Saturday, September 14, 2024
Sarah McBride Is On Lock To Become First Transwoman In U.S. House!
Friday, September 13, 2024
And It's Like That!
Aren't you getting tired of this? |
Former president Donald J. Trump does another press conference and it was another shameless promotion of his properties and the usual antics he offers at his rallies.
Of course, he was asked about the debate, how he will deport immigrants and the alleged affair with white nationalist Laura Loomer.
Trump appearing at a property in California. He disses Gov. Gavin Newsom, Vice President Kamala Harris, complains about David Muir and Linsey Davis, refuses to do anymore debates and a hodge podge of random things. The usual "the country is going to hell" and he can do stuff like "no other can."
Speaking at a news conference at his Los Angeles-area golf club, Trump unleashed a litany of attacks against Harris and California, as he stood on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
“She destroyed San Francisco and she destroyed the state,” Trump said of Harris, who represented California in the Senate and also served as the state’s attorney general and the district attorney of San Francisco before becoming vice president. He accused her of having been soft on crime in her previous positions — something aides had suggested he would focus on during the debate.
He brought up a discredited claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, hunting and eating pets at Tuesday’s presidential debate watched by more than 67 million people, as Harris repeatedly put him on the defensive about the economy and abortion. The claims — which he has also amplified in social media posts — have driven millions of online conversations, and resulted in serious repercussions for the town.
Bomb threats directed at the homes of Springfield’s mayor and other city officials, as well as Springfield City Hall and schools, prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings there for a second day on Friday.
Laura Loomer is allegedly Trump's mistress. |
Yet Trump’s allies, notably his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, have repeatedly raised the claims about pets — even as Vance acknowledged they may be false.
Trump, who has promised if elected again to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, on Friday dismissed concerns from city officials and said his operation would target Springfield.
“The real threat is what’s happening at our border,” he said.
President Joe Biden on Friday said the Haitian community was “under attack” and the false claims had to stop.
Trump refused on Friday to condemn recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to Tuesday night’s presidential debate and several 9/11 memorial events.
“Laura’s been a supporter of mine,” Trump told reporters at a press conference near Los Angeles, where he was pressed on concerns from Republican allies about his ongoing association with Loomer, who once declared herself a “proud Islamophobe” and has a long history of promoting ugly and extreme conspiracies.
Trump said Loomer has “strong opinions,” but insisted at the news conference he was unaware of her recent comments, including a post on X in which she played on racist stereotypes by writing that “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if Harris, wins in November. Harris is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants.
“I don’t control Laura. Laura has to say what she wants,” Trump said. “I can’t tell Laura what to do.”
Yet later, via his Truth Social account, Trump tried to distance himself more clearly from Loomer, saying, “I disagree with the statements she made” and describing her as “a private citizen and longtime supporter” who “doesn’t work for the Campaign.” Even in that post, though, Trump defended Loomer, writing that “like the many millions of people who support me, she is tired of watching the Radical Left Marxists and Fascists violently attack and smear me.”
Loomer’s appearances on the campaign trail with Trump have alarmed some top supporters, who have taken the rare move of publicly airing their concerns that he is hurting his chances against Harris, who is driving up Democratic enthusiasm that intensified with her debate performance Tuesday. Harris was campaigning Friday across Pennsylvania.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia congresswoman known herself for spreading conspiracies, called the post about curry “appalling and extremely racist” and said it did not represent Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) called Loomer “a crazy conspiracy theorist who regularly utters disgusting garbage intended to divide Republicans,” and said a Democratic Party “plant couldn’t do a better job than she is doing to hurt President Trump’s chances of winning re-election.”
Trump has a history of association with extremists, including dining in 2022 at his Mar-a-Lago club with Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who had used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric. Trump had said at the time that he “knew nothing about” Fuentes before his dinner with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
It's Gonna Get Ugly!
Trump's arm candy. |
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Collard Greene!
We can't be friends. |
MAGA is a hot mess.
The insufferable duo are back at it again.
Georgia's most laziest lawmaker is actually defending Vice President Kamala Harris from attacks from the country's most insufferable troll.
It was revealed that the white nationalist and notorious conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer accompanied former president Donald J. Trump as well as Tulsi Gabbard and Alina Habba, the alleged mistress.
Loomer was there for Trump's debate prep and likely gave him the story about Haitians stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. That woman fed J.D. Vance, a Yale graduate Ohio senator literally fake news.
It tells you that Vance never visited the city.
Loomer steaming mad over Trump's horrible debate performance. She is livid so much she is resorting to racism and conspiracy theories about Harris. Loomer questioned Harris having employment at McDonald's. She promoted the Harris got an earpiece and now the White House will smell like Indian cooking if she becomes the president.
Harris identifies as a Black woman but honors her mother's Indian heritage.
On September 8, in response to a post from Harris featuring photos from a childhood visit to India, Loomer, a self-proclaimed “proud Islamophobe” who was once kicked off Twitter for anti-Muslim remarks, claimed:“If @KamalaHarris wins, the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center and the American people will only be able to convey their feedback through a customer satisfaction survey at the end of the call that nobody will understand.”
It’s really funny how @mtgreenee (a raging anti semite who said Jews use space lasers to control the world) wants to pretend like I’m a “racist” because I made a funny joke about Kamala Harris making cooking videos and buying curry spice at an anti Trump spice shop and I mocked…
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 11, 2024
Insufferable Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) certainly no fan of Harris or President Joe Biden slammed Loomer for taking aim at South Asians.
Notable Republicans who are Indian American are Bobby Jindal, Dinesh D'Souza, Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley. Wonder how they are gonna react to the Loomer and Greene feud.
“This is appalling and extremely racist,” Georgia Representative Greene said in response on X. “It does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should not be tolerated ever.”
Loomer then fired back, calling Greene a “raging anti semite” and claimed her post was a “funny joke about Kamala Harris” using “her Indian mom as a way to dodge questions.”
Both women, in fact, have long been accused of spreading hate, accusations that haven’t stopped either from getting praise from Donald Trump.
Loomer has made hateful remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia, and once called for a new ridesharing service that didn’t allow Muslims.
Greene has her own history of inflammatory remarks, including spreading conspiracies about 9/11, the Parkland shooting, and claiming before she was elected that a prominent Jewish banking family used a space laser to start fires in California.
Greene is a longtime ally of Trump, and regularly appears at his campaign rallies, including an event in June where she compared the former president to Jesus Christ.
Trump, for his part, regularly taunts Harris over her heritage, intentionally misprouncing her name and accusing Harris — whose father is from Jamaica, who attended an HBCU, and who pledged one of the nation’s largest Black sorrorities — of only deciding to “turn Black” in recent days for the first time.
Peter Renaday Passed Away!
Peter Renaday, famed voice actor from the 1980s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series has passed away. |
A voice actor who had roles on original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and original The Transformers has passed away. The voice actor Peter Renaday has passed away at the age of 89 of natural causes on Sunday. It was confirmed on Thursday.
Hamato Yoshi became Splinter, the Turtles sensei and father figure. |
Renaday played Grapple, the master builder from The Transformers. |
In addition to his role as Master Splinter, Renaday is also known for voicing the animatronic Abraham Lincoln reciting the Gettysburg Address at Walt Disney World’s The Hall of Presidents. He also voiced the animatronic bear characters Henry and Max at Disney World’s original Country Bear Jamboree attraction.
Frankie Beverly Passed Away!
Frankie Beverly, frontman from the soul group Maze has passed away. |
Whenever you went to a Black cookout, you always heard a song that goes good with grilling and line dancing.
"Before I Let Go" was the song from Frankie Beverly and Maze.
Frankie Beverly has passed away.
His family said in a post on the band’s website and social media accounts that Beverly died Tuesday. In the post, which asked for privacy, the family said “he lived his life with a pure soul, as one would say, and for us, no one did it better.” The post did not say his cause of death or where he died.
Beverly, whose songs include “Joy and Pain,” “Love is the Key,” and “Southern Girl,” finished his farewell “I Wanna Thank You Tour” in his hometown of Philadelphia in July. That same month, the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans included a special tribute to Beverly and Maze, who closed out the event for its first 15 years. His performances at the festival — the nation’s largest annual celebration of Black culture — would turn the crowd into a sea of dancing fans, many wearing white clothing like Beverly himself often donned.
“Frankie Beverly’s artistry wasn’t just about sound; it was the very thread that stitched together our collective memories and moments of joy,” the festival’s organizers said in a statement. “His melodies will forever echo in our hearts and continue to inspire.”
Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and a former mayor of New Orleans, said Maze’s 1981 album “Live In New Orleans” cemented the city’s relationship with Beverly. Morial said he always sat in the front row for Maze’s closeout show at the festival and remembers turning around and seeing a crowd that was “joyful like a choir” singing all of the words with Beverly.
“His music had feeling. It had positive themes of love, happiness, family and togetherness,” Morial said. “It was just electrical and magical and it’s what made us fall in love with him.”
Beverly’s songs have become interwoven into celebrations in Black communities. The band’s 1981 song “Before I Let Go,” which has been covered by Beyoncé, can be heard everywhere from clubs to cookouts, sure to get people on their feet.
“When the song comes on, it’s time to dance,” said Hakeem Holmes, vice president of the Essence Festival.
He said the band’s music brings such comfort and joy that there’s a “healing aspect” to it. And, he said, songs like “We Are One” bring people together as everyone sings along.
In an interview published over the summer in Essence magazine, Beverly called music “the love of my life.” He said in the interview that he didn’t know exactly why his music appealed across all ages, but that he believed “God made a path for my music to reach each generation.”
Howard Stanley Beverly, born Dec. 6, 1946 in Philadelphia, was so taken with the 1950s R&B group Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers that he changed his name to Frankie.
Maze started out in Philadelphia the early 1970s as Raw Soul before heading to the San Francisco Bay Area. It was Marvin Gaye who convinced him to change the band’s name to Maze and, in 1977, helped them release their first album, “Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly.”
On the title track of his 1989 album “Silky Soul,” Beverly paid tribute to Gaye, remembering the singer who thrived on the romantic soul and protest songs that Maze was also known for.
“That kind of faith, you’re talking ’60s, hippie generation,” Beverly told The Associated Press in 1990. “It’s missing and I personally feel bad about that. We grew up in the ’60s — we’re ex-hippies.”
Among those mourning Beverly was Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who wrote on X: “His timeless music, his powerful words and his lasting impact. I’m devastated to hear about this one.”
New Orleans resident Sedrick T. Thomas, 64, a lifelong fan of Beverly and his music, said Beverly’s passing “leaves a chasm in the world of R&B.”
“I feel myself in mourning,” Thomas said. “Frankie was a great entertainer who made sure we, as fans, walked away with an incredible experience. I grew up on his music. I thank him for ‘Joy and Pain,’ for ‘Southern Girl,’ for ‘Happy Feelin’s, and for ‘Before I Let Go.’ I thank him for the time and energy he put into his performances. And though the music will live on, he will be greatly missed.”
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
23 - 9/11! / Still Free Palestine!
The U.S. honors the victims of Sept. 11, 2001.
Wonder why it happened?
The U.S. and its support for Israel led to al Qaeda plotting revenge.
Sometimes questioning motives isn't an attack on the victims. It a mission to question authority, the status quo and get to the honest truth.
I remember I was staying with my parents and we just got a new digital cable box. I wake up around 9:15am and turned on Comedy Central to see the World Trade Center buildings on fire. I thought it was a joke. I asked my dad what the heck happened.
The attack was inspired by men radicalized by the noise of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri. The 19 men dressed like normal travelers. They got on planes leaving Boston Logan, Newark Liberty and Reagan and hijacked the planes mid-flight. The first airline crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. As the New York authorities were trying to rescue those trapped in the building, another airline crashed into the South Tower. By that time, President George W. Bush was notified of the attack on New York. He abruptly left a Florida school during a reading session.
President Biden, Vice President Harris, former President Trump, Sen. JD Vance and Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg at 9/11 Ceremony in New York. pic.twitter.com/nK19YKABjB
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 11, 2024
Today, President Biden and I are traveling to the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania to honor the victims and their families.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) September 11, 2024
We will never forget the 2,977 lives lost on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/4jk1XYxjho
We will never forget the 2,977 precious lives stolen from us on 9/11.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 11, 2024
We will never forget their families who still bear the grief of their loss.
We will never forget the heroic citizens and survivors who rushed to help their fellow Americans.
We will never forget. pic.twitter.com/6Y0WtQ5Zu3
During his briefing, another plane would crash into the Pentagon. The Pentagon was not destroyed but it sustained heavy damage. By that time Vice President Dick Cheney was notified to evacuate the White House and Observatory Circle. Congress was also notified and had to take evacuations.
The news was zeroed in on the World Trade Center. All the cable channels went to live coverage. CNN was the first network to report the airline crashing into the towers.
The Pentagon was heavily damaged by the attack. They rebuild the structure. |
These terrorists shook America and led our nation into war with two countries.
George W. Bush declared war on Afghanistan after the nation refused to handover al Qaeda leaders and funders. The war started in December 2001 and ended in August 2021.
The U.S. overthrown the Taliban and it held them out until the U.S. forces formally left.
The Taliban regained control shortly after U.S. forces left.
The Republicans used the Afghanistan war to promote Islamophobia, hatred of immigrants and called anti-war protesters, "traitors" and "enemies of the state." Fox led the way to generating public option and threw culture wars into the public discourse. It led to many noise makers using freedom and liberty as it was their rightful ownership.
Republicans would soon encourage the public to fight the war in Iraq. The U.S. was misled by allegations that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and allied with al Qaeda. That led us to a 8 year war that ended in 2011.
When Barack Obama ran for president, he promised that he wouldn't rest until the leaders of al-Qaeda were captured or killed. His political rivals thought he was naive and foolish at the time. They were wrong.
After a landslide election, Obama was elected to be president. As the successor of George W. Bush, Obama inherited two wars, an economic crisis and congressional gridlock.
Passengers managed to force the terrorist to divert his plane from the intended target. |
Obama was really aggressive on disrupting al-Qaeda and its affiliates.
Republicans then started the drum brat of the Benghazi attack. It damaged Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she ran for president a second time. Republicans obsessed over Obama's handling of the attack and threatened impeachment for it.
September 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Cairo, Egypt was mobbed by protesters apparently in response to an anti-Islamic online video known as Innocence of Muslims. A group scaled the embassy wall and tore down the American flag to replace it with a black Islamic flag. This incident (and the coinciding armed attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that was widely misreported as a reaction to the film) launched a series of worldwide demonstrations against the film outside diplomatic facilities of the United States and other Western countries. However, other underlying issues of discontent have fueled the protests in some countries. The protests that continued in the ensuing weeks also expanded to other Western-related locations, some of which turned violent, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.
The protest lays down in the groundwork for a sneak attack to infiltrate the U.S. Embassy compound in Libyan by militants. They ended up killing four Americans which included J. Christopher Stevens, a longtime ally to the president.
Obama's political foes in the Republican Party wish Osama bin Laden was still alive. They refuse to credit him for giving the orders to take out the world's most wanted terrorist
Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri were both killed by U.S. forces. |
The Republicans could never take responsibility for a tragedy. They'll blame the Democrats for every domestic or international incident whenever there's a Republican president. They scapegoated immigrants, Muslims and people who opposed war for being on the side of terrorists.
George W. Bush ignored the Richard Clarke warnings. He ignored the Bill Clinton memos. He wanted to chart his own goals. He should have been impeached for that.
President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris together. Rare. |
Republicans place the blame of the Los Angeles/Rodney King riots, the Minneapolis/George Floyd riots, every war that doesn't go as planned, every mass shooting, every government shutdown, every man made disaster on the Democrats. Every wildfire, volcano, earthquake, tornado, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Maria is blamed the Democrats. They blame Democrats for crime and gun violence. They claim it was the Democrats most responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, mask mandates and closing businesses when it was a Republican president and most Republican governors who ordered shutdowns.
Now 23 years later our current president Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio senator J.D. Vance are honoring the memories of those lost on 9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012.
Once again, Harris, the Democratic nominee shook Trump's hand. Trump is the Republican nominee.
We will survive. |
President Joe Biden ordered the killing of al-Zawahri in 2022. The former leader stayed in a luxury apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan. The death really shook al-Qaeda and they have no strong voices to radicalize.
Biden finally ended the war in Afghanistan and Republicans led the way to criticizing and blaming the president for the swifty evacuations and attack on 13 military members being killed by a suicide bomber.
A moment of clarity for all of us.
Some Bad Work!
Get some hand sanitizer. |
David Muir, the ABC News anchor co-moderating the debate, immediately fact-checked Trump's claims, saying that the city manager in Springfield, Ohio, told the network there had been no credible reports of pets being harmed, injured or abused by people in the city's immigrant community.
Tyreek Hill Dragged Out In Record Speed!
Even a NFL player can get dragged out by the neck. |
This did not make it to the debate.
Miami Dolphins and the NFL reacted to Sunday's incident involving wide receiver Tyreek Hill being pulled out of his Lamborghini and violently detained by Miami-Dade Police.
All over a speeding violation.
The U.S. law enforcement agencies get trained by Israel. That stuff must come to an end.
This is all tactics by Israelis. They done stuff like this to Palestinians. They share this stuff with police unions and it is unethical and practically dangerous.
On September 8, 2024, hours before the Miami Dolphins were set to begin their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Hill was pulled over by officers outside of the Dolphins stadium while he was on his way to the game. Video, which was filmed by fans, was uploaded to social media and instantly made national news. The video showed Hill being detained in handcuffs and forced to the ground by three officers who were on top of him holding him down. Hill claimed in a statement following the game that he was accused of speeding and reckless driving and had no idea why the situation escalated like it did. “I wasn’t disrespectful because my mom didn’t raise me that way. Didn’t cuss. Didn’t do none of that. So like I said, I’m still trying to figure it out, man." Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association, said Hill wasn't being cooperative and that he was “redirected” to the ground after refusing to sit when he was briefly detained. Julius B. Collins, Hill's attorney, said that the traffic stop escalated when Hill gave officers his license and rolled his window back up. “One of the officers then knocked on Mr. Hill’s driver side window and advised Mr. Hill to keep his window rolled down otherwise he was going to get him out of the car" and that officers followed policy in handcuffing Hill. "Mr. Hill was not immediately cooperative with the officers on the scene who, pursuant to policy and for their immediate safety, placed Mr. Hill in handcuffs. Mr. Hill, still uncooperative, refused to sit on the ground and was therefore redirected to the ground. Once the situation was sorted out within a few minutes, Mr. Hill was issued two traffic citations and was free to leave” Stahl said.
Hill's teammate, Calais Campbell, who was also on his way to the game, stopped and got involved in an attempt to de-escalate the sitution. Campbell got out of his car with his hands up above his head and approached the scene, informing officers that he was a friend of Hill's. He remained at the scene to “support” Hill after he said officers asked him to leave. Police later placed him in handcuffs for “disobeying a direct order" by being too close. “They were trying to yank him down to the ground. I saw them kick him and pull him down ... I feel like one officer was pushing on his head” Campbell said to ESPN. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke on the incident saying “I was pleased to see he did well in the game and it was good for the team, what happened on the field. I have confidence in agencies throughout this state that they want to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and if for some reason that wasn’t followed here I know they will make that clear. But I’ll let that investigation take place.” One of the officers involved was placed on administrative leave following the incident and pending an internal investigation. Miami-Dade Police director Stephanie Daniels told the Miami Herald that the decision to place the officer on leave came after a review of the body camera footage from the roadside incident.
Hill does a little trolling. |
Despite the incident, Hill played in that afternoon's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he finished with seven catches for 130 yards and one touchdown in a 20–17 win.
The far right are calling out Hill for not complying. The left is retorting to Ashli Babbitt whenever they resort to police encounters. Babbitt did not comply and got shot by U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd. He did everything to protect members of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Hill has some controveries in the past but that is irrelevant. What the police did was an overreaction to a situation. It should just being a citation and on your way. But how these morons go from 0 to 100, it proves that many of cops are trigger happy.
Moving Swifties!
Swifties got Kamala's back. |
The world's biggest pop star endorsed Kamala Harris. Uh oh, the Swifties for Kamala managed to get the Tay endorsement.
The Black woman side eye. |
The endorsement had been widely anticipated. Swift threw her support behind President Joe Biden and Harris during the 2020 presidential election. Swift allowed the Biden-Harris campaign to use her song “Only the Young” in an advertisement during the 2020 cycle.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The Big Apple Bite: Eric Adams And Company Under Federal Watch!
When Law & Order comes to real life. |
Debate Night!
Tonight, former president Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will do their likely only presidential debate on ABC News. President Joe Biden suspended his reelection bid after he was forced out by party leaders after a disappointing debate performance in June.
The high stakes event expected to be viewed by millions of Americans and a key sliver of undecided voters.
Harris' momentum -- after her unusual rise as the Democrats' nominee shot her into a neck-and-neck race -- has now stalled, making the head-to-head matchup an opportunity to get that started again -- If she can adequately make the argument for her own candidacy and cast Trump as unfit for another term.
Trump, meanwhile, has struggled to find a way to consistently and effectively attack his new opponent but has remained highly competitive, thanks to a large base of immovable supporters and the broad swath of Americans who already have fixed views of him. Tuesday's debate offers him an opportunity to solidify his support while painting Harris in a negative light to an electorate that has less cemented perceptions of her.
Who's gonna win? |
As it stands, it's a neck-and-neck race. Harris would like a moment that revives her momentum, which jolted her into contention but now is stalled; Trump would like a moment to erase some of the gains Harris has made and actually reverse her improved poll numbers.
In order to qualify for the September 10 ABC debate, presidential candidates need to meet the following criteria:
Be constitutionally eligible to hold the presidency
File with the Federal Election Commission
Appear on a sufficient number of ballots to have a mathematical possibility of winning a majority vote in the Electoral College
Agree to the rules of the debate
Have a level of support of at least 15% in four national public polls of registered or likely voters selected by ABC, with such polls dating between August 1 and September 3, 2024.
Harris and Trump were invited to the debate in early August.
Five polls met ABC's criteria for inclusion, with Harris and Trump meeting the 15% threshold in every poll.