westernjournal--2020-06-24--73-Year-Old Female Bodybuilder Gives Host Terry Crews Run for His Money on AGT

Some people start chasing a dream from a very young age .
Some dabble in a variety of interests before finding what really fires them up .
Some have a fire inside them their entire lives that finally gets tended to later in life , turning “ twilight ” years into their brightest .
Dr. Josefina Monasterio falls into that last category with a “ pow !
” The 73-year-old life coach came from humble beginnings and kept building until she got where she wanted to be .
Born in Punta de Mata , Venezuela , Monasterio didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moved to the United States in 1973 for her education and she ended up having two beautiful daughters .
While she ’ d always been active and a bit of a spitfire , she really came into her own at 59 years young , when she decided to tackle her dream : bodybuilding .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting Her determination was clear when she entered — and won — her first competition in 2005 , just six months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TCPalm .
With a master ’ s in education from Boston University and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University , Dr. Monasterio began racking up the accolades .
She ’ s also published , with her most popular book being “ Vibrant at Any Age.
” “ This ageless superwoman will change the way you view aging , fitness , and your own potential , ” her website states .
“ She will teach you that your chronological age is not the defining factor that determines your well being and that the integration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and spirit is the most powerful vehicle for reaching your goals.
” “ Her personal accomplishments and empowering shows and book encourage you to break your own personal barriers and make your dreams real.
” Her verve and passion led her to host her own television show for a decade and make appearances on others .
But her most recent debut in front of a panel of judges is just one more way she ’ s challenging herself at the age of 73 .
When she strutted out onto the America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what her age was .
Judge Sofia Vergara kindly lowballed a guess of “ 25 ” and later revealed she actually would have guessed around 56 , but no one seemed to realize that the woman standing in front of them was in her 70s .
The judges and the crowd were floored .
She went through a routine , showing off her hard work to the cheers of the crowd .
It ’ s clear that she loves being in the spotlight , and she entertained the audience with her antics .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stage , a shirtless Terry Crews walked out and posed with her , much to the delight of the crowd .
After the music ended , he dropped to one knee and bowed down to her .
While Monasterio has clearly put a lot of time and effort into her act and the judges were impressed with her hard work , they didn ’ t quite see her performance as a “ talent.
” The 73-year-old bodybuilder won ’ t be moving on to the next round , but she did what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be in front of people and entertain them , as she ’ ll continue to do through her online presence and books .
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Some people start chasing a dream from a very young age. Some dabble in a variety of interests before finding what really fires them up. Some have a fire inside them their entire lives that finally gets tended to later in life, turning “twilight” years into their brightest.
Dr. Josefina Monasterio falls into that last category with a “pow!” The 73-year-old life coach came from humble beginnings and kept building until she got where she wanted to be.
Born in Punta de Mata, Venezuela, Monasterio didn’t have much but her name. She moved to the United States in 1973 for her education and she ended up having two beautiful daughters.
While she’d always been active and a bit of a spitfire, she really came into her own at 59 years young, when she decided to tackle her dream: bodybuilding.
Her determination was clear when she entered — and won — her first competition in 2005, just six months after starting her journey, according to TCPalm.
With a master’s in education from Boston University and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Monasterio began racking up the accolades. She’s also published, with her most popular book being “Vibrant at Any Age.”
“This ageless superwoman will change the way you view aging, fitness, and your own potential,” her website states. “She will teach you that your chronological age is not the defining factor that determines your well being and that the integration of body, mind, emotions, and spirit is the most powerful vehicle for reaching your goals.”
“Her personal accomplishments and empowering shows and book encourage you to break your own personal barriers and make your dreams real.”
Her verve and passion led her to host her own television show for a decade and make appearances on others. But her most recent debut in front of a panel of judges is just one more way she’s challenging herself at the age of 73.
When she strutted out onto the America’s Got Talent stage, no one knew what her age was. Judge Sofia Vergara kindly lowballed a guess of “25” and later revealed she actually would have guessed around 56, but no one seemed to realize that the woman standing in front of them was in her 70s.
The judges and the crowd were floored. She went through a routine, showing off her hard work to the cheers of the crowd. It’s clear that she loves being in the spotlight, and she entertained the audience with her antics.
As she made her way back to the stage, a shirtless Terry Crews walked out and posed with her, much to the delight of the crowd. After the music ended, he dropped to one knee and bowed down to her.
While Monasterio has clearly put a lot of time and effort into her act and the judges were impressed with her hard work, they didn’t quite see her performance as a “talent.”
The 73-year-old bodybuilder won’t be moving on to the next round, but she did what she loves best: she got to be in front of people and entertain them, as she’ll continue to do through her online presence and books.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--Is This What NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Thought Was a ‘Noose’ in His Garage?

There ’ s a new case of apparent “ racism ” that has been debunked .
It turns out that the “ noose ” in black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace ’ s garage was a common garage door opener pull rope .
It has been there since 2019 .
Social media has been aflutter sharing the photos of this ridiculous “ noose.
” Yesterday , the FBI released a statement on the matter .
“ On Monday , fifteen FBI special agents conducted numerous interviews regarding the situation at Talladega Superspeedway , ” the statement read .
TRENDING : AP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting “ After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event , we have concluded that no federal crime was committed.
” If only those 15 FBI special agents could have used their valuable time to investigate real crimes , like the toppling of statues across the country in violation of the Veteran ’ s Memorial Preservation Act .
As USA Today reported , “ Wallace never saw [ the rope ] hanging in person , and under NASCAR ’ s COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowed to go to the garage and has to stay in his motorhome until called to his car for the start of the race.
” A member of his crew saw it and brought it to Wallace ’ s attention .
Despite the fact that Wallace never even saw the “ noose ” to make a judgment call on the matter , he rushed to do media interviews and lap up the attention .
Of course , leftists do not need false reports to claim hate crimes when they see any ropes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uses .
Just last week , the white liberal Democratic mayor of Oakland freaked out over supposed “ nooses ” in a park .
It turned out the ropes were put there by a black man as part of a fitness course .
On Monday before Wallace ’ s race , NASCAR pushed Wallace ’ s car to the front of the field and the other drivers and their crews marched down pit road .
The phrase # IStandWithBubba was painted on the grass .
As Matt Walsh pointed out on Twitter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grown man was afraid of his garage door.
” RELATED : Black Man Risks Life , Saves Cop from Burning Car : 'This Man Is My Brother Through Christ' Now NASCAR is backtracking .
Wallace “ was not the target of a hate crime , ” NASCAR said in a statement , according to ABC News .
Amazingly , Wallace is not apologizing for his rush to judgment .
Controversy has followed Wallace in the past .
In April , he lost a sponsor , joint/muscle cream Blue-Emu , after rage-quitting during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know ] where you stand .
Bye bye Bubba .
We ’ re interested in drivers , not quitters , ” the company wrote after Wallace made light of quitting the virtual race on Twitter .
Obviously , these photos are not definitive , but neither is Wallace ’ s claim he thought the rope was a noose .
Even before this incident , Wallace had raced with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme on his car .
But Americans must wonder at this point : If we are such an inherently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to promote so many non-stories to try to prove it ?
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There’s a new case of apparent “racism” that has been debunked.
It turns out that the “noose” in black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage was a common garage door opener pull rope. It has been there since 2019.
Social media has been aflutter sharing the photos of this ridiculous “noose.”
Yesterday, the FBI released a statement on the matter.
“On Monday, fifteen FBI special agents conducted numerous interviews regarding the situation at Talladega Superspeedway,” the statement read.
“After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed.”
If only those 15 FBI special agents could have used their valuable time to investigate real crimes, like the toppling of statues across the country in violation of the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act.
As USA Today reported, “Wallace never saw [the rope] hanging in person, and under NASCAR’s COVID-19 restrictions, he’s not even allowed to go to the garage and has to stay in his motorhome until called to his car for the start of the race.”
A member of his crew saw it and brought it to Wallace’s attention.
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Despite the fact that Wallace never even saw the “noose” to make a judgment call on the matter, he rushed to do media interviews and lap up the attention.
Of course, leftists do not need false reports to claim hate crimes when they see any ropes, a common heavy fiber with multiple innocent uses. Just last week, the white liberal Democratic mayor of Oakland freaked out over supposed “nooses” in a park. It turned out the ropes were put there by a black man as part of a fitness course.
On Monday before Wallace’s race, NASCAR pushed Wallace’s car to the front of the field and the other drivers and their crews marched down pit road. The phrase #IStandWithBubba was painted on the grass.
As Matt Walsh pointed out on Twitter, “NASCAR made this video because a grown man was afraid of his garage door.”
NASCAR made this video because a grown man was afraid of his garage door pic.twitter.com/ngV42lvmDH — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 24, 2020
Now NASCAR is backtracking. Wallace “was not the target of a hate crime,” NASCAR said in a statement, according to ABC News.
Amazingly, Wallace is not apologizing for his rush to judgment.
“It’s a straight-up noose,” he told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
Controversy has followed Wallace in the past. In April, he lost a sponsor, joint/muscle cream Blue-Emu, after rage-quitting during a NASCAR virtual event.
“[Good to know] where you stand. Bye bye Bubba. We’re interested in drivers, not quitters,” the company wrote after Wallace made light of quitting the virtual race on Twitter.
GTK where you stand. Bye bye Bubba. We’re interested in drivers, not quitters. — Blue-Emu (@BlueEmu1) April 5, 2020
Obviously, these photos are not definitive, but neither is Wallace’s claim he thought the rope was a noose. Even before this incident, Wallace had raced with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme on his car.
But Americans must wonder at this point: If we are such an inherently racist people, why does the media need to promote so many non-stories to try to prove it?
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--‘I Don’t Give No F***s, I’ll Delete It’: Facebook Monitors Caught on Video Revealing Anti-MAGA Bias

As a project that began in a Harvard University dorm room in 2003 , Facebook immediately had a cool edge to it when it was released the following year .
The social media platform was a free space for people to express themselves .
Since defeating rival MySpace during the social media arms race that ended in the late 2000s , the company not only has adapted to remain culturally relevant but has become the country ’ s virtual town square .
Facebook is where many people go to share their lives and discuss current events .
But are all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question has been asked more in recent years and months as evidence mounts that Big Tech has it out for people whose moral compass isn ’ t aligned with the values of coastal elites .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting That is problematic , considering the site is essentially unopposed in its influence on society , and Silicon Valley liberals have apparently stacked the deck against conservative Americans .
The latest investigation from James O ’ Keefe and Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook is against conservatives and supporters of President Donald Trump .
Facebook insider Zach McElroy approached Project Veritas , and the result was an undercover investigation at a company called Cognizant , which is paid by Facebook to moderate flagged content .
McElroy and Veritas say the third-party company ’ s employees have few qualms about censoring posts in support of Trump or conservative ideas , and secretly recorded videos show a group of people celebrating shutting down speech they don ’ t agree with .
In fact , one content moderator during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how she feels about removing conservative content in the queue .
“ Facebook shadowbans .
Facebook is notorious for it .
They say they don ’ t , but it ’ s clear that people ’ s content doesn ’ t come because it ’ s been defiltered off the queue , ” another moderator , Daniel Will , said on the Veritas video .
Another moderator bragged , “ If someone is wearing a MAGA hat , I am going to delete them for terrorism.
” RELATED : Tucker Carlson : Google @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Threat to Our Liberties These are the people partially responsible for what you see and read when you log on , and they are so eloquent .
They are the gatekeepers responsible for what makes it to the Facebook home page , and what some people see online ultimately guides their perception of the world .
McElroy said the company that charges to moderate Facebook content is overwhelmingly liberal .
“ I saw upwards of 75 to 80 percent of the posts in that queue were from Republican pages , ” he told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moderation in the company ’ s so-called civic harassment queue .
However , third-party human bias aside , McElroy said an algorithm is also responsible for the apparent censorship of conservatives on Facebook .
“ So , for 75 to 80 percent of the posts to be targeting Republicans and conservatives , you can say it was a bot .
But somebody had to design that algorithm .
So , really , somebody at Facebook.
” So much for an edgy platform where users can exchange their ideas freely .
Big Tech is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president , ahead of the most important election in the country ’ s history .
Setting aside the fact that Facebook tracks every move of its users , according to Wired , and has mined their private data for financial gain , according to NBC News , McElroy said the company ’ s conservative users are at the mercy of biased algorithms and an army of leftist activists .
But you already knew that .
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As a project that began in a Harvard University dorm room in 2003, Facebook immediately had a cool edge to it when it was released the following year.
The social media platform was a free space for people to express themselves.
Since defeating rival MySpace during the social media arms race that ended in the late 2000s, the company not only has adapted to remain culturally relevant but has become the country’s virtual town square.
Facebook is where many people go to share their lives and discuss current events.
But are all voices equal on the platform? That question has been asked more in recent years and months as evidence mounts that Big Tech has it out for people whose moral compass isn’t aligned with the values of coastal elites.
That is problematic, considering the site is essentially unopposed in its influence on society, and Silicon Valley liberals have apparently stacked the deck against conservative Americans.
The latest investigation from James O’Keefe and Project Veritas purports to show just how biased Facebook is against conservatives and supporters of President Donald Trump.
Facebook insider Zach McElroy approached Project Veritas, and the result was an undercover investigation at a company called Cognizant, which is paid by Facebook to moderate flagged content.
McElroy and Veritas say the third-party company’s employees have few qualms about censoring posts in support of Trump or conservative ideas, and secretly recorded videos show a group of people celebrating shutting down speech they don’t agree with.
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In fact, one content moderator during the investigation is asked on hidden camera how she feels about removing conservative content in the queue.
“Yes! I don’t give no f—s, I’ll delete it,” the woman boasted.
“Facebook shadowbans. Facebook is notorious for it. They say they don’t, but it’s clear that people’s content doesn’t come because it’s been defiltered off the queue,” another moderator, Daniel Will, said on the Veritas video.
Another moderator bragged, “If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going to delete them for terrorism.”
These are the people partially responsible for what you see and read when you log on, and they are so eloquent.
They are the gatekeepers responsible for what makes it to the Facebook home page, and what some people see online ultimately guides their perception of the world.
These people wield a lot of power.
McElroy said the company that charges to moderate Facebook content is overwhelmingly liberal.
“I saw upwards of 75 to 80 percent of the posts in that queue were from Republican pages,” he told O’Keefe about posts flagged for moderation in the company’s so-called civic harassment queue.
However, third-party human bias aside, McElroy said an algorithm is also responsible for the apparent censorship of conservatives on Facebook.
“So, for 75 to 80 percent of the posts to be targeting Republicans and conservatives, you can say it was a bot. But somebody had to design that algorithm. So, really, somebody at Facebook.”
So much for an edgy platform where users can exchange their ideas freely.
Big Tech is now brazenly censoring conservatives, including the president, ahead of the most important election in the country’s history.
Setting aside the fact that Facebook tracks every move of its users, according to Wired, and has mined their private data for financial gain, according to NBC News, McElroy said the company’s conservative users are at the mercy of biased algorithms and an army of leftist activists.
But you already knew that.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--National Guard Steps in To Protect DC Monuments

Unarmed members of D.C. National Guard will provide additional security for monuments in Washington , D.C. , amid cries for many to be taken down and vandalism of statues and landmarks across the country .
“ The District of Columbia National Guard is responding to a request to support law enforcement officials and has dispatched unarmed personnel , with others on stand-by , ” spokesman Major Robert Perino told CNN .
“ Activated Guardsmen are expected to provide security for local monuments and critical infrastructure.
” The National Park Police reportedly made the request for assistance , and a defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McCarthy signed a Tuesday memo authorizing the activation of the National Guard .
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that anyone who vandalizes or destroys a monument or statue could face up to 10 years in prison .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting “ This action is taken effective immediately , but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused .
There will be no exceptions !
” he tweeted .
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday that he had requested for the National Guard to “ be available ” to protect monuments .
“ Earlier today , I instructed the erection of a fence at Lafayette Plaza as well as at St. John ’ s Church .
And we will protect these monuments and we will do it with the dispatch and severity last night , ” he said .
“ Our Park Police and the Metro D.C. Police , as well as the U.S. Secret Service uniformed patrol , did an excellent job in addressing the issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those activities will continue.
” “ These people are exceptional , ” Bernhardt added .
“ They ’ re dedicated , and they are dealing with the savage , highly significant situation.
” About 5,000 National Guard troops were called to patrol D.C. earlier this month , CNN reported , as protests continued in response to George Floyd ’ s death on May 25 in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes during an arrest .
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote in a letter to Attorney General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that unidentified federal personnel patrolling the streets ” could pose unnecessary risks .
RELATED : Tom Cotton : New York Times Putting 'Lives In Danger ’ with Anti-Police Column “ The deployment of federal law enforcement personnel and equipment are inflaming demonstrators and adding to the grievances of those who , by and large , are peacefully protesting for change and for reforms to the racist and broken systems that are killing Black Americans , ” she wrote .
Barr responded in a letter of his own that said federal officers were operating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall Street Journal reported .
“ The television footage of these events — viewed by people across the nation and around the world — conveyed the impression that the United States was on the brink of losing control of its capital city , ” he wrote .
“ Surely you understand that the President could not stand idly by when unrest at the seat of the federal government threatened the safety of federal law enforcement officers and the operations of the United States government.
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Unarmed members of D.C. National Guard will provide additional security for monuments in Washington, D.C., amid cries for many to be taken down and vandalism of statues and landmarks across the country.
“The District of Columbia National Guard is responding to a request to support law enforcement officials and has dispatched unarmed personnel, with others on stand-by,” spokesman Major Robert Perino told CNN.
“Activated Guardsmen are expected to provide security for local monuments and critical infrastructure.”
The National Park Police reportedly made the request for assistance, and a defense official told CNN that Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signed a Tuesday memo authorizing the activation of the National Guard.
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that anyone who vandalizes or destroys a monument or statue could face up to 10 years in prison.
“This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!” he tweeted.
…..This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday that he had requested for the National Guard to “be available” to protect monuments.
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“Earlier today, I instructed the erection of a fence at Lafayette Plaza as well as at St. John’s Church. And we will protect these monuments and we will do it with the dispatch and severity last night,” he said.
“Our Park Police and the Metro D.C. Police, as well as the U.S. Secret Service uniformed patrol, did an excellent job in addressing the issue and rapidly protecting the statue. And those activities will continue.”
“These people are exceptional,” Bernhardt added. “They’re dedicated, and they are dealing with the savage, highly significant situation.”
About 5,000 National Guard troops were called to patrol D.C. earlier this month, CNN reported, as protests continued in response to George Floyd’s death on May 25 in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes during an arrest.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that she was “concerned that unidentified federal personnel patrolling the streets” could pose unnecessary risks.
“The deployment of federal law enforcement personnel and equipment are inflaming demonstrators and adding to the grievances of those who, by and large, are peacefully protesting for change and for reforms to the racist and broken systems that are killing Black Americans,” she wrote.
Barr responded in a letter of his own that said federal officers were operating under federal and local laws, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“The television footage of these events — viewed by people across the nation and around the world — conveyed the impression that the United States was on the brink of losing control of its capital city,” he wrote.
“Surely you understand that the President could not stand idly by when unrest at the seat of the federal government threatened the safety of federal law enforcement officers and the operations of the United States government.”
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--Bizarre ‘Cracka’ Movie Depicts Black People as Owning White Slaves

In the 1960s and 1970s , there were a series of movies known as the “ Mondo ” films .
They were named after the original Italian “ travelogue ” that inspired the genre : “ Mondo Cane , ” a supposed documentary that shocked viewers by depicting barbaric or titillating cultural practices throughout the world , most of which were almost certainly staged .
There were hallmarks to these films — especially to those directed by Franco Prosperi and Gualtiero Jacopetti , the two most famous auteurs of the genre and the directors of “ Mondo Cane.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least in a technical sense .
They existed for no other reason than to shock , which is to say they existed to make money for hack directors who ’ d abdicated all artistic responsibility .
They were usually unabashedly bigoted when they dealt with race or religion .
They were needlessly , meretriciously gory .
They were meant to stoke the most base emotions among the dregs of the filmgoing public .
Here ’ s Roger Ebert reviewing one of the most notorious films of the genre : “ Africa Addio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documentary ” from Prosperi and Jacopetti about the end of colonial rule in Africa .
“ The film begins with a scene familiar from a dozen newsreels : A British colonial governor boards a launch and is taken to an offshore ship .
The Union Jack comes down , and a new flag is flown .
Another colony is independent , ” Ebert wrote .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting “ But independence has come too soon , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready for self-government .
‘ Europe has abandoned her baby , ’ the narrator mourns , ‘ just when it needs her the most.
’ Who has taken over , now that the colonialists have left ?
The advertising spells it out for us : ‘ Raw , wild , brutal , modern-day savages ! '
” Lovely .
You couldn ’ t make “ Africa Addio ” in 2020 .
( You arguably shouldn ’ t have been able to make it in 1967 , but that ’ s another story .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , racially tinged exploitation like the “ Mondo ” films will never die .
In that vein , I give you “ Cracka , ” a very 2020 answer to “ Addio Africa.
” “ Cracka ” doesn ’ t pretend to be a documentary , but it checks off every other one of the “ Mondo ” boxes .
The trailer for the film has gone viral , if just because it ’ s 90 seconds of some of the most vile race-baiting imaginable .
It ’ s surprising it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it contains a scene obviously meant to imply simulated rape that has to violate some term of service .
It is , to be blunt , evil — and an evil very much of this particular time and place in history .
The plot of “ Cracka , ” nearest I can tell , is this : A violent , sociopathic neo-Nazi is transported to an alternate universe , where black slaveowners hunt down , lynch , beat , rape and otherwise debase their white human property .
The production values are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not for the incendiary material , I ’ d be looking for the silhouettes of the guy and the two robot puppets making fun of it in the bottom right corner of the screen .
Instead , consider the fact that the trailer already has more than 800,000 views since it was uploaded on June 18 .
As of Wednesday afternoon , 20,000 users had “ liked ” it while 29,000 have “ disliked ” it .
This isn ’ t a big-budget film .
The neo-Nazi lead is played by Lorenzo Antonucci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he “ previously depicted an unnamed henchman in ‘ Days Of Our Lives ’ and was an uncredited extra in ‘ Game of Thrones . '
” The beginning of the trailer depicts a brutal racist assault in which a gang of white supremacists shout epithets as they brutalize a black motorist they ’ ve pulled out of his car .
It ’ s reminiscent of the opening scene to “ Mississippi Burning , ” provided that film was directed by an unalloyed sadist .
The title cards spell out just what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Trump : 'If Biden Was President , They Will Knock Down the Jefferson Memorial .
Not Going To Happen' “ You took our breath away , what if we took yours ?
” “ You raped our daughters , what if we raped yours ?
” “ You stole our freedom , now we steal yours.
” “ Cracka , ” just for the record , is written and directed by Dale Resteghini , a music video specialist who ’ s also directed a few low-budget feature films that can probably only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at truck stops .
He also appears to be very white .
In other words , this talk about “ our breath , ” “ our daughters ” and “ our freedom ” certainly has some positionality issues , even if this is just a guy trying to make a quick buck off of some shock .
The neo-Nazi protagonist is transported back in time via some unknown force of energy , which is represented by some special effects that would induce laughter in viewers , had they not just witnessed a stomach-churning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supremacists .
Transported back in time , the neo-Nazi finds a rifle pointed at him by a black man .
“ What ’ chu looking at , cracka ?
” the black man says .
I guess if you ’ re going to go racist , go all the way and get every race while you ’ re at it .
We then see the dangling feet of a lynched white man , a scene in which the neo-Nazi is sold on the auction block , and a shot of him with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get to the part that has to violate some term of service : A scene that clearly intimates a white woman is being raped that depicts far more of the act than one is prepared for .
There ’ s no nakedness , but — as you can see in the video — it ’ s obvious what ’ s happening and it ’ s obvious this isn ’ t what you normally would watch on a video-sharing service .
Toward the end of the trailer , just so you really get the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a “ Trump 2020 ” sticker on a car right after you see a white man giving the finger .
Also , while you get plenty of the titular white racial slur in the video , there ’ s also tons of black racial slurs , particularly in the hip-hop track that backs the trailer .
WARNING : The following video and descriptions of it contains graphic language , images and themes that some viewers will find offensive .
Hollywood has treated people of color poorly on celluloid .
This is especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the answer isn ’ t to stop the cycle .
Instead , it ’ s reciprocity .
It ’ s making a film that shows white people as slaves , that shows white people being raped by black slaveowners and with nooses around their necks .
It ’ s time for some turnabout .
Let ’ s glorify slavery a little bit .
The only problem this movie is even going to attempt to solve , one imagines , is letting Dale Resteghini to upgrade to a higher trim level on that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at .
I haven ’ t seen much of this , but I can almost assure you of this much : As a cynical exercise in race-bait grifting , it looks tough to beat .
Say what you will about the politics of Spike Lee — and I ’ ll say plenty — you come away from “ Do the Right Thing ” or “ BlacKKKlansman ” with a definitive message about the world .
I can ’ t imagine , from the 90 seconds I ’ ve seen of “ Cracka , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with anything but nausea when it ’ s released on Amazon Prime , Google Play and iTunes later this year .
The Daily Mail notes it ’ s unclear who financed “ Cracka.
” I ’ d make a joke about it being Resteghini ’ s worst enemy , but that ’ s the thing — this ’ ll likely be the most successful film of his career .
This isn ’ t saying much when you consider this is the man behind “ Da Hip Hop Witch , ” but it still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ film may not understand filmmaking or taste , but they understand where we are in 2020 all too well .
There ’ s no other way to explain why this trailer is well on its way to over a million views .
I feel a bit guilty even writing about “ Cracka , ” as if I ’ m perpetuating the viral moment this odious production is enjoying .
However , it ’ s important to understand how deep our sickness goes .
For those of you waiting for the 2020 version of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different prejudices , I don ’ t think you ’ ll have to wait long .
For the rest of us , we can simply be left agog that someone can be so sick or so cynical .
Prosperi and Jacopetti may be long gone , but their influence lives deeply in Dale Resteghini .
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In the 1960s and 1970s, there were a series of movies known as the “Mondo” films. They were named after the original Italian “travelogue” that inspired the genre: “Mondo Cane,” a supposed documentary that shocked viewers by depicting barbaric or titillating cultural practices throughout the world, most of which were almost certainly staged.
There were hallmarks to these films — especially to those directed by Franco Prosperi and Gualtiero Jacopetti, the two most famous auteurs of the genre and the directors of “Mondo Cane.”
The movies weren’t any good, at least in a technical sense. They existed for no other reason than to shock, which is to say they existed to make money for hack directors who’d abdicated all artistic responsibility. They were usually unabashedly bigoted when they dealt with race or religion. They were needlessly, meretriciously gory. They were meant to stoke the most base emotions among the dregs of the filmgoing public.
Here’s Roger Ebert reviewing one of the most notorious films of the genre: “Africa Addio,” a wildly racist 1967 “documentary” from Prosperi and Jacopetti about the end of colonial rule in Africa.
“The film begins with a scene familiar from a dozen newsreels: A British colonial governor boards a launch and is taken to an offshore ship. The Union Jack comes down, and a new flag is flown. Another colony is independent,” Ebert wrote.
“But independence has come too soon, the narrator tells us. Africans are not ready for self-government. ‘Europe has abandoned her baby,’ the narrator mourns, ‘just when it needs her the most.’ Who has taken over, now that the colonialists have left? The advertising spells it out for us: ‘Raw, wild, brutal, modern-day savages!'”
Lovely. You couldn’t make “Africa Addio” in 2020. (You arguably shouldn’t have been able to make it in 1967, but that’s another story.) Human nature being what it is, however, racially tinged exploitation like the “Mondo” films will never die. In that vein, I give you “Cracka,” a very 2020 answer to “Addio Africa.”
“Cracka” doesn’t pretend to be a documentary, but it checks off every other one of the “Mondo” boxes. The trailer for the film has gone viral, if just because it’s 90 seconds of some of the most vile race-baiting imaginable. It’s surprising it’s still on YouTube, inasmuch as it contains a scene obviously meant to imply simulated rape that has to violate some term of service. It is, to be blunt, evil — and an evil very much of this particular time and place in history.
The plot of “Cracka,” nearest I can tell, is this: A violent, sociopathic neo-Nazi is transported to an alternate universe, where black slaveowners hunt down, lynch, beat, rape and otherwise debase their white human property.
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The production values are low at best and, were it not for the incendiary material, I’d be looking for the silhouettes of the guy and the two robot puppets making fun of it in the bottom right corner of the screen. Instead, consider the fact that the trailer already has more than 800,000 views since it was uploaded on June 18. As of Wednesday afternoon, 20,000 users had “liked” it while 29,000 have “disliked” it.
This isn’t a big-budget film. The neo-Nazi lead is played by Lorenzo Antonucci. According to the U.K. Daily Mail, he “previously depicted an unnamed henchman in ‘Days Of Our Lives’ and was an uncredited extra in ‘Game of Thrones.'”
“Other cast members include Hakeen Kae-Kazim (Hotel Rwanda), rapper Saigon, Kathryn Kates and James Darnell,” the Daily Mail reported.
The beginning of the trailer depicts a brutal racist assault in which a gang of white supremacists shout epithets as they brutalize a black motorist they’ve pulled out of his car. It’s reminiscent of the opening scene to “Mississippi Burning,” provided that film was directed by an unalloyed sadist.
The title cards spell out just what this is going to be:
“You took our breath away, what if we took yours?”
“You raped our daughters, what if we raped yours?”
“You stole our freedom, now we steal yours.”
“Cracka,” just for the record, is written and directed by Dale Resteghini, a music video specialist who’s also directed a few low-budget feature films that can probably only be found in the dollar DVD bin at truck stops. He also appears to be very white. In other words, this talk about “our breath,” “our daughters” and “our freedom” certainly has some positionality issues, even if this is just a guy trying to make a quick buck off of some shock.
The neo-Nazi protagonist is transported back in time via some unknown force of energy, which is represented by some special effects that would induce laughter in viewers, had they not just witnessed a stomach-churning assault on a black man by white supremacists.
Transported back in time, the neo-Nazi finds a rifle pointed at him by a black man. “What’chu looking at, cracka?” the black man says. I guess if you’re going to go racist, go all the way and get every race while you’re at it.
We then see the dangling feet of a lynched white man, a scene in which the neo-Nazi is sold on the auction block, and a shot of him with a noose around his neck.
Then we get to the part that has to violate some term of service: A scene that clearly intimates a white woman is being raped that depicts far more of the act than one is prepared for. There’s no nakedness, but — as you can see in the video — it’s obvious what’s happening and it’s obvious this isn’t what you normally would watch on a video-sharing service.
Toward the end of the trailer, just so you really get the point, there’s a shot of a “Trump 2020” sticker on a car right after you see a white man giving the finger. Also, while you get plenty of the titular white racial slur in the video, there’s also tons of black racial slurs, particularly in the hip-hop track that backs the trailer.
WARNING: The following video and descriptions of it contains graphic language, images and themes that some viewers will find offensive.
Hollywood has treated people of color poorly on celluloid. This is especially true of exploitation films. For some, the answer isn’t to stop the cycle. Instead, it’s reciprocity. It’s making a film that shows white people as slaves, that shows white people being raped by black slaveowners and with nooses around their necks. It’s time for some turnabout. Let’s glorify slavery a little bit.
The only problem this movie is even going to attempt to solve, one imagines, is letting Dale Resteghini to upgrade to a higher trim level on that Volvo XC60 he’s been looking at. I haven’t seen much of this, but I can almost assure you of this much: As a cynical exercise in race-bait grifting, it looks tough to beat.
Say what you will about the politics of Spike Lee — and I’ll say plenty — you come away from “Do the Right Thing” or “BlacKKKlansman” with a definitive message about the world. I can’t imagine, from the 90 seconds I’ve seen of “Cracka,” that I’d come away with anything but nausea when it’s released on Amazon Prime, Google Play and iTunes later this year.
The Daily Mail notes it’s unclear who financed “Cracka.” I’d make a joke about it being Resteghini’s worst enemy, but that’s the thing — this’ll likely be the most successful film of his career. This isn’t saying much when you consider this is the man behind “Da Hip Hop Witch,” but it still says something.
The people behind this film may not understand filmmaking or taste, but they understand where we are in 2020 all too well. There’s no other way to explain why this trailer is well on its way to over a million views. I feel a bit guilty even writing about “Cracka,” as if I’m perpetuating the viral moment this odious production is enjoying. However, it’s important to understand how deep our sickness goes.
For those of you waiting for the 2020 version of “Africa Addio,” just with different prejudices, I don’t think you’ll have to wait long. For the rest of us, we can simply be left agog that someone can be so sick or so cynical.
Prosperi and Jacopetti may be long gone, but their influence lives deeply in Dale Resteghini.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--‘It’s Simple Math’: AZ Officials Praise Trump’s Border Wall

Several federal and local Arizona officials praised President Donald Trump ’ s border wall for reducing undocumented immigrant crossings during his Tuesday visit to the state .
“ You ’ re the only president in my 23-year career that has actually come down to the border multiple times to look at — assess what actually needs to be done , ” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said in a conference with Trump and several other officials , according to the Washington Examiner .
“ I worked on the road back in the early 2000s , and I understand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undocumented immigrants and how high those calls for service were , ” Yuma Police Chief Susan Smith told Trump during the briefing , according to the Examiner .
“ After the border enhancements were put in place , I can tell you we saw a marked decline in many of those calls associated with undocumented immigrants , such as load vehicles coming across with drugs and humans , human trafficking , stolen vehicles , ” Smith said .
Trump visited Yuma , Arizona , on Tuesday to assess the outcome of a $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of border wall .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting He was greeted by multiple federal and state officials , and he signed the newly completed barrier in the border state , the Examiner reported .
The president ’ s visit marks the completion of the 200th mile of new border wall between the U.S. and Mexico , KPNX reported .
“ It ’ s not just a wall .
I keep saying ‘ wall system ’ on purpose because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has just not been delivered before .
It ’ s not just a bunch of steel in the ground , ” acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan said , according to the Washington Examiner .
“ Every town , city and state is a border town , border city and border state .
Everything that touches our border touches every town , city and state in this country.
” Republican Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls hailed the wall for possibly stemming the spread of the coronavirus in his town .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and those families were coming through with COVID-19 , that would be 5,200 people coming through my community potentially with COVID-19 , ” Nicholls said .
“ So , it ’ s simple math .
The wall prevents people from coming — that prevents the number of exposures we can have to COVID-19 .
From a local perspective , that helps our community.
” Trump also took to the podium in Phoenix , where he spoke at a Turning Point Action event .
The president touted possible strong economic numbers for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Riot police reportedly responded to protests outside of the event .
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Several federal and local Arizona officials praised President Donald Trump’s border wall for reducing undocumented immigrant crossings during his Tuesday visit to the state.
“You’re the only president in my 23-year career that has actually come down to the border multiple times to look at — assess what actually needs to be done,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said in a conference with Trump and several other officials, according to the Washington Examiner.
“I worked on the road back in the early 2000s, and I understand firsthand the calls for service related to undocumented immigrants and how high those calls for service were,” Yuma Police Chief Susan Smith told Trump during the briefing, according to the Examiner.
“After the border enhancements were put in place, I can tell you we saw a marked decline in many of those calls associated with undocumented immigrants, such as load vehicles coming across with drugs and humans, human trafficking, stolen vehicles,” Smith said.
Trump visited Yuma, Arizona, on Tuesday to assess the outcome of a $267 million initiative to construct 26 miles of border wall.
He was greeted by multiple federal and state officials, and he signed the newly completed barrier in the border state, the Examiner reported.
The president’s visit marks the completion of the 200th mile of new border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, KPNX reported.
“It’s not just a wall. I keep saying ‘wall system’ on purpose because what you have delivered is something that has just not been delivered before. It’s not just a bunch of steel in the ground,” acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan said, according to the Washington Examiner.
“Every town, city and state is a border town, border city and border state. Everything that touches our border touches every town, city and state in this country.”
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Republican Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls hailed the wall for possibly stemming the spread of the coronavirus in his town.
“If you fast-forwarded that situation to today, and those families were coming through with COVID-19, that would be 5,200 people coming through my community potentially with COVID-19,” Nicholls said.
“So, it’s simple math. The wall prevents people from coming — that prevents the number of exposures we can have to COVID-19. From a local perspective, that helps our community.”
Trump also took to the podium in Phoenix, where he spoke at a Turning Point Action event. The president touted possible strong economic numbers for the third quarter, according to KPNX.
Riot police reportedly responded to protests outside of the event.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--Trump Celebrates ‘Big Victory’ After Federal Court’s Decision

President Donald Trump celebrated a “ big victory ” Tuesday evening after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration ’ s rule requiring hospitals to disclose prices negotiated with insurers .
“ Patients deserve to know the price of care BEFORE they enter the hospital .
Because of my action , they will .
This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself .
Congratulations America !
” TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting The Tuesday ruling from Trump-appointed Judge Carl Nichols with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Columbia was a summary judgment ; it did not go to trial but it can be appealed , The Wall Street Journal reported .
Melinda Hatton , the American Hospital Association ’ s senior vice president , said the organization plans to appeal the decision .
“ The proposal does nothing to help patients understand their out-of-pocket costs .
It also imposes significant burdens on hospitals at a time when resources are stretched thin and need to be devoted to patient care , ” she said in a statement .
“ Hospitals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide patients with information about the costs of their medical care .
This is not the right way to achieve this important goal.
” The rule was first proposed in July 2019 and requires hospitals to publicize the rates they negotiate with insurers for all services , including drugs , facility fees and doctor care .
The rule will take effect in January 2021 and hospitals that do not provide price transparency could be fined up to $ 300 a day .
“ Especially when patients are seeking needed care during a public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than ever that they have ready access to the actual prices of health-care services , ” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said .
In an amicus brief filed by pro-free-market groups in support of the administration in February , Cynthia Fisher of PatientRightsAdvocate.org said the rule would “ restore trust and accountability to the healthcare system.
” “ Once empowered with price discovery , patients and employers will be able to shop for the best quality of care at the lowest possible price , ” Fisher said .
RELATED : ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump Admin Issues Huge Decision on Abortion and Sex Discrimination “ Consumers will then be in control through choice to reduce their costs of care and coverage.
” The amicus brief also cited a 2019 Harvard-Harris poll that revealed 88 percent of surveyed Americans were in favor of requiring healthcare providers to disclose pricing information .
Voters were also in favor of price transparency even if it temporarily raises prices , with 65 percent supporting it and 35 percent opposing it .
According to the administration , the new rule would cost hospitals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 39.4 million , The Wall Street Journal reported .
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President Donald Trump celebrated a “big victory” Tuesday evening after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s rule requiring hospitals to disclose prices negotiated with insurers.
“BIG VICTORY for patients – Federal court UPHOLDS hospital price transparency,” the Republican president tweeted.
“Patients deserve to know the price of care BEFORE they enter the hospital. Because of my action, they will. This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself. Congratulations America!”
BIG VICTORY for patients – Federal court UPHOLDS hospital price transparency. Patients deserve to know the price of care BEFORE they enter the hospital. Because of my action, they will. This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself. Congratulations America! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2020
The Tuesday ruling from Trump-appointed Judge Carl Nichols with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was a summary judgment; it did not go to trial but it can be appealed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Melinda Hatton, the American Hospital Association’s senior vice president, said the organization plans to appeal the decision.
“The proposal does nothing to help patients understand their out-of-pocket costs. It also imposes significant burdens on hospitals at a time when resources are stretched thin and need to be devoted to patient care,” she said in a statement.
“Hospitals and health systems have consistently supported efforts to provide patients with information about the costs of their medical care. This is not the right way to achieve this important goal.”
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The rule was first proposed in July 2019 and requires hospitals to publicize the rates they negotiate with insurers for all services, including drugs, facility fees and doctor care.
The rule will take effect in January 2021 and hospitals that do not provide price transparency could be fined up to $300 a day.
“Especially when patients are seeking needed care during a public health emergency, it is more important than ever that they have ready access to the actual prices of health-care services,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said.
In an amicus brief filed by pro-free-market groups in support of the administration in February, Cynthia Fisher of PatientRightsAdvocate.org said the rule would “restore trust and accountability to the healthcare system.”
“Once empowered with price discovery, patients and employers will be able to shop for the best quality of care at the lowest possible price,” Fisher said.
“Consumers will then be in control through choice to reduce their costs of care and coverage.”
The amicus brief also cited a 2019 Harvard-Harris poll that revealed 88 percent of surveyed Americans were in favor of requiring healthcare providers to disclose pricing information.
Voters were also in favor of price transparency even if it temporarily raises prices, with 65 percent supporting it and 35 percent opposing it.
According to the administration, the new rule would cost hospitals an estimated $38.7 million to $39.4 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--Venezuelan Woman Issues Dire Warning: Revolution Starts with Statues Being Destroyed

A young woman originally from Venezuela has issued a dire warning to Americans who remain apathetic about the mass destruction of statues and monuments taking place across the United States .
In a video posted to TikTok last week , Elizabeth Rogliani explained why she cares about “ some silly little statues coming down or some silly little street names changing.
” “ It ’ s because the last time I didn ’ t care about this , I was a teenager .
I have already lived through this thing when I was living in Venezuela , ” she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Venezuelan President Hugo ] Chavez didn ’ t want that history displayed .
And then he changed the street names.
” TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting Rogliani warned that this led to a slippery slope : “ Then came the curriculum , then some movies couldn ’ t be shown on certain TV channels , and so on and so forth.
” The young woman proceeded to deliver a message to Americans who think that the horrors that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Venezuela will never happen in the United States : “ You guys think it can ’ t happen to you .
I ’ ve heard this so many times .
But always be on guard .
Never believe something can ’ t happen to you.
” “ You need to guard your country and your society or it will be destroyed , ” said Rogliani , who explained that many Venezuelans disregarded Cubans ’ warnings about the emergence of socialism and totalitarianism .
“ That ’ s not going to happen here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time , according to Rogliani .
“ Yet it happened.
” As her video concluded , Rogliani warned that “ there ’ s clearly a lot of people wanting to destroy the U.S. ” Sadly , the mission to “ destroy the U.S. ” appears to be moving full steam ahead , and as Rogliani told Fox News host Laura Ingraham this week , it could lead the U.S. toward a “ cultural revolution.
” In recent weeks , far-left mobs have targeted statues of historical figures indiscriminately , as the statue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed original mandate of removing monuments to Confederate leaders .
Last week , left-wing protesters in San Francisco toppled a statue of Ulysses S. Grant , the man who led the Union in defeating the Confederacy during the Civil War .
Leftists in the United States have also targeted the curriculum and the arts .
Many schools , for instance , have already adopted The New York Times ’ far-left “ 1619 Project ” as part of their curriculum .
RELATED : San Francisco Elects DA Who Is the Son of Terrorists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Project ’ s radical framework “ aims to reframe the country ’ s history , understanding 1619 as our true founding , and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are , ” according to its website .
In other words , America has been a racist , corrupt place from the start and must be radically restructured .
The phenomenon where “ certain TV channels ” have decided to stop showing “ some movies ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Max , for example , pulled the classic film “ Gone with the Wind ” from its streaming services because members of the mob trashed it as racist .
The list of canceled movies and TV shows also includes “ Cops ” and “ Live PD.
” Both of these extremely popular shows committed the unforgivable offense of painting police officers in a positive light .
In Venezuela , all of this madness was followed by economic hardship and poverty .
Twenty years after the rise of Hugo Chavez , who championed “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the economic platitudes of the far left , nearly 90 percent of the country ’ s residents lived in poverty , according to The Guardian .
The astronomical poverty rate in the oil-rich nation should not come as a surprise .
In 2017 , the Venezuelan economy shrunk by 15.7 percent and inflation reached 860 percent .
If Americans of goodwill want to prevent those horrors from happening here , they must replace their indifference with patriotism and heed Elizabeth Rogliani ’ s warning before it ’ s too late .
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A young woman originally from Venezuela has issued a dire warning to Americans who remain apathetic about the mass destruction of statues and monuments taking place across the United States.
In a video posted to TikTok last week, Elizabeth Rogliani explained why she cares about “some silly little statues coming down or some silly little street names changing.”
“It’s because the last time I didn’t care about this, I was a teenager. I have already lived through this thing when I was living in Venezuela,” she said.
“Statues came down, [former Venezuelan President Hugo] Chavez didn’t want that history displayed. And then he changed the street names.”
@elilandia_ the irony is the same ppl who are afraid of Trump being an authoritarian also think it’s impossible for the US to have that issue #conservative ♬ original sound – elilandia_
Rogliani warned that this led to a slippery slope: “Then came the curriculum, then some movies couldn’t be shown on certain TV channels, and so on and so forth.”
The young woman proceeded to deliver a message to Americans who think that the horrors that have become a part of daily life in Venezuela will never happen in the United States: “You guys think it can’t happen to you. I’ve heard this so many times. But always be on guard. Never believe something can’t happen to you.”
“You need to guard your country and your society or it will be destroyed,” said Rogliani, who explained that many Venezuelans disregarded Cubans’ warnings about the emergence of socialism and totalitarianism.
“That’s not going to happen here,” Venezuelans said to themselves at the time, according to Rogliani. “Yet it happened.”
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As her video concluded, Rogliani warned that “there’s clearly a lot of people wanting to destroy the U.S.”
Sadly, the mission to “destroy the U.S.” appears to be moving full steam ahead, and as Rogliani told Fox News host Laura Ingraham this week, it could lead the U.S. toward a “cultural revolution.”
In recent weeks, far-left mobs have targeted statues of historical figures indiscriminately, as the statue demolition derby has extended far beyond its supposed original mandate of removing monuments to Confederate leaders.
Last week, left-wing protesters in San Francisco toppled a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, the man who led the Union in defeating the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Leftists in the United States have also targeted the curriculum and the arts. Many schools, for instance, have already adopted The New York Times’ far-left “1619 Project” as part of their curriculum.
The 1619 Project’s radical framework “aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are,” according to its website.
In other words, America has been a racist, corrupt place from the start and must be radically restructured.
The phenomenon where “certain TV channels” have decided to stop showing “some movies” has also spread to the U.S. HBO Max, for example, pulled the classic film “Gone with the Wind” from its streaming services because members of the mob trashed it as racist.
The list of canceled movies and TV shows also includes “Cops” and “Live PD.” Both of these extremely popular shows committed the unforgivable offense of painting police officers in a positive light.
In Venezuela, all of this madness was followed by economic hardship and poverty. Twenty years after the rise of Hugo Chavez, who championed “cancel culture,” as well as the economic platitudes of the far left, nearly 90 percent of the country’s residents lived in poverty, according to The Guardian.
The astronomical poverty rate in the oil-rich nation should not come as a surprise. In 2017, the Venezuelan economy shrunk by 15.7 percent and inflation reached 860 percent.
If Americans of goodwill want to prevent those horrors from happening here, they must replace their indifference with patriotism and heed Elizabeth Rogliani’s warning before it’s too late.
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westernjournal--2020-06-24--Atlanta Prosecutor’s CNN Interview Proves the Case Is All About Politics, Not Justice

The prosecutor just convicted himself .
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard , the man in charge of prosecuting the police officer who shot a man to death on June 12 in an Atlanta Wendy ’ s parking lot , used an interview with CNN ’ s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday to claim a key element in the case was unimportant .
He also openly declared the real question was political , not the guilt or innocence of the accused .
Howard is the one who made the decision to charge now-former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe with felony murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brooks after Brooks forcibly resisted arrest , stole a police officer ’ s Taser and aimed it at police while trying to escape .
At a June 2 news conference where he announced charges against six police officers for allegedly using excessive force against protesters , Howard called a Taser a “ deadly weapon under Georgia law.
” TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting But in his Cuomo interview Tuesday , Howard said the Taser is irrelevant .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think it ’ s simply a diversion from the real facts , ” Howard told Cuomo ( video is available at The Daily Caller ) .
“ This case has very little to do with a Taser , Chris.
” So , what does it have to do with ?
Howard ’ s answer should be chilling to anyone who cares about the rule of law .
“ I think this whole argument about the Tasers is way off the track , ” he said , “ and I ’ m hoping that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ substance of this case and really what I think people should be talking about is why is it in this country that African Americans continue to get killed by police officers ?
” In the interview with Cuomo , even Howard didn ’ t dispute that Brooks had taken the Taser — an act that to most people would constitute a serious crime committed by an armed and clearly dangerous criminal suspect .
But most people are not , like Howard , a Democratic district attorney caught up in a runoff election after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than three days before the shooting , as WSBT-TV reported .
Howard is also , as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported , facing a criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for allegedly diverting city of Atlanta funds for his own use .
That ’ s not likely to help him with that runoff .
Howard , in short , has a very good political reason for taking a hard line on a white police officer shooting a black man to court voter support in a largely black area like Fulton County .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ death in Minneapolis police custody May 25 , and the protests , riots and looting that followed , there ’ s not a more inflammatory issue in the country right now , as Howard well knows .
( The Wendy ’ s where the Brooks shooting took place was destroyed by arson . )
But the idea that police officers in the United States are engaged in wanton shooting of unarmed black people has been thoroughly studied , and repeatedly debunked ( recently by Fox News ’ Tucker Carlson . )
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecutor trying to save his political career with a weak case of murder against a white police officer accused of shooting a black man .
But to do that , Howard first has to get by the fact that Brooks was armed with a Taser — what Howard himself had called a “ deadly weapon ” when it was in police hands .
So he dismisses a “ distraction ” in the Brooks shooting and focuses on the false argument that the “ substance ” of the case is “ why is it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get killed by police officers ?
” That ’ s not the “ substance ” of the case as Howard , who has been Fulton County ’ s district attorney since 1997 , knows it .
In the United States , every criminal case should be decided on the evidence of the guilt or innocence of the accused , in the specific crime that led to the prosecution .
It ’ s not decided on what the defendant might have done in other situations , it ’ s not decided what others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done .
It ’ s not decided based on the skin color of either the alleged victim or the defendant .
But that ’ s apparently the ground Howard wants to use to find a law enforcement officer guilty of felony murder — a crime that can carry the death penalty in Georgia , as Fox News reported .
Whether Howard could prove such a serious charge against a police officer based on the evidence won ’ t be known until he takes the case to trial — assuming , of course , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manages to avoid prosecution in the criminal investigation he ’ s under now .
But what Howard did prove Tuesday night is that his approach to the Rayshard Brooks case is the crassest kind of political manipulation of criminal law .
Howard might never be able to convict Rolfe of anything , but on Tuesday night , he convicted himself of abusing his office and the trust of the legal system he ’ s supposed to serve .
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The prosecutor just convicted himself.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, the man in charge of prosecuting the police officer who shot a man to death on June 12 in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot, used an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday to claim a key element in the case was unimportant.
He also openly declared the real question was political, not the guilt or innocence of the accused.
Howard is the one who made the decision to charge now-former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe with felony murder stemming from the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks after Brooks forcibly resisted arrest, stole a police officer’s Taser and aimed it at police while trying to escape.
At a June 2 news conference where he announced charges against six police officers for allegedly using excessive force against protesters, Howard called a Taser a “deadly weapon under Georgia law.”
Just listen to the Fulton County DA, Paul Howard. He called a taser a deadly weapon when Atlanta officers used it against two college students, thus charging them with aggravated assault. Now apparently it’s not, when it’s used AGAINST police officers. It’s double talk pic.twitter.com/xthrnHU3NM — Jacob C. (@jcupapplet) June 17, 2020
But in his Cuomo interview Tuesday, Howard said the Taser is irrelevant.
“I think it’s nonsense. I think it’s simply a diversion from the real facts,” Howard told Cuomo (video is available at The Daily Caller). “This case has very little to do with a Taser, Chris.”
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So, what does it have to do with? Howard’s answer should be chilling to anyone who cares about the rule of law.
“I think this whole argument about the Tasers is way off the track,” he said, “and I’m hoping that people will really get to the really substance of this case and really what I think people should be talking about is why is it in this country that African Americans continue to get killed by police officers?”
In the interview with Cuomo, even Howard didn’t dispute that Brooks had taken the Taser — an act that to most people would constitute a serious crime committed by an armed and clearly dangerous criminal suspect.
But most people are not, like Howard, a Democratic district attorney caught up in a runoff election after coming in second in a primary less than three days before the shooting, as WSBT-TV reported.
Howard is also, as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, facing a criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for allegedly diverting city of Atlanta funds for his own use. That’s not likely to help him with that runoff.
Howard, in short, has a very good political reason for taking a hard line on a white police officer shooting a black man to court voter support in a largely black area like Fulton County.
In the wake of the George Floyd death in Minneapolis police custody May 25, and the protests, riots and looting that followed, there’s not a more inflammatory issue in the country right now, as Howard well knows. (The Wendy’s where the Brooks shooting took place was destroyed by arson.)
But the idea that police officers in the United States are engaged in wanton shooting of unarmed black people has been thoroughly studied, and repeatedly debunked (recently by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.) But it’s almost tailor-made for a Democratic prosecutor trying to save his political career with a weak case of murder against a white police officer accused of shooting a black man.
But to do that, Howard first has to get by the fact that Brooks was armed with a Taser — what Howard himself had called a “deadly weapon” when it was in police hands.
So he dismisses a “distraction” in the Brooks shooting and focuses on the false argument that the “substance” of the case is “why is it in this country that African Americans continue to get killed by police officers?”
That’s not the “substance” of the case as Howard, who has been Fulton County’s district attorney since 1997, knows it.
In the United States, every criminal case should be decided on the evidence of the guilt or innocence of the accused, in the specific crime that led to the prosecution.
It’s not decided on what the defendant might have done in other situations, it’s not decided what others who wear the same uniform might have done. It’s not decided based on the skin color of either the alleged victim or the defendant.
But that’s apparently the ground Howard wants to use to find a law enforcement officer guilty of felony murder — a crime that can carry the death penalty in Georgia, as Fox News reported.
Whether Howard could prove such a serious charge against a police officer based on the evidence won’t be known until he takes the case to trial — assuming, of course, he can win his primary runoff and manages to avoid prosecution in the criminal investigation he’s under now.
But what Howard did prove Tuesday night is that his approach to the Rayshard Brooks case is the crassest kind of political manipulation of criminal law.
Howard might never be able to convict Rolfe of anything, but on Tuesday night, he convicted himself of abusing his office and the trust of the legal system he’s supposed to serve.
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The progressive wing of New York ’ s Democratic Party may have killed its second giant in as many congressional election cycles , if initial results of Tuesday ’ s primary hold up .
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel , a pro-Israel lawmaker who battled last year with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota after she made comments seen by many as anti-Semitic , was trailing a former middle school principal who had the backing of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York , a fellow member with Omar in the coterie of House progressives calling themselves “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Empire State in 2018 when she defeated longtime Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley , who at the time was the fourth-ranked Democrat in the House .
This year , she supported former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman ’ s primary challenge against Engel , a 16-term incumbent , in New York ’ s 16th Congressional District .
As of Wednesday morning , Bowman , 44 , had garnered 60.8 percent of the vote compared to 34.4 percent for Engel , with 698 of 732 election districts reporting results , according to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
TRENDING : AP , NPR , Others Fan Divisive Flames with Remarkably Similar , Despicable Headlines on Police Shooting “ Eliot Engel used to say he was a thorn in the side of Donald Trump , ” Bowman said Tuesday night , according to Reuters .
“ But you know what Donald Trump is more afraid of than anything else ?
A black man with power .
That is what Donald Trump is afraid of.
” Bowman said his apparent victory was part of the wider war against the current system .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we don ’ t just celebrate me as an individual , we celebrate this movement , a movement designed to push back against a system that ’ s literally killing us .
It ’ s killing black and brown bodies disproportionately , but it ’ s killing all of us , ” he said , according to The Hill .
“ The results show that this district is demanding change .
This is what this district has been waiting for , this is what this country has been waiting for , and we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am excited , I am happy , I am fired up , ” Bowman added .
“ I can not wait to get to Congress and cause problems for the people in there who have been maintaining a status quo that is literally killing our children , ” he said .
The full extent of Bowman ’ s lead is uncertain because absentee ballots were requested in record numbers this year due to the current health crisis .
Under New York state law , absentee ballots can arrive up to a week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be July before final primary election results are tallied .
Engel ’ s district includes parts of Westchester County , as well as a portion of the Bronx in New York City .
RELATED : Graham : Democrats Are Party of Socialism and Mayhem , Second Term for Trump Is Crucial Tuesday ’ s results also appeared to give Ocasio-Cortez an overwhelming victory against primary challengers who included Michelle Caruso-Cabrera , 53 , a former CNBC anchor .
Ocasio-Cortez had 69.6 percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Caruso-Cabrera was at 18.7 percent .
The Intercept reported that Tuesday ’ s results were a big win for the Justice Democrats , a progressive group which backed Ocasio-Cortez in 2018 .
“ If successful , Jamaal will be the first candidate elected to Congress from this latest movement uprising for racial justice , ” said Waleed Shahid , communications director for the Justice Democrats .
“ He ’ s assembling the ‘ Obama ’ coalition in the 2008 primary of people of color , young people , and older white liberals but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he said .
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The progressive wing of New York’s Democratic Party may have killed its second giant in as many congressional election cycles, if initial results of Tuesday’s primary hold up.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, a pro-Israel lawmaker who battled last year with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota after she made comments seen by many as anti-Semitic, was trailing a former middle school principal who had the backing of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a fellow member with Omar in the coterie of House progressives calling themselves “the squad.”
Ocasio-Cortez made political history in the Empire State in 2018 when she defeated longtime Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, who at the time was the fourth-ranked Democrat in the House.
This year, she supported former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenge against Engel, a 16-term incumbent, in New York’s 16th Congressional District.
As of Wednesday morning, Bowman, 44, had garnered 60.8 percent of the vote compared to 34.4 percent for Engel, with 698 of 732 election districts reporting results, according to the New York State Board of Elections website.
“Eliot Engel used to say he was a thorn in the side of Donald Trump,” Bowman said Tuesday night, according to Reuters. “But you know what Donald Trump is more afraid of than anything else? A black man with power. That is what Donald Trump is afraid of.”
Bowman said his apparent victory was part of the wider war against the current system.
“So tonight as we celebrate, we don’t just celebrate me as an individual, we celebrate this movement, a movement designed to push back against a system that’s literally killing us. It’s killing black and brown bodies disproportionately, but it’s killing all of us,” he said, according to The Hill.
“The results show that this district is demanding change. This is what this district has been waiting for, this is what this country has been waiting for, and we are all here now together. So I am excited, I am happy, I am fired up,” Bowman added.
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“I cannot wait to get to Congress and cause problems for the people in there who have been maintaining a status quo that is literally killing our children,” he said.
The full extent of Bowman’s lead is uncertain because absentee ballots were requested in record numbers this year due to the current health crisis.
Under New York state law, absentee ballots can arrive up to a week after the primary, which means it will be July before final primary election results are tallied.
Engel’s district includes parts of Westchester County, as well as a portion of the Bronx in New York City.
If Jamaal Bowman defeats Eliot Engel, it will be a shattering loss for the Democratic Party establishment. They threw everything at him: – $5 million in dark money smear ads – Endorsements from Hillary Clinton, Andrew Cuomo and Chuck Schumer And he still won. pic.twitter.com/yB2jzlV9z5 — Democratic Revolution 2020 (@maxberger) June 24, 2020
What is happening tonight with Jamaal Bowman is an earthquake. pic.twitter.com/ogiuUfYpaD — Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) June 24, 2020
“Poverty is by political design, and it’s rooted in a system that has been fractured, and corrupt, and rotten from it’s from core from the inception of America.” @JamaalBowman #NY16 pic.twitter.com/cxWCPVTptu — People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) June 24, 2020
Tuesday’s results also appeared to give Ocasio-Cortez an overwhelming victory against primary challengers who included Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, 53, a former CNBC anchor.
Ocasio-Cortez had 69.6 percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning, according to the Board of Elections website, while Caruso-Cabrera was at 18.7 percent.
The Intercept reported that Tuesday’s results were a big win for the Justice Democrats, a progressive group which backed Ocasio-Cortez in 2018.
“If successful, Jamaal will be the first candidate elected to Congress from this latest movement uprising for racial justice,” said Waleed Shahid, communications director for the Justice Democrats.
“He’s assembling the ‘Obama’ coalition in the 2008 primary of people of color, young people, and older white liberals but grounded in a deeply progressive ideology,” he said.
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