Saturday, December 14, 2024

Jigga Accuser Confirms Inconsistencies!

The Jigga Man wants to sanction lawyer who brought sexual assault accusations on him.

Yeah, Shawn Corey Carter is an adulterer but a rapist? Uh, we will see!

The media mogul is moving to sue the lawyer who brought forward an accuser who claimed at the age of 13, she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean "Puffy" Combs, known as Diddy.

The biggest shock since Donald J. Trump's return is the downfall of former Bad Boy Records CEO, Diddy.

His arrest and accusations has rocked the entertainment industry. Many celebrities and Trump are under the radar.

Of course, the far right is linking Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, former president Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Will Smith, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and numerous others to Diddy. They so fixated on accusing people they don't like of being criminals and pedophiles, while openly supporting a convicted felon.

MAGAland is so full of shit, it got to smell as bad Trump's Depends.

A convicted felon, sexual predator, white nationalist, habitual liar and insurrectionist who managed to escape accountability. They need to shut the fuck up and mind their business. Because Trump is knee deep in the shit.

Black women are going to be proven right.

NBC News interviews the accuser. The woman is white apparently. She kept concealed to protect her identity and said she has special needs.

An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat down with NBC News to recount what she called a “catastrophic event”: a limo ride to a white house, a drink that made her feel woozy, a sexual assault by rap stars that would ruin her life.

But the woman and her lawyers also acknowledge that there were some inconsistencies in her account in response to questions from NBC News.
“I have made some mistakes” in recollections of that night, the woman, identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed against Jay-Z and Diddy, told NBC News. The woman said she stands by her allegations overall. The inconsistencies in her account of the incident — alleged to have happened 24 years ago — do not necessarily mean the allegations are false.

Among the inconsistencies: The woman said her father picked her up after the alleged sexual assault, but he says he doesn’t recall that. The woman also claims she spoke to a celebrity at the after-party where she said she was sexually assaulted, but that celebrity said he was not in New York at that time. And images from that evening show Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a different location than the one the woman described, although their whereabouts for the entire evening are unclear.

Tony Buzbee ain't done yet. He said accusers are coming forward.

“This incident didn’t happen,” Carter told NBC News in a statement Friday, “and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press,” he added, referring to one of the woman’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee. “True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t realize it yet, but, soon.”

Buzbee says he is continuing to vet her claims.

“Jane Doe’s case was referred to our firm by another, who vetted it prior to sending it to us,” he told NBC News in an email. “Our client remains fiercely adamant that what she has stated is true, to the best of her memory. We will continue to vet her claims and collect corroborating data to the extent it exists. Because we have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to submit to a polygraph. I’ve never had a client suggest that before.”

“In any event,” he added, “we always do our best to vet each claim made, just as we did in this case. This has been extremely distressing for her, to the point she has experienced seizures and had to seek medical treatment due to the stress.”

The allegations against Carter suggest a seismic shift, potentially linking the rap legend to the alleged behavior laid out in civil and criminal cases against Combs, who is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

Carter’s attorney Alex Spiro said, “It is stunning that a lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting, but would make things worse by further peddling this false story in the press. We are asking the Court to dismiss this frivolous case today, and will take up the matter of additional discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all the lawyers that filed the complaint.”

Combs’ attorneys called the suit a “shameful money grab.” Buzbee has filed more than 20 lawsuits against Combs.

The lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant, and it was refiled Sunday to name Carter as another defendant.

NBC News traveled to Houston to interview the woman, who declined to be identified, at her attorney’s office earlier this week.

“You should always fight for what happened to you,” she said about why she is going public with her accusations now. “You should always advocate for yourself and be a voice for yourself. You should never let what somebody else did ruin or run your life. I just hope I can give others the strength to come forward like I came forward.”

The woman, who is now 38, told NBC News she was living in Rochester, New York, in 2000 and that attending the VMAs was “on my bucket list at 13. It was like, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ one of those things I’ve got to do.” She said she snuck out a window to evade her parents.

A friend drove her to Radio City Music Hall in New York City, she said in the lawsuit. People thronged into viewing areas outside the venue, which was decked out for the awards. Crowds roared when J.Lo arrived. Eminem performed on the street.

She didn’t have a ticket, and said in the suit she watched some of the show on a jumbotron outside. She also started chatting up limo drivers. “I’m trying to get in to try to stay back and get to an after-party and get invited in and meet some celebrities,” she told NBC News.

One limo driver said he worked for Combs and that she “fit what Diddy was looking for,” the suit said, and he told her to return later and he’d take her to an after-party. After about 20 minutes in the limo, she said in the suit, she arrived at a “large white residence with a gated U-shaped driveway.” She said in the suit she signed a document that she didn’t read.

Inside, she told NBC News, “I’m talking to, like, Fred Durst, Benji Madden, about his tattoo, because, you know, about his tattoo that’s ‘The Last Supper,’ because I have a religious background, so it was just something to talk about.”

After accepting a drink from a waitress, she told NBC News: “I started feeling funny. Tried to start looking for a place to lay down.”

She found an empty room with a bed in it, she said in the suit, and soon after, Combs, Carter and a woman entered the room. “You are ready to party!” Combs said, according to the suit.

Both Combs and Carter raped her, she said. “Jay-Z comes over, holds me down. I start trying to push away. He puts his hand over my mouth, tells me to stop it, to cut the shit, and then he rapes me like he had me overpowered,” she said.

Afterward, she said in the suit, she managed to flee the house and ran to a gas station.

“I was upset, and the person at the gas station could tell that I was obviously upset, and she let me use the phone. I called my dad because he was the only person I trust at that time. I told him I messed up and I needed a ride home,” she told NBC News. “We rode home in silence. He didn’t ask me what happened. He didn’t ask me what I did or where I was.”

She told NBC News she never told anyone about the alleged assault or wrote it down in a diary. “Even if somebody found out, who was gonna believe me? I mean, it was to the word of two celebrities against mine,” she said.

Friday, December 13, 2024

Nancy Pelosi Takes A Fall!


Like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the age is an issue. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is no different.

The former House Speaker fell in Luxembourg.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), President-elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (Sen. R-OH) were notified.

Pelosi, 84, was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman, Ian Krager, said in a statement that she is “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals” and is unable to attend the remainder of events on her trip.

He did not describe the nature of her injury or give any additional details, but a person familiar with the incident said that Pelosi tripped and fell while at an event with the other members of Congress. Another person familiar with the situation said she injured her hip. The people requested anonymity to discuss the fall because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly.

Krager said that Pelosi “looks forward to returning home to the U.S. soon.”

Among the members on the trip was Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) who posted on social media that he was “praying for a speedy recovery,” for Pelosi. The two lawmakers were captured holding hands in a group photo Friday at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg.

“I’m disappointed Speaker Emerita Pelosi won’t be able to join the rest of our delegation’s events this weekend as I know how much she looked forward to honoring our veterans,” McCaul wrote on X. “But she is strong, and I am confident she will be back on her feet in no time.”

The former leader’s fall comes two years after her husband Paul was attacked by a man with a hammer at their San Francisco home. The man, who was sentenced in October to 30 years in federal prison, broke into their home looking for Pelosi.

Pelosi, who was first elected in 1987 and served as speaker twice, stepped down from her leadership post two years ago but remained in Congress and was re-elected to represent her San Francisco district in November.

She has remained active in the two years since she left the top job, working with Democrats in private and in public and attending official events. Last summer, she was instrumental in her party’s behind the scenes push to urge President Joe Biden to leave the presidential ticket.

She attended the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington last weekend and was on the Senate floor Monday to attend the swearing in of her former Democratic House colleagues, Adam Schiff of California and Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Earlier this week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 82, tripped and fell in the Senate, spraining his wrist and cutting his face. McConnell, who is stepping down from his leadership post at the end of the year, missed Senate votes on Thursday after experiencing some stiffness in his leg from the fall, his office said.

Ironic, Biden is old and they called for his ass to drop out. Pelosi, McConnell and other elderly lawmakers called for Biden to drop out. Now, karma.

I am tired of these apologists for Israel. Pelosi called protesters addressing her about Israel, paid by China. See if do things bad, you find yourself in karma.

McConnell denied former president Barack Obama and President Joe Biden Surpeme Court nominees.

He rammed through president-elect (former president) Donald J. Trump's nominees. He took a nasty fall. Karma, baby.

Israel Plans On Invading Iran!

The Israeli regime comfortable to strike Iran. Biden and Trump are signalling to Israel to strike Iran.

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump are senile. They are driving the United States into a war because of motherfucking Israel.

Israel is looking to invade Iran after invading Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, the West Bank and Yemen. 

With the toppling of Bashar Al-Assad, the Syrian government is in dissary. The world is concerned that Israel is planning on illegally annexing sovereignty and trying to strike at Iran's nuclear facilities in attempt to destroy their power grid and possible weapons cache.

Russia is warning Israel and the United States that an attack will not be tolerated.

Clearly, I feel that Iran is not the threat. Israel has lied about its purposes and is bracing for potential retaliation from Iran if they try to strike.

My question is, will they finally get Tel Aviv if Israel strikes Tehran?

World War III.

The apartheid ethnostate is not concerned about the settlers who they claimed are hostages in Gaza. They are no longer concerned about the consequences of their actions.

With Trump returning to power, Israel now feels the need to spread its evil across the Middle East. 

Back in October, the plans to invade Iran were leaked and the U.S. was big mad over the leaks. They wanted to find the person who leaked it to the world.

A CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ordered Wednesday.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles overrules a magistrate who said last week that Asif Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, could be free on restrictions while he awaits trial on charges of disclosing national defense information.

I find it ironic that Trump takes classified documents and nearly sparked an insurrection can get away with it while Rahman is likely to face charges and face up to 35 years in federal time out.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.The fight over Rahman’s detention revealed additional details about the government’s investigation of the leak and the analyst who allegedly disclosed the classified documents in October on the Telegram messaging app.

At Wednesday’s detention hearing, prosecutor Troy Edwards said Rahman was motivated by ideology, though he did not discuss what that ideology might be.

In fact, he said the conclusion that Rahman’s motive was ideological was essentially process of elimination, noting that Rahman comes from a wealthy family and has access to a multimillion-dollar family trust, and therefore wouldn’t have a financial incentive.

Rahman leaked it because he fears the U.S. support for Israel is leading us to global war. He felt that the American media and government lied to us about the Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. We are literally entering conflicts on behalf of Israel.

Edwards also highlighted eight pages of notes found on Rahman when he was arrested last month in Cambodia, where he worked at the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh. Those notes included two separate “to-do” lists, one of which was largely blocks of apparently encrypted text along with an unencrypted sentence pertaining to U.S. missile capabilities. Edwards said investigators have not yet been able to decipher the encryption.

A separate, unencrypted to-do list included categories labeled “contingencies” and “run,” Edwards said.

Official court documents are vague about what was leaked, but details discussed in open court make clear that it references an October disclosure of documents from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency noting that Israel was moving military assets into place to conduct a military strike on Iran after Iran launched its own missile attack on Israel on Oct. 1.

Israel ended up carrying out an attack on Iran’s air defense systems and missile manufacturing facilities in late October.

In court papers, the government said the leak caused Israel to delay its attack plans. Edwards said the volatile nature of the Middle East makes the leak exceptionally dangerous.

Senile Trump wants Israel to finish the job.

“It is hard to overstate what other circumstances present graver risks of danger to human life than unilaterally deciding to transmitting information related to plans for kinetic military action between two countries,” prosecutors wrote in court papers.

Rahman’s attorney, Amy Jeffress, cited anonymous sources in news articles who have downplayed the leak’s significance.

Jeffress said the to-do list included the word “run” because Rahman is an avid jogger. She also said it’s rare for defendants facing similar charges to be detained pending trial.

Rahman was born in California and moved with his family when he was a child to Cincinnati, where he was a high school valedictorian, according to court papers submitted by his lawyer. He went to Yale University and graduated in three years. He and his wife now live in the D.C. metro area, along with his parents.

His father, Muhit Rahman, who was prepared to serve as his son’s custodian pretrial if he had been released, attended Wednesday’s hearing along with numerous family members and friends in support.

Rahman made his initial court appearance last month in Guam.

Jeffress said after Wednesday’s hearing that she intends to appeal the detention order.

Israeli regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message addressed to the Iranian people Thursday celebrating the weakening of the “Iranian regime’s axis of terror.” Speaking in English in a video with Farsi subtitles, Netanyahu said that Israeli attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon had set off a “chain reaction” in the Middle East.

Why is this motherfucker speaking in English?

It is an attempt to get American and British citizens to think that Israel is doing this invasion for the "greater good."


Vance To Bring Jordan Neeley's Killer To Army-Navy Game!

Vance is not taking Usha to the Army-Navy game. He is taking a man crush.

Y'all voted for this.

Just wait.....

When a Black man or an immigrant kills a white person, expect the far right, President Donald J. Trump, Republicans and Fox to exploit it and target people of color.

If a white person kills a person of color, the far right will celebrate it as a fight against criminal thugs or wokeism.

I hope we see more violence. Because you folks who backed Trump will see more of this. The chaos, the racism, the inequality and the wars.

The good times.

Make America Great Again.

Internet troll Benny Johnson claims that Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is inviting the New York man who was acquitted of murder to the Army-Navy college football game this Saturday.

Vance, a former active duty Marine and current Ohio Republican senator is already unpopular. Daniel Penny who placed a chokehold on Jordan Neeley was found not guilty of manslaughter and murder. He went to celebrate by having a beer and getting an invite from the incoming vice president.

Penny still faces a civil lawsuit.

Vance and Penny will watch the game from Trump's suite at the Washington Commanders Stadium in Landover, Maryland, at 3 p.m. ET.

"Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone," Vance wrote in a post on X."I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage."

NOTUS, a publication of the Allbritton Journalism Institute, first reported Penny's plan to attend the game.

Penny, a former Marine, was acquitted Monday in the New York chokehold case, with a jury finding him not guilty of criminally negligent homicide.

Prosecutors accused Penny, who was 24 years old at the time of the incident, of causing Neely's death after putting the 30-year-old homeless man in a chokehold on a subway train in May 2023.

This shithead is being hailed a hero for chokeholding a Black man.

Neely, who had a history of mental illness, had been shouting and acting erratically when he boarded the subway. Juan Alberto Vazquez, who witnessed the altercation on the subway, told NBC's New York station at the time that Neely was being aggressive.

“The man got on the subway car and began to say a somewhat aggressive speech, saying he was hungry, he was thirsty, that he didn’t care about anything, he didn’t care about going to jail, he didn’t care that he gets a big life sentence,” Vazquez told the station in Spanish. “That ‘it doesn’t even matter if I died.’”

Synthetic cannabinoids were determined to be in his system when he died.

During the trial, a medical examiner testified that Neely died from “compression of neck (chokehold)."

The jury in the case was deadlocked last week on the more serious charge of manslaughter, causing the judge to dismiss the charge, which carried a maximum sentence of up to four years.

The case divided many people along political and racial lines, as Penny is white and Neely was Black.

After Penny was acquitted earlier this week, Vance said in a post on X, "I have not said much about this case out of fear of (negatively) influencing the jury. But thank God justice was done in this case. It was a scandal Penny was ever prosecuted in the first place."

Black people, you been warned. If you backed Trump, you will see the outcome.

You thought President Joe Biden was bad, get ready for another helping of Trump.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Pardon Me!

President Joe Biden on a pardon spree.

Just so you know, the current president does not give two fucks about people's opinions of him. You see he is still supporting fucking Israel despite that being a factor to his vice president's presidential campaign failure. He pardoned his son despite promising not to do so. He said he will attend his predecessor's inauguration. He just dropped his rankings to the lower tier presidents.

While I applaud the president for handling the economy, his support for Israel, the daily struggles of work and home, the feeling of not being satisfied also led to the Democrats failing. Now Republicans return with proposals that could wreck the economy, peace and drive us to a civil war.

His successor who previously was his predecessor is still ranked as one of the worst in modern history. It appears he will continue his legacy with the recent proposals he plans to roll out come 2025.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. Prisons were uniquely bad for spreading the virus and some inmates were released in part to stop the spread. At one point, 1 in 5 prisoners had COVID-19, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press.

Biden said he would be taking more steps in the weeks ahead and would continue to review clemency petitions. The second largest single-day act of clemency was by Barack Obama, with 330, shortly before leaving office in 2017.

“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. “As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.”

The clemency follows a broad pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes. Biden is under pressure from advocacy groups to pardon broad swaths of people, including those on federal death row, before the Trump administration takes over in January. He’s also weighing whether to issue preemptive pardons to those who investigated Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and are facing possible retribution when he takes office.

Clemency is the term for the power the president has to pardon, in which a person is relieved of guilt and punishment, or to commute a sentence, which reduces or eliminates the punishment but doesn’t exonerate the wrongdoing. It’s customary for a president to grant mercy at the end of his term, using the power of the office to wipe away records or end prison terms.

Those pardoned Thursday had been convicted of nonviolent crimes such as drug offenses and turned their lives around, White House lawyers said. They include a woman who led emergency response teams during natural disasters; a church deacon who has worked as an addiction counselor and youth counselor; a doctoral student in molecular biosciences; and a decorated military veteran.

The president had previously issued 122 commutations and 21 other pardons. He’s also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and 34 other lawmakers are urging the president to pardon environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who was imprisoned or under house arrest for three years because of a contempt of court charge related to his work representing Indigenous farmers in a lawsuit against Chevron.

But those who received the pardons would have to accept them. New California Sen. Adam Schiff, who was a part of the House committee that investigated the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, said such a pardon from Biden would be “unnecessary,” and that the president shouldn’t be spending his waning days in office worrying about this.

For Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., another target of Trump’s threats, said in a statement this week that his suggestion that she and others be jailed for the investigations “is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic.”

Before pardoning his son, Biden had repeatedly pledged not to do so. He said in a statement explaining his reversal that the prosecution had been poisoned by politics. The decision prompted criminal justice advocates and lawmakers to put additional public pressure on the administration to use that same power for everyday Americans. It wasn’t a very popular move; only about 2 in 10 Americans approved of his decision, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Christopher Wray Steps Down!

Good luck America. The FBI is gonna be a mess once I step down.

Y'all voted for this.

In order to get his remaining pension and not have a stain on his resume, the FBI director Christopher Wray is stepping down.

President Donald J. Trump nominated Wray in 2017 after he fired James Comey.

Trump wanted to fire Wray but I guess the FBI director wanted to get ahead of it.

Wray told bureau workers Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.

Patel may face uphill battle for confirmation.

Wray said at a town hall meeting that he would be stepping down “after weeks of careful thought,” roughly three years short of the completion of a 10-year term during which he tried to keep the FBI out of politics even as the bureau found itself entangled in a string of explosive investigations, including two that led to separate indictments of Trump last year as well as inquiries into Biden and his son.

“My goal is to keep the focus on our mission — the indispensable work you’re doing on behalf of the American people every day,” Wray told agency employees. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work.”

The intended resignation was not unexpected considering that Trump had settled on Patel to be director and had repeatedly aired his ire at Wray, whom he appointed during his first term. But his departure is nonetheless a reflection of how Trump’s norm-breaking style has reshaped Washington, with the president-elect yet again flouting tradition by moving to replace an FBI director well before his term was up and Wray resigning to avert a collision with the incoming administration.

“It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway — this is not easy for me,” Wray said. “I love this place, I love our mission, and I love our people — but my focus is, and always has been, on us and doing what’s right for the FBI.”

Wray received a standing ovation following his remarks before a standing-room-only crowd at FBI headquarters and some in the audience cried, according to an FBI official who was not authorized to discuss the private gathering by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.

Trump applauded the news on social media, calling it “a great day for America as it will end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice” and saying that Patel’s confirmation will begin “the process of Making the FBI Great Again.”

If confirmed by the Senate, Patel would herald a radical leadership transformation at the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency. He has advocated shutting down the FBI’s Washington headquarters and called for ridding the federal government of “conspirators,” raising alarms that he might seek to wield the FBI’s significant investigative powers as an instrument of retribution against Trump’s perceived enemies.

Patel said Wednesday that he was looking forward to “a smooth transition. I will be ready to serve the American people on day one.”

It’s extremely rare for FBI directors to be ousted from their jobs before the completion of their 10-year terms, a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations. But Trump has done it twice, placing Wray in the job in 2017 after firing Director James Comey amid an investigation into ties between Russia and the Republican president’s campaign.

Despite having appointed Wray, Trump had telegraphed his anger with the FBI director on multiple occasions throughout the years, including as recently as the past week.

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Trump said, “I can’t say I’m thrilled with him. He invaded my home,” a reference to the FBI’s 2002 search of Trump’s Florida property, Mar-a-Lago, for classified documents from Trump’s first term as president.

That search, and the recovery of boxes of sensitive government records, paved the way for one of two federal indictments against Trump. The case, and another one charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, have both been dismissed by the Justice Department special counsel that brought them in light of Trump’s November victory.

Attorney General Merrick Garland praised Wray for having “served our country honorably and with integrity for decades.” He said: “Under Director Wray’s principled leadership, the FBI has worked to fulfill the Justice Department’s mission to keep our country safe, protect civil rights, and uphold the rule of law.”

Natalie Bara, the president of the FBI Agents Association, said in a statement that Wray had led the FBI “through challenging times with a steady focus on doing the work that keeps our country safe. ”

Throughout his seven years on the job, the self-professed “low-key, understated” Wray brought a workmanlike approach to the job, repeatedly preaching a “keep calm and tackle hard” mantra despite a steady drumbeat of attacks from Trump and his supporters.

He also sought to avoid public conflict when possible with the Trump White House, distancing himself and his leadership team from the FBI’s Russia investigation over errors that took place before he took office and announcing dozens of corrective actions meant to prevent the recurrence of the surveillance abuses that plagued the inquiry.

But there were other instances when he memorably broke from Trump — he did not agree, for instance, with Trump’s characterization of the Russia investigation as a “witch hunt.” He made known his displeasure when the White House blessed the declassification of materials related to the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide and contradicted a Trump talking point by stating that Ukraine had not interfered in the 2016 election.

He repeatedly sought to keep the focus on the FBI’s day-to-day work, using the bulk of his resignation announcement to praise the bureau’s efforts in countering everything from violent crime and cyberattacks to Chinese espionage and terrorism.

“The most sacred responsibility of government is — and will remain — protecting its citizens,” Wray said. “You all are on the front lines of that effort every day, and I know you will continue to adapt and evolve and innovate to stay ahead.”

Yet even as he leaves office at a time of heightened threats, much of the public focus has been on the politically sensitive investigations of his tenure.

Besides the inquiries into Trump, the FBI in recent years also investigated Biden’s handling of classified information as well as Biden’s son Hunter for tax and gun violations. Hunter Biden was pardoned by his father last week.

A particular flashpoint came in August 2022, when FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago — an action officials defended as necessary given the boxes of documents that were being concealed at the Palm Beach property and the evidence of obstruction that the Justice Department said had been gathered.

Trump railed against the FBI over that search and has kept up his criticism ever since. The president-elect, for instance, was angered by Wray’s comment at a congressional hearing that there was “some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel” that struck Trump’s ear during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. The FBI later stated unequivocally that it was indeed a bullet.

Before being named FBI director, Wray worked at a prestigious law firm, King & Spalding, where he represented former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the “Bridgegate” scandal. He also led the Justice Department’s criminal division for a period during President George W. Bush’s administration.

Old Addison Whiskey!

Old man Addison McConnell.

The outgoing Minority Leader had a nasty fall and it appears that Republicans are quietly trying to force him out of the senate.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is handing over his top leadership powers to his second banana, Sen. John Thune (R-SD). Thune will be the Senate Majority Leader come January.

The 119th Session of Congress is expected to be chaotic with Republicans once again in control.

McConnell who hasn't ruled out stepping down is not looking too well.

He fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of medical incidents for him in recent years.

McConnell, who is stepping down from his leadership post at the end of the year, was walking out of his weekly party lunch with Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso when he tripped and fell, Barrasso said, before walking back to his office on his own. Medical personnel were seen heading into his office minutes later.

The longtime Republican leader, 82, also has a cut on his face, his office said, but “has been cleared to resume his schedule.” He did not attend a scheduled news conference immediately after the luncheon.

Barrasso, the No. 3 Senate leader and a doctor, said McConnell was “fine” and “100 percent” alert after he tripped and fell.

McConnell later walked from his office to the Senate chamber for a vote, wearing a bandage on his left cheek and a brace on his left wrist.

His fall came after he was hospitalized with a concussion in March 2023 and missed several weeks of work after falling in a downtown hotel. After he returned, he twice froze up during news conferences that summer, staring vacantly ahead before colleagues and staff came to his assistance.

McConnell had polio in his early childhood and he has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in walking and climbing stairs. In addition to his 2023 fall, he also tripped and fell in 2019 at his home in Kentucky, causing a shoulder fracture that required surgery.

McConnell has been in the Senate since 1984 and has been Republican leader since 2007.

I wish the Democrats would replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as their senate leader. Schumer is going to cost the Democrats more seats if he remains the leader.

Oh by the way, McConnell, Thune, Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) all support the apartheid ethnostate of Israel. They are old, senile, out of touch and just pathetic.

As I said earlier, I believe President Donald J. Trump will create chaos as he cognitively declines. He will not stop Israel. In fact, he is all on board with this Greater Israel and Project 2025 bullshit.

Our country is fucked.

Dave Blunts: Snoop Dogg, Keep My Name Out Your Damn Mouth!

Big debut for Iowa rapper Dave Blunts.

Y'all voted for this.

Winners and losers of 2024.

We got politicians cheering people murdering unarmed civilians. A white man puts a chokehold on a homeless Black man. He gets away with murder. The far right cheers it.

A white man murders a healthcare CEO in broad daylight, uses an opportunity to make a point about the unfairness in insurance providers. He is arrested and hailed as a hero. The far right chastises the public because of it.

The conservatives care about transgender Americans going to the restroom.

They care about single parents who are unable to work because of their children's needs. 

They care about overweight people being models, internet celebrities and visible.

They care more about Israel than the U.S. 

And it seems like Black men are failing into the trap of culture wars.

There's too many times that Big Snoop hit the blunt too hard.

He irked Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, MAGAland, The Game and now Dave Blunts.

Davion Blessing known professionally as Dave Blunts, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and internet personality. He is best known for his 2024 single, The Cup, which went viral in late 2024.

He is morbidly obese. He weighs over 500lbs. He admits it. He isn't ashamed about his weight. His family and girlfriend love him as he is.

He began recording and releasing music in 2018.

After contemplating quitting music in late 2023, Blunts began uploading videos to TikTok in 2024, quickly gaining popularity. He released three projects between February and March, as well as the single "The Cup" in April, which received support from rapper Lil Yachty. Blunts later signed to the Los Angeles label Listen to the Kids. On June 28, 2024, Blunts released his debut studio album Well Dude Here’s My Thing.

In December 2024, a video of Blunts performing at a concert commemorating late rapper Juice Wrld went viral. The video shows Blunts performing while sitting down and using an oxygen tank. Fans expressed concerns for the rapper's health and discomfort at watching his struggle on stage. During the performance, he also directed criticism towards Snoop Dogg, who had previously attacked Blunts in an Instagram post.

Big Snoop trolling sparked a feud with upcoming rapper.

In a November social media post, Snoop Dogg shared footage of the rapper sitting down while rapping his song, “The Cup,” where he raps that he’ll never put down his styrofoam companion.

“Well put down the chicken wings and Tata chips Nefew,” Snoop reacted, adding, “That chair gone break soon.” Blunt took to Snoop’s comment section replying, “Damn Unc.”

One of his biggest performances to date, this weekend’s 4th Annual JUICE WRLD DAY in Chicago — honoring the late rapper who died in 2019 — found Dave hitting the stage, again, sitting during his performance. It was then that he asked the crowd if they had a problem with him sitting down for his set, to which they had no objections.

“Exactly, get the f**k off my d**k, Snoop Dogg,” he yelled to the crowd. As for Snoop, he found the statement comical, adding that he apologized for his initial comments.

While Snoop has promised to leave the situation alone, others have also expressed concerns for the up-and-comers health due to him using an oxygen tank during the performance. Many also emphasize that it isn’t about him being overweight, as Hip-Hop has produced plenty of heavyset rappers, but rather his need for medical assistance to get through a performance.

Snoop Dogg, the owner of Doggystyle Records and Death Row Records is preparing for his joint collaboration album with former co founder Dr. Dre.

The album title Missionary will be released on Death Row and Aftermath Entertainment with Dr. Dre being the executive producer.

The two also will launch the Gin & Juice beverage company.

Big Snoop is an internet troll as well. He often post on X or Instagram and it usually goes viral.

His time also is served as a celebrity judge on NBC's The Voice. He is hoping he will get his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame or induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame soon.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Cincinnati Police And The Feds Nab Three In Interstate 471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Arson!

Three people set fire to playground equipment which lead to a massive fire on a Cincinnati freeway bridge.

Y'all voted for this.

See white privilege, alcohol, random idiocy or drugs fuel stupid decisions that impact people's lives. 

Interstate 471 is a five mile freeway connector that covers Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky. The freeway begins at Interstate 71 near downtown Cincinnati and heads south towards the Interstate 275 beltway and the U.S. Highway 27 junction in Highland Heights, Kentucky.

The freeway carries 50,000 vehicles a day.

The freeway crosses the Ohio River at the Daniel Carter Bridge. 

The Ohio River is the gateway to the South.

Last month a major fire broke out at Sawyer Point Park. Someone set fire to playground equipment and it spread into a massive fire that ended up melting the girders underneath Interstate 471.

The southbound lanes were closed due to the need for extensive repairs. On December 10, 2024, local news reported that three individuals were arrested for causing the fire.

The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The charges carry up to 20 years in the iron college, repayment to the Ohio Department of Transportation, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the city of Cincinnati, the EPA and owners of vehicles damaged by smoke or debris.

If convicted they will have a TIER III Arsonist Label.

Two of the three was named.




Kaitlen Hall, 24, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of obstruction of justice, Cincinnati Fire Department Chief Frank McKinley said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Hall is accused of giving investigators “purposefully misleading and false statements during questioning in an official law enforcement investigation for a crime of aggravated arson,” on Nov. 21, Hamilton County court documents reveal.

McKinley would not give further details regarding where Hall was arrested or if she was caught on video after the Nov. 1 fire.

Another suspect, Zachary Stumpf was arrested around 9:10 p.m. on Dec. 10.

Stumpf is accused of “intentionally setting a fire on a playground located under an interstate overpass, creating a substantial risk of severe physical harm to motorists above,” Hamilton County court records reveal.

Previous information provided by the city’s vice mayor said there were four arrests.

Mayor Aftab Pureval clarified in the press conference that the arrest was not connected with any homeless encampment, adding that there has been misinformation spread about the investigation.

The suspects were not homeless.

Nikki Giovanni Passed Away!

Nikki Giovanni, a famed poet, lecturer and activist passed away.

A notable Black queen has passed away. A woman who pushed for equality and liberation in these troubling times.

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81.

Giovanni, subject of the prize-winning 2023 documentary “Going to Mars,” died Monday with her lifelong partner, Virginia “Ginney” Fowler, by her side, according to a statement from friend and author Renée Watson.

“We will forever feel blessed to have shared a legacy and love with our dear cousin,” said Allison (Pat) Ragan, Giovanni’s cousin, in a statement on behalf of the family.

The author of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a born confessor and performer whom fans came to know well from her work, readings and other live appearances and her years on the faculty of Virginia Tech, among other schools. Poetry collections such as “Black Judgement” and “Black Feeling Black Talk” sold thousands of copies, led to invitations from “The Tonight Show” and other television programs and made her popular enough to fill a 3,000-seat concert hall at Lincoln Center for a celebration of her 30th birthday.

In poetry, prose and the spoken word, she told her story. She looked back on her childhood in Tennessee and Ohio, championed the Black Power movement, addressed her battles with lung cancer, paid tribute to heroes from Nina Simone to Angela Davis and reflected on such personal passions as food, romance, family and rocketing into space — a journey she believed Black women uniquely qualified for, if only because of how much they had already survived. She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, “Night Comes Softly,” and helped found a publishing cooperative that promoted works by Gwendolyn Brooks and Margaret Walker among others.

For a time, she was called “The Princess of Black Poetry.”

“All I know is the she is the most cowardly, bravest, least understanding, most sensitive, slowest to anger, most quixotic, lyingest, most honest woman I know,” her friend Barbara Crosby wrote in the introduction to “The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni,” an anthology of nonfiction prose published in 2003. “To love her is to love contradiction and conflict. To know her is to never understand but to be sure that all is life.”

Giovanni’s admirers ranged from James Baldwin to Teena Marie, who name-checked her on the dance hit “Square Biz,” to Oprah Winfrey, who invited the poet to her “Living Legends” summit in 2005, when other guests of honor included Rosa Parks and Toni Morrison. Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, “Gemini.” She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection.”

In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama:

“I’ll walk the streets

And knock on doors

Share with the folks:

Not my dreams but yours

I’ll talk with the people

I’ll listen and learn

I’ll make the butter

Then clean the churn”
____

Giovanni had a son, Thomas Watson Giovanni, in 1969. She never married the father, because, she told Ebony magazine, “I didn’t want to get married, and I could afford not to get married.” Over the latter part of her life she lived with her partner, Fowler, a fellow faculty member at Virginia Tech.

She was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was soon called “Nikki” by her older sister. She was 4 when her family moved to Ohio and eventually settled in the Black community of Lincoln Heights, outside Cincinnati. She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents and to her maternal grandparents in her “spiritual home” in Knoxville.

As a girl, she read everything from history books to Ayn Rand and was accepted to Fisk University, the historically Black school in Nashville, after her junior year of high school. College was a time for achievement, and for trouble. Her grades were strong, she edited the Fisk literary magazine and helped start the campus branch of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. But she rebelled against school curfews and other rules and was kicked out for a time because her “attitudes did not fit those of a Fisk woman,” she later wrote. After the school changed the dean of women, Giovanni returned and graduated with honors in history in 1967.

Giovanni relied on support from friends to publish her debut collection, “Black Poetry Black Talk,” which came out in 1968, and in the same year she self-published “Black Judgement.” The radical Black Arts Movement was at its height and early Giovanni poems such as “A Short Essay of Affirmation Explaining Why,” “Of Liberation” and “A Litany for Peppe” were militant calls to overthrow white power. (“The worst junkie or black businessman is more humane/than the best honkie”).

“I have been considered a writer who writes from rage and it confuses me. What else do writers write from?” she wrote in a biographical sketch for Contemporary Writers. “A poem has to say something. It has to make some sort of sense; be lyrical; to the point; and still able to be read by whatever reader is kind enough to pick up the book.”

Her opposition to the political system moderated over time, although she never stopped advocating for change and self-empowerment, or remembering martyrs of the past. In 2020, she was featured in an ad for presidential candidate Joe Biden, in which she urged young people to “vote because someone died for you to have the right to vote.”

Her best known work came early in her career; the 1968 poem “Nikki-Rosa.” It was a declaration of her right to define herself, a warning to others (including obituary writers) against telling her story and a brief meditation on her poverty as a girl and the blessings, from holiday gatherings to bathing in “one of those big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in,” which transcended it.

“and I really hope no white person ever has cause

to write about me

because they never understand

Black love is Black wealth and they’ll

probably talk about my hard childhood

and never understand that

all the while I was quite happy”

Jordan Neeley's Killer Walks!

This is the chaos of America. White man gets away with murder.

The far right celebrates the man who chokeholds an unarmed Black man while the far left celebrates the man who shot and killed an unarmed white man who was a company executive for the nation's largest healthcare insurance firm.

Both suspects were white.

Y'all voted for this.

Expect more chaos as President Joe Biden wraps up and President Donald J. Trump gets back in.

Oh, if a person of color murders anyone based on race, politics or systematic injustices, I will not condemn it. I will say that it only just the beginning.

The man who chokehold Jordan Neely was acquitted of his murder. However, he will face the civil courts now that the criminal charges are over. 

The civil issue will hopefully put restrictions on the man from selling books, appearing on television and earnings obtained post trial.

According to the far rightWhite shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant thugs and criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. According to the far right, almost all white [or non-white] mass shooters are registered Democrats [or some progressive activist] because they have liked or done one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share or post disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme or make bogus social media platforms with the shooter's image as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white or associated with conservative causes. The far right says a white person should "protect" themselves from thugs, terrorists or protesters. They believe the use of firearms are "justified" if they are protesting or even instigating a conflict. The far right believes if a shooter is a police officer, an active military member, a veteran or a citizen who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens in urban communities, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black. They conclude that a Black person who is mentally ill or experiencing an emergency should be restrained or shot by the police or a good samaritan. The far right believes the actions should be justified.

On May 1, 2023, in New York City,  Neely, a 30 year old homeless American man, died after being put in a chokehold by a United States Marine Corps veteran. 

Neely's death prompted protests and a broader debate around the propriety of the white man's actions.

Being homeless, a Michael Jackson impersonator, a mentally ill person and a repeat offender with NYPD justifies death. What a world we live in!

Daniel Penny, a white man placed a chokehold on Neely after the deceased had a mental health issue. His chokehold was trained by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Israel is notorious for using those tactics on Palestinians. Most of the time, they get away with murder. Penny might as well move to Israel to avoid a civil trial.

After all, he's white, privileged and probably willing to do it again. Its because he knows he got Trump, Republicans and the conservative agitators backing him.

He will be the new Kyle Rittenhouse.

The New York prosecutors couldn't muster enough evidence to put this scumbag in the iron college. 

Alberto Vázquez, a freelance journalist who witnessed the incident, said that Neely removed his jacket and aggressively threw it to the floor, in response to which other passengers moved away from him. Vázquez said that he did not witness Neely assaulting anybody. Other witnesses reported fearing death from Neely's actions, which including his throwing trash at other passengers and approaching people. Penny then approached Neely from behind and put him in a chokehold.

The incident took place on the New York City Subway in Manhattan. Sometime after 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on May 1, 2023, Neely boarded a northbound F train at the Second Avenue station just before it departed for the Broadway–Lafayette Street station. Penny was in the same train car, planning to go to a gym. Vázquez told The New York Times that Neely began screaming, "I don't have food, I don't have a drink, I'm fed up. I don't mind going to jail and getting life in prison. I'm ready to die." Another witness heard Neely say, "Someone is going to die today." Penny said that Neely repeatedly threatened to kill other passengers. Vázquez said that Neely was frightening but had not assaulted anyone. Other witnesses said that Neely made "half-lunge movements" at other passengers and was within "half a foot of people", and recalled fearing for their lives. A mother with a child testified that Neely charged at passengers, and she shielded herself and her child behind a stroller, believing she might die. Prosecutors later highlighted a witness saying that Neely's actions felt common to him due to him frequently interacting with and witnessing outbursts on public transit. Conversely, defense attorneys quoted a witness stating that she had been riding the subway for years but had never encountered a person who "put fear into" her as much as Neely did. Prosecutors stated that Neely was high on synthetic marijuana and suffering from mental illness at the time of the incident. Defense attorneys stated that Penny initially ignored Neely, but acted after he saw Neely approach the mother and son hiding behind a stroller while saying "I will kill."

Penny with a woman who looks like white nationalist Laura Loomer.

Police questioned Penny after the incident but released him without charges a few hours later. On May 3, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed that his office had begun an investigation into Neely's death. Also on May 3, the medical examiner's office determined the manner of death to be homicide, stating that Neely died from "compression of neck (chokehold)". The medical examiner made the determination after performing an autopsy and watching cell phone video of the incident, but did not wait for results from a toxicology report. On May 11, 2023, Bragg's office announced that Penny would be charged with second degree manslaughter, which carries a penalty of between five and 15 years in prison.

On May 12, 2023, Penny turned himself in to police for arrest and was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court. Since he had not been indicted by a grand jury, he chose not to enter a plea, and was released from custody on $100,000 cash bail. He was required to surrender his passport and instructed to not leave New York without approval.

A grand jury was impaneled on May 31 to hear Bragg's case against Penny. On June 14, 2023, he was officially indicted by the grand jury. At a second arraignment on June 28, 2023, the grand jury's indictment was unsealed, revealing a charge of criminally negligent homicide in addition to second-degree manslaughter, giving the trial jury the option to convict on a lesser charge. A second-degree manslaughter conviction would require the prosecution to prove the defendant knew the potential to cause death, and acted recklessly. A criminally negligent homicide conviction would require proof that the defendant's actions unjustifiably risked Neely's death, but without awareness of the danger.

After the arraignment, the district attorney's office released a list of evidence to be given to the defendant's attorneys. Items included witness statements, cellphone videos from at least two witnesses, and surveillance video. An extended video of the incident was captured by a European couple that later returned to Europe. The couple met with prosecutors remotely, but declined to provide their footage or testimony. Defense attorneys alleged that the prosecution was not making a good-faith attempt to secure the evidence.

On January 17, 2024, the presiding judge, Maxwell Wiley, denied a request by Penny's legal team for a dismissal of his charges. The trial began with jury selection on October 21, 2024. During jury selection, nearly all prospective jurors reported having prior knowledge of the incident. Opening statements in the trial began on November 1.

Drinks on me. Don't get comfortable, Daniel Penny has a civil trial to deal with.

The two other men who helped to restrain Neely were not charged.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Dafna Yoran. During the trial, prosecutors acknowledged that Penny acted to protect others, calling his efforts "laudable", but alleged that he acted recklessly in applying a chokehold against Neely for several minutes. They alleged that Penny attempted to render Neely unconscious, but knew that he was applying his chokehold improperly, resulting in Neely's continued struggling and eventually death. Defense attorneys argued that Penny attempted to maintain a hold to restrain Neely, rather than render him unconscious, and was forced to continue it due to Neely's struggling. They also argued against the medical examiner's determination of a homicide, citing a pathologist's testimony stating that Neely died from a combination of factors, including his sickle cell trait, a schizophrenic episode, struggling with Penny's restraint, and intoxication from K2 synthetic marijuana.

Closing arguments were delivered on December 2, 2024. On December 3, jury deliberations got underway. Jurors were instructed to consider the top charge of manslaughter before considering the charge of criminally negligent homicide. They were also instructed to determine whether Penny's actions were responsible for Neely's death, and if so, whether his actions were reckless and unjustified.

On December 5, 2024, a wrongful death suit was filed into the New York Supreme Court by Jordan Neely's father, Andre Zachary, on the grounds of negligence, assault, and battery.

On December 6, 2024, Judge Wiley dismissed the manslaughter charge against Penny following a jury deadlock. Penny was found not guilty of the remaining charge of criminally negligent homicide on December 9. After the verdict was delivered, Penny went to a Manhattan bar with his legal team to celebrate.

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