Sen. Cory Booker and many others oppose Jeff Session as the Attorney General.
Today is the confirmation hearings of the Attorney General. A controversial senator from the state of Alabama is the pick for the position. But his neo-Confederate ties, his past statements and his reaction towards the current issues in a post-Obama America are under fire.
Democrats are determined to fight against Republicans. They may lose this fight after the 113th Session pulled the "nuclear option" when it came to confirmation hearings. The 115th Session will quickly confirm nominees in this Republican controlled senate. They will now have the power to play moves they've longed complained the Democrats done during the eight years of Barack Obama's term.
New Jersey Democratic senator Cory Booker will testify against Alabama Republican senator Jeff Sessions in an attempt to block his nomination as the Attorney General of the United States.
Republicans faced criticism after they said they'll swiftly confirm fuhrer Donald J. Trump's picks for his cabinet and the federal courts.
At the Judiciary Committee, Booker will say that Session's record on civil rights and immigration will not live up to the principles of his predecessors.
The NAACP, the ACLU, many LGBT groups and immigration rights groups are opposing the nomination.
"I'm breaking a pretty long Senate tradition," said Booker when he was on All In with Chris Hayes.
"We've seen Jeff Sessions that's Senator Jeff Sessions --- consistently voting against or speaking out against key ideals of the Voting Rights Act, taking measures to try to block criminal justice reform."
Session was called "a threat to desegregation and the Voting Rights Act" by the NAACP.
The fuhrer and the squinty eyed bigot who he wants as the Attorney General.
So far Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) are strongly opposed to the nomination and will vote against him. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) signaled the same.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) are cautious about Sessions as well. Scott as the only Black senator who votes as a rank-and-file Republican had said that Sessions will get his vote after a "special emphasis". He is going to remind Sessions that his vote will be cast on the answers that are relevant to the current environment.
Given the time of racial and societal unrest, Scott did voice a bit of concern about the nominees.
Republicans demonized Eric Holder and his successor Loretta Lynch. Holder and Lynch are African American and they were attacked on their credentials and race by many agitators. Sessions was one of those agitators.
Fuhrer Trump, vice fuhrer Mike Pence and the beady eyed squinty bigot Jeff Sessions are a match made in Hell.
10 day vacation for corrupt Fort Worth cop who busted mom after she told him a stranger assaulted her boy.
We know the name of the cop who arrested Jacqueline Craig in December. His name is William Martin and the Fort Worth Police placed him in the freezer pending an internal investigation.
Martin arrested Craig after a brief argument that turned ugly and it was filmed and shared on Facebook over 3 million times.
He's "snarky" comment on parenting got him in some deep shit. He was on camera saying to Craig that she should be a better parent. Craig called the law on an accusation of a man placing his hands on the neck of her 7 year old son.
Martin who was called to the area didn't pursue charges against the man. He instead arrested Craig and the 15 and 18 year olds who were in the vicinity.
Immediately after the incident, the officer was placed on "restrictive duty status by order of the Chief of the Police" pending an outcome from Internal Affairs.
Martin would apologize for the incident. Martin is a 10 year veteran with the department.
Craig's attorney said that the punishment was not harsh enough.
"You would get more justice if someone kicked a dog," said Jasmine Crockett, Craig's attorney.
Craig was tearful when the news of the punishment came.
His superiors and the police union disagreed with the freezer burn. They believed that the chief's demand to place the officer in the freezer was too harsh. They wanted the chief to be more lenient.
Joel Fitzgerald, the chief of Fort Worth Police said that Martin violated some its rules. He cited that Martin had a neglect of duty and discourtesy, noting that there was "some inappropriate contact with two of the females." Other findings include excessive force, failing to thoroughly investigate and conduct prejudicial to good order.
Fitzgerald said that the arrest was legal and the grand jury will decide whether he continues to be on the force or be loaded into the cannon and be fired out of it.
Young woman from Illinois went to Dairy Queen to get a dinner and left with a racial slur. Deianira Ford gets more than terrible food service. She was called a racial slur in front of her children.
In fuhrer Donald J. Trump's America, a franchise owner of a popular fast food restaurant got the audacity to call a customer a NIGGER because she was wanted to return an order that was wrong.
Jim Crichton. Expect death threats. Expect these death threats because you allowed your word vomit to get in the way of serving the customer. You have the nerve to call a Black woman a NIGGER because your workers fucked up an order. The customer has a right to respond to an order.
Deianeira Ford gets the last laugh in this transgression. Unfortunately she will not win the war given that fuhrer Trump continue to press for the elimination of political correctness.
In Zion, Illinois, Ford was with her children and she wanted to get a DQ meal with a Blizzard and couple of ice cream cones. She didn't think that the service was going to be that bad.
The Zion location is closed indefinitely.
Crichton, the owner of Dairy Queen approached her and started popping off at the mouth. She said that he was degrading her in front of her children.
"I was kind of taken back, and my daughter in the backseat repeated what he said and asked me what that means," Ford said.
Ford said she was so upset she called the law on him. The police report says that Crichton called her a NIGGER repeatedly in a dispute over the partially-filled food order that he handled. When Ford asked for a full refund, police said, "Crichton refused, gave her $5 back and called her and her children NIGGERS adding that "they did not deserve anything more."
The owner boasted that he was proud to say NIGGER to the woman and said that was "fed up with Black people."
When she posted her experience on social media, the backlash. The backlash came swiftly.
Crichton issued an apology saying that, "What I said was not appropriate and is something I cannot take back. I have no excuse. I can only ask for forgiveness and try to make it up to all involved. As a start, I, along with my employees, will undergo sensitivity training."
It was a little too late. Dairy Queen's corporate office in Minneapolis said, "Time's up. You done."
So Dairy Queen's internal investigation found that his behavior was unbecoming of the company.
They decided to end their franchise deal with Crichton. Basically firing him and his employees out the cannon.
Ford retained a lawyer and is considering legal actions against the owner. She had gotten support from organizations across the country and the Chicago Black Lives Matter group is getting involved in the matter. They are planning protests at the Zion location despite it being closed.
The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority covers the Dayton, Ohio and Montgomery County with a portion of the bus lines going into Greene County. It has 29 routes and also a mobility line for seniors and special need riders. The RTA also has overhead trolleys. The trolleybuses cover a portion of the city and inner suburbs.
Dayton is the smallest city in the United States to still have overhead electric trolleys. Other cities include Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Boston. These cities have populations with over 500,000 residents.
In a city with 139,000 residents, the RTA is necessary for the 30,000 riders who use the public transit.
The RTA is facing a crisis within its ranks. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1385 is getting tired of dealing with the leadership's ineptness. Mark Doughney, the president of the RTA is facing calls for resignation after many drivers complained that the new rules imposed on drivers limit their break periods, their restroom breaks and time off.
Many of the drivers voiced frustration with the way RTA is working them. They now operate from 4:15 am on opening routes to nearly 2:30 am.
Now at the stroke of midnight, the city bus drivers will end their routes and walk off the job.
Dayton's mayor Nan Whaley and city's commissioners are pleading for RTA and the union to work out the differences for the sake of the community.
A strike could make life difficult for riders who need to get to work, school, or shopping districts.
A strike could cost RTA millions of dollars.
A strike could spell doom for union workers because if Republicans pass a NO STRIKE CLAUSE state law when it comes to public sector work, the RTA drivers could be fired out the cannon.
Ohio is a "right to work" state. The worker's unions across the country are being weakened by Republicans. They feel confident that they could destroy the unions and make employers hire people at lower wages and longer hours.
Ohio governor John Kasich and the federal government might get involved in this situation.
Some unfortunate facts about the RTA.
Many of the residents in this community support the fuhrer Donald J. Trump. So it won't be any surprise that some online white extremists are seething with glee watching others suffer. Most of the people who comment about the RTA often push racial stereotypes about the riders and the bus lines.
Many of them are assuming that many of the bus riders are geekers and druggies. Some openly call the workers, the riders and the people who support the RTA a bunch of NIGGERS or NIGGER-LOVERS. Some even resort to the childish name calling supporters LIBTARDS.
The junk food media here often sensationalize stories for ratings. I don't watch the news anymore because they allow Trump to win.
Beavercreek, Ohio a city that is located six miles from Dayton was a vocal opposition to the RTA and Greene County Area Transit Service having routes serve the Mall at Fairfield Commons.
The U.S. Department of Justice and Transportation warned Beavercreek that if they continue to deny bus service to the community they could lose funding for the city. Once the fuhrer Trump takes over, Beavercreek city leaders could ask for Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to ask the DOJ to relinquish their recommendations. And Beavercreek could reinstate their public transportation ban.
RTA has wasted money big time on hydro-buses that hardly run, trolleybuses that don't often run and passing the expense onto the riders. I live in the rust belt city of Dayton. The city has trolley lines that are hardly used. I mean there is probably 100 miles of trolley line in the city and only 45 miles of the lines are used. The city fare is $1.75 for an adult. You can get a transfer for $.25 and it's good for a connecting trip for up to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
It's one of the highest fares in the state.
Compare that to larger Columbus with 80 routes and Cincinnati with 50 routes. You are paying up to $35 a week on public transit. The average bus pass for a month is $95.
Dayton has only 29 routes.
Routes 3,4,5,7 and 8 are the bus lines that have trolleybus service. Route 1 and 2 have trolleybus service on limited service.
Since 2013, RTA returned bus service to the Dayton International Airport. For 15 years the bus never went to the airport. You had to have take a bus near the area and walk to the local shuttle buses that serve the airport when air travelers had to leave their vehicle overnight.
Route 1 and 16 are the only buses that serves Greene County. The bus has 90 minute commuters to Wright State University and the Mall at Fairfield Commons. In 2016, Route 16 was realigned to serve Costco Wholesale, Kroger Marketplace and Miami Valley Hospital South Campus.
The U.S. Department of Defense and the RTA worked out an agreement to have special buses serve the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Montgomery and Greene County. The buses operate two times a day.
The RTA doesn't connect to Miami County, Warren County, Butler County, the remaining portions of Greene County and Clarke County.
The Southern Ohio Regional Transit Authority (Cincy Metro), Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) and Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) have buses that serve multiple counties, many business venues, their local airports and local attractions.
Dayton RTA has five transit stations. One that is located at the Westown shopping center. One that is located at the Eastown shopping center. One that is located in Trotwood which also serves at the Dayton Greyhound transit terminal. One located one mile from the Dayton mall. The final one is the downtown transit station which is located near the RTA headquarters.
The Dayton Mall has been under fire for banning the buses from the property. The only buses that serve the mall are routes that have very few riders. Route 23, 60 and 61 are crosstown buses that avoid downtown Dayton. The buses operate on a limited schedule and often are completed by 10pm.
Many of the county buses and crosstown Route 24 avoid the mall. They head to the transit hub or have a local stop about 1/2 mile from the mall.
Ohio State Route 741 known as Springboro Pike was reworked to have sidewalks. The speed limit was previously 45 mph. Now it's localized to 40 mph. They moved the pedestrian crosswalks to an area that is 1/2 mile from Ohio State Route 725. The Miami Township Police maintain a heavy presence around the mall. The Ohio State Patrol maintains traffic control on most roads around the mall.
Lyons Road where the South Transit Center is located is 1 mile from the Dayton Mall. The road has sidewalks and a bicycle lane. The speed limit around the area is 45 mph and the nearest light with a crosswalk is 1/4 mile from the transit center.
Dayton is still one of the most segregated cities in the United States.
An Ohio cop is being charged for public intoxication, inducing panic, reckless endangerment and felonious assault. Shauna Lambert works for the Cincinnati Police. The police department is facing a DOJ investigation.
Reminder: The Blue Wall of Silence is no different than the No Snitching philosophy. The dirty cops make it more dangerous for the good cops.
Expect more of this stuff happening in Fuhrer Donald J. Trump's America.
Cincinnati Police are placing one of their own in the freezer after she was accused of leaving her firearm inside a movie theater. On top of that, she was intoxicated. The cop beat an OVI charge last April.
Milford Police and the Clermont County boys arrested District 2 officer Shauna Lambert after she left her service weapon inside Rave Movie Theaters on Friday. She was off-duty when this all happened.
Cellphone footage of the arrest was done by a viral seeker.
Moviegoers were watching the Rouge One: A Star Wars Movie.
Someone panicked when the burner was found on the floor.
Lambert was lying across the seats and witness said that she was acting a tad bit odd and not normal of a moviegoer.
Not a good night for a Cincinnati officer.
Lambert has a history with the booze. She was busted in Blue Ash for being on OVI. The "Blue Wall of Silence" gave her a lesser charge. She plead guilty to having a reckless operation.
The Cincinnati and Milford Police have no comment on the matter other than she will face a disciplinary hearing. The possibility of being fired out the cannon is LIKELY.
On top of that, she will banned from Rave Movie Theaters for LIFE.
And she will have a court date in Clermont County.
The corrupt cop is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Scumbags face hate crime charges. The scumbags of the internet are lashing at the wrong folks.
Okay, here we go again! The white extremists are trying to trend #BLMkidnapping on Twitter.
They're placing the blame of a kidnapping on the feet of the Black Lives Matter movement. This white extremist movement the junk food media labeled the alt-right are race-baiting plain as day.
Most Americans condemn this brutal attack on a man with special needs. But somehow the issue isn't going away because the white extremists are still pressing for more junk food media coverage.
The four individuals are charged with kidnapping, felonious assault and federal hate crime charges.
Each charge could have them lockup for up to 25 years plus 10 for federal. They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
But in the social world of "fake news" and "boisterous outrage", they're "guilty as sin! Lock 'em up!"
An example of the Internet troll. Jimmy Kimmel mocks the 400 lb alt-right troll.
Now there's agitators online beeyotch-ing about the junk food media moving on to other issues.
There's this douche online who produced videos. I refuse to give this guy any recognition. He's mad that one of the anchors on the cable news circuit said that we should rush to judgment on how this tragedy occurred.
He's right.
These individuals should be charged. They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
What more can the junk food media do? They covered the story and it got attention.
But for the white extremist, it's not enough.
It's unfortunate that in America, the blame game exist. We blame others for the acts of these slimeballs.
Once again, I reject racism. I condemn these slimeballs. I will never rationalize White extremism.
I will not respect the fuhrer Donald J. Trump and those who follow him.
This white extremist troll is getting a book deal.
Milo Yiannopoulos is a British born gay conservative agitator. He is tied to the junk food media's rationalization of white extremism. They labeled this nonsense the "alt-right". And it's becoming more mainstream with this agitator at the helm of this movement.
Yiannopoulos is a proud member of this movement. He writes for Breitbart News as their technology and science writer. He is a HUGE supporter of the fuhrer Donald J. Trump.
And where he goes, he brings so much drama.
Pardon the pun, but this dude is a flaming troll!
He is infamous for calling upon the trolling and harassment of comedian Leslie Jones.
Now Simon & Schuster is offering this motherfucker a 6-figure book deal.
Petitions began when the word got out that this troll would be paid.
The petition is gaining steam because it's drawing attention from Yiannopoulos. He's saying that the "leftist" are trying to silence him for being "honest".
"If it can somebody like me to swallow it ---a lifelong liberal --- I can't imagine the dame it doing overall," he wrote in his book.
Word of advice to address this: "DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!"
Regardless of what this assclown does, we must reject it. Don't rationalize White extremism.
Terrorism once again hits the soft targets. A terrorist using his "Second Amendment" remedies on innocent people. The terrorist lights up the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.
The victims are five dead with up to 10 injured with wounds. The law neutralized the threat and he's being treated for his injuries.
The terrorist Esteban Santiago opened fire on the airport. The attack happened in a specific area of the airport.
Broward County Sheriff says that the terrorist lit up the place around 1pm in the baggage claims area.
"We have no evidence at this time that he was acting with anyone else," said Fort Lauderdale mayor Barbara Sharief. The motive is unknown at this time.
There were people who took cover and tried to avoid the terrorist aiming at them. Santiago had a military ID on him. He was a part of the Alaskan National Guard.
Family members said that he was a "ticking time bomb".
The brother Bryan Santiago said that the terrorist had recently worked as a security guard in Alaska and he was "fighting with a lot of people" and had mental health treatment.
First mass shooting of 2017 in the United States. The Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport was the scene of a mass shooting.
Rick Scott, President Barack Obama, Donald Trump were informed of the situation.
The terrorist was coming from a flight from Anchorage. Then he took a connecting fight from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Fort Lauderdale.
At baggage claim he would open his suitcase and then start lighting the place up.
Thanks to Congress, federal guidelines allow for passengers to check unloaded guns in a locked case, and also allows for ammunition to be place in a checked baggage,
According to the FBI, the terrorist claimed that he was hearing voices. He believed the CIA was trying to force him to join the Islamic State and was government was trying to reprogram people.
Expect more.
This is an example of the inept actions of Congress when it comes to firearms. They rather protect a firearm than the lives of innocent travelers. They believe that reasonable gun control is a signal for a gun grab.
With the fuhrer coming in, expect more of this and his social media reaction. Obviously, he isn't bold enough to get in front of a camera to express grievance.
Enough of the prayers. It's time for action.
If we continue to allow this shit to happen, expect more violent attacks.
And it's usually from Americans who use their Second Amendment rights like everyone else.
I will miss you and your family. I hope the best for you, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. I hope that you guys will stay active in the public sector.
I hope you guys are the vocal opposition towards the Republicans and the incoming fuhrer Donald J. Trump. I hope you motivate Democrats to fight for the people and not big interest. I hope that Republicans prove to the American people once again that conservatism will not work without liberalism as a balance.
I want the Republican Party, Trump and vice fuhrer Mike Pence to fail. I do want the country to fail.
Because this notion to rationalize Trump, Pence, conservatives and the junk food media's rationing of this White extremist movement they called the alt-right is senseless. It's pathetic and disgusting.
I want it to fail. I want more chaos!
Because I believe Trump will be overwhelmed with issues. The stress will get to him and Pence.
They will age 5 times faster with the enormous amount of pressure to do "what's right".
Thanks to Trump and the Republicans, partisanship has now became more toxic than ever.
Even the jobs report for the month of December will be polarized by notions of the false equivalency of 95.4 million not working. Now if 95 million people aren't working there's got to be a good reason to why.
But obviously in the minds of white extremists, Black people are having children out of wedlock and living on the government and blaming WHITE folks for their problems.
The idiots can't figure out that there are 1/3 of the population not working for the reasons given.
1. DEAD 2. BORN 3. IN PRISON 4. IN PRIMARY SCHOOL 5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 6. IN HIGH SCHOOL 7. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING 8. VOLUNTEER 9. DISABLED 10. STAY AT HOME PARENT 11. RETIRED 12. QUIT ON THEIR OWN 13. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED 14. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED 15. FIRED FROM THE JOB
Okay, the unemployment rate is the signs of a stable economy. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7%. The employment in December was a net of 156,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate ticked up from a nine year low as more people are entering the job market which speculators see as a sign of confidence.
We will continue to engage in the job market. When Trump takes the helm, we will follow the unemployment rate.
The jobs are here and the Republicans won't give Obama the credit for it. Once Trump take the helm, he will find some way to blame Obama for the mess he creates or the take the credit for the successes that Obama did.
Good evening folks. Greta Van Susteren heads to liberal MSNBC as their conservative voice.
Official. The spot once held by liberal agitator and civil rights leader Al Sharpton will now belong to a conservative agitator who is notorious for covering missing white girl stories.
Greta Van Susteren's return to cable news is in mid January. Her show For the Record will premiere on MSNBC at 6pm. Van Susteren will maintain her residence in Washington, DC and come as a direct competitor to her former Fox News allies.
Bloomberg News and MSNBC's show With All Due Respect is canceled.
CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is still a ratings draw but its not a big success as Special Report on Fox.
Bret Baier dominates with Special Report and it's been awful hard for MSNBC and CNN to come into that area. With Al Sharpton demoted to the Sunday morning spot, the replacement for the 6pm spot was pretty difficult.
I mean the talk was Chris Hayes, Lawrence O'Donnell and Joy Reid were heading to that spot.
Still who knows? The chairs are being moved around at the three cable news channels.
I hope MSNBC becomes the flagship of all things anti-Trump. I mean Fox News did a good job on President Barack Obama and perennial failure Hillary Clinton. Fox enjoyed great ratings during Obama's eight years as president.
Van Susteren is a controversial figure. She is the ambulance chaser and "where the White ladies at?" agitator.
Van Susteren gain notoriety for being the woman who obsessed with the Natalee Holloway disappearance. Also during the 2008, 2012 and 2016 elections, Van Susteren was notorious for doing lap dances for the fuhrer Donald Trump and washed up politicos Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.
She was on Fox News for nearly 15 years. She was the first conservative agitator to bounce off Fox News when Roger Ailes was fired out the cannon. It left her show On The Record in limbo.
Brit Hume picked up the pieces and then let the show die on its own. Tucker Carlson, the CEO of The Daily Caller and former knucklehead on the couch of Fox & Friends was promoted to take over her spot.
Now Carlson is promoted again to take over Megyn Kelly's spot. At 9pm, Tucker Carlson will be at the helm of a spot that long belonged to the most annoying conservative agitator in the junk food media.
Sean "Softball" Hannity will continue to be on at 10pm. Martha MacCallum will take a promotion to host her own show at 7pm.
It will be sort of difficult for me to scope her out. She's not as pretty as Megyn but she will be a draw for the die hard Trump minions who love see MacCallum sport off legs and skirts.
CNN's Erin Burnett and MSNBC's Chris Matthews are on the 7pm spot. The Fox 7pm spot was originally Shepard Smith's until he was promoted to be a breaking news host. Smith still is retaining his 3pm spot.
Cop slams a teen into the ground in North Carolina.
Would you want this done to your child?
Hopeful that law enforcement agencies finally root out the corruption within their ranks. They have to rid themselves of the perception, the corruption, the racism, the nepotism and the sexism within their agencies.
With fuhrer Donald J. Trump and vice fuhrer Mike Pence coming to power in 15 days, their Attorney General in waiting could make it easier for a person to obtain a firearm. This beady eyed bigot named Jeff Sessions will ignore systematic racism within the police. He might toss out the recommendations from Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder. He could instigate profiling of Black, Hispanic, Native American and Muslim activists who protest injustices.
This Sessions guy will not pursue any federal charges against police officers who violate the constitutional rights of people of color.
Let's head to Rolesville, North Carolina. The city is 30 miles from Raleigh and it's the scene of a brutal attack by the city police on a young teenager.
Cop in the freezer after video showed him brutally taking a female student to the ground.
A police officer was caught on video assaulting a teen. The teen was body slammed by a high school resource officer for the city police. The resource officer was
The video circulated online showing now identified officer Ruben De Los Santos body slamming a young female student on the ground. She was picked up by the torso and then tossed on the ground hard.
The 9-second video shows the teen picked up by her right arm and being lead away by the body slam.
Jasmine Darwin was the victim in the video. She tells the junk food media, that she was defending her sister from being assaulted by another teen.
The police released a statement on the matter. They immediately placed De Los Santos in the freezer.
"We will work diligently to review any and all pertinent information so that we can provide an accurate account of the events," said Rolesville Police.
