Is someone trying to torch the ballots before they get counted?
The U.S. Department of Justice will get to the bottom of this. On top of that it assures the FBI, ATF and U.S. Postal Inspectors will be investigating this.
The suspects involved will be criminally charged. The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Someone in the Northwest is burning ballot boxes where provisional ballots are deposited. This is not only a state crime but a federal tampering issue.
A blue U.S. Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix was set on fire overnight, damaging several ballots and other pieces of mail, authorities said.
Local law enforcement officials arrested a 35-year-old man in connection to the incident, which occurred at about 1:20 a.m. local time Thursday. The suspect, identified as Dieter B. Klofkorn, admitted committing arson but said it was not related to election, police said at a news conference.
Ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire Monday morning in what authorities believe are connected incidents about a week out from Election Day.
This is the Facebook profile of the Arizona man who set a U.S. mail box on fire. Dieter Klofkorn even admits he uses methamphetamine (Ice) and he is not a Nazi as he claimed.
An identical Volvo was spotted at both scenes, and the use of an "incendiary device" in Portland was "similar in nature" to what occurred in Vancouver, the cities' police departments said. Portland police described the act as targeted and intentional.
Three ballots were damaged in Portland, while potentially “hundreds” were affected in Vancouver, local officials said.
The Portland Police Bureau said an "incendiary device" was placed inside a sidewalk ballot box in the Central City district. By the time officers responded to reports about 3:30 a.m., security personnel in the area had extinguished the flames.
"Officers determined an incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and used to ignite the fire," Portland police said in a statement, adding that the bureau's Explosive Disposal Unit removed the mechanism.
Portland police were continuing to investigate. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said it would step up patrols around ballot drop boxes in the county.
4. The junk food media not holding former president Donald J. Trump accountable for his antics.
Sunday was the closing message of an extremely controversial presidential campaign.
Some see this as the 1939 Nazi Convention. The former president picked the venue in a state he lost by 30 points. Even though upstate counties, Staten Island and counties on Long Island, New York swing for Trump, the four borroughs that make up New York City ain't giving him the win.
New York City has 8.9 million people. It's the United States largest city and a global megalopolis. It is an Alpha City and a hub of the world. The five boroughs are Manhattan (New York County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), The Bronx (Bronx County) and Staten Island (Richmond County).
The junk food media covered the former president's closing message at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The whole thing lasted over eight hours. The former president, Donald J. Trump, running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Phil McGraw, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Tucker Carlson, Hulk Hogan, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and a bunch of others came to this event. Even former first lady Melania Trump appeared at the rally.
Uh, I want you to know that if he wins, this country will be set back at least fifty more years. If he loses, he will be dealing with the legal consequences and potential backlash from donors and others who felt he couldn't seal the deal.
I am so really tired of this noise from MAGAland. They offer nothing but grievances and ad homiem attacks on their fellow Americans.
This was a rally to hate humans. A rally to hate difference. A rally to stroke a civil war.
Kill Tony may have damaged Trump's presidential bid.
Trump is not a man of peace. He is a chaos agent. He survived an assassin attempt. Orchestrated the worst attack on democracy since the U.S. Civil War. He failed at saving lives during a deadly pandemic. He tried to illegally steal an election. He is very definition of white privilege. We thought Trump would tone it down. Nope. He doubled down. He keeps going on and invites these people to egg on.
While the Republicans get upset over Vice President Kamala Harris calling Trump a "fascist", the former president continues to dehumanize her, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Democrats with divisive rhetoric.
The event managed to carry up to 21,000 attendees. Many from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Delaware. New York City is within a five hour drive, so these MAGAland people will travel to see the former president.
Will this rally help him?
Well, I can tell you that besides Trump, Vance, Kennedy, Musk and McGraw, there were a handful of characters who said some offensive things about Muslims, Arabs, Latinos, Blacks, transwomen, gay men, former Republicans and Harris.
Trump's alleged mistress Alina Habba dazzles the crowd with her MAGA sequined jacket.
Oh, several Muslim leaders including the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan endorsed Trump on Saturday.
The speakers:
Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States and 2024 Republican nominee.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), 2024 vice presidential nominee.
Elon Musk, media personality, CEO of Tesla, X and SpaceX.
Alina Habba, former Trump lawyer during the 2021 impeachment hearings and 2024 criminal trial.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Speaker of the United States.
Tulsi Gabbard, former Democratic lawmaker and MAGAland activist.
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and fomrer Trump lawyer.
Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee and Trump's daughter-in-law.
Eric Trump, son of Trump and husband of Lara Trump.
Donald Trump, Jr., son of Trump, former chairman of The Trump Organization.
Dan Scavino, former White House senior advisor.
Stephen Miller, former White House senior advisor and white nationalist.
Dana White, chairman of the UFC and TKO Group Holdings.
Hulk Hogan, retired WWE wrestler, media personality and actor.
Scott Lobaido, American artist who worked on the Trump fist up pose.
Tucker Carlson, media personality and white nationalist.
Brooke Rollins, former acting director of Domestic Policy Council of the United States.
Steve Witkoff, real estate investor, archnemesis of Mark Cuban and Trump longtime ally.
Howard Lutnick, American businessman, Republican donor and Trump longtime ally.
Grant Cardone, American financial adviser and social media personality.
Sergio Gor, American political writer.
Michael "Harry-O" Harris, Jr., former co-founder of Death Row Records.
Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms For Liberty.
Lee Greenwood, American singer, media personality and songwriter.
Christopher Macchio, American classical vocalist.
Mary Millben, American singer and actress.
Sid Rosenberg, American talk radio host and former sports commentator.
Kill Tony (Hinchcliffe), American comedian and podcaster.
David Rem, Trump's longtime friend.
Tony Hinchcliffe stole the show. His comedy act was the most talked about. He made some of the most offensive and divisive remarks at the rally. Only less than a week from the 2024 presidential election, Hinchcliffe gave the Democrats a list of talking points.
Dr. Phil is a DEI hire. Oprah Winfrey got him and Dr. Oz popular.
Hinchcliffe, a former resident of Youngstown, Ohio now living in Houston, made his appearance and right off the bat attacked California, denigrated the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage." He also said Latinos reproduced too much and invoked racist stereotypes.
He made remarks of Blacks being addicted to watermelons and fried chicken. He also made an antisemitic troupe. He said that Palestinians throwing rocks in the Israeli-Palestinian confict by joking that "Jews have a hard time throwing paper."
He reference Travis Kelcee to OJ Simpson. The called the Harris endorsements of Beyonce, Eminem, Taylor Swift (Kelcee's girlfriend), Usher and others as members of P. Diddy's infamous parties.
This sted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden Sunday, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics.
With just over a week before Election Day, speakers labeled Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” called Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil,” and said the woman vying to become the first woman and Black woman president had begun her career as a prostitute.
“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” said Tony Hinchcliffe, a stand-up comic whose set also included lewd and racist comments about Latinos, Jews and Black people, all key constituencies in the election just nine days away.
Sexual predator Elon Musk introduces Melania Trump.
His joke was immediately criticized by Harris’ campaign as it competes with Trump to win over Puerto Rican communities in Pennsylvania and other swing states. Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny backed Harris shortly after Hinchcliffe’s appearance.
The normally pugnacious Trump campaign took the rare step of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe. “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said in a statement.
But other speakers also made incendiary comments. Trump’s childhood friend David Rem referred to Harris as “the Antichrist” and “the devil.” Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris ”and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.”
The marquee event reflected the former president’s tone throughout his third White House campaign. Though he refrained from doing so Sunday, Trump often tears into Harris in offensive and personal terms himself, questioning in recent weeks her mental stability and her intelligence as well as calling her “lazy,” long a racist trope used against Black people.
The event was a surreal spectacle that included former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, politicians including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Reps. Byron Donalds and Elise Stefanik, and an artist who painted a picture of Trump hugging the Empire State Building.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. despite losing his mom to death and possibly his wife to a divorce decides to speak to MAGAland about his failures.
And that was all before Trump was to take the stage, running more than two hours late.
After being introduced by his wife, Melania Trump, in a rare public appearance, the former president began by asking the same questions he’s asked at the start of every recent rally: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The crowd responded with a resounding “No!”
“This election is a choice between whether we’ll have four more years of gross incompetence and failure, or whether we’ll begin the greatest years in the history of our country,” he said.
Trump announced a new tax credit for caregivers.
Trump on Sunday added a new proposal to his list of tax cuts aimed at winning over older adults and blue-collar workers, which already includes vows to end taxes on Social Security benefits, tips and overtime pay: A tax credit for family caregivers.
This comes after Harris has talked about the “sandwich generation” of adults caring for aging parents while raising their children at the same time. Harris has proposed federal funding to cover home care costs for older Americans.
Trump otherwise repeated familiar lines about foreign policy and immigration, calling for the death penalty for any migrant who kills a U.S. citizen and saying that the day he takes office, “The migrant invasion of our country ends.”
As Trump’s remarks came up on an hour, some of the crowd began trickling out.
Tech mogul Elon Musk, who spoke earlier and introduced Melania Trump, was a prominent part of Trump’s closing campaign message. The former president called Musk “a genius” and “special.”
Kamala Harris was right. Tulsi Gabbard was an op.
Musk nodded to Trump’s recent plan to allow him to lead a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government. Several of Musk’s businesses, including Tesla and SpaceX, have major government contracts or have relied on U.S. subsidies, and Musk has faced criticism after reports that he has spoken privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Your money is being wasted and the department of government efficiency is going to fix that,” Musk said before taking a place offstage beside Melania Trump.
Many of the speakers Sunday appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention. This time, the same speakers shouted and railed more against Democrats.
Hogan, returning to the venue where he performed years ago as a professional wrestler, seemed to reprise his character, emerging wearing a giant red, orange and yellow boa and violently waving a large American flag as he posed and danced. He spat on the stage during his speech, flexed his muscles repeatedly and told the audience: “Trump is the only man that can fix this country today.”
J.D. Vance says Kamala, "You're fired."
Trump allies went after Democrats for bringing up a pro-Nazi rally
Some Democrats, calling Trump a fascist, have compared his Sunday event to a pro-Nazi rally at the Garden in February 1939. Several speakers on Sunday ripped Hillary Clinton, the Democrat defeated by Trump eight years ago, for saying recently that Trump would be “reenacting” the 1939 event. One of them, radio host Sid Rosenberg, directed a profanity at Clinton.
“Hey guys, they’re now scrambling and trying to call us Nazis and fascists,” said Alina Habba, one of Trump’s attorneys, who draped a sparkly “MAGA” jacket over the lectern as she spoke. “And you know what they’re claiming, guys? It’s very scary. They’re claiming we’re going to go after them and try and put them in jail. Well, ain’t that rich?”
Declared Hogan in his raspy growl: “I don’t see no stinkin’ Nazis in here.”
Trump has denounced the four criminal indictments brought against him as politically motivated. He has ramped up his denunciations in recent weeks of “enemies from within,” naming domestic political rivals, and suggested he would use the military to go after them. Harris, in turn, has referred to Trump as a fascist.
The Hulkster struggled to rip his shirt. Oh, brother.
The arena was full hours before Trump was scheduled to speak. Outside the arena, the sidewalks were overflowing with Trump supporters in red “Make America Great Again” hats. There was a heavy security presence. Streets were blocked off and access to Penn Station was restricted.
“It just goes to show ya that he has a bigger following of any man that has ever lived,” said Philip D’Agostino, a longtime Trump backer from Queens, the borough where Trump grew up.
A New Yorker returns home.
Trump has a complicated history with the place where he built his business empire and that made him a tabloid and reality TV star. Its residents indicted him last year on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He was found guilty in that case, and also found liable in civil court for business fraud and sexual abuse.
But Trump has been talking about wanting to hold a rally at the venue dubbed “The World’s Most Famous Arena” since he launched his campaign.
The rally was one of a number of detours Trump has made from battleground states, including a recent rally in Coachella, California, and rallies on the Jersey Shore and in the South Bronx.
Tucker Carlson is dying to call Kamala the hard N.....!
While some have dismissed the stops as nothing more than vanity events aimed at boosting Trump’s ego, the rallies guaranteed Trump national coverage that could help him reach the country’s few remaining undecided voters, many of whom don’t get their news from traditional outlets.
New York has not voted for a Republican for president in 40 years. But that hasn’t stopped Trump from continuing to insist he believes he can win. New York is also home to a handful of competitive congressional races that could determine which party controls the House next year.
Trump routinely uses his hometown as a foil before audiences in other states, painting a dark vision of the city that bears little resemblance to reality. He’s cast it as crime-ridden and overrun by violent, immigrant gangs who have taken over Fifth and Madison avenues and occupied Times Square.
On Sunday, however, Trump was much more complimentary of the city. He said “no city embodies the spirit” and energy of the American people more and talked about attending basketball and hockey games at the Garden.
After Trump concluded his speech after over an hour, opera singer Christopher Macchio came on stage to perform the song “New York, New York.”
The former president smiled and swayed slightly, his wife standing next to him on stage.
It's almost over.
I struggled with this. I was really on the fence with it. I do take former president Donald J. Trump as a serious threat to democracy. But to see the Democratic Party align itself with warmongering rhetoric and the Israeli regime almost had me vote third party. I went ahead and voted for Harris and Walz. I saw the choices and the closest to my views at best was Harris.
Jill Stein proved to be an idiot and perennial loser. The Green Party has openly admitted they are trying to make Trump win. They are also clueless on how government works.
Electing Stein will not stop Israel. Matter of fact, what drove my vote was allegations that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is colluding with Trump to depress the Democratic voter turnout. That would be election interference.
Netanyahu and Russian president Vladimir Putin wants a stooge in the White House to do its bidding. Biden is leaving and he fears Harris will get tough on him. Trump praised Netanyahu in the past and complained about how the evil man couldn't get the job done. Trump frequently talks to him and admitted that Netanyahu ignores Biden despite the unilateral military aid funding.
Netanyahu wants to see Harris lose because he can use Trump as a path to creating Greater Israel. Putin sees Trump as an idiot. Russia seeks to advance BRIC's agenda to reign in American influence and rid the world of the U.S. dollar.
Trump said it will be a bloodbath if he loses. He still angry over Biden dropping out. Because he felt that he had a strong opportunity to defeat the president.
In less than a week it will be all over. No more text messages trying to encourage donations. No more polls and man on the streets. No more shocks and awes.
We will return to normal. Some will be happy others said. At the end of the day, democracy will happen and one will win.
I hate to admit but this articulate idiot has a point on one thing. Why is the U.S. willing to drag our men and women into conflict that have nothing to do with us?
Why are we allowing our taxpayer money go to foreign countries that offer nothing but constant turmoil?
What has Israel ever done for the United States?
It gave us militarization of the police, stifling of free speech, gaslighting us into endless wars and meddling in our elections.
Yeah, that's the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League and American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are foreign agents of Israel. They have spied on Americans, weaponized antisemitism and caused divisions with our institutions.
Candace Owens was fired from The Daily Wire after she criticized the U.S. role in funding Israel. Owens also criticized her employers for taking pro Israeli propaganda as fact.
She was called.... the hard one with the "er" by a rabbi.
Now because of Israeli lobbyists, they banned Owens entry into Australia.
They say she could incite violence in the country.
Winners and losers of 2024.
Immigration Minister Tony Burke confirmed the conservative online influencer would not be granted a visa, saying "Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else".
"From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [Nazi physician Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction," Mr Burke said.
Owens has almost 3 million subscribers on YouTube, where she publishes interviews and political commentary, regularly sharing conspiracy theories and criticism of social movements such as Black Lives Matter.
In July she described stories about Nazi experiments on twins in concentration camps during World War II as "completely absurd" and "bizarre propaganda".
Her speaking tour of Australia, scheduled for November, is advertised as "provocative" and appealing to audiences seeking "alternative viewpoints".
"Known for her controversial takes and unwavering stance, Candace is set to light up stages across Australia and New Zealand with her bold and unfiltered perspectives," reads a description on ticketing website Ticketek.
In an announcement video posted to her social media accounts in August, Owens said Australian audiences would hear her "discuss everything they do not want us speaking about" including "freedom of speech" and "why Christ really is king".
Jonathan Greenblatt never condemned Trump for praising Adolf Hitler.
Tickets to Candace Owens Live range from $95 for general admission, to $1500 for a VIP package which includes a pre-show dinner, champagne reception and a meet and greet with Owens.
The show includes stops in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.
The Anti-Defamation Commission, a pro-Jewish group which campaigned to have Owen's visa revoked, said the immigration minister's decision was "a victory for truth".
"Australia has no place for those who mock the suffering of genocide survivors and insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who perished," chairman Dvir Abramovich said.
"This is a line in the sand."
Owens has not yet publicly responded to the visa refusal and tour promoter Rocksman has been contacted for comment.
Far right extremist J. Shmuley Boteach, a notorious agent provocateur, Jewish nationalist and New York rabbi has openly called for a hit on Owens.
Owens is defiant. She said if anything happens to her, her children or her husband, Baron George Farmer, blame Israel.
Owens is also a fervent supporter of Donald J. Trump. The support is waning because of he is no longer "America First."
Owens is praised by Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist who resended his endorsement of Trump. Brihna Joy Gray who was fired from Nexstar Media also took support for Owens over her stance against Israel.
Zionism spreads like a cancer, even in Australia.
It is a country still dealing with colonialism and white nationalism. Great Britain has the country a part of its dominion and King Charles III as its reigning leader.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing criticism like President Joe Biden because of their stance on Israel.
Other leaders Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Great Britain, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Union and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez are being hammered as well.
Israel does not have the right to invade other sovereignities and indiscriminately kill civilians and peacekeepers.
Israel will not survive under its current state. The world will reject this rogue state.
Israel is committing a genocide. This is the 21st Century Holocaust and we are witnessing it in real time against Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, Yemeni, Iraqi and Iranian because of Israel.
When Israel is even attacking UN Peacekeepers, you know they're the bad guys in this situation.
The Chicago rapper who had a breakout single "All My Life" with J. Cole earned him a Grammy. Now he will face a series of federal charges for an attempted murder for hire.
Lil Durk is caught up.
Winners and losers of 2024.
Fresh after celebrating your 32nd birthday, Durk Devontay Banks found the feds swarming his Florida home. He gets arrested and is being held in federal time out. The possibility of LIFE if convicted.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin.
Durk is charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire in the slaying of Saviay’a Robinson, 24, who was gunned down on Aug. 19, 2022, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday.
Five other members of Durk’s Chicago-based rap collective, “Only the Family” or “OTF,” have also been arrested and at least two more arrests may be forthcoming, according to court documents that have been filed. Durk was arrested Thursday night in South Florida as he attempted to flee the country, the FBI says.
Durk won a Grammy earlier this year for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his song “All My Life,” which featured J. Cole. He has also been nominated three times and was a featured performer on Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later.”
Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney for Los Angeles, called the shooting “a cold-blooded murder.”
“The shooting occurred in the open, at a gas station at a busy intersection, endangering many others in the area,” Estrada said in a statement. “Violent gun crime of this sort is devastating to our community and we will have zero-tolerance for those who perpetrate such callous acts of violence.”
FBI Agent Sarah Corcoran said in her affidavit that OTF members engage “in violence, including murder and assault, at the direction of Banks and to maintain their status in OTF.”
Durk’s representatives did not immediately respond to emails Friday seeking comment.
According to Corcoran’s affidavit and other federal court records, the shooting stems from the November 2020 slaying of OTF rapper King Von, 26, at an Atlanta nightclub after Von and Rondo got into a fight. Records say a friend of Rondo’s pulled a gun and shot Von several times, killing him. Von, whose real name was Dayvon Bennett, had two hit singles, ″Crazy Story″ and “Took Her to the O.”
Authorities say Durk made it known that he would “pay a bounty” to anyone who killed Rondo, whose real name is Tyquian Bowman.
Almost two years later, a murder plot quickly came together, Corcoran wrote.
On Aug. 18, 2022, Durk’s associates learned that Rondo was staying at a Los Angeles hotel. That day, Deandre Wilson, Keith Jones, David Lindsey, Asa Houston and a fifth unnamed suspect flew from Chicago to San Diego and then drove to Los Angeles using funds provided by Durk, Corcoran said.
Lil Durk and J. Cole appear in their Grammy award single "All My Life."
That day, Durk allegedly texted an associate arranging the flights, “Don’t book no flights under no names involved wit me.” Corcoran said there is video evidence that Durk was staying at a house in the San Fernando Valley that day.
Once arriving in Los Angeles, the OTF members met Kayon Grant, who had flown there on a private jet. Grant, a top OTF associate, got the men hotel rooms, purchased four ski masks and obtained two luxury sedans, court records say. Grant allegedly gave Jones, Lindsey and a third unnamed suspect guns, including one that had been converted into a machine gun.
The next day, the group allegedly followed Rondo and Robinson as they drove a Cadillac Escalade to a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary, a West Hollywood clothing store and then a gas station across the street from the Beverly Center.
There, Houston allegedly parked his car behind the station so Jones, Lindsey and the unnamed defendant could ambush Rondo. They got out and opened fire, killing Robinson, who was standing outside the Escalade, but missing Rondo, the indictment and news stories about the shooting say.
The suspects then went to an In-N-Out hamburger stand where they discussed payment with Grant and then flew home to Chicago from San Diego, Corcoran and other documents say. Wilson allegedly later paid Jones and Lindsey an undisclosed amount.
Grant, Jones, Lindsey, Wilson and Houston were arrested Thursday in Chicago on conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire charges. No attorney information was immediately available for those men in court records.
After their arrests, Corcoran wrote, Durk booked two flights from South Florida airports — one to Dubai and one to Switzerland. He then booked a private flight to Italy, but was arrested in Miami before he could board it.
Durk and the other defendants are being held pending their transfer to Los Angeles.
In 2019, Durk and King Von were charged in Atlanta with a drive-by shooting that left a man wounded in the leg. Prosecutors dropped the case against Durk in 2022, two years after Von’s slaying. Durk had denied his involvement.
In 2014, Durk pleaded guilty to felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and felony possession of a firearm after he was seen carrying a gun on a Chicago street. He was spared jail time.
Two villages in Chicago’s western suburbs, Bellwood and Broadview, last week honored Durk and announced collaborations with his charity, Neighborhood Heroes Foundation, to provide youth mentors.
But on Friday, Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson announced she had severed ties to Neighborhood Heroes and had withdrawn the honorary key to the village given Durk.
While acknowledging that Durk and other suspects are presumed innocent, village residents have “even higher moral and ethical standards of behavior,” Thompson wrote on the village’s Facebook page.
A telephone message seeking comment from Andre Harvey, Bellwood’s mayor, was left at his office.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania election officials notified state and federal authorities of voter registration fraud.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is a strongly Republican county. It supported former president Donald J. Trump in 2016 and 2020. It is likely going to do it again. However, the county is concerned that voter registration fraud is happening and they will get to the bottom of it.
If I was Trump, I better be preparing for post election. If he does not win, he will be facing lawsuits, his criminal sentencing and a lot of angry Republicans who feel that he couldn't seal the deal.
Why the election is so close?
1. White people.
2. Israel.
3. The junk food media holding double standards towards Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald J. Trump.
4. Lack of college education and personal bias.
I have a strong feeling I think Harris is going to win but do not count Trump out.
He has pulled off upsets before and the election could come down to a handful of states.
Pennsylvania voters remember the pandemic, the assassination attempt, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles. They know the Penn State Natti Lions and the Hersheyland Park. They know Scranton, Harrisburg, Allentown, Erie, Altoona and Johnstown. They know Shanksville, Sheetz, Wawa, the Liberty Bell, The Philadelphia Penguins, The Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Union and Kennywood. They know the Centralia Coal Mine Disaster and the Three Mile Island tragedy. They know the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Ben Franklin Bridge and Walt Whitman Bridge.
Pennsylvania is the Keystone State.
Many on the left are calling out far right agitator Scott Presler.
Presler, an openly gay non conforming far right extremist is associated with the Republican National Committee. He just got hired by chairs Lara Trump and Michael Whatley. He is a white nationalist who panders to that base despite him being a part of the LGBTQ community.
Clarification, the RNC didn't hire him but appreciated his work on behalf of them.
Presler was fired out the cannon by the Virginia GOP after a gay sex tape leaked to Craiglist. He filmed himself engaging in an act while inside the headquarters.
Presler is actively trying to flip Pennsylvania back to Republicans. It is difficult with the incumbent Democratic governor Josh Shapiro being popular and President Joe Biden being a native son. However it remains a bellwether for the presidential race and Trump will need it.
Trump survived a mass shooting and assassination attempt in Butler.
Presler is a election denier, agent provocateur, possible fed and a whiny loser.
He is also a block magnet. You criticize him or his motives and he will block you on social media. I am assuming he is having a field day after the state launched a criminal investigation into Lancaster County's voter registrations.
A criminal investigation is underway in the crucial presidential battleground of Pennsylvania after election workers in one county flagged about 2,500 voter registration forms for potential fraud. Two other counties were alerted to look for similar problems.
The forms arrived at the Lancaster County elections office shortly before the state’s deadline to register this past Monday and were apparently part of a larger effort to sign people up, officials said Friday. Some had false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other problematic details.
Two other unnamed counties received similar applications and were notified to check into them, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said at a news conference. She said election workers “noticed that numerous applications” had similarities, but officials did not indicate the volume of suspicious applications or say how many applications had already been fully investigated.
Explore Talent. Scott Presler, an infamous white nationalist may have committed voter fraud.
“It appears to be an organized effort at this point,” said Adams, an elected Republican. “But of course, it’s an ongoing investigation. And we’ll be looking into who exactly participated in it and how far up it goes.”
The set of applications has been segregated during the investigation, preventing ballots from being sent to or cast by people until they are deemed valid. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are being fought over as polls indicate the presidential contest in the state is a close race.
“The fact of the matter is, we’ve contained this,” Lancaster Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, a Republican who chairs the election board, said at the news conference. “This is not right. It’s illegal. It’s immoral. And we found it, and we’re going to take care of it.”
Adams and the county election board members did not say who dropped off the forms or whom they may have been working with.
D’Agostino said the applications were not limited to a single party and had been collected at various spots in Republican-majority Lancaster.
The Pennsylvania Department of State issued a statement Friday praising the elections workers “for their diligent work in spotting this potential fraud and bringing it to the attention of law enforcement.” The state attorney general’s office, which was also contacted by Lancaster officials, declined to comment.
About 3 in 5 of the applications that have so far been fully investigated have had problems, Adams said. Other applications among the 2,500 have been verified as accurate and are being processed as normal, she said.
Most of the applications were dated since Aug. 15, and a majority of them were from Lancaster City. Adams said the applications were collected as part of a “large-scale canvassing operation.”
“In some cases, applications contained correct personal identification information, such as the correct address, correct phone number, date of birth, driver’s license number and Social Security number — but the individuals listed on the applications informed detectives that they did not request the form,” Adams said. “They did not complete the form and verified that the signature on the form was not theirs.”
Just a reminder, Kamala Harris, Donald J. Trump, Jill Stein, Chase Oliver and Cornel West will not stop Israel. The Israeli regime will fall... we see it collapsing and I am rooting for the end. Israel is one of the world's few remaining apartheid ethnostates.
The white Jewish supremacists within Israel will drive the U.S. to war.
What about the hostages?
What happened to #BringThemHome and #NeverForget🎗️?
I guess the apartheid ethnostate of Israel has decided to no longer care about saving the settlers in Gaza. They are lazer focused on starting a regional conflict in the Middle East hoping to drive the United States, Great Britain and the European Union into the conflict.
Israel has thumbed its arrogance at the U.S., France, the United Nations and Iran.
Israel vowed to strike Iran despite its repeated attacks on Iranian sovereignty and its people. Israel has engaged in conflict not only in Gaza, but the West Bank, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and peacekeepers with the UN.
It has meddled in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Israel is rooting for former president Donald J. Trump. They want a stooge that will give them everything they want to exterminate the Palestinians and southern Lebanese people.
Vice President Kamala Harris is being both sides by pro Israel and pro Palestinian protesters.
Harris supports Israel and it has depressed progressives who feel she has abandoned them for disgruntled Republicans.
Green Party nominee Jill Stein is determined to stop Harris. Having no plans on how to stop the carnage the regime is creating, Stein is using her mouth as a weapon instead policies. She can't figure out how many members are in the U.S. Congress. Trump is rooting for Stein to pick off votes.
Trump, The Heritage Foundation and AIPAC are supporting Israel as it tries to incorporate land into the Greater Israel project.
It is reported that the regime struck Tehran. The city is Iran's national capital and largest populated area. That alone justifies a severe retaliation on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Benjamin Netanyahu will go down in history as the 21st Century's most despised despots. He will be ranked up with Adolf Hitler, Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Israel is a rogue nation engaged in numerous conflicts around the Middle East.
Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant are dead men walking. Their evil will not stop.
It is up to President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Ursula von der Leyen, UN Secretary General António Guterres to reign in but I am afraid they won't.
Iran will no doubt strike back and it may be a air strike in Israel.
Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military targets in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier this month. Explosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though there was no immediate information on damage or casualties.
The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran – including Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon – are already at war with Israel.
The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched “precise strikes on military targets” and, according to two Israeli officials, it was not targeting nuclear or oil facilities. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the ongoing operation with the media.
“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 ... including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a prerecorded video statement early Saturday. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.”
Should I consider this an October Surprise or just the late addition of white supremacy trying to infiltrate the social media bloodstream to depress the votes of young, Black, Latino and Arab voters.
If I was Donald J. Trump, I would start preparing for post election. Cause I have a feeling that if he doesn't win, he will be tied up with legal issues. He will be forced to retire and his movement will continue on but it will be declining if actual Republicans start holding their leadership accountable.
Okay, @DocNetyoutube, the Black Insurrectionist on X was outed as a white man.
No surprise the account went dead after the Associated Press managed to locate the mysterious account followed by many of MAGAland's most infamous trolls.
It was the shock in the system.
Conservatives have often masqueraded as progressives to depress voter turnout.
The former president actions, the economy, Israel, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, climate change, immigration and crime are the issues that are driving political violence.
MAGAland is threatening violence against Democrats if Trump loses. This account was a driving force. Black men are swaying to Trump because of his false promises of hope and a bigger paycheck.
The far right used the image of a dead man to promote disinformation.
Vice President Kamala Harris has 79% of Black men and 95% of Black women supporting her. She has over 85% of the Black vote.
The vice president is well funded and is hoping that turnout will favor her.
She is risking losing Arab and Muslim voters. So courting former Republican or independents is the only thing that could tip this election in her favor.
Nonetheless, Harris will be continuously dogged about her race, her gender, her upbringing and her sex life. This account had a thing in this as well.
“Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York.
He’s also white.
With a profile photo of a Black soldier and the tagline “I FOLLOW BACK TRUE PATRIOTS,” the account on the platform X amassed more than 300,000 followers while posting dubious claims about Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Some were amplified by Trump, his running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, and their Republican allies in Congress. The most salacious claims have come in the closing weeks of the campaign.
Last month, the account posted what Black Insurrectionist claimed was an affidavit from an ABC News employee, alleging Harris was given questions in advance of the network’s debate with Trump — which ABC News vigorously disputed. Trump approved, though, declaring, “I love the person.” More recently, Black Insurrectionist posted a baseless claim alleging inappropriate behavior between Walz and a student decades ago, a falsehood that U.S. intelligence officials said sprang from a Russian disinformation campaign.
A notorious troll named Joey Mannarino used an image of Republican perennial loser Lavern Spicer to troll Black voters with Trump propaganda.
The reach that the Black Insurrectionist account attained with assistance from Trump and his allies demonstrates the ease with which unverified information from dubious sources can metastasize online to shape public opinion. The speed and scale of disinformation has been an animating force in the presidential campaign, with the potential to affect the outcome in a close election.
The Black Insurrectionist account is linked directly to Jason G. Palmer, who has his own questionable backstory, starting with the fact that he isn’t Black, according to an Associated Press review of public records, open source data and interviews with a half-dozen people who interacted closely with Palmer over the past two decades. The records and personal accounts offer a portrait of an individual who has repeatedly been accused of defrauding business partners and lenders, has struggled with drug addiction and whose home was raided by the FBI over a decade ago. He also owes more than $6.7 million in back taxes to the state of New York.
“He’s far from African American,” said Kathleen Albano, who said her deceased husband was involved in a failed business venture with Palmer.
In emails and phone conversations, Palmer, 51, made a series of seemingly contradictory claims about his ties to the account, which was deactivated last week several hours after the AP first reached out to Palmer for comment.
He acknowledged in an email that he was involved with the account, but said that he did not create it. He also claimed to have owned it at one point before selling it in April or May to a person who he declined to identify.
“I do not know what is going on with this account,” Palmer wrote in an email last Thursday.
But in an interview on Tuesday he said he participated in making claims about Walz that were posted to the account this month. And he suggested that he worked as a “researcher” with a broader group.
“We did that with big people. National people,” Palmer said. “I have no comment on anything else regarding that.”
He also said that the account was primarily operated by a friend of his who is Black. He repeatedly declined to identify who that was, or put the AP in touch with the person.
A spokesperson for X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, did not respond to a request for comment.
White on.
The AP traced the account to Palmer based on posts made by Black Insurrectionist that included biographical details about living in upstate New York, a screenname and an email address. Those details cross-referenced with information available online that the AP tracked down with assistance from Gisela Pérez de Acha, an open source reporting specialist for the Human Rights Center at University of California, Berkley.
A video posted in March by Black Insurrectionist shows a computer screen displaying the docket of Trump’s election case in the Georgia. His initials “JP” are visible in an icon on the web browser’s toolbar. And Palmer’s email address can be seen in the corner of the screen, indicating that he used it to log into the state’s online court system.
The email address is linked to a phone number, according to opensource data provider Osint.Industries, that is listed for Palmer in New York court records. The same email is also linked to a Skype account with the username “jg palmrt,” according to the opensource data provider Epieos. Palmer’s middle initial is “G.”
Palmer also used similar iterations of the email address in the past, according to court records.
A separate Black Insurrectionist post on X from January 2024 complained about Microsoft Network’s content moderation policies and included a screenshot revealing that an individual with the username “jg palmrt” had posted a comment on a news story that was censored by MSN.
The suggestion that Palmer was involved with an account that spread falsehoods about the upcoming election was not a surprise to those who have had business and personal dealings with Palmer over the past two decades.
“He owes me a ton of money,” said Albano, whose late husband had a business relationship with Palmer. “He has a way of roping people in. I always had his number. I knew exactly who he was. But unfortunately my husband got caught up in a lot of those dealings.”
Albano said Palmer purchased a Webster, New York, home from her and her husband but failed to make payments. She said Palmer talked her husband into a investment venture to recoup the money, which also ended poorly.
“None of it materialized ever,” Albano said.
Unlike other Palmer business associates, Albano said the couple chose not to sue because “you can’t get blood from a stone.”
Palmer denied Albano’s account. He said that Albano’s late husband was his accountant and that he paid off a mortgage on the home. He denied that they ever had extensive business dealings.
In the mid-2000s, Palmer embarked on a real estate venture, buying up commercial properties in downtown Rochester. It ended with a string of lawsuits from creditors and former business partners, seeking tens of millions of dollars in unpaid loans and assets. Palmer blamed his troubles with the venture, in part, on an opioid addiction he had at the time.
Some former business partners alleged Palmer tried to seize control of buildings using documents with their signatures forged, according to court records.
In a 2020 case in Oneida County, New York, a forensic specialist conducted a detailed analysis of a document signing over an apartment complex to a company in which Palmer held a stake. The specialist concluded that “the evidence indicates that the signatures and the notary seal” were produced “by way of cut and paste or digital manipulation.”
Palmer said that it was actually his former business partner, William Mendick, who had defrauded him. The case, which was brought by Palmer, was dismissed in 2022.
Maureen Bass, a bankruptcy attorney in Rochester, said she wasn’t shocked by Palmer’s connection to an X account spreading conspiracy theories. Bass represented Wells Fargo in a commercial foreclosure case against Palmer and recalled that he once sent her old firm a lengthy email “manifesto” that accused local government officials of conspiring against him.
“It was rambling. He had been a victim of the ‘Axis of Evil.’ Politicians had done things to him, and had taken his assets,” Bass said. “So this doesn’t surprise me.”
Winners and losers of 2024.
So if Trump, Vance and members of Congress are easily fooled by an X account that promotes disinformation, what makes them capable of running a country.
No wonder Russia, Israel and China want Trump. He will drive the U.S. further down in influence. Biden has already put the U.S. credibility at risk for his unwavering support of Israel.
This account would have geared up for a campaign to force Black voters to abandon Harris because of Biden.
Keep telling yourself that you don't know what Vice President Kamala Harris stands for.
Keep telling yourself that she is a whore, a Jezebel and a hoe.
Keep telling yourself that she is the one with derangement when she talks about her opponent former president Donald J. Trump.
Keep telling yourself that she isn't actually Black.
Keep telling yourself that Harris is always laughing and offering word vomits.
And then look at yourself in the mirror and figure out who actually has the derangement.
WLOX has terminated a news anchor who sat in the chair since 1985. He thought he was gonna die in that chair. The station manager and his supervisor saw his social media. His social media postings showed a disregard for journalistic standards as well put his employer in the hot seat.
I mean he has the right to support the candidate of his choice.
He has the right openly disparaged the candidate he opposes.
But in no way he is allowed to tell viewers or even fans to not participate in democracy. Because of his committment to the community, he violated their trust.
Dave Elliott is hoping the far right will sound off his cannon firing.
Here's the video that got WLOX-TV anchor Dave Elliot fired from his job today.pic.twitter.com/dAanV0QRPj
Elliott posted on social media saying that supporters of the vice president have so much hatred towards Trump and they refuse to look a her policies. He said if you're a supporter of the vice president, he asked of a favor. He asked them to stay home.
It's almost over. Kamala Harris is endorsed by former Destiny's Child members Beyonce and Kelly Rowland.
Thrown it as a public service announcement.
Elliott joined WLOX in 1985 and been at the station for almost 40 years.
He allowed his personal opinion and disinformation get him fired. He has a contract with the station. Since Mississippi is an at-will state, he should have expected the job was not infinite. Trust me, I had a great job at one time and lost it in a matter of seconds. Now I am working to survive.
Do I blame President Joe Biden for my job loss, no. But I do blame Ohio and the state legislators for making the state less friendly to unions and more at-will employment state. Hell yeah.
MAGAland at its worst. Two men steal Harris-Walz signs in Missouri.
Jackson Chester of Springfield, Missouri put his family and friends at risk of public humiliation.
Springfield is the largest municipality in the United States. It has a population of 175,000. Not the Springfield that became a national story. that would be in Ohio.
Laura McCaskill said her Kamala Harris/Tim Walz campaign sign was stolen multiple times, so she and her partner John Cardoza attached an Apple AirTag to it. The AirTag allows iPhone users to track the tag with an app and is often used for keys, wallets or even pets.
In most cases, McCaskill and Cardoza would find the stolen sign by a dumpster. When their Harris/Walz sign went missing for the fourth time — along with many others in their Rountree neighborhood — early Saturday morning, McCaskill and Cardoza decided to follow the AirTag once again.
This time, it led them to two cars at a local restaurant, but Cardoza couldn't tell which one had the tag. On Sunday, after the Kansas City Chiefs game, the AirTag led them to a residence in Nixa, where they confronted the alleged thief.
They weren't expecting to find 60 Harris/Walz signs in the trunk of the car.
McCaskill has posted a video on Facebook and on TikTok of her and Cardoza finding the signs. The video also shows her and Cardoza's interactions with an 18-year-old man who opened the trunk of the car that had the signs and the young man's mother. In the video, he says he didn't have anything to do with the theft and that he loaned his car to a friend. Later in the video, the young man says it was a TikTok trend, which the News-Leader was unable to confirm, and that he's aware neighbors have video recordings showing him taking the signs.
The young man shown in the video declined to comment for this story.
According to McCaskill, the signs were worth $1,180 all together. According to Missouri law, an act of theft is considered a Class D felony if "the value of property or services appropriated" is $750 or more.
She said she has filed a police report with the Nixa Police Department and SPD. McCaskill confirmed to the News-Leader that she plans to press charges because of the number of signs stolen and encouraged her neighbors to file reports with the Springfield Police Department.
"This is a First Amendment right (to display political signs)," McCaskill said. You are not to trespass and take other people's property in the middle of the night and disrespect their beliefs ... I don't want to harm a young man and his life. But I want him to respect others' property and others' views, as we should."
Chester was not arrested. But this public shaming may discourage other Republicans or Democrats from damaging or stealing campaign signs.
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