westernjournal--2020-06-16--Activists Move on from Targeting Confederate Statues, Now Have Abe Lincoln in Their Sights

So-called “ cancel culture ” has reached a new level of stupidity , as left-wing activists have transcended far beyond demanding the removal of Confederate statues and monuments .
Now , they have set in their sights a statue honoring the man who freed the slaves .
Politicians beware : Give the liberal mob an inch and they will take a mile .
A memorial in Boston ’ s Park Square called the Emancipation Memorial — also known as Freedman ’ s Memorial — depicts Abraham Lincoln as “ The Great Emancipator , ” with Lincoln “ standing over a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim his freedom , ” according to WBUR .
The inscription at the base of the statue sums up what it is intended to convey : “ A race set free and the country at peace .
Lincoln rests from his labors.
” TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' The fact that such a monument exists make sense .
After all , it was President Lincoln who in 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation , which freed the slaves .
With that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honor the concept of freedom .
Unfortunately , the newly emboldened left sees the situation a little differently .
Tory Bullock , an African-American resident of Boston , has spearheaded a petition to remove the monument .
The petition had more than 9,200 signatures as of Tuesday , and a spokesperson for Mayor Marty Walsh told WCVB that the Democrat supports removing the statue and is “ willing to engage in a dialogue with the community about its future in Boston.
” “ My problem is with the person in front of [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s supposed to represent me and my people , ” Bullock told Fox News on Monday .
“ He ’ s not clothed , he ’ s in chains , it ’ s just not a good representation for something that ’ s supposed to represent equality and the Emancipation Proclamation.
” “ It says that it ’ s a statue that ’ s supposed to represent freedom .
But , to me , it represents submissiveness , ” he added to WCVB .
“ It represents : ‘ Know your place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . '
” Bullock apparently fails to realize that by freeing the slaves , Lincoln was sending the message that African-Americans “ belong ” in the American fabric as equal members of society , not as second-class citizens .
The Emancipation Proclamation represented a turning point in American history that set the stage for African-Americans being recognized as fully equal under the law thanks to the 13th , 14th and 15th Amendments .
( Unfortunately , it wouldn ’ t be until the civil rights movement — and accompanying legislation — of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set in stone following decades of oppression under Jim Crow laws , but it was the Emancipation Proclamation that set the stage for African-Americans to eventually be recognized as equal citizens . )
Left-wing activists declaring war on statues could apparently use a little refresher on American history .
If they knew their history , they would not have defaced the statue of Matthias Baldwin , an abolitionist , with graffiti labeling him a “ colonizer ” and a “ murderer.
” It has become clear that the indiscriminate war on statues and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do with racism anymore .
This unfortunate phenomenon stems from a mentality subscribed to by many influential liberals , including New York Democratic Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , that America “ was never that great.
” RELATED : Lincoln Freed the Slaves Over 150 Years Ago ... Now Protesters Are Defacing His Statue with BLM Graffiti Therefore , every single monument that pays homage to American history , including the good parts of it , must be destroyed .
During a riot in Boston late last month , a monument honoring the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black regiment of the Union during the Civil War , also became a target of the spray paint enthusiasts .
If the goal of the left-wing mob really is to push for racial equality , defacing this monument made absolutely no sense at all .
Sadly , the “ tear it down ” movement committed to defacing or removing “ old ” statues by force extends far beyond United States borders .
An Abraham Lincoln statue in the United Kingdom could not escape the wrath of the liberal mob either , finding itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this insanity proves that these far-left activists seek not only to undermine American history but to delegitimize western civilization as a whole .
Only when the mob achieves that goal and creates the Utopian society it has long envisioned will the looting , defacing and overall war on statues that has tragically become the norm in the past three weeks finally come to an end .
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So-called “cancel culture” has reached a new level of stupidity, as left-wing activists have transcended far beyond demanding the removal of Confederate statues and monuments.
Now, they have set in their sights a statue honoring the man who freed the slaves.
Politicians beware: Give the liberal mob an inch and they will take a mile.
A memorial in Boston’s Park Square called the Emancipation Memorial — also known as Freedman’s Memorial — depicts Abraham Lincoln as “The Great Emancipator,” with Lincoln “standing over a kneeling slave beckoning him to rise to claim his freedom,” according to WBUR.
The inscription at the base of the statue sums up what it is intended to convey: “A race set free and the country at peace. Lincoln rests from his labors.”
The fact that such a monument exists make sense. After all, it was President Lincoln who in 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves. With that in mind, the statue should symbolize and honor the concept of freedom.
Unfortunately, the newly emboldened left sees the situation a little differently.
Tory Bullock, an African-American resident of Boston, has spearheaded a petition to remove the monument. The petition had more than 9,200 signatures as of Tuesday, and a spokesperson for Mayor Marty Walsh told WCVB that the Democrat supports removing the statue and is “willing to engage in a dialogue with the community about its future in Boston.”
“My problem is with the person in front of [Lincoln], the person that’s supposed to represent me and my people,” Bullock told Fox News on Monday. “He’s not clothed, he’s in chains, it’s just not a good representation for something that’s supposed to represent equality and the Emancipation Proclamation.”
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“It says that it’s a statue that’s supposed to represent freedom. But, to me, it represents submissiveness,” he added to WCVB. “It represents: ‘Know your place, because that’s where you belong.'”
Bullock apparently fails to realize that by freeing the slaves, Lincoln was sending the message that African-Americans “belong” in the American fabric as equal members of society, not as second-class citizens.
The Emancipation Proclamation represented a turning point in American history that set the stage for African-Americans being recognized as fully equal under the law thanks to the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. (Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be until the civil rights movement — and accompanying legislation — of the 1950s and 60s that those rights were set in stone following decades of oppression under Jim Crow laws, but it was the Emancipation Proclamation that set the stage for African-Americans to eventually be recognized as equal citizens.)
Left-wing activists declaring war on statues could apparently use a little refresher on American history. If they knew their history, they would not have defaced the statue of Matthias Baldwin, an abolitionist, with graffiti labeling him a “colonizer” and a “murderer.”
It has become clear that the indiscriminate war on statues and monuments that has engulfed America has little to do with racism anymore. This unfortunate phenomenon stems from a mentality subscribed to by many influential liberals, including New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that America “was never that great.”
Therefore, every single monument that pays homage to American history, including the good parts of it, must be destroyed.
During a riot in Boston late last month, a monument honoring the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first all-volunteer black regiment of the Union during the Civil War, also became a target of the spray paint enthusiasts.
If the goal of the left-wing mob really is to push for racial equality, defacing this monument made absolutely no sense at all.
Sadly, the “tear it down” movement committed to defacing or removing “old” statues by force extends far beyond United States borders.
An Abraham Lincoln statue in the United Kingdom could not escape the wrath of the liberal mob either, finding itself covered in graffiti.
The global reach of this insanity proves that these far-left activists seek not only to undermine American history but to delegitimize western civilization as a whole.
Only when the mob achieves that goal and creates the Utopian society it has long envisioned will the looting, defacing and overall war on statues that has tragically become the norm in the past three weeks finally come to an end.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--92-Year-Old Woman Brutally Knocked to the Ground in Broad Daylight

A 92-year-old woman was pushed to the ground by a random young man walking by her in Manhattan last week .
Surveillance video footage obtained by the New York Post shows the elderly woman walking with a pushcart at 3:30 p.m. on Friday along Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood .
The man was walking toward her in the opposite direction when he suddenly hit the woman ’ s head with his left hand .
The woman fell to the ground , barely missing hitting a fire hydrant with the back of her head .
TRENDING : As Radicals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' The man walked on as if nothing happened , looking back a couple of times to see the woman on the ground .
A man on the sidewalk behind the woman appeared to freeze in disbelief when the woman fell .
The elderly woman is expected to recover from her injuries , the Post reported .
The suspect was apprehended Tuesday morning after New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea asked the community for help identifying him .
It remains unclear what his motive was .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knockout game ” where people walked up to strangers and punched them in the face .
In October 2017 , a woman in Pittsburgh was knocked out on a busy sidewalk , but passersby didn ’ t help her or call 911 , KDKA-TV reported .
RELATED : Without Hospital Visitors , Nurses Step Up To Comfort Lonely Patients A 43-year-old man was punched near a Shake Shack in New York City in a separate October 2017 incident where his attacker took a selfie with his victim , the New York Post reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , it ’ s crazy , ” Charisma Jano-Baptiste told the Post at the time .
There were more “ knockout ” attacks in 2013 in New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania and Washington , D.C. , according to Fox News .
In New York , one man died after a teenage boy punched him so hard it caused bleeding in his brain .
UPDATE , June 16 , 2020 : On June 16 , New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted that the suspect who hit the elderly woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this article to include Shea ’ s tweets on the matter .
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A 92-year-old woman was pushed to the ground by a random young man walking by her in Manhattan last week.
Surveillance video footage obtained by the New York Post shows the elderly woman walking with a pushcart at 3:30 p.m. on Friday along Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood.
The man was walking toward her in the opposite direction when he suddenly hit the woman’s head with his left hand.
The woman fell to the ground, barely missing hitting a fire hydrant with the back of her head.
The man walked on as if nothing happened, looking back a couple of times to see the woman on the ground.
A man on the sidewalk behind the woman appeared to freeze in disbelief when the woman fell.
The elderly woman is expected to recover from her injuries, the Post reported.
The suspect was apprehended Tuesday morning after New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea asked the community for help identifying him. It remains unclear what his motive was.
Thanks to the outstanding work of @NYPDDetectives, @NYPD25Pct officers, & the help of the community, this suspect has been apprehended. https://t.co/bJlgTL3Tja — Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) June 16, 2020
The incident resembles a trend called the “knockout game” where people walked up to strangers and punched them in the face.
In October 2017, a woman in Pittsburgh was knocked out on a busy sidewalk, but passersby didn’t help her or call 911, KDKA-TV reported.
ICYMI: HORRIFIC: A #Pittsburgh woman knocked out cold on a busy sidewalk. Instead of getting help, groups of men come by and take videos of her, rob her, even take selfies. Meanwhile NOBODY CALLED 911. KDKA-TV EXCLUSIVE: https://t.co/kQSQqrO7Vu pic.twitter.com/w9F21IAwyW — KDKA (@KDKA) October 27, 2017
A 43-year-old man was punched near a Shake Shack in New York City in a separate October 2017 incident where his attacker took a selfie with his victim, the New York Post reported.
“There is no point to it, it’s crazy,” Charisma Jano-Baptiste told the Post at the time.
A Shake Shack employee added, “Yeah, I’m scared. What if I’m next?”
There were more “knockout” attacks in 2013 in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., according to Fox News.
In New York, one man died after a teenage boy punched him so hard it caused bleeding in his brain.
UPDATE, June 16, 2020: On June 16, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted that the suspect who hit the elderly woman had been apprehended. We have updated this article to include Shea’s tweets on the matter.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--3 Dead in ‘Violent Face-off’ at China-India Border

Indian and Chinese military forces clashed Monday night on the India-China border , resulting in at least three deaths in the first deadly border confrontation between the two nations in four decades , according to CNN .
The violent skirmish took place in the long-disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh region on the northern tip of India where “ de-escalation ” was taking place , CNN reported .
Three Indian soldiers including an officer were killed , and Chinese media reported that Chinese soldiers were also among the dead .
“ During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley , a violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Indian military officials said in a statement to Indian news , according to The New York Times .
The soldiers were reportedly killed in a fight that involved “ rocks and wooden clubs , ” The Times of India reported .
It is believed that they died after being pelted with stones , according to The Times .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' “ Our forces were resolute in forcing Chinese troops to retreat , ” the national general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party B.L .
Santhosh tweeted .
“ The picture on the Chinese side is yet to emerge .
It is still more huge.
” The clashes are believed to have been triggered by the construction of a road by India in the Galwan valley , according to the Press Trust of India .
The road would enable India to transport soldiers and supplies into the region quickly , the BBC reported .
Several rounds of talks among major generals occurred earlier this month between Indian and Chinese military officials to de-escalate the tensions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India .
“ We have started from the north , from the area of the Galwan river where a lot of disengagement has taken place .
It has been a very fruitful dialogue that we have had , ” Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravene said Saturday , according to the Hindustan Times .
“ Everything is under control , ” he said .
A similar dispute between the two nations took place in 2017 over a road being constructed by China in a different region , the BBC reported .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent Chinese military complex , according to New Delhi Television .
Border disputes between India and China have occurred dating back to 1959 , according to Bloomberg News .
A war in 1962 took place after India established new outposts on the India-China border .
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Indian and Chinese military forces clashed Monday night on the India-China border, resulting in at least three deaths in the first deadly border confrontation between the two nations in four decades, according to CNN.
The violent skirmish took place in the long-disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh region on the northern tip of India where “de-escalation” was taking place, CNN reported.
Three Indian soldiers including an officer were killed, and Chinese media reported that Chinese soldiers were also among the dead.
“During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties,” Indian military officials said in a statement to Indian news, according to The New York Times.
The soldiers were reportedly killed in a fight that involved “rocks and wooden clubs,” The Times of India reported. It is believed that they died after being pelted with stones, according to The Times.
“Our forces were resolute in forcing Chinese troops to retreat,” the national general secretary of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party B.L. Santhosh tweeted.
“The picture on the Chinese side is yet to emerge. It is still more huge.”
Our forces were resolute in forcing Chinese troops to retreat . In the process yesterday we have lost 3 brave Deshbhakt soldiers . Veer Sadgati to the departed souls . The picture on the Chinese side is yet to emerge . It is still more huge . — B L Santhosh (@blsanthosh) June 16, 2020
The clashes are believed to have been triggered by the construction of a road by India in the Galwan valley, according to the Press Trust of India.
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The road would enable India to transport soldiers and supplies into the region quickly, the BBC reported.
Several rounds of talks among major generals occurred earlier this month between Indian and Chinese military officials to de-escalate the tensions, according to the Press Trust of India.
“We have started from the north, from the area of the Galwan river where a lot of disengagement has taken place. It has been a very fruitful dialogue that we have had,” Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravene said Saturday, according to the Hindustan Times.
“Everything is under control,” he said.
A similar dispute between the two nations took place in 2017 over a road being constructed by China in a different region, the BBC reported. The dispute resulted in the construction of a permanent Chinese military complex, according to New Delhi Television.
Border disputes between India and China have occurred dating back to 1959, according to Bloomberg News. A war in 1962 took place after India established new outposts on the India-China border.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--It Takes a Village

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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Pastor Darrell Scott: Defunding Police ‘Makes Absolutely No Sense at All’

It ’ s a phrase that , up until the sickening eight-plus minute video of George Floyd ’ s death in Minneapolis police custody , wouldn ’ t have even come close to entering the vernacular .
Most of us tacitly understood that , while there might be bad actors or rogue elements within police departments , those were what should be targeted — not entire departments themselves , which were engaged in the important work of keeping communities safe .
And yet we now have former super-prosecutor Sen. Kamala Harris of California telling us that calls to defund the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety.
” If you mean “ reimagining ” it by imagining less of it , I ’ d say yes .
So would Pastor Darrell Scott .
He ’ s the leader of the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights , Ohio , and an ally of the president ’ s .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday , he warned against defunding the police , saying the concept “ makes absolutely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hearing addressing police brutality , Scott , an African-American , discussed experiences being racially profiled , saying he “ could have very easily been George Floyd.
” “ However , I do not recommend throwing the baby out with the bathwater by labeling all police officers as bad cops simply because of the bad actions of a rogue segment of those whose job is supposed to be to protect and to serve American citizens , ” he said .
“ In fact , in certain inner-city communities across America , increased funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually necessary in order to enforce the law and to guarantee the safety and the security of law-abiding members of those communities.
” Scott instead said that “ the prospect of defunding and , or dismantling police forces across the country is one of the most unwise , irresponsible proposals by American politicians in our nation ’ s history , and makes absolutely no sense at all , at least to me.
” “ I believe it is nothing short of the politicizing of current social events in an effort to garner votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued .
“ I also believe that it ’ s a reactionary measure that can and will result in short- and long-term damage to American society , particularly in our inner-city and urban communities.
” What you ’ ll notice is that there are very few — if any — people who look at what happened to George Floyd and call it justified .
RELATED : Autonomous Zone Anarchists Demand Prison Be Abolished , Their Other Demands Are Just as Nuts What you ’ ll also notice is that there are very few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accurately explain how taking away money from police departments would have prevented his death .
That ’ s not really the point , though , as Pastor Scott notes .
This is all about politicization .
It ’ s easier to frame this as a matter of punishing a recalcitrant kid than as part of an overarching political animus toward police departments and officers .
That ’ s way too far to the left for most Americans , even if they want to see some sort of police reform around the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police departments as a collective punishment for the killing of George Floyd doesn ’ t make any sense , particularly since it would definitionally be taking the money away from police officers and departments who didn ’ t have anything to do with it .
When protesters take their case to the streets , the slogan is on signs — and no one really needs to defend signs .
When politicians end up defending it , you get mush-mouthed phrases like “ reimagining public safety.
” It will be reimagined if you defund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t like what ends up being imagined .
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“Defund the police.”
It’s a phrase that, up until the sickening eight-plus minute video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, wouldn’t have even come close to entering the vernacular.
Most of us tacitly understood that, while there might be bad actors or rogue elements within police departments, those were what should be targeted — not entire departments themselves, which were engaged in the important work of keeping communities safe.
And yet we now have former super-prosecutor Sen. Kamala Harris of California telling us that calls to defund the police are actually about “reimagining public safety.” If you mean “reimagining” it by imagining less of it, I’d say yes.
So would Pastor Darrell Scott. He’s the leader of the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and an ally of the president’s.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, he warned against defunding the police, saying the concept “makes absolutely no sense at all.”
Speaking at the hearing addressing police brutality, Scott, an African-American, discussed experiences being racially profiled, saying he “could have very easily been George Floyd.”
“However, I do not recommend throwing the baby out with the bathwater by labeling all police officers as bad cops simply because of the bad actions of a rogue segment of those whose job is supposed to be to protect and to serve American citizens,” he said.
“In fact, in certain inner-city communities across America, increased funding for police and increased police presence is actually necessary in order to enforce the law and to guarantee the safety and the security of law-abiding members of those communities.”
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Scott instead said that “the prospect of defunding and, or dismantling police forces across the country is one of the most unwise, irresponsible proposals by American politicians in our nation’s history, and makes absolutely no sense at all, at least to me.”
“I believe it is nothing short of the politicizing of current social events in an effort to garner votes during this election season,” he continued.
“I also believe that it’s a reactionary measure that can and will result in short- and long-term damage to American society, particularly in our inner-city and urban communities.”
What you’ll notice is that there are very few — if any — people who look at what happened to George Floyd and call it justified.
What you’ll also notice is that there are very few — if any — people who can accurately explain how taking away money from police departments would have prevented his death.
That’s not really the point, though, as Pastor Scott notes. This is all about politicization.
It’s easier to frame this as a matter of punishing a recalcitrant kid than as part of an overarching political animus toward police departments and officers. That’s way too far to the left for most Americans, even if they want to see some sort of police reform around the use of force.
But taking away money from police departments as a collective punishment for the killing of George Floyd doesn’t make any sense, particularly since it would definitionally be taking the money away from police officers and departments who didn’t have anything to do with it.
When protesters take their case to the streets, the slogan is on signs — and no one really needs to defend signs.
When politicians end up defending it, you get mush-mouthed phrases like “reimagining public safety.”
It will be reimagined if you defund police departments, and you won’t like what ends up being imagined.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Trump Derangement Time Warp: Notorious Trump Critic Attacks Domino’s for 8-Year-Old Tweet

For some Trump haters , nothing can get in the way of bashing any member of the administration .
And when it comes to the vicious Republican NeverTrumper Rick Wilson , that apparently includes the space-time continuum .
Wilson — who has gained a certain amount of infamy parading onto CNN to yuk it up with Don Lemon and take unfair shots at the president ’ s supporters — decided to use a tweet written by now-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany praising Domino ’ s Pizza to implicitly threaten the restaurant chain with a “ cancel culture ” moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' The problem for Wilson ?
The Domino ’ s post was published in 2012 in response to a then-unknown 24-year-old woman who happened to be a big fan of the chain ’ s product .
“ FUN FACT : @ dominos is wayyy better than any NYC pizza !
” McEnany wrote .
“ That ’ s one heck of a compliment !
Thanks for the love !
” Domino ’ s responded .
Wilson was probably salivating at the idea of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on one of the country ’ s most successful restaurant chains .
What he got instead was a torrent of social media scorn — with more than one post questioning how something that happened eight years ago could be considered “ just ” occurring .
RELATED : Trump Gets Last Laugh When WaPo 's Own Version of 'Dewey Defeats Truman ' Blows Up in Their Faces In a follow-up tweet , Wilson wrote , somewhat defensively , that the Domino ’ s/McEnany tweet came to his timeline , meaning he didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s service in the Trump administration by the length of two presidential terms .
Assuming that ’ s true , that just means Wilson was so eager to attack anyone who works for Trump ( particularly an energetic , high-profile personality like McEnany ) that he didn ’ t bother to look at when the tweets were actually published .
So he ’ s not so obsessively anti-Trump that he pores over 8-year-old tweets .
He ’ s just so reflexively anti-Trump and careless with his facts that he doesn ’ t bother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been published before he tries to launch a social media attack on a company that ’ s become an American institution .
That ’ s not exactly something to brag about — particularly from a guy who did a comedy bit on CNN mocking Trump supporters as stupid .
What ’ s interesting about the whole issue is that Domino ’ s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan is known as a devout Catholic who has been a major player in the pro-life cause — a faith that led him to found Ave Maria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2012 , the year McEnany praised Domino ’ s , the leftist website Salon named Domino ’ s one of its “ Top 5 radical right-wing food companies.
” ( Chick-fil-A was No .
1 , of course . )
It isn ’ t clear whether politics played a role in then-24-year-old McEnany ’ s pizza preferences , but it seems like a fitting combination .
( And seriously , she almost had to have had some other reason besides pure taste to put Domino ’ s over every pizza available in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , eight years later , one of the country ’ s most ludicrous Trump haters has picked up that tweet as a weapon to bash the 45th president ’ s administration .
Nothing will get in the way of Trump hatred .
Nothing .
Domino ’ s issued its own Twitter response to Wilson on Tuesday afternoon .
It wasn ’ t exactly the kind of corporate caving the country has seen from too many major businesses , the kind of caving Wilson was probably hoping to ignite .
Instead , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re not going to stop any time soon .
If there ’ s one thing that ’ s certain , it ’ s that .
UPDATE , June 16 , 2020 : After the publication of this article , Domino ’ s responded to Wilson ’ s tweet .
This article has been updated to include the company ’ s response .
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For some Trump haters, nothing can get in the way of bashing any member of the administration.
And when it comes to the vicious Republican NeverTrumper Rick Wilson, that apparently includes the space-time continuum.
Wilson — who has gained a certain amount of infamy parading onto CNN to yuk it up with Don Lemon and take unfair shots at the president’s supporters — decided to use a tweet written by now-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany praising Domino’s Pizza to implicitly threaten the restaurant chain with a “cancel culture” moment.
The problem for Wilson? The Domino’s post was published in 2012 in response to a then-unknown 24-year-old woman who happened to be a big fan of the chain’s product.
A really big fan.
“FUN FACT: @dominos is wayyy better than any NYC pizza!” McEnany wrote.
“That’s one heck of a compliment! Thanks for the love!” Domino’s responded.
@kayleighmcenany That’s one heck of a compliment! Thanks for the love! #WEAPPRECIATEIT! — Domino’s Pizza (@dominos) November 9, 2012
Wilson was probably salivating at the idea of sparking a liberal “grassroots” attack on one of the country’s most successful restaurant chains.
What he got instead was a torrent of social media scorn — with more than one post questioning how something that happened eight years ago could be considered “just” occurring.
Rick Wilson joins the mob….declaring Dominos dead from responding to what at the time was just a random customer on Twitter, who became the Press Secretary 8 years later. https://t.co/7sHyj2ut5x — Mark Dice (@MarkDice) June 16, 2020
Did you seriously dig through 8 years of tweets to find one from Domino’s where they responded to a young woman when she was 24? Who, then, 8 years later worked for a politician you dislike, just to try to get Domino’s to do what? Work on their clairvoyance? pic.twitter.com/uHhzPgo9i7 — Jon (@faroutmadman) June 16, 2020
Poor little Rick, he’s obviously a tad slow. Like 8 years slow. — Julie H Wright✝⭐⭐⭐ Text TRUMP to 88022 (@juliew38138) June 16, 2020
In a follow-up tweet, Wilson wrote, somewhat defensively, that the Domino’s/McEnany tweet came to his timeline, meaning he didn’t realize the post actually predated McEnany’s service in the Trump administration by the length of two presidential terms.
Assuming that’s true, that just means Wilson was so eager to attack anyone who works for Trump (particularly an energetic, high-profile personality like McEnany) that he didn’t bother to look at when the tweets were actually published.
So he’s not so obsessively anti-Trump that he pores over 8-year-old tweets. He’s just so reflexively anti-Trump and careless with his facts that he doesn’t bother to look at when a tweet may have been published before he tries to launch a social media attack on a company that’s become an American institution.
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That’s not exactly something to brag about — particularly from a guy who did a comedy bit on CNN mocking Trump supporters as stupid.
What’s interesting about the whole issue is that Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan is known as a devout Catholic who has been a major player in the pro-life cause — a faith that led him to found Ave Maria University in Florida.
In fact, in 2012, the year McEnany praised Domino’s, the leftist website Salon named Domino’s one of its “Top 5 radical right-wing food companies.” (Chick-fil-A was No. 1, of course.)
It isn’t clear whether politics played a role in then-24-year-old McEnany’s pizza preferences, but it seems like a fitting combination. (And seriously, she almost had to have had some other reason besides pure taste to put Domino’s over every pizza available in New York City.)
And now, eight years later, one of the country’s most ludicrous Trump haters has picked up that tweet as a weapon to bash the 45th president’s administration. Nothing will get in the way of Trump hatred. Nothing.
Domino’s issued its own Twitter response to Wilson on Tuesday afternoon.
It wasn’t exactly the kind of corporate caving the country has seen from too many major businesses, the kind of caving Wilson was probably hoping to ignite.
Instead, it was just the opposite.
Welp. It’s unfortunate that thanking a customer for a compliment back in 2012 would be viewed as political. Guess that’s 2020 for ya. — Domino’s Pizza (@dominos) June 16, 2020
More accurately, that’s liberals for ya.
And they’re not going to stop any time soon. If there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s that.
UPDATE, June 16, 2020: After the publication of this article, Domino’s responded to Wilson’s tweet. This article has been updated to include the company’s response.
CORRECTION, June 16, 2020: This article originally referred to Ave Maria University in Florida as “short-lived.” The university, in southwest Florida, is still operating.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--NFL Commissioner Pushes for Team To Sign Colin Kaepernick

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday he hopes to see a team sign national anthem kneeler Colin Kaepernick to a contract .
Amid civil unrest following the death of George Floyd , whose neck was knelt on for nearly nine minutes by a Minneapolis police officer during an arrest last month , a number of NFL players , as well as at least one coach , have said they will not stand for the country ’ s national anthem .
Goodell told ESPN ’ s Mike Greenberg he hopes to see a return of the former player who sparked the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the playing of “ The Star-Spangled Banner ” in 2016 .
“ Well , listen , if he wants to resume his career in the NFL , then obviously it ’ s going to take a team to make that decision , ” Goodell said .
“ But I welcome that , support a club making that decision and encourage them to do that , ” he said .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' But in the event Kaepernick does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said he hopes the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback works with the league in some capacity .
“ If his efforts are not on the field but continuing to work in this space , we welcome him to that table and to help us , guide us , help us make better decisions about the kinds of things that need to be done in the communities , ” Goodell told ESPN .
“ We have invited him in before , and we want to make sure that everybody ’ s welcome at that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with some very complex , difficult issues that have been around for a long time , ” the NFL commissioner said .
“ But I hope we ’ re at a point now where everybody ’ s committed to making long-term , sustainable change.
” Kaepernick , now 32 , has not played in an NFL game since the 2016-17 season .
He started protesting during the national anthem that preseason , telling NFL Media : “ ” I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color.
” The player opted out of his contract the following offseason and reportedly turned down a number of opportunities to play again .
Denver Broncos general manager John Elway shut down any talk of the quarterback joining the team in 2018 , reveling that Kaepernick was offered a contract in 2016 .
“ Colin had his chance to be here , ” Elway told reporters , according to Business Insider .
“ We offered him a contract .
He didn ’ t take it.
” RELATED : President of US Soccer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activist also reportedly asked for an unrealistic sum to play for the now-defunct startup league the Alliance of American Football in 2019 .
The Associated Press reported that the player demanded $ 20 million to play in a league where all players were signed to a 3-year , $ 250,000 contract .
Kaepernick reportedly made the same demand of the ill-fated XFL just this past winter , according to Sporting News .
That was mere months after the quarterback made a spectacle out of an NFL-sponsored workout in November , which set out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the league .
But the location and format of the NFL workout , at the Atlanta Falcons ’ practice facility , did not meet Kaepernick ’ s demands , and he instead threw at a local high school , the AP reported .
Following the NFL ratings slump beginning in 2017 , which many attributed to Kaepernick ’ s anthem protest spreading around the league , it is difficult to imagine why any team would be interested in signing him now .
It ’ s also valid to ask if Kaepernick himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now that he has reportedly turned down so many opportunities to compete on the field .
In a March 2017 obituary of the quarterback ’ s playing career , Cover32 writer Winston Chung questioned Kaepernick ’ s football abilities .
“ At the end of the day , if Colin Kaepernick displayed outstanding football acumen over the past two seasons , he likely would never had protested and we would not be having a conversation about why no one wants to sign him , ” Chung wrote .
“ The beauty of sports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – one can prove their worth there but it also can quickly reveal flaws – and Colin Kaepernick has still not proven he can sit in the pocket , read a defense quickly and swiftly deliver the ball with accuracy to a down-field receiver , ” the columnist added in his takedown .
With Houston Texans coach Bill O ’ Brien and Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield joining those vowing to refuse to stand for their country ’ s anthem during the upcoming season , what does any team have to gain by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he shows the proper woke contempt for the country , and he started a movement which has now been given legitimacy by the league .
But other players who are also now woke come with superior playing abilities , so it ’ s hard to envision there is a team out there willing to sign an anti-police activist who hasn ’ t thrown an NFL pass in almost four years .
Then again , the country and the league are apparently reaching peak wokeness , so who knows what the future might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone be watching ?
President Donald Trump has said he will not watch the NFL if players refuse to honor their country ’ s flag and anthem this season .
Many football fans might be joining him .
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday he hopes to see a team sign national anthem kneeler Colin Kaepernick to a contract.
Amid civil unrest following the death of George Floyd, whose neck was knelt on for nearly nine minutes by a Minneapolis police officer during an arrest last month, a number of NFL players, as well as at least one coach, have said they will not stand for the country’s national anthem.
Goodell told ESPN’s Mike Greenberg he hopes to see a return of the former player who sparked the national anthem protests by refusing to stand during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in 2016.
“Well, listen, if he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then obviously it’s going to take a team to make that decision,” Goodell said.
“But I welcome that, support a club making that decision and encourage them to do that,” he said.
But in the event Kaepernick does not sign with a team, Goodell said he hopes the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback works with the league in some capacity.
“If his efforts are not on the field but continuing to work in this space, we welcome him to that table and to help us, guide us, help us make better decisions about the kinds of things that need to be done in the communities,” Goodell told ESPN.
“We have invited him in before, and we want to make sure that everybody’s welcome at that table and trying to help us deal with some very complex, difficult issues that have been around for a long time,” the NFL commissioner said.
“But I hope we’re at a point now where everybody’s committed to making long-term, sustainable change.”
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Kaepernick, now 32, has not played in an NFL game since the 2016-17 season.
He started protesting during the national anthem that preseason, telling NFL Media: “”I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
The player opted out of his contract the following offseason and reportedly turned down a number of opportunities to play again.
Denver Broncos general manager John Elway shut down any talk of the quarterback joining the team in 2018, reveling that Kaepernick was offered a contract in 2016.
“Colin had his chance to be here,” Elway told reporters, according to Business Insider. “We offered him a contract. He didn’t take it.”
The player-turned activist also reportedly asked for an unrealistic sum to play for the now-defunct startup league the Alliance of American Football in 2019.
The Associated Press reported that the player demanded $20 million to play in a league where all players were signed to a 3-year, $250,000 contract.
Kaepernick reportedly made the same demand of the ill-fated XFL just this past winter, according to Sporting News.
That was mere months after the quarterback made a spectacle out of an NFL-sponsored workout in November, which set out to find the activist a new home in the league.
But the location and format of the NFL workout, at the Atlanta Falcons’ practice facility, did not meet Kaepernick’s demands, and he instead threw at a local high school, the AP reported.
No teams apparently showed any interest.
Following the NFL ratings slump beginning in 2017, which many attributed to Kaepernick’s anthem protest spreading around the league, it is difficult to imagine why any team would be interested in signing him now.
It’s also valid to ask if Kaepernick himself even has a desire to play, now that he has reportedly turned down so many opportunities to compete on the field.
In a March 2017 obituary of the quarterback’s playing career, Cover32 writer Winston Chung questioned Kaepernick’s football abilities.
“At the end of the day, if Colin Kaepernick displayed outstanding football acumen over the past two seasons, he likely would never had protested and we would not be having a conversation about why no one wants to sign him,” Chung wrote.
“The beauty of sports is the honesty of the playing field – one can prove their worth there but it also can quickly reveal flaws – and Colin Kaepernick has still not proven he can sit in the pocket, read a defense quickly and swiftly deliver the ball with accuracy to a down-field receiver,” the columnist added in his takedown.
With Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien and Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield joining those vowing to refuse to stand for their country’s anthem during the upcoming season, what does any team have to gain by signing Kapernick at this point?
Sure, he shows the proper woke contempt for the country, and he started a movement which has now been given legitimacy by the league.
But other players who are also now woke come with superior playing abilities, so it’s hard to envision there is a team out there willing to sign an anti-police activist who hasn’t thrown an NFL pass in almost four years.
Then again, the country and the league are apparently reaching peak wokeness, so who knows what the future might hold for Kaepernick.
But, will anyone be watching?
President Donald Trump has said he will not watch the NFL if players refuse to honor their country’s flag and anthem this season.
And it looks like the NFL is heading in that direction also, but not with me watching! https://t.co/aGfBaK7RNA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2020
Many football fans might be joining him.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Trump’s Niece Betrays POTUS, Will Release Tell-All Book This Summer

Mary Trump , the 55-year-old niece of President Trump , has been working with the media for months and will be releasing a tell-all book this summer , according to a new report .
According to The Daily Beast , the eye-rollingly titled “ Too Much and Never Enough : How My Family Created the World ’ s Most Dangerous Man ” details how the president ’ s niece , the daughter of his deceased brother , Fred Trump Jr. , had worked as a primary source with The New York Times on a 2018 report claiming The Donald had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the 1990s .
The book will also be filled with what her publisher promises are “ harrowing and salacious ” stories about the president , including some that have to deal with the death of Fred Trump Jr. “ Details of the book are being closely guarded by its publisher , Simon & Schuster , but The Daily Beast has learned that Mary plans to include conversations with Trump ’ s sister , retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry , that contain intimate and damning thoughts about her brother , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the publication reported .
The book will be released on July 28 , mere weeks before the Republican National Convention .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' Trump has frequently spoken fondly of Fred Trump Jr. , who died in 1981 at the age of 42 due to a heart attack the family attributes to his alcoholism , according to The Washington Post .
However , the president has acknowledged some regret in trying to get his brother , who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family real estate business .
“ I do regret having put pressure on him , ” Trump said in a Washington Post interview published in 2019 .
“ It was just not his thing .
… I think the mistake that we made was we assumed that everybody would like it .
That would be the biggest mistake .
… There was sort of a double pressure put on him ” by Donald Trump and the men ’ s father , Fred Trump Sr .
Meanwhile , Mary Trump hasn ’ t sought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the New York Daily News when her brother , Fred Trump 3rd , was involved in a bitter court fight over the will of Fred Trump Sr. in 2000 The paper described her as “ incensed ” that Donald Trump terminated the health insurance of Fred Trump 3rd over the lawsuit .
“ Given this family , it would be utterly naive to say it has nothing to do with money .
But for both me and my brother , it has much more to do with that our father [ Fred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ He existed , he lived , he was their oldest son.
” In a deposition in the lawsuit , Donald Trump said Fred Sr. had a “ tremendous dislike ” for Fred Jr. ’ s wife , the mother of both Fred 3rd and Mary .
“ I think he felt if it goes to the two children , it also maybe can go to the mother indirectly .
He felt the mother was the cause of some of Fred ’ s difficulty , and Fred had a difficult life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the Daily News .
So clearly we have animus .
We ’ ll also know a great deal more about what role she played in the 2018 New York Times piece that accused the president , along with his siblings , of engineering “ tax dodges ” to disguise large monetary gifts from their parents .
The illegality of these “ dodges ” is a matter of contention , with the paper calling them “ dubious tax schemes ” which “ met with little resistance from the Internal Revenue Service.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is n't a 'Warlord , ' But Video from the 'Autonomous Zone ' Suggests Otherwise Whatever the case may be , three Times reporters won a Pulitzer for the piece .
The usual Timesian slant could be espied in the first paragraph of the Gray Lady ’ s reporting on the publication of Mary Trump ’ s book : “ A niece of President Trump will divulge a series of damaging stories about him in an upcoming book , the first time that the president could be forced to grapple with unflattering revelations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” As for the first part of that sentence , I thought the details of the book were being “ tightly guarded ” by Simon & Schuster .
Not tightly guarded enough , apparently , if The Times can already judge for us that the book “ will divulge a series of damaging stories about ” the president .
As for the second part of the sentence , I suppose whatever these claims are will be more damaging than the “ distant cousin ” who accused Trump of stealing pancakes during a visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether they ’ ll actually do damage to the president is very much a matter for debate .
After all , ever since Michael Wolff ’ s “ Fire and Fury , ” we ’ ve seen books that promised to be damaging to the president — including E. Jean Carroll ’ s book claiming that Trump sexually assaulted her back in the 1990s .
Most of these books end up with low sales and no cultural footprint .
Media types love discussing them , mind you , but after a few weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find something shinier and newer ( and presumably , more “ damaging ) regarding the president .
Bottom line : It ’ s clear Trump ’ s niece is out to get him , but that her chances of succeeding are slim , if history is any guide .
If she wants her 15 news cycles of fame , however , she ’ s certainly about to get it .
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Mary Trump, the 55-year-old niece of President Trump, has been working with the media for months and will be releasing a tell-all book this summer, according to a new report.
According to The Daily Beast, the eye-rollingly titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” details how the president’s niece, the daughter of his deceased brother, Fred Trump Jr., had worked as a primary source with The New York Times on a 2018 report claiming The Donald had engaged in “fraudulent” tax schemes in the 1990s.
The book will also be filled with what her publisher promises are “harrowing and salacious” stories about the president, including some that have to deal with the death of Fred Trump Jr.
“Details of the book are being closely guarded by its publisher, Simon & Schuster, but The Daily Beast has learned that Mary plans to include conversations with Trump’s sister, retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, that contain intimate and damning thoughts about her brother, according to people with knowledge of the matter,” the publication reported.
The book will be released on July 28, mere weeks before the Republican National Convention.
Trump has frequently spoken fondly of Fred Trump Jr., who died in 1981 at the age of 42 due to a heart attack the family attributes to his alcoholism, according to The Washington Post. However, the president has acknowledged some regret in trying to get his brother, who was eight years older, to run the family real estate business.
“I do regret having put pressure on him,” Trump said in a Washington Post interview published in 2019. “It was just not his thing. … I think the mistake that we made was we assumed that everybody would like it. That would be the biggest mistake. … There was sort of a double pressure put on him” by Donald Trump and the men’s father, Fred Trump Sr.
Meanwhile, Mary Trump hasn’t sought the spotlight but did make a comment to the New York Daily News when her brother, Fred Trump 3rd, was involved in a bitter court fight over the will of Fred Trump Sr. in 2000
The paper described her as “incensed” that Donald Trump terminated the health insurance of Fred Trump 3rd over the lawsuit.
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“Given this family, it would be utterly naive to say it has nothing to do with money. But for both me and my brother, it has much more to do with that our father [Fred Jr.] be recognized,” she said. “He existed, he lived, he was their oldest son.”
In a deposition in the lawsuit, Donald Trump said Fred Sr. had a “tremendous dislike” for Fred Jr.’s wife, the mother of both Fred 3rd and Mary.
“I think he felt if it goes to the two children, it also maybe can go to the mother indirectly. He felt the mother was the cause of some of Fred’s difficulty, and Fred had a difficult life,” Donald Trump in the deposition, according to the Daily News.
So clearly we have animus. We’ll also know a great deal more about what role she played in the 2018 New York Times piece that accused the president, along with his siblings, of engineering “tax dodges” to disguise large monetary gifts from their parents.
The illegality of these “dodges” is a matter of contention, with the paper calling them “dubious tax schemes” which “met with little resistance from the Internal Revenue Service.”
Whatever the case may be, three Times reporters won a Pulitzer for the piece.
The usual Timesian slant could be espied in the first paragraph of the Gray Lady’s reporting on the publication of Mary Trump’s book:
“A niece of President Trump will divulge a series of damaging stories about him in an upcoming book, the first time that the president could be forced to grapple with unflattering revelations by a member of his own family.”
As for the first part of that sentence, I thought the details of the book were being “tightly guarded” by Simon & Schuster. Not tightly guarded enough, apparently, if The Times can already judge for us that the book “will divulge a series of damaging stories about” the president.
As for the second part of the sentence, I suppose whatever these claims are will be more damaging than the “distant cousin” who accused Trump of stealing pancakes during a visit to Scotland some years ago, but whether they’ll actually do damage to the president is very much a matter for debate.
After all, ever since Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” we’ve seen books that promised to be damaging to the president — including E. Jean Carroll’s book claiming that Trump sexually assaulted her back in the 1990s. Most of these books end up with low sales and no cultural footprint.
Media types love discussing them, mind you, but after a few weeks even they give up the ghost or find something shinier and newer (and presumably, more “damaging”) regarding the president.
Bottom line: It’s clear Trump’s niece is out to get him, but that her chances of succeeding are slim, if history is any guide.
If she wants her 15 news cycles of fame, however, she may be about to get it.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Ex-CNN Anchor: Network Exec Told Her She Could Only Have the ‘Right Kind’ of Black Guests

Racists at CNN ?
The mind recoils in horror .
In a tweet Saturday , former CNN anchor Soledad O ’ Brien alleged an executive at the network told her she should only have the “ right kind of Black ” person on her show .
O ’ Brien , who was with the network from 2003 to 2013 , was responding to a report by Yashar Ali in HuffPost regarding Barbara Fedida , a top ABC News exec .
In his piece , Ali alleged Fedida had a history of “ insensitive , ” “ racist ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wallpapered over in part by confidential settlements .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' “ Reminds me of the cnn exec who told me : ‘ Roland Martin isn ’ t the “ right kind of ’ Black person.
” She didn ’ t want me to book him on my show.
” “ Charles Blow , she told me , ( also a frequent guest ) was ‘ the right kind of Black ’ .
” Martin is a former CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jeff Zucker ’ s overhaul of the airport lounge network ; Blow is a current CNN commentator .
According to The Hollywood Reporter , Martin said at the time that the “ new boss wants his own peeps.
” A former host on African-American-centric TV One , Martin currently hosts a digital show .
“ If anyone wants to know why I never got a show at @ CNN , despite having successful specials ratings wise , just look at this , ” Martin said , retweeting O ’ Brien .
RELATED : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Should Replace the Police Blow — a New York Times columnist — tweeted that “ I don ’ t know how to take this ‘ good negro ’ talk… ” That ’ s not exactly a full-throated defense of the network he frequently appears on , mind you .
As for Martin , he responded : “ Bruh , the s— said about me by certain people there behind closed doors… ” O ’ Brien has been critical of the network since her 2013 departure .
Last year , she told BuzzFeed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about President Trump ” when they “ often don ’ t even know what the hell they ’ re talking about ” doesn ’ t really add any sort of value or help serve the public .
“ This is just bull .
It ’ s a ratings grab , and it ’ s cheap , ” she said .
“ All those people are on the payroll .
They make something like $ 100 [ ,000 ] to $ 150,000 as a contributor for a year , so as you circle them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have people yelling at each other as opposed to sending a crew into the field to tell a complex story , obviously one is much cheaper.
” Of course , that ’ s not calling her former employers racist .
If the allegations were true , the unnamed executive she mentioned on Twitter would have fit right in with Fedida at ABC News .
According to Ali ’ s report , the executive told black “ Good Morning America ” co-host Robin Roberts during 2018 contract negotiations that it wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ pick cotton.
” “ That remark is part of a long pattern of insensitive statements , including racist comments , made by Fedida to people who report to her , according to the sources who spoke to HuffPost , ” Ali wrote .
“ Fedida has been the subject of more than a dozen human resources complaints and was the subject of a human resources investigation in 2016 that led ABC News to hire an executive coach for her , sources said .
Staffers at ABC News who knew about the investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not end in her dismissal.
” If it had , maybe she could ’ ve found a place at CNN .
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Racists at CNN? The mind recoils in horror.
In a tweet Saturday, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien alleged an executive at the network told her she should only have the “right kind of Black” person on her show.
O’Brien, who was with the network from 2003 to 2013, was responding to a report by Yashar Ali in HuffPost regarding Barbara Fedida, a top ABC News exec.
In his piece, Ali alleged Fedida had a history of “insensitive,” “racist” and “abusive” behavior at the network, wallpapered over in part by confidential settlements.
“This is an interesting read,” O’Brien tweeted.
“Reminds me of the cnn exec who told me: ‘Roland Martin isn’t the “right kind of’ Black person.” She didn’t want me to book him on my show.”
This is an interesting read. Reminds me of the cnn exec who told me: “Roland Martin isn’t the ‘right kind of’ Black person.” She didn’t want me to book him on my show. L https://t.co/mV8haGI2zo — Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) June 14, 2020
“Charles Blow, she told me, (also a frequent guest) was ‘the right kind of Black’.”
Charles Blow, she told me, (also a frequent guest) was ‘the right kind of Black’. — Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) June 14, 2020
Martin is a former CNN contributor who was fired in 2013 during Jeff Zucker’s overhaul of the airport lounge network; Blow is a current CNN commentator.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin said at the time that the “new boss wants his own peeps.”
A former host on African-American-centric TV One, Martin currently hosts a digital show.
“If anyone wants to know why I never got a show at @CNN, despite having successful specials ratings wise, just look at this,” Martin said, retweeting O’Brien.
If anyone wants to know why I never got a show at @CNN, despite having successful specials ratings wise, just look at this @soledadobrien tweet: https://t.co/Xowf1dh7Ys — rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) June 14, 2020
Blow — a New York Times columnist — tweeted that “I don’t know how to take this ‘good negro’ talk…”
I don’t know how to take this “good negro” talk… https://t.co/WKdWSZCWoy — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 14, 2020
That’s not exactly a full-throated defense of the network he frequently appears on, mind you.
As for Martin, he responded: “Bruh, the s— said about me by certain people there behind closed doors…”
O’Brien has been critical of the network since her 2013 departure. Last year, she told BuzzFeed that having officials and pundits on-air “screaming about President Trump” when they “often don’t even know what the hell they’re talking about” doesn’t really add any sort of value or help serve the public.
“This is just bull. It’s a ratings grab, and it’s cheap,” she said.
“All those people are on the payroll. They make something like $100[,000] to $150,000 as a contributor for a year, so as you circle them through it’s inexpensive. And to have people yelling at each other as opposed to sending a crew into the field to tell a complex story, obviously one is much cheaper.”
Of course, that’s not calling her former employers racist. If the allegations were true, the unnamed executive she mentioned on Twitter would have fit right in with Fedida at ABC News. According to Ali’s report, the executive told black “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts during 2018 contract negotiations that it wasn’t like they were asking the anchor to “pick cotton.”
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“That remark is part of a long pattern of insensitive statements, including racist comments, made by Fedida to people who report to her, according to the sources who spoke to HuffPost,” Ali wrote.
“Fedida has been the subject of more than a dozen human resources complaints and was the subject of a human resources investigation in 2016 that led ABC News to hire an executive coach for her, sources said. Staffers at ABC News who knew about the investigation told HuffPost they were stunned that it did not end in her dismissal.”
If it had, maybe she could’ve found a place at CNN.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Researchers Announce ‘Major Breakthrough’ That Will Save Lives of Coronavirus Patients

British researchers claim a steroid currently on the drug market could be a life-saving treatment for COVID-19 patients .
In a recent trial , the drug cut the risk of death by about a third for individuals on ventilators .
Deaths of patients on oxygen were cut by a fifth , according to the BBC .
“ This is a result that shows that if patients who have COVID-19 and are on ventilators or are on oxygen are given dexamethasone , it will save lives , and it will do so at a remarkably low cost , ” Oxford University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders of the drug trial , told Reuters .
“ There is a clear , clear benefit , ” he told the BBC .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' “ The treatment is up to 10 days of dexamethasone and it costs about five pounds per patient .
So essentially it costs 35 pounds to save a life .
“ This is a drug that is globally available.
” “ This is the only drug so far that has been shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it significantly .
It ’ s a major breakthrough , ” added Peter Horby , the other leading researcher overseeing the trial .
“ It is a major breakthrough , ” he said .
In a statement , Horby expanded on the drug ’ s promise .
“ This is an extremely welcome result , ” he said .
“ The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment , so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients .
Dexamethasone is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.
” “ Since the appearance of COVID-19 six months ago , the search has been on for treatments that can improve survival , particularly in the sickest patients , ” Landray said in the statement .
“ These preliminary results from the RECOVERY trial are very clear — dexamethasone reduces the risk of death among patients with severe respiratory complications .
COVID-19 is a global disease — it is fantastic that the first treatment demonstrated to reduce mortality is one that is instantly available and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , about 2,000 patients were given dexamethasone .
Their results were compared more than 4,000 patients who did not get the drug .
The risk of death for people on ventilators dropped from 40 percent to 28 percent , while the risk of death for those on oxygen dropped from 25 percent to 20 percent .
Full details of the trial have yet to be published .
Landray said the drug could be given to hospital patients now , but cautioned that individuals should not stock up and take it at home .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths from COVID-19 is not some new , expensive medicine but an old , cheap-as-chips steroid , ” BBC health correspondent Fergus Walsh wrote , noting that the drug has been used since the 1960s to treat rheumatoid arthritis and asthma .
“ That is something to celebrate because it means patients across the world could benefit immediately .
And that is why the top-line results of this trial have been rushed out – because the implications are so huge globally.
” According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center , more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the coronavirus , which has led to 437,532 deaths as of Tuesday morning .
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British researchers claim a steroid currently on the drug market could be a life-saving treatment for COVID-19 patients.
In a recent trial, the drug cut the risk of death by about a third for individuals on ventilators.
Deaths of patients on oxygen were cut by a fifth, according to the BBC.
“This is a result that shows that if patients who have COVID-19 and are on ventilators or are on oxygen are given dexamethasone, it will save lives, and it will do so at a remarkably low cost,” Oxford University professor Martin Landray, one of the leaders of the drug trial, told Reuters.
“There is a clear, clear benefit,” he told the BBC.
“The treatment is up to 10 days of dexamethasone and it costs about five pounds per patient. So essentially it costs 35 pounds to save a life.
“This is a drug that is globally available.”
“This is the only drug so far that has been shown to reduce mortality — and it reduces it significantly. It’s a major breakthrough,” added Peter Horby, the other leading researcher overseeing the trial.
“It is a major breakthrough,” he said.
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In a statement, Horby expanded on the drug’s promise.
“This is an extremely welcome result,” he said.
“The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”
“Since the appearance of COVID-19 six months ago, the search has been on for treatments that can improve survival, particularly in the sickest patients,” Landray said in the statement.
“These preliminary results from the RECOVERY trial are very clear — dexamethasone reduces the risk of death among patients with severe respiratory complications. COVID-19 is a global disease — it is fantastic that the first treatment demonstrated to reduce mortality is one that is instantly available and affordable worldwide.”
In the drug trial, about 2,000 patients were given dexamethasone. Their results were compared more than 4,000 patients who did not get the drug.
The risk of death for people on ventilators dropped from 40 percent to 28 percent, while the risk of death for those on oxygen dropped from 25 percent to 20 percent.
Full details of the trial have yet to be published.
Landray said the drug could be given to hospital patients now, but cautioned that individuals should not stock up and take it at home.
“The first drug proven to cut deaths from COVID-19 is not some new, expensive medicine but an old, cheap-as-chips steroid,” BBC health correspondent Fergus Walsh wrote, noting that the drug has been used since the 1960s to treat rheumatoid arthritis and asthma.
“That is something to celebrate because it means patients across the world could benefit immediately. And that is why the top-line results of this trial have been rushed out – because the implications are so huge globally.”
According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, more than 8 million people worldwide have been infected with the coronavirus, which has led to 437,532 deaths as of Tuesday morning.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--The Irony of Protesters Pulling Down a Statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Name of Freedom

We knew it had to come to this eventually : Protesters have now toppled a statue of Thomas Jefferson , the nation ’ s third president and author of the Declaration of Independence .
You know , the founding document that reads , in part , “ We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
” The Declaration of Independence has defined what it means to be an American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likes of Abraham Lincoln , Frederick Douglass , Susan B. Anthony , the Rev .
Martin Luther King Jr. , Ronald Reagan and so many others , the world over .
The statue of Jefferson was toppled by protestors Sunday night in Portland , Oregon , at a high school named for the Founding Father .
“ The words ‘ slave owner ’ and ‘ George Floyd ’ were written on the white marble base where the statue had stood , ” according to KPTV-TV .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Not Be Tolerated' “ Jefferson High School was the starting point for Sunday ’ s march which was organized by Rose City Justice to protest the killing of George Floyd and police brutality , ” the outlet said .
The irony is that while it is true Jefferson was a slaveholder in Virginia , he pushed for slavery ’ s abolition .
Contrary to what ’ s being taught in The New York Times ’ 1619 Project curriculum in 3,500 classrooms across 50 states , a primary cause of the Revolutionary War was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slavery .
The Declaration of Independence , which lists dozens of grievances the Colonies had against the king and Parliament , makes just a passing reference to slavery by pointing to England ’ s efforts to “ excite domestic insurrections.
” Jefferson ’ s original draft submitted to the Continental Congress included a condemnation of the king ’ s support for the African slave trade , calling it a violation of the “ most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him , captivating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hemisphere , or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
” This language was struck from the declaration ’ s final text out of deference to South Carolina and Georgia , which wanted to continue the African slave trade , according to the Claremont Institute ’ s Founding.com .
The 1619 Project derives its name from the year slavery was introduced into the English colony of Virginia .
The Times ’ lead writer on the project , Nikole Hannah-Jones , was honest enough to admit that slavery in America predated the nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , she alleged that by 1776 , Britain “ had grown deeply conflicted over its role in the barbaric institution.
” Slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833 — over a half-century after the founding of the United States .
Also working completely against Hannah-Jones ’ narrative is the fact that almost all the states north of the Mason-Dixon Line had voted to abolish slavery by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 .
By 1804 , all the Northern states had passed legislation ending slavery .
So to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ original sin , ” as many do , is not fair to the founding generation , who took the initial steps to end the institution inherited from their English forebears .
Jefferson sought to place slavery on the path to extinction in Virginia through legislation introduced in 1779 that banned the further importation of slaves and created an orderly process for slaveholders to free those being held in bondage .
The bill did not pass .
Jefferson , however , did not give up his efforts , supporting legislation in 1784 at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the territorial lands west of the original 13 states .
He lamented in a letter to a friend a few years later that the effort fell short by one vote , writing , “ Thus we see the fate of millions unborn hanging on the tongue of one man , & heaven was silent in that awful moment !
but it is to be hoped it will not always be silent & that the friends to the rights of human nature will in the end prevail.
” The following year , the Continental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ established the laws governing the territorial land encompassing the future states of Ohio , Michigan , Indiana , Illinois and Wisconsin .
The ordinance outlawed the introduction of slavery in the territory .
The Constitution specifically authorized the federal government to ban the importation of slaves in 1808 ( approximately 20 years from the date the document was ratified ) .
Congress did so in 1808 , and President Thomas Jefferson signed the bill into law .
Jefferson would write about the evils of slavery in his only published work , “ Notes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1781 .
“ And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis , a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ?
” he asked .
“ That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ?
“ Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just : that his justice can not sleep for ever , ” Jefferson wrote .
Those words are inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflict in the nation ’ s future if “ total emancipation ” by the slaveholders did not eventually occur , and he expressed optimism it would .
Jefferson ultimately only freed two slaves during his lifetime , and five others through his will when he died .
“ All seven were skilled tradesmen , ideally capable of finding employment as freed men , ” according to Monticello.org .
It is easy to judge Jefferson and other slaveholding founders like George Washington by contemporary standards and write them off , but that was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made strides to change .
More importantly , they laid the foundation for the greatest outbreak of liberty ever seen in the history of the world , which continues to this day .
Randy DeSoto is the author of the book “ We Hold These Truths ” about the influence of the Declaration of Independence throughout U.S. history .
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We knew it had to come to this eventually: Protesters have now toppled a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president and author of the Declaration of Independence.
You know, the founding document that reads, in part, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence has defined what it means to be an American for over two centuries, inspiring the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan and so many others, the world over.
The statue of Jefferson was toppled by protestors Sunday night in Portland, Oregon, at a high school named for the Founding Father.
“The words ‘slave owner’ and ‘George Floyd’ were written on the white marble base where the statue had stood,” according to KPTV-TV.
“Jefferson High School was the starting point for Sunday’s march which was organized by Rose City Justice to protest the killing of George Floyd and police brutality,” the outlet said.
Thomas Jefferson statue now toppled over at Jefferson High School. This was the meeting spot for tonight’s march in Portland. Wasn’t like this before we left at 7:15. A speaker here says, “We’re taking the city back, one racist statue at a time.” #Portland #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/PiRh00yPzv — Bonnie Silkman KPTV (@BonnieSilkman) June 15, 2020
Statue of Thomas Jefferson brought down at Jefferson High School in North Portland. “Slave owner” written on its base. @KGWNews #ThomasJefferson #JeffersonHighSchool pic.twitter.com/57lQIluPZ1 — Eric Patterson (@KGWphotog) June 15, 2020
The irony is that while it is true Jefferson was a slaveholder in Virginia, he pushed for slavery’s abolition.
Contrary to what’s being taught in The New York Times’ 1619 Project curriculum in 3,500 classrooms across 50 states, a primary cause of the Revolutionary War was not the colonists’ desire to protect slavery.
The Declaration of Independence, which lists dozens of grievances the Colonies had against the king and Parliament, makes just a passing reference to slavery by pointing to England’s efforts to “excite domestic insurrections.”
Jefferson’s original draft submitted to the Continental Congress included a condemnation of the king’s support for the African slave trade, calling it a violation of the “most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.”
This language was struck from the declaration’s final text out of deference to South Carolina and Georgia, which wanted to continue the African slave trade, according to the Claremont Institute’s Founding.com.
The 1619 Project derives its name from the year slavery was introduced into the English colony of Virginia.
The Times’ lead writer on the project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, was honest enough to admit that slavery in America predated the nation’s founding by over 150 years.
However, she alleged that by 1776, Britain “had grown deeply conflicted over its role in the barbaric institution.”
Slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833 — over a half-century after the founding of the United States.
Also working completely against Hannah-Jones’ narrative is the fact that almost all the states north of the Mason-Dixon Line had voted to abolish slavery by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
By 1804, all the Northern states had passed legislation ending slavery.
So to say that slavery was America’s “original sin,” as many do, is not fair to the founding generation, who took the initial steps to end the institution inherited from their English forebears.
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Jefferson sought to place slavery on the path to extinction in Virginia through legislation introduced in 1779 that banned the further importation of slaves and created an orderly process for slaveholders to free those being held in bondage.
The bill did not pass.
Jefferson, however, did not give up his efforts, supporting legislation in 1784 at the federal level prohibiting slavery in all the territorial lands west of the original 13 states.
He lamented in a letter to a friend a few years later that the effort fell short by one vote, writing, “Thus we see the fate of millions unborn hanging on the tongue of one man, & heaven was silent in that awful moment! but it is to be hoped it will not always be silent & that the friends to the rights of human nature will in the end prevail.”
The following year, the Continental Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which established the laws governing the territorial land encompassing the future states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. The ordinance outlawed the introduction of slavery in the territory.
The Constitution specifically authorized the federal government to ban the importation of slaves in 1808 (approximately 20 years from the date the document was ratified).
Congress did so in 1808, and President Thomas Jefferson signed the bill into law.
Jefferson would write about the evils of slavery in his only published work, “Notes on the State of Virginia” in 1781.
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?” he asked. “That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?
“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever,” Jefferson wrote.
Those words are inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
He predicted an armed conflict in the nation’s future if “total emancipation” by the slaveholders did not eventually occur, and he expressed optimism it would.
Jefferson ultimately only freed two slaves during his lifetime, and five others through his will when he died.
“All seven were skilled tradesmen, ideally capable of finding employment as freed men,” according to Monticello.org.
It is easy to judge Jefferson and other slaveholding founders like George Washington by contemporary standards and write them off, but that was the world they were born into and many made strides to change.
More importantly, they laid the foundation for the greatest outbreak of liberty ever seen in the history of the world, which continues to this day.
Randy DeSoto is the author of the book “We Hold These Truths” about the influence of the Declaration of Independence throughout U.S. history.
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westernjournal--2020-06-16--Thomas Jefferson Statue Toppled as Monument Rampage Continues

A statue of Thomas Jefferson that formerly stood outside a Portland , Oregon , high school bearing his name was toppled Sunday .
Before pulling down the statue , demonstrators scrawled “ slave owner ” and “ George Floyd ” on its base , along with “ 846 ” — a reminder of the time a Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd ’ s neck before the unarmed black man ’ s May 25 death .
A placard with a peace sign was raised in place of the Jefferson statue .
A group called PDX Resistance posted a video of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as did a local reporter .
TRENDING : As Radicals Plan Tennessee Autonomous Zone , Governor Warns That Lawlessness 'Will Not Be Tolerated' In its reporting about a protest march that began at the school , The Oregonian said protesters cheered an organizer who said , “ There ’ s an interesting piece of history up here … Mr. Thomas is all beside himself.
” “ We ’ re taking this city back .
One school at a time .
One racist statue at a time , ” the organizer said .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Honestly , I ’ m just very emotionally charged right now , ” said Tope Sosanya , according to KPTV-TV .
“ We ’ re addressing white supremacy finally , and it ’ s just something we grew up with .
And it ’ s been so normalized that people on our money would — which is supposed to be good to have — would have owned me.
” James Dean , the head custodian of Portland Public Schools , saw the destruction differently .
“ It ’ s part of my building @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see my building defaced , ” said Dean , who is black .
RELATED : Protesters Can Only Watch as Armed Police Dismantle 'Autonomous Zone' The state was hauled away Monday by school workers , according to KOIN-TV .
Portland schools have yet to announce what will happen now to the statue .
Ronnie Manus , a black 1969 graduate of the school , had mixed feelings about the incident .
“ It was bittersweet actually , being an African-American , knowing the reason it came down but being a proud Jefferson graduate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but believe it has its purpose for leaving , ” he said .
Another activist said there are larger issues than statues to focus upon .
“ Some of the racism that has occurred over the years , the boundary changes , the bond measure … Jefferson is the second oldest school and not had a bond passed to work on the old decrepit school — that ’ s the racism involved in that is what I want to talk about , ” Tony Hopson said .
On Saturday , protesters toppled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to The Oregonian .
The statutes were known as the Pioneer and the Pioneer Mother .
The college ’ s Black Student Collective had called for the statues to be removed .
The university said the statues ’ future should be ascertained “ through an inclusive and deliberative process , not a unilateral act of destruction.
” “ These are obviously turbulent times .
While we support peaceful protest and vigorous expression of ideas , we do not condone acts of vandalism , ” the school said in a statement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are coming to terms with historic and pervasive racism that we must address , but it is unfortunate that someone chose to deface and tear down these statues.
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A statue of Thomas Jefferson that formerly stood outside a Portland, Oregon, high school bearing his name was toppled Sunday.
Before pulling down the statue, demonstrators scrawled “slave owner” and “George Floyd” on its base, along with “846” — a reminder of the time a Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck before the unarmed black man’s May 25 death.
A placard with a peace sign was raised in place of the Jefferson statue.
A group called PDX Resistance posted a video of the statue being toppled on Twitter, as did a local reporter.
Tough time for slave owners ?♂ pic.twitter.com/m0lUWuYqVc — PDX Resistance ✊ (@Pdx_resistance) June 15, 2020
In its reporting about a protest march that began at the school, The Oregonian said protesters cheered an organizer who said, “There’s an interesting piece of history up here … Mr. Thomas is all beside himself.”
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“We’re taking this city back. One school at a time. One racist statue at a time,” the organizer said.
The action provoked very different reactions.
“Honestly, I’m just very emotionally charged right now,” said Tope Sosanya, according to KPTV-TV. “We’re addressing white supremacy finally, and it’s just something we grew up with. And it’s been so normalized that people on our money would — which is supposed to be good to have — would have owned me.”
James Dean, the head custodian of Portland Public Schools, saw the destruction differently.
“It’s part of my building. I don’t like to see my building defaced,” said Dean, who is black.
The state was hauled away Monday by school workers, according to KOIN-TV.
Portland schools have yet to announce what will happen now to the statue.
Ronnie Manus, a black 1969 graduate of the school, had mixed feelings about the incident.
“It was bittersweet actually, being an African-American, knowing the reason it came down but being a proud Jefferson graduate. I hate to see it go, but believe it has its purpose for leaving,” he said.
Another activist said there are larger issues than statues to focus upon.
“Some of the racism that has occurred over the years, the boundary changes, the bond measure … Jefferson is the second oldest school and not had a bond passed to work on the old decrepit school — that’s the racism involved in that is what I want to talk about,” Tony Hopson said.
On Saturday, protesters toppled two statues at the University of Oregon, according to The Oregonian. The statutes were known as the Pioneer and the Pioneer Mother. The college’s Black Student Collective had called for the statues to be removed.
The university said the statues’ future should be ascertained “through an inclusive and deliberative process, not a unilateral act of destruction.”
“These are obviously turbulent times. While we support peaceful protest and vigorous expression of ideas, we do not condone acts of vandalism,” the school said in a statement. “Our country, state and campus are coming to terms with historic and pervasive racism that we must address, but it is unfortunate that someone chose to deface and tear down these statues.”
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