Crockett Was Close To "Juneteenthing" MTG!

Jasmine Crockett and Ayanna Pressley were close to fighting Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Insufferable lawmakers were really close to physical contact. 

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) really want to step out of their roles as insufferable members of the House to straight up ratchet bitches when it comes to fellow member Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Greene is the most laziest and most insufferable lawmaker in the 118th Congress.

The infamous "Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body" remarks really got to Greene.

The Georgia lawmaker is now resorting to showing off her body physique in response.

Crockett confirmed that she and a fellow insufferable member were close to serve Greene a hot plate. This happened after the committee to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, members literally had to restrain Crockett from assaulting Greene.

If the two did get into a physical conflict, they would be immediately censured, have a report sent to House Ethics and a possible vote to expel them from Congress which would allow Texas governor Greg Abbott and Georgia governor Brian Kemp issue a special election to replace them.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and her boyfriend Brian Glenn have armed security thanks to her big mouth causing drama.

Crockett wasn't alone.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) was close to jumping out of her seat and going over to confront Greene with possible physical contact.

Greene set off a round of insults by slamming Crockett's "fake eyelashes messing up what [Crockett] reading." The insult led to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacting to the remarks. Ocasio-Cortez demanded Rep. James Comer (R-KY) get control of the matter and have Greene apologize for her remarks. 

Greene refused to do it.

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. Let them know you are very tired of your lawmakers embarrassing themselves in the media. You are tired of your lawmakers always being outside their district or state. You elected them to serve their districts and state not travel across the country or to foreign countries on your taxpayer dollars. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism. 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.

Juneteenth!

President Joe Biden signed the law that officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday.

In the United States, Juneteenth is on June 19. Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.

Mind you, the far right hates King Day and holidays that don't honor white supremacy. 

Charlie Kirk was keen on that. Republicans are pushing to name monuments and tributes to the 45th U.S. President, a convicted felon.

The holiday's name is a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteenth", as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. Although this date commemorates enslaved people learning of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation, this only applied to former Confederate states. There remained legally enslaved people in states that never seceded from the Union. These people did not gain their freedom until the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6, 1865.

The far right hate Juneteenth because the holiday is the official Independence Day for Black Americans who were descendants of slavery. Biden made it possible.

Former president Donald J. Trump couldn't do it during his term. And yes, he did consider it but his base opposed it and of course, white nationalists hate political correctness [when it doesn't suit their agenda].

Most companies are still operating as normal. There is a push for companies to recognize this a federal holiday to celebrate with time off.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff celebrate Juneteenth at the White House this past Saturday.

Biden issued a statement in regards to Juneteenth.

"One of my proudest moments as President was signing into law Juneteenth as a new Federal holiday — the first Federal holiday to be established since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day four decades prior.  Juneteenth is an acknowledgment of the truth of our Nation’s history.  It is about realizing the idea that America was founded on:  All people are created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives.  It is about the generations of brave Black leaders and selfless activists who never let us walk away from that idea, including Ms. Opal Lee, whom I awarded the Medal of Freedom for her work as the grandmother of Juneteenth, and former State Representative Al Edwards, who authored the bill to designate it a holiday in Texas."

"My Administration is working to ensure we continue to deliver on that idea — creating a country that truly stands for freedom, justice, dignity, and opportunity for all.  Today, record numbers of Black Americans have jobs and health insurance, and Black business ownership is growing at the fastest pace in over 30 years.  We are investing more money than ever in Black families and communities.  That includes the funding we are delivering to support predominantly Black neighborhoods that had been divided and left behind by segregation and racial discrimination, the checks we delivered that reduced Black child poverty to the lowest rate in history, the changes we have made to the appraisals process to root out biases that put Black homeowners at a disadvantage, and the over $16 billion investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities so that we can ensure the next generation of Black leaders has equal opportunities for a quality education and pathways for economic mobility.  We are working to rebuild and strengthen all of America by removing every lead pipe across our country, delivering affordable high-speed internet, forgiving $167 billion in student loan debt, and creating good-paying jobs that you can raise a family on.  We are creating a new sense of pride and dignity in communities across the country."

Justin Timberlake Caught A DUI In New York!

The famous mugshot of Justin Timberlake. 

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Winners and losers of 2024.

In the state of New York, a DUI could range from a one year to five year suspension of license. It requires mandatory alcoholic treatment and a fine up to $15,000. Insurance rate will surge and the motorist will be placed as a high risk.

The Memphis born pop star who was a member of the boy band N'SYNC before becoming a very successful R&B/pop singer, inventor, director and actor was arrested in New York on suspicion of driving under the influence.

The spokesperson declined to identify his charges, though ABC News and The Associated Press, citing law enforcement officials, said the arrest was for driving while intoxicated.

He is currently on tour for his latest album.

Justin Timberlake, 43 was pulled over in Suffolk County, New York near Sag Harbor.

Officers clearly saw Timberlake driving like he was intoxicated and they conducted a routine traffic stop.

“His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” the court papers said.

Timberlake told the officer he had one martini and was following some friends home, according to the documents. After being arrested and taken to a police station in nearby East Hampton, he refused a breath test, said the court papers, which listed his occupation as “professional” and said he’s “self-employed.”

The 10-time Grammy winner was released without bond later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor. He was charged with a driving-while-intoxicated misdemeanor, and his next court date was scheduled for July 26, the Suffolk County district attorney’s office said.

Edward Burke Jr., a local lawyer representing Timberlake, declined to comment Tuesday other than to confirm the star doesn’t need to appear in person for his next court date. Timberlake’s California-based representatives didn’t return multiple requests for comment Tuesday.

The arrest brought a steady stream of curiosity seekers to the village’s quaint Main Street, with many taking photos in front of the brick municipal building throughout the day.

Even music legend Billy Joel, who owns a home in Sag Harbor, took in the scene outside the American Hotel, a popular hotel and restaurant located next to the courthouse where Timberlake had been spotted before his arrest.

“Judge not lest ye be judged,” the “Piano Man” singer told WPIX, declining to comment on Timberlake or his arrest.

A young Timberlake began performing as a Disney Mouseketeer, where his castmates included future girlfriend Britney Spears (he’s now married to actress Jessica Biel). He rose to fame in the behemoth boy band NSYNC, embarked on a solo recording career in 2002 and was one of pop’s most influential figures in the early 2000s.

Fluent in the inflections of pop and R&B, he’s known for such Grammy-winning hits as “Cry Me A River,” “SexyBack,” “What Goes Around...Comes Around” and “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” He has performed at Super Bowl halftime shows multiple times, including the infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction” moment when he ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson’s clothing and revealed her bare nipple.

The episode led to Jackson’s exclusion from the Grammy telecast a week later. She said in a 2022 documentary that what happened was an accident and that she and Timberlake remained good friends.

Timberlake also built an acting career, garnering acclaim in movies including “The Social Network” and “Friends With Benefits” and winning four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Last year, Timberlake was in the headlines when Spears released her memoir, “The Woman in Me.” Several chapters were devoted to their relationship, including deeply personal details about a pregnancy, abortion and painful breakup. In March, he released his first new album in six years, the nostalgic “Everything I Thought It Was,” a return to his familiar future funk sound.

Timberlake has two upcoming shows in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, then is scheduled for New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 25 and 26.

Sag Harbor, a onetime whaling village mentioned in Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby-Dick,” is nestled amid the Hamptons, around 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York City. The Hamptons have long been a hot spot for the rich and famous, and various stars and otherwise prominent people have had brushes with the law there.

Located on a bay, Sag Harbor for years cultivated a more down-to-earth, “un-Hampton” reputation than its oceanfront neighbors — a place where people gathered not at a country club but at a corner bar called the Corner Bar. There is still a five-and-dime store, and a mainstay of the social scene is the quaint, cozy mid-19th-century American Hotel.

The village has long had its share of prominent homeowners and residents, including singer-songwriter Joel, former CNN host Don Lemon, Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck, feminist writer Betty Friedan, and Pulitzer Prize winners Colson Whitehead and Lanford Wilson. Whitehead’s novel “Sag Harbor” is set there, particularly in a beachfront enclave where generations of Black families have spent summers.

In recent decades, Sag Harbor has increasingly become a destination for celebrities, wannabes and even cruise ships. Manhattan-like restaurants and pricey boutiques have multiplied. Homes fetch seven or eight figures, and the village’s evolving nature has prompted grumbles from some longtime residents about traffic, crowds and a changing character.

Willie Mays Passed Away!

Willie Mays, an iconic baseball star passed away.

An American legend.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress, former president Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president Bill Clinton and the MLB will react to the passing of Willie Mays.

I did not include former president Donald J. Trump. I doubt he will respond to the passing. He was notified though.

Known as the electrifying “Say Hey Kid”, Willie Mays had the singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon in the Bay Area.

“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” son Michael Mays said in a statement released by the club. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”

The center fielder, who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1948, was baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer. He was voted into the Hall in 1979, his first year of eligibility, and in 1999 followed only Babe Ruth on The Sporting News’ list of the game’s top stars. The Giants retired his uniform number, 24, and set their AT&T Park in San Francisco on Willie Mays Plaza.

Mays died two days before a game between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals to honor the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

“All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other began,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League to the historic Giants franchise. From coast to coast ... Willie inspired generations of players and fans as the game grew and truly earned its place as our National Pastime.”

Few were so blessed with each of the five essential qualities for a superstar -- hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, fielding and throwing. Fewer so joyously exerted those qualities -- whether launching home runs; dashing around the bases, loose-fitting cap flying off his head; or chasing down fly balls in center field and finishing the job with his trademark basket catch.

Former president Barack Obama honored Willie Mays with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Over 23 major league seasons, virtually all with the New York/San Francisco Giants but also including one in the Negro Leagues, Mays batted .301, hit 660 home runs, totaled 3,293 hits, scored more than 2,000 runs and won 12 Gold Gloves. He was Rookie of the Year in 1951, twice was named the Most Valuable Player and finished in the top 10 for the MVP 10 other times. His lightning sprint and over-the-shoulder grab of an apparent extra base hit in the 1954 World Series remains the most celebrated defensive play in baseball history.

“When I played ball, I tried to make sure everybody enjoyed what I was doing,” Mays told NPR in 2010. “I made the clubhouse guy fit me a cap that when I ran, the wind gets up in the bottom and it flies right off. People love that kind of stuff.”

For millions in the 1950s and ’60s and after, the smiling ball player with the friendly, high-pitched voice was a signature athlete and showman during an era when baseball was still the signature pastime. Awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2015, Mays left his fans with countless memories. But a single feat served to capture his magic -- one so untoppable it was simply called “The Catch.”

In Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, the then-New York Giants hosted the Cleveland Indians, who had won 111 games in the regular season and were strong favorites in the postseason. The score was 2-2 in the top of the eighth inning. Cleveland’s Vic Wertz faced reliever Don Liddle with none out, Larry Doby on second and Al Rosen on first.

With the count 1-2, Wertz smashed a fastball to deep center field. In an average park, with an average center fielder, Wertz would have homered, or at least had an easy triple. But the center field wall in the eccentrically shaped Polo Grounds was more than 450 feet away. And there was nothing close to average about the skills of Willie Mays.

Decades of taped replays have not diminished the astonishment of watching Mays race toward the wall, his back to home plate; reach out his glove and haul in the drive. What followed was also extraordinary: Mays managed to turn around while still moving forward, heave the ball to the infield and prevent Doby from scoring even as Mays spun to the ground. Mays himself would proudly point out that “the throw” was as important as “the catch.”

“Soon as it got hit, I knew I’d catch the ball,” Mays told biographer James S. Hirsch, whose book came out in 2010.

“All the time I’m running back, I’m thinking, ‘Willie, you’ve got to get this ball back to the infield.’”

“The Catch” was seen and heard by millions through radio and the then-emerging medium of television, and Mays became one of the first Black athletes with mass media appeal. He was a guest star on “The Donna Reed Show,” “Bewitched” and other sitcoms. He inspired a handful of songs and was named first in Terry Cashman’s 1980s novelty hit, “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke),” a tribute in part to the brief era when New York had three future Hall of Famers in center: Mays, Mantle of the Yankees and Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Giants went on to sweep the Indians, with many citing Mays’ play as the turning point. The impact was so powerful that 63 years later, in 2017, baseball named the World Series Most Valuable Player after him even though it was his only moment of postseason greatness. He appeared in three other World Series, in 1951 and 1962 for the Giants and 1973 for the Mets, batting just .239 with no home runs in the four series. (His one postseason homer was in the 1971 National League playoffs, when the Giants lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates).

But “The Catch” and his achievements during the regular season were greatness enough. Yankees and Dodgers fans may have fiercely challenged Mays’ eminence, but Mantle and Snider did not. At a 1995 baseball writers dinner in Manhattan, with all three at the dais, Mantle raised the eternal question: Which of the three was better?

The Greatest of All Time.

“We don’t mind being second, do we, Duke?” he added.

Between 1954 and 1966, Mays drove in 100 or more runs 10 times, scored 100 or more 12 times, hit 40 or more homers six times, more than 50 homers twice and led the league in stolen bases four times. His numbers might have been bigger. He missed most of 1952 and all of 1953 because of military service, quite possibly costing him the chance to overtake Ruth’s career home run record of 714, an honor that first went to Henry Aaron; then Mays’ godson, Barry Bonds. He likely would have won more Gold Gloves if the award had been established before 1956. He insisted he would have led the league in steals more often had he tried.

“I am beyond devastated and overcome with emotion. I have no words to describe what you mean to me,” Bonds wrote on Instagram.

Mays was fortunate in escaping serious injury and avoiding major scandal, but he endured personal and professional troubles. His first marriage, to Marghuerite Wendell, ended in divorce. He was often short of money in the pre-free agent era, and he received less for endorsements than Mantle and other white athletes. He was subject to racist insults and his insistence that he was an entertainer, not a spokesman, led to his being chastised by Jackie Robinson and others for not contributing more to the civil rights movement. He didn’t care for some of his managers and didn’t always appreciate a fellow idol, notably Aaron, his greatest contemporary.

“When Henry began to soar up the home-run chart, Willie was loathe to give even a partial nod to Henry’s ability, choosing instead to blame his own performance on his home turf, (San Francisco’s) Candlestick Park, saying it was a lousy park in which to hit homers and this was the reason for Henry’s onrush,” Aaron biographer Howard Bryant wrote in 2010.

Admirers of Aaron, who died in 2021, would contend that only his quiet demeanor and geographical distance from major media centers — Aaron played in Atlanta and Milwaukee — kept him from being ranked the same as, or even better than Mays. But much of the baseball world placed Mays above all. He was the game’s highest-paid player for 11 seasons (according to the Society for American Baseball Research) and often batted first in All-Star Games, because he was Willie Mays. From center field, he called pitches and positioned other fielders. He boasted that he relied on his own instincts, not those of any coach, when deciding whether to try for an extra base.

Sports writer Barney Kremenko has often been credited with nicknaming him “The Say Hey Kid,” referring to Mays’ spirited way of greeting his teammates. Moments on and off the field sealed the public’s affection. In 1965, Mays defused a horrifying brawl after teammate Juan Marichal clubbed Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat. Mays led a bloodied Roseboro away and sat with him on the clubhouse bench of the Dodgers, the Giants’ hated rivals.

Years earlier, when living in Manhattan, he endeared himself to young fans by playing in neighborhood stickball games.

“I used to have maybe 10 kids come to my window,” he said in 2011 while visiting the area of the old Polo Grounds. “Every morning, they’d come at 9 o’clock. They’d knock on my window, get me up. And I had to be out at 9:30. So they’d give me a chance to go shower. They’d give me a chance to eat breakfast. But I had to be out there at 9:30, because that’s when they wanted to play. So I played with them for about maybe an hour.”

He was born in Westfield, Alabama, in 1931, the son of a Negro League player who wanted Willie to do the same, playing catch with him and letting him sit in the dugout. Young Mays was so gifted an athlete that childhood friends swore that basketball, not baseball, was his best sport.

By high school he was playing for the Birmingham Black Barons, and late in life would receive an additional 10 hits to his career total, 3,293, when Negro League statistics were recognized in 2024 by Major League Baseball. With Robinson breaking the major league’s color barrier in 1947, Mays’ ascension became inevitable. The Giants signed him after he graduated from high school (he had to skip his senior prom) and sent him to their minor league affiliate in Trenton, New Jersey. He began the 1951 season with Minneapolis, a Triple-A club. After 35 games, he was batting a head-turning .477 and was labeled by one scout as “the best prospect in America.” Giants Manager Leo Durocher saw no reason to wait and demanded that Mays, barely 20 at the time, join his team’s starting lineup.

Durocher managed Mays from 1951-55 and became a father figure — the surly but astute leader who nurtured and sometimes pampered the young phenom. As Durocher liked to tell it, and Mays never disputed, Mays struggled in his first few games and was ready to go back to the minors.

“In the minors I’m hitting .477, killing everybody. And I came to the majors, I couldn’t hit. I was playing the outfield very, very well, throwing out everybody, but I just couldn’t get a hit,” Mays told the Academy of Achievement, a Washington-based leadership center, in 1996. “And I started crying, and Leo came to me and he says, ‘You’re my center fielder; it doesn’t make any difference what you do. You just go home, come back and play tomorrow.’ I think that really, really turned me around.”

Mays finished 1951 batting .272 with 20 home runs, good enough to be named the league’s top rookie. He might have been a legend that first season. The Giants were 13 games behind Brooklyn on Aug. 11, but rallied and tied the Dodgers, then won a best-of-3 playoff series with one of baseball’s most storied homers: Bobby Thomson’s shot in the bottom of the ninth off Ralph Branca.

Mays was the on-deck batter.

“I was concentrating on Branca, what he was throwing, what he might throw me,” Mays told The New York Times in 2010. “When he hit the home run, I didn’t even move.

“I remember all the guys running by me, running to home plate, and I’m saying, ‘What’s going on here?’ I was thinking, ‘I got to hit!‘”

Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of grace, skill and power. He was also a wonderfully warm and generous person - and an inspiration to an entire generation. I’m lucky to have spent time with him over the years, and Michelle and I… pic.twitter.com/tpO3O9B9yc

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2024

Willie Mays was more than just a baseball icon. He broke barriers and inspired millions of Americans -- setting records, bringing joy to countless fans, and becoming a role model for so many that followed in his footsteps.

He was an integral part of San Francisco's cultural… pic.twitter.com/kUaMSG9tDv

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 19, 2024

We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the most exciting all-around players in the history of our sport.

Mays was a two-time MVP, 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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— MLB (@MLB) June 19, 2024

His military service the next two years stalled his career, but not his development. Mays was assigned as a batting instructor for his unit’s baseball team and, at the suggestion of one pupil, began catching fly balls by holding out his glove face up, around his belly, like a basket. Mays adopted the new approach in part because it enabled him to throw more quickly.

He returned full time in 1954, hit 41 homers and a league-leading .345. He was only 34 when he hit his 500th career homer, in 1965, but managed just 160 over the next eight years. Early in the 1972 season, with Mays struggling and the Giants looking to cut costs, the team stunned Mays and others by trading its marquee player to the New York Mets, returning him to the city where he had started out in the majors.

Mays’ debut with his new team could not have been better scripted: He hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning against the visiting Giants, and helped the Mets win 5-4. But he deteriorated badly over the next two seasons, even falling down on occasion in the field. Many cited him as example of a star who stayed too long.

In retirement, he mentored Bonds and defended him against allegations of using steroids. Mays himself was in trouble when Commissioner Bowie Kuhn banned him from the game, in 1979, for doing promotional work at the Bally’s Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Kuhn’s successor, Peter Ueberroth, reinstated Mays and fellow casino promoter Mantle in 1985).

But tributes were more common and they came from everywhere -- show business, sports, the White House. In the 1979 movie “Manhattan,” Woody Allen’s character cites Mays as among his reasons for living. When Obama learned he was a distant cousin of political rival and former Vice President Dick Cheney, he lamented that he wasn’t related to someone “cool,” like Mays.

“Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of grace, skill and power,” Obama said Tuesday on X. “He was also a wonderfully warm and generous person — and an inspiration to an entire generation.”

Asked about career highlights, Mays inevitably mentioned “The Catch,” but also cherished hitting four home runs in a game against the Braves; falling over a canvas fence to make a catch in the minors; and running into a fence in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field while chasing a bases-loaded drive, knocking himself out, but still holding on to the ball.

Most of the time, he was happy just being on the field, especially when the sun went down.

“I mean, you had the lights out there and all you do is go out there, and you’re out there by yourself in center field,” he told the achievement academy. “And, I just felt that it was such a beautiful game that I just wanted to play it forever, you know.”

Republicans Aren't Serious!

The Republicans are pushing conspiracy theories again about President Joe Biden and his mental fitness.

The White House is about to go to war with Rupert Murdoch. The New York Post, Fox and several of his allies are making claims about the president which aren't true. Being old is not crime. Being a politician is always a blood sport.

Joe Biden is 81 years old.

Dick Van Dyke is 98 years old.

Rupert Murdoch is 93 years old.

Donald J. Trump is 78 years old.

Chuck Grassley is 90 years old.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is 70 years old.

Richard Blumenthal is 77 years old.

Jim Risch is 80 years old.

Should I go further.

They lived longer than most Americans like Herman Cain, Rush Limbaugh and Kristie Alley. Those far right agitators are dead and gone. Never to be seen again.

Israel is the biggest issue that affects President Joe Biden. His iron clad support for the apartheid ethnostate is killing him with young voters, Arab voters, Muslim voters and some Black voters. His refusal to end the foreign aid to Israel and stand up to the Israeli lobby will doom him and the Democratic Party.

Biden host a fundraiser with Barack Obama and Jimmy Kimmel.

Republicans on the other hand are a bunch of idiots. They are rallying behind a former president who is a convicted felon. They continue to deny election results. They are pushing racial gerrymandering, still advocating for segregation through repeals of civil rights, women's rights, border walls, deporting immigrants, making Christian nationalism a reality, pushing for English only rights, repealing healthcare reform and abolishing the filibuster to install conservative federal judges on the bench.

They are using all the dirty tricks in their tired playbook. 

Biden was in Italy and at an event hosted by former president Barack Obama and Jimmy Kimmel. Both events, the far right tabloid The New York Post aided by the Republican National Committee pushed some of the most asinine conspiracies about the president.

While at the G7 Summit, Biden looks away to congratulate a parachuter who was tucking in his parachute when the far right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked him to pose with the rest of the G7 members.

The New York Post and other far right outlets as well as the RNC used it as an attack.

The claim that Biden "wandered off" and gave "awkward" movements towards Meloni were used in the New York Post. Also when the president watched Black singers and Vice President Kamala Harris dance at the Juneteenth event at the White House, the Post claimed he stood "motionless." 

The Post even claimed that Obama helped Biden off the stage at an event with Hollywood donors and comedian Kimmel presenting. Obama and Kimmel warned supporters that Donald J. Trump and Republicans pose a great risk to democracy if Democrats are divided. Yeah, Democrats are divided over issues like Israel. Folks are abandoning Democeats because they won't stand up to Israel.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre slammed Republicans and Rupert Murdoch's tabloids for using poor "cheapfakes." In actual video, Biden gave a thumbs up to a parachuter while he wandered away. Biden and Obama shake hands and the former president put his hands on the back of the president as they and Kimmel left the stage.

They're desperate attempts to paint Biden as senile may fall flat on its face.

Trump confused Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) as Ronny Johnson. Jackson was White House physician under Obama and Trump. He is a far right lawmaker and insufferable member from Amarillo. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is an insufferable far right conspiracy theorist from Oshkosh.

 

All this talk about Project 2025 is concerning. I started to reluctantly swing back to Biden.

Under Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, the Republican Party abandoned its principles for cheap attacks and bogus talking points. Trump barely talks about his one term as president.

He openly brags about accomplishments that happened after he left office. He still denies that he lost the 2020 presidential election, still pushes attacks on Hunter Biden who was convicted in federal court on gun charges, still advocating violence and rambles about nonsense.

The Republicans still claims the rallies are larger and voters are flocking to him.

Republicans are insufferable and they have no ideas or policies.

Trump Calls Milwaukee "Horrible" Weeks Away From GOP Convention!

Beautiful skyline of Milwaukee.

Are you tired of Republicans bashing American cities?

It is almost like they don't have any need for the crucial votes they need to win an election.

Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest city. It is 95 miles from Chicago and 80 miles from state capital Madison. To get to Green Bay it's about 130 miles on Interstate 41 (U.S. 41) and 116 miles on Interstate 43.

Milwaukee has a population of 558,000. 

The Midwest is the Rust Belt.

Chicago, Columbus and Indianapolis are the largest communities in the Midwest.

The only communities growing in the Midwest is Columbus, Madison, Kansas City, Lincoln, Grand Rapids, Appleton, Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas.

The states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota will be in play. 

While I have Minnesota going to President Joe Biden by 1.5 to 2 points, Michigan and Wisconsin seems like a toss up.

Ohio and Iowa will go to former president Donald J. Trump.

As the Republican Party prepares for the Republican National Convention in mid-July, they are doing damage control for the remarks Trump said about host city Milwaukee.

Biden greets Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore and Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson.

Republicans are expecting protests because of the Supreme Court, Israel and Trump's convictions.

The previous cities the Republican Party held their conventions were Charlotte/Washington, DC (pandemic) and Cleveland.

Democrats will hold the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They are expecting massive protests because of Biden's refusal to cut aid to Israel.

The Democrats previously held their convention in Milwaukee/Wilmington, Delaware (pandemic) and Philadelphia.

Trump known for using dog whistle politics knew what he was saying when he called Milwaukee a "horrible" city.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has stated that electing Trump now that he is a convicted felon is a reckless gamble. Trump now trashing Wisconsin makes Ryan even more him critical of the Republican Party. 

The comment, first reported by Punchbowl News while the meeting was in progress, immediately drew disagreements from those there about what Trump meant.

Several congressmen who support Trump and attended the meeting argued he was referring to crime and voter fraud. Trump frequently denounces Democratic-led cities as unsafe — even as violent crime decreased nationally in the most recent FBI statistics — and repeats falsehoods about his loss in the 2020 election.

Trump and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.

President Joe Biden’s campaign and his Democratic allies pounced on the reported remark even as Wisconsin Republicans contested how it was being interpreted. Biden posted a photo on the X social platform of himself greeting the Milwaukee Bucks after their 2021 NBA championship with the message: “I happen to love Milwaukee.”

Trump is scheduled to be in Racine, Wisconsin, for a campaign rally on Tuesday, just three weeks before heading to Milwaukee for the convention.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung posted on X that Trump “was talking about how terrible crime and voter fraud are.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who represents western Wisconsin, said Trump was talking about the “terrible or horrible” crime rate in the city.

“He was directly referring to crime in Milwaukee,” said Van Orden, who told The Associated Press he was sitting just feet from the former president.

He said Republicans in the room concurred. “They’re like, yeah, crime is terrible.”

U.S. Rep, Scott Fitzgerald, also from Wisconsin, told WISN-TV in Milwaukee that Trump was referring to election integrity.

“That’s where the comment came from, that Milwaukee’s just terrible,” Fitzgerald said. “What he was talking about was the elections in Milwaukee, their concerns about them.”

But Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, who represents southeast Wisconsin, disputed that Trump made the comment.

“I was in the room,” Steil posted on X. “President Trump did not say this. There is no better place than Wisconsin in July.”

And Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents northern Wisconsin, said he never heard Trump call Milwaukee a “horrible city.”

“What I heard is to make sure there’s election integrity in Milwaukee,” Tiffany said in a telephone interview. “He’s talking about the states that are in play and the states of greatest importance and Wisconsin is top of the list.”

A Trump aide and two attorneys who advised him in 2020 were charged with felonies last week in Wisconsin for their roles in a scheme to get Republicans to cast Wisconsin’s electoral ballots to Trump even though he lost the state.

Government and outside investigationshave uniformly found there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could have swung the 2020 election. But Trump has continued to spread falsehoods about the election, particularly in Wisconsin.

Republican Rep. Jim Banks, of Indiana, said he was also in the room and “Trump never disparaged Milwaukee.”

“Just another Democrat hoax,” Banks posted on X.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, when asked about Trump’s reported remarks, said at a news conference, “If Donald Trump wants to talk about things that he thinks are horrible, all of us lived through his presidency, so right back at you buddy.”

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan will not support Trump in his 2024 bid.

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, a Democrat who represents and lives in Milwaukee, made a nod to Trump’s recent felony convictions in her response. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in New York on July 11, days before the convention opens.

“Once he’s settled in with his parole officer, I am certain he will discover that Milwaukee is a wonderful, vibrant and welcoming city full of diverse neighborhoods and a thriving business community,” Moore posted on X.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is up for reelection this year, said on X that Milwaukee is “part of what makes Wisconsin the best state in the nation. Donald Trump wouldn’t understand even if a jury told him so.” She used the Trump comment in a fundraising plea hours after it was first reported.

Local and statewide Democratic leaders, including Gov. Tony Evers, worked with Republicans to land the convention this summer.

Evers, in response to Trump’s comment, posted on X: “Add it to the list of things Donald Trump is wrong about.” He followed it with an emoji of a clown face.

Milwaukee was supposed to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, but that was moved almost entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Garret Graves Out!

Garret Graves, a U.S. Representative from Baton Rouge retires after his Republican allies threw him under the bus for the more controversial Julia Letlow in redistricting battle.

Another frustrated Republican.

Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) was drawn out of his district due to the Supreme Court's controversial decision on gerrymandering. Mind you that the Court allowed Alabama and Louisiana mandatory redrawing to remain while bucking on Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois and Texas.

Graves announced he will retire at the end of his term. It will be a district that may serve another Black constituency which could earn the Democrats a possible seat.

Graves is a five term U.S. Representative from Baton Rouge has a district that covers portions of the city, Lafayette, Alexandria and parts of Shreveport. The corridor is Interstate 10 and Interstate 49. It is slithered around the Mississippi River.

Graves and Rep. Judy Letlow (R-LA) were on the chopping block with this redistricting.

Letlow was spared. Former president Donald J. Trump and Louisiana Republicans backed her over Graves. The Republicans probably backed her because she's a widow (Republican Rep-elect Luke Letlow died before serving) and her seniority as a two term member. They didn't want a costly and bruising primary battle between the two.

Luke Letlow died from the coronavirus. He was an anti-vaxxer and election denier. 

Letlow resigned from her teaching position to run for the seat.

She easily won and served since 2021.

“After much input from constituents, consultation with supporters, consensus from family, and guidance from the Almighty, it is clear that running for Congress this year does not make sense,” Graves said in a written statement. 

The congressman said he believed Louisiana’s most recent congressional map would eventually be struck down, but not in time for the November election.

“Campaigning in any of these districts now is not fair to any of the Louisianians who will inevitably be tossed into yet another district next year,” he wrote. 

He faced unfavorable options for seeking reelection in November.

State lawmakers, with the blessing of Landry, reconfigured Graves’ 6th Congressional District to have a majority-Black population and favor a Democrat. The congressman could have run in the adjoining 5th District, but it is represented by fellow Republican Julia Letlow, the widow of Graves’ close friend Luke Letlow and the preferred choice of the Republican establishment.

Louisiana’s GOP leaders, including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, made it clear they would back Letlow over Graves in a head-to-head match by issuing a series of early endorsements for her several weeks ago.

Graves with Julia Letlow.

A recent court ruling over Louisiana’s new congressional districts also didn’t go Graves’ way. The map that alters his 6th District will be in effect on Election Day, making it difficult for him to stay in Congress. 

“This has been an amazing experience resulting in thousands of new friendships and unrivaled progress for the area we represent. In this divisive and politically-polarized environment, to receive over 80 percent of the vote in the last election confirms that we were getting it mostly right. Thank you for the opportunity to serve,” Graves said Friday.

The political career of Graves, 52, might have been cut short – at least for the time being – by the collision of two political events.

A federal court insisted Louisiana rework its congressional districts to give Black voters an opportunity at better representation. Graves also got into political fights with two of Louisiana’s most powerful Republicans: Landry and U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

A federal judge told state lawmakers they needed to convert one more of its congressional seats into a majority-Black district to better reflect the state’s demographics. Over 30% of Louisiana residents identify as Black, but only one of the state’s six U.S. House districts had a majority-Black population.

The ruling meant one of Louisiana’s five Republican representatives in Congress was likely to lose their seat. 

Graves made himself the odd man out last year when he toyed with running against Landry for governor. He also didn’t publicly support Scalise’s push to become House speaker, which occurred last fall before Johnson, another Louisiana Republican, won the job.

Legislators didn’t hesitate to target Graves’ district for dismantling when they voted to redraw the congressional districts in January. Legal challenges to the latest congressional map remain but likely won’t alter the makeup before the fall election when Graves would have had to run. 

Graves was first elected to Congress in 2014 to replace Republican Bill Cassidy, who had won a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Graves was a close ally and top lieutenant of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, who tapped him in 2021 as the lead Republican for a select committee on climate.      

He previously worked for former Gov. Bobby Jindal as the head of the state Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. He was also a congressional aide to former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin and Sen. David Vitter.

Church For Thugs!

Trump goes to a Black congregation at 180 Church to greet out of town lawmakers, former Detroit police chief James Craig, Sada Baby, Icewear Vezzo, Peezy and a lot of white supporters. 

Anyone who believes a convicted felon is suitable to run U.S. president is a goddamn fool.

Republicans and the far right complained when the president and vice president visit Black churches and events.

The far right mock the president when he doesn't dance to Black gospel and soul music.

When the former president goes to a remotely Black or Latino event, the junk food media covers it and the far right exploits it like its the biggest thing he's done in his pathetic 78 years on this planet.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III continue to tell Republicans that their father's legacy is not equal to their agenda. They kindly ask them to stop using their father's name in their political affairs. The Republicans ignore them.

When the far right claims that the president and vice president never visit a Black church, I keep reminding myself that Raphael Warnock is a senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the church Martin Luther King, Jr. served. Warnock is a U.S. Senator and have invited the president, vice president and former president to the church. The president and vice president have attended.

Black men are more inclined to support former president Donald J. Trump because of the perception of an unfair justice system. Instead of talking about how he used his white privilege to delay his criminal trials, he managed to swindle Americans with shoes, NFT cards, signed bibles, phony $2 dollar bills and mugshot t-shirts.

Trump goes to a church in Michigan and the far right calls it a monumental event for the former president and Black voters. Yet in some pictures and videos, you barely see many Black churchgoers. Rep. John James (R-MI), Ben Carson, rappers Icewear Vezzo, Pezzy and Sada Baby, former Detroit Metro Police chief James Craig Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) were in Detroit.

All three of them were outside their district. Craig was ousted from the Metro Police because he is incompetent like he was in police chief in Cincinnati. Carson served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 until 2021. He is a former neurosurgeon who became famous for his trolling towards former president Barack Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast.

There were mass shootings in Michigan. When they don't describe the identity or put a narrative of the shooting, the shooter is likely a white man. 

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) and members of the Michigan U.S. Representative delegation were notified of a mass shooting in Rochester Hills.

Icewear Vezzo (left) and Sada Baby (right) pose with Trump.

On June 15, 2024, 8-10 people were shot in Rochester Hills, Michigan, including children. An 8-year-old boy is in critical condition from the shooting. The shooter committed suicide at their home and his identity has not yet been released to the public. He is described as a 42-year-old White man.

There was another mass shooting in Southfield. 

Turning Point Action was in Detroit doing its annual "America (and Israel) First" convention.

Trump spoke about a myriad of topics in a speech that lasted around 20 minutes, including subjects he’s repeatedly addressed in his campaign, like inflation, Biden’s handling of the U.S. southern border with Mexico and his general opposition to an embrace of electric vehicles. Following the speech, a 20-minute roundtable discussion with small business owners and other community members moderated by U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., took place.

But in a city he only received 5% of the vote in four years ago, he also pitched himself as a better choice for Black voters than Biden, telling a diverse crowd he would crack down on crime, improve the country’s economic outlook and in general, do more for Black Americans than Biden has. 

Rev. Lorenzo Sewell invited Trump and Republicans to his church. Trump did not offer much other than a word vomit of attacks against Biden.

Here is what the Trump audience really looked like at a black church in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/xIvggO0KKS

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) June 15, 2024

Black voters for Trump rally at a predominantly black church in Detroit, but only white people showed up. 🤣pic.twitter.com/Wr32BwWiL4

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) June 15, 2024

"Black church in Detroit." https://t.co/OCXpDRtkpX pic.twitter.com/M4iIwLhWX7

— Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charles_gaba) June 16, 2024

No one was planning to attend so the Michigan Conservative Coalition got the word out online. They needed people at the Trump Black Church event in Detroit. It would have been easier to count the black people in attendance. It's all fake. pic.twitter.com/JpEIlnR4N0

— Michigan GOP Watch (@MiMagaWatch) June 16, 2024

Trump rented a black church majority filled with white folks. That should tell you something. Don't mistake a small percentage of blacks that support a racist criminal, for the majority of blacks that don't fuck with trump period. We do not want more police for sure. pic.twitter.com/pbkYvsG9JP

— Tone (@ProteusXL) June 16, 2024

“The Blacks won’t notice.”

Turning Point USA filled the 'black' church that Trump visited with white cult members. pic.twitter.com/Z159rA5hnq

— Molly Ploofkins™ (@Mollyploofkins) June 16, 2024

This is amazing. First she was just a local girl in Atlanta and now she’s a member of a black church in Detroit. What an amazing turn of events!! https://t.co/lCPwGSodFV

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 16, 2024

What do you notice about the audience during Trump's visit today to a Black church in Detroit? pic.twitter.com/dXQkqc23mQ

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 15, 2024

“I knew I should be here,” Trump said as he greeted the crowd. “I’m honored to be in Detroit.”  

Trump said crime, particularly in neighborhoods like the west side one he visited Saturday, would decrease if he returned to the White House. Data recently released by the FBI shows violent crime decreased in the U.S. in 2021 and 2022, after reaching higher levels in 2020. In Michigan, violent crime increased from 2020 to 2021, but decreased below those years in 2022, the data shows.

“The crime is most rampant right here and in African American communities,” he said. “More people see me, and they say, ‘Sir, we want protection, we want the police to protect us.'” 

The whole town hall was Trump rambling and complaining. Nothing more. Nothing less.

And to Kellyanne Conway, there wasn't 8,000 people inside the church.

Other rappers and hip-hop figures who endorsed Trump.

1. Sexxy Red
2. Lil Pump
3. Waka Flocka Flame
4. Teddy Riley
5. Kanye West
6. Benny the Butcher
7. Forgiato Blow 
8. Vanilla Ice 
9. Suge Knight
10. Kodak Black
11. DaBaby
12. Topher
13. Shoreline Mafia OhGeesy
14. Ray J
15. Lil Wayne
16. Takeshi 6ix9ine
17. Sheff G
18. Sleepy Hallow
19. Sada Baby
20. Afro Man
21. Icewear Vezzo
22. Peezy

Enough of this.

Trump is making inroads with Black men. It is true that Black men see him more positively than Black women. 

Biden has been to Black churches. The far right often attacks him for doing what Trump is trying to do. They call it pandering when Biden does it, but outreach when Trump does it. 

Granted that Biden is a devoted Catholic and attends mass in Washington, DC or Wilmington, Delaware. Trump barely attends church and often golfs on Sunday.

Religion is on the decline. Black churches that advocate Trump either support separatism or some form of discrimination against other minorities and protected classes.

A bullet does not care about color. We all bleed red and so many lives are lost to gun violence and Republicans offer no solutions other than "thoughts and prayers" with a touch of "lock em up."

Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.

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 criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white. They say a white person should "protect" from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume 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 lawmakers 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. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Those victims who don't get their names or accomplishments mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. We are tracking police violence as well. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism. 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.

Angela Bofill Passed Away!

R&B and jazz singer Angela Bofill passed away in California.

One of the rare gems of pure R&B and soul has passed away. According to her family and management team, Angela Bofill has passed away at the age of 70.

 

Her debut album Angie was considered on the best R&B albums of the 1970s. 

She released 10 albums in her career spanning over 40 years.

Angela Tomasa Bofill was born on May 2, 1954, in the Brooklyn area of New York City to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother. Raised in The Bronx, Bofill grew up listening to Latin music and was also inspired by African-American performers. During Bofill's childhood, her weekends were taken up studying classical music and singing in New York City's All City Chorus, which featured the best singers from all of the high schools in the five boroughs. For high school, Bofill attended Hunter College High School; graduating in 1972. Bofill later studied at the Manhattan School of Music, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1976.

Bofill is most known for singles such as "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "Angel of the Night", and "I Try". Bofill's career spanned over four decades.

Bofill suffered a stroke on January 10, 2006, and was paralyzed on her left side. She convalesced at Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, and was released from intensive care on January 15, requiring speech and physical therapy. Bofill lacked health insurance, and a benefit concert was organized to pay her hospital bills.

Will Donning with Angela Bofill.

The show was planned by Rich Engel, her manager, and the New York radio stations Kiss FM and WFAN-FM. It took place on March 11, 2006, at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey. Similar events followed, and other aid was sought from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Her album Live from Manila (recorded in September 2004) was released during this time. Bofill suffered a second stroke in July 2007, which required therapy and left both her speech and mobility impaired.

Bofill died on June 13, 2024, at the age of 70 at her daughter’s home in Vallejo, California, as announced by Engel in a post on her Facebook page. 

Candace Owens And Briahna Joy Gray: America Is Held Hostage By Israel!

Two fired political agitators vow to carry on against Israel and their former employers.

Two controversial Black women who are political agitators were fired from their jobs recently. Both of them expressed concern about America's support of the apartheid ethnostate of Israel. President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., are staunch supporters of Israel. 

Jill Stein is pro Russian and a perennial candidate. Cornel West is anti-establishment and is viewed as somewhat a Black separatist. 

All of them are old and quite out of touch with reality.

Trump has set American democracy back. His one term alone has made America down significantly. Biden is accelerating it by supporting Israel. Biden was fully supportive of kicking Russia out of the Olympics and Eurovision. The U.S. push for sanctions gave Russia pain and suffering, but no stop to its invasion of Ukraine. When it comes to Israel, he and the United States are lockstep in preventing Israel from facing sanctions, bans and punishment.

Candace Owens and Briahna Joy Gray are both on the same page when it comes to Israel.

Israel is holding the United States hostage. They are constantly parading themselves as the victim while engaging in crimes against humanity.

Owens is a staunch supporter of Trump and Christian nationalism. She has waned slightly on Trump due to his support of her rivals Tomi Lahren, Ben Shapiro and Laura Loomer influencing him to take a Pro Israel stance.

Gray is a democratic socialist who supported Bernie Sanders failed 2020 presidential bid.

Gray is anti-Trump and anti-Biden. She is undecided on who to support come November.

Owens was fired from The Daily Wire after she earned praise from Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist who supported her views on Israel. Owens has said "Christ is King" and stated that Israel has killed Christians in their campaign against Gaza. Ben Shapiro was angry over this. He personally had her terminated.

Gray was fired from The Hill, a part of the far right propaganda outlet Nexstar. An Israeli propaganda account on X call @StopAntiSemitism pushed heavily for her firing. Gray allegedly rolled her eyes at the sister of a hostage held by Hamas. The Israeli propagandists often call U.S. outlets demanding they remove agitators who attack the regime.

Owens relaunched her podcast and invited Gray to discuss her firing and how Black women with differing political views can agree that America needs to terminate its "special relationship" with Israel before it drives us to global war.

Now I find both women insufferable. But for once, I agree with them.