Another breakdown. Mariah Carey loses family members.
Pop singer and media personality Mariah Carey confirms her mother and sister passed away. The grandmother and aunt of Moroccan and Monroe, the twins Carey raised with her former husband, season seeder Nick Cannon.
Cary, 55 is heartbroken over the loss.
Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday.
“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” the Grammy-winning singer said in a statement.
“I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,” the statement continued. “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
The Times Union reported Monday that Alison, who was largely estranged from Carey, died at 63 from complications with her organ function and that she had been in hospice care.
Mariah Carey's mom Alison and brother Morgan.
People Magazine first reported the news of their deaths and Carey’s statement.
Patricia was a Juilliard-trained opera singer who Carey credits as an inspiration to her from a young age.
“I would sing little tunes around the house, to my mother’s delight. And she always encouraged me,” she wrote in her 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.”
Patricia was previously married to Alfred Roy Carey, the singer’s father. The parents divorced when the “Vision of Love” singer was 3. Carey grew up in Suffolk County on Long Island and lived primarily with her mother after her parents’ divorce. Her father died of cancer in 2002 at age 72.
Carey detailed her complicated relationship with her mother and her sister in her memoir, in which she wrote that she and her mother often clashed, causing her to feel “so much pain and confusion,” and accused her sister of putting her in unsafe situations as a child.
Alison, Mariah's estranged sister died in hospice.
“Like many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother has been full of contradictions and competing realities. It’s never been only black-and-white — it’s been a whole rainbow of emotions,” Carey wrote in the book. “Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment. A complicated love tethers my heart to my mother’s.”
Carey maintained contact with her mother and even recorded a duet of “O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus” for the singer’s second Christmas album in 2010.
Tulsi Gabbard is a bigot. Trump is a bigot. Equal company.
Why do the Democrats allow these assholes in their fold?
Former Hawai'ian lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard, a former co-chair of the Democratic National Committee and 2020 presidential candidate has thrown her chips to the old guy.
Gabbard who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries has always been a thorn to the Democrats. She even tried fto get a role in the Trump administration. She and Vice President Kamala Harris have a long standing feud.
Harris isn't giving this ...... well you know the time of day.
Back then, Gabbard was called him “corrupt,” “unqualified to serve,” and “Saudi Arabia’s bitch.”
“Hey [Donald Trump],” she tweeted at the President. “Being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’”
Gabbard made the comments in the run-up to her unsuccessful 2020 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, where she didn’t shy away from criticizing Trump’s performance.
Hillary Clinton referred her not by name as the candidate the Russian Federation loved to have and the candidate who shows discourse among Democrats. Gabbard tried to sue Clinton but ended up dropping that.
Appearing Monday with Trump in Detroit, Gabbard, a National Guard veteran who served two tours of duty in the Middle East before representing Hawai'i in the U.S. House, said the GOP nominee “understands the grave responsibility that a president and commander in chief bears for every single one of our lives.”
The pair appeared at the National Guard Association of the United States on the third anniversary of the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghans. Gabbard accompanied Trump earlier Monday to Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president laid wreaths in honor of three of the slain service members — Sgt. Nicole Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss.
On Monday, Gabbard praised Trump for “having the courage to meet with adversaries, dictators, allies and partners alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort.” She condemned the Democratic White House for the U.S. now “facing multiple wars on multiple fronts in regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before.”
The former president’s team announced later Monday that Gabbard would moderate a town hall with Trump that the campaign was planning for Thursday in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Gabbard has long signaled some level of support for Trump, even while she sat in the U.S. House as a Democrat. In 2019, she was the only lawmaker to vote “present” when the House of Representatives impeached Trump for his dealings with Ukraine.
Gabbard was known during her four House terms for taking positions at odds with her own party’s establishment. She was an early and vocal supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 Democratic presidential primary run, which made her popular with progressives.
Trump flashes a thumbs up at a fallen soldier's grave.
Not seeking reelection in 2020, Gabbard ran for president herself instead, saying U.S. wars in the Middle East destabilized the region, made the U.S. less safe and cost thousands of American lives, and that Democrats and Republicans shared the blame. She tore into Harris’ record during a primary debate and ultimately outlasted her in that race, which President Joe Biden ultimately won.
Gabbard endorsed Biden but became an independent two years later, saying the Democratic Party was dominated by an “elitist cabal of warmongers” and “woke” ideologues. In the years since she has campaigned for several high-profile Republicans, become a contributor to Fox News and started a podcast.
Former president Donald J. Trump is loving the kooks. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the former independent presidential candidate also backed Trump.
Harris did earn support among former Republicans John Kasich, Cindy McCain, Adam Kinzinger, Ray LaHood, Olivia Troye, Stephanie Grisham, Barbara Comstock, Denver Riggleman, Chuck Hagel, Michael E. Guest, Anthony Scaramucci, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Joe Walsh, David Trott, Michael Steele and numerous others.
So fuck Gabbard, Kennedy, J.D. Vance and MAGA. Trump is an old moron.
Gen X billionaire Pavel Durov got arrested in France on charges of money laundering.
It is time for the West to sever its ties with Israel before it's too late. I believe Joe Biden will be the last U.S. president to have a strong backing with Israel.
Whether Donald J. Trump returns to the White House or Kamala Harris becomes the next president, I will not rest until the 47th President of the United States officially cuts Israel loose.
Once this election is over, I will not allow Democrats or Republicans to flood my emails, my phone or my door with their propaganda. I will become a total independent who will vote on issues that matter to me.
Telegram CEO was detained in France. He had an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.
Pavel Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was taken into custody at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan, according to broadcasters LCI and TF1.
Investigators from the National Anti-Fraud Office, attached to the French customs department, notified Durov, 39, that he was being placed in police custody, the broadcasters said.
Durov’s representatives couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
French prosecutors declined to comment on Durov’s arrest when contacted by The Associated Press on Sunday, in line with regulations during an ongoing investigation.
Hackers got into the Israeli military and espionage sites and leaked troves of damaging information through Telegram. It is the latest attempt to cripple Israel as it is continuing its genocide in Gaza, hackers are targeting Israeli leaders. Israel is provoking conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen as well as meddling in the 2024 U.S. presidential election to ensure Trump wins.
Pavel and Nickoli Durov, two Russian oligarchs who created VK and Telegram are under pressure by the West to stop the free flow of information. They are being told to stop promoting antisemitism, terrorism and extremism.
Israel especially wants the platform to stop allowing content from Hezbollah and Hamas to stop.
French media reported that the warrant for Durov was issued by France at the request of the special unit at the country’s interior ministry in charge of investigating crimes against minors. Those include online sexual exploitation, such as possession and distribution of child sexual abuse content and grooming for sexual purposes.
Telegram was founded by Durov and his brother in the wake of the Russian government’s crackdown after mass pro-democracy protests that rocked Moscow at the end of 2011 and 2012.
Telegram will not cave to Israeli pressure.
The demonstrations prompted Russian authorities to clamp down on the digital space, adopting regulations that forced internet providers to block websites and cellphone operators to store call records and messages that could be shared with security services.
In the increasingly repressive environment, Telegram and its pro-privacy rhetoric offered a convenient way for Russians to communicate and share news. In 2018, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor moved to block Telegram over its refusal to hand over encryption keys, but ultimately failed to fully restrict access to the app.
Telegram continued to be widely used — including by government institutions — and the ban was dropped two years later. In March 2024, Roskomnadzor said that Telegram was working with the Russian government to a certain extent and had removed more than 256,000 posts with prohibited content at Roskomnadzor’s request.
Telegram also continues to be a popular source of news in Ukraine, where both media outlets and officials use it to share information on the war, and deliver missile and air raid alerts.
In a statement posted on its platform, Telegram said it abides by EU laws including the digital services act, and its moderation is “within industry standards and constantly improving.”
Durov, the company added, “has nothing to hide and travels frequently in Europe.”
“It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” Telegram’s post said. “Almost a billion users globally use Telegram as means of communication and as a source of vital information. We’re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation. Telegram is with you all.”
A French judicial official suggested that Durov could appear before a judge later Sunday to determine whether he will remain in custody. The official wasn’t authorized to be named publicly during an ongoing investigation.
Hamas used Telegram in order to get the message out there to world leaders. They are resistance to the Israeli occupation and forcible removal of them from their homes. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to stop this ethnostate from starting global war.
“If the person concerned is to be brought before a judge today, it is only in the context of the possible extension of his police custody measure — a decision that must be taken and notified by an investigating judge,” the official said.
Western governments have often criticized Telegram for lack of content moderating on the messaging service, which experts say opens up the messaging platform for potential use in money laundering, drug trafficking and allowing the sharing of content linked to sexual exploitation of minors.
Compared to other messaging platforms, Telegram is “less secure (and) more lax in terms of policy and detection of illegal content,” said David Thiel, a Stanford University researcher, who has investigated the use of online platforms for child exploitation, at its Internet Observatory.
In addition, Telegram “appears basically unresponsive to law enforcement,” Thiel said, adding that messaging service WhatsApp “submitted over 1.3 million CyberTipline reports in 2023 (and) Telegram submits none.”
In 2022, Germany issued fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of Telegram for failing to comply with German law. The Federal Office of Justice said that Telegram FZ-LLC hasn’t established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or named an entity in Germany to receive official communication.
Both are required under German laws that regulate large online platforms.
Last year, Brazil temporarily suspended Telegram over its failure to surrender data on neo-Nazi activity related to a police inquiry into school shootings in November.
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of social media site X who once called himself a “free speech absolutist” in the past, posted ”#freePavel” in support of Durov following the arrest.
Musk is a staunch supporter of Trump, Israel and censorship.
Russian government officials expressed outrage at Durov’s arrest, with some highlighting what they said was the West’s double standard on freedom of speech.
“In 2018, a group of 26 NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and others, condemned the Russian court’s decision to block Telegram,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“Do you think this time they’ll appeal to Paris and demand Durov’s release?” Zakharova said in a post on her personal Telegram account.
Officials at the Russian Embassy in Paris had requested access to Durov, Zakharova told Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti, but she added that French authorities view Durov’s French citizenship as his primary one.
In a statement to the AP earlier this month, Telegram said that it actively combats misuse of its platform.
“Moderators use a combination of proactive monitoring and user reports in order to remove content that breaches Telegram’s terms of service. Each day, millions of pieces of harmful content are removed,” the company said.
Great Britain calls Hamas a resistant militant group.
The West does have a double standard. Right now, many of these Zionists are calling for the total annihilation of Gaza and the West Bank. No outrage from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald J. Trump, J.D. Vance or Tim Walz.
No calls for investigation, jailing, deporting, suing, censoring or boycotting when Israelis celebrate massacring people of all nationalities. Only when it involves protesters, imams, professors, celebrities and politicians who refuse to follow the status quo when it comes to Israel.
They claim that Iran, China and Russia are actively meddling in the 2024 U.S. Elections.
That may be so, but Israel is very much involved in meddling in our elections.
They also trying to censor religious leaders who criticize Israel. Calling for the destruction of Israel is not antisemitic.
The Israelis and American lawmakers have weaponized antisemitism as a way to stifle free speech and shut down discussions to why America must continue this relationship with the apartheid ethnostate.
A Brooklyn Muslim cleric who once partnered with New York Mayor Eric Adams on a campaign to end hate is now spreading it by calling for the annihilation of Israel, The New York Post claims. They ran with the pro-Israel propaganda Middle East Media Research Institute ran on "radical" imam.
Meanwhile, one of his counterparts at a mosque in the Bronx has taken to blasting “Zionist Hollywood” and Christians for packing their churches with LGBTQ worshippers, whom he claims they are recruiting to bolster dwindling congregations.
As the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza continues, imam Sheikh Muhammad Al-Barr, called on Allah at his Bay Ridge mosque to “liberate Palestine from the occupiers and the plunderers” during a Friday service earlier this month.
Kamala Harris cannot underestimate Donald J. Trump.
President Joe Biden stepped aside and Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee. The Republicans were using every damn tactic for Biden.
The Democrats are the party of freedom, a Blue MAGA.
Republicans had used everything.
1. Hunter Biden. Republicans have abandoned their impeachment inquiry into the president and it seems like Hunter is working on appealing his guilty conviction. The House members who were obsessed with the president's son and the thought he could be removed from office based on conspiracy theories.
2. Tara Reade. The allegations of sexual assault by a former senate staffer came in the 2020 presidential election when Biden became the presumptive nominee. Reade who went under numerous aliases came forth after several women accused Biden of being too touchy but not sexually harassing. Reade is the only allegation. Without a lawyer, Reade appeared on many partisan outlets and Russian media to tell her allegations and complain about American politics. More Democrats are no longer seeing her allegations as credible. Republicans are strongly believing these allegations. House members were about to use Reade against Biden. They ignored former president Donald J. Trump and the many allegations of sexual assault from numerous women.
3. Age. President Joe Biden is currently the oldest living president. Republicans have complained and concern trolled about the president's health and age. The constant gaslighting about how Biden fell down the stairs, falling off his bicycle, stuttering, fumbling statements and mispronouncing things became a Republican and junk food media obsession. Now that Biden is out, former president Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance are getting hammered for gaffes and fumbling.
4. Media coverage. Republicans relied on the junk food media as an obsession to criticize the president, the way they cover them and the constant grievances. Every time Republicans complain it was about the border, Chicago, transgender girls, America's weakness, indoctrination, crime, Israel's right to exist and holding Biden accountable. Yet, they offered no actual plans or solutions. When Project 2025 came forth, Republicans got shell shocked. Now they are on the defense and trying to distance themselves from abortion and the culture wars.
This photo is at Middletown High School in Ohio. Vance with three girls doing a senior prank.
The Trump Campaign had numerous missteps. Trump continues to name call and avoid talking about his policies or defending his only term as president. Vance had a rather embarrassing set of photos of him in drag. He was photos with high school girls pretending to urinate in the men's stalls. Vance was also told by a Georgia donut shop worker to not film her while he did his photo op.
Trump brought on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the former independent presidential candidate in an attempt to court Democrats and Libertarian voters. Kennedy who is notorious for conspiracy theories and propaganda. Trump still fuming about Biden being out and he continues to find names for Harris. Now Republicans are boast Cornel West.
We haven't heard much from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). She is currently the most polarizing and most laziest member of the House. Now that Biden is out, she is no longer a media obsession.
Trump and Republicans are grappling with the whiplash of going from the predictions of a landslide just a few short weeks ago to surveys showing Harris has shaken up races up and down the ballot and closed the gap with Trump.
“In some of the swing states … people are becoming increasingly concerned that the momentum is moving in the wrong direction,” said one Senate Republican, adding that the nervousness among Republicans is “real” at this stage.
Just a month ago, Republicans were riding higher than at any point of the campaign after President Biden’s disastrous performance in a debate sent Democrats into a tailspin. Trump accepted the GOP nomination in Milwaukee, where lawmakers and delegates were bullish that the former president would not only return to the White House, but do so in a convincing manner — and polling backed them up.
Now that thinking is firmly out the door.
Democrats’ four-day gathering in Chicago prompted comparisons to the energy around former President Obama’s landmark 2008 presidential bid. It could also hand Harris another slight polling bump as the calendar turns to September after she closed out the convention with a fiery speech heavy on biography and history that also took the fight to Trump.
Really bad optics here.
“They are beginning to realize this is a wrestling match. There’s not going to be any knockout punch and they’ve got to get the best grip they can find, and it’s all state specific,” the Senate Republican continued.
Democrats’ quick and complete acceptance of Harris came as a “big surprise” to the GOP shaking the earth beneath them in the process, the senator added.
“This is sort of when you have to slap the panic-first person in the foxhole and get them to focus again,” they said.
The struggles can be seen in the roller coaster of Republican messaging against Harris, which has ranged from attacks on her race from Trump and his allies to pleas from others in the party to keep the lines of attack centered on policy disagreements.
GOP lawmakers have consistently argued that if the race becomes one about policy, they have a winning hand. If not, their chances take a hit.
“We need to refine our message, and it’s not because there’s a lack of material,” one GOP operative said. “[President Biden’s] age was such a disqualifier for a lot of independents, for base Democrats who might not have been interested in showing up to the polls. Now, those same folks are able to get past that barrier and truly consider the choice in front of them.”
“We need to be a little bit more specific in painting the vision for voters of what a Harris administration would look like,” they continued, “and holding her feet to the fire on the current problems that plague our country.”
Vance had a frosty reception in a Georgia donut shop.
Harris leads Trump nationally and in the key “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to polling averages from DDHQ and The Hill.
Despite Harris’s upswing in the polls, however, Republicans remain confident in their chances of winning back the Senate. In addition to flipping Sen. Joe Manchin’s (I) seat in deep red West Virginia, they only need to turn one seat in order to nab the majority, with all eyes on Montana.
According to three surveys taken in recent weeks, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) trails Republican Tim Sheehy by an average of 5 percentage points.
A win in increasingly-red Ohio would also do the trick, but the possibility of Bernie Moreno defeating Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is a jump ball, multiple GOP strategists told The Hill, despite the right-ward bent of the state. Trump won the state by eight percentage points in both 2016 and 2020.
“A variety of outcomes exist in Ohio as it’s a state that has recently become pretty red, and Brown’s tenure began before the state made its shift,” the GOP operative said about Brown, who won his seat in 2006. “They’re used to voting for him and they might be less inclined to vote solely on who they want to control the Senate.”
But Harris’s rise has significantly harmed the GOP’s chances of pulling off in a number of battleground states with Democratic incumbents that were thought to be in play earlier this summer. That would limit their Senate majority ceiling to 52 seats.
Republicans resort to using AI images of Trump with Black people.
The trio of Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) all hold leads in the high single-digits, according to recent polling averages, creating a tough road to hoe for their Republican challengers despite Trump being in a virtual tie with Harris in all three battleground states.
Republicans are also behind the eight-ball in Michigan and Arizona, where Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) hold an advantage over former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Kari Lake, respectively.
While Rosen, Tester and Brown did not attend the Democratic convention, the remainder of swing state incumbents, along with Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), who is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), notably spoke at the event.
While Republicans expect Democrats and Harris to get a boost out of this week, they remain hopeful that the surge will not last beyond Labor Day and that the race will reset itself to become a dead heat until November.
“This is a jump ball. It was always going to be. We’ll sort this out in two weeks and see where it all stands,” a second GOP operative said. “By no means does that mean I feel good. A month and a half ago, our team was riding high because their guy couldn’t string two sentences together, so that’s what we’re comparing it against. … It was never going to be that.
There is one wild card: the planned Sept. 10 debate between Trump and Harris, especially after the late June event essentially knocked Biden out of the race for good. Republicans are trying to ready Trump for it, during which Harris could put her prosecutorial hat on and attempt to rattle him with talk about him being found liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, and guilty of financial fraud.
How the former president responds to that could speak volumes for the following weeks.
“We have to prepare him for these sorts of attacks,” the Senate GOP member said. “I worry about whether or not somebody will have the chutzpah to say, ‘This is what these people are going to say to you. Don’t judge me for telling you what an enemy is going to say to you,’ but I hope they are.”
A Republican appointed federal judge blames Kenneth Walker not the Louisville Metro Police for Breonna Taylor's death.
The Louisville Metro Police went to the wrong home. They did a no knock warrant.
The boyfriend fires off a round, the LMPD opens fire killing an EMT while she was in her bed. Three officers who were detectives were demoted and fired respectively. BreonnaTaylor, you are not forgotten
Elections have consequences.
Former president Donald J. Trump has nominated more Supreme Court Justices and federal judges than President Joe Biden. If he does win, Republicans will abandon the filibuster and ram through judicial nominees without opposition. They will also advocate blocking Supreme Court nominees if a Democratic president does win.
A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan tossed out criminal charges in a federal indictment of those three former detectives.
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson’s ruling declared that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired a shot at police the night of the raid, were the legal cause of her death, not a bad warrant.
Federal charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 during a high-profile visit to Louisville. Garland accused Jaynes and Meany, who were not present at the raid, of knowing they had falsified part of the warrant and put Taylor in a dangerous situation by sending armed officers to her apartment.
But Simpson wrote in the Tuesday ruling that “there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor’s death.” Simpson’s ruling effectively reduced the civil rights violation charges against Jaynes and Meany, which had carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, to misdemeanors.
The judge declined to dismiss a conspiracy charge against Jaynes and another charge against Meany, who is accused of making false statements to investigators.
When police carrying a drug warrant broke down Taylor’s door in March 2020, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot that struck an officer in the leg. Walker said he believed an intruder was bursting in. Officers returned fire, striking and killing Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, in her hallway.
Two former LMPD detectives got two toppings dropped off the federal sandwich.
Simpson concluded that Walker’s “conduct became the proximate, or legal, cause of Taylor’s death.”
“While the indictment alleges that Jaynes and Meany set off a series of events that ended in Taylor’s death, it also alleges that (Walker) disrupted those events when he decided to open fire” on the police, Simpson wrote.
Walker was initially arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer, but that charge was later dropped after his attorneys argued Walker didn’t know he was firing at police.
“Obviously we are devastated at the moment by the judge’s ruling with which we disagree and are just trying to process everything,” Taylor’s family wrote in a statement Friday to The Associated Press. It said prosecutors told the family they plan to appeal Simpson’s ruling.
“The only thing we can do at this point is continue to be patient ... we will continue to fight until we get full justice for Breonna Taylor.”
The U.S. Justice Department said in an email that it “is reviewing the judge’s decision and assessing next steps.”
He will retire if Trump wins. Future judges like his grandchildren will be a headache.
A third former officer charged in the federal warrant case, Kelly Goodlett, pleaded guilty in 2022 to a conspiracy charge and is expected to testify against Jaynes and Meany at their trials.
Federal prosecutors alleged Jaynes, who drew up the Taylor warrant, had claimed to Goodlett days before the warrant was served that he had “verified” from a postal inspector that a suspected drug dealer was receiving packages at Taylor’s apartment. But Goodlett knew that was false and told Jaynes the warrant did not yet have enough information connecting Taylor to criminal activity, prosecutors said. She added a paragraph saying the suspected drug dealer was using Taylor’s apartment as his current address, according to court records.
Two months later, when the Taylor shooting was attracting national headlines, Jaynes and Goodlett met in Jaynes’ garage to “get on the same page” before Jaynes talked to investigators about the Taylor warrant, court records said.
A fourth former officer, Brett Hankison, was also charged by federal prosecutors in 2022 with endangering the lives of Taylor, Walker and some of her neighbors when he fired into Taylor’s windows. A trial last year ended with a hung jury, but Hankison is schedule to be retried on those charges in October.
Father time for Canadian American media mogul, singer, rapper and producer Justin Bieber and wife Hailey.
Hailey is the daughter of Stephen Baldwin, a hardcore Trump supporter and brother of disgraced actor Alec Baldwin, a hardcore Harris supporter. She is a model, socialite, actress and writer.
Bieber married in 2018.
The two live in LaQuinta, California and own a home in Cambridge, Ontario.
Bieber was infamous in posting an image of destroyed buildings in Gaza while "Praying for Israel."
Bieber, who rose to international stardom in 2010 with his hit “Baby,” has welcomed one of his own.
The singer, 30, posted a photo of a baby’s foot Friday on Instagram, revealing the child’s name as Jack Blues Bieber. The model, 27, reshared the post on Instagram Stories. It’s not clear when the baby was born; a representative for Hailey Bieber told The Associated Press on Friday night that no further details were available.
The couple announced they were expecting a baby in May via Instagram posts on their respective pages from an intimate vow renewal ceremony. The videos and photos show the model, who also founded the skincare brand Rhode, wearing a form-fitting white dress that showed off her baby bump. The AP confirmed Bieber was just over six months pregnant at the time of the announcement.
Since the pregnancy announcement, the couple have each shared photos together and of Hailey Bieber that displayed the model’s baby bump, including a campaign for the Rhode skincare line.
The Biebers married in November 2018, which they also announced through an Instagram post. The singer posted a photo of the duo with the caption, “My wife is awesome,” and his wife followed up by changing her Instagram username to “Hailey Bieber.” The couple dated for about a month before tying the knot.
Justin Bieber rose to fame as a teenager and went on to become a Grammy-winning artist with eight No. 1 songs under his belt, including “Sorry,” “Love Yourself” and “What Do You Mean?” His latest album, “Justice,” was released in 2021.
D.L. Hughley spoke at the Democratic National Convention and formally apologized to Vice President Kamala Harris for his remarks back in 2019 in which he told his 5 million listeners that Harris locked up the brothas.
Many Black men who are backing Donald J. Trump and formerly Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. really have no logically reason to not support Harris other than the false belief Trump gave them free money and was down for the struggle.
Two men who benefited from white privilege and entitlement seem to be attracting Black men for some odd reason.
Even supporters of Harris are questioning her ability to be president.
Enter Atlanta media mogul, rapper and producer Jermaine Dupri (Mauldin).
The legendary entertainer who founded the hip-hop powerhouse So So Def Recordings had some questions for Harris as he done his power walks.
Dupri claims that Harris hasn't done enough and she told her that "her hands are tied."
No. 1 - Harris is the Vice President of the United States. She has only limited powers as the vice president. She is an ambassador for the U.S. as well as the top legislative officer of the U.S. Senate, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over the United States Senate, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected at the same time as the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College, but the electoral votes are cast separately for these two offices. Following the passage in 1967 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, a vacancy in the office of vice president may be filled by presidential nomination and confirmation by a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
Cordial.
No. 2 - Congress. Any legislation that becomes a law has to pass through the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. With a hyperpartisan Congress, it is nearly impossible for anything to get done with members always voting, blocking, filibustering and showboating.
No. 3 - Legality. Many of President Joe Biden's policies are being challenged in federal court. The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 far right majority has often rollback legislative and judicial decisions. It is frustrating that our courts have ruined a legacy of progress.
Dupri as well as millions of others do not know who their local, state and federal officials are. Many of the known lawmakers are considered controversial. More people know about Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Lauren Boebert, Jasmine Crockett and Nancy Pelosi more than the own legislator.
We lost in civics because too many Americans are more inclined to vote based off their parents.
Those family reunions are going to be interesting.
Winners and losers of 2024.
Cringe as we see one old geezer embrace another.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially ended his presidential bid and endorsed Donald J. Trump for the role.
Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan could not generate enough support for their independent bid. Kennedy is one of the members of the dynasty. He is one of 11 children of Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. and Ethel Kennedy is considered the black sheep of the family.
Caroline Kennedy, the cousin of RFK, Jr. backs Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the last surviving daughter of John F. Kennedy, Sr. and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Ethel, Kennedy's own mother endorsed Harris.
Kennedy blames everyone execpt Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Sean "Softball" Hannity and Bari Weiss. They were involved in trying to split the Democrats. Now they are trying to push for independent Cornel West and Green Party presumptive nominee Jill Stein. Both of them are old as Kennedy and Trump.
This is who Kennedy supports!
Kennedy’s endorsement was immediately disavowed by his extended family, who called it “a betrayal” and endorsed the Democratic ticket of Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
“We believe in Harris and Walz,” Kennedy’s siblings said in a statement. “Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear. It is a sad ending to a sad story.”
Kennedy will campaign with Trump in Phoenix.
Trump welcomed Kennedy onstage during his rally in Arizona on Friday night, saying the independent ran an "extraordinary campaign" hours after Kennedy endorsed the former president.
"With all those votes he was getting, he has a lot of votes that he could have gotten ... I think he's going to have a huge influence on this campaign," Trump said near the beginning of his event in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix.
Trump went on to say that if elected, he would establish a commission on assassination attempts in honor of Kennedy. Kennedy’s father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and uncle, President John F. Kennedy, were both assassinated. The commission, Trump said, would be tasked with releasing remaining documents on the 1963 presidential assassination — records that Trump didn't release when he was in office.
In his remarks, Kennedy recounted having talked with Trump about issues that he said "bind us together," including "having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic."
"Don't you want a president that's going to make America healthy again?" asked Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who suspended his presidential campaign Friday.
The alliance between the Trump and Kennedy marks a new phase in their relationship after years of criticizing each other.
Grumpy old men.
Trump has called Kennedy a "phony radical left fool," a "Democratic 'plant,'" and a "liberal lunatic," despite many of Kennedy's views conflicting with those of Democrats.
Kennedy said in a 2018 Newsweek op-ed that the Trump "presidency has not just discredited our nation, but the entire American experiment in self government."
In a separate op-ed that year published by NBC News, Kennedy called Trump's policies a "discredit to democracy."
President Trump’s policies have been not to actively encourage democracy abroad, but to reach out to some of the most tyrannical governments in the world and to give them sustenance and encouragement," he wrote at the time.
Those views appeared to take a back seat on Friday when Kennedy endorsed Trump at an event in Phoenix. Kennedy said he would remove his name from the ballot in "about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler." However, he encouraged voters in states where he remains on the ballot to still vote for him this fall.
Some Kennedy supporters in Arizona who spoke with NBC News said they're throwing their support behind Trump.
Bruce Brimacombe, a resident of Scottsdale, said that he now plans to vote for Trump because of Kennedy's involvement.
"It’s not that I’m not going to vote for Trump for being Trump," said Brimacombe. "I’m going to vote for Trump because if Bobby is able to do what he’s been asked to do, I’ll be behind it. Because that’s going to build a platform."
Casey Westerman, a Trump voter in 2016 and 2020 who was going to back Kennedy in November, now plans to support Trump. The Chandler resident is going to back Trump again because "I trust Bobby."
I want to vote for her but I am sick of her endless support for Israel and the status quo.
Vice President Kamala Harris had me right up until she brought up with all due respect: Israel.
I can't fathom how anyone can support Israel after what they've done since its founding.
But here we are.
It was a tightrope that Harris and former president Donald J. Trump must walk.
They are emboldened by the Israeli lobby and they rely on this to win. It must end.
It was an exciting night for the Democrats as they nominated the first African American woman to be their party's nominee. Kamala Davi Harris is now tasked to carry on the Democrats as they face off against Trump and MAGA.
But what unfortunately keeps me in the uncertainty is the fact that she will continue to back Israel, parrot their propaganda and be wishy washy on Palestinian self determination. While she did say it, her speech rings echoes of AIPAC.
President Joe Biden is working on trying to have a ceasefire, but what happens once it's over?
Over 50,000 people are dead. Generations of buildings, lives and opportunity ruined.
Israelis still continuing to steal land, gaslight us, meddle in our elections, weaponize antisemitism and instigate conflicts all over the world. America will eventually become engage with Iran or some other countries in the near future.
Harris' full-throated defense of Israel in her convention speech Thursday night has echoed the language of President Joe Biden. It has drawn criticism from pro-Palestinian protesters.
Harris, who spent a lengthy segment of her acceptance speech talking about the war in Gaza, also expressed sympathy for the innocent lives lost and called for a cease-fire deal.
The war was a source of tension at the convention. Crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the convention hall every night. Delegates inside the arena who were elected as "uncommitted" in protest votes against Biden's support of Israel had tried to haggle over a speaking slot but were denied. Several stood in silent protest at various points in the week.
"Let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself, and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on Oct. 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival," Harris said.
She continued: "At the same time, what has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. Desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking."
Harris said she and Biden are working to end the war in Gaza so that "Israel is secure" and the hostages are released and that "the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination."
Her comments were notable as she faced pressure from some in the Democratic Party who wanted her to break with Biden in his support for Israel.
Wednesday night, the parents of one of the American hostages still being held by Hamas spoke about their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose arm was blown off by Hamas before he was loaded into a pickup truck and taken into Gaza.
"That was 320 days ago," said his mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin. "Since then, we live on another planet. Anyone who is a parent or has had a parent can try to imagine the anguish and misery that Jon and I and all the hostage families are enduring."
Earlier in the week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel had accepted a U.S. proposal to move the negotiations over a possible cease-fire forward. He warned, however, that it was "probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease-fire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security."
Biden also addressed the conflict in his convention speech Monday night, saying his administration is trying to "prevent a wider war."
"We’re working around the clock — my secretary of state — to prevent a wider war and reunite hostages with their families and surge humanitarian health and food assistance into Gaza now to end the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people and finally, finally, finally deliver a cease-fire and end this war."
He added, "Those protesters out in the street, they have a point. A lot of innocent people are being killed on both sides."
Anyone who opposes Israel but sympathizes with Hamas, Hezbollah, Houtis and the Iranian government are labeled terrorists or useful idiots.
Spare me the bullshit.
Israel is a white Jewish supremacist ethnostate.
Israel is becoming similar to Nazi Germany.
You criticize Israel or boycott the country, expect punishment from U.S. leaders and businesses.
You speak publicly about Israel, the regime could ban you from entry, they could put a target kill on you or torture you. Israel has defend the right for those monsters that rape people they captured in the West Bank or Gaza Strip.
Fuck Israel. The hell with all these U.S. lawmakers end their blind support of Zionism.
President Joe Biden, former president Donald J. Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and most of Congress continue to ride the cock of Israel.
Biden will have a legacy of turning a blind eye to a genocide. He will also weaken the argument that the U.S. supports human rights.
Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. You upset over people protesting at a synagogue. You upset that people question a foreign government's propaganda. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.
Let me get this straight: You are more upset over words than actions. You are upset someone using their freedom of speech to criticize a foreign country engaged in a propaganda campaign to shield itself from war crimes and impunity. You are upset over people using their voices, their wallets and their time to protest an injustice. You upset over people protesting at a synagogue. You upset that people question a foreign government's propaganda. Well, get upset over your taxpayer money aiding foreign nations. Get upset over foreign nations killing Americans in a war funded by our taxpayer money. Get upset over the deaths of thousands in Haiti, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Venezuela, Myanmar, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Palestine. Get upset at your president, your senator, your representative, your governor, your state leader, your mayor and your local junk food media for bowing to the evil regime of Israel.
From theRiver to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 🇵🇸 🍉
It is not antisemitic to rally for Palestine. Cry more!
Israel for way too long has manipulated me with this endless victimhood. All the while pushing for an ethno-nationalist state, Israeli government leaders [both left and right] have called for the eradication of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The Israeli regime has rejected a two state solution. They have interfered in U.S. elections time after time with their proxy groups the ADL and AIPAC throwing money to primary challengers against Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Thomas Massie and Jamaal Bowman. They are literally influencing our lawmakers into banning TikTok, criminalizing boycotts against the regime and equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
They literally are spying on Muslims, Christians, protesters and organizations opposed to the regime's actions.
The Israeli regime is trying to force Americans to hate. The regime is rooting for Trump and when he returns he and Republicans can start their Project 2025 bullshit and assist in the Greater Israel bullshit.
The Israeli regime wants American lawmakers to punish lawmakers, athletes, media personalities, religious leaders, social media influencers, adult entertainment and television shows who speak out against the regime.
The evil Israeli regime has fanned outrage over regime change, boycotting entertainers who support Israel, octopuses, buttons, protests at synagogues, protests at Holocaust museums, blocking roads, blocking bridges, boycotting companies and calling for international sanctions.
Israel keeps calling it an attack on Jewish people and it amounts to antisemitic propaganda.
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.
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.
They are feeling it. Democrats better understand the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies. They know that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are under extreme pressure to do something. Some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters have vowed to never back Harris putting her election chances in danger.
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.
We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists.
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