theblaze--2020-06-24--Mark Levin: BLM is a Marxist organization and their goal is to 'GET TRUMP OUT'

Mark Levin : BLM is a Marxist organization and their goal is to 'GET TRUMP OUT' 'They 're using race @ @ @ @ @ to push their Marxism '

This week on "LevinTV," BlazeTV host Mark Levin exposed the real mission behind the Black Lives Matter movement — and it isn't to right the wrongs of racial injustice.
"When these politicians are embracing Black Lives Matter ... the organization, they are embracing a Marxist, anarchist organization that is extremely well funded, and extremely well organized all over the country," Levin said. "It's almost like the Weather Underground except, smartly, they're using race as the issue through which to push their Marxism."
Levin played a recently resurfaced video from 2015 that revealed one of the Black Lives Matter co-founders, Patrisse Cullors, admitting that she and her fellow BLM creators are "trained Marxists."
"What I've been saying, probably for years now, is true. They're not hiding it," Levin said. "These are trained Marxist ... and they are using race as the vessel through which to advance a Marxist revolution."
He went on to play a second video clip from last week's "The Lead" on CNN, in which Cullors tells host Jake Tapper that her organization's primary goal is to overthrow a duly-elected president of the United States.
"Trump not only needs to not be in office in November, but he should resign now," Cullors said. "Trump needs to be out of office. He is not fit for office. And so, what we are going to push for is a move to get Trump out. While we're also going to continue to push and pressure vice president Joe Biden around his policies and relationship to policing and criminalization, that's going to be important, but our goal is to get Trump out."
"So, it's a Marxist, anarchist movement that has a goal to overthrow the government, and to get Trump out. Think about that," Levin added.
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theblaze--2020-06-24--VIDEO: House hearing turns chaotic after Rep. Gohmert refuses to stop knocking on table to drown out

VIDEO: House hearing turns chaotic after Rep. Gohmert refuses to stop knocking on table to drown out witness

VIDEO : House hearing turns chaotic after Rep. Gohmert refuses to stop knocking on table to drown out witness

A hearing of the House Judiciary Committee turned to chaos after Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) objected to the time given to a witness by continuing to knock on his table and drown out the witness.
The incident occurred Wednesday as former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer was giving his opening statement to the committee.
Ayer was excoriating Attorney General William Barr when Gohmert began banging on his table with his ring.
"Here though the wrong is much worse, as Barr is using a criminal investigation to produce fodder for the president's campaign propaganda mill. Which can have its effect even if it is false!" said Ayer.
Here Gohmert began to knock his ring against the table. After about a minute, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) asked for Gohmert to be stopped by force.
"Mr. Chairman," said Johnson, "I would ask that the sergeant-at-arms be called upon to stop the disruption of this meeting. I can't hear this witness, this is a very important witness."
"Well, he's way beyond his time," responded Gohmert, who continued knocking, "and if there are no rules about when people can talk, there's no rules about when you can make noise!"
Gohmert addressed Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) directly and accused him of selectively using the congressional rules to aid Democrats. Then he continued knocking.
"Mr. Chairman!" Gohmert interrupted. "This is outrageous! Do you have no respect for the rules whatsoever?!"
Then he continued knocking.
Ayer, who was once Barr's supervisor, finished his opening address on what he considered to be the politicization of the Department of Justice.
"I believe that William Barr poses the greatest threat, in my lifetime, to our rule of law and to public trust in it," Ayer said. "That is because he does not believe in its core principle: that no person is above the law."
Here's the video of the heated interaction:


theblaze--2020-06-24--South Dakota governor on blowing up Mt Rushmore: 'Not on my watch'

South Dakota governor on blowing up Mt Rushmore : 'Not on my watch' Monuments honoring US presidents continue to fall @ @ @ @ @ the site could be targeted for destruction

Far-left fringe activists have called for the blasting of Mount Rushmore for years, gaining little to no traction. But as statues honoring America's Founding Fathers continue to fall after weeks of ongoing rioting sparked by the death of George Floyd, conservatives are raising the alarm that the monument to four American presidents in South Dakota's Black Hills could legitimately end up on the target list.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) says of the threat: "Not on my watch."
What are the details?
On Tuesday, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro asked on Twitter, "So, when is our woke historical revisionist priesthood going to insist on blowing up Mount Rushmore?"
Gov. Noem replied, "Not on my watch."
Conservative co-host of "The View," Meghan McCain," also voiced concern for the monument, tweeting, "We're like one week removed from entire cable news panels debating whether or not we should blow up Mount Rushmore."
While Shapiro and McCain's comments may not have been entirely serious, the concern that Mount Rushmore could be destroyed is not far-fetched considering statues of each of the four presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln — whose faces are etched into the rock have either been toppled, or slated for removal — peacefully and otherwise — in the U.S. in recent days.
Rioters in Portland removed statues of Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson over the past few weeks. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced over the weekend that the statue of President Theodore Roosevelt will be removed from the front of the American Museum of Natural History at the museum's request.
Protesters have vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C., which depicts President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave, while Boston is considering removing a similar statue featuring Lincoln.
Fox News reported that "there's no indication yet of any serious push" for destroying Mount Rushmore, but Gov. Noem told "Fox & Friends" that there has been online activity indicating threats to the monument. She said, "this threat to the mountain could remain in place for quite some time," but vowed, "we're prepared to be there and be diligent about protecting it."
The governor posted a portion of her interview with the outlet on Twitter with the message, "The men on Mt. Rushmore helped make America the greatest country in history. They weren't perfect; nobody is. But we should learn from their example and work together to accomplish their dreams for our country."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Cops bust man in the act of painting 'slave owner' on George Washington statue in Manhattan park in

Cops bust man in the act of painting 'slave owner' on George Washington statue in Manhattan park in broad daylight

Cops bust man in the act of painting 'slave owner ' on George Washington statue in Manhattan park in broad @ @ @ @ @ any more

As protests and riots have expanded across the country, so have the targets of demonstrators' ire.
First, rioters went after police-related items, especially precincts and cop cars.
Then their attention turned to Confederate flags and statues, as well as memorials to Christopher Columbus.
Now their list of unacceptable structures includes those dedicated to abolitionists, Founding Fathers, generals who defeated the Confederate South, and emancipators — and even a famous progressive president.
The most recent example reportedly occurred in Manhattan's Union Square Park where police say they busted a 37-year-old man Wednesday in the act of defacing the park's statue of George Washington in broad daylight, the New York Post reported.
According to the cops, the suspect was caught just shortly before noon writing "slave owner" on the statue and had bottles of paint, cans of spray paint, and multiple brushes.
The suspect, Richard Maye, the Post said, has been charged with "two counts of making graffiti, criminal mischief and other misdemeanor graffiti charges." According to the paper, Maye did not respond to requests for comment.
Efforts to to deface or tear down statues dedicated to American figures has grown exponentially over the last few weeks — often without apparent regard for the subject of the memorial.
For example, rioters in Washington, D.C., went after the Emancipation Memorial of Abraham Lincoln on Tuesday night and threatened to pull the "motherf***er" down on Thursday night. The memorial, which shows former President Lincoln and a free slave, was built in 1876 and paid for entirely by freed slaves who wanted to honor the man who signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Frederick Douglass, a former slave and friend of Lincoln, gave the keynote speech at the memorial's dedication.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Another hate crime hoax: Black man headed to jail after tagging college campus with racist graffiti

Another hate crime hoax: Black man headed to jail after tagging college campus with racist graffiti five times since last fall

Another hate crime hoax : Black man headed to jail after tagging college campus with racist graffiti five times since @ @ @ @ @ Jerome Jackson , 54 , speculated his client perpetrated the acts to 'start a conversation @ @ @

It's yet another hate crime hoax.
Jerome K. Jackson, a 54-year-old black man, was charged earlier this month with tagging the campus of Salisbury University in Maryland with racist graffiti five times between last October and February of this year, which authorities characterized as a "hate crime."
WMDT-TV said the phrase "It's hang a N [redacted] month" was written, and that the graffiti sparked unrest at Salisbury.
Image source: WMDT-TV video screenshot, composite
Before Jackson was identified, university President Charles A. Wight penned a message to the university community calling the culprit a "coward" and cancelling classes "to give us all the opportunity to come together to process what we are experiencing, support each other, and figure out how we can move forward together as a community."
Wight added, "I know these crimes have frightened members of our campus community, particularly Black and Brown students, faculty and staff. I am appalled by these vile acts which are not welcome on OUR campus and do not represent our values."
What did one student have to say after Jackson was identified?
Upon hearing the news that Jackson was identified, student Abiodun Adeoye told WMDT, "I don't want people to get this idea that since that man wrote that, and he was a black person, 'Well, anything that happens now, you African-American people can't criticize white people about race.'"
Image source: WMDT-TV video screenshot,
What did Jackson have to say?
Jackson opted to not speak when he was sentenced two weeks ago, WMDT-TV reported in a separate story, but his attorney had some theories regarding the motivation behind his client's actions.
"To start a conversation about race at SU, their practices, their admissions, the way the institution is run, and to bring those issues to the forefront," Richard Brueckner speculated to the station, adding that his theories didn't come directly from Jackson.
Brueckner added to WMDT that the black community's "voice isn't often heard, and we've seen folks go to some pretty extreme lengths to facilitate a conversation of race and where it fits in" and that Jackson originally faced nearly 30 years in prison before a plea deal was worked out.
"I'm not sure that incarceration sends any message to anyone about racism," he added to the station.
Wicomico County State's Attorney Jamie Dykes told WMDT that while Jackson was sentenced to 18 months behind bars, he likely will serve around nine months before being paroled — and he also must pay $494 to the university in restitution.
It's an old story
As TheBlaze has extensively reported, hoaxes perpetrated in order to draw attention to social issues are nothing new. Here's a look at 20 recent hate crime hoaxes.
(H/T: Campus Reform)


theblaze--2020-06-24--Georgia grand jury indicts three men for murder in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted three men in connection with the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. All three men now face charges for felony murder and aggravated assault in a case that garnered national attention thanks largely to the cellphone video taken by the men who were involved in Arbery's shooting.
According to ABC News, Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announced the result of the grand jury's vote on Wednesday.
According to Holmes, "The presentation took an hour and a half and the true bill came back in 10 minutes." The grand jury's decision means that Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William Bryan each now face nine charges, including malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal contempt to commit a felony.
Arbery was shot and killed by Travis McMichael on Feb. 23 in an incident that involved McMichael's father, Gregory, a retired police officer, and family friend William Bryan. On that night, Gregory McMichael spotted Arbery in a vacant construction site and believed that he was a person responsible for committing several break-ins in their neighborhood.
Gregory alerted Travis and the two grabbed their guns and began following Arbery, who was out jogging, in a white pickup truck. The pair called Bryan, who joined the chase and filmed a substantial portion of it on his cellphone.
Ultimately, the McMichaels caught and confronted Arbery, who struggled with them until Travis fired three gunshots at Arbery, who later died.
Local police were initially unwilling to pursue charges against the three men, apparently believing their claims of self-defense, until the video taken by Bryan was posted on social media on May 5, igniting a national firestorm. In response to widespread criticism of the local police's actions in the case, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation assumed control of the investigation into the shooting, and ultimately arrested all three men.
Arbery's death, and the supposed bungling of the investigation into the McMichaels by the local police, was at least part of the impetus for the civil unrest that has rocked the nation for the last several weeks. Protesters have often called for justice for Arbery, as well as for other alleged victims of police violence or indifference, including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Conservative publisher claims Amazon banned ads for book about how transgenderism is harming young g

Conservative publisher claims Amazon banned ads for book about how transgenderism is harming young girls The book may cause people @ @ @ @ @

A well known conservative publisher is claiming that retail giant Amazon suspended an ad campaign ahead of the release of one of its books that details how transgender ideology is harming young girls.
Regnery Publishing told Fox News on Sunday that they could not buy ad space on Amazon to promote "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters," written by Wall Street Journal columnist Abigail Shrier.
In an email allegedly sent to Regnery last Thursday, Amazon's advertising support service explained its decision to block the ads, saying, "[the book] contains elements that may not be appropriate for all audiences, which may include ad copy/book content that infers or claims to diagnose, treat, or question sexual orientation. Hence, this campaign will not be allowed to be advertised."
In a statement, Regnery said: "The cancel culture has made it clear that it despises diversity of opinion, and it will not tolerate science, data, facts, or anything that contradicts the approved narrative."
Shrier, a graduate of Yale Law School who frequently writes about the dangers of the transgender movement at WSJ, posted about the news on her Twitter Sunday, writing, "apparently, you're allowed to promote gender ideology; you're just not allowed to question it."
The book's blurb on Amazon says that Shier "has dug deep into the trans epidemic, talking to the girls, their agonized parents, and the counselors and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to 'detransitioners' — young women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves."
In the book, Shier examines the medical and psychological injury often caused to teenage girls who adopt a transgender lifestyle and undergo a physical transition.
A Regnery spokesperson told Fox News that "Amazon is one of our most important ad platforms" and the inability to advertise on the site "would be a significant hit to our promotional efforts."
On its Twitter account, Regnery noted how Amazon appears to have taken a side on the issue:
The Christian Post reported that Regnery has reached out to Amazon to appeal, but that the retail giant has so far not updated its decision.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Bubba Wallace addresses FBI investigation findings: 'We'll gladly take a little embarrassment over w

Bubba Wallace addresses FBI investigation findings: 'We'll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been'

Bubba Wallace addresses FBI investigation findings : 'We 'll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have @ @

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is accepting investigators' findings regarding the noose found in his race car garage on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
In response to the initial discovery of the noose, Wallace took to Twitter, telling fans and followers that such a clear "act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened," and promised that the incident would not break him.
FBI investigators quickly concluded that the noose discovered in Wallace's garage was not a racial threat meant for him.
What's a brief history on this?
Wallace spoke with CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday night, where he railed against the noose as well as people who he said were trying to "test" his character with assertions of a hoax.
During the exchange, Wallace said he was extremely unhappy that people were questioning his integrity following the investigators' findings.
"I'm mad because people are trying to test my character and the person that I am and my integrity," he told Lemon.
On Tuesday, the FBI said that the noose — which was reportedly a "garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose" — had been in the garage since October 2019 — months and months before Wallace took over the stall.
"It was a noose," Wallace snapped at Lemon on Tuesday. "Whether tied in 2019 or whatever, it was a noose. So, it wasn't directed at me but somebody tied a noose. That's what I'm saying."
Later that evening, Wallace insisted, "This will not break me, none of the allegations of being a hoax will break me or tear me down."
What are the details?
On Twitter Wednesday afternoon, Wallace wrote, "It's been an emotional few days. First off, I want to say how relieved I am that the investigation revealed that this wasn't what we feared it was. I want to thank my team, NASCAR, and the FBI for acting swiftly and treating this as a real threat."
"I think we'll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been," he continued. "Make no mistake, though some will try, this should not detract from the show of unity we had on Monday, and the progress we've made as a sport to be a more welcoming environment for all."
Hours before his tweet, Wallace wrote, "Integrity..something nobody will ever be able to take away from me. God will always test us to show how strong we truly are. Still standing proud and still smiling."
A statement from NASCAR on the FBI's investigation read:
The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team's arrival and garage assignment.
We appreciate the FBI's quick and thorough investigation and are thankful to learn that this was not an intentional, racist act against Bubba. We remain steadfast in our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all who love racing.
In a statement, the FBI said, "The FBI learned that garage number 4, where the noose was found, was assigned to Bubba Wallace last week. The investigation also revealed evidence, including authentic video confirmed by NASCAR, that the noose found in garage number 4 was in that garage as early as October 2019.
"Although the noose is now known to have been in garage number 4 in 2019, nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number 4 last week," the FBI's investigation concluded.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Senate Democrats refuse to allow debate on police reform measure

With only three exceptions, Democrats in the Senate voted to block a police reform bill championed by Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) from being debated in the Senate. Although 55 senators — all Republicans, plus Democrats Joe Manchin (W. Va.), Doug Jones (Ala.) and independent Angus King (Maine) — voted to allow debate on the measure, the procedural vote required 60 "yea" votes to pass.
The result of the vote means that police reform legislation is likely stalled in Congress for the foreseeable future, even as the Democrat-led House debates its own measure. The bill in question would have required police departments to compile use-of-force reports and ban chokeholds in order to obtain full federal funding. It would also have imposed record-keeping requirements on departments that utilize "no knock" warrants, such as the one police utilized in the incident that led to Breonna Taylor's death in Louisville, Kentucky.
Democrats opposed the bill because it did not address qualified immunity or ban chokeholds outright.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized the Democrats' decision to not even allow debate on the measure, saying that the contentious issue of qualified immunity could have been debated and could have been inserted into the bill via amendment.
According to Fox News, McConnell said, "They don't want a debate, they don't want amendments, they'll filibuster police reform from even reaching the floor of the Senate unless the majority lets the minority rewrite the bill behind closed doors in advance."
In explaining why Democrats voted against allowing debate on the bill, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) claimed that the bill was the "legislative equivalent of a fig leaf, something that provides a little cover but no real change."
The vote prompted a fiery response from Scott on the Senate floor:
Detroit. Atlanta. Minneapolis. Los Angeles. Philadelphia. All these cities could have banned chokeholds themselves. They could have increased police reporting themselves. They could have more data, information themselves. They could have de-escalation training themselves. They could have duty to intervene themselves. Minneapolis as well. All these communities have been run by Democrats for decades. Decades! What is the [return on investment] for the poorest people in this nation? And I don't blame them. I blame an elite political class... I finally realized what the problem is. It's not what is being offered, it's who is offering it.


theblaze--2020-06-24--BET founder: It's time for Black Lives Matter to create a political party; Democrats are 'terrified'

BET founder : It 's time for Black Lives Matter to create a political party ; Democrats are 'terrified' Tired @ @ @ @ @ for granted

After presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared black voters "ain't black" if they don't vote for him, BET founder Robert Johnson slammed the former vice president and said he should "spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every black person he meets."
Now Johnson has taken his fed-upness to another level: He wants the Black Lives Matter movement to create its own political party in order to wield greater electoral influence for the black community.
What did he say about a BLM party?
Asked why a black independent party is needed, Johnson told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" that the 40 million black Americans who tend to vote as a bloc for the Democratic Party "limit their leverage in getting action from both parties."
Johnson told CNBC that he wants an independent party that is not "an appendage of one party or ignored by the other party" and that uses leverage to push for the interests of blacks.
"Had African American interests been fully embraced by one or two of the dominant parties, we wouldn't have the tremendous social, economic, racial issues that we have now," he continued.
Johnson said he sees the new party being effective especially at the local and state levels — not to mention its potential impact on the Electoral College. He noted that low black voter turnout in battleground states cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election, then added that because blacks vote as a bloc, they can impact the balance of power.
According to Johnson, the Democratic Party is "terrified of the notion that black folks might either vote a protest vote at the top of the ticket or decide to sit this out." Democrats' fears were exemplified by "the most amazing thing" Johnson said he'd ever heard a white Democrat say when Biden made his "ain't black" comment.
"That is a horrendous statement, but it also reflects the need for a black independent party," he said. "That someone can be so presumptuous that you have to vote for a Democrat or otherwise you are not identified as black."
In a letter to "Black Lives Matter Leaders and Supporters" on June 17, Johnson urged BLM to "consider establishing a formal independent political party" that would "be founded on the principle articulated by the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971. That formative principle stated, 'Black people have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies ... just permanent interests.'"
Johnson said he believes "independent parties can make a significant contribution to the current political system" and that pundits who pooh-pooh the idea are wrong to believe Americans are satisfied with the two major parties.
"I believe a politically astute and structured Black independent party, committed and engaged in the electoral process, can prove them wrong," Johnson wrote.
For Johnson, now is the time to "harness" the movement the nation has seen in the streets the past few weeks following the death of George Floyd:
I am confident in this assertion because BLM has, in a manner not seen since the civil rights movement, effectively mobilized and passionately motivated people, Black and white, to join in and support your righteous fight against racial and economic injustice, particularly on the matter of unjustified police killing of Black people. Your cause has triggered a determined reaction calling for change, heard not only in America, but around the world.
Black Lives Matter, by establishing an independent political party, can become a force dedicated to advancing the permanent interests of 40 million Black Americans in this country.


theblaze--2020-06-24--'Religious service,' 'indoor gun range' listed on Virginia health dept. 'online complaint' form to r

'Religious service,' 'indoor gun range' listed on Virginia health dept. 'online complaint' form to report COVID-19 'violations'

A Republican state senator asked if Democratic Gov .
Ralph Northam is 'trying to turn us into a society of @ @ @ @

The Virginia Department of Health's website offers an online form to report "violations" of Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's coronavirus executive orders — and specifically lists "religious service" and "indoor gun range" in a dropdown menu among six other options for establishments accused of violations.
Image source: Virginia Department of Health website
What are the details?
The form says, "If you have observed violations of Executive 63 or Executive Order 65 and wish to file a complaint, fill out this report form as completely as possible. Executive Order 63 involves the requirement to wear a face covering while inside buildings. Frequently Asked Questions about Executive Order 63 are available here. Executive Order 65 involves Phase Two easing of certain temporary restrictions due to COVID-19; complaints related only to Executive Order 65 that involve cloth face coverings or capacity requirements may be filed with this form."
The instructions add that the Virginia Department of Health "will review your complaint and forward it to your Local Health Department."
A dropdown menu listing "type of establishment," two of the eight specific options users can choose from are "religious service" and "indoor gun range" — although it doesn't appear as though completing the "type of establishment" option is required.
'Trying to turn us into a society of informers and snitches'
Republican state Sen. Mark Obenshain wondered if Northam is "trying to turn us into a society of informers and snitches" and was particularly displeased with the options to specifically call out gun ranges and religious services.
"So let me get this straight," he continued. "Gov. Northam is asking private citizens to tattle on their fellow citizens regarding his mask order and encouraging complaints to be submitted specifically as to churches and gun ranges. And these complaints can be made anonymously. There is nothing to prevent businesses from snitching on competitors, or to prevent the outright fabrication of reports. This is sure to work to the detriment of small businesses who are struggling under the weight of the coronavirus shutdown AND stifling laws Democrats passed that go into effect July 1."
Obenshain added that "it appears that the full force and weight of the state government is poised and ready to drop on restaurants, churches, and wineries for perceived violations of the Governor's orders while the Governor equivocates and prevaricates when it comes to its enforcement in connection with protests, demonstrations and riots — as long as participants are his allies."
While far-left Northam is notoriously anti-gun, on Tuesday he did say he doesn't condone protests when they become violent. Northam also was caught in Virginia Beach in late May without a face mask after having declared he'd issue a rule mandating masks outdoors.
(H/T: Washington Free Beacon)


theblaze--2020-06-24--Adam Carolla defends Jimmy Kimmel — says him wearing blackface isn't really blackface

Adam Carolla defends Jimmy Kimmel — says him wearing blackface is n't really blackface 'The Man Show ' co-host is @ @

Comedian Adam Carolla — who worked alongside Jimmy Kimmel on Comedy Central's "The Man Show" — is speaking up in defense of his longtime friend, and also insisting that what Kimmel did wasn't blackface.
Kimmel issued an apology on Tuesday following resurfaced sketches in which Kimmel dressed up in blackface.
What are the details?
During Tuesday's "The Adam Carolla Show" podcast, the host said that Kimmel is easily in his "top three of all time of decent people I've ever met in my life."
"He is the most decent person you've ever met," Carolla said of Kimmel. "He is the most generous person you've ever met. If everyone was like Jimmy Kimmel, we'd be living in a ... utopia."
Carolla said that Kimmel's impersonations of black people such as former NBA player Karl Malone or even Oprah does not constitute as dressing up in hateful blackface.
"I was saying this years ago, and I meant it," Carolla said. "Blackface is something. Doing Karl Malone is something else, or doing Oprah is something else. ... This is not blackface."
What about cancel culture?
Carolla also insisted that cancel culture needs to stop when it comes to people resurfacing skits, sketches, jokes, or even formerly accepted practices from years back.
"It's not acceptable now," he said of certain types of comedy. "If somebody does this now, then we must look at it as something very different from then."
Carolla added, "If you meet anyone over 45, they'll tell you they got paddled, they got swatted, the teacher would smack them with a ruler. ... Paddling a kid sounds pretty outrageous in 2020 and nobody would stand for it. ... But the people who engaged in it at the time when it was common practice or had a context — we don't need to build a time machine so we can cancel culture them."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Unarmed Missouri woman fatally shot by sheriff's deputy — and the incident was caught on camera

Unarmed Missouri woman fatally shot by sheriff 's deputy — and the incident was caught on camera

A search warrant filed in the case of Hannah Fizer's death says that the surveillance camera of a nearby business recorded the incident that led to a Pettis County sheriff's deputy fatally shooting the 25-year-old woman, WDAF-TV reported.
What's this about? Hannah Fizer was pulled over on the night of June 13 by a Pettis County Sheriff's Office deputy. The stop was reportedly for speeding and careless driving.
The deputy reported that Fizer was slow to pull over, and when he questioned her, she allegedly refused to identify herself. According to the deputy, Fizer told him she was recording the stop on her cell phone and she told him she was armed with a gun and would shoot him.
Six minutes after the stop began, the deputy fired into Fizer's car, shooting her multiple times, killing her. Five shell casings were recovered from the scene.
A description of the surveillance video said Fizer was seen moving in the car before the deputy shot her, but no weapon was found in Fizer's possession or anywhere in the car.
The state digital forensics team is in possession of the video from Fizer's phone for analysis and data extraction. The deputy was not wearing a body camera, and the stop was not recorded on a dash camera.
Sheriff urges calm amid protests: Local residents who believe the shooting was unjust protested after Fizer was killed. Some, like Fizer's friend Laura Cooper, believe there is information missing about how the shooting occurred.
"Hannah would not threaten a cop like that. It just wasn't in her behavior," Cooper told WDAF. "I knew there had to be more to the story than what was being told."
KMBC-TV reported that the sheriff called for calm from the community as protests occurred and deputies' names and addresses were reportedly circulated on the internet.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Jimmy Kimmel issues weak apology for using N-word, blackface. Prominent social media names pile on h

Jimmy Kimmel issues weak apology for using N-word, blackface. Prominent social media names pile on him: 'Smarmy, sneering faux-liberal'

Jimmy Kimmel issues weak apology for using N-word , blackface .
Prominent social media names pile on him : 'Smarmy @ @ @ @ @ sorry , or sorry that people are mad ?

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said Tuesday he's sorry for wearing blackface and using the N-word — but it perhaps sounds like he's sorrier that people took it the wrong way, instead.
His groveling came after announcing last week he was taking the summer off from hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
What are the details?
Kimmel has been under fire for several weeks for wearing blackface in resurfaced clips from his former Comedy Central program, "The Man Show."
On Tuesday, Kimmel issued the apology in a statement.
"I have long been reluctant to address this, as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apology with weakness and cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us," he said. "That delay was a mistake."
Kimmel said that he's parodied "dozens" of celebrities — many of them black — and never saw an issue with it.
"In each case," he insisted, "I thought of them as impersonations of celebrities and nothing more."
He added, "Looking back, many of these sketches are embarrassing, and it is frustrating that these thoughtless moments have become a weapon used by some to diminish my criticisms of social and other injustices.
"I believe that I have evolved and matured over the last twenty-plus years, and I hope that is evident to anyone who watches my show," Kimmel added. "I know that this will not be the last I hear of this and that it will be used again to try to quiet me."
Kimmel added that he loves the U.S. so much that he refuses to be "bullied into silence" by people who would "feign outrage to advance their oppressive and genuinely racist agendas."
You can read his full apology here.
What's been the response?
Social media response to Kimmel's apology has largely been negative.
Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at the charge against Kimmel's apology.
On Twitter, he wrote, "People aren't 'feigning outrage,' you disingenuous fraud @jimmykimmel. We're pointing out the utter hypocrisy of you & your lib friends always trying to cancel YOUR political enemies, but refusing to hold yourselves to the same woke standards. This 'apology' proves that point."
Actor James Woods added, "Racist hypocrite dancing like a cat on a hot tin roof."
Actress and equal rights activist Rose McGowan has also been taking issue with Kimmel recently, and around the time he issued his apology, she blasted him again.
She wrote, "Megan Fox told her truth and she was laughed at. And so many of you say, 'why don't you all come out sooner?!' We do, you just don't listen. You'd rather throw rotten tomatoes & razor blades at sexualized young actresses. Blackface + misogyny = @jimmykimmel."
She later added, "I absolutely loathed going on @jimmykimmel. A smarmy, sneering faux-liberal of the highest order. He's very much a part of poisoning American minds."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Newly disclosed Strozk notes raise more suspicions about Obama and Biden potentially ordering the Fl

Newly disclosed Strozk notes raise more suspicions about Obama and Biden potentially ordering the Flynn investigation 'Make sure you ... @ @ @ @ @ it '

Notes taken by former FBI official Peter Strzok filed in court Tuesday by Gen. Michael Flynn's legal team appear to raise more suspicions about former President Barack Obama's and former Vice President Joe Biden's involvement in ordering the now-dropped Flynn investigation.
The handwritten notes allegedly document a Jan. 4 or 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting among Obama, Biden, and national security officials, according to the court filing obtained by members of the press, including CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge.
During that meeting, the officials discussed the ongoing investigation into Russian election interference and specifically mentioned Flynn's conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
The filing suggests that the notes feature "VP," or Biden, mentioning the "Logan Act" and "P," or Obama, saying "make sure you ... have the right people on it."
Obama allegedly added: "Is there anything I shouldn't be telling the [Trump] transition team?"
In response, "D," or former FBI Director James Comey, mentioned the "Flynn-Kislyak calls" but added that they "appear legit."
National Review noted that Strzok was not present at the meeting, and so he must have consulted a record of the meeting to take the notes, though it is unclear what record that may have been.
The court filing released along with the handwritten notes stated:
Strzok's notes believed to be of January 4, 2017, reveal that former President Obama, James Comey, Sally Yates, Joe Biden, and apparently Susan Rice discussed the transcripts of Flynn's calls and how to proceed against him. Mr. Obama himself directed that "the right people" investigate General Flynn. This caused former FBI Director Comey to acknowledge the obvious: General Flynn's calls with Ambassador Kislyak "appear legit." According to Strzok's notes, it appears that Vice President Biden personally raised the idea of the Logan Act. That became the admitted pretext to investigate General Flynn.
The arguments of the court filing especially counters Biden's narrative and suggest that he was the one who suggested invoking the Logan Act to investigate Flynn.
The presumptive Democratic nominee recently claimed in an interview with ABC News that he "knew nothing about those motives to investigate Michael Flynn."
In response to the newly disclosed notes, Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to suggest that Biden had been "caught red-handed setting up [Flynn]."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Sen. Tim Scott plays for his GOP colleagues a taste of the vulgar, racist messages he and his staff

Sen. Tim Scott plays for his GOP colleagues a taste of the vulgar, racist messages he and his staff have received

Sen. Tim Scott plays for his GOP colleagues a taste of the vulgar , racist messages he and his staff @ @ @ @ @ intensified as Scott leads police reform efforts

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the lone black Republican member of the U.S. Senate, played a sample of the racist messages he and his staff have received during a closed-door lunch meeting Tuesday with other Republican senators, Politico reported.
Scott has been tasked with leading the Republican police reform effort in the wake of recent police killings of black individuals and the resulting racial justice protests across the nation.
What did the messages say? One of the messages included a person calling Scott "Uncle Tim," a play on the racist "Uncle Tom" insult, and saying Scott was the "lowest piece of s**t this country ever produced."
A second message Scott played was filled with profanity and had been left with Scott's staff assistant after the assistant hung up on the person for their refusal to stop cursing.
How did the GOP colleagues react? "Shocked to learn at lunch about hateful messages to Sen. Tim Scott, our leader of police reform, from people who think somehow a black Republican can't lead this effort because only Democrats are qualified to talk about race/police reform," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote on Twitter. "We all have a responsibility to be kind even when we disagree!"
How is police reform going? Democrats have so far rejected the Republican police reform proposal, preferring to push for more dramatic measures and accusing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of not operating in a bipartisan manner with the negotiations.
Scott said there is enough common ground between the different proposals that lawmakers should not let this moment go to waste without enacting some reforms.
"Why am I so passionate about this issue beyond my 18 stops as a person of color?" Scott said, according to Politico. "In my legislation and the Republican Senate legislation and the House legislation there is so much common ground and to lose this moment for the kids and the young adults watching this process would be terrible."
The Republican bill proposes withholding federal money from law enforcement agencies that don't ban chokeholds, and providing funding for the purchase of body cameras. It would create a national database for use-of-force incidents, and create financial incentives for departments to report officer-involved deaths to the FBI.
Democrats want much more than that, including an end to qualified immunity. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) called Scott's bill "half-assed." After Democrats blocked the GOP bill in the Senate on Wednesday, some senators believe the issue might be dead for the year.
"There probably is no path forward in this Congress if they block debate tomorrow," GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said, according to CNN.


theblaze--2020-06-24--VIDEO: Daily Caller reporter surrounded, attacked by mob at White House protest

The Daily Caller 's Shelby Talcott was accused of being a police officer , surrounded , and attacked by a @ @ @ @ @ 's attempt to form a `` Black House Autonomous Zone '' outside the White House @ @ @ @ @ on the radio program Tuesday to share the details of her harrowing experience and how @ @ @ @ @ behind police lines for safety .
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The Daily Caller's Shelby Talcott was accused of being a police officer, surrounded, and attacked by a mob of protesters during Monday's attempt to form a "Black House Autonomous Zone" outside the White House.
Talcott joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Tuesday to share the details of her harrowing experience and how she had to be pulled behind police lines for safety.
Watch the video below to hear Talcott's story:
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theblaze--2020-06-24--Cops arrest female suspect for burning down Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed. She was report

Cops arrest female suspect for burning down Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed. She was reportedly his girlfriend.

Cops arrest female suspect for burning down Wendy 's where Rayshard Brooks was killed .
She was reportedly his girlfriend @ @ @ @ @ the woman before his death

Atlanta police said Tuesday they have arrested the person they believe is responsible for burning down the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a white police officer on June 12.
The police arrested 29-year-old Natalie White, who reportedly was Brooks's girlfriend.
White surrendered to police on Tuesday, WSB-TV said. She was charged with first-degree arson and released from jail Wednesday on $10,000 bond. She was also placed on house arrest and is required to wear an ankle monitor.
According to CNN, body camera footage shows that Brooks told police about a woman who was his girlfriend.
Drew Findling, White's attorney, told the New York Post that Brooks and White "were close friends," and confirmed "that she was the woman Brooks referred to in the bodycam video," according to the Post.
Findling did not elaborate on the extent of the alleged relationship "out of respect to the Brooks family who had a funeral today and is grieving the loss of Rayshard Brooks," he told the Post.
Brooks was married to a woman named Tomika Miller.
Attorneys for the Brooks family were previously unaware of a connection between White and Brooks, WSB reported.
Findling maintains that his client is innocent.
The restaurant was set on fire on June 13 while protesters watched. Police are reportedly searching for a second suspect in the arson.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Florida man allegedly kills wife and son; sister says he was depressed about the COVID-19 pandemic

Florida man allegedly kills wife and son ; sister says he was depressed about the COVID-19 pandemic

A Florida man reportedly shot and killed his wife and his son early Sunday morning, and his sister said depression caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role in the tragedy, WESH-TV reported.
What's the story? Smith Rivera, 59, allegedly shot his 57-year-old wife Jodie and his 21-year-old son Matthew sometime after midnight Sunday morning.
Police arrived at the scene at 1:15 a.m. to find the wife and son with gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene in the Orlando area. Rivera allegedly shot at another one of his sons, who was able to escape the house.
As police were investigating the scene, Smith Rivera pulled up in his car and reportedly confessed to shooting his wife, and was taken into custody. He has been charged with two counts of first degree murder with a firearm and one count of attempted murder with a firearm.
Depressed because of COVID-19? Rivera's sister, Mayra Berriel, said alcohol and depression may have led him to murder his family.
"With this pandemic he was depressed and he was drinking," Berriel told WESH. "Please pray for my family. ... My whole family is in shambles."
Mental health has become an increasingly alarming issue during the coronavirus pandemic, as months of stay-at-home orders nationwide left people isolated from loved ones and often unable to access mental health care resources. Studies have also shown a link between increased unemployment rates and increases in suicide and substance abuse.
From the Washington Post:
Mental-health experts are especially worried about the ongoing economic devastation. Research has established a strong link between economic upheaval and suicide and substance use. A study of the Great Recession that began in late 2007 found that for every percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, there was about a 1.6 percent increase in the suicide rate.
Using such estimations, a Texas nonprofit — Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute — created models that suggest if unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic ends up rising 5 percentage points to a level similar to the Great Recession, an additional 4,000 people could die of suicide and an additional 4,800 from drug overdoses.
But if unemployment rises by 20 percentage points — to levels recorded during the 1930s Great Depression — suicides could increase by 18,000 and overdose deaths by more than 22,000, according to Meadows.
(H/T: New York Post)


theblaze--2020-06-24--Al Sharpton: Did 'someone know' about 'noose' when Bubba Wallace was 'belatedly' assigned to stall?

Al Sharpton : Did 'someone know ' about 'noose ' when Bubba Wallace was 'belatedly ' assigned to stall ?
@ @ @ @ @ that we 've seen closure in this particular inquiry '

Al Sharpton wondered Wednesday if there's more left to uncover after the FBI concluded that the "noose" found on Sunday in the stall of black NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since last October at least and that "no federal crime had been committed."
"Nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number 4 last week," the FBI added. NASCAR characterized it as a "garage door pull rope."
But Sharpton isn't convinced it was all just a big misunderstanding.
What are the details?
"The FBI identified it as a noose, and NASCAR said it was a noose or went along with the FBI's characterization," he said on MSNBC. "It was a noose. So the question is, even if they did not know that Bubba Wallace was going to use that stall, why was a noose in the stall? It's clear what a noose represents ... did someone know that it was in the stall when they did belatedly assign Bubba there? So, I don't think this answers a lot of questions, and ... I do not think that we've seen closure in this particular inquiry."
What else?
Wallace was angry during his interview with CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday after some condemned Wallace's initial words in the face of the FBI's conclusions.
"I'm pissed!" he told Lemon. "I'm mad because people are trying to test my character and the person that I am and my integrity."
Wallace added that he's "been racing all of my life, we've raced out of hundreds of garages that never had garage pulls like that, so people that wanna call it a garage pull and put out old videos and photos of knots, being in, as their evidence, go ahead! But from the evidence that ... I have, it's a straight-up noose."
"I can confirm that I actually got evidence of what was hanging in my garage over my car around my picker, guys, to confirm that it was a noose, and never seen anything like it," he added.
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Many NASCAR drivers and employees joined in show of solidarity with Wallace before Monday's race after it was reported that someone had left a noose as a racial threat against him.
Wallace had previously demanded that NASCAR ban the Confederate flag from its events in order to make them more comfortable for attendees who don't view the flag positively. Soon after NASCAR banned the flag.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Leftist actress Jessica Chastain lauds NYC's decision to remove 'problematic' Theodore Roosevelt sta

Leftist actress Jessica Chastain lauds NYC's decision to remove 'problematic' Theodore Roosevelt statue from Natural History Museum

Left-wing actress Jessica Chastain took to social media to declare her support for the removal of the Theodore Roosevelt statue that has stood outside New York City 's Natural History Museum since 1940 .
On Monday , the city announced it would be removing the statue , which features the former president flanked by a Native American and an African man .
The city said it made the decision following the museum 's request .
A spokesperson for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said , `` The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior .
The city supports the museum 's request .
It is the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue . ''
What are the details ?
In a lengthy Instagram post , Chastain wrote , `` Out with the old ... in with the BETTER . ''
Chastain — who can be seen standing in front of the Roosevelt statue wearing a mask and flashing a thumbs-down — explains that Roosevelt 's statue is nothing short of `` problematic . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ down is a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of New York 's Museum of Natural History , '' she wrote .
`` @ nycmayor announced the move after the museum had requested that it be removed .
The statue features the nation 's 26th President on a horse with a Native American man standing on one side and an African man standing on the other . ''
She continued , `` While it was meant to celebrate Roosevelt as a 'devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history , ' it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ museum and members of the public have long found disturbing , ' the museum said .
The announcement comes as several states grapple with how to handle removals of confederate monuments and other controversial statues . ''
Her post , at the time of this writing , has received more than 236,000 likes .
In a statement , museum president Ellen V. Futter said that the statue will be removed due to its problematic `` hierarchical composition '' rather than because it features a former U.S. president .
`` Over the last few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd , '' Futter told the New York Times .
`` We have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism . ''

Left-wing actress Jessica Chastain took to social media to declare her support for the removal of the Theodore Roosevelt statue that has stood outside New York City's Natural History Museum since 1940.
What's a brief history?
On Monday, the city announced it would be removing the statue, which features the former president flanked by a Native American and an African man.
The city said it made the decision following the museum's request.
A spokesperson for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore Roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior. The city supports the museum's request. It is the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue."
What are the details?
In a lengthy Instagram post, Chastain wrote, "Out with the old... in with the BETTER."
Chastain — who can be seen standing in front of the Roosevelt statue wearing a mask and flashing a thumbs-down — explains that Roosevelt's statue is nothing short of "problematic."
"The latest problematic monument to come down is a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of New York's Museum of Natural History," she wrote. "@nycmayor announced the move after the museum had requested that it be removed. The statue features the nation's 26th President on a horse with a Native American man standing on one side and an African man standing on the other."
She continued, "While it was meant to celebrate Roosevelt as a 'devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history,' it also 'communicates a racial hierarchy that the museum and members of the public have long found disturbing,' the museum said. The announcement comes as several states grapple with how to handle removals of confederate monuments and other controversial statues."
Her post, at the time of this writing, has received more than 236,000 likes.
What else?
In a statement, museum president Ellen V. Futter said that the statue will be removed due to its problematic "hierarchical composition" rather than because it features a former U.S. president.
"Over the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd," Futter told the New York Times. "We have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Viral videos show white protesters shaming, abusing black police officers. It gets embarrassing fast

Viral videos show white protesters shaming, abusing black police officers. It gets embarrassing fast.

Viral videos from the `` Black House Autonomous Zone '' in Washington , D.C. , show white demonstrators railing against black police officers for allegedly turning their backs on the fight against racism — or something .
What are the details ?
In the various videos , protesters , gathered in Lafayette Square near the White House , can be heard trying to shame black officers and demanding to know how their conscience enables them to police .
In one video , shared by Townhall 's Julio Rosas , a white male protester can be seen ranting at a black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his hands on earlier — insisting that the black police officer , because he 's black and a police officer , is `` part of the f***ing problem . ''
`` Your child is gon na say you 're a piece of s**t ! ''
the white man shouts .
`` Your mom is gon na say you 're a piece of s**t !
And if your mother does n't , I feel sorry for her .
I feel sorry for your family .
You 're a piece of s**t. You 're a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the f***ing problem ! ''
In another video , a female — white — protester can be heard hysterically shrieking at two black police officers .
Daily Caller Senior Congressional Correspondent Henry Rodgers — who is filming the woman during her outburst — can be heard calmly asking the unnamed woman if she ca n't see the irony of her shouting about black rights while diminishing the efforts of African American police officers .
She squawks , `` Just because I 'm white and I have n't experienced racism myself does n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
They 're a part of the system !
They 're a part of the problem !
Just because they 're black does n't mean they 're not part of the problem !
I 'm allowed to say this to whoever ! ''
Rodgers later posted a second video featuring a white male protester complaining that African American officers are n't shaming their fellow female officer for wearing a Blue Lives Matter mask .
`` I 'm confused why they are n't doing anything about her wearing the Blue Lives Matter flag !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` They know what it means !
It means that we do n't support Black Lives Matter ! ''

Viral videos from the "Black House Autonomous Zone" in Washington, D.C., show white demonstrators railing against black police officers for allegedly turning their backs on the fight against racism — or something.
What are the details?
In the various videos, protesters, gathered in Lafayette Square near the White House, can be heard trying to shame black officers and demanding to know how their conscience enables them to police.
In one video, shared by Townhall's Julio Rosas, a white male protester can be seen ranting at a black police officer — who he reportedly put his hands on earlier — insisting that the black police officer, because he's black and a police officer, is "part of the f***ing problem."
"Your child is gonna say you're a piece of s**t!" the white man shouts. "Your mom is gonna say you're a piece of s**t! And if your mother doesn't, I feel sorry for her. I feel sorry for your family. You're a piece of s**t. You're a piece of s**t. ... You're part of the f***ing problem!"
Content warning: rough language
In another video, a female — white — protester can be heard hysterically shrieking at two black police officers.
Daily Caller Senior Congressional Correspondent Henry Rodgers — who is filming the woman during her outburst — can be heard calmly asking the unnamed woman if she can't see the irony of her shouting about black rights while diminishing the efforts of African American police officers.
She squawks, "Just because I'm white and I haven't experienced racism myself doesn't mean I can't fight for justice! They're a part of the system! They're a part of the problem! Just because they're black doesn't mean they're not part of the problem! I'm allowed to say this to whoever!"
Content warning: rough language
Rodgers later posted a second video featuring a white male protester complaining that African American officers aren't shaming their fellow female officer for wearing a Blue Lives Matter mask.
"I'm confused why they aren't doing anything about her wearing the Blue Lives Matter flag!" he can be heard demanding. "They know what it means! It means that we don't support Black Lives Matter!"
Content warning: rough language
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-06-24--Watch NOW: Change My Mind: America Is Not Racist

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theblaze--2020-06-24--Best-selling Christian author looks for answers about the end times, says ‘Israel being reborn’ is ‘

Best-selling Christian author looks for answers about the end times, says ‘Israel being reborn’ is ‘God’s super sign’

Best-selling Christian author looks for answers about the end times , says ‘ Israel being reborn ’ is ‘ God @ @ @ @ @ 'There 's so many things that are happening almost daily around the world that it @ @ @ @ @ have to be living under a rock not to notice it '

Author Jeff Kinley believes the Bible lays out some fascinating circumstances that will unfold as humanity marches toward the biblical end times.
But there's one sign in particular that Kinley, author of the new book, "Interview with the Antichrist," believes has already unfolded: the re-emergence of Israel.
He explained the development while telling "The Pure Flix Podcast" why he is so intrigued by eschatology (i.e. the study of the end times).
"Part of it is ... the sense of knowing that we are living in the last days, with Israel being reborn as a nation — that's really God's super sign," he said. "There's so many things that are happening almost daily around the world that it's almost like you ... have to be living under a rock not to notice it."
Listen to Kinley break down the ins and outs of end times theology:
Kinley also addressed the social and political unrest unfolding across the globe, noting that many "people feel like the world's in peril."
Despite these feelings, end times theology is sometimes overlooked, ignored, or downplayed even within Christian circles.
"We know that Jesus is coming back, but no one is talking about what happens in between," he said. "God actually tells us what's going to happen, and He tells us how to prepare for it."
But Kinley was pointed in his warning that Christians must be cautious when it comes to end-times theology, declining to make specific predictions, especially of timetables, as the Bible notably tells Christians to avoid date-setting.
(Read also: 11 Christian movies about the end times)
"We need to be reasoned, we need to be seasoned, we need to be biblical," Kinley said, urging people not to "make crazy claims."
The popular author also discussed the rapture — the biblical belief that Christians will be taken up to heaven and spared from the majority of end times events.
The rapture typically sparks debate, as not everyone believes the rapture is seen in scripture. Kinley, who believes the rapture is indeed a biblical construct, said that the issue isn't a matter of salvation.
"It's not a salvation issue," the author said. "But it is an important issue."
Toward the end of the interview, Kinley discussed the secular cultural changes that are afoot and encouraged Christians to take a cue from the early Christian church. While the church was a small and unpopular cohort, the message grew and resonated.
"Go out there and be the light of Jesus Christ to the world," Kinley said.
If you're looking to understand the end times, consider downloading this theology guide, which explains the ins and outs of what the Bible says about the end of days.
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theblaze--2020-06-24--Vulnerable GOP senator proposes big tax credit for Americans to take domestic vacations

Vulnerable GOP senator proposes big tax credit for Americans to take domestic vacations Trying to boost the tourism and hospitality @

Republican Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona proposed a generous tax credit to incentivize Americans to travel within the United States as a way to boost the tourism and hospitality industries that have been suffering since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Fox News reported.
What's the plan? McSally proposed the American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program Act, also referred to as the American TRIP Act.
The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Service code to create a tax break of up to $4,000 for individuals or $8,000 for joint filers for eligible expenses related to personal domestic travel. The bill would also allow for an additional $500 tax credit per dependent child.
Eligible expenses include food and beverages, lodging, transportation, and live entertainment, including sporting events. Qualifying travel must be at least 50 miles or more from home, within the United States, and must occur after Dec. 31, 2019, and before Jan. 1, 2022.
Why is she proposing this? "The tourism and hospitality industries were among the hardest-hit sectors across the country and their revival is critical to our economic recovery," McSally said in a statement, according to Fox News. "Arizona has lost billions in revenue this year alone due to the pandemic. My legislation will help boost domestic travel and jumpstart the comeback of our hotels, entertainment sectors, local tourism agencies, and the thousands of businesses that make Arizona one of the best places in the world to visit."
What is her re-election outlook? McSally lost her election to Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2018, but was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in December 2018 as a replacement for the late John McCain.
She's now facing a special election challenge from Democrat Mark Kelly. ReaClearPolitics categorizes the race as "leans Democrat," and most polls show McSally trailing significantly.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Amid coronavirus pandemic, 3-day 'Herd Immunity Fest' set for July in Wisconsin

A three-day music festival in Ringle , Wisconsin , is a go for July 16-18 .
What are the details ?
The `` Herd Immunity Fest '' will feature 15 bands and include performers like Royal Bliss , Bobaflex , Static-X , Nonpoint , and more .
The festival is set to take place outdoors at the Q & Z Expo Center .
A Facebook page for the event states , `` When the lockdown first happened , my first thought was OK we can all do 2 weeks , then it went on and on , things were getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people not only for this Covid but mental , physical , financial . ''
“ As humans we NEED other human contact , '' a posting on the page continued .
`` MUSIC in itself is great , but the live streams as I am sure you all know is just not the same we need LIVE , feel it to the bones , run shivers up your spine MUSIC with people around us .
Takes us all away on a trip that unless you have felt it you wo n't understand .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is OUR honor to bring you this mini fest .
Let 's make it a fun , safe weekend , and let 's be kind to each other .
Spread the word by sharing the event and invite your friends . ''
The center can reportedly accommodate up to 10,000 people .
A Facebook posting noted that they are only selling 20 % occupancy for a total of 2,000 tickets .
On Wednesday , the Expo Center 's page wrote , `` Get your tickets NOW before its too late !
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Are you ready CENTRAL WISCONSIN ?
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For the record the venues land can accommodate up to 10,000 occupancy .
We are only selling 20 % of that so anyone has the choice to social distance .
We want EVERYONE to have a safe and rocking experience !
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See you there !
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A three-day music festival in Ringle, Wisconsin, is a go for July 16-18.
What are the details?
The "Herd Immunity Fest" will feature 15 bands and include performers like Royal Bliss, Bobaflex, Static-X, Nonpoint, and more. The festival is set to take place outdoors at the Q&Z Expo Center.
A Facebook page for the event states, "When the lockdown first happened, my first thought was OK we can all do 2 weeks, then it went on and on, things were getting cancelled, I started to worry about people not only for this Covid but mental, physical, financial."
“As humans we NEED other human contact," a posting on the page continued. "MUSIC in itself is great, but the live streams as I am sure you all know is just not the same we need LIVE, feel it to the bones, run shivers up your spine MUSIC with people around us. Takes us all away on a trip that unless you have felt it you won't understand."
The post concludes, "So it is OUR honor to bring you this mini fest. Let's make it a fun, safe weekend, and let's be kind to each other. Spread the word by sharing the event and invite your friends."
Other acts include Metallica and AC/DC tribute bands.
What else?
The center can reportedly accommodate up to 10,000 people. A Facebook posting noted that they are only selling 20% occupancy for a total of 2,000 tickets.
On Wednesday, the Expo Center's page wrote, "Get your tickets NOW before its too late!!! Only a LIMITED SUPPLY LEFT!! Are you ready CENTRAL WISCONSIN?!! For the record the venues land can accommodate up to 10,000 occupancy. We are only selling 20% of that so anyone has the choice to social distance. We want EVERYONE to have a safe and rocking experience!! See you there!!!"


theblaze--2020-06-24--'Time for reparations': NYT writer, author of the '1619 Project,' now calling for payouts to black A

'Time for reparations': NYT writer, author of the '1619 Project,' now calling for payouts to black Americans

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Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times writer who authored the controversial "1619 Project," is arguing that the time is now for America to pay "what is owed" to black Americans for its years of economic profiteering off racism.
What are the details?
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist wrote in an essay published by New York Times Magazine on Wednesday that "if black lives are to truly matter in America" then the country must confront its "sins" by doing what it is "just" — that is, by paying up.
"It is time for this country to pay its debt," Hannah-Jones wrote. "It is time for reparations.
"Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism's most devastating effects," she added.
Hannah-Jones recently drew fire after claiming that the destruction of property taking place across the county in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis was "not violence."
In the essay, in which she referred to police as "the oldest and most terrifying tool in the white-supremacist arsenal," Hannah-Jones credited the Black Lives Matter movement in America for moving the needle on the issue of race to the point where it presently stands.
Which is — following the videotaped killing of George Floyd — "widespread acceptance of the most obvious action we could take toward equality ... reforms and laws that ensure that black people cannot be killed by armed agents of the state without consequence."
"But," she argued, "on its own, this cannot bring justice to America."
To do that, the nation must get to the root of the matter, which, according to her, is the "lack of wealth that has been a defining feature of black life since the end of slavery."
Anything else?
Critics of Black Lives Matter and its related coalitions have long denounced the organization (not the ontological statement, "black lives matter") for its promotion of financial restitution, among other things.
In a petition following George Floyd's death, Black Lives Matter formally called for the "national defunding of police" as well as "investment in [black] communities and the resources to ensure Black people not only survive, but thrive" — itself a form of economic socialism.
In 2016, a coalition affiliated with BLM, called The Movement for Black Lives, formally called for "slavery reparations" in its first policy platform release.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Melania Trump publicly scolds Food Network host for nasty Father's Day message about son Barron's pa

Melania Trump publicly scolds Food Network host for nasty Father's Day message about son Barron's paternity

First lady Melania Trump condemned recent remarks from Food Network host John Henson after he tweeted about her son , Barron Trump , on Father 's Day .
In a since-deleted Sunday tweet , Henson wrote , `` I hope Barron gets to spend today with whoever his dad is . ''
What are the details ?
On Monday , Stephanie Grisham — the first lady 's spokesperson — scolded Henson 's remarks .
`` Sadly we continue to see inappropriate and insensitive comments about the President 's son [ Barron Trump ] , '' Grisham said on behalf of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Administration , a minor child should be off limits and allowed to grow up with no judgment or hate from strangers and the media , '' she said .
Despite deleting the tweet , Henson later defended himself from critics , insisting that the joke was aimed at the president rather than Barron .
He wrote , `` With respect , I think you dissecting it is the issue .
The joke was aimed at Trump and the mere mention of Barron 's name does n't mean it 's at his expense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue with it . ''
On Wednesday , New York Post columnist Miranda Devine echoed the first lady 's sentiments about leaving the couple 's minor son out of politics and unrelated agendas .
Devine , who appeared on Fox News ' `` Fox & Friends , '' said , `` You may hate President Trump , but do n't attack his child , his teenage son . ''
`` It 's utterly despicable that a Food Network host would use Father 's Day to target a child , a 14-year-old boy who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added .
`` He has no choice about who his family is . ''
Devine said that even though Henson clearly did n't break the law by targeting Barron , it was wildly inappropriate to target the 14-year-old .
`` He 's a Food Network host and no one is going to put him in jail for making a really nasty joke , but he should be ashamed of himself for targeting a child , '' she insisted .
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First lady Melania Trump condemned recent remarks from Food Network host John Henson after he tweeted about her son, Barron Trump, on Father's Day.
In a since-deleted Sunday tweet, Henson wrote, "I hope Barron gets to spend today with whoever his dad is."
What are the details?
On Monday, Stephanie Grisham — the first lady's spokesperson — scolded Henson's remarks.
"Sadly we continue to see inappropriate and insensitive comments about the President's son [Barron Trump]," Grisham said on behalf of Melania.
"As with every other Administration, a minor child should be off limits and allowed to grow up with no judgment or hate from strangers and the media," she said.
Despite deleting the tweet, Henson later defended himself from critics, insisting that the joke was aimed at the president rather than Barron.
He wrote, "With respect, I think you dissecting it is the issue. The joke was aimed at Trump and the mere mention of Barron's name doesn't mean it's at his expense. Although I respect your right to take issue with it."
Anything else?
On Wednesday, New York Post columnist Miranda Devine echoed the first lady's sentiments about leaving the couple's minor son out of politics and unrelated agendas.
Devine, who appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," said, "You may hate President Trump, but don't attack his child, his teenage son."
"It's utterly despicable that a Food Network host would use Father's Day to target a child, a 14-year-old boy who has done nothing wrong," Devine added. "He has no choice about who his family is."
Devine said that even though Henson clearly didn't break the law by targeting Barron, it was wildly inappropriate to target the 14-year-old.
"He's a Food Network host and no one is going to put him in jail for making a really nasty joke, but he should be ashamed of himself for targeting a child," she insisted. (The discussion on Food Network host's tweet starts at 2:10 mark.)


theblaze--2020-06-25--Trump administration calls on US marshals to assist in protecting monuments nationwide

Trump administration calls on US marshals to assist in protecting monuments nationwide President Trump has promised to crack down on @ @ @ @ @ the nation

The Trump administration has told U.S. marshals to be at-the-ready and prepared to guard monuments across the nation from destruction after President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on those destroying federal property in the ongoing George Floyd protests.
What are the details?
The Washington Post reported Wednesday:
In an email, Marshals Service Assistant Director Andrew C. Smith wrote that the agency 'has been asked to immediately prepare to provide federal law enforcement support to protect national monuments (throughout the country).' The subject line of the message indicates it is an 'Attorney General Assignment,' suggesting it came from Attorney General William P. Barr.
Smith also wrote, "This is a challenging assignment due to the breadth of possible targets for criminal activity."
According to CNN, the marshals are being called up as part of a "major effort" by the administration to bolster security around national monuments, and they "are expected to begin their work before the end of the week."
The Daily Wire noted that unarmed National Guard troops will also be sent to monuments around Washington, D.C., to assist the U.S. Park Police in protecting the monuments in the nation's capital.
The security reinforcements received the alert after weeks of statues being toppled nationwide. Initially, rioters largely targeted Confederate monuments, but tributes to the founding fathers and even abolitionists have been destroyed in recent days.
President Trump warned Tuesday that those found damaging federal property such as monuments would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, tweeting, "I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent."
He added, "This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!"
Image source: Twitter screenshot
The president addressed the issue again on Wednesday night, tweeting:
Very sad to see States allowing roving gangs of wise guys, anarchists & looters, many of them having no idea what they are doing, indiscriminately ripping down our statues and monuments to the past. Some are great works of art, but all all represent our History & Heritage, both the good and the bad. It is important for us to understand and remember, even in turbulent and difficult times, and learn from them. Knowledge comes from the most unusual of places!


theblaze--2020-06-25--3 cops fired in North Carolina after a video audit catches them making racist comments

3 cops fired in North Carolina after a video audit catches them making racist comments One officer said he could @ @ @ @ @ once the civil war started

Three police officers were fired from the police department in Wilmington, North Carolina, after a video audit of their patrol cars found them making racist statements to each other.
Police Chief Donny Williams released details of the exchanges to the media in a briefing on Wednesday.
"When I first learned of these conversations, I was shocked, saddened and disgusted," Williams said. "There is no place for this behavior in our agency or our city and it will not be tolerated."
According to The Charlotte Observer, the police officers were recorded lamenting that the department only cared about kneeling with protesters. Then they used racial and homophobic epithets to express their anger.
Later in one recording, an officer is heard saying that he thinks a civil war is coming and he is ready for it.
"We are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them (expletive) (N-word). I can't wait. God, I can't wait."
He then added that a civil war was needed to "wipe them off the (expletive) map. That'll put them back about four or five generations."
Williams said the officers did not deny that it was their voices on the recordings, nor did they deny making the ugly comments. But they explained that the comments were made as a result of extreme stress from the protests over the death of George Floyd.
The district attorney's office will review cases involving the officers to find whether they committed crimes or were biased against the suspects in those cases.
Here's the video of the media briefing:
Wilmington Police Department press conference on firing of three officers for racist comments www.youtube.com
[Ed. Note: This article has been updated to reflect more accurately the comments made.]


theblaze--2020-06-25--Scottsdale councilman shouts 'I can't breathe!' during protest against mandatory mask order

Scottsdale councilman shouts ' I ca n't breathe ! '
during protest against mandatory mask order Critics accused him of @ @ @ @ @ of two black men killed by police

A councilman in Scottsdale, Arizona, is in hot water after he used the infamous phrase, "I can't breathe!" during his rally to protest against a mandatory mask order.
Councilman Guy Phillips made the comments before an audience of supporters at City Hall in Old Town Scottsdale on Wednesday.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he said as his supporters cheered for him to take off the mask.
'I can't breathe' Scottsdale council member says at anti-mask rally www.youtube.com
The video immediately made the rounds on social media with many criticizing him for using the phrase in apparent disrespect of Eric Garner and George Floyd, who both died while being arrested by police.
Phillips later denied in a statement to the Arizona Republic that he was referring to the Black Lives Matter phrase.
"It was hot and stuffy," Phillips explained. "I did not mean any disrespect and there was no connection."
The apology
He then offered a statement of apology hours later to the Floyd family.
"I am sorry about a comment I made today that was the same comment Mr. Floyd had made," Phillips said. "He didn't deserve what happened to him and I by no means was trying to make light of it by saying I cant breathe in a mask. Please accept my sincerest apology and that goes out to anyone who became offended."
The response
Many on social media assumed that Phillips used the phrase intentionally and excoriated him for it.
"Guy Phillips, let's hope this clip buries your career. Vile," responded New York Times writer Wajahat Ali.
"What a POS Guy Phillips is. This is disgusting and if Guy Phillips has a job tomorrow something is serious wrong. You don't Eric Garner and George Floyd or ANY of the MANY black men chocked, strangles and suffocated by police. Disgusting," replied author Don Winslow.
"I demand the immediate removal of Guy Phillips form @scottsdaleazgov City Council immediately," tweeted voice actor Charles Adler. "If this is acceptable to you than no one should visit or stay in your city until you correct this disgusting display and prevent it from ever happening again !"
Here's more about the anti-mask protest:


theblaze--2020-06-26--Fox News poll finds Biden ahead of Trump in key battleground states

Bad news for the Trump 2020 campaign

A new Fox News poll of registered voters in key battleground states finds that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is ahead of President Donald Trump.
All four states were carried by Trump in the 2016 election.
When asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, 49% of registered voters in Florida said they'd vote for Biden, while only 40% responded that they would vote for Trump.
That is a steep decline from the same poll in April when Biden only held a 3% lead above Trump, with 46% to 43% respectively.
Of those polled in Georgia, 47% said they'd pull the lever for Biden, while 45% said Trump was their choice.
In North Carolina, the results were the same: 47% for Biden and 45% for Trump.
Even in Texas the poll found Biden with an edge over Trump, 45% to 44%.
The poll was conducted June 20-23, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3%.
A previous Fox News poll found that Biden was ahead nationally by 12%, an increase from the prior lead he had of 8% in May. That poll showed that while Trump's voters were motivated by a 2-to-1 margin by enthusiasm instead of fear, Biden's voters were motivated by 2-to-1 by fear of Trump and not enthusiasm.


theblaze--2020-06-26--DC Mayor Muriel Bowser urges residents to stay home on 4th of July—after she marched with hundreds

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser urges residents to stay home on 4th of July—after she marched with hundreds Now , she @ @ @ @ @ safe to be outside in crowds because of the continued threat of COVID-19

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) held a news conference Thursday pleading for district residents to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July holiday at their homes, warning that "large gatherings are still a high-risk activity" because of COVID-19.
No one in the press pool asked the mayor about what might have changed regarding crowd risk since she marched in the streets with hundreds of protesters earlier this month, but she did mention that people are welcome to "protest anywhere in the District of Columbia."
What are the details?
During the introduction of her briefing, Mayor Bowser said, "We want to send a message to our residents to enjoy the Fourth of July, to celebrate according to our guidance, and to do it at home or near their home in small gatherings."
Bowser noted the White House's announcement from last week declaring that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will still host the 2020 "Salute to America" celebration on Independence Day, and said it is her hope that the crowd size will be smaller this year than in non-pandemic years.
She urged residents not to attend the White House fanfare, and warned, "large gatherings are still a high-risk activity."
She added, "So if you're outdoors, that's still a high-risk activity."
Bowser showed a graph and explained that although D.C. has "flattened the curve," the city has not yet eradicated the coronavirus.
When asked about ongoing protests and the tensions between demonstrators and police, Bowser encouraged peaceful assemblies and added, "people can protest anywhere in the District of Columbia."
Mayor Bowser Provides Update on Coronavirus, 6/25/20 www.youtube.com
Bowser herself marched with hundreds of protesters in downtown D.C. earlier this month, joining a litany of Democrats who have joined in on George Floyd demonstrations but warned against citizens' participation in other outdoor activities.
A host of conservatives have spoken out against the hypocrisy on the left and in the media from those who criticized anti-lockdown protesters and Trump rally attendees while ignoring the risk of spreading coronavirus during protests.
WTTG-TV reported June 10 that Mayor Bowser was tested for COVID-19 "several days after she spent time in the streets with hundreds of protesters, often without a mask."


theblaze--2020-06-26--WATCH: Steven Crowder broadcasts LIVE from CHAZ

Tonight , Steven ends Cultural Appropriation month with a bang , broadcasting live from CHAZ .
The guys will be @ @ @ @ @ Andrea Mitchell , Mel Gibson 's problem with Jews , and finally everything wrong with @ @ @ @ @ with Crowder 's live correspondents from CHAZ itself !
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theblaze--2020-06-25--Woman caught on video pulling off her mask and coughing on a baby. Cops say she may have been upset

Woman caught on video pulling off her mask and coughing on a baby. Cops say she may have been upset over lack of social distancing

Woman caught on video pulling off her mask and coughing on a baby .
Cops say she may have been @ @ @ @ @ distancing

A woman may face felony charges after she was caught on surveillance video coughing on a baby in a stroller because she was angry about the lack of social distancing.
The incident happened at a Yogurtland restaurant in San Jose, California, on Friday.
Mireya Mora said she was waiting in line with her 1-year-old son and her mother when an older woman approached her baby, took off her mask, and coughed two or three times in his direction.
Police said she might have been upset that Mora may not have been maintaining proper social distancing because she pointed at the ground right before her actions. Meanwhile, Mora told KGO-TV that she believed the woman was angry because she spoke Spanish to her mother.
Surveillance video was released so that the public could help the police find the woman:
Woman 'purposefully' coughs on toddler at California Yogurtland -- surveillance video www.youtube.com
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the woman might be an employee of the Oak Grove School District.
Superintendent Jose L. Manzo said in a statement Wednesday that they were aware of the incident "allegedly involving one of our employees who was videotaped coughing on a baby at a local eatery."
He added that the employee was not currently working or providing service to their students.
"We do not tolerate conduct from any employee that compromises any child's safety," Manzo added.
Coughing intentionally on someone during the coronavirus pandemic could be charged as felony assault, though police have only indicated that they are investigating the matter as an assault.
Here's a local news report about the incident:


theblaze--2020-06-25--Nancy Pelosi 'all for' holding a 'review' on taking down statues of Washington and Jefferson

Nancy Pelosi 'all for ' holding a 'review ' on taking down statues of Washington and Jefferson The speaker of @ @ @ @ @ are removed , it should be done safely

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested holding formal discussions over whether statues of former Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson should be taken down, saying she is "all for" such a review.
What are the details?
During an interview Thursday with Washington Post Live, host Robert Costa asked Pelosi for her response to activists who believe "there needs to be a reckoning of some sort" for America's slave-owning Founding Fathers.
Speaker Pelosi said that while she feels any monuments to Confederates should be removed without question — albeit safely — she is also in favor of talks over whether statues depicting the nation's first and third presidents should also be taken down.
"I'm concerned about slavery in our country. I think it's a sin," the speaker told Costa. "I also am concerned about what happened to Native Americans in our country, so we have a list of grievances that are part of the early years of our country and we do not want that to be continued by glorifying any of the people who perpetrated those injustices."
Pelosi then suggested, "Rather than tearing down and defacing (monuments), why don't we just have a review."
"I'm all for it. Let's review this," she reiterated. "Why are we glorifying the sins of the past? That doesn't mean because Thomas Jefferson or George Washington or others were slaveowners that we should undermine what they did for our country."
The Democrat said when it comes to Confederates, "that's a different story." Then she added, "But you know what, subject everything to scrutiny and make a decision."
You can watch the entire interview below. The discussion on monuments honoring the Founding Fathers begins at the 7-minute mark:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Conversation with Robert Costa (Full Stream 6/25) www.youtube.com
Anything else?
The speaker's comments come as the Trump administration has called up the National Guard to assist in protecting monuments in Washington, D.C., and told U.S. marshals to prepare to defend monuments nationwide from destruction following weeks of riots that have left statues toppled across America.
Confederate tributes were largely the target of activists during the initial weeks of protests, but statues of Founding Fathers, other U.S. presidents, and even abolitionists have been torn down by mobs in recent days.


theblaze--2020-06-25--'My weekend in CHAZ': BlazeTV reporter reveals what it's REALLY like inside Seattle's so-called auto

'My weekend in CHAZ': BlazeTV reporter reveals what it's REALLY like inside Seattle's so-called autonomous zone

'My weekend in CHAZ ' : BlazeTV reporter reveals what it 's REALLY like inside Seattle 's so-called autonomous zone @ @ @ @ @ this is America

BlazeTV's Elijah Schaffer, host of "Slightly Offens*ve," spent three days in Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone or CHAZ (also called Capitol Hill Organized Protest or CHOP) to find out what's really going on inside the so-called autonomous zone.
Watch the two-part video report below for all the details:
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theblaze--2020-06-25--Customer calls out Starbucks employee for refusing service over a mask — then the internet steps in

Customer calls out Starbucks employee for refusing service over a mask — then the internet steps in with a $22k payday

Customer calls out Starbucks employee for refusing service over a mask — then the internet steps in with a $ @ @ @ @ @ will wait for cops '

A Starbucks employee in San Diego was called out by an angry customer who was refused service over her lack of a mask, but the internet stepped in to reward him for sticking to the rules.
"Meet lenen from Starbucks who refused to serve me cause I'm not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption," wrote Amber Lynn Gilles in a Facebook post. She included a photograph of the barista, who was later identified as Lenin Gutierrez.
That post was shared more than 46,000 times but it might have inspired the opposite sentiment that Gilles expected.
Those sympathetic to Gutierrez sticking to the rules gave more than $22K to a GoFundMe donation page for the young man.
San Diego County has ordered that all residents wear a mask since May 1, even when just picking up food from a restaurant. The county has also left it to each businesses' discretion as to whether to respect medical exemptions.
Gutierrez posted a video to a Facebook thanking his donors. He said that he will use the money to pursue his dream of becoming a professional dancer.
"Masks are stupid and so are the people wearing them," said Gilles in a comment to her original post.
Here's a local news video about the incident: