Saturday, February 08, 2025

Ye Ze!

Ye didn't cut a check to the Anti-Defamation League. Elon Musk did and got a pass.

Ye claims he is a Nazi.

The Anti-Defamation League reacts to it and gets slammed.

The ADL is a foreign agent of the apartheid ethnostate of Israel. The ADL often protrays itself as an organization devoted to combating antisemitism and building better relations with marginalized people. In reality, it is a sponsor of state violence, domestic espionage of civilians, revisionist history and censorship of dissent. It wants to equate anti-Zionism with antisemitism. It has infiltrated social media platforms and banking institutions to target Pro Palestinian protesters and lawmakers who support economic sanctions on Israel.

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are often targeted by the ADL.

They have gotten more death threats because of Israeli intelligence agencies spying on them.

The ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised the September 2024 terrorist attack on Lebanon. Israel sabotaged electronic devices and set off a series of explosions in Beruit.

The international community is calling for Israel to be placed on sanctions.

The U.S. under President Donald J. Trump and former president Joe Biden have stubbornly opposed sanctions and criminal punishment for Israel.

The ADL praises it.

Kanye West is a rapper, producer, media mogul and conspiracy theorist. He has worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Drake, Common, Big Sean, Beyoncé, Pusha T, The Game, Snoop Dogg and others.

Ye was previously married to Kim Kardashian. He has four children with her.

He is in a common law marriage (not recognized) with Bianca Censori.

He and previous love Amber Rose support Trump. His former step-father in law (now transwoman), Caitlyn Jenner supports the president too.

Ye also says that antisemitism is a word created to protect Jews whenever create havoc and not be held accountable for it.

Ye appeared to write a barrage of posts Friday morning on X, making offensive comments about the Jewish community and saying he has “dominion” over his wife. 

A slew of posts were made on the 47-year-old artist's account — many of them derogatory and self-boasting — started around 4 a.m. PT (7 a.m. ET). NBC News attempted to reach out to Ye's representatives for comment on the posts.

Many of Ye's posts centered on the Jewish community, the most severe of which said, "I love Hitler" and "I'm a Nazi."

In an early post, he wrote, “I’m never apologizing for my Jewish comments. I can say whatever the fuck I wanna say forever. Where’s my fuckin' apology for freezing my accounts.”

He followed that with saying Jewish people “don’t run me no more.” In one post, he wrote: “Some of my best friends are Jewish and I don’t trust any of them,” followed by a laughing crying emoji. In another, he posted “I’m buying two Maybachs tomorrow” adding “Ima make the Jewish person who’s selling it to me read all these tweets and I bet you you see me whipping Maybachs.”

“I’m racist stereo types (sic) exist for a reason and they all be true,” he wrote in another post.

“I don’t even know what the fuck anti Semitic means. It’s just some bull---- Jewish people made up to protect their bullshit,” the rapper said in a separate post.

In another post, he wrote “All white people are racist” and “Jewish people actually hate white people and use black people.”

Another said: “I love when Jewish people come to me and say they can’t work with me anymore its my fav.”

Ye has had his X, previously known as Twitter, account suspended at least twice in the past.

Ye and Bianca Censori were removed from The Grammys. Censori was semi nude. Ye still feuding with Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle.

His account was suspended in December 2022 after he made antisemitic comments and praised Hitler. Musk, the owner of X, said at the time Ye's account would be suspended after he posted an image that appeared to show a swastika inside a Star of David. Musk said the suspension was “for incitement to violence.” The account was unsuspended by July 2023.

In October 2022, Ye's account was restricted over antisemitic comments but he returned to the platform the following month. In that case, he also made antisemitic remarks that led to Adidas cutting ties with the rapper.

Ye's Friday morning maelstrom of posts also touched on other topics, including his wife, Elon Musk and Sean "Puffy" Combs aka Diddy.

He spoke on the look of his wife, Bianca Censori, at the Grammy's — a see-through dress — writing: “I have dominion over my wife. This ain’t no woke as feminist shit.”

“She’s with a billionaire. Why would she listen to any of you dumb ass broke broke bitch. People say the red carpet look was her decision. Yes I don’t make her do nothing she doesn’t want to but she definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it without my approval you stupid a-- woke pawns. I have no respect or empathy for anyone living cause no one living can fuck with me but I do love some people and I give them favor.”

We did not see this.

In another post on politics, he said then-Vice President Kamala Harris was “just being used for what they call ‘the Black Vote.’”

“My support of Puff is completely selfish. I need to find whoever been trying to out black moguls,” Ye wrote.

Combs, who is in federal custody and being held in Brooklyn, was indicted in the Southern District of New York in September on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs has denied all the allegations against him to date, which include the federal criminal case and more than 30 civil lawsuits filed against him.

Ye also said that every post he writes "promotes Elon's platform." Another post on Musk said: “Elon stole my Nazi Swag at the Inauguration.”

During his speech at the post-inauguration rally, Musk said the 2024 election “really mattered” and thanked the crowd “for making it happen,” before placing his right hand on his chest and then extending his arm, palm facing down, at an upward angle. He then turned around and made the same gesture and said, “My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.”

Musk later referred to allegations that he performed a Nazi salute as “pure propaganda” and “dirty tricks.”

Less incendiary, several posts on Ye's account just appeared to stoke his own ego.

He wrote: “I am above any other celebrity that’s ever existed. I look down on them and they look up to me,” calling himself the “top.”

Another post said, “All rappers want my spot” and “every rapper living wanna be me every rapper living wish they was Ye.”

Ye's tirade was condemned by Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

“Here we go again. Another egregious display of antisemitism, racism and misogyny from Ye on his X account this morning. Just a few years ago, ADL found that 30 antisemitic incidents nationwide were tied to Kanye’s 2022 antisemitic rants,” Greenblatt said. “We condemn this dangerous behavior and need to call it what it is: a flagrant and unequivocal display of hate.” 

Jonathan Greenblatt is a vile human being.

Rather than boycotting Jonathan Greenblatt, Elon Musk, Eddie Griffin, Roseanne Barr, Logan Paul, Jake Paul, Fivio Foreign, Benny The Butcher, Kanye West, Waka Flocka Flame, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Soulja Boi Draco, Antoino Brown and MAGAland, I rather see them fail at whatever they do.

No one is buying their shit. 

Americans are souring on millionaires and billionaires.

The UnitedHealthcare killing of Brian Thompson will be a reminder that President Donald J. Trump is still a target. He survived three assassination attempts. 

Trump, Thompson, Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Miriam Adelson, Richard Branson, Rupert Murdoch, George Soros, Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones, Charles Koch, Peter Thiel and every billionaire in the U.S. is a target.

People of tired of inflation, souring gas and food prices, foreign wars and the loss of freedoms.

If you are a Muslim, transgender American, a disabled American, a Black woman, an Indigenous American, a tax paying immigrant or a person affected by policies from Trump or former president Joe Biden, why pay your taxes?

If you are affected by policies by Republican government, why pay your state or local taxes? 

I mean taxes fund the federal, state and local governments. If American refuse to pay their taxes because they were affected by a policy and it becomes a major deficit to funding legislators, then you could see changes.

Monthly, the U.S. House members, U.S. Senate members, the Puerto Rican Residential Comissioner and non voting U.S. House delegates make $14,500. It totals $174,000 a year. The Senate leaders make $193,000 and the House Speaker makes $225,000.

Yet, many members are millionaires. How the fuck can this happen?

When compared to other countries, many others have free college, free health care, low gun violence and equal pay for all work. 

The U.S. is declining in democracy. The curtain is unraveling.

Biden and Trump have exposed so much. It makes you wonder why the Rust Belt is still the same, the Sun Belt is becoming more dangerous because of climate change and the Mountain West are having more deadlier wildfires and earthquakes.

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The Natti Did Not See 'Em Coming!


Nazis in the Natti!
Y'all voted for this. 
 
Cincinnati chased the Nazis away.

Ohio, the extreme right feels emboldened.

Of course, Israel is the cause of all the chaos. The white extremists are emboldened by President Donald J. Trump. 

The Patriot Front, a neo Nazi organization held a protest over the Interstate 75 Aviation Way overpass in Lincoln Heights, a predominantly Black suburb only 12 miles from downtown Cincinnati.

The group peacefully protested until the residents ran their asses out.

The banners were displayed around the overpass, looking down onto I-75. Multiple images of swastikas were seen on the banners.

Around 2:50 p.m., the group was seen leaving the area in a U-Haul. Several neighbors came outside upset about the situation.

On Friday afternoon, Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval released a statement on the incident, saying: “Messages of hate like this have no place in our region. It was shocking and disgusting to see swastikas displayed in Evendale today. This is not what we stand for, and it will never be what we stand for.”

Emotions ran high Friday afternoon after the flags that were stamped with swastikas, a symbol associated with neo-Nazi groups, were displayed.

News of the display spread like wildfire in Lincoln Heights, a historically Black community in Cincinnati.

"Where was the arrests?" Kachara Talbert said. "They just let these people drive off and disrespect us and our heritage."

Evendale police released a statement on the incident, saying in part "the protest was occurring on sidewalks designed for pedestrian travel. The protest, while very offensive, was not unlawful. The protest was short lived in duration. The protestors left the area on their own. No further action was taken by the Evendale Police Department."

Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey echoed a similar sentiment, saying her office will continue to work with the residents who were affected.

"Lincoln Heights residents are understandably upset. We continue to work with the community, and emphasize that there is no place for hate in Hamilton County," McGuffey said in part Friday.

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati also reacted to the display on Friday, calling it a "reprehensible display of hate."

"Such acts of antisemitism, racism, and bigotry are an affront to the values of inclusion, respect, and unity that define our community. Hate has no place in Cincinnati or anywhere in our society," the statement from the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati said in part.

Again, Israel has made it possible. These people are free to protest.

The weaponization of antisemitism has now become a tool to silence objection towards the genocide being conducted by Israel. 

The propaganda Israel has peddled to the world is no longer valid. 

The Neo Nazis see common ground with Zionism. They see it as a tool to encourage white nationalism and Christian superiority. They support the Jewish supremacy only when it comes to destroying Blacks, Muslims, Satanists, gays, transgender people, disabled people and marginalized people.

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Honey Trap Accused Of Murdering Kansas City Reporter!

Adan Manzano of Kansas City local Telemundo was killed after meeting a honeytrap.

This weekend will be full of excitement.

Super Bowl LIX will be the Sunday for over 130 million Americans. The controversial 47th President of the United States will be attending with the 50th Vice President of the United States. 

It is unlikely he will visit the site where a man rammed a vehicle into New Year’s Eve partiers while celebrating in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

News agencies from Philadelphia and Kansas City are there.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will play once again. 

One reporter will not have an opportunity to see the game.

He was killed.

The suspect, a possible sex worker drugged him and robbed him. She intentionally poisoned him and didn't realize he went into cardiac arrest.

New Orleans Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in the city to cover the Super Bowl and on Friday announced the arrest of a woman they say used his credit card.

Adan Manzano, 27, an anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead Wednesday in his hotel room in Kenner, a suburb just outside New Orleans, police said.

Police on Thursday evening arrested Louisiana resident Danette Colbert, 48. She is facing four felony charges, as well as a misdemeanor fraud and theft charge, Kenner Police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick said.

She also faces a state felony charge of possession of a stolen firearm, but Kenner Police do not believe it’s related to Manzano’s case, St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office Lt. Suzanne Carboni said.

The 5ft honeytrap.

Colbert was seen on security video footage arriving with Manzano at his hotel room around 5 a.m. the day of his death and then leaving without him about an hour later, police said. She used Manzano’s credit card at several stores in the area and authorities later located Manzano’s credit card and cellphone at Colbert’s residence in Slidell, northeast of New Orleans they said.

Police also uncovered narcotics at Colbert’s residence, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said Friday during a press conference. Investigators believe Colbert acted alone, he said.

A phone number affiliated with Colbert’s residence was disconnected and no one responded to a message sent to an email associated with her.

Conley described Colbert as a “career criminal” known to New Orleans police for “fraud schemes.”

“Everybody should be aware of their surroundings,” Conley said. “This brings to light that there are people out there that prey on other people and bring them into their confidence and victimize them.”

Pretty dangerous. Woman may see the end of her thot shots.

Colbert was twice arrested in 2022 in Las Vegas on felony charges of grand larceny and administering a drug to aid in a felony crime, court records show. In both cases, Colbert was accused of drugging men in their hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip and stealing from them, according to Daniel Lippmann, the attorney who represented her.

Lippmann told The Associated Press that both cases were later dismissed because the victims did not want to testify in court. Lippmann said he had no comment on the new allegations against Colbert.

One of the victims told police he woke up alone and with a bloody nose after going up to his hotel room with Colbert, who he met at a bar, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in 2022. He said missing from his room was $50,000 in cash, a Rolex watch, $11,000 in poker chips, his phone and a designer luggage bag.

And last year, a Louisiana jury found Colbert guilty of theft and fraud charges. She was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution, according to Orleans Parish court records.

Telemundo Kansas City General Manager Steve Downing said Manzano was a “rising star” and “true professional” — a bilingual television anchor and reporter who loved sports, and had covered the Kansas City Chiefs ′ past two Super Bowl victories. He hoped to see a record third straight win Sunday.

“You would always see him with a smile on his face, he enjoyed the work that he did,” Downing said. “He was very committed to serving the local community by providing them the best in sports news.”

Kenner police are awaiting the results of the coroner’s full autopsy, which will determine whether Manzano’s death was a homicide, Conley said.

The coroner’s office is conducting toxicology tests, and results are expected to take three to four weeks, Jefferson Parish Director of Forensic Operations Tim Genevay said. There was no obvious physical trauma found on Manzano’s body, he added.

Manzano was born in Mexico City and later moved to Kansas, NBC affiliate KSNT reported.

He leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter. He had been raising her on his own with help from family after his wife died last year in a car accident, Downing said.

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Friday, February 07, 2025

Petty Trump Revokes Biden Security Clearances!

Payback is a Trump.

Y'all voted for this!

President Donald J. Trump is petty as fuck. 

Hence the reminder that former president Joe Biden made it possible by ignoring the base and caving to the Zionists. Biden invited this asshole to the White House.

And this is the things he gets.

Trump has decided to revoke the intelligence briefings for Biden. He will likely do it to former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He will also strip away intelligence briefings from Mark Milley, Christopher Wray and former vice president Kamala Harris.

Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former president Joe Biden’s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.

Trump announced his decision in a post on his social media platform shortly after he arrived at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach for the weekend.

“There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings,” Trump wrote. “He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents.”

The move is the latest in a vengeance tour of Washington that Trump promised during his campaign. He has previously revoked security clearances from more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.” He’s also revoked security details assigned to protect former government officials who have criticized him, including his own former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who faces threats from Iran, and former infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Trump may not leave the White House.

Biden didn’t immediately comment on the move.

Biden ended Trump’s intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. At the time, Biden said Trump’s “erratic” behavior should prevent him from getting the intel briefings.

Asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did not want to “speculate out loud” but made clear he did not want Trump to continue having access to such information.

“I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings,” Biden said. “What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?”

in 2022, federal agents searched Trump’s Florida home and seized boxes of classified records. He was indicted on dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified records and obstructing FBI efforts to get them back. He pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. A judge dismissed the charges, ruling the special counsel who brought them was illegally appointed, and the Justice Department gave up appeals after Trump was elected in November.

This was classified documents in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago.

In a related matter, Trump dismissed Colleen Shogan as the archivist of the United States, White House aide Sergio Gor posted on X Friday night.

Trump had said in early January that he would replace the head of the National Archives and Records Administration. The government agency drew his anger after it informed the Justice Department about issues with Trump’s handling of classified documents. Shogan, the first woman in the post, wasn’t the archivist of the United States at the time the issue emerged.

In his post on Biden, Trump cited the special counsel report last year into his handling of classified documents, saying, “The Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from ‘poor memory’ and, even in his ‘prime,’ could not be trusted with sensitive information.”

He ended his post by saying, “I will always protect our National Security — JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Special counsel Robert Hur investigated Biden’s handling of classified information and found that criminal charges were not warranted but delivered a bitingly critical assessment of his handling of sensitive government records. The report described Biden’s memory as “hazy,” “fuzzy,” “faulty,” “poor” and having “significant limitations.” It said Biden could not recall defining milestones in his own life such as when his son Beau died or when he served as vice president.

Trump has the right to end the briefings for Biden because it is a sitting president’s decision on whether a past president should continue to have access to classified information.

Steven Cheung, the president’s communications director, shared Trump’s post on the X social media platform and said, “Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more!”

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Hearts And Roses! ❤️🌹

Trump and Vance bow to Netanyahu.

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸!

I've decided to carry on. I want President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance to fail. I want Israel to fail.

And I am not ashamed to say it.

Of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the jobs report details how many jobs were spread across the United States. Some areas seen job growth while others saw job losses.

The U.S. added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than economists expected, but the unemployment rate inched down to 4% from 4.1%, beating forecasts.

Forecasters surveyed by Dow Jones had anticipated 169,000 payroll gains in January, after a surprisingly large 256,000 jump in December.

The numbers released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics include routine annual data adjustments, in which November and December payroll levels were revised up by a combined 100,000.

The BLS also revised downward the monthly pace of job gains for 2024, to an average of 166,000 from a previous estimate of 186,000, reinforcing widespread expectations that hiring last year wasn't quite as robust as earlier data had suggested. For the period covering 2023 and early 2024, the U.S. added 589,000 fewer payrolls.

Some indicators, like hiring rates and the share of people quitting their jobs, show slower movement in the labor market as employers think twice about staffing up and workers about jumping ship. But economists generally say the job market remains in solid shape even as it cools, and other surveys have shown executives are optimistic that President Donald Trump will boost business through new and extended tax cuts and deregulation that could spur more hiring.

You can't blame Joe Biden for a crisis. The former president warned Trump and here we are.

“Hiring intentions have gone up across the board,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief markets strategist at the Yardeni Research consultancy.

Adding to those favorable conditions is an interest-rate environment that is stabilizing. Economists now believe the Federal Reserve is unlikely to dramatically alter interest-rate levels — and even Trump recently said the central bank’s opting last month to hold rates steady was well-advised, after earlier slamming the central bank hours after its decision.

Uncertainty of any kind is among the most feared conditions for businesses, and Wallerstein said there's now widespread agreement that borrowing rates won't move much from here. While that may disappoint consumers hoping to pay less on things like credit card and auto loan bills, greater certainty generally supports economic growth.

Separately, Trump’s tariff threats have also caused market turbulence, and some Wall Street analysts have signaled they would revise their economic growth estimates should he begin to fully implement them. 

In a research note this week, Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY (formerly Ernst & Young), said GDP could contract by as much as 1.5% this year, with inflation climbing an average of 0.4 additional percentage points, depending on the extent of Trump’s tariff levies.

“Rising trade policy uncertainty will heighten financial market volatility and strain the private sector, despite the administration’s pro-business rhetoric,” Daco wrote. 

Meanwhile, given how low hiring rates are and how narrowly job gains are concentrated in a handful of sectors like health care and state and local government, many people looking for jobs are still likely to encounter difficulties. 

Chuck Schumer is tired and out of touch. His support of Israel and the Democrats keeping him as leader of the Senate will hurt their chances come 2026 and 2028.

But overall, official job indicators remain in good shape. Unemployment is relatively low, while labor force participation, or the extent of the population that is active in the workforce, and employment-population ratios are at or near all-time highs.

Wildfires, plane crashes, cold waves, mass shootings, protests and TikTok.

Government workers and civilian contractors out of work. Name brand companies gone. The low jobs report shows we may be on the decline.
  • Trump issues roughly 1,500 pardons and six commutations to people charged in connection to the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
  • Trump officially creates the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk aimed at cutting spending of the United States government. DOGE is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, not a federal executive department. Within minutes of the announcement, government employee unions, watchdog groups, and public interest organizations sued over this executive order.
  • JOANN filed for bankruptcy on January 15, 2025, less than a year after filing previously and closing no stores. The arts and crafts chain revealed that while no closures were planned, it was $615 million in debt from declines or outright cessation of inventory production, putting it an "untenable position." It sought a sale of its assets, earning a stalking horse bid from Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, which recently bought a rough majority of Big Lots; it was predicted that unless JOANN found a higher bidder, Gordon Brothers would purchase the brand and begin liquidating all of its stores.
  • Kohl's closed 18 stores in March 2016; the company didn't plan to close more at the moment and only announced the shrinkage of future locations. On January 9, 2025, Kohl's announced the closure of 27 underperforming locations by April.
  • Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the law banning TikTok in the United States for 75 days.
  • Trump signs the Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
  • Trump signs an executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
  • Trump signs his first executive orders on gender and immigration, and also signs an order ending usage of the CBP One app.
  • Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote after Vance casts the tie breaking vote, making him the first Vice President to cast a tiebreaker vote on a Cabinet nominee since Mike Pence did so in 2017 to confirm then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
  • Trump revokes Biden's removal of Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
  • Ohio State wins the NCAA CFP National Championship, beating Notre Dame 34–23.
  • The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the provisions of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act banning social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by ByteDance.
  • Two homeless people are killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack in Miami. A 30-year-old suspect is arrested.
  • The 67th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, honoring the best in music from September 2023 to August 2024. "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar wins Record of the Year while Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé wins Album of the Year.
  • Thousands of demonstrators protest against immigration policies implemented by Trump in downtown Los Angeles, blocking the Hollywood Freeway.
  • The Puntland military spokersperson claims that U.S. airstrikes against ISIL have killed 46 fighters in the Cal Miskaad Mountains, a remote area in northeastern region Bari, Somalia.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Panama in his first foreign trip in the position and urges Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino to reduce Chinese influence in the Panama Canal. In response, Mulino said that his country won't renew its contracts with China's Belt and Road Initiative when they expire.
  • In ice hockey, Jonathan Quick becomes the first American-born goalie to reach 400 wins.
  • Elon Musk announces that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be shut down and would be merged into the State Department.
  • President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law.
  • Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele makes an offer to Rubio to accept convicted "dangerous American criminals" and incarcerate them at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador in exchange for a fee.
  • The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the de minimis exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, farm equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies PVH Group and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations.
  • The State Department orders the closure of all overseas missions of USAID and recalls thousands of USAID staff to the United States ahead of the agency's shutdown.
  • Trump announces that the United States will take control of the Gaza Strip in an agreement with Israel. Trump also says Palestinians will have no choice but to leave the territory and that the U.S. military will be in charge of Gaza's reconstruction to turn the area into "The Riviera of the Middle East" for "the world's people."
  • Trump signs a presidential memorandum reimposing a policy of maximum pressure against Iran.
  • Second cabinet of Donald Trump: The United States Senate confirms Pam Bondi as United States Attorney General, making her the third female to run the U.S. Justice Department.
  • One person is killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting at a warehouse in New Albany, Ohio.
  • The United States Postal Service says it is temporarily refusing inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong effective immediately.
  • Protests against Trump: Protests occur in cities across the U.S. against Trump, his administration, Elon Musk, and Project 2025. The protests are referred to as 50501.
  • The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to nine. 8 in (20 cm) of snow falls at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana, and the statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over 5.5 in (14 cm) falls in Molino.
  • The United States House of Representatives passes the Laken Riley Act, heading to Trump for his signature.
  • Trump re-designates the Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization.
  • A school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, kills two students and injures two others.
  • Daniel Ball, a rioter that took part in the riot at the United States Capitol, is arrested again despite being pardoned by Trump, making him the first rioter with additional legal trouble after the pardon.
  • The Trump administration imposes an immediate freeze on meetings – such as grant review panels – as well as travel, communications, and hiring at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), impacting $47.4 billion worth of activities.
Trump despite winning the election is still telling Americans that if he doesn't win, there will be all out war. He has already sparked global tension with threats of tariffs on our trading partners.

Republicans can't govern in the House of Representatives and Senate. They are pushing authoritarianism in states they have control of. They are banning swatting, honing and regulations on testing. But when it comes to people being killed by firearms, they refuse to do something.

Semi autistic billionaire now serves as a head of federal government and its not Trump. The Department of Government Efficiency is a big government operation headed by Elon Musk.

Republicans are using dog whistles when talking about Blacks, immigrants, transgender Americans, Israel, crime, protesters and gun violence.

1. Hamas are terrorists to Israel and the United States. Those who support Hamas or defend their actions are labeled terrorist sympathizers, antisemitic, traitors, unpatriotic, radicals or whatever they conjure up.

2. Gun violence is the No. 1 threat to children and adults. When gun violence happen in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Detroit and Baltimore, a Republican lawmaker wants to blame gun violence on Democratic mayors instead of the Congress.

3. Immigration is right now at record lows. The world views the U.S. as a hostile country and migrants from the Global South are beginning to ban American influence. They fear a Trump presidency could cause instability. Republicans are pushing for border closures, border/segregation walls, mass deportations, elimination of birthright citizenship, end of legal rights to Americans married to immigrants and push for English only. They also want to ban immigrants or student visas. They want to deport any immigrant who protest Israel or Trump.

4. Crime is at record lows. But property theft is up. Shoplifting, the Kia/Hyundai challenge, gun violence, white collar crimes and cybertheft have occurred. But again its racial dog whistles. Many corporations are getting away with greed and theft of wages. Many Americans are tired of paying more for less product. Kia and Hyundai are still facing criticism over this Kia Boyz nonsense. Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS, Wexman are on their last legs. Walmart, Target and Kroger are closing stores in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods. Republicans are pushing for more mandatory sentences for theft. Democrats want to push for regulations on shrinkflation and theft of wages. Republicans oppose overtime and regulations to keep corporations from raising product prices.

Republicans want political revenge. Trump wants to jail his rivals. He may get that wish if he does return to power. This is not a joke. We ignored the threats in 2016 and 2020. It seems like we are going to do this again.

Do not assume that every place has jobs. Companies are closing up shop. The tech industry, retail, trucking and press are laying off workers. The service industry is continuing to suffer due to stagnant wages, lack of achievements and work overload.

Also, housing is still down. More Americans can't afford rent or car payments.

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

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

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

ICE is appearing to be a little more fascist these days.

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

The Congress has less work than most Americans. It is infuriating that the average worker works more 50 hours a week while 157 House members and 36 senators work on average of 25 hours a week.

Republicans see the only path to victory is basically obstruct and complain about the media, Democrats and former Republicans. They won't offer solutions or policies. All they care about is trying to keep folks angry with culture wars and distractions.

To make this clear, it doesn't matter anymore who the fucking president is. 

The status quo continues with political charades, support of Israel and endless culture war grievances.

Trump will be inheriting a stable economy but a very divided country.

I will hold Trump accountable for his actions.

I. Am. Calling. Him. Out. 

What pisses me off is our lawmakers are calling protesters "Hamas supporters" to paint peaceful protests as an act of "terrorism." Their reactionary response to anger over America's support of Israel will lead to our standing with the world. 

With billions of dollars of aid going to Israel, you would think that American lawmakers would have our taxpayer money spent on more useful things!

ICE officials are mostly white people apprehending people of color.

The lawmakers will spend more taxpayer money to fix our crumbling infrastructure. Hell we still have the aftermaths of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Over 1,500 people have died from those horrible hurricanes.

Many of these Republicans who vote against funding the government and assistance for some of America's less fortunate are willing to give billions to a foreign nation engaged in an illegal act of genocide. Same with Democrats. They claim they want to protect democracy but endorse a fascist government sworn to being an ethnostate on our taxpayer dime.

President Donald J. Trump's headaches:

  1. Joe Biden
  2. Kamala Harris 
  3. Elon Musk
  4. TikTok
  5. The Democrats and Republicans stalling his nominees and agenda.
  6. Bad poll numbers.
  7. The media asking him about Russia, Israel and his controversies.
  8. The Supreme Court making controversial decisions that impact the country.
  9. Inflation and shrinkflation.
  10. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Rep. Al Green (D-TX) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT).
  11. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Daniel Golden (D-NY) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA).
  12. Democratic governors Gavin Newsom, Katie Hobbs, J.B. Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, Kathy Hochul and Muriel Bowser.
  13. Federal Judges and Supreme Court Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson who were appointed by Biden.
  14. The junk food media and their never ending dramatizing of world events.
  15. DEI (diversity equality and inclusion)
  16. Lawmakers and activists who call for his third impeachment.
  17. Entertainers who boycott him and MAGA.
  18. MSNBC, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, The Drudge Report, The Bulwerk, HuffPost, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Meidas Touch Media, The Los Angeles Times and The Lincoln Project. 
  19. Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Anthony Fauci, Anderson Cooper, George Stephanopoulos, Keith Olbermann, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Candace Owens, Nicolle Wallace, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Chuck Todd, Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, John Kasich, Joe Walsh, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and Andrea Mitchell.
  20. The lack of civility towards fellow Americans
  21. The junk food media's obsession with his age
  22. Justin Trudeau 
  23. Claudia Sheinbaum
  24. Keir Starmer
  25. Xi Jinping
  26. Anthony Albanese
  27. António Guterres
  28. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  29. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  30. Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
Monthly reminders: 

The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about the funerals, the birthday parties, the weddings, the vacations, the events and your graduations.

An active shooter doesn't care about the politics, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, your finances, your family, your plans that day, your successes, your failures, and most importantly, your life.

You're not safe in the school, the concert, the hospital, the church, the casino, the bus station, the subway, the light rail train, the buses, the malls, the local big box store, the political rally, the protest rally, the women's center for reproductive surgeries, the mosque, the synagogue, the state buildings, the workplace, the gas station, the family picnic, the food truck rally, the funerals, the birthday parties, the graduations, the wedding, the televised events, the sporting events and many more events that have some terrorist with a firearm. Domestic violence, suicide, racism, culture war inspired, politically motivated and international operative inspired are types of gun violence.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in. However, there is always a catch to working entry level jobs that make over $20 an hour. Folks must work hours that do not accommodate home and social life, it may only be part time work or temporary. Some jobs may force overtime or refuse to pay for work rendered. With unions being weaken by states, it may be an at-will company. So if you are on social media, protesting injustices, supporting controversial issues or making threats to local officials; you could lose your job.

Real Reasons To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is! The main reasons why some are not working.

  1. DEAD
  2. BORN
  3. IN PRISON
  4. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
  6. IN HIGH SCHOOL
  7. IN COLLEGE FULL TIME
  8. VOLUNTEER
  9. DISABLED
  10. INFLATION
  11. STAY AT HOME PARENT
  12. LACK OF TRANSPORTATION OR BABYSITTING
  13. RETIRED 
  14. QUIT ON THEIR OWN
  15. TERMINATED FROM EMPLOYMENT 
  16. NOT HIRING UNQUALIFIED
  17. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
  18. ACTIVE MILITARY
  19. NATURAL DISASTERS
  20. MASS SHOOTINGS DISRUPTING DAILY ROUTINE
  21. RACISM
  22. WAGE THEFT
  23. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ON JOB POSTING BUT DECEPTION UPON HIRING
  24. BEING LAID OFF DUE TO CLOSING OR STAFF REDUCTION
  25. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY OR PROPRETY
  26. OUTSOURCING JOBS TO OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES
  27. BEING UNDOCUMENTED IN FEAR OF I.C.E. OR U.S. AGENCIES
  28. BEING PUBLICLY OUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOING SHAMEFUL ACTS
  29. PARTICIPATING IN UNCIVIL OR VIOLENT PROTESTS
  30. PUBLICLY SUPPORTING OR PROTESTING AGAINST ISRAEL

Companies are cautious about hiring employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour. Matter of fact, no one can survive on $15 an hour.

Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.

Trump's latest photo op shows mostly white girls. He signed off an executive order to strip transgender children and adults of their rights.

Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.

We can't always assume that folks are lazy. People are literally dying from being exposed to the coronavirus, gun violence and folks are tired of the status quo of their jobs.

Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.

Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.

Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience. 

Trump's presidency and Republican controlled governments are incompetent.

Their leadership has killed millions of Americans. 

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

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

Keep pressure on them with Israel. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. 

Super Bowl LIX. Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles again.

Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

Republicans have extremely unpopular ideas. They will find out the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies.

Biden, Harris and the Democratic Party failed at understanding what is more important to the country. 

Their support of Israel made some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters vote against them. They have cost Biden a second term and Harris a historical victory.

The call center to the White House and Congress should still be the same.

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 deporting law abiding immigrants seeking refuge is inhumane. Let them know that pulling out of the UN Human Rights Organization, World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accords will put the U.S. in danger when catastrophic event happen. 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 and Ukraine. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism. 

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.

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Thursday, February 06, 2025

Democrats And Progressive Influncers Still Tone Deaf!

Word for word, former vice president Kamala Harris spoke the Israeli propaganda. The uncommitted movement warned her that former president Joe Biden’s support will cost her.

Why vote Democrat or Republican?

They support status quo politics.

Time for Americans to become independent.

The supporters of former vice president Kamala Harris are playing on this "We tried to warn you" nonsense. How can you morally stand on principles of being a progressive and back Israel?

First and foremost, Americans have a right to vote for whomever they chose.

Second, Harris failed to win over voters. She stuck with former president Joe Biden on the economy, Israel, Ukraine, immigration and inflation. The former president failed to listen to voters and his base.

The former president gave unilateral support and cover. We knew Trump would be worse. We demanded that Biden put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel to stop killing and invading other countries.

Joe and Kamala ignored 20 million Democratic voters.

The social media influencers who backed Harris ignored the progressive base and the calls for a ceasefire. They ignored the concerns about banning TikTok and calling everyone who opposes Israel a terrorist. They literally were on the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" mantra.

That's why we got Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). These morons have backed Israel and voted on policies supporting Israel. Fetterman and Gallego voted to confirmed President Donald J. Trump’s nominees.

That shows the "tone deafness" within the party. 

It is not Rep. Rashida Tlaib's (D-MI) fault for Biden and Harris' missteps. She warned them that Arab Americans did not like being ignored. 

30% of Biden's 2020 base were disappointed with his stances on Israel.

Democrats are their own worst enemy.

Progessive influncers are practically on these platforms saying that they ain't helping the former Biden/Harris voters who voted for as Trump. 

That's perfectly fine. 

It makes them more independent and it declines support for Democratic candidates.

MAGAland going crazy and protests are growing.

As I explained, I voted for Harris for president. I told family members that Israel will be a major factor. Trump's near assassination was a big factor. His mugshot too.

Democrats waste too much time scaring voters. I get it. Trump is an essential threat to the country. 

It's that type of noise that keeps Democrats in the minority. 

Americans who backed Trump are seeing reality. He has already overplayed his hand and its only three weeks.

Federal workers are being laid off or being forced to be in office.

Transgender Americans are being banned from using restrooms or playing sports.

The U.S. is pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, UN Human Rights, UNRWA and the World Health Organization. It puts us at risk for global pandemics, catastrophic weather events and potential boycotts of American products.

The economy is still the same.

Israel is still conducting its genocide.

Immigrants are being deported in a inhumane way.

Project 2025 and Greater Israel are very unpopular.

And the Kamala Harris supporters are trying to guilt trip people who didn't support her bid. I supported her bid and wished she won. Unfortunately, the stars weren't aligned. I was disappointed. I almost gave up.

But I started to realize that I want Trump and Israel to fail. And fail they shall.

For the next four years, we gonna see the Trump machine breakdown again.

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What Happened To "America First?"

Trump is a puppet.

Israel must fall. There is no more "two state solution". The separate but equal theme the West been pushing is over. The world must push for the complete and total dissolution of Israel and Zionism.

Israel must not exist. The Zionist entity is a danger to the world. The United States has lost its credibility by backing Israel. The world must push sanctions and criminal punishment for the apartheid ethnostate.

Kentucky senator Rand Paul calls out Republicans and President Donald J. Trump for caving to Israeli interest.

The Republican senator is staunch supporters of MAGAland. However, the Libertarian comes out and he actually makes sense. I mean he is a white nationalist just like his daddy.

Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House and made the announcement that the U.S. will seize Gaza. Trump advocated for the removal of Palestinians which set the world on fire.

Many nations denounced the announcement. 

Netanyahu’s smirk showed that he got his stooge.

Trump proposed the U.S. "take over Gaza" and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" once they conduct an ethnic cleansing. The goal is total removal of Palestinians.

The idea prompted international condemnation and some dissent from Republicans in Congress, who have largely fallen in line behind Trump's initiatives such as pausing foreign aid and eliminating thousands of federal workers.

Skeptical lawmakers said they still favored the two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians that has long been a foundation of U.S. diplomacy. Some also rejected the idea of spending U.S. taxpayer dollars or sending in U.S. troops to a region that has been devastated by more than a year of genocide.

The whites in their eyes.

"I thought we voted for America first," Republican Senator Rand Paul said on X.com. "We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers blood."

Republicans hold narrow majorities in Congress over Democrats, who rejected the idea outright. "That is ethnic cleansing by another name," Senator Chris Van Hollen said on MSNBC.

Republican Senator Jerry Moran said the idea of a two-state solution cannot just be thrown out. "It's not something that can be unilaterally decided," he told reporters.

Senator Lisa Murkowski said she would not speculate about any possible proposal to send U.S. forces into a region "that has seen enough turmoil."

Why?

Israel was indiscriminately bombing, shooting and poisoning the entire region.

They killed over 60,000 people. They invaded Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Jordan. But yes, tell us turmoil.

"I don't even want to speculate to that question, because I think that is quite frightening," she said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the plan as "bold, decisive action to try to secure the peace of that region."

'WE'LL STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT'

Johnson said he would discuss the issue with Netanyahu when he meets with him at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

"I think people understand the necessity of it, and we're going to stand with Israel as they work towards this goal. And we'll stand with the President on his initiative," Johnson told a news conference.

Trump campaigned on pledges he would avoid new foreign entanglements and "forever wars," and Reuters/Ipsos polling shows limited appetite for his newly expansionist agenda, even among Republican voters.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Jan. 20-21, following Trump's inauguration but before latest comments on Gaza, found that just 15% of Republicans supported the idea of the U.S. using military force to obtain new territory.

Representative Tim Burchett, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he supported Trump's suggestion that the U.S. should develop valuable Gaza waterfront property.

"I think Americans and capitalism have a real opportunity to cause some real change in the world, and that would be a perfect example of that," he told Reuters.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he favored "bringing peace and stability and security to that region," but that every idea would have to be thoroughly vetted.

Bring peace is holding Israel accountable. Bring security is ending our military engagements in the Middle East. Close all the U.S. military bases and eliminate the notion that Muslims, Arabs, Africans and Asians are terrorists.

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Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Irv Gotti Passed Away!

Media mogul Irv Gotti passed away from a stroke.

Irving Lorenzo, known as Irv Gotti has passed away at the age of 54. He suffered a massive stroke.

He is best known as the longtime producer for DMX, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Lloyd and others. He was the founder of Murder Inc. Records which signed Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd under the Def Jam Recordings label.

Lorenzo was born in the Hollis neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. Lorenzo was of Filipino and African-American descent.

He was a target of 50 Cent at the height of career rise. 50 often targeted Ja and Irv in numerous disses and public spats.

50 knocked Ja off his perch.

His team confirmed he suffered from a "minor stroke" last spring due to his complications with diabetes. They released a statement about his condition after an alleged photo of him walking with a cane at a rehabilitation center was posted online.

"Irv has been struggling with diabetes for years, which caused him to have a minor stroke over six months ago," Gotti's rep said at the time. "He has since changed his diet to eating more healthy. He's been successful in making a full recovery. Irv is not in a rehab facility. He is at home with his family, enjoying life."

Prior to his stroke, Gotti, born Irving Lorenzo, had been open about his battle with diabetes. He spoke about his struggle to maintain a healthy diet during his appearance on Drink Champs in 2023.

Irv Gotti, Charli Baltimore, Ashanti and Ja Rule.

Murder Inc. swiftly emerged as a turn-of-the-millennium answer to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records, with Gotti appearing in music videos and popping up on records. In Oct. 2000, Ja Rule released “Rule 3:36” with Gotti returning as executive producer for the project and acting producer for nearly the entire album. The project ushered in a mainstream renaissance for Gotti, who signed Ashanti the following year and released her eponymous chart-topping debut in 2002. He then took a victory lap with “Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.,” a compilation record showcasing artists from the label including Charli Baltimore, Vita and Cadillac Tah.

Murder Inc.’s vice grip on mainstream music slipped after federal agents raided its offices on suspicion of drug money laundering in Jan. 2003, and took a reputational hit after Ja Rule engaged in a career-bruising beef with 50 Cent. 

Murder Inc.'s office was raided by federal agents trying to find evidence that the label was funneling and laundering drug money for Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff. Another setback the label suffered was its core artist Ja Rule participating in a feud with rapper 50 Cent which had been occupant since 1999. Blood in My Eye, Ja's fifth studio album, released in November 2003, included diss tracks aimed at 50 and G-Unit, as well as Eminem. The album didn't live up to any commercial success. Three months earlier, Ashanti obtained more success on her own with a second studio album, Chapter II, becoming her second number one album in her career. Charli Baltimore, however, didn't have any time to release an album under the label, causing her to leave in October 2003.

Gotti rebranded the label as The Inc. in Dec. 2003, releasing albums from Lloyd and Ashanti in the years that followed.

Yet, after signing to Universal Motown in 2006, Gotti’s label struggled as artists started leaving the imprint. In Sept. 2013, he rebranded The Inc. as Visionary, and four years later revived Murder Inc. in a partnership with 300 Entertainment. In June 2022, he shared a video on Instagram claiming that he signed a $300 million deal with brand management company Iconoclast to sell them 50 percent of his Murder Inc. masters.

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