Ralph Northam Admits He's Got A Racist Past!

Ralph Northam is toast. A photo of him dressed up as a Klansman has the Democrats pulling support.

Ouch! The Democratic governor of Virginia had to admit he had an ugly past. His lieutenant governor is Black. Justin Fairfax hasn't spoken out against the governor yet. The governor had the most support from the Black community.

Double ouch!

Thankfully he is only allowed to serve one term under Virginia law. He wouldn't survive a second term. However, the next Democrat who runs for governor could be swamped by the scandal.

Ralph Northam admits that in his old yearbook, he was the guy who dressed up in blackface and a Klan outfit. Yesterday, the right was in an uproar over a proposal bill that allocated abortions in the final trimester.

Bye Ralph. Disgusting. Resign, now.  https://t.co/eXgELWg32n

— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 1, 2019

Northam has now apologized over a racist photo in his 1984 yearbook, unearthed on Friday, that showed one person in blackface and another dressed in a Klan robe.

My fellow Virginians, earlier today I released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to be your governor. I believe you deserve to hear directly from me. pic.twitter.com/1rSw1oxfrX

— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) February 2, 2019

He released a statement today on social media.

Earlier today, a website published a photograph of me from my 1984 medical school yearbook in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive.

I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.

This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. But I want to be clear, I understand how this decision shakes Virginians’ faith in that commitment.

I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused. I am ready to do that important work. The first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor.

The picture appeared in a "student-produced" publication in 1984, according to Jennifer McCarrell, the director of marketing and communications at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), where Northam graduated from and from which the yearbook page originated.

Conservatives were quick to pounce on the photo. As usual, they're trying to paint the Democratic Party as a whole as the real racists. Mind you that the 2020 candidates running for President of the United States are the most diverse in history.

The first African American to be elected President of the United States is Barack Obama, a Democrat.

The calls are loud and they want Northam to fire himself out the cannon. If he does, Justin Fairfax will take on the role of governor. He will be the second African American governor of Virginia.

The apologies, though, did not stop organizations and politicians from demanding that Northam resign as governor, something he seemed to push back against in his statement.

Should Virginia governor Ralph Northam resign? (Expect trolls to pick the dumbest answers)

Yes. These revelations of him in a Klan robe are disturbing. Although he's apologized for this, the actions are clearly a distraction. Donald Trump and Republicans are already seizing on this. It would be wise for his to resign.

Yes. I don't care what good he's done. Ralph Northam should have known better. The photo shows that Democratic Party needs to remove the racists out of the party.

No. The picture was stupid. If Ralph Northam resigns, why don't Steve King, Cindy Hyde Smith, Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump? They said, wore and done far worse than Northam. If we are holding people to the standard, we should acknowledge Republican racism.

No. Ralph Northam apologized. He should acknowledge he's come a long way. He has already done good for Virginia. Why should this issue be the reason to him resigning.

"I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage that this conduct has caused," Northam said. "I am ready to do that important work. This first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor. "

That wasn't enough for many and a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, organizations and prominent political figures blasted the governor.

“Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay. No matter the party affiliation, we can not stand for such behavior, which is why the NAACP is calling for the resignation of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a written statement.

Republicans and Democrats, including some presidential contenders in the 2020 race, joined together to call for his resignation.

"It doesn’t matter if he is a Republican or a Democrat. This behavior was racist and unconscionable. Governor Northam should resign," Julian Castro, a Democrat running for president, wrote on Twitter.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), another Democrat running in 2020, agreed.

"Leaders are called to a higher standard, and the stain of racism should have no place in the halls of government," she wrote on Twitter. "The Governor of Virginia should step aside so the public can heal and move forward together.

Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina who recently spoke out against Rep. Steve King's remarks about white supremacism, also denounced Northam's yearbook fiasco.

"To be clear, while a quick apology is good, it does not excuse the choices made by @GovernorVA as an adult enrolled in medical school," Scott wrote on Twitter. "The people of VA will make their voices heard;cI hope they will shout far & wide that there are consequences for such showcases of prejudice & hate."

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined the call for Northam to resign while appearing on "All in with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC Friday night.

"We’re the party of Barack Obama, we’re the party of inclusion," Murphy said.

Murphy described it as unacceptable behavior in 2019, and that it was just as unacceptable in 1984.

The incoming head of the Democratic Governors Association, Murphy said he speaks of Northam's yearbook controversy with a "heavy heart."

"I say it with a heavy heart because I know him and I believe he's a good man," New Jersey's governor said.

Planned Parenthood tweeted a statement late Friday night telling Northam to resign.

Members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus say they are "still processing" the news that Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam appeared in a photo in which one person is dressed in blackface and another is wearing a full Ku Klux Klan uniform.

In a news release issued Friday night, the caucus said "what has been revealed is disgusting, reprehensible, and offensive."

It went on to say that while the caucus has "no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests," members "are still processing what we have seen about the Governor."

The revelation of the yearbook photo comes at a particularly partisan time in Virginia. The state has been battling over a Democratic-led bill that would loosen restrictions on late-term abortions, allowing a woman to get an abortion well into the third trimester if the mother was physically or mentally at risk.

This week the bill failed to be voted out of committee but the uproar hasn't stopped.

Cory Booker Wants To Battle!

Cory Booker enters the race for president.

The second African American in this race. Another candidate who will face an onslaught of racial attacks from both the right and the left.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is the next contender in a supposedly crowed race. The New Jersey senator is the next high profile contender in a race that could split the party's corporate wing from the party's progressive base.

Donald J. Trump has a 70% chance of winning reelection. So the Democrats have a lot of work to do.

They cannot win on the white working class voters. They need to get the voters who are tired of the "status quo" in politics. The status quo of politics will continue as long as the junk food media continues to put on agitators who divide us for profit.

Do you believe Cory Booker ready for to be President of the United States?

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Yes. I believe Cory Booker is a proven leader. He has the ability to bring people together. He can defeat President Donald Trump.

Yes. I believe that Cory Booker's optimism and policies for the middle class makes him a well-qualified leader. He will be a good president.

No. I believe Cory Booker will be another Barack Obama clone. He's already promising things he can't deliver and he certainly won't appeal to middle of the road Democrats who voted for President Donald Trump.

No. I believe he's one of the many corporate Democrats running for office. He's not progressive enough and he's embolden to Wall Street and the elite. His policies aren't progressive enough.

I have no opinion about Cory Booker. I need to know where he stands on the issues before I support him.

Booker, then a mayor of Newark, managed to capture the minds of millions of Americans. He would the first day of Black History Month to announce his bid for president.

Booker chose the first day of Black History Month to launch his campaign, timing that nods to Booker's own heritage and suggests he will put it at the center of his pitch to voters.

"The history of our nation is defined by collective action; by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists; of those born here and those who chose America as home; of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it," Booker narrates in a video released on Friday morning, which features him walking through his Newark neighborhood.

"I'm Cory Booker and I'm running for president of the United States of America," he says in the video.

Booker joins a crowded and growing Democratic field that is already the most diverse in history -- with multiple women, one gay candidate, a Latino and, with Booker now in the mix, two black candidates.
His announcement comes nearly a year to the day from the Iowa caucuses and the start of the primary calendar. Booker plans to head to Iowa February 8-9 and then to South Carolina on February 10. He also intends to visit New Hampshire over Presidents Day weekend.

Booker is one of several senators running for president or seriously considering it. At 49, he is the youngest among his Senate colleagues in the race. His age is not all that sets him apart: Booker is unmarried and vegan, two unique qualities among the emerging Democratic field.

In his announcement video, Booker also notes that he is "the only senator who goes home to a low-income, inner city community" in Newark, "the first community that took a chance on me."

Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey since 2013 and a member of the Democratic Party. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.

Booker was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, where he received an undergraduate and master's degree in 1991 and 1992, respectively. He studied abroad at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship before attending Yale Law School. He won an upset victory for a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark in 1998, where he staged a 10-day hunger strike and briefly lived in a tent to draw attention to urban development issues in the city. He ran for mayor in 2002, but lost to incumbent Sharpe James; he ran again in 2006 and won against deputy mayor Ronald Rice. His first term saw to the doubling of affordable housing under development and the reduction of the city budget deficit from $180 million to $73 million. He was re-elected in 2010. He ran against Steve Lonegan in the 2013 U.S. Senate special election and subsequently won reelection in 2014 against Jeff Bell.

As senator, his voting record was measured as the third most liberal.

Considered a social liberal, Booker supports women's rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and single-payer healthcare. During his five years in office, Booker co-sponsored and voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (2013), tougher sanctions against Iran, sponsored the Bipartisan Budget Act (2013), voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (2014), co-sponsored the Respect for Marriage Act (2014) and lead the push to pass the First Step Act (2018). In 2017, he became the first sitting senator to testify against another when he testified against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing. In April 2018, following the FBI raid on the offices of Michael Cohen– Trump's personal attorney–Booker together with Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, and Thom Tillis, introduced the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act to limit the executive powers of Trump.

Booker regularly exercises and has been a vegetarian since 1992, when he was a student at Oxford.

He abstains from alcohol and "has no known vices or addictions" other than coffee.

In 2014, Booker began practicing a vegan diet and has expressed his vegan ethical philosophy and advocacy for animals. As of June 2016, Booker worshiped at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.

Booker has never been married, and in 2013 he was named one of Town & Country's "Top 40 Bachelors".

Although he has generally tried to keep his personal life private, Booker has in the past described himself as a "straight male" and has said that he is trying to date more in hopes of finding someone to settle down with. In a 1992 column in The Stanford Daily, Booker admitted that as a teenager he had "hated gays".

Booker has himself been the target of rumors about being gay and has generally refused to address these on principle, which he explained in 2013:

There is a rumor he's dating actress Rosario Dawson.

Though neither of them have acknowledged or confirmed those rumors. Dawson and Booker have been seen together at several public events in the last month; Dawson has yet to acknowledge Booker's presidential run.

Groundhog Saw Its Shadow!

Sometimes, the good news isn't often great.

Despite the government shutdown, the Department of Labor announced there was net growth of 311,000 jobs for the month of January. That news comes with a price, the unemployment rate risen to 4 percent.

Reuters reports that Americans are working but

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in January, with employers hiring the most workers in 11 months, pointing to underlying strength in the economy despite an uncertain outlook that has left the Federal Reserve wary about more interest rate hikes this year.

The Labor Department said its closely watched monthly employment report on Friday showed no “discernible” impact on job growth from a 35-day partial government shutdown, while acknowledging it was unable to quantify the effect on private industry.

But the longest shutdown in history, which ended a week ago, pushed up the unemployment rate to a seven-month high of 4.0 percent. The report came two days after the Fed signaled its three-year interest rate hike campaign might be ending because of rising headwinds to the economy, including financial market volatility and softening global growth.

The brisk pace of hiring suggested still strong momentum in the economy, a theme that was also underscored by a separate report showing a pickup in manufacturing activity in January.

Wage gains, however, slowed, pointing to tame inflation.

“The Fed chickened out on further rate hikes this year and boy are they ever misreading the tea leaves on where the economy is going next,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. “U.S. companies have not let up one bit on their hiring in response to risks out there in the world economy.”

Nonfarm payrolls jumped by 304,000 jobs last month, the largest gain since February 2018, the Labor Department said. Job growth was boosted by hiring at construction sites, retailers and business services as well as at restaurants, hotels and amusement parks.

The economy, however, added 70,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in November and December. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by only 165,000 jobs in January. Roughly 100,000 per month are needed to keep up with growth in the working-age population.

January marked a record 100 straight months of job gains.

The government shutdown saw about 380,000 workers furloughed but President Donald Trump signed a law guaranteeing these employees back pay. As a result, these workers were included in the survey of employers from which the payrolls number is calculated.

The furloughed workers were, however, considered unemployed on “temporary layoff” in the separate survey of households from which the jobless rate is derived. This lifted the unemployment rate one-tenth of a percentage point from 3.9 percent in December. The shutdown ended last Friday after Trump and Congress agreed to temporary government funding, without money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Average hourly earnings rose three cents, or 0.1 percent in January after accelerating 0.4 percent in December. That lowered the annual increase in wages to 3.2 percent from 3.3 percent in December, giving the employment report a Goldilocks feel.

The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies as traders focused on the tepid monthly wage gain. Stocks on Wall Street rose, while U.S. Treasury prices fell.

The jobs that are hiring include: health care, food services, construction and manufacturing. These were contributions to the country's hiring.

Of course, we won't talk about GM closing up locations. We won't talk about Sears Holding Group closing up Kmart and Sears locations. We won't talk about the government shutdown that took 800,000 workers off the payroll. We won't talk about the wildfires in California. We won't talk about the hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

We continue to ignore that for every job being spread around, one area in the United States lost some.

The Midwest has lost more jobs than the Sun Belt states of Arizona, Texas, Florida and Nevada.

Those die-hard Trump supporters will say that his leadership is successful. All the while, they find that their average wages are stalling.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen over the past year.

Real Reason To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!

There are 104 million active body people not working in the United States. The examples of why they're not working.

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. NATURAL DISASTERS

15. ACTIVE MILITARY 

16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED

17. LAID OFF

18. FIRED FROM THE JOB

19. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY

20. OUTSOURCING

21. IMMIGRANTS TOO AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED BY I.C.E.

22. SHAMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA

Let me remind you, that Trump and Republicans believe austerity is the key to a strong economy and job market. The Republicans are not in control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats now control the House and will push for an agenda that Trump will likely oppose. Republicans will continue to pass ridiculous laws that hurt the working class and middle class.

The Jobs and Tax Cut Act has added trillions of dollars of debt to the economy. The results of the tax cuts haven't produced the stability. It's still considered a very unpopular law.

Deregulation has made safety a top priority. Many rollbacks of regulations imposed by Barack Obama and previous presidents have also made things worse. The removal from the Paris Climate Accords and the Iranian Nuclear Deal made things worse.

Trump has created tension with trade partners.

I believe in less than three years, Trump and Republicans will once again throw us into another recession. If the Democrats take control of the White House in 2020, we're already prepared to hear the loudest voices on the right blame the Democratic president for the mess Republicans created.

I wonder how trolls feed themselves in this economy?

Looney Coons On VICE!

CJ Pearson joins the Looney Coons.

Black History isn't the month of February. It's everyday. Black achievement is a part of American history. Black America's greatest achievement was electing Barack Obama, the first African American to become the President of the United States.

That achievement is often questioned by Republicans and their conservative allies. But the ones who question the success of Barack Obama are Black conservatives. These folks don't see historical milestones. They see opportunity to make money off of sucking up to a base of folks who exploit them for a few soundbites.

VICE documents the rise of Black conservatives.

Lee Adams of VICE News goes into the lion's den of Black extremism. He meets with Candace Owens, Stacey Dash and many others who believe the African Americans are trapped on the "plantation" of the Democratic Party.

The condescending rhetoric of Black conservatives is amazing.

Who's your favorite Looney Coons celebrity?

Candace Owens David Clarke Diamond & Silk Terrence K Williams Stacey Dash

Kevin Jackson CJ Pearson Tommy Sotomayor Colion Noir All Of Them

It doesn't matter if they're Black, White, Hispanic, non-White, Christian, Jewish, Muslim or non-religious. If you're a conservative, you're likely a bigot or supporter of bigotry and racism.

Conservatism is dosed in the fuel of hate of someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. They don't represent progress! Conservatives represent a shallow reality of American bigotry.

You can go into this narrative of me being hateful towards Black conservatives. I don't care anymore! I have no patience for this anymore!

I am tired of Black conservative agitators.

The slander the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass.

Stacey Dash always a star on Looney Coons.

They use their names in vein to promote a hateful agenda against Blacks, Hispanics, LGBT, immigrants, Muslims and the poor.

Black conservatives hate when they're called "sell outs", "Uncle Toms", "bootlickers" and the such. Of course, they're so eager to call Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, "race hustlas", "racists" and "liberal slaveowners".

They're attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) for being the forefront of Black success.

In my opinion, I can't stand Black conservatives! They're just as bad as these White extremists in the conservative media.

Black conservatives need a program on Fox News or Blaze TV. How about Looney Coons!

Blame Game: Dennis Tuttle And Rhogena Nicholas!

The shooters weren't immigrants, Muslims or Black people. They were white. They shot at Houston Police.

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers won't bring back the dead or heal the wounded. It's just meaningless platitudes.

Bad cops will get good cops killed. Cops know the risk. They know that domestic call or traffic stop could be their last.

The mass shooting in Houston had four officers in the hospital. It seems like the suspects were supporters of MAGA (aka Donald J. Trump). After all, they reside in Texas, the state that has the most lenient gun laws in the country.

The terrorists were a white couple.

The latest mass shooting in the United States. This one was in Houston. The suspects were caught. Who deserves the blame for this?

Donald Trump

Barack Obama

Black Lives Matter

Muslims

Immigrants

Progressives

Conservatives

NRA

March For Our Lives

Greg Abbott

Congress

Video Games

The Junk Food Media

White Privilege

The Shooter(s)

The mass shooting left two terrorists dead and the five officers wounded in the hospital. All of the officers have survived, however. One officer, though, is fighting to recover, the chief said. The January 28, 2019 gun battle erupted during a dangerous search warrant execution at a home suspected of being tied to the dealing of black tar heroin, police say.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the drug raid on the home stemmed from numerous complaints from neighbors. He said undercover officers had previously made two purchases of black tar heroin from drug dealers at the house.

Armed with a search warrant, nine narcotics detectives backed up by at least six patrol officers surrounded the home just before 5 p.m. on Monday.

After a 54-year-old officer, the lead investigator on the case, broke open the front door, a 33-year-old officer armed with a shotgun entered the residence and was immediately attacked by a pit bull, Acevedo said.

He said that the officer being attacked shot and killed the dog.

charged from the back of the house firing a revolver at the officer, hitting him in the shoulder.

"He went down and fell on the sofa in the living room," Acevedo said of the wounded officer. "A female suspect went towards that officer, reached over the officer and started making a move for his shotgun."

Another officer who entered the house was allegedly shot by the terrorist.

Acevedo said officers opened fire, killing female terrorist and engaged in a gun battle with the male terrorist.

He said the lead investigator who breached the door entered the house and was also shot.

"After we had two officers down and another shot, the remaining officers ... started laying down cover fire, left positions of cover themselves and, I believe, they heroically pulled their fellow officers out of harm's way," Acevedo said.

He said the terrorist followed the retreating officers to the front door and continued to fire at them before he was shot and killed.

Dennis Tuttle, 59 the other suspect involved in the Officer involved shooting pic.twitter.com/3ZiuydTH7p

— Jeff Ehling (@JeffEhlingABC13) January 29, 2019

Rhogena Nicholas one of the suspects involved in officer shooting. pic.twitter.com/8aqgglvUaS

— Jeff Ehling (@JeffEhlingABC13) January 29, 2019

Police recovered two shotguns and three rifles from the residence and seized marijuana and a white powder they believe to be either cocaine or the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, Acevedo said.

The terrorist attacked five Houston Police officers.

The terrorist's sister says they are sending prayers to the officers.

"Our prayers are with the officers and the families that are affected," said Elizabeth Ferrari, the sister of the male terrorist.

These terrorists are another example of the reckless actions of the National Rifle Association. The gun lobhy has pushed for easier access to firearms.

his epidemic of gun violence and the ignorance of white terrorism infuriates me.

Houston Police determined the two terrorists were running a trap house.

Most mass shooters in recent time are not Black or Brown people. They're not Muslim. They're not immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras or the Dominican Republic.

They are white men and they're Republican. They are men who are rejected by women, the workforce, society in general. They are the folks that create a danger to everyone.

No mental health screening or stricter background checks allow this reign of blood to continue.

Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the 36 Representatives of Texas will offer nothing but their "thoughts and prayers" and "hearts going out to." Just meaningless platitudes and no action.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.