Body camera shows cop harassing a Black blind man.
Floridah...
I am going to be cautious about the site that distributed the body camera footage.
Because quite frankly, almost all these incidents happened in January.
No Florida news outlet covered these body camera incidents. I am trying to find this incident online and its turning up nothing. No agency has came forward with information on this incident.
A viral video of a Florida police officer engaging with a Black man who was blind.
The officer got a "damn I fucked up" moment when he verbally abused the man.
The officer would confiscated his walking cane and glasses.
Right off the bat the officer was condescending and rude.
The incident happened on Jan. 19, 2025 and it was posted on social media this month.
So Officer [not given] Miculitzki, a 10-year veteran of the department in the central District, was recorded stopping a blind black man on the street.
Following the incident, he was suspended for six weeks with full pay and benefits. No further disciplinary action was taken.
He later returned to duty with no recorded misconduct on his file.
The blind man did not receive his property back and was never given an apology.
And this happens quite frequently.
President Donald J. Trump with his attempts to eliminate DEI and federal agencies could impact these type of events. Trump also wants to eliminate the need to hold police accountable if they kill unarmed suspects (if they had criminal convictions).
Trump, a felon claims to be on the side of the police while pardoning the criminals who committed an act of sedition on Jan. 6, 2021.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) and most Republican members of the U.S. House are idiots. President Donald J. Trump who resides in Florida is the first American leader who is a convicted felon. He was impeached twice during his first term. Trump is a useful idiot. And we can thank the former Democratic president for allowing the Trump show to continue.
His predecessor's failure to save the "soul of the nation" led to his chaotic return.
Joe Biden allowed Israel to ruin his reelection bid and Kamala Harris' presidential bid.
Now Trump and Vice President JD Vance are ruining their legacy already by siding with Israel, disrupting American workers, putting unnecessary pain and hardship on American consumers.
Again, the United States must end its police partnership program with the apartheid ethnostate of Israel and hold this apartheid ethnostate accountable.
We must end racial bias when police officers pull over motorists.
We as Americans must flex our rights when it comes to pullovers.
If we are seen committing a crime, then due process is thrown out. Looking suspicious or acting strangely doesn't merit any illegal search or seizure.
You have a right to why you are pulled over, a right to demand a supervisor or question why you are being detained.
You have a right to stay silent. However, you must identify yourself when pulled over although you can choose to stay silent but it could lead to arrest. The police have a lawful right to identify a person.
Naazir and Qaadir Lewis were found dead in the Georgia moutains. Family believes its foul play and the town their bodies were found was in a Trump won county.
Georgiah....
Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.
The state that voted for President Donald J. Trump in 2016 and 2024. Former president Joe Biden won it in 2020. Two senile old white men who officially made the United States a declining superpower.
Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) are vulnerable. Ossoff faces a challenge in 2026 and Warnock in 2028.
Gov. Brian Kemp easily won his reelection despite Trump relentless dogging of him and voters rejecting Stacey Abrams again.
The state is home to Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) are by far the most incompetent of the congressional delegation.
Most of the Georgia U.S. lawmakers including Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA), Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) take money and support the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.
The U.S. and Israel are countries that engage in racial politics which leads to countless death and destruction.
Georgia is growing in population. In the long term it will be so unbearable with the cost of living, pollution, extreme weather and the potential recession that may end up destroying metro Atlanta and Georgia's other cities.
The one good thing about former president Joe Biden was his signing of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which made it a federal crime if anyone was lynched through a motivated hate incident. It was a reactionary bill passed into law by the Democrats in response to the George Floyd tragedy.
In May we will honor the five years since his passing with President Donald J. Trump back in power. The Midway Wrap Up comes around May.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has concluded that twin brothers Qaadir and Naazir Lewis were victims of a murder-suicide. The family believes otherwise.
First thing, did the twins own firearms?
Second, why would they buy plane tickets only not to use them?
Third, how the hell they wound out on a mountain in a very friendly Trump county?
Fourth, why did the hiker take pictures instead of notifying police?
Yeah, something does not add up.
GBI also arrested a volunteer firefighter for taking the graphic photos of the 19 year old brothers when they were found in Bell Mountain, Georgia. They have him with obstruction of justice and are obtaining a warrant to search his phone.
So the two were on top of Bell Mountain found dead of gunshot wounds.
“Both men were found with gunshot wounds,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a March 9 statement. “The preliminary investigation reveals the deaths to be a murder suicide.”
However, a week later they noted that the formal cause of death for the twins has not been concluded.
The organization added March 16, “A GBI medical examiner has completed the autopsies, but the official ME ruling and results are pending additional forensic tests.”
Qaadir and Naazir had been scheduled to take a flight to Boston on March 7 to visit friends, but the pair never boarded their flight, according to authorities. The brothers’ bodies were found 90 miles away from their Lawrenceville home in an area their family told NBC affiliate WXIA they had never visited with their plane tickets in their wallets.
“How did they end up out in the mountains?” their uncle Rahim Brawner told WXIA. “They don’t hike out there, they’ve never been out there. They don’t know anything about Hiawassee. They never even heard of Bell Mountain, so how did they end up right there?”
As for investigators’ murder-suicide ruling, he said, “We knew right away that wasn’t true.”
“They’re very protective of each other. They love each other,” he continued.
“They’re inseparable. I couldn’t imagine them hurting each other because I’ve never seen them get into a fistfight before.”
It’s a sentiment their aunt Yasmine Brawner echoed. As she noted, the twins “had a huge support system.”
“We know them. They wouldn’t do anything like this,” she told the outlet. “To say they did this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains, and we want answers.”
As such, the family is continuing to try to find out what happened.
“We want answers,” another aunt, Samira Brawner added, “we want to know exactly what happened to the twins.”
This gentleman took pictures of the two twins and shared them online.
Scott Kerlin, 42, has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor obstruction for allegedly taking pictures of the teens' death scene and sharing them publicly.
The suspect is not corporating with authorities at present time.
The images are online. The family is angered by the suspect's actions.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
These murderers don't have mental illness. They are calculated and prepared. It happened to be a moment where they have the opportunity to take out lives.
There's no sickness in the head. Most mass shooters legally obtain their assault rifles without little background checks. They have likely no criminal history and they are willing to use the assault weapon in the only thing it's good for: Killing numerous lives.
I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns.
Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases.
Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.
According to the far right: White 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 assumes the gunmen are Black.
The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican legislators who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms.
Family doesn't buy the twins committing an act of violence upon themselves.
The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.
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The call number to the White House and US 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 US Secret Service and US Capitol Police.
Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-Semitic or in support of terrorism.
We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and legislators avoid influence from lobbyists.
Dollar General having trouble bringing in shoppers.
Dollar General is struggling.
Food desert Dayton, Ohio is expected to lose probably three locations. The one on Salem Avenue and Grand Avenue is the first of many Dollar General stores to go out of business.
Dollar General based out of Goodlettsville, Tennessee announced it will close 96 locations while opening at least 750 locations (with caution).
The company says that President Donald J. Trump's tariffs, customer foot traffic declining and theft were factors.
“As we look to build on the substantial progress we made on our Back to Basics work in fiscal 2024, we believe this review was appropriate to further strengthen the foundation of our business,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer, in the earnings report.
“While the number of closings represents less than one percent of our overall store base, we believe this decision better positions us to serve our customers and communities,” Vasos said in the report.
POPshelf, the spin off company operates one store in Centerville. It might be on the list of closures. POPshelf is closing 41 locations.
Dollar General said it initiated a "store portfolio optimization review" during the fourth quarter of 2024, where it identified stores for closure or re-bannering based on "an evaluation of individual store performance, expected future performance, and operating conditions, among other factors."
In 2021, Dollar General announced plans to open approximately 1,000 Popshelf stores by the end of the 2025 fiscal year due to its popularity with customers, according to reporting from CNBC.
Popshelf's website says the chain has more than 220 locations in 21 states, however after the 45 planned closures, the chain will have about 175 remaining stores.
Republicans should embrace their hypocrisy and lack of self awareness.
They win being shameless assholes. Why can't the Democratic Party just for once be the party of assholes. We need to treat Republicans like they are.....
They nominated three times, the world's most incompetent man for their president. He is the very definition of elitism. Yet, the Republicans see him as their ticket to a golden age of white superiority.
President Donald J. Trump has no morals. He has no values as a human being.
He was a white privileged shelter child living in the shadow of his dad, Fred Trump, Sr. Had his dad not earned his billions through extortion, shady business deals and adultery, Trump would not exist.
Republicans are human too.
MAGALand.
What two consenting adults do in their personal lives isn't my business. However, in MAGAland, these assholes deserve to be called out for their endless hypocrisy.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) represents the suburbs of Pittsburgh. This lawmaker was trying to give more of our taxpayer money to the Israeli regime.
Ain't love grand?
He wants to equate the Israeli Defence Forces with American Armed Forces. He wants to give a foreign military the same benefits as our veterans.
Reschenthaler is an American politician, attorney, judge, and U.S. Navy veteran. A Republican, he is the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district and was previously a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th district. He served as a district judge, and in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) during the Iraq War. He is serving as the Republican Chief Deputy Whip in the 119th Congress.
In December 2020, Reschenthaler joined other Republicans in voting against providing $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans, on grounds that such aid would further weaken the US economy.
In April 2024, Reschenthaler co-sponsored a bill to rename Dulles International Airport after Trump. He said in an interview that there would be "no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength".
In May 2024, Reschenthaler co-sponsored a bill to extend U.S. military benefits to American citizens in the Israel Defense Forces, including Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994.
PageSix, part of The New York Post has revealed that Reschenthaler split from his wife and is currently dating Fox correspondent Brooke Singman.
According to sources, Singman met Reschenthaler in October while covering a Donald Trump campaign stop in the swing state, when the candidate famously manned a fry station at a local McDonald’s.
Guy Reschenthaler bags him a Fox. Brooke Singman is a popular fixture in MAGAland.
Singman had interviewed the GOP pol for the article, “Kamala Harris ‘has become toxic’ for Pennsylvania, top Keystone State lawmaker says.”
However, a source tells us the pair did not start dating until January.
Reschenthaler — a former district judge — and his estranged wife, Jennifer, married in Virginia in 2021. A source tells us they separated in November.
We hear it’s not a conflict of interest since Singman does not cover Congress.
The digital reporter is a rising star at the network: She began as Fox president and executive editor Jay Wallace’s assistant, and now frequently appears on air.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker previously served in the Navy Judge Advocate General Corps and defended a SEAL who had been accused of covering up a torture of Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi, known as “the Butcher of Fallujah,” while he was in custody.
Reps for the politician and Fox News did not comment.
Is this Republican gonna blame the Democrats for his crimes?
This post is discussing sexual abuse. Take discretion.
Minnesota Republican state senator who introduced a bill to declare Trump Derangement Syndrome a mental illness was caught by the state investigators after he tried to solicit sex from an underage child.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
If he does resign, Gov. Tim Walz will issue a special election to replace the senator.
Justin David Eichorn is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 6 in north-central Minnesota.
Eichorn and his wife, Brittany, have four children and reside in Grand Rapids.
On March 17, 2025, Eichorn was arrested in Bloomington, Minnesota, on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex during a sting operation. The arrest occurred after he allegedly sexually solicited a detective posing as a minor. His fellow Republican legislators, as well as Minnesota GOP chair Alex Plechash, have called on him to resign. As of March 18, 2025, he remains incarcerated at the Hennepin County Jail.
He is likely on suicide watch.
According to the Bloomington Police Department, the teen was actually a detective who had arranged to meet the 40-year-old Eichorn at a public location. The politician was arrested shortly after he showed up in a pickup truck.
This is what Eichorn looked like when he knew he fucked up.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges mentioned Eichorn’s age in a release about the arrest, but did not say he was a state senator.
“As a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someone’s child, you can expect that we are going to lock you up,” he said.
Eichorn had not been officially charged as of Tuesday afternoon, but the Bloomington Police Department said felony charges of soliciting a minor to practice prostitution are pending.
Eichorn and other GOP politicians are seeking to add “Trump derangement syndrome” — a MAGA-world insult — to a list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota, CBS News reported.
According to the bill’s wording, “TDS” is described as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.”
He should stay in. Cause if the Republicans can nominate a sexual predator like Trump, then Eichorn shouldn't be told when to step down. I mean his behavior is fucked up. I mean if he was soliciting for a prostitute at an adult age, that's his choice. But his personal matters should not be an issue for Republicans.
They set the standards so low, hell any criminal can be a lawmaker.
Justin Eichorn with his wife and four children. The suspect was trying to solicit a 16 year old for sex that favored his wife and daughter.
They should legalize prostitution because it's two consenting adults and there shouldn't be the thought of legal repercussions for sex.
The underage issue is a real problem. Had this man engaged in a sexual act with a minor, he could be doing it to others. The recent Facebook posts shows he was intentionally grooming high school girl basketball players.
The post may eventually be deleted.
If convicted, the suspect faces 25 years in the iron college and be labeled a TIER III sexual offender.
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Being rich and elite. Ye and Nick Fuentes. West is continuing his support of Nazism.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have shown the world that being rich has its limits. The two have divorced in 2022 and have a bitter custody battle as of today.
Kanye (known as Ye) has been with Bianca Censori since 2023. Kim has dated but remains single for now. They have four children. Ye must pay nearly $3 million in child support for his four children.
Ye has express open support for the current president. He also supports Nazism.
After President Donald J. Trump hosted Elon Musk’s Tesla vehicles at the White House, the company has continued to struggle. Kardashian decided to pose with Tesla vehicles and an AI robot.
The Bahamas and U.S. had threatened fines on Space X after a series of explosions on spacecraft leaving debris raining down.
Musk who is appointed as the Department of Government Efficiency secretary has caused so much chaos, it is leading to possible clashes with Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Americans are souring on billionaires.
Trump, Musk, Ye, Kim and Vance are elite billionaires. They use their wealth as a form of power. They manipulate the public into believing that the poor are the problem. They rather see your children fight wars on behalf of Israeli and America's thirst for imperialism.
Kim Kardashian poses with a Tesla AI robot.
They are everything wrong with this country.
Kanye West poses with Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist who recently soured on Trump.
Fuentes is criticizing Trump for bowing to Benjamin Netanyahu. Fuentes said Trump is putting Israeli interest ahead of American and Christian interest. West is now selling Nazi propaganda and designing clothes to anger the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL is an organization that operates as a servant of the apartheid ethnostate of Israel masquerades itself as a civil rights group to stop antisemitism. It has worked with state actors to silence free speech and advocated for legislation that makes criticism of Israel a crime.
Ye and Fuentes dined with Trump in 2022.
Y'all voted for this.
Endless chaos and distractions from Trump and the far right.
Kim posing with a $50,000 robot shows how out of touch she is. People who used to look up to her as a role model now see how cold, heartless and incompetent she is.
You work day to day to pay your bills. The little money you got may feed you or purchase something from Kardashian or her siblings.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are likely not holding town halls.
Progressives are angry and they are vowing to sit out 2026 and future elections if the Democratic Party continues to play nice with MAGAland and Israel.
I am not voting for any Democratic candidate that has the backing of AIPAC.
I am not voting for any Republican candidate that has the backing of AIPAC.
Even their potential 2028 candidates suck.
I will not support Gavin Newsom or any candidate that backs Republican based policies. If they support Israel, definitely a no.
Schumer supported keeping the government open. The Republican continuing resolution calls for cuts to the safety net and military funding for Israel.
Schumer, a staunch supporter of the apartheid ethnostate of Israel wrote a book denouncing the pro Palestinian protesters. He basically supports Israel "right to destroy" everything. That also has gotten blowback.
Now progressives want him to step aside or retire. We cannot allow an old white bigot remain the leader of the Democratic Party's senate leadership.
This week, the Democratic leader was scheduled to appear in Baltimore, Washington, DC, New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to discuss his new book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.”
“Due to security concerns, Senator Schumer’s book events are being rescheduled,” representatives for Schumer said in a statement.
Schumer has faced heavy backlash from within his caucus and the Democratic base over his decision to vote to advance a Republican-led funding bill last week, in an effort to avert a government shutdown.
Local chapters of Indivisible, a progressive group created in 2016 after Donald Trump first took the White House, had planned protests around events for the book tour.
Dozens of the group’s New York chapters joined with other progressive groups in calling for Schumer to step aside Monday, writing in a letter: “Leadership is needed now, and your failure to coalesce your caucus in this critical moment leads us to call for your immediate resignation from your Minority Leader role.”
Ezra Levin, Indivisible co-founder, told CNN that Schumer shouldn’t be going on the tour “in the middle of a constitutional crisis.”
“The chasm between rank-and-file Democrats and congressional Democratic leadership is vast,” Levin said.
Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill. Senate Democrats came under intense pressure to oppose the Trump-backed bill, and Schumer faced swift backlash after helping to clear a path for its passage.
Outside of Schumer’s leadership team, many Senate and House Democrats seethed at his move, which they saw as a capitulation in the party’s first real leverage point in Trump’s second term.
The Senate Democratic leader has argued his party had only bad options: to either shut down the government – possibly for months – to challenge Trump, or accept a GOP bill that Democrats had warned would cut spending to programs like veterans’ health care or Washington, DC, firefighters and police.
But despite his opposition to the legislation, Schumer said last week that “allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.”
Trump praised him for announcing he would support the measure, telling reporters after the vote Friday: “I appreciate Senator Schumer, and I think he did the right thing, really. I’m very impressed by that.”
Schumer’s counterpart in the House, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, had led a fierce whip operation against the bill, ultimately losing just one from his caucus on the vote earlier in the week.
The pair met in Brooklyn Sunday for the first time since they clashed over their party’s strategy to avoid a shutdown, according to Schumer’s spokesperson, who declined to provide details of the meeting.
Time for the Arab League to engage in taking on Israel. It is time for world powers to put an end to Israel.
Israel has to be destroyed.
The apartheid ethnostate has already violated the ceasefire over 200 times. Now it has officially ended the ceasefire and its engaging in deadly airstrikes on civilian populated areas.
President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congress and the United Nations are inept. They will bend over backwards for Israel.
Hamas warned that Israel’s new airstrikes early Tuesday breached their ceasefire and put the fate of settlers in jeopardy.
Israel said it launched the wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip because of a lack of progress in ongoing talks to extend the ceasefire. It was not immediately clear if the operation was a one-time pressure tactic or if the 17-month-old war was being resumed altogether.
Hamas said Israel’s government was responsible for an “unprovoked escalation” against Palestinians.
Gaza’s ministry of health said at least 44 people were killed in the airstrikes early Tuesday.
Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January.
The regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes because of a lack of progress in ongoing talks to extend the ceasefire. It was not immediately clear if the operation was a one-time pressure tactic or if the 17-month-old war was being resumed altogether.
“This comes after Hamas repeatedly refused to release our hostages and rejected all offers it received from the U.S. presidential envoy, Steve Witkoff, and from the mediators,” Netanyahu’s office said.
Taher Nunu, a Hamas official, criticized the Israeli attacks. “The international community faces a moral test: either it allows the return of the crimes committed by the occupation army or it enforces a commitment to ending the aggression and war against innocent people in Gaza,” he said.
In Gaza, explosions could be heard at various locations and ambulances were arriving at Al Aqsa Hospital in central G
The strikes came two months after a ceasefire was reached to pause the war. Over six weeks, Hamas released roughly three dozen hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinians held without any charges or due process.
But since the first phase of the ceasefire ended two weeks ago, the sides have not been able to agree on a way forward with a second phase aimed at releasing the nearly 60 remaining hostages and ending the war altogether. Netanyahu has repeatedly threatened to resume the war, and early this month cut off the entry of all food and aid deliveries into the besieged territory to put pressure on Hamas.
The war erupted with Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023, cross-border attack, which killed some 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage. Israel responded with a military offensive that killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, and displaced an estimated 90% of Gaza’s population. The territory’s Health Ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and militants, but says over half of the dead have been women and children.
“Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,” Netanyahu’s office said.
The ceasefire had brought some relief to Gaza and allowed hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to resume to what remained of their homes.
But the territory is coping with vast destruction, with no immediate plans to rebuild. A resumption of the war threatens to reverse any progress made in recent weeks toward halting Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
While the ceasefire largely halted the fighting, Israel has left troops in Gaza throughout the past two months and continued to strike targets, claiming that Palestinians were trying to carry out attacks or approaching troops in no-go zones.
A number of strikes earlier Monday killed a total of 10 people, according to Palestinian officials.
This guy must be stopped by any means necessary.
Two strikes in central Gaza hit around the urban refugee camp of Bureij. One struck a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians, killing a 52-year-old man and his 16-year-old nephew, according to officials at nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the casualties were taken. The Israeli military said it struck militants planting explosives.
An earlier strike killed three men in Bureij. The Israeli military said the men were trying to plant an explosive device in the ground near Israeli troops. Gaza’s Hamas-led government said the men were collecting firewood.
In Syria, meanwhile, Israel seized a zone in the south after the fall of longtime autocrat Bashar Assad in December. Israel says it is a preemptive security measure against the former Islamist insurgents who now run Syria, though their transitional government has not expressed threats against Israel.
Strikes in the southern Syrian city of Daraa killed three people and wounded 19 others, including four children, a woman and three civil defense volunteers, the Syrian civil defense agency said. It said two ambulances were damaged. Other strikes hit military positions near the city.
The Israeli military said it was targeting military command centers and sites in southern Syria that contained weapons and vehicles belonging to Assad’s forces. It said the materials’ presence posed a threat to Israel.
In Lebanon, Israel said it struck two members of the Hezbollah militant group in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor, who it said were “observation operatives.” Lebanon’s state news agency reported two people killed in the strike and two wounded.
The military later said it carried out further strikes on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, without specifying where. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect in late November ending the 14-month war between the two sides, and each side has repeatedly accused the other of violating the deal.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza began in mid-January, Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians who the military says approached its troops or entered unauthorized areas.
Still, the deal has tenuously held without an outbreak of wide violence. The ceasefire’s first phase saw an exchange of some hostages held by Hamas in return for the freeing of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying to mediate the next steps in the ceasefire.
Israel wants Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce. Hamas instead wants to follow the ceasefire deal reached by the two sides, which calls for negotiations to begin on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase, in which the remaining hostages would be released and Israeli forces would withdraw from Gaza. Hamas is believed to have 24 living hostages and the bodies of 35 others.
Israel and its allies overplayed the use of antisemitism. From now on, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing Judaism or Islam, I will not hold my tongue when criticizing Israel, Jews, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, members of Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, Zionism, colonialism, imperialism, slavery, racism, Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
Again, as long as there is no violence towards anyone practicing religious beliefs, there is no antisemitism when criticizing the Jews.
To clear up the AP's account of Oct. 7, the Israelis used the Hannibal Directive to massacre the settlers to prevent Hamas from taking IDF soliders. The IDF has used the weapons to kill settlers at a festival.
Hamas has been very clear on who they targeted. They targeted the IDF and the walls. They do not target civilians. Israel has exaggerated the way this went down.
They have used American weapons to kill settlers, doctors, humanitarian aid workers, UN peacekeepers and their own IDF soliders. Israel has killed Americans, British, German, Australian, Canadians and French citizens.
No investigations were carried out to why Israel targeted them.
Israel refuses to allow independent monitors into Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
IDF soliders who refuse to carry out orders are often taken out by snipers.
The "hostages" were IDF soliders.
Israel has violated the ceasefire. They are planning on invading Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria. They have stopped humanitarian aid as Ramadan begins. They want the U.S. to start a war with Iran.
Trump does the bidding of Israel.
The supporters of former president Joe Biden and 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.
That shows the "tone deafness" within the Democratic 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.
Those fucking hypocrites sat in silence as Israel is killing women and children.
They can fuck themselves.
Israel has killed Americans. No one was held accountable.
The killing of Rachel Corrie did not move George W. Bush to cut Israel loose.
The deaths of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Tawfiq Abdel Jabbar, Mohammad Khdour, Omar Assad, Shireen Abu Akleh, Jacob Flickinger and Kamel Ahmad Jawad were never investigated by the U.S. Justice Department.
Mask off.
Resistance is not terrorism.
Occupation of oppressed people is not peace.
A two state solution is "separate but equal" and a de facto apartheid.
Telling other countries to take Palestinians is ethnic cleansing.
A sovereignty seizing land in a violent conflict is a war crime.
A violent attack on children throwing rocks at tanks is justified in the minds of those who support Israel.
Spitting and shoving Christians, Satanists, non Zionist Jews, Muslims and Hindus is considered a custom in Israel. How is this disgusting act justified?
The double standard in media coverage is the Israelis are hostages and the Palestinians are prisoners. Some of the Palestinians held in Israeli custody are children under the age of 14.
When Russia seized Ukrainian land and Crimea, the U.S. pushed for sanctions.
When Israel seized Lebanese and Syrian land, the U.S. recognized it as Israeli sovereignty. They have actively rejected sanctions imposed on Israel.
Iran supports the resistance. The U.S. and Israel labels it as an enabler of terrorism and war. Yet, Israel has created the conflicts by forcing regime change, killing their civilians, their scientists, their military generals and their diplomats. No one seems to call this terrorism. In fact, some U.S. lawmakers see it as justifiable offense.
Hamas stated the reasons for the attack on occupation forces. It has nothing to do with the Jewish religion or Iran.
The IDF has the weapons to destroy everything. All on the American taxpayer, Israel has killed civilians, their own citizens and the status quo.
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.
This flag symbolizes fascism and religious superiority. The time for the dissolving of Israel begins. The end of Israel is coming.
Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.
Israel is the red line. If any lawmaker, entertainer, athlete or social media influncer backs the apartheid ethnostate, they will face a boycott.
Regardless of political affiliation, if you are supporting Israel, you are not getting donations or a vote from me.
I will hold President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance accountable.
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", blaming "illegal immigrants" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to focus on ending gun violence, lowering costs, improving healthcare and building relationships with other nations. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-Semitic or in support of terrorism.
We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We don't want any more wars on behalf of Israel. 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 legislators avoid influence from lobbyists.
President Donald J. Trump and Republicans are dismissing the thoughts of a recession. They are doubling down on wrecking Americans lives.
Malls are dying. With restrictions for teens, inflation, online retailers and lackluster products, these companies are closing up shop. It affects shopping centers leaving them as dead malls.
The once popular teen clothing company is going out of business.
Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time as traffic in U.S. shopping malls fades and competition from online retailers like Amazon, Temu and Shein intensifies.
F21 OpCo, which runs Forever 21 stores, said late Sunday that it will wind down the business in the U.S. under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while determining if it can continue as a business with a partner, or if it will sell some or all of its assets.
“While we have evaluated all options to best position the company for the future, we have been unable to find a sustainable path forward, given competition from foreign fast fashion companies, which have been able to take advantage of the de minimis exemption to undercut our brand on pricing and margin,” Chief Financial Officer Brad Sell said in a statement.
The de minimis tax exemption lets shipments headed to U.S. businesses and consumers valued at less than $800 to enter the country tax free and duty free.
Forever 21 stores in the U.S. will hold liquidation sales and the website will continue to run while operations wind down. The retailer’s locations outside of the U.S. are run by other licensees and are not included in the bankruptcy filing. International store locations and websites will continue operating as normal.
Authentic Brands Group owns the international intellectual property associated with the Forever 21 brand and may license the brand to other operators, F21OpCo said.
Forever 21 first filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019. It was acquired by a consortium of parties including Authentic Brands Group and mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners.
Forever 21 was founded in 1984 and, along with other fast-fashion chains like H&M and Zara, rode a wave of popularity among young customers in the mid-1990s. Their popularity grew during the Great Recession, when shoppers were seeking bargains. But Forever 21 went on an aggressive expansion just as shoppers were moving more online.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said in a statement that part of the problem now is that Forever 21’s stores are too big for its current needs and it’s in malls with not enough foot traffic.
“Forever 21 was always a retailer living on borrowed time. Over recent years it has been hit with dual headwinds from a weak apparel market and stiff competition from cheap Chinese marketplaces,” he said. “Both things have eroded its standing and depleted its market share.”
The city of Dayton, Ohio has saw population decline since the 1970s. Over 50 years and we are still living in the past. Dayton has a population of 132,000, a 4% decrease of more than 5,000 residents leaving.
The city touted it's accomplishments in its "State of the City" address.
During the address, leaders looked back on issues the city faced over the last year, before covering the plan to start fixing those issues and what lays ahead.
Creating a safer community was the cornerstone as Dayton mayor Jeffrey Mims spoke to residents in February. Mayor Mims highlighted plans for economic development but focused on a new peace initiative to combat gun violence in the city — something that he says deserves undivided attention.
He also addressed the OnMain project which stalled since 2019. The project which secured funding from the Biden Administration infrastructure law will break ground in spring 2025.
The Dayton Arcade is nearly rebuilt. The Hilton Garden Inn is expected to open inside the facility in summer 2025.
The Homefill Community Grocery Store opened in Jan. 2025. The first grocery store in eight years to open inside West Dayton. This might offset the potential closures of Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores announced this year.
Dayton is also tearing down the low income housing projects. The DeSoto Bass complex is one of the city's oldest housing projects. The demolition of sections started in Nov. 2024.
As the city of Dayton works on the Main Street road diet, the area is plagued with rampant tagging on buildings.
The Dayton Police will relocate their west branch to near U.S. Highway 35. The project will be finished in winter 2025.
New housing is coming to North Riverdale and near the Wright Dunbar/Dayton Aviation Historical National Park.
Dayton is also going to host the NATO summit and First Four NCAA Tournament.
It is also in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration. Dayton is an immigrant friendly city and about a handful of residents are not U.S. citizens.
Vice President JD Vance, who grew up in Middletown and Dayton has openly peddled the false story of Haitian immigrants eating the pets in Springfield.
Then candidate (former president at the time) Donald J. Trump peddled that claim during his only debate with then vice president Kamala Harris. The state of Ohio and its governor Mike DeWine has denounced the claims.
Now that Trump is in power, DeWine has vowed to follow Trump’s orders.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) have also vowed to support the Trump administration in mass deportation and eliminations of DEI programs.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) represents 95% of Dayton while Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) represents the remaining 5% of the city. That's in part of the illegal gerrymandered congressional district map that went against the voters. The voters rejected an independent committee to redraw the congressional maps.
Tagging hurts the community.
They are onboard with Trump and Vance when it comes to immigrants.
The Kia Challenge is still an ongoing issue. Yeah, the Kia Challenge which Republicans exploited in their neverending hypocrisy when it comes to law and order.
The Rust Belt is still the same area as it was.
The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States that experienced significant industrial decline and job losses in the late 20th century, particularly in manufacturing, steel, and coal industries.
Dayton is one of the most controversial Rust Belt cities. It is still in relics of segregation. Most big box retailers are not in the city.
The Department of Government Efficiency will have an effect on federal workers who are employed at the Walter Rice U.S. District Court, the Social Security Administration, the National Archives and Records Administration Centers, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. Postal Service, the Veterans Administration and Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base is one of the city's largest employers.
The city has a big problem when it comes to vandalism on buildings and vacant properties.
Dayton on the downside as well as red state Ohio.
The city has seen an explosion of vandalism.
Dayton mayor Jeff Mims and police chief Kamran Afzal will eventually start getting tough on taggers.
There are three known taggers who have spread their tags in not only Dayton but the suburbs of Vandalia, Moraine, Harrison Township, Butler Township, Trotwood, Riverside and Kettering.
On North Main Street (Ohio State Route 48), one tagger has over 15 properties with his signature tag.
The other tagger has 50 throughout the community.
Tagging has plagued downtown as well and it has frustrated city leaders.
Sandy Gudorf, the President of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, said people need to realize this is a form of vandalism.
The Downtown Dayton Ambassadors work weekly to get rid of graffiti; they try to tackle the tags within 24 hours. Gudorf said they do not know why the city is seeing this increase in graffiti. She said one of their strategies for deterring this type of vandalism is beautifying the city, like wrapping the utility boxes with art. Last year, only one of the wrapped boxes were tagged.
“We have noticed once spaces are beautified, whether it’s with murals or other art or just well-maintained buildings, quite often those buildings and those murals are left alone. So, it shows a sign of respect,” Gudorf explained.
Gudorf encourages people to call police if they see someone tagging. If someone is caught, they could be charged with a felony and could be required to pay a fine.
There are over 50 confirmed deaths in Trump country. The states that went to President Donald J. Trump were Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia.
Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 32 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday.
The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight people died in a highway pileup caused by a dust storm in Sherman County on Friday. At least 50 vehicles were involved.
Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the U.S. senators from the states and U.S. Representatives from the districts affected were notified.
In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that six people died in three counties and three more people were missing. There were 29 injuries across the state, he added in a nighttime post on the social platform X.
Missouri recorded more fatalities than any other state as scattered twisters overnight killed at least 12, authorities said. The deaths included a man whose home was ripped apart by a tornado.
“It was unrecognizable as a home. Just a debris field,” said Coroner Jim Akers of Butler County, describing the scene that confronted rescuers. “The floor was upside down. We were walking on walls.”
Dakota Henderson said he and others rescuing people trapped in their homes Friday night found five bodies scattered in the debris outside what remained of his aunt’s house in hard-hit Wayne County, Missouri.
“It was a very rough deal last night,” he said the following day, surrounded by uprooted trees and splintered homes. “It’s really disturbing for what happened to the people, the casualties last night.”
Henderson said they rescued his aunt from a bedroom that was the only one left standing, taking her out through a window. They also carried out a man who had a broken arm and leg.
Officials in Arkansas said three people died in Independence County and 29 others were injured across eight counties.
“We have teams out surveying the damage from last night’s tornadoes and have first responders on the ground to assist,” Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on X.
She, Reeves and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared states of emergency. Kemp said he was doing so in anticipation of severe weather moving in later in the day.
On Friday, meanwhile, authorities said three people were killed in car crashes during a dust storm in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle
Extreme weather encompasses a zone of 100 million people
The deaths came as the massive storm system unleashed winds that triggered deadly dust storms and fanned more than 100 wildfires.
Extreme weather conditions were forecast to affect an area that is home to more than 100 million people. Winds gusting up to 80 mph (130 kph) were predicted from the Canadian border to Texas, threatening blizzard conditions in colder northern areas and wildfire risk in warmer, drier places to the south.
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for parts of far western Minnesota and far eastern South Dakota starting early Saturday. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2 centimeters) were expected, with up to a foot (30 centimeters) possible.
Winds gusting to 60 mph (97 kph) were expected to cause whiteout conditions.
Evacuations were ordered in some Oklahoma communities as more than 130 fires were reported across the state, and nearly 300 homes were damaged or destroyed. Gov. Kevin Stitt said at a Saturday news conference that some 266 square miles (689 square kilometers) burned in the state.
The State Patrol said winds were so strong that they toppled several tractor-trailers.
Experts said it’s not unusual to see such weather extremes in March.
Trump was golfing when he was informed about tornadoes. He also sat and watch U.S. strikes on Yemen on behalf of Israel.
Tornadoes hit amid storm outbreak
Significant tornadoes continued to hit Saturday, with the region at highest risk stretching from from eastern Louisiana and Mississippi through Alabama, western Georgia and the Florida panhandle, the Storm Prediction Center said.
Bailey Dillon, 24, and her fiance, Caleb Barnes, watched a massive twister from their front porch in Tylertown, Mississippi, away as it struck an area about half a mile (0.8 km) near Paradise Ranch RV Park.
They drove over afterward to see if anyone needed help and recorded video of snapped trees, leveled buildings and overturned vehicles.
“The amount of damage was catastrophic,” Dillon said. “It was a large amount of cabins, RVs, campers that were just flipped over — everything was destroyed.”
Paradise Ranch said via Facebook that all staff and guests were safe and accounted for, but Dillon said the damage extended beyond the RV park itself.
“Homes and everything were destroyed all around it,” she said. “Schools and buildings are just completely gone.”
Some imagery from the extreme weather went viral online.
Tad Peters and his father, Richard Peters, had pulled over to fuel up their pickup truck in Rolla, Missouri, on Friday night when they heard tornado sirens and saw other motorists fleeing the interstate to park.
“Whoa, is this coming? Oh, it’s here. It’s here,” Tad Peters can be heard saying on a video. “Look at all that debris. Ohhh. My God, we are in a torn ...”
His father then rolled up the window.
The two were headed to Indiana for a weightlifting competition but decided to head back home to Norman, Oklahoma, about six hours away, where they encountered wildfires.
Wildfires elsewhere in the Southern Plains threatened to spread rapidly amid warm, dry weather and strong winds in Texas, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico.
