Friday, March 29, 2024

Benzino: No Neck And No Meatballs [Stuffed In His Swollen Jaw]! 🟤🟤🟤👈😔🤚

The meatball of rap.

Raymond Scott is a former rapper, former reality television star and former business mogul. He was once the co-owner of The Source Magazine. He is the father of rapper/model Coi Leray. Scott is best known for his neverending feud with Detroit rapper Eminem.

Scott who goes by the name of Benzino is considered "one of the worst rappers" in hip-hop. He has over 40 years of experience in being a "Street NIGGA" with all his experience in being a washed up celebrity.

The former rapper decided to go back into the studio for a few more digs at Em. He decided to release two singles in response to Cole Bennett's "Lyrical Lemonade" single, "Doomsday Pr. 2" featuring Em.

The first single "Vulturius" did not make too much noise. His second single "Rap Elvis" got everyone's attention. Even though Eminem never responded to the disses, he is well aware of them. Folks say he's very strategical. Kind of like Drake, Future, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Kanye West. 

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They use wordplay and clever digs. Em has done both. He uses wordplay, subliminals, name drops, sneaks disses and warnings to the person. Eminem's disses can destroy careers.

Last year, Eminem addressed Charlamagne Tha God, Melly Mel, The Game, Lord Jamarr and MGK in a single featuring his newest signed act Ez Mil. On the "Realist" the rapper addressed why these idiots still can't give him his props for being one of the best rappers in the game. He even said that he's not worried about being No. 1. He's worried about these idiots trying to use his name for clout. 

Responding to these idiots is a "lose-lose" for Em. It gives the idiot a paycheck and interviews. Em wants to make sure that his foes are buried in the coffin. Scott to this day continues to dig himself out of his coffin.

Em mocked Scott for his constant failures and his famous physique. He also took aim at Coi Leray after she said that she needed permission to do a collab with him. Scott for years was talking reckless about him. That diss restarted the beef.

The internet trolls mock Scott for having no neck. Of course, he gets riled up whenever people mock his failures. Scott is really vulgar and extremely racist whenever someone calls him out on his ongoing feud with Em.
Benzino Dogg.

Scott decided to fly out to Detroit and actually film his "Rap Elvis" music video in front of Mom's Spaghetti, a popular establishment close to the Fox Theatre, Comerica Park and Ford Field. The business is located in the Little Caesars Corporate Headquarters on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit.

Trick Trick, Snap Dogg, Royce Da 5'9" and Icewear Vezzo warned Scott to stay out of the city. They warned him that his beef with Em will only result in him being ridiculed as a "Stan." The goons would also handle him if he decided to show his face.

Scott proved Em's point.

By filming a low budge video, purchasing a spaghetti meal, posing around the facility and doing everything to gain attention is the ultimate "Stan" move for Scott.

What makes it so ironic, the fool done purchased the spaghetti only to dump it on the ground. It was revealed he picked up the spaghetti. He tried to steal a sign only to place it back. The video was done in less than 45 minutes. Scott was lip syncing the diss. He couldn't remember the lyrics. He had ghostwriters write his disses. Many pointed out the weird guy with orange hair in a fur coat, Scott not being able to keep up with his lyrics, the change of scenery, the interludes and the fact that he can't afford to do this seeing he is practically broke. He is living off another person. 

Scott now trying to charge podcasters for interviews. What a joke?

Anyway, his stunt backfired and folks are demanding he give up the feud and move on.

The winners and losers of 2024.

I feel sorry for Coi LeRay. Her legacy is tarnished because of her father's constant need to be in the spotlight. Scott is no longer a rapper or even a reality television star. He is a washed up celebrity who ruined his career feuding with Eminem. Anything he does is in the words of Eminem, "speaking from the grave."

Shout out to The Evolve, Wack 100, Crypt, Cliff Beats, NoLifeShaq, Aayan X, N.O.R.E., DJ EFN, The Danza Project, 50 Cent and all the podcasters on YouTube. These podcasters are the reasons to why I address the crisis with Scott. It has put a real dent in Coi Leray.

Fun facts about Raymond "Benzino" Scott. This is a copy and paste I've put together. So for anyone who never heard of this dude, here's some fun facts about him.
  1. He is the former co-owner of The Source Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly.
  2. He is born Raymond [Edward] Leon Scott on July 18, 1965 but it is actually 1963.
  3. He is best known for being on Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta for two seasons.
  4. He is a former reality television star.
  5. He is a former rapper. 
  6. He is a Boston-native entertainer.
  7. He is the reason why The Source Magazine nearly went bankrupt.
  8. He is the father of rapper/socialite Coi LeRay.
  9. He is standing at 5'3" tall.
  10. He is bipolar.
  11. He is a one-hit wonder. His biggest single "Rock The Party" was hot in 2002.
  12. He is the guy who took on Eminem and it left his rap career ruined.
  13. He faced a handful of devastating disses from Eminem. The "Nail in the Coffin", "The Sauce", "Bully", "Big Weenie", "Killshot", "Doomsday Pt. 2" and "Go 2 Sleep" were the most brutal singles going at Scott.
  14. He has responded to Eminem with singles like "Don't Wanna", "Pull Ya Skirt Up", "Die Another Day", "Look Into My Eyes", "Zino vs. The Planet", "Rap Elvis" and "Vulturius."
  15. He is the one who told staffers to give Eminem's albums poor ratings.
  16. He has used ghostwriters for most of his music.
  17. He is the one who threatened to kill Eminem's daughter, social media influencer Hailie Mathers in a rap verse.
  18. He has threaten men who dated the mothers of his children. He was arrested for damaging a man's truck after he caught Althea Easton walking with him and their son, Zino.
  19. He is a known hot head.
  20. He is extremely sexist, homophobic and racist.
  21. He is not known much outside of mainstream. Even the people who engage with him don't know he is a celebrity. In fact, he is a D-list celebrity at best.
  22. He used cocaine, ecstasy, and steroids. It has contributed to his reckless behavior.
  23. He is the father of five [or six] children.
  24. He has appeared on Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta and Marriage Boot Camp.
  25. He was a member of The Almighty RSO which is known as Made Men.
  26. He was caught at the end of his Bootee Remix music video taking a nasty fall.
  27. He has got into feuds with YouTube personalities NoLifeShaq, The Danza Project, Stevie Knight, Knox Hill, Crypt, JayBlac, Cliff Beats and The Evolve.
  28. He has feuded with Eminem, 50 Cent, Wack 100, Aayan X, Funkmaster Flex, DJ Khaled, Angie Martinez, Angela Yee, Joyner Lucas, Lil Nas X, Royce Da 5'9", Merkules, Obie Trice and D12.
  29. He was shot in Massachusetts after getting into a confrontation at his mom's funeral. His nephew was criminally charged.
  30. He has admitted to attacking former NBA star Paul Pierce.
  31. He owes child support to former reality television star Althea Easton.
  32. He steals carts from Publix and Kroger. His landlord at his previous apartment told law enforcement about his failures to pay rent and his tendencies to steal property from grocery stores.
  33. He has berated an Uber/Lyft driver because he was upset over masks.
  34. He was caught in a one bedroom motel room with another man. He and Cavario Don Diva were in a Red Roof in Brookhaven, Georgia. They were trespassed after Scott got upset at the manager. That hotel was known for cruising and prostitution.
  35. He continues to drive a vehicle without a valid license. It's a reason to his multiple arrests. He had his vehicle impounded and despite his multiple pullovers, he still drives. He owes child support, court costs and traffic citations. Those contributing factors to why he is banned from driving. He was arrested numerous times for not appearing in court for traffic violations and misdemeanors.
  36. He was on camera using racial slurs against an Asian-American Brookhaven, Georgia cop.
  37. He is a subject of Real World Police videos. His antics expose the turmoils of entertainers struggling after fading from fame. Those videos with him have more views than his own music videos.
  38. He has done things to make people believe he could be a pedophile.
  39. He is an internet troll. He often responds to Eminem fans or critics with sexist, racist, homophobic and parental digs.
  40. He is sabotaging Coi LeRay's rap career on purpose because of jealousy. Nicki Minaj nearly cancelled her verse on Coi LeRay's album thanks to him running his mouth.
  41. He was threatening Coi LeRay for sharing her experiences being his daughter. Coi said that her dad is broke and after The Source fallout, he literally struggled and she claimed he needed her to appear on reality TV to at least generate a buck.
  42. He was allegedly grooming his half-sister.
  43. He was allegedly sleeping with his niece. That may have led to his nephew shooting him at his mother's funeral.
  44. He is screaming Black Lives Matter whenever he has a Karen moment.
  45. He is temporarily banned on Clubhouse for making racial, homophobic and death threats toward a gay podcast host.
  46. He has attempted to fight Stevie Knight on a live debate where the podcast host stated his failures in life can't be blamed on Eminem.
  47. He appeared on Drink Champs and practically embarrassed himself over Eminem.
  48. He openly brags about doing low budget movies on Tubi.
  49. He has openly brags about having an OnlyFans account and sharing nudity for a buck.
  50. He has a sex tape on XVideo of him eating a woman's ass. Not safe for work.
  51. He has a fetish where he allows women and transwomen perform sex acts on him.
  52. He is caught on social media talking to a transgender model/activist. He begged for forgiveness towards Shauna Brooks because he had a relationship with her.
  53. He owes millions in back taxes, took advantage of concert promoters, squatted in people's homes and broke promises to his old allies.
  54. He admitted he used a dildo on himself. The allegations go back about 10 years ago.
  55. He has already sabotaged his son Yung Chavo's career by dragging on the Eminem feud. Chavo previously known as Ray Ray appeared in Scott's rap video.
  56. He was relentless trolled on social for his D'Angelo-themed "The Bigger Picture" video.
  57. He has many videos on YouTube and none of them cracked over 500,000 views.
  58. He had a few struggling restaurants called Benzino's Crab Trap. The locations in Atlanta and Chicago are permanently closed. The new owner successfully sued him and Stevie J for breach of contract.
  59. He had nightclub, a seafood restaurant, a sports bar, a clothing line and a music label. All of those projects have failed because of his poor mismanagement.
  60. He does a celebrity boxing match to make a little change cause his rap career is pretty much over.
  61. He has no boxing skills or certification.
  62. He has been a failure most of his adult life.
  63. He has an Instagram account after losing several of them due to violations of terms.
  64. He was told by his late mother Mary Scott that his violent temper will always keep him in trouble. She said that if he continues to do this, he will be left with no one.
  65. He was sued by former business partner Dave Mays.
  66. He had an X (formerly Twitter) account. He violated all the terms.
  67. He has attempted to commit suicide after a woman told him about the risks of contacting a sexually transmitted infection from his acts.
  68. He has been physically and mentally abusive towards women and tramswomen.
  69. He has filmed his ghostwritten single "Rap Elvis" in Mom's Spaghetti.
  70. He has filmed himself vandalizing property at Mom's Spaghetti.
  71. He has cried alot whenever he has a nervous breakdown.
  72. He was mocked in a YouTube podcaster's animation clip.
  73. He has filmed his "Rap Elvis" music video and it was premiered on a pro Eminem YouTube page.
  74. He has tried to charge people upwards to $10,000 for interviews.
  75. He has snitched on himself whenever he is drunk, high or telling his neverending stories about being in the streets.
  76. He has this obsession with saying "You know what I'm sayin'" when he tells his neverending stories about Eminem, his upbringing and being in the streets.
  77. He has literally proven to Eminem, he is a "Stan."
  78. He is considered the worst rapper in modern history.
  79. He has no neck.
  80. He has no fame.

It is part of an ongoing feud that has been going on for over 20 years. It is the only thing memorable about him. Besides the reality series, "Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta", Scott was the former co-owner of The Source Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly.

He started a feud with Em to promote his album in 2002. Scott accused Em of being a "culture vulture" and a "Rap Elvis." Eminem is white and probably the most successful rappers because of his rhyming skills, not his race. Em released two devastating disses at Scott and ruined his rap career.

50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Kimmel, Dr. Dre and Eminem.

Scott in turn, used The Source Magazine as a weapon to trash Em. He tried to brand Em a racist after he made a demo tape dissing a Black woman. The song was blocked by Em and Scott ignored the injunction and released the single in full. Em sued the magazine and its founder Dave Mays, a white business executive and Scott's rap manager at the time. The Source ended up wasting all its money and going into bankruptcy. The magazine executives fired Mays and Scott after the feud. Mays ended up doing other ventures and Scott ended up going broke. Mays helped Scott get on reality television with Stevie J. He ended up ruining that and as of today, Scott has struggled. 

Just to make this clear, Scott has tendencies to be bipolar, suicidal, violent and mentally unstable when he is under the influence of drugs and alcohol. So here the number for people dealing with mental illness and has suicidal tendencies.

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

I am certain that Scott will be talking about this feud for months. To this day, Scott blames Em, 50 Cent, Jimmy Iovine, Angie Martinez, Funkmaster Flex, Julia Beverly, Kim Osorio, Mr. Gzuz, Coi Leray,  Real World Police, Althea Hart, Stevie J, Joseline Hernández, Mona Scott, NoLifeShaq, The Evolve, Crypt, Knox Hill, Stevie Knight, JayBlac, DJ Vlad, Busta Rhymes, Russell Simmons, Quincy Jones III, DJ Mister Cee, Star, Angela Yee, Wendy Williams and even his old friend Dave Mays for his fucked up situations.

What would be the best nickname for Raymond "Benzino" Scott?
No Neck
Mr. Potato Head
The Eminem Slayer
BenZero
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Pegzino
Hot Garbage
Scrappy-Doo
Not Related To Coi Leray
The Grandfather Of Rap
Crybaby Zino
The Rotisserie Chicken At Walmart
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Scott said that no one in the hood plays Eminem's music. He said Em's music is trailer trash and his fans voted for Donald J. Trump. He said thinks Em rhymes "masturbater in the elevator" whenever he's on the mic.

Tell me: 

Has anyone in the hood ever heard of a Benzino song (other than the most recent disses)? 

Or perhaps has anyone ever played any of Benzino's music?

Let me make this clear. If you believe your street credibility leads to you being arrested, financially struggling, estranged from your family, constantly angry at people, always trying win favor for unruly behavior; it's not the streets, it's you.

Raymond Scott, please get some mental health treatment. Try to repair the broken relationship with Coi and Zino. Stop capping. Act your fucking age. Stop obsessing with Eminem. Your behavior is a totally a prediction of being a stan.

Signing off with this.... Benzino: No Neck and No Meatballs [Stuffed In His Swollen Jaw].

Thursday, March 28, 2024

MyPillow Is Evicted From Its Home Location!

Nap time.

The MyPillow Company is really, really struggling right now.

The winners and losers of 2024.

Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow is a conservative activist, conspiracy theorist and election denier. He is losing money fast. Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Kohl's dropped the pillow company.

Now its main headquarters in Minnesota is evicting the company. He still has six facilities in the U.S.

MyPillow is facing a court-ordered eviction from a warehouse in Minnesota amid his ongoing legal battles related to his claims about the 2020 election and voting machines, Lindell confirmed to ABC News.

But Lindell claims the eviction does not stem from financial difficulties, and rather is just a formality related to a mutual agreement between himself and the owner of the warehouse to vacate the property, which he says has not been used by MyPillow since the spring of 2023.

Lindell said MyPillow had subleased the space to a candy company last year and was planning on subleasing it to a sugar beet company this year -- but the sugar beet company backed out of the contract at the last minute, leaving himself and the warehouse owner "stranded."

He said he considered finding another subleaser, but he and the warehouse's owner, First Industrial, eventually decided to officially end their contract through the eviction process.

"And I said that's fine," Lindell told ABC News.

MyPillow does owe the owner of the warehouse $217,489 in past-due rent, according to court records.

"Plaintiff seeks to have Defendant evicted from the Premises for failing to pay Rent and other payments and charges due under the Lease Agreement in the amount of Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand, Four Hundred Eighty-Nine and 74/100 Dollars," a complaint from First Industrial says.

But Lindell insisted that his pillow company is doing fine financially.

"MyPillow is in great shape," Lindell said. "We have our best commercial out right now that launched on Monday, the most successful one in five years. It's amazing."

First International did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.

Over the years, MyPillow has lost numerous advertising opportunities due to Lindell's pushing of false and unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 election and election systems around the country.

Last month, a federal judge in Minnesota affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against Lindell, siding with a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 election in favor of President Joe Biden. Lindell had offered a $5 million reward to anyone who could prove that "packet captures" he provided were not valid data "from the November 2020 election," leading software engineer Robert Zeidman to file for arbitration when a panel of contest judges failed to declare him the winner after he concluded the data contained no such information.

Lindell says everything is okay despite his company woes.

Lindell again said on Thursday that he's appealing this decision, and that the case will "go into next year."

Lindell says he has spent more than $45 million of his own money on claims about the security of voting machines and his push for the use of paper ballots in the 2024 election.

Lindell acknowledged in January that Fox stopped running MyPillow commercials amid a billing dispute.

Lindell confirmed Wednesday that MyPillow owes around $217,000 to Delaware-based First Industrial LP for rent for the facility in Shakopee. He said MyPillow no longer needed the space and removed its remaining property from the warehouse last June before subleasing the space to another company through December.

Another company was going to start subleasing the space in January but backed out and “left us all stranded,” he said. MyPillow offered to find another tenant, he said, but the landlord just wanted to take back control of the warehouse instead. The $217,000 is for unpaid rent for January and February, he said. He also said MyPillow continues to lease space elsewhere.

The Star Tribune reported that a Scott County judge held a hearing Tuesday on the warehouse owner's request to formally evict MyPillow, which did not contest the landlord's request.

“MyPillow has more or less vacated but we’d like to do this by the book,” attorney Sara Filo, representing First Industrial, said during the hearing, the newspaper reported. “At this point there’s a representation that no further payment is going to be made under this lease, so we’d like to go ahead with finding a new tenant.”

Judge Caroline Lennon filed the eviction order Wednesday.

Lindell, who continues to propagate former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems, still faces defamation lawsuits by two voting machine companies. Lawyers who were originally defending him in those cases quit over unpaid bills.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott: Might As Well Call Me.... Stop Whistling!

The far right label Black leaders a DEI hire. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott look at the Patapsco River and the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Congress wants to ban TikTok for being "associated to China." Yet, X allows the most vile and racist figures back on the platform. It promotes propaganda from Russia, Israel and white nationalists. Congress doesn't want to drag Elon Musk into testify to why that platform is promoting election denialism, racism, graphic violence, adult content, child pornography, copyright infringement, malware, spam and misinformation.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Wes Moore, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Maryland's U.S. Representatives and Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott have promised to rebound after a cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge immediately collapsed and it killed at least six people.
Two people were rescued from the river; one had no injuries, while the other was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Six members of a construction crew working on the roadway were reported missing, presumed dead. Two bodies were recovered.

NOAA reported a water temperature of 47 °F (8 °C) at the time of the collapse. Two people were rescued from the river, one of whom was in "very serious" condition, while the other person was said to have walked off with no injuries. One of those rescued was a Mexican national. Six people – all part of the construction crew working on the bridge – were reported missing and are presumed dead following the suspension of a U.S. Coast Guard search effort. One of them was identified as a Honduran national; two were from Guatemala, and the others were from El Salvador and Mexico.

At least five submerged vehicles, including three passenger vehicles and a cement truck, were detected using sonar. Emergency services also used drones and infrared technology in search efforts. The bodies of two of the construction crew have been recovered from inside a pickup truck, 35-year-old Alejandro Fuentes of Mexico and 26-year-old Dorlian Cabrera of Guatemala. 38-year-old Maynor Sandoval of Honduras and 49-year-old Miguel Luna of El Salvador have been identified as among the missing.

The bridge which is part of the Baltimore Loop (Interstate 695) is indefinitely closed from the Sparrows Point at the Port of Baltimore to Maryland State Route 210.

Truck traffic which bypasses the city is now forced to alternate. It may spark concerns of rising costs in products affecting millions of Americans. 

Of course, the far right which has nothing but contempt for Biden will blame him.

I am assured that former president Donald J. Trump will lose 4% of the Black vote thanks to this. I am assured that Biden will fear the rise of that fool Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. trying to whitesplain to Blacks why he is the best choice over the two. All three of them support Israel, older than 70 and have been stuck on stupid.

Trump already is spreading conspiracy theories about the collapse. His allies are also involved in this noise. They are also dog whistling this with an attack on Scott, the crew and the victims.

The crew of MV Dali were Indian nationals. They were not injured. The pilots of the cargo ship will be investigated.

Scott, 39 is the current mayor of the city.

He is pretty pissed. This bridge affects the city and economy. We will see a rise in prices due to this.

He hopes the government can pass legislation to fast track a repair of the bridge. 

Mind you, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was privately funded through tolls and state bonds. A fast track to fixing the bridge could tale three years or longer but it will be done.

Now the racism.

X, formerly Twitter was sold to Elon Musk. He turned the social media platform into a free for all [but not limited]. He has been actively pushing anti-immigrant and anti-diversity propaganda through many of these extreme right influencers.

He has even went as far to make conspiracy theories to why the bridge collapsed.

Buttigieg is being attacked for this. Even though the bridge was nearly 50 years old, the cargo ship did not purposely hit bridge and it is because he is gay, the far right has to find some form of outrage over it.

Also this "comedian" named Elijah Schaffer at the Gateway Pundit decided to take this a little bit further by dehumanizing Scott to broken ebonics.

Scott on the other hand was called a DEI mayor because he looked like a "thug."

The account that made that remark since went viral and it prompt Scott to react to it on MSNBC's The Reid Out with Joy Reid. Scott flipped the word and called for Black America to know what's at stake this election.

Reid prefaced her interview with Scott, who is Black, by calling attention to a tweet describing Scott as “Baltimore’s DEI mayor.” That post, which references the acronym that stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, has generated more than 25 million views, along with a clarifying community note on X.

“I cannot believe I have to say this,” Reid began. “Brandon Scott was elected with 70 percent of the vote in 2020 in a city that is 61 percent Black. So by right-wing logic, a ‘diversity hire’ would have been a white man.”

Reid then asked Scott if he wanted to address the “tomfoolery” of those attacking him “for having the nerve to be Black and also a mayor.” He obliged.

“I know, and we all know, and you know very well that Black men and young Black men in particular have been the bogeyman for those who are racist and think that only straight, wealthy white men should have a say in anything,” Scott said. “We’ve been the bogeyman for them since the first day they brought us to this country. And what they mean by DEI, in my opinion, is Duly Elected Incumbent.”

Scott later told Reid he knows what those critics “want to say.”

“But they don’t have the courage to say the N-word, and the fact that I don’t believe in their untruthful and wrong ideology, and I am very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from, scares them,” Scott said.

He continued, “Because me being at my position means that their way of thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers, is going to be at risk, and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”

To add more noise to this discussion. 

The controversial Talbert Swan, the Black Catholic bishop who is a leftist. He flat out said that all this anti-woke, anti-DEI, all this scapegoating Black issues is basically the far right and white supremacists definition of NIGGER.

DEI has become a frequent target for right-wing attacks in recent years including in Florida, which has banned the use of state and federal funds for DEI programs at public colleges, and Texas.

Others such as Florida congressional candidate Anthony Sabatini declared “DEI did this” in response to the collapse while Utah Rep. Phil Lyman, a GOP gubernatorial candidate in the state, took aim at Maryland port commissioner Karenthia A. Barber, the first Black woman to hold the title.

“This is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens,” wrote Lyman, who later posted that “DEI=DIE.”

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Joe Lieberman Passed Away!

Another hater bites the dust.

The 2000 former vice presidential candidate, Democratic [later independent] senator from Connecticut and No Labels co-chair has passed away.

Joe Lieberman was a bigot. He was an Islamophobic, a staunch supporter of Israel, a backer of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He opposed the Iran Nuclear Deal. He was a leading figure in slapping "parental advisory" on hip-hop, rock and comedy albums. He pushed for the end of cartoons on Saturday. He was a supporter of bans on video games.

He supported the surveillance of Muslims and groups who opposed police brutality.

Lieberman was controversial politician who made his stake in being a total douchebag. 

He was Al Gore's running mate in 2000. He was a backer of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. He was defeated by Ned Lamont in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic senate primary. Lieberman ended up running as an independent and defeated Lamont.

Lieberman would end up being a headache to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. 

Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. He was 82.

The Democrat-turned-independent was never shy about veering from the party line.

Lieberman’s independent streak and especially his needling of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential contest rankled many Democrats, the party he aligned with in the Senate. Yet his support for gay rights, civil rights, abortion rights and environmental causes at times won him the praise of many liberals over the years.

“In an era of political carbon copies, Joe Lieberman was a singularity. One of one,” said Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat. “He fought and won for what he believed was right and for the state he adored.”

Over the last decade, Lieberman helped lead No Labels, a centrist third-party movement that has said it will offer as-yet-unnamed candidates for president and vice president this year. Some groups aligned with Democrats oppose the effort, fearing it will help presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump win the White House.

Al Gore and Joe Lieberman lost to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

The group on Wednesday called Lieberman’s unexpected death a “profound loss,” describing him as “a singular figure in American political life who always put his country before party.”

Lieberman came tantalizingly close to winning the vice presidency in the contentious 2000 presidential contest that was decided by a 537-vote margin victory for George W. Bush in Florida after a drawn-out recount, legal challenges and a Supreme Court decision. He was the first Jewish candidate on a major party’s presidential ticket and would have been the first Jewish vice president.

Gore said in a statement Wednesday night that he was profoundly saddened by the death of his one-time running mate. He called Lieberman “a truly gifted leader, whose affable personality and strong will made him a force to be reckoned with” and said his dedication to equality and fairness started at a young age, noting Lieberman traveled to the South to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

“It was an honor to stand side-by-side with him on the campaign trail,” Gore said.

Gore said in a statement Wednesday night that he was profoundly saddened by the death of his one-time running mate. He called Lieberman “a truly gifted leader, whose affable personality and strong will made him a force to be reckoned with” and said his dedication to equality and fairness started at a young age, noting Lieberman traveled to the South to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

“It was an honor to stand side-by-side with him on the campaign trail,” Gore said.

Lieberman sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 but dropped out after a weak showing in the early primaries. Four years later, he was an independent who was nearly chosen to be McCain’s running mate. He and McCain were close pals who shared hawkish views on military and national security matters.

McCain was leaning strongly toward choosing Lieberman for the ticket as the 2008 GOP convention neared, but he chose Sarah Palin at the last minute after “ferocious” blowback from conservatives over Lieberman’s liberal record, according to Steve Schmidt, who managed McCain’s campaign.

Lieberman generated controversy in 1998 when he scolded Clinton, his friend of many years, for “disgraceful behavior” in an explosive speech on the Senate floor during the height of the scandal over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Yet Lieberman later voted against the impeachment of Clinton.

While he had a tortured relationship with Democrats, Lieberman defended his partisan switches as a matter of conscience, saying he always had the best interests of Connecticut voters at heart. Critics accused him of pursuing narrow self-interest and political expediency.

In announcing his retirement from the Senate in 2013, Lieberman acknowledged that he did “not always fit comfortably into conventional political boxes” and felt his first responsibility was to serve his constituents, state and country, not his political party.

During his final Senate speech, Lieberman urged Congress to look beyond party lines and partisan rancor to break Washington gridlock.

“It requires reaching across the aisle and finding partners from the opposite party,” said Lieberman. “That is what is desperately needed in Washington now.”

Years earlier, Lieberman was the first national Democrat to publicly criticize President Bill Clinton for his extramarital affair with a White House intern.

Lieberman backed McCain over Obama.

Harry Reid, who served as Senate Democratic leader, once said that while he didn’t always agree with the independent-minded Lieberman, he respected him.

“Regardless of our differences, I have never doubted Joe Lieberman’s principles or his patriotism,” Reid said. “And I respect his independent streak, as it stems from strong convictions.”

Privately, some Democrats were often less charitable about Lieberman’s forays across party lines, which they saw as disloyal. He bolted his party and turned independent after a 2006 Senate primary loss in Connecticut.

Lieberman’s strong support of the Iraq War had hurt his statewide popularity. Democrats rejected Lieberman and handed the 2006 primary to a political newcomer and an anti-war candidate, Ned Lamont, who is now serving a second term as Connecticut governor. Citing his Senate experience, congressional clout and support for the state’s defense industry, Lieberman went on to win reelection to a fourth term as an independent.

Many of his Democratic allies and longtime friends, including former Sen. Chris Dodd, had supported Lamont in that election. Lieberman was candid about what he considered a betrayal by old pals such as Dodd, but the two men later reconciled.

In a statement issued Wednesday expressing condolences, Lamont said he and Lieberman eventually became friends after their grueling and contentious race.

“While the senator and I had our political differences, he was a man of integrity and conviction, so our debate about the Iraq War was serious,” Lamont said in a statement. “I believe we agreed to disagree from a position of principle.”

“When the race was over, we stayed in touch as friends in the best traditions of American democracy. He will be missed,” he added.

After his rebound reelection in 2006, Lieberman decided to caucus with Democrats in the Senate, who let him head a committee in return because they needed his vote to help keep control of the closely divided chamber. But it wasn’t long until Lieberman was showing his independent streak and ruffling his Democratic caucus colleagues.

Despite the decision of Democrats to let him join their caucus as an independent, Lieberman was an enthusiastic backer of McCain in the 2008 presidential contest.

Lieberman’s speech at the 2008 GOP presidential nominating convention criticizing Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, struck a deep nerve with many Democrats.

Lieberman cast Obama as a political show horse, a lightweight with a thin record of accomplishment in the Senate despite his soaring eloquence as a speaker.

“In the Senate, during the 3 1/2 years that Sen. Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done,” Lieberman said at the convention.

“Eloquence is no substitute for a record,” he said.

Lieberman campaigned heartily across the country for McCain. Many Democrats considered it a betrayal to Obama and his former party colleagues.

“Joe Lieberman has said things that are totally irresponsible when it comes to Barack Obama,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said in a radio interview during the 2008 race. On Wednesday, Pelosi called Lieberman a “leader of integrity and patriotism” while acknowledging they often disagreed on politics in a message posted on X.

After the election, there was speculation Senate Democrats might strip Lieberman of his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as payback. Then-Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, was among those who said Lieberman should lose his chairmanship. Leahy branded Lieberman’s attacks on Obama as “beyond the pale.”

But at Obama’s urging, Senate Democrats decided not to punish Lieberman for supporting McCain and the GOP ticket. Obama was eager to strike a bipartisan tone for his presidency and giving Lieberman a pass helped reinforce that message. On Wednesday, Obama acknowledged they “didn’t always see eye-to-eye,” but noted Lieberman had an “extraordinary career in public service.”

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent and staunch liberal, called Lieberman’s convention comments a “slap in the face” for millions of Americans who backed Obama.

Connecticut Democrats considered censuring Lieberman. Longtime friend and former chairman of the state party, Nick Balletto, acknowledged many were unhappy with Lieberman and how that discontent overshadowed everything he had done for the state. Before the U.S. Senate, Lieberman served in the state Senate and as Connecticut Attorney General.

“He was the most genuine, honest, straightforward politician you’d probably ever meet. What you saw is what you got,” said Balletto. “His issues were the issues of the people ... He didn’t move because it was where the wind wanted to be today. He stayed strong in what he believed in his heart and his mind.”

Lieberman was known in the Senate for his hawkish foreign policy views, his pro-defense bent and his strong support for environmental causes.

Five weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he became one of the first politicians to call for the ouster of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and later voted in favor of the military invasion of Iraq. His vocal support for the war would later help doom his candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic primary.

Lieberman tended to vote with Democrats on most issues and was a longtime supporter of abortion rights, a stance that would have proved problematic with conservatives had McCain chosen him as his running mate in 2008.

He played a key role in the legislation that created the Department of Homeland Security.

Lieberman grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where his father ran a liquor store. Lieberman graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School in New Haven. As Connecticut’s attorney general from 1983 to 1988, he was a strong consumer and environmental advocate. Lieberman vaulted into the Senate by defeating moderate Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker in 1988.

After leaving the Senate in 2013, Lieberman joined a New York City law firm. His funeral will be held Friday at Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford. An additional memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.

Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin and John Fetterman are headaches to Biden. I guess they graduated from the same bullshit factory.

Another hater bites the dust.

The 2000 former vice presidential candidate, Democratic [later independent] senator from Connecticut and No Labels co-chair has passed away.

Joe Lieberman was a bigot. He was an Islamophobic, a staunch supporter of Israel, a backer of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He opposed the Iran Nuclear Deal. He was a leading figure in slapping "parental advisory" on hip-hop, rock and comedy albums. He pushed for the end of cartoons on Saturday. He was a supporter of bans on video games.

He supported the surveillance of Muslims and groups who opposed police brutality.

Lieberman was controversial politician who made his stake in being a total douchebag. 

He was Al Gore's running mate in 2000. He was a backer of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. He was defeated by Ned Lamont in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic senate primary. Lieberman ended up running as an independent and defeated Lamont.

Lieberman would end up being a headache to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. 

Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. He was 82.

The Democrat-turned-independent was never shy about veering from the party line.

Lieberman’s independent streak and especially his needling of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential contest rankled many Democrats, the party he aligned with in the Senate. Yet his support for gay rights, civil rights, abortion rights and environmental causes at times won him the praise of many liberals over the years.

“In an era of political carbon copies, Joe Lieberman was a singularity. One of one,” said Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat. “He fought and won for what he believed was right and for the state he adored.”

Over the last decade, Lieberman helped lead No Labels, a centrist third-party movement that has said it will offer as-yet-unnamed candidates for president and vice president this year. Some groups aligned with Democrats oppose the effort, fearing it will help presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump win the White House.

The group on Wednesday called Lieberman’s unexpected death a “profound loss,” describing him as “a singular figure in American political life who always put his country before party.”

Lieberman came tantalizingly close to winning the vice presidency in the contentious 2000 presidential contest that was decided by a 537-vote margin victory for George W. Bush in Florida after a drawn-out recount, legal challenges and a Supreme Court decision. He was the first Jewish candidate on a major party’s presidential ticket and would have been the first Jewish vice president.

Gore said in a statement Wednesday night that he was profoundly saddened by the death of his one-time running mate. He called Lieberman “a truly gifted leader, whose affable personality and strong will made him a force to be reckoned with” and said his dedication to equality and fairness started at a young age, noting Lieberman traveled to the South to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

“It was an honor to stand side-by-side with him on the campaign trail,” Gore said.

Gore said in a statement Wednesday night that he was profoundly saddened by the death of his one-time running mate. He called Lieberman “a truly gifted leader, whose affable personality and strong will made him a force to be reckoned with” and said his dedication to equality and fairness started at a young age, noting Lieberman traveled to the South to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

“It was an honor to stand side-by-side with him on the campaign trail,” Gore said.

Lieberman sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 but dropped out after a weak showing in the early primaries. Four years later, he was an independent who was nearly chosen to be McCain’s running mate. He and McCain were close pals who shared hawkish views on military and national security matters.

McCain was leaning strongly toward choosing Lieberman for the ticket as the 2008 GOP convention neared, but he chose Sarah Palin at the last minute after “ferocious” blowback from conservatives over Lieberman’s liberal record, according to Steve Schmidt, who managed McCain’s campaign.

Lieberman generated controversy in 1998 when he scolded Clinton, his friend of many years, for “disgraceful behavior” in an explosive speech on the Senate floor during the height of the scandal over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Yet Lieberman later voted against the impeachment of Clinton.

While he had a tortured relationship with Democrats, Lieberman defended his partisan switches as a matter of conscience, saying he always had the best interests of Connecticut voters at heart. Critics accused him of pursuing narrow self-interest and political expediency.

In announcing his retirement from the Senate in 2013, Lieberman acknowledged that he did “not always fit comfortably into conventional political boxes” and felt his first responsibility was to serve his constituents, state and country, not his political party.

During his final Senate speech, Lieberman urged Congress to look beyond party lines and partisan rancor to break Washington gridlock.

“It requires reaching across the aisle and finding partners from the opposite party,” said Lieberman. “That is what is desperately needed in Washington now.”

Years earlier, Lieberman was the first national Democrat to publicly criticize President Bill Clinton for his extramarital affair with a White House intern.

Harry Reid, who served as Senate Democratic leader, once said that while he didn’t always agree with the independent-minded Lieberman, he respected him.

“Regardless of our differences, I have never doubted Joe Lieberman’s principles or his patriotism,” Reid said. “And I respect his independent streak, as it stems from strong convictions.”

Privately, some Democrats were often less charitable about Lieberman’s forays across party lines, which they saw as disloyal. He bolted his party and turned independent after a 2006 Senate primary loss in Connecticut.

Lieberman’s strong support of the Iraq War had hurt his statewide popularity. Democrats rejected Lieberman and handed the 2006 primary to a political newcomer and an anti-war candidate, Ned Lamont, who is now serving a second term as Connecticut governor. Citing his Senate experience, congressional clout and support for the state’s defense industry, Lieberman went on to win reelection to a fourth term as an independent.

Many of his Democratic allies and longtime friends, including former Sen. Chris Dodd, had supported Lamont in that election. Lieberman was candid about what he considered a betrayal by old pals such as Dodd, but the two men later reconciled.

In a statement issued Wednesday expressing condolences, Lamont said he and Lieberman eventually became friends after their grueling and contentious race.

“While the senator and I had our political differences, he was a man of integrity and conviction, so our debate about the Iraq War was serious,” Lamont said in a statement. “I believe we agreed to disagree from a position of principle.”

“When the race was over, we stayed in touch as friends in the best traditions of American democracy. He will be missed,” he added.

After his rebound reelection in 2006, Lieberman decided to caucus with Democrats in the Senate, who let him head a committee in return because they needed his vote to help keep control of the closely divided chamber. But it wasn’t long until Lieberman was showing his independent streak and ruffling his Democratic caucus colleagues.

Despite the decision of Democrats to let him join their caucus as an independent, Lieberman was an enthusiastic backer of McCain in the 2008 presidential contest.

Lieberman’s speech at the 2008 GOP presidential nominating convention criticizing Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, struck a deep nerve with many Democrats.

Lieberman cast Obama as a political show horse, a lightweight with a thin record of accomplishment in the Senate despite his soaring eloquence as a speaker.

“In the Senate, during the 3 1/2 years that Sen. Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done,” Lieberman said at the convention.

“Eloquence is no substitute for a record,” he said.

Lieberman campaigned heartily across the country for McCain. Many Democrats considered it a betrayal to Obama and his former party colleagues.

“Joe Lieberman has said things that are totally irresponsible when it comes to Barack Obama,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said in a radio interview during the 2008 race. On Wednesday, Pelosi called Lieberman a “leader of integrity and patriotism” while acknowledging they often disagreed on politics in a message posted on X.

After the election, there was speculation Senate Democrats might strip Lieberman of his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as payback. Then-Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, was among those who said Lieberman should lose his chairmanship. Leahy branded Lieberman’s attacks on Obama as “beyond the pale.”

But at Obama’s urging, Senate Democrats decided not to punish Lieberman for supporting McCain and the GOP ticket. Obama was eager to strike a bipartisan tone for his presidency and giving Lieberman a pass helped reinforce that message. On Wednesday, Obama acknowledged they “didn’t always see eye-to-eye,” but noted Lieberman had an “extraordinary career in public service.”

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent and staunch liberal, called Lieberman’s convention comments a “slap in the face” for millions of Americans who backed Obama.

Connecticut Democrats considered censuring Lieberman. Longtime friend and former chairman of the state party, Nick Balletto, acknowledged many were unhappy with Lieberman and how that discontent overshadowed everything he had done for the state. Before the U.S. Senate, Lieberman served in the state Senate and as Connecticut Attorney General.

“He was the most genuine, honest, straightforward politician you’d probably ever meet. What you saw is what you got,” said Balletto. “His issues were the issues of the people ... He didn’t move because it was where the wind wanted to be today. He stayed strong in what he believed in his heart and his mind.”

Lieberman was known in the Senate for his hawkish foreign policy views, his pro-defense bent and his strong support for environmental causes.

Five weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he became one of the first politicians to call for the ouster of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and later voted in favor of the military invasion of Iraq. His vocal support for the war would later help doom his candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic primary.

Lieberman tended to vote with Democrats on most issues and was a longtime supporter of abortion rights, a stance that would have proved problematic with conservatives had McCain chosen him as his running mate in 2008.

He played a key role in the legislation that created the Department of Homeland Security.

Lieberman grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where his father ran a liquor store. Lieberman graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School in New Haven. As Connecticut’s attorney general from 1983 to 1988, he was a strong consumer and environmental advocate. Lieberman vaulted into the Senate by defeating moderate Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker in 1988.

After leaving the Senate in 2013, Lieberman joined a New York City law firm. His funeral will be held Friday at Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford. An additional memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.

Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin and John Fetterman are headaches to Biden. I guess they graduated from the same bullshit factory.

Free Speech Issues: Teacher Fired For Being A Rapper!

Day.
Non union charter school fires a teacher because she made a rap video. The teacher who also goes by the name Drippin' Honey was fired from a Michigan high school after a "concerned parent" made a fuss about a music video she made.

Damn it ain't like she slept with the students like many of these white women.

Sheesh.

Chile, we have too many things going on in the country. Gun violence is the No. 1 issue in the country. It affects 200 children a day. Many of them are getting killed by firearms bought legally by parents and children.

We have a teacher shortage. Many don't want to risk teaching due to the pressures of state mandates, lack of teaching supplies, Republicans trying to scrap teaching of diversity, banning criticism of Israel and gun violence.

Domonique Brown, whose rap name is Drippin' Honey, has been an educator for 7 years. She started teaching history at Taylor Preparatory High School in August.

But all that came to an abrupt end months after she says a parent came across one of her rap videos.

“The first meeting that I had with, like the principal and the dean, they had told me that the parent wished to stay anonymous and she felt as if she didn’t like my rap career and that I was a bad influence on the kids because I rap," she said.

She says she was fired in February because she’s a rapper. Before the firing, around Thanksgiving, she says there were meetings and an ultimatum.

“My mind and my heart were telling me two things. I couldn’t see myself, like, giving up my other passion just because somebody didn’t like it and they say, ‘Erase all your content.' That was the ultimatum. Erase all your content. I was like, 'Respectfully, I can’t do that,'" she said.

Brown acknowledges the profanity in her lyrics, but she says that has nothing to do with Taylor Prep and the positive impact she’s had on her students and the community.

I asked if she thinks the issue is her rap career or the (lyrical) content.

She replied, "The meetings was like so one-sided where they only told me what somebody didn’t like. They didn’t tell me, as if, ‘You did this wrong. You did that wrong’ ... that’s why I also [said] on my behalf, 'Well send me what am I doing wrong in writing.'”

The writing was on the wall. Despite that, in December, she won teacher of the month.

Night and weekends.

In February, on her last day, she created a music video with her students that has since gone viral on TikTok and it's called Drippin' 101.

Christina Lynn Lackley-Bah, a parent told 7 Action News, "As a parent, we long for teachers who support our children and who inspire them, and she was one of those teachers. So really disappointed."

Lackley-Bah says her son, an 11th grader, started a petition in support of Ms. Brown, gathering over 200 student signatures.

She says she's seen Brown's videos, and that they're no different than any other hip hop video a child can access on social media.

"For me, it doesn't matter what you do outside of the education structure. Like, once you leave that particular building and you go on with life, you do whatever you do," she said.

Brown says she misses her students and making an impact.

“These kids have their own goals, their own aspirations. I’m just trying to see how I can help them," she said.

Brown says she's speaking with an attorney about her termination.

7 Action News reached out to Taylor Prep High School for comment and received the following statement from spokeswoman Leah Nixon with National Heritage Academies:

"While student and employee privacy rights limit the details I can share, what I can say is that we are aware of the alleged claims by a former teacher. Student well-being remains at the forefront of everything we do, and we will continue fostering a distraction-free teaching and learning environment focused on student success."

Conspiracy Theorist Kennedy Picks Nicole Shanahan For The VP!

Kennedy picks Nicole Shanahan to be his running mate.

Libertarian [uh, independent] candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental lawyer, conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. He announced he was running for president in 2023. He is considered a potential threat to Biden. However, his ties to extremists will be his downfall.

He is married to actress Cheryl Hines. 

He is a former addict to cocaine, heroin and alcohol. He said because of his father's assassination during the 1968 presidential campaign, Kennedy's life spiraled. 

He was going to run as a Democrat but realized that the donations from Democrats will not happen seeing that they are comfortable with President Joe Biden as their nominee.

No Labels rejected him because he rejects science and his past remarks about the vaccines to prevent pandemics like the coronavirus were too extreme.

The Libertarian Party was hoping to win him over. But the fact he is a Kennedy and the fact he is a loose cannon was the reasons to why they couldn't get him.

So as an independent, he could dent Biden's chances at his reelection. Matter of fact, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and MAGA are bankrolling on it. They tried it with Bernie Sanders, Tara Reade, Hunter Biden's laptop, hiding in the basement, his gaffes, the look of confusion, the socialism tag, the not loyal to America [also Israel] jabs and attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Some of this sticks.

The economy, infrastructure, inflation, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Gaza/West Bank, abortion, climate change, voter intimidation, defending democracy, extremism, social media, shrinkflation and the rematch will be on America's minds.

Biden has a large war chest. He also has the Kennedy family backing him over their own member. Three members currently serve under Biden. Caroline Kennedy is a U.S. Ambassador to Australia. Former Massachusetts congressman Joe Kennedy III is a special envoy to Northern Ireland. Victoria Reggie Kennedy is a U.S. Ambassador to Austria.

Former president Donald J. Trump has a war chest but it is no where close to Biden.

Trump is also a conspiracy theorist and election denier. He is hoping that Kennedy siphons votes from Biden.

Kennedy has money, but not enough for him to take on Biden and Trump.

However a vice presidential candidate will certainly drive the junk food media into covering it.

White voters will once again decide the votes.

Kennedy picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. She is half white, half Asian. She is dating Jacob Strumwasser. Shanahan was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin from 2018 until their divorce in 2023.

Kennedy decided to challenge Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, Shanahan donated the maximum of $6,600 to Kennedy's campaign. After Kennedy dropped out of the Democratic primaries in October 2023, instead announcing that he would run in the general election as an independent candidate, Shanahan said she was "incredibly disappointed" and would not support his run. 

In early 2024, however, Shanahan reversed course, and resumed backing Kennedy's candidacy. She donated $4 million to a super PAC to pay for a 30-second television Super Bowl ad, aired during Super Bowl LVIII, supporting the campaign. In addition to funding the ad's broadcast, Shanahan was also a "creative force" behind the ad, the total cost of which was variously said to be $5 million or (according to the super PAC's co-founder) $7 million. Numerous Kennedy family members have denounced his campaign, and criticized the Super Bowl ad for reusing footage from a 1960 presidential campaign ad supporting John F. Kennedy. 

The Kennedy campaign is full steam ahead.

Kennedy later apologized to members of his family who were offended by the ad, but ultimately defended and stood by the ad campaign—saying "I'm so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my family pain"—while also saying that his campaign was not directly involved with the super PAC's ad, as coordination between independent expenditure groups and campaigns is prohibited by law.

Shanahan was born in Roseville, California and grew up in Oakland, In a 2023 interview with People magazine, Shanahan said that she had a "very hard" childhood marked by traumatic experiences; she described her father, who died in 2014, as a sufferer of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. She said that her mother, who was born in China and emigrated from Guangzhou worked as a maid before becoming an accountant.

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