faced an advertiser boycott after he attacked several women who accused a former Alabama supreme court justice of inappropriate conduct when they were teens. He basically dismissed the allegations as an attack on the right. Media Matters for America put a list of advertising to boycott in regards to his flagrant support of Roy Moore, the annoying agitator called for his listeners to destroy their $150 Keurig coffee machines. He enjoyed watching his listeners destroy their products and offered money to replace them.

9. Hannity tried to whip up a scandal by playing a voice mail of Joe Biden pleading to his son Hunter Biden to get help. He thought folks would think this was going to make Biden look like a corrupt politician. It backfired. Hannity drew outrage from the disabled community, recovering addicts and some parents.

10. Hannity allowed white nationalists and racial extremists on his programs. He hosted a series of callers, guests and lawmakers who have extremist views towards people of color. Hannity previously allowed Colin Flaherty, Ann Coulter, Mark Fuhrman, James O'Keefe, George Zimmerman, Andy Martin, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Wayne Simmons, Steve Emerson, John Solomon, Cliven Bundy and numerous others on to push bigoted rhetoric against Blacks, Muslims, immigrants and those in the LGBTQ community. Hannity also allowed people of color who have anti-Black views on. He previously hosted Michelle Malkin, Terrence K. Williams, Jesse Lee Peterson, Kevin Jackson, Alveda King, Candace Owens, David Clarke, Darrell Scott, Lynette "Diamond" Hardaway, Rochelle "Silk" Hardaway and numerous folks who attack people of color or act like shields to white nationalism.

Hannity is clearly obsessed with Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, the junk food media and Joe Biden's age. This was a sample of what I had to listen to for one full week of his right wing carnival on the radio before Biden stepped out. 

I dare not stomach a hour of his right wing shit show on Fox.

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A millionaire conspiracy theorist who has a platform on radio and television. He has an audience of 20 million on radio and 3 million on television.

For some strange reason he has pulled in ratings only for the fact that he constantly interrupted his guests, threw ad hominem attacks, constantly steals the spotlight and often peddled in conspiracy theories and white nationalism.

So let's understand how he operates. He literally brags about how moral he is. Of course, he is shameless in whatever he says, does and reacts to.

Hannity complains about how the junk food media refuses to hold Democratic lawmakers accountable while literally doing softball interviews with Republicans. When they do, he complains about the Democrats not being held to the "same standards" as Republicans. 

He literally trips over himself to brag about how his radio show, his cable program and his network are leading in ratings.

Hannity calls critics silly and childish nicknames, calls the press "the media mob" and encourages his gullible audience to believe lies and misinformation. In turn, some may act out in violence.
Every August I devote a portion of my worthless life to write about this annoyance in the junk food media.

They should have canceled the most annoying, most laziest, most repetitive and most boringest media agitator in the country. We came a long way from Hannity & Colmes, to this straight up bullshit we come to know as Hannity.

His guests are the same worthless nobodies.

Hannity often puts on Mark Levin, the most listened far right agitator in talk radio to dehumanize Americans who oppose Trump and the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.

He often allows extremists like Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Leo Terrell, Kellyanne Conway, Kayleigh McEnany, Jeanine Pirro, John Solomon, Sara A. Carter, Tammy Bruce and Newt Gingrich to platform conspiracy theories and attacks on Democrats.

I predict this annoying agitator and his divisive rhetoric will come to an end soon.

Softball Hannity obsesses over Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton.

Sean "Softball" Hannity, you're fucking annoying. I am not a doctor but I know that you have adult attention/hyperactivity deficit disorder, bipolar disorder and paranoia. You lack the intelligence to be a media personality.

Even with Hillary Clinton being out of government since 2012, this annoying softball can't let her go. It is like her emails is the only thing that keeps him going as well as the dossier that was produced by Christopher Steele. Even a public statement by Clinton will result in a 15 minute rant by Hannity.

Or perhaps, he will bring up Barack Obama again. He was clearly obsessed with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. He constantly reminds us about those two whenever he goes on a rant about Obama. He already claiming Harris and Walz have "radical" pastors.

Since Joe Biden took office, Hannity has been relentlessly pushing baseless allegations about the president and his son. 

When Biden officially ended his presidential campaign, Hannity is trying to pivot to Harris and Tim Walz. 

Now he is complaining about Harris not being at the border, her laughing, her record as a senator, eating Doritos and claims she is not actually Black. 

Hannity has attacked Walz's military service. 

Hannity is attacking Walz for being at an event with a Minnesota imam who criticize Israel. He also claims Walz is an agent of China and a "radical" like Harris. 

Hannity has privately told Trump to personally attack Harris and Walz despite Trump's campaign officials urging him to stay focus on issues.

You can literally predict how his show going start and finish. You can make a bingo card of everything he has said on his show.

My question to you: Do you think Sean "Softball" Hannity should be cancelled if Kamala Harris becomes the President of the United States?

Monday, August 19, 2024

DNC Day 1: The Desert!

The first night of the Democratic Party National Convention.

What will be an interesting night for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is the Democratic National Convention. 

In Chicago, the Democrats gather at the United Center to nominate Harris and Walz. They will also thank former candidate, President Joe Biden for stepping down to pass the torch.

List of speakers.

Master of Ceremony 
Tony Goldwyn
Actor, Director and Singer.

Call to Order
Minyon Moore
Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee

The Honorable Jaime R. Harrison
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee

Remarks and Video Introduction
The Honorable Brandon Johnson
Mayor of Chicago

Confirmatory and Ceremonial Vote for the Vice Presidential Nominee
Minyon Moore
Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee

Welcome Remarks
The Honorable Peggy Flanagan
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Remarks
The Honorable Lauren Underwood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois

Video
Rich Logis
Former Donald Trump Voter

Remarks
The Honorable Robert Garcia
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California

Joint Remarks

Lee Saunders, President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

April Verrett, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA)

Kenneth W. Cooper, International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Claude Cummings Jr., President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Elizabeth H. Shuler, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter One: Introduction”
The Honorable Mallory McMorrow
Michigan State Senator

Remarks
The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo
United States Secretary of Commerce

Remarks
The Honorable Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York

Swan song.

Remarks
Steve Kerr
Coach of the Golden State Warriors and 2024 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team.

Remarks
Shawn Fain
President of the United Automobile Workers

Remarks
The Honorable Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York

Remarks
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Former United States Secretary of State

Remarks
The Honorable James E. Clyburn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina

Remarks
The Honorable Jamie Raskin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland

Remarks
The Honorable Jasmine Crockett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas

Remarks
The Honorable Grace Meng
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York

Joint Remarks
Amanda and Josh Zurawski, Texas

Kaitlyn Joshua, Louisiana

Hadley Duvall, Kentucky

We are not going back.

Remarks
The Honorable Andy Beshear
Governor of Kentucky

Remarks
The Honorable Reverend Raphael G. Warnock
United States Senator, Georgia

Remarks
The Honorable Chris Coons
United States Senator, Delaware

Remarks
Dr. Jill Biden
First Lady of the United States

Introduction
Ashley Biden

Remarks
The Honorable Joe Biden
The 46th President of the United States

Those marked in bold will be considered controversial and their speeches will definitely be talked about in the junk food media.

It is currently being held from August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates nominated Harris for president through online and phone voting that lasted from August 1 to 5. Harris is the first Black woman and first South Asian person to be the presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States, and the first Democratic presidential nominee from the Western United States.

Phil Donahue Passed Away!

Phil Donahue was a legend.

The longtime talk show host, podcaster and activist has passed away. 

Before Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Steve Wilkos, Rikki Lake, Jenny Jones, Dr. Phil, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Jessy Raphael and Mort Downey, there was Phil Donahue.

A controversial figure who was a progressive icon and a leading voice against George W. Bush's campaign to engage war with Iraq. Donahue's shows have often focused on issues that divide liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has said, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show". In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.

Donahue died Sunday night of an undisclosed illness, according to a family statement provided to ABC News by a representative for Donahue's wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas.

Donahue was born into a middle-income, Irish Catholic family in Cleveland, Ohio; his father, Phillip Donahue, was a furniture sales clerk and his mother, Catherine (née McClory) was a department store shoe clerk. In 1949, he graduated from Our Lady of Angels Elementary School in the West Park neighborhood. In 1953, Donahue was a member of the first graduating class of St. Edward High School, an all-boys college preparatory Catholic private high school in Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1957.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Phil Donahue/Notre Dame Scholarship Fund, according to the statement.

After working as a local TV reporter in his native Ohio and launching a talk show on local CBS affiliate WHIO in Dayton, he moved his "The Phil Donahue Show" to the local NBC affiliate WLWD (now WDTN), also in Dayton, in 1967. Three years later, it entered nationwide syndication, now titled simply "Donahue."

Phil married actress/activist Marlo Thomas. They were supporters of St. Jude's Children Research. 

The show would run for 26 years in syndication, produced at NBC's 30 Rockefeller Plaza, until its last show in September 1996.

"Donahue" rose to national prominence for its compelling guests and its pioneering, open-forum interview style, where audience members could ask questions of the guest and fans could call in to the show. That format was soon emulated by others who followed, including Oprah Winfrey and Sally Jessy Raphael.

"We knew if we were to have any chance to succeed, you know, we couldn't be talking about juvenile delinquency or, you know, all these broad, very imprecise issues that are often discussed at Rotary Club meetings and other places. We knew we had to have personalities who moved you to go to that phone and make a phone call," said Donahue, discussing the show with the Television Academy Foundation.

Among the topics Donahue chose to highlight on his show were breakdancing, which was was new to national audiences after originating in New York City when Donahue featured it in 1983.

Donahue also prompted conversations around fringe figures, like Ku Klux Klansman David Duke, whom he interviewed in 1978.

"You don't fix racism by throwing a blanket over the people who are racist. Put them on, let's hear them," said Donahue, discussing the Duke interview with the Television Academy Foundation.

In May, President Joe Biden gave Phil Donahue the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Marlo Thomas was award one as well. She appears in the back.

Donahue earned 20 career Emmy Awards for "Donahue" and, in 1992, the Television Academy inducted him into its Hall of Fame. In 1980, he was awarded a personal Peabody Award, recognized for his "sensitive yet probing interviews, his ability to ask the tough questions without seeming to offend, his knack for getting to the heart of the matter are all important. Above all, Phil Donahue brings to his interviews and discussions what has been characterized as an 'innate sense of honesty.'”

In May, Donahue was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden. He was lauded at the ceremony as pioneering "the live daytime talk show, holding a mirror up to America," and for "[interviewing] everyone from our greatest stars to our forgotten neighbors, uniting us around the toughest issues of our time,"

Donahue is survived by his wife, actress Marlo Thomas, as well as "his sister, his children, grandchildren and his beloved golden retriever Charlie," according to the family statement.

Donahue went to MSNBC and famously criticized Bush and Republicans for being "gun ho" with Iraq and protecting the interests of Israel. He was fired from the network soon after. He inspired Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell.

Donahue began his career in 1957 as a production assistant at KYW radio and television when that station was in Cleveland. He got a chance to become an announcer one day when the regular announcer failed to show up. After a brief stint as a bank check sorter in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he became program director for WABJ radio in Adrian, Michigan, soon after graduating. He moved on to become a stringer for the CBS Evening News and later, an anchor of the morning newscast at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, where his interviews with Jimmy Hoffa and Billie Sol Estes were picked up nationally. While in Dayton, Donahue also hosted Conversation Piece, an afternoon phone-in talk show from 1963 to 1967 on WHIO radio. In Dayton, Donahue interviewed presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, late-night talk show host Johnny Carson, human rights activist Malcolm X and Vietnam war opponents including Jerry Rubin. In Chicago and New York City, Donahue interviewed Elton John, heavyweight boxing champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and author and political activist Noam Chomsky.

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