theblaze--2020-06-23--Commentary: It is time for men to finally take a stand and fight threats from progressivism

Commentary : It is time for men to finally take a stand and fight threats from progressivism

"Men? Men are weak." —Lord Elrond, "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Because of my own feet of clay, I would have been flattered earlier in my career when people emailed me for advice about "what to do" concerning the latest moral or political sticky wicket. But now, here at the end of all things America, those requests for direction only lead me to lamentation.
For if you, particularly as men, constantly need to be led when the proverbial bleep is hitting the fan, then you are doing the dude code wrong. There is clearly nothing more to philosophize or strategize about. There is only to decline the Faustian bargain from progressivism of endless decadence and destruction and to hit back with extreme prejudice.
That's what men have done before when the death of the West hit our existential shores in the form of Nazis, Confederates, or Redcoats. Enough of us remembered that God is ordered toward a justice we are charged to defend with our lives, fortunes, and sacred honors as the inheritors of the tree of liberty.
I saw such men recently in the form of New York's Hasidic Jewish community, who had been shut out of various community open spaces with chains and locks by the tyrannical con artist known as Mayor Bill de Blasio. Apparently, they did not get the memo from Drew Brees and Mike Gundy to castrate themselves in broad daylight to appease the woke mob. Instead, they grabbed their bolt cutters and said, "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go."
Their patience was done. Their dignity was threatened. The headship of their community and their homes had been tested beyond reason. So with their young sons smiling proudly at their fathers as they did so, these Hasidic Jewish men cut the locks faster than you can say "Baal" and took their damn country back.
Meanwhile, we have witnessed the death of men in the wonderful world of "peaceful" riots, where young black thugs clearly suffer the vicious cycle of perpetual fatherlessness that makes sure they are never held accountable to anything other than their base desires. And young white thugs in Antifa suffer similarly, although their fathers were more likely to be there in body if not in spirit. For a boy who can shave living under the same roof, wearing skinny jeans with a silly "Coexist" bumper sticker on his Volvo, does not a man or a father make.
Either way, there was a void: of accountability, of purpose, of waking up day after day and seeing a model of faith and fortitude.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the nation of CHAZ. It doesn't matter how hearty the laugh track is on that Seattle commune's antics right now, because it is coming to a reality near you unless you get off your ass, find your Gen. Sherman, and burn it to the ground.
Meanwhile, President Trump seems to have lost his MAGA hat and mojo altogether, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell now wants Colin Kaepernick to help "guide" the league with social justice when he's not wearing a T-shirt commemorating mass murderer Che Guevara.
As Lord Elrond also once said, "Our list of allies grows thin." Which means it's up to you — yes, I mean YOU — to be the Aragorn here. To be the man who stands and proclaims, "The day may come when the courage of men fails ... but it is not this day."
No matter how hard it is or what it will cost. Now is the time for choosing.
Are you grateful for what your nation was born to stand for and defend? Will you pass on anything less to your children?
Are you a mouse or a man?
What will it be?


theblaze--2020-06-23--Trump’s Tulsa rally gave Fox News its largest Saturday night TV audience ever

Add that to the narrative

Fox News reported that President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday attracted a record-setting live TV audience despite drawing a smaller-than-expected in-person crowd.
What are the details?
The channel said, according to Nielsen tracking data, 7.7 million viewers tuned in for the speech, making it the channel's largest Saturday night audience ever.
That number compares to MSNBC's most-watched Democratic primary debate, which drew 7.7 million viewers, and CNN's most-watched weekday Democratic primary debate, which averaged 7.4 million, Fox News noted.
The Trump campaign also said that 4 million additional unique viewers watched the speech online through various streaming platforms.
"President Trump's rally in Tulsa attracted over 4 million unique viewers across all of the campaign's digital media channels. The live-streamed pre-rally shows drew an audience of more than 2.5 million unique viewers by themselves," Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said.
He added: "The news media, which encouraged protestors and bombarded Americans for more than a week with dire warnings against attending a Trump rally, are still unable to prevent President Trump from reaching the people. These numbers represent unmatched enthusiasm behind the President's re-election and a massive audience that Joe Biden can only dream of."
What's the background?
The rally's smaller-than-expected in-person attendance has been the big story to come from the rally thus far, as left-leaning media outlets have piled onto the president for not being able to fill the 19,000-seat BOK Center in Tulsa, suggesting that his support base is eroding.
The campaign blamed the small attendance on protesters allegedly blocking entrances while critics suggested that the campaign was duped by teen activists on TikTok who registered for the rally as a prank. The Trump campaign had boasted that it received more than 1 million ticket requests for the rally, but denied after the fact that the requests were part of a prank.
On the night of the rally, with a much smaller crowd gathering, the Trump campaign was forced to cancel outdoor remarks and disassemble an outdoor stage minutes before Trump began his remarks inside.
The rally took place as Oklahoma and several other states were experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases, and the Trump campaign had previously announced that attendees would need to sign a COVID-19 waiver.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Unearthed audio reveals Jimmy Kimmel used N-word multiple times in grotesque 1996 Christmas song

Jimmy Kimmel is about to get canceled .
Audio emerged Monday of the late-night host allegedly using the N-word multiple times while mimicking rapper Snoop Dogg during the recording of a comedic Christmas album in 1996 .
Kimmel admitted to using the racial epithet during a podcast interview in 2013 , Fox News reported .
However , the album was not made public until Fox News exclusively published the audio on Monday .
The album is titled , `` A Family Christmas in Your A** . ''
In the song `` Christmastime in the LBC , '' the singer refers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n***** in a sleigh giving sh** away , '' refers to Jesus as the `` n***** in the manger , '' and mocks black culture , saying , `` I told that motherf****r Santa , bring a pick for my afro . ''
`` Me and my n***** down in LBC , we 'll smoke that motherf****r Christmas tree , '' Kimmel says in the song , Fox News reported .
( Content Warning : The following video contains strong language ) : The development could not come at a worse time for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is taking leave from his show , `` Jimmy Kimmel Live , '' for the duration of the summer amid a growing blackface controversy .
`` I 'm taking this summer off to spend even more time with my family .
There 's nothing wrong .
I 'm healthy , my family 's healthy , I just need a couple of months off , '' Kimmel said in a statement .
Then , as TheBlaze reported , an interview with actress Megan Fox resurfaced over the weekend showing Kimmel laugh as Fox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of Hollywood 's top directors when she was still a teenager .
ABC , which hosts Kimmel 's late-night show , has not addressed the controversy .

Jimmy Kimmel is about to get canceled.
Audio emerged Monday of the late-night host allegedly using the N-word multiple times while mimicking rapper Snoop Dogg during the recording of a comedic Christmas album in 1996.
Kimmel admitted to using the racial epithet during a podcast interview in 2013, Fox News reported.
However, the album was not made public until Fox News exclusively published the audio on Monday. The album is titled, "A Family Christmas in Your A**."
In the song "Christmastime in the LBC," the singer refers to Santa Claus as the "fat n***** in a sleigh giving sh** away," refers to Jesus as the "n***** in the manger," and mocks black culture, saying, "I told that motherf****r Santa, bring a pick for my afro."
"Me and my n***** down in LBC, we'll smoke that motherf****r Christmas tree," Kimmel says in the song, Fox News reported.
(Content Warning: The following video contains strong language):
Christmastime in the LBC www.youtube.com
The development could not come at a worse time for Kimmel.
Kimmel announced last week that he is taking leave from his show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," for the duration of the summer amid a growing blackface controversy.
"I'm taking this summer off to spend even more time with my family. There's nothing wrong. I'm healthy, my family's healthy, I just need a couple of months off," Kimmel said in a statement.
Then, as TheBlaze reported, an interview with actress Megan Fox resurfaced over the weekend showing Kimmel laugh as Fox described being sexually harassed and commodified by one of Hollywood's top directors when she was still a teenager.
ABC, which hosts Kimmel's late-night show, has not addressed the controversy.


theblaze--2020-06-23--NBCUniversal yanks '30 Rock' blackface episodes; Tina Fey apologizes. Social media is not so forgivi

NBCUniversal yanks '30 Rock' blackface episodes; Tina Fey apologizes. Social media is not so forgiving.

NBCUniversal yanks '30 Rock ' blackface episodes ; Tina Fey apologizes .
Social media is not so forgiving .

NBCUniversal — which famously fired former anchor Megyn Kelly for discussing the appropriateness of blackface during Halloween — is removing at least four episodes of "30 Rock" featuring several instances of blackface.
Actress and executive producer Tina Fey has issued an apology for the offense caused by the white characters dressing up in blackface.
What are the details?
The network plans to scrub the episodes from all streaming platforms. Additionally, the episodes in question will not air in syndication.
In a letter published on Vulture, Fey explained, "As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing makeup are best taken out of circulation."
Vulture reported that the episodes were yanked following a request from Fey and fellow executive producer Robert Carlock.
"I understand now that 'intent' is not a free pass for white people to use these images," the statement added. "I apologize for pain they have caused. Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness. I thank NBCUniversal for honoring this request."
The episodes in question hail from Seasons 3, 5, and 6.
One skit features former "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm dressing up in blackface to portray an "Amos 'n' Andy"-style character. Another shows show star Jane Krakowski dressed up as an NFL player for Halloween.
All episodes are set to be removed by the week's end.
Anything else?
Fey's request comes too little, too late for some.
Several Twitter users called Fey and the network out for waiting so long to pull such episodes from the "30 Rock" library.
Former Broadway playwright Jeremy O. Harris wrote, "Bamboozled came out in the year 2000...how did Tina Fey just realize that blackface is bad?"
"Tina Fey demanding to lockaway all the blackface 30 Rock episodes in the NBC vault is such a farce bc like...girl you wrote them...barely a decade ago?" he continued.
Journalist Keith Nelson Jr. added, "Four episodes...FOUR ..twice in one season alone. It's been off the air for seven years but NOW they want to do this?"
He continued, "I want people do realize, NBC and Tina Fey are only doing this because of negative pressure they may feel if they keep it. Blackface was bad in 2013 when the show stopped airing and it's bad now. NBC and Tina Fey didn't LEARN anything over those 7 years and if they did thats sad."
Yet another wrote, "Why was there black face episodes of 30 Rock to begin with?"


theblaze--2020-06-23--LIVE NOW: Canceled? Jimmy Kimmel N-Word Tape Surfaces!

Steven examines the recent push to cancel Jimmy Kimmel for using the n-word .
He reflects on Muhammad Ali 's @ @ @ @ @ icon who also had a history of supporting Republicans—joined by guest Walt Heyer , who @ @ @ @ @ eight years and has now transitioned back to male .
YouTube has censored Heyer for @ @ @ @ @ trans agenda .
Use promo code LWC to save $ 10 on one year of @ @ @ @ @ Steven Crowder ?
To enjoy more of Steven 's uncensored late-night comedy that 's actually @ @ @ @ @ — the only place for all of Crowder uncensored and on demand .

Steven examines the recent push to cancel Jimmy Kimmel for using the n-word. He reflects on Muhammad Ali's legacy as a civil rights icon who also had a history of supporting Republicans—joined by guest Walt Heyer, who identified as a woman for eight years and has now transitioned back to male. YouTube has censored Heyer for his critique of the radical trans agenda.
Use promo code LWC to save $10 on one year of BlazeTV.
Want more from Steven Crowder?
To enjoy more of Steven's uncensored late-night comedy that's actually funny, join Mug Club — the only place for all of Crowder uncensored and on demand.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Seattle mayor regrets 'summer of love' comment about the CHAZ, wants to dismantle protest after shoo

Seattle mayor regrets 'summer of love' comment about the CHAZ, wants to dismantle protest after shootings

Seattle mayor regrets 'summer of love ' comment about the CHAZ , wants to dismantle protest after shootings Not as @ @ @ @ @

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is ready to bring the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, to an end after shootings occurred in the area on back-to-back nights, KCPQ-TV reported.
At least three people were shot in the protest zone over the weekend, one person fatally. Two of the victims were teenagers. The anti-police stance of the protest created some difficulties and delays for first responders attempting to get to the scenes of the shootings, and victims were transported to the hospital by volunteer medics in private vehicles.
"The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents," Durkan said Monday, according to KCPQ. "The impacts have increased and the safety has decreased."
There is little police presence in the protest zone, as the Seattle Police Department has mostly abandoned its precinct. Protesters altered the precinct's sign to read "Seattle People Department." Now Durkan wants protests to disperse and for police to return to the precinct.
"It's time for people to go home, it is time for us to restore Cal Anderson and Capitol Hill so it can be a vibrant part of the community," Durkan said, the Seattle Times reported. "The impacts on the businesses and residents and the community are now too much."
Durkan was previously supportive of the protest, describing it as a "block party" atmosphere and saying protesters might occupy the blocks surrounding a Seattle police precinct for a longer period of time during a "summer of love." She even defended the protest against criticism from President Donald Trump.
Durkan now regrets her choice of words and claimed she was joking when she initially made the comment during a CNN interview with Chris Cuomo
"I clearly said that in jest, it probably was not the smart thing to do," Durkan said.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Video of firecracker thrown at sleeping NYC homeless man goes viral; residents rip Mayor Bill de Bl

Video of firecracker thrown at sleeping NYC homeless man goes viral; residents rip Mayor Bill de Blasio outside mansion over issue

Video of firecracker thrown at sleeping NYC homeless man goes viral ; residents rip Mayor Bill de Blasio outside mansion @ @ @ @ @ expected to announce a crackdown on illegal fireworks suppliers Tuesday morning

On the heels of a viral video showing someone tossing a firecracker at a sleeping homeless man in Harlem early Monday morning — after which it exploded while the perps laughed and ran away — New York City police pledged to find those responsible, WCBS-AM reported.
"The inhumanity of this crime is shocking to everyone who watches," NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan tweeted. "The NYPD WILL apprehend those responsible for using fireworks to assault our fellow New Yorker in Harlem yesterday. If you have any info, please contact @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS."
The 66-year-old victim was hospitalized with minor burns after the incident on West 113th Street and is expected to recover, WCBS reported.
More from the station:
It's just the latest in an increasing number of firework incidents around the city.
There have been more than 1,700 fireworks complaints to 311 since May 29. Fed up New Yorkers gathered to stage a loud protest Monday night outside Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence. Protesters honked their horns and chanted, "We don't sleep, you don't sleep" as they demanded the mayor take action to address the firework problem.
What did de Blasio have to say?
"I'm worried that someone's going to get hurt, besides the fact that it's a nuisance and quality of life problem, I'm really worried that some kid's going to get hurt," de Blasio told NY1, according to WCBS.
The mayor's press secretary tweeted Monday night that de Blasio will announce a multi-agency crackdown on illegal fireworks suppliers Tuesday morning, the station added.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Facebook monitors reportedly reveal nefarious agenda: 'If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going

Facebook monitors reportedly reveal nefarious agenda: 'If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going to delete them for terrorism'

Facebook monitors reportedly reveal nefarious agenda : 'If someone is wearing a MAGA hat , I am going to delete @ @ @ @

A new Project Veritas investigation says it discovered Facebook's third-party content moderators are reportedly engaging in a leftist agenda of censoring President Donald Trump's supporters.
What are the details?
Cognizant, a Facebook-contracted company hired to moderate content and remove at their whim, is a third-party administrator responsible for evaluating Facebook posts on a daily basis.
Project Veritas' Zach McElroy went undercover at the company and said that he noticed a disturbing trend in the company's "Civic Harassment Queue."
"I saw upwards of 75 to 80 percent of the posts in that queue were from Republican pages," he revealed.
McElroy said that the monitoring and deletion seems to be mainly focused on eradicating Republican, conservative, and Trump-related content from the social media platform.
"So, for 75 to 80 percent of the posts to be targeting Republicans and conservatives, you can say it was a bot," he said. "But somebody had to design that algorithm. So really, somebody at Facebook."
According to reports, "Several unnamed moderators from Cognizant were caught on camera saying that they would remove Trump supporters' posts, even if those posts were not in violation."
At least one unidentified monitor insisted that it was "common sense" to delete any posts tagged with #MAGA.
In a video recorded by Project Veritas, a journalist can be heard asking one of the monitors, "If you see a conservative post, you just get rid of it right?"
The monitor responds, "Yes! I don't give no f*****. I'll delete it."
Another employee who identified himself as Daniel Will — a Cognizant employee — admitted that Facebook engages in shadowbanning.
"Facebook is notorious for it. They say they don't, but it's clear that people's content don't come because it's been de-filtered off the queue," he said.
Another unidentified moderator reportedly added, "If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going to delete them for terrorism."
McElroy was also reportedly able to take a screenshot of an inflammatory, anti-Trump post showing the president's head being cut off. The moderator reportedly said that the post would not be flagged as hate speech. Contrarily, a posting featuring a cartoon Elmer Fudd shooting at former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke was reportedly flagged as hate speech.
Robert Miller, reportedly a moderator at Cognizant, also admitted that a lot of the removed content includes Republican-leaning posts.
“Yeah. It's all Republicans. But a lot of it comes off of Trump's page specific — uh, specifically," he said.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Chaos erupts between police and rioters trying to topple Andrew Jackson statue and create 'Black Hou

Chaos erupts between police and rioters trying to topple Andrew Jackson statue and create 'Black House Autonomous Zone' The police @ @ @ @ @ statue from the rioters

Social media videos showed violent clashes between police and demonstrators trying to erect a "Black House Autonomous Zone" and topple the statue of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square on Monday.
The riots are just the latest in a series of protests, some of which turned violent, in the wake of the May 25 killing of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.
Protesters were attaching ropes and chains to the statue to force it down when Metropolitan Police and U.S. Park Police rode in and formed a protective barrier around the statue.
At the end of a video posted by reporter Shomari Stone, protesters can he seen coughing after police spray them with some kind of chemical agent.
Another video shows numerous police spraying protesters.
Other videos shows scuffles and fights breaking out between the police and the protesters.
Eventually calm returned to the area. Police said protesters were throwing objects at them but no officers were seriously hurt. Two protesters were arrested.
President Donald Trump tweeted about the clashes outside the White House and warned the protesters about what law enforcement punishment they might face.
"Numerous people arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John's Church across the street," he tweeted.
"10 years in prison under the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act. Beware!" he added.
CNN's Kaitlann Collins reported that the Secret Service had removed all media off of the White House grounds as soon as the protests nearby flared up.
She also posted a photograph of the historic St. John's church after it was vandalized with graffiti of "BHAZ," for "Black House Autonomous Zone."
Here's more video from the clashes:


theblaze--2020-06-23--AOC: 'Latinos are black...we run an entire racial spectrum'

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D ) said Monday that `` Latinos are black , '' while calling for `` conversations are 'colorism ' '' in response to questions about racism in the Latino community .
What are the details ?
During an interview with Telemundo , the self-described democratic socialist was asked , `` What do you think the Latinx community should do to stop racism among them and among other races ? ''
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez replied , `` A lot of times I 'll hear people say , 'OK , this is about Black Lives Matter , what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , Latinos are black !
We are Afro-Latina , and we run an entire racial spectrum . ''
She continued , `` We have to have conversations around 'colorism , ' and we have to have conversations about the African and indigenous roots from which we come and how that 's reflected in systems of power , wealth inequality , and frankly , our political system . ''
The comments grabbed the attention of many on social media , because of the appearance that the congresswoman was suggesting all Latinos are black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ocasio-Cortez seeking clarification , but did not receive a response .
Ocasio-Cortez , 30 , faces her first re-election primary Tuesday against three challengers in the 14th District 's Democratic primary .
According to a report from The Independent , the outspoken young congresswoman `` has spent more campaign money this cycle than any other Democrat up for re-election , '' shelling at least $ 6.3 million with another $ 4.6 million in the bank .

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) said Monday that "Latinos are black," while calling for "conversations are 'colorism'" in response to questions about racism in the Latino community.
What are the details?
During an interview with Telemundo, the self-described democratic socialist was asked, "What do you think the Latinx community should do to stop racism among them and among other races?"
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez replied, "A lot of times I'll hear people say, 'OK, this is about Black Lives Matter, what about Latinos?' and I always say, Latinos are black! We are Afro-Latina, and we run an entire racial spectrum."
She continued, "We have to have conversations around 'colorism,' and we have to have conversations about the African and indigenous roots from which we come and how that's reflected in systems of power, wealth inequality, and frankly, our political system."
The comments grabbed the attention of many on social media, because of the appearance that the congresswoman was suggesting all Latinos are black. The Daily Caller reached out to Ocasio-Cortez seeking clarification, but did not receive a response.
Anything else?
Ocasio-Cortez, 30, faces her first re-election primary Tuesday against three challengers in the 14th District's Democratic primary. According to a report from The Independent, the outspoken young congresswoman "has spent more campaign money this cycle than any other Democrat up for re-election," shelling at least $6.3 million with another $4.6 million in the bank.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Protesters are attempting to build a 'Black House Autonomous Zone' near the White House

Protesters are attempting to build a 'Black House Autonomous Zone ' near the White House This is not going to @ @ @ @

Black Lives Matter protesters attempted to erect an autonomous zone near the White House on Monday, according to various witnesses on social media.
One photograph on Twitter showed a sign reading, "Black House Autonomous Zone," with several protesters trying to affix it to chainlink fencing.
The original autonomous zone in Seattle, renamed itself the "Capitol Hill Organized Protest" in order to tone down the aggressive claim for separatism from the government, but the "BHAZ" followed the original nomenclature.
It is likely that President Donald Trump will respond well to an autonomous zone so close to the White House. Protesters were cleared out of the way in Lafayette Square just prior to the president visiting St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo op in June. Critics claimed the president used dangerous force against peaceful protesters for the sake of a political stunt.
Here's another view of the entrance:
Protesters could be seen in another video dragging barriers in order to build their encampment.
The autonomous zone in Seattle has since been rocked by shootings, one of which resulted in the death of a black man when paramedics couldn't drive in because the demonstrators would not allow police to assist them.
Here's more about the liberal autonomous zones:


theblaze--2020-06-24--Glenn Beck: Now they're coming for JESUS

'Stop tearing down the statues and start tearing down the hatred in your heart '

First, they came for the "offensive" Confederate statues. Then Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and even Union General Ulysses S. Grant were removed next. Now, Black Lives Matter activist Sean King has a new target: white Jesus.
On the radio program Tuesday, Glenn Beck railed against King's call for the destruction of all statues, murals, and stained glass windows of "white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends."
"They are a gross form [of] white supremacy," King wrote on Twitter. "Created as tools of oppression. Racist propaganda. They should all come down."
"Our voices are going to be gone soon. Everything is going to be gone soon, if we don't stand up!" Glenn said.
"How about we stop tearing down the statues and start tearing down the hatred in your heart? My gosh, the hatred these people are carrying around. I feel sorry for them. I really do," he later added.
Watch the video below for more:
Use code GLENN to save $10 on one year of BlazeTV.
Want more from Glenn Beck?
To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multiplatform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Twitter slaps label on another Trump tweet after he issues warning against DC 'autonomous zone'

Twitter slaps label on another Trump tweet after he issues warning against DC 'autonomous zone' Twitter accused the president of @ @ @ @ @ policy

Twitter suppressed another tweet sent from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, accusing the commander in chief of violating the platform's "abusive behavior" policy when he warned that attempts to set up an "autonomous zone" in Washington, D.C., would be "met with serious force."
What are the details?
President Trump wrote, "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, D.C., as long as I'm your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!"
Twitter covered the message with a label requiring users to click a button to read it with a warning that read, "We've placed a public policy interest notice on this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behavior, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group."
During a riot Monday night outside the White House, protesters unsuccessfully tried to topple a statue of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson, attacked police, and vandalized property while declaring the area a "Black House Autonomous Zone" in an attempt to set up a cop-free anarchist occupation similar to the CHOP/CHAZ in Seattle.
But police were able to eventually diffuse the situation, and continued to remove stragglers attempting to set up a BHAZ camp the next day.
Anything else?
Twitter has targeted the president's messaging on its platform before. Last month, the tech giant issued a similar warning when President Trump decried the violence and looting in the early days of the George Floyd riots and declared, "Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
But critics say Twitter is not being consistent in its censorship. Omri Ceren, the national security adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), said the platform's content policing "isn't sustainable," pointing out that Twitter allowed a series of tweets from Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, directly threatening violence against Israel.


theblaze--2020-06-24--Steven Crowder explains why Jimmy Kimmel should NOT be canceled for wearing blackface

According to cancel culture, anything from milk to coronavirus is racist, but Jimmy Kimmel can say the N-word and he goes unpunished. Sure, it may be easy to want to see Kimmel held to the same standard as conservatives, but Steven Crowder offers a reasonable alternative to playing by cancel culture's rules. Why cancel someone when you can make fun of them instead?
Kimmel no more deserves to be canceled for wearing blackface or saying the N-word in a rap song than Megyn Kelly deserved for saying that dressing up as Diana Ross on Halloween used to be acceptable. If cancel culture is desperate to end someone's career, let it be a result of comedian Jimmy Kimmel's failed comedy.
Use promo code LWC to save $10 on one year of BlazeTV.
Want more from Steven Crowder?
To enjoy more of Steven's uncensored late-night comedy that's actually funny, join Mug Club — the only place for all of Crowder uncensored and on demand.


theblaze--2020-06-24--CHAZ sees third shooting just outside of encampment entrance

CHAZ sees third shooting just outside of encampment entrance Not exactly the 'summer of love '

A third shooting undermined the liberal narrative of a peaceful protest at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle on Tuesday just before the mayor announced the encampment would be dismantled.
A 30-year-old man was shot Tuesday and transported to a local hospital in stable condition. Police would not confirm where he had received the injury, but KING-TV noted that they found the man in a designated staging area set up by the Seattle Fire Department outside the encampment.
Mayor Jenny Durkan said on Monday that the shootings in the CHAZ, also known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, forced her to rescind her supportive stance on the encampment.
The protesters and rioters in the CHOP say that they will resist the Seattle mayor's order to shut down the encampment, setting up the possibility of an ugly confrontation.
According to KING, the CHOP Solidarity Committee said they would operate with "total disregard to anything the mayor says," and they will continue to demand her resignation.
"I don't trust the mayor. I don't trust the mayor. At all," one protester told KING. "We're gonna make sure they don't take back the [police] precinct!"
Here's the news video from KING:


theblaze--2020-06-23--'This is the BIG LIE': Michael Knowles explains how 'woke' liberal politics actually cause systemic

'This is the BIG LIE': Michael Knowles explains how 'woke' liberal politics actually cause systemic racism

'This is the BIG LIE ' : Michael Knowles explains how 'woke ' liberal politics actually cause systemic racism It @ @ @ @ @ 's college campuses

On "The Rubin Report," BlazeTV host Dave Rubin sat down with The Daily Wire's Michael Knowles to discuss progressive politics, woke college campuses, and the collapse of our liberal institutions.
Knowles talked about what he called "the big lie," or the idea that college students indoctrinated with progressive propaganda on campus would suddenly change once they entered the "real world." Instead, they are taking down institutions and destroying cities across the country.
"This is the big lie," he said. "I'm looking around the real world and I'm seeing the consequences of those college campuses as the buildings are burning down all around the country."
Knowles pointed out the flaws in the left's systemic racism arguments, since most powerful institutions are dominated by liberals.
"We've been told for the past few weeks that all of these protests are about institutional racism. But then it occurred to me, the left controls every major institution in America. They control the media, controls higher education and lower, controls Hollywood, controls Big Tech, controls administrative government. Basically, other than talk radio and some little parts of the internet, the left controls every institution. So, if there's institutional racism, whose fault is that?" he asked.
Well, not only whose fault is it, but they are the ones putting it [racism] into the institutions," Rubin added. "They are the ones making it systemic."
Knowles and Rubin shared their thoughts on the conflicting interests of inter-sectional politics with the Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ communities, and how even liberals seemed to be worried about the turn that "woke politics" are taking.
Watch the video below to catch more of the conversation:
Watch Dave Rubin's full interview with Michael Knowles here: https://youtu.be/hzWiHUE6YLE.
Want more from Dave Rubin?
Looking for smart and honest conversations about current events, political news and the culture war? On "The Rubin Report," comedian Dave Rubin engages the ideas of some of society's most interesting thought leaders, authors, and politicians. Subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multiplatform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Video: NBC's Andrea Mitchell and DC delegate rushed by protester at BLM Plaza

Video : NBC 's Andrea Mitchell and DC delegate rushed by protester at BLM Plaza The representative yelled , 'Where @ @ @ @ @ need them ? '

NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of Columbia) were rushed by a bikini-clad protester on Tuesday at the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C.
The incident was caught on video, and shows the perpetrator being grabbed and pushed away by security as the congresswoman — a non-voting member of the House of Representatives — yells, "Where's the police when you need them?"
What are the details?
Footage of the incident was posted to Twitter, and shows Mitchell and Norton standing next to each other in front of a camera as an apparent biological male wearing a pink bikini and thigh-high stockings dashes up to the two women and places their hands on the congresswoman's back.
Security quickly grabs the activist and pushes them away. As security keeps the activist at a safe distance, Del. Norton yells out, "Where's the police when you need them?"
A clip taken by WUSA-TV shows the bikini-wearing demonstrator also asking "where's the police?" accusing the security personnel of assaulting them.
In the same area the night before, protesters attempted to set up a "Black House Autonomous Zone," or "BHAZ," a police-free anarchist occupation mimicking the so-called "CHOP/CHAZ" area in Seattle amid calls from far-left protesters across the nation to "defund the police."
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday, "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, D.C., as long as I'm your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!"
The tweet was restricted by Twitter, with the warning: "We've placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behavior, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group."


theblaze--2020-06-23--FBI finds noose incident in NASCAR garage was a 'misunderstanding'

The agency 's investigation concluded it could not have been a racist message

After much hand-wringing since the announcement that someone had placed a noose at the garage of NASCAR's only African American driver, the FBI announced that it was all a misunderstanding.
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace decried the allegedly racist act on Sunday when it was found at his garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. On Tuesday, the FBI said there had been no crime committed and it was not a racial act.
The FBI said in its statement that it sent 15 agents to investigate the incident.
"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," the statement read.
"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 concluded.
In response to the incident, dozens of NASCAR drivers, pit crew members and others walked alongside Wallace and his car to show solidarity with him before Monday's race.
A separate statement from Wood Brothers Racing added additional information as to how the incident occurred:
"One of our employees alerted us yesterday morning that, without knowing the details of the incident, he recalled seeing a tied handle in the garage pull-down rope from last fall. We immediately alerted NASCAR and have assisted the investigation in every way possible," the statement read.
"The Wood Brothers organization is proud to stand with Bubba Wallace and the entire industry as we work to make every race fan a part of our NASCAR family," they concluded.
Wallace finished 14th in the Geico 500 NASCAR race Monday, which was won by Ryan Blaney in a photo finish.
Here's more about the noose misunderstanding:


theblaze--2020-06-23--Catholic chaplain of prestigious college resigns over email saying George Floyd 'had not lived a vir

Catholic chaplain of prestigious college resigns over email saying George Floyd 'had not lived a virtuous life' 'Most people in @ @ @ @ @ as an act of racism .
I do n't think we know that . '

The Catholic chaplain of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resigned earlier this month over an email he sent to the school's Catholic community about the killing of George Floyd, the Boston Globe reported.
The Archdiocese of Boston asked Rev. Daniel Patrick Moloney to step down June 9, the paper said.
What did Moloney's email say?
Moloney's message sent two days prior suggested that Floyd's killing may have had nothing to do with racism, the Globe reported, adding that Moloney also questioned Floyd's character.
More from the paper:
In his message, Moloney said that while Floyd shouldn't have been killed by the police officer, "he had not lived a virtuous life."
"In the wake of George Floyd's death, most people in the country have framed this as an act of racism," Moloney's message read. "I don't think we know that. Many people have claimed that racism is a major problem in police forces. I don't think we know that."
Moloney went on to state that police "deal with dangerous and bad people all the time, and that often hardens them."
According to WBZ-TV, the email also said Floyd "was convicted of several crimes, including armed robbery, which he seems to have committed to feed his drug habit. And he was high on drugs at the time of his arrest. But we do not kill such people."
What did the archdiocese have to say?
"The personal opinions echoed in his comments regarding the murder of George Floyd do not reflect the positions of the archdiocese," a statement sent to members of the MIT Catholic community announcing Moloney's resignation said, according the Globe, adding that they were "wrong and by his resignation he accepts the hurt they have caused."
The archdiocese said Moloney's comments in his email shouldn't reflect badly on his ministry as a whole, the paper reported.
What did MIT have to say?
MIT officials told the Globe they received reports from many in the school community who were angered and hurt by Moloney's email.
"The message from Father Moloney was deeply disturbing," Suzy M. Nelson, a vice president and dean for student life said in a message sent Friday to leaders of student organizations, according to the paper. "Those who wrote me and other senior leaders were outraged, and many felt abandoned and alienated by their faith. By devaluing and disparaging George Floyd's character, Father Moloney's message failed to acknowledge the dignity of each human being and the devastating impact of systemic racism."
What else do we know about Moloney?
The Globe — citing the MIT Catholic website — reported that before he was ordained as a priest in 2010, Moloney was briefly a senior policy analyst at conservative outfit the Heritage Foundation.
In the wake of the controversy, Moloney — who's been MIT's chaplain since 2015 — told the paper he was trying to speak out against the cancel culture that diminishes both Floyd and the police as well as highlight how unity among people has weakened.
"I regret what happened, I regret it was misunderstood, I regret that became difficult for me to be a voice for Christ on campus," he told the Globe. "The whole thing went down in a way that I wish were otherwise. ... I didn't want to hurt anybody."
(H/T: The College Fix)


theblaze--2020-06-23--San Francisco 49ers display Black Lives Matter flag at stadium next to the American and California f

San Francisco 49ers display Black Lives Matter flag at stadium next to the American and California flags

The San Francisco 49ers flew the Black Lives Matter flag outside Levi's Stadium on Monday in support of the social justice protests that have taken place across the country since former Minneapolis Police Department officers killed George Floyd in May, NBC Sports reported.
The 49ers, which previously employed former quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick, posted a picture of the Black Lives Matter flag flying next to the American flag and the California state flag with the caption "indivisible with liberty and justice for all."
Although major American professional sports leagues are still on hiatus due to COVID-19, the recent racial unrest in the U.S. leads to questions about what role political activism will play in sports when they do return.
The most prominent and divisive sports protests in recent memory, kneeling during the national anthem, could potentially become source of debate and controversy whenever the NFL and NBA resume play. President Donald Trump recently weighed in on that issue again.
"I said 'where did that come from in the middle of the summer? Nobody's even asking,'" Trump said during his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. "We will never kneel to our national anthem or our great American flag. We will stand proud, and we will stand tall."
Trump was responding to previous comments from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, which seemed to suggest he was now going to be more supportive of peaceful protests in the league.
"I personally protest with you, and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country," Goodell said. "We the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest."
The prerogative of NFL players to kneel in protest during the national anthem has been a source of conflict between the players and the league for years. Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality and other racial and social injustices.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Deadspin writer calls for 'The Masters' golf tournament to change its 'racist' name

Deadspin writer calls for 'The Masters ' golf tournament to change its 'racist ' name 'When you hear anyone say @ @ @ @ @ of slave masters in the South '

In the wake of George Floyd's death late last month, a wave of social justice rage has resulted in toppled statues, banned Confederate flags, and the renaming of famous American brands such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's — and now the social justice warriors are coming for "The Masters" golf tournament.
The sports blog Deadspin published an op-ed Monday calling for the historic professional golf tournament, which is held at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, to change its name back to its pre-1939 moniker: The Augusta National Invitational.
Sports journalist Rob Parker, who wrote the piece, argued that the name conjures up thoughts of slave masters in the south and not mastery of the game of golf, and added that the golf club has a history of racist and sexist policies.
Here's an excerpt from the op-ed:
Augusta National was built on grounds that were once a slave plantation and was the property of a slave owner. And according to a 2019 New Yorker piece about the course, it's believed that enslaved Blacks were housed on the property.
And be honest. When you hear anyone say the Masters, you think of slave masters in the South. There's nothing else, nothing special. You don't think of someone mastering the game of golf. When has anyone mastered golf?
The only thing worse than the name of the event is the actual venue.
The golf course where it's held annually held long racist and sexist policies. Augusta National admitted no African American members until 1990 and no women members until 2012. The club long required all caddies to be black and banned black golfers from the Masters Tournament until Lee Elder participated in 1975.
Parker even went so far as to link to a dictionary.com definition of the word "master," which states the noun could describe an "owner of a slave."
"The Masters never felt good or even sounded good when you said it," Parker wrote. "It's a dark reminder of America's ugly past."
Preempting any pushback, he argued that to suggest the name change "isn't out of line or going too far," and added that "it's amazing these names and symbols have been allowed all this time."
According to the Golf Channel, in the early 1930s, investment banker and co-founder Clifford Roberts suggested the tournament's name be "The Masters" as a reference to the "masters of golf" who played in it, but legendary golfer and co-founder Bobby Jones "thought the name immodest." Years later, Roberts ultimately got his way and the name was changed in 1939.
The Masters Tournament has not publicly responded to Parker's demands.
The tournament, which is one of four major events on the Professional Golf Association's annual calendar, was rescheduled earlier this year over coronavirus concerns. It is now set to take place Nov. 9-15.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Oregon county issues directive for everyone to wear face masks — except 'people of color' who are wo

Oregon county issues directive for everyone to wear face masks — except 'people of color' who are worried about racial profiling

Oregon county issues directive for everyone to wear face masks — except 'people of color ' who are worried about @ @

The debate over the effectiveness of masks and whether the government should be forcing people to wear them has raged for weeks. The extremes on the two sides are either sure that non-mask wearers are going to kill everybody's grandma or that the masks are a tool of government control aimed to curb every freedom in 'Merica.
One Oregon county, apparently not content with the standard screaming matches over requiring face masks, decided to officially insert another divisive topic into the debate: race.
What did they do?
Lincoln County, which is on Oregon's north-central coastline, declared last week that everyone has to wear a mask — except non-white people who are nervous about being harassed because they're wearing a face mask.
The directive, dated June 16, from the Lincoln County Public Health Administrator and Lincoln County Health Officer orders "all individuals" in the county to wear masks at all indoor public settings and any outdoor public settings where they can't keep at least six feet from other people not from their household.
The directive makes the usual exceptions for children and people with health conditions or disabilities. And then it adds one more exception: "People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public."
Why the exception?
A CNN report from April offers some help: Many black leaders and ordinary citizens are concerned about possible racial profiling when it comes to wearing masks.
Ohio State University professor Trevon Logan told CNN, "We have a lot of examples of the presumed criminality of black men in general. And then we have the advice to go out in public in something that ... can certainly be read as being criminal or nefarious, particularly when applied to black men."
"[Wearing a homemade mask] seems like a reasonable response unless you just sort of take American society out of it. When you can't do that, you're basically telling people to look dangerous given racial stereotypes that are out there," Logan added. "This is in the larger context of black men fitting the description of a suspect who has a hood on, who has a face covering on. It looks like almost every criminal sketch of any garden-variety black suspect."
The American Civil Liberties Union is also concerned. After the Centers for Disease Control issued guidance on masks along with a video of U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, who is black, showing how to make a mask out of a bandana, shirt, or scarf, the ACLU said the government isn't taking minorities into account with its guidance.
ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young said the CDC's information and video on masks is nothing more than "racial insensitivity."
ReNika Moore, who heads up the ACLU's Racial Justice Program said, "For many black people, deciding whether or not to wear a bandana in public to protect themselves and others from contracting coronavirus is a lose-lose situation that can result in life-threatening consequences either way," CNN reported.
"Not wearing a protective bandana goes against CDC recommendations and increases the risk of contracting COVID-19, but wearing one could mean putting their lives at risk of getting shot or killed because of racially-biased targeting," she added.
After complaints from minority groups rolled in, Dr. Adams sent a statement to CNN, saying:
Health equity, and the complex interactions between race and health, have always been an area of emphasis for my office. I understand the concerns communities of color would have about being racially profiled, and am working with the NAACP, the NMA, and other organizations representing people of color to ensure no one is unduly harmed by COVID-19, or our response to it."
Is the mask order enforceable?
For Lincoln County, this may all be a rhetorical exercise anyway — one that has appeared to only exacerbate the mask fight.
Near the end of the directive, the county officials say the "directive is self-executing" and that there will be no repercussions for not following the order to wear masks.
It is designed simply to "induce voluntary compliance" and notes that "no person shall intimidate or harass individuals who do not comply."
(H/T: New York Post)


theblaze--2020-06-23--YouTube bans Gavin McInnes

YouTube bans Gavin McInnes

Former `` Proud Boys '' founder and conservative commentator Gavin McInnes reported Monday that he has been banned from YouTube for unspecified `` repeated '' violations of YouTube 's content policies .
According to a message posted on McInnes ' Telegram account , YouTube sent him a notice indicating that `` due to repeated or severe '' violations of YouTube 's Community Guidelines , his channel was being immediately suspended .
The notice also stated : `` Content glorifying or inciting violence against another person or group of people is not allowed on YouTube .
We also do n't allow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person or group of people .
We review educational , documentary , artistic , and scientific content on a case-by-case basis .
Limited exceptions are made for content with sufficient and appropriate context and where the purpose of posting is clear . ''
The notice did not indicate which videos or content specifically violated YouTube 's guidelines , nor did it indicate the length of the suspension .
YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment as to whether McInnes ' suspension was permanent , or what content specifically led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter in August 2018 and from Facebook in October 2018 .
The social media companies de-platformed McInnes in response to controversy surrounding the Proud Boys , who have been involved in violent confrontations with left-wing protesters over the last several years .
McInnes stated in November 2018 that he was leaving the Proud Boys , but he remains banned from most social media platforms .
In a statement provided to TheBlaze , McInnes said , `` My sources tell me it 's because I promoted a Parley where Proud Boys threatened to 'take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and rape if you 're a radical leftist but you ca n't even sort of threaten said group if you 're on the right .
To YouTube ( and Big Tech , MSM , DNC , etc ) saying , 'We are going to take our country back ' is `` hate speech ' that 'promotes violence . '
We saw this with the Covington Catholic school kids when Savannah Guthrie of The Today Show said , 'there 's something aggressive ' about standing your ground . ''
YouTube did not respond to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Former "Proud Boys" founder and conservative commentator Gavin McInnes reported Monday that he has been banned from YouTube for unspecified "repeated" violations of YouTube's content policies.
According to a message posted on McInnes' Telegram account, YouTube sent him a notice indicating that "due to repeated or severe" violations of YouTube's Community Guidelines, his channel was being immediately suspended.
The notice also stated: "Content glorifying or inciting violence against another person or group of people is not allowed on YouTube. We also don't allow any content that encourages hatred of another person or group of people. We review educational, documentary, artistic, and scientific content on a case-by-case basis. Limited exceptions are made for content with sufficient and appropriate context and where the purpose of posting is clear."
The notice did not indicate which videos or content specifically violated YouTube's guidelines, nor did it indicate the length of the suspension. YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment as to whether McInnes' suspension was permanent, or what content specifically led to his suspension.
McInnes was suspended from Twitter in August 2018 and from Facebook in October 2018. The social media companies de-platformed McInnes in response to controversy surrounding the Proud Boys, who have been involved in violent confrontations with left-wing protesters over the last several years. McInnes stated in November 2018 that he was leaving the Proud Boys, but he remains banned from most social media platforms.
In a statement provided to TheBlaze, McInnes said, "My sources tell me it's because I promoted a Parley where Proud Boys threatened to 'take back America.' You can murder and rape if you're a radical leftist but you can't even sort of threaten said group if you're on the right. To YouTube (and Big Tech, MSM, DNC, etc) saying, 'We are going to take our country back' is "hate speech' that 'promotes violence.' We saw this with the Covington Catholic school kids when Savannah Guthrie of The Today Show said, 'there's something aggressive' about standing your ground."
YouTube did not respond to a request for comment for this story.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Winona Ryder slams anti-Semitism in Hollywood, claims Mel Gibson asked, 'You're not an oven-dodger,

Winona Ryder slams anti-Semitism in Hollywood, claims Mel Gibson asked, 'You're not an oven-dodger, are you?' Gibson hits back hard.

Winona Ryder slams anti-Semitism in Hollywood , claims Mel Gibson asked , 'You 're not an oven-dodger , are you @ @ @ @ @ hard .

Actress Winona Ryder says actor Mel Gibson made a variety of anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks while in her presence over the years.
Gibson, however, says it never happened.
What are the details?
In a new interview with the Sunday Times, Ryder — who is of Jewish heritage — said that she has experienced anti-Semitism in the entertainment industry.
"I have ... in interesting ways," she recalled. "There are times when people have said, 'Wait, you're Jewish? But you're so pretty!' There was a movie that I was up for a long time ago, it was a period piece, and the studio head — who was Jewish — said I looked 'too Jewish' to be in a blue-blooded family."
Ryder said that one of her biggest recollections in experiencing anti-Semitism in Hollywood took place with Gibson at a party.
"We were at a crowded party with one of my good friends," she recalled, "and Mel Gibson was smoking a cigar, and we're all talking and he said to my friend, who's gay, 'Oh wait, am I gonna get AIDS?' and then something came up about Jews, and he said, 'You're not an oven-dodger, are you?'"
Ryder said that Gibson later attempted to apologize, but the damage was done.
Has Gibson responded?
A spokesperson for the actor issued a statement on Ryder's allegations on Tuesday.
"This is 100 percent untrue," Gibson's rep insisted. "She lied about it over a decade ago, when she talked to the press, and she's lying about it now. Also, she lied about him trying to apologize to her back then. He did reach out to her, many years ago, to confront her about her lies, and she refused to address it with him."
Anything else?
This wasn't the first time Gibson was accused of anti-Semitism.
In 2006, authorities arrested Gibson on a DUI charge. During the arrest, Gibson famously blurted out "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world!"
Ten years after the incident that nearly ended his career, Gibson called his outburst "an unfortunate incident" that was apparently part of a "nervous breakdown."
"I was loaded and angry and arrested," he said. "I was recorded illegally by an unscrupulous police officer who was never prosecuted for that crime. And then it was made public by him for profit, and by members of — we'll call it the press. So, not fair. I guess as who I am, I'm not allowed to have a nervous breakdown, ever."


theblaze--2020-06-23--Anti-Islam ad that runs in newspaper results in fired manager, donation to Muslim group, diversity t

Anti-Islam ad that runs in newspaper results in fired manager, donation to Muslim group, diversity training

Anti-Islam ad that runs in newspaper results in fired manager , donation to Muslim group , diversity training 'We got @ @ @ @ @ nice and dandy , but that 's not enough . '

Following the publication of a full-page Sunday ad that predicted a nuclear attack in Nashville by "Islam," the Tennessean newspaper and its parent company Gannett said Monday that an advertising manager was fired, a donation was pledged to a Muslim advocacy group, and additional diversity training at the paper was planned, the Tennessean reported.
The ad was purchased by an Arkansas-based Future for America which focuses on end-of-world preaching, the paper added.
What are the details?
"The sales and design teams did not fully read the context of the ad content in its entirety and subsequently approved it," Kathy Jack-Romero, president of Gannett's local sales, told the Tennessean.
While a sales executive flagged the ad for review, the sales manager "agreed to proceed with the ad without fully reviewing the content," Jack-Romero added to the paper. That manager was terminated Monday, the Tennessean reported.
More from the paper:
Money from the ad sale is being refunded to the Arkansas nonprofit Future for America. The group signaled its intention to buy billboard advertising and mail letters to thousands of Nashvillians this week.
Separately, Gannett will donate the $14,000 value of the ad sale to the American Muslim Advisory Council, a Nashville-based advocacy group. The company is also giving the council $50,000 in advertising credit, which will be used for multiple Islamic organizations.
Gannett provides annual mandatory training on diversity and inclusion to all employees corporate-wide. Jack-Romero said the company would coordinate with the advisory council for a round of diversity and sensitivity training for The Tennessean newsroom and sales teams. Additional training will be done company-wide for the entire sales division.
"All sales executives, managers and creative development team members will be provided with refreshed training and policies around hate speech and other sensitive advertising content," Jack-Romero told the paper.
She added to the paper that Gannett and the Tennessean "completed our review, taken action against the manager responsible, strengthened our processes to ensure this never happens again, and taken steps to mitigate the tremendous harm caused to the community. We apologize for publishing this ad and we specifically apologize to the Muslim community, in Nashville and more broadly. This should have never happened."
What did Muslim leaders have to say?
Sabina Mohyuddin, executive director of the American Muslim Advisory Council, confirmed to the paper that executives from the Tennessean reached out to apologize and that the AMAC will accept the donation.
"We're grateful that they've opted not to benefit from the proceeds of that ad," Mohyuddin told the Tennessean. "We can use that for something good in the community."
Mohyuddin also told the paper the ad placed a "huge target" on Muslims throughout the region, recalling a yearslong effort to prevent the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro from opening in 2012. The Tennessean said construction equipment was set on fire in 2010 while the mosque was under construction and then bacon was draped over door handles and expletives were spray painted on the walls in 2017.
She also told the paper the AMAC would work with Tennessean managers on Islamophobia training.
At-large AMAC member Zulfat Suara — the first American Muslim to ever hold elected office in Nashville — told the paper that concrete changes and continued action are necessary to repair relations.
"We got the apology. That was nice and dandy, but that's not enough," Suara added to the Tennessean. "For us, it's making sure it doesn't happen again. For us, it's making sure it doesn't happen to another community."
What did the group that purchased the ad have to say?
Jeff Pippenger of Future for America told the paper his group tried to advertise with other outlets, but "their editorial process rejected the job."
He added that had the paper "told us out front they would not print it, we would have sought other avenues to advertise the message."


theblaze--2020-06-23--Megan Fox speaks out on resurfaced Jimmy Kimmel interview about her being sexualized while underage

Actress Megan Fox says director Michael Bay never mistreated her, despite a resurfaced 2009 Jimmy Kimmel interview that perhaps seemed to suggest otherwise.
What's a brief history?
During the interview, which resurfaced this week amid Kimmel's announcement that he was taking the summer off from his late-night show, Fox recalled working with Bay in "Bad Boys II."
"They were shooting this club scene, and they brought me in, and I was wearing a stars-and-stripes bikini and a red cowboy hat and, like, six-inch heels. And he [Michael] approved it," she recalled during the 11-year-old interview. "They said, 'You know, Michael, she's 15, so you can't sit her at the bar and she can't have a drink in her hand."
"So his solution to that problem was to then have me dancing underneath the waterfall getting soaking wet," she said during the interview with Kimmel. "At 15, I was in 10th grade. So that's sort of a microcosm of how Bay's mind works."
Kimmel laughed, adding, "That's really a microcosm of how all our minds work. Some of us have the decency to repress those thoughts and pretend that they don't exist."
Fans across social media demanded an apology from Hollywood on Fox's behalf, and expressed their outrage that Kimmel would trivialize such an incident.
What are the details?
On Monday, Fox, 34, made an announcement on Instagram insisting that some details of her experience with Bay were "lost in the retelling of the events."
"I know that a discussion has erupted online surrounding some of my experiences in Hollywood and the subsequent mishandling of this information by the media and society in general," she wrote. "While I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support, I do feel I need to clarify some of the details as they have been lost in the retelling of the events and cast a sinister shadow that doesn't really, in my opinion, belong. At least not where it's currently being projected."
She continued, "I was around 15 or 16 years old when I was an extra in Bad Boys II. There are multiple interviews where I shared the anecdote of being chosen for the scene and the conversations that took place surrounding it. It's important to note, however, that when I auditioned for Transformers I was 19 or 20."
"I did 'work' (me pretending to know how to hold a wrench) on one of Michael's Ferrari's [sic] during one of the audition scenes," she admitted. "It was at the Platinum Dunes studio parking lot, there were several other crew members and employees present and I was at no point undressed or anything similar."
She added that she was not underage for "this particular audition story," and was not forced to wash someone's cars in a sense that was "extraneous from the material in the actual script."
"I hope that whatever opinions are formed around these episodes will at least be seeded in the facts of the events," she continued.
What else?
Fox went on to thank her fans and supporters, saying that these particular instances are not the ones with which the public should take issue.
"There are many names that deserve to be going viral in cancel culture right now, but they are safely stored in the fragmented recesses of my heart," she wrote. "[W]hen it comes to my direct experiences with Michael, and Steven [Spielberg] for that matter, I was never assaulted or preyed upon in what I felt was a sexual manner."
Fox's post has received more than 275,000 likes at the time of this writing.


theblaze--2020-06-23--President Trump says he wasn't joking with comment about slowing down COVID-19 testing: 'I don't kid

President Trump says he wasn't joking with comment about slowing down COVID-19 testing: 'I don't kid'

President Trump says he was n't joking with comment about slowing down COVID-19 testing : ' I do n't kid' @ @ @ @ @ a campaign rally at the BOK Center on Saturday in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
( @ @ @ @ @ )

After President Donald Trump said during his Tulsa campaign rally that he called for a slowdown in coronavirus testing, White House officials insisted the president was joking. Monday, Trump confirmed he was serious, according to CBS News.
What Trump said Saturday: "When you do testing to that extent you're going to find more people, you're going to find cases. So I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please.' They test and they test. We got tests for people who don't know what's going on."
How White House officials explained it: According to Yahoo News, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president was using sarcasm to make a point. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the remarks were "tongue-in-cheek." An unnamed White House official told CBS News the comments were "in jest."
What Trump said Monday: CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang asked President Trump on Monday about whether he meant what he said at the rally.
"Mr. President, at that rally, when you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing?" Jiang asked.
"I don't kid," Trump replied. "Let me just tell you — let me make it clear: We have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world. We test better than anybody in the world. Our tests are the best in the world, and we have the most of them."
Scripps reporter Joe St. George also asked Trump about the comment. He avoided directly answering whether he ordered a slowdown, and seemed to lament the fact that increased testing was inflating the number of cases with asymptomatic people and those at little or no risk of serious illness.
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Congress on Monday and said he had no knowledge of President Trump ordering a slowdown on testing, and expressed concern about increasing positivity rates in some areas.
"In fact, we will be doing more testing," Fauci said.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Horowitz: Arkansas Tyson Foods plants report 95% of coronavirus positives were asymptomatic

'Hundreds test positive at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas ' was the headline of an AP article on Sunday

Rather than focus on the number of cases of coronavirus, why won't the media spend more time focusing on the fact that so few of them are serious and that we have overreacted to the virus since March? We are seeing a lot of cases, but very few hospitalizations, as shown in the latest test results from a meatpacking plant.
"Hundreds test positive at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas" was the headline of an AP article on Sunday. That will naturally alarm the public. However, the real headline is that although 13% of all Tyson Foods employees in Benton and Washington counties tested positive, 95% of them had no symptoms. Twenty-six of the 481 who tested positive did present some symptoms. In the Berry Street facility, which had the largest number of cases out of the six facilities, 223 of 227 who tested positive were asymptomatic.
The media and political elites refuse to report the good news that the models were off, the virus was always more prevalent then we thought, and therefore, it's much less deadly than we thought. They continue to use the discovery of more cases as a pretext for more draconian shutdowns and restrictions, as if this is still the virus with a 3.4% fatality rate that the World Health Organization predicted.
When the CDC estimated that the infection fatality rate was 0.26%, that was factoring in a 35% asymptomatic rate. But what if the virus is even more prevalent than that because the share of asymptomatics is even higher? Some estimate the number to be at 80%. An Italian study found that 70% of those under the age of 60 were asymptomatic.
Given that the majority of people who get the virus are asymptomatic, we can no longer assume that even the serology tests are capturing anywhere near the full number of people who already got the virus, because many who had the virus test negative for antibodies. Earlier this month, a study from the University of California found, "Growing evidence suggests that asymptomatic and mild SARS-CoV-2 infections, together comprising >95% of all infections, may be associated with lower antibody titers than severe infections." They estimate that only 40% of asymptomatic patients would retain antibodies for 180 days, 60% of mildly symptomatic, and 95% of severe cases.
Another study from China published at Nature Medicine estimates that "40% of asymptomatic individuals became seronegative and 12.9% of the symptomatic group became negative for IgG in the early convalescent phase." A study from the University of Zurich found a close relationship between the severity of the viral infection and the number of antibodies produced during the convalescent period of that patient. The level of antibodies seemed to correlate nearly perfectly commensurately to the severity of symptoms prior to recovery.
Thus, an unknown percentage of those who show up negative in serology tests likely had the virus but no longer present with antibodies. This is aside from the theory that some people who don't present with symptoms never produced antibodies because T cells and B cells from the immune system warded off the virus. A brand-new study from Strasbourg University Hospital in France found that a majority of mildly symptomatic patients studied warded off the virus with T cells and did not produce antibodies. The researchers therefore conclude that "epidemiological data relying only on the detection of SARS-Cov2 antibodies may lead to substantial underestimation of prior exposure to the virus."
While it is unclear whether these individuals remain immune to a secondary infection if they don't have antibodies, what is clear is that exponentially more people likely had the infection. Which in turn means that the fatality rate is even lower than we think. Thus, the next time you see the media reporting on discovery of more cases without accompanying data on ICUs and fatalities, just know that their report is proving the opposite of their panic-driven headlines.


theblaze--2020-06-23--NYPD supervisors pushed story of bleach in milkshakes — but cops were never even ill, reports say

NYPD supervisors pushed story of bleach in milkshakes — but cops were never even ill , reports say

A Monday New York Post report alleges that the officers who reportedly received milkshakes spiked with bleach were never even ill, despite assertions otherwise.
A near-immediate NYPD investigation found no wrongdoing by Shake Shack's employees following the alleged incident, which you can read more about here.
What are the details?
Members of the NYPD reportedly lied about the poisoned shakes, and reports are alleging that the officers involved in the incident never even fell ill.
TMZ on Monday also reported that the officers reportedly ordered the shakes via mobile app — and so employees never even knew that officers had placed an order. The Post added that the three shakes were ordered in two separate orders.
The Bronx officers were on protest duty in Lower Manhattan during the incident, which the Post is chalking up to sour shakes.
The Post wrote, "Police sources explained it was clear that the workers couldn't have known cops had placed the orders 'since it wasn't done in person' — and they couldn't have dosed the drinks after the officers arrived, because they were packaged and waiting for pickup when the trio walked in."
The Post reports that the trio of Bronx officers reportedly told their sergeant about the shakes, who, in turn, sent the Emergency Service Unit to set up a "crime scene" at the Manhattan eatery for an immediate search for evidence.
"Meanwhile," TMZ reported, "the cops were rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where they were reportedly examined and sent on their merry way without ever showing the slightest of symptoms."
Shortly thereafter, a Bronx lieutenant reportedly blabbed to the police union alleging that six officers became violently ill and began throwing up after drinking beverages from the Manhattan Shake Shack, insisting that they "started throwing up after drinking beverages they got from Shake Shack on 200 Broadway."
"It was unclear why the sergeant and lieutenant escalated the situation," the Post reported.
Detectives and investigators reportedly reviewed surveillance footage of the restaurant and spoke with several employees.
"The report says video showed the shakes were normally made," TMZ added. "No poison or funny business."
Despite the officers never falling ill, the Detectives Endowment Association and the Police Benevolent Association insisted that the officers had been poisoned by Shake Shack workers, with a substance purported to be bleach.
Following the investigation, the unions deleted their tweets.
"Privately," the Post noted, "they blamed the lieutenant who first raised the false alarm."
The city council speaker is now demanding a probe into the police unions' behavior. A spokesperson for the NYPD says it is still reviewing the incident.


theblaze--2020-06-23--JK Rowling's agency refuses to bow down to writers who demanded 're-education' on LGBT issues

JK Rowling 's agency refuses to bow down to writers who demanded 're-education ' on LGBT issues Never bend a @ @ @ @ @

British author J.K. Rowling found herself embroiled in controversy earlier this month after she affirmed traditional views of sex and gender.
Now, four authors who were represented by the same literary agency as Rowling have resigned in protest after they demanded the company "re-educate" its staff.
According to the Guardian, Fox Fisher, Drew Davies, and Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, who is also known as Owl Fisher, all resigned from the Blair Partnership, the London-based literary agency that represents Rowling. A fourth author also resigned, but reportedly did not go public.
The authors demanded the agency "reaffirm their commitment to transgender rights and equality." But the authors wrote in a joint statement the agency did not cave to their demands, so they chose to resign.
In response, the Blair Partnership said it supports free speech and chose not to be coerced by their now-former clients.
A spokesperson for the agency said, per the Guardian:
We support the rights of all of our clients to express their thoughts and beliefs, and we believe in freedom of speech. Publishing and the creative arts are dependent on these things. It is our duty, as an agency to support all of our clients in this fundamental freedom and we do not comment on their individual views.
We are disappointed by the decision that four clients have taken to part ways with the agency. To reiterate, we believe in freedom of speech for all; these clients have decided to leave because we did not meet their demands to be re-educated to their point of view. We respect their right to pursue what they feel is the correct course of action.
We value all our authors' voices and, as an agency, champion equality and inclusivity. We remain committed to making the agency the most welcoming environment it can be for everyone. The diversity of our clients' voices is our strength and we take enormous pride from each and every one.
While Rowling has not publicly commented on the controversy involving her representation, she did address criticism after speaking out against far-left transgender advocacy.
She wrote in a lengthy personal essay that transgender advocacy has come to a place where it now often harms women.
"I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he's a woman — and, as I've said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones — then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside," Rowling said.
"That is the simple truth," she declared.


theblaze--2020-06-23--Rhode Island toys with changing its name to avoid slavery connotations

The Democratic governor has already begun to implement it Rhode Island toys with changing its name to avoid slavery connotations @ @ @ @ @ Raimondoj ( D ) leads a prayer with activist Bradley Souffrant ( left ) on @ @ @ @ @ House during a Black Lives Matter protest in Providence .
( Photo by Craig F. @ @ @ @ @ Images )

At least two major U.S. cities — St. Louis, Missouri, and Columbus, Ohio — are facing calls to change their names due to connections to controversial historical figures. Now an entire state is talking about changing its name over connotations of slavery.
What's happening?
Rhode Island has long had the distinction of being both the smallest state in the union and the state with the longest official name: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
It's the word "plantations" and its long ties to Southern slavery that have been the problem for those demanding the name change, as well as "Rhode Island's deep involvement in the slave trade," WPRI-TV reported.
The state's Democratic governor, Gina Raimondo, signed an executive order Monday saying her office and all executive offices will henceforth use only "State of Rhode Island" in all official documents, websites, citations, and communications.
Raimondo's order does not officially change the state's name permanently, the New York Post said.
Such a change would require movement by the state legislature and a vote by the Ocean State's citizens to amend the Rhode Island Constitution. That effort is being led by the state's lone black senator.
State Sen. Harold Metts (D) introduced a bill Wednesday to give voters an opportunity to remove "plantations" from the state's name and constitution, the Providence Journal reported.
Critics of the move have noted that the word "plantations" in Rhode Island in the 1600s — when the name was first created, even before the U.S. was formed — was referring to local farms, regardless of how people today understand it, WPRI noted.
For Metts, despite the actual context of the term, the word has too much historical ugliness to keep it around.
"Whatever the meaning of the term 'plantations' in the context of Rhode Island's history, it carries a horrific connotation when considering the tragic and racist history of our nation," Metts said, according to the Journal. "The images that come to mind when I hear the word 'plantations' are of the inhuman and degrading treatment of the African Americans who came before me, families ripped apart by slave sales, rapes and lynchings. It is a hurtful term to so many of us."
The senator said the word is just a "painful reminder of our racist past" and should be erased.
Metts' bill passed the state Senate unanimously and will be considered by the state House in late July, according to the Journal. Should it clear the House, the bill will be voted on by Rhode Islanders in November, WPRI said.
If that happens, it would be the second time the issue has been put before the voters. In 2010, a referendum to change the state's name lost 78% to 22%.
What's the name's background?
The "plantations" portion of the name comes from the combination of the area's name during the colonial days, Rhode Island, with multiple plantations in the area.
The most notable of those was the colony founded by Roger Williams — Providence Plantation, which included what is now the capital city of Rhode Island, according to the state's website.


theblaze--2020-06-24--'It's a straight-up noose!' — Bubba Wallace is angry at online response to FBI's investigation

'It 's a straight-up noose ! '
— Bubba Wallace is angry at online response to FBI 's investigation He @ @ @ @ @ the criticism he 's facing online

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace expressed his anger and frustration in an interview on CNN after the FBI released its conclusion that no hate crime had been committed in the garage noose incident at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
"I'm pissed!" he told CNN host Don Lemon. "I'm mad because people are trying to test my character and the person that I am and my integrity."
The FBI concluded that the item which looked like a noose had been left at the garage long before anyone knew Wallace was going to use that garage.
Wallace appeared upset at the conclusions being made by his critics over the debacle and specifically pointed out that some people online were accusing him of committing wrongdoing.
"I've 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!" he said.
"But from the evidence that we have, um, that I have, it's a straight-up noose," he claimed.
"The FBI has stated it was a noose over and over again, NASCAR leadership has stated it was a noose," Wallace continued.
"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.
Many NASCAR drivers and employees joined in show of solidarity with Wallace 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 their events in order to make them more comfortable for those who saw the flag in a contentious light. NASCAR soon after banned the flag.
Here's the entire interview from CNN:
Bubba Wallace responds after FBI hate crime investigation www.youtube.com
[Ed. Note: This article has been updated with CNN's video.]


theblaze--2020-06-24--Watch: Black female pastor takes on mob threatening to tear down Emancipation Memorial of Abraham Li

Watch: Black female pastor takes on mob threatening to tear down Emancipation Memorial of Abraham Lincoln

Watch : Black female pastor takes on mob threatening to tear down Emancipation Memorial of Abraham Lincoln The monument was @ @ @ @ @ slaves

A crowd gathered around the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Park on Tuesday night, declaring they would return in force on Thursday night to tear the "motherf***er" down.
But not everyone who showed up was in favor the growing national movement for tearing down monuments. One black female pastor took on the mob, arguing that demonizing white people and destroying statues was not helping their cause.
What are the details?
WUSA-TV reported that a group called "The Freedom Neighborhood" organized the event, and a speaker was quoted by The Washington Examiner telling the crowd as he stood by the statue of former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave, "Thursday at 7pm, we're tearing this motherf***er down."
The group wrote in an Instagram notice of the event, "To achieve true justice, we are not working with the police, nor will we seek any relationship with them. In order to create change, we will do so by any means necessary. If you want a revolution, it won't happen by being peaceful."
The Emancipation Memorial was built in 1876 and paid for entirely by freed slaves. Famous abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass gave the keynote at the monument's dedication ceremony.
But the memorial is seen as controversial because it shows Lincoln standing over the freed slave. Critics say that depiction gives the insinuation of a white man having superiority over a black man.
Who was against tearing down the monument?
Protesters were not willing to hear voices against tearing down the statue on Tuesday. A white woman took the floor in favor of keeping the monument in place, attempting to explain that it was used for educational purposes for Emancipation Day. She was shouted down.
Another woman also braved the crowd and was shouted down, but was able to get her voice heard. Turning Point USA's Benny Johnson posted footage of part of her message, reporting, "Black female pastor is very upset at organizers of the tear down Lincoln movement. Is very upset at the organizers for judging people by their skin color — says this statue tear down movement is not helping."
He added, "White libs in the audience hiss and sneer at her as she walks away."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Nancy Pelosi says Republicans are 'trying to get away with ... the murder of George Floyd'

Nancy Pelosi says Republicans are 'trying to get away with ... the murder of George Floyd '

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed Tuesday that Senate Republicans are "trying to get away with ... the murder of George Floyd," over accusations that the GOP refuses to budge as Congress tangles over anti-policing legislation.
What are the details?
CNN reported that "Democrats are on track to block a GOP-led police reform bill" introduced by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), while Senate Democrats have offered competing legislation championed by Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Cory Booker (N.J.).
During an interview with CBS News Radio, The Daily Caller reported, Pelosi discussed the impasse, saying of the Republicans, "The press has given them so much play for this unsalvageable piece of legislation and they say, 'well, can't you compromise with that?' No, it's because it is no and we are yes."
The speaker gave an example of the parties' differing proposals, telling the outlet, "We're saying no chokeholds. They're not saying no to chokeholds. I mean, there's a big difference there. What's the compromise? Some chokeholds? I don't see what the compromise is.
"For something to happen, they're going to have to face the reality of police brutality," she continued. "The reality of the need for justice in policing, and the recognition that there are many, many good people in law enforcement, but not all and that we have to address those concerns."
Pelosi added, "So far they're trying to get away with murder, actually. The murder of George Floyd."
What did the GOP say?
National Republican Campaign Committee spokesman Michael McAdams issued a statement in response, saying, "Nancy Pelosi needs to immediately apologize to Republicans for her deplorable accusations."
The NRCC also tweeted, "Either @SpeakerPelosi knows what she is saying and should immediately apologize or she doesn't know what's (sic) she's saying and is no longer fit for public office."


theblaze--2020-06-24--Madison Cawthorn stuns with landslide victory in North Carolina GOP primary, could become youngest m

Madison Cawthorn stuns with landslide victory in North Carolina GOP primary, could become youngest member of Congress

Madison Cawthorn stuns with landslide victory in North Carolina GOP primary , could become youngest member of Congress No one @ @ @ @

An obscure candidate won a stunning landslide victory Tuesday over the favored candidate in the Republican primary for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District.
Madison Cawthorn, 24, is a real estate investor and will likely become the youngest member in the House of Representatives if he wins the general election in the Republican-heavy district.
Cawthorn trounced Lynda Bennett, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. Cawthorn is also a supporter of the president.
With 92% of precincts reporting, Cawthorn had garnered 65% of the vote to Bennett's 35%. The Associated Press called the race for Cawthorn at 8:47 p.m.
The congressional seat seemed to be a safe bet for Bennett after Mark Meadows vacated the office to become the president's chief of staff. Bennett also received endorsements from Meadows and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Bennett is a real estate agent and local Republican activist.
Cawthorn will face retired Air Force Col. Moe Davis, the Democratic candidate, in the general election in November.
Cawthorn is also a motivational speaker. He was paralyzed from the waist down in a 2014 car accident that nearly took his life.
Here's Cawthorn's ad on the Second Amendment:


theblaze--2020-06-25--Kristen Bell leaves voice role of cartoon mixed race character because she's white; blames her privi

Kristen Bell leaves voice role of cartoon mixed race character because she's white; blames her privilege

Kristen Bell leaves voice role of cartoon mixed race character because she 's white ; blames her privilege 'Growing and @ @ @ @ @ and inclusion '

Actress Kristen Bell announced that she would be stepping down from a voice role of a mixed race character because she feels it was wrong for her, as a white woman, to take the role.
"This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Here is one of mine," said Bell on Instagram.
"Playing the character of Molly on Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege. Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience. It was wrong and we, on the Central Park team, are pledging to make it right," she continued.
"I am happy to relinquish this role to someone who can give a much more accurate portrayal and I will commit to learning," Bell concluded, "growing and doing my part for equality and inclusion."
Central Park is an animated show on Apple TV+ and debuted in May. Bell will not step down completely from the show, but instead will voice a separate character that will be developed for her voice.
"We profoundly regret that we might have contributed to anyone's feeling of exclusion or erasure," read the statement in part from the show.
Bell is known for voicing Anna on Disney's "Frozen" movie series, and for her role on the television show "The Good Place."
Here's the trailer from the show:


theblaze--2020-06-25--NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio plans 'Black Lives Matter' mural in front of Trump Tower

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ( D ) has plans in the works for taxpayers to foot the bill for the words `` Black Lives Matter '' to be painted in the street in front of President Donald Trump 's Trump Tower in the Big Apple .
What are the details ?
The New York Post reported that de Blasio 's BLM mural `` will be painted in yellow block letters along Fifth Avenue '' outside the famed building owned by the president , inspired by the `` Black Lives Matter '' mural leading to the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Mayor Muriel Browser ( D ) earlier this month .
One source told The Post , `` Obviously ( de Blasio ) is doing it to antagonize the president .
This is what he is concerned about while the city burns .
What an amateur politician . ''
According to the New York Daily News , a spokeswoman for de Blasio issued a statement on his mural plans , saying , `` The president is a disgrace to the values we cherish in New York City .
He ca n't run or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and any time he wants to set foot in the place he claims is his hometown , he should be reminded Black Lives Matter . ''
The reports of the mural came the same day de Blasio announced that the jobs of tens of thousands of New York City employees are on the chopping block due to budget shortfalls stemming from the COVID-19 crisis .
Fox News reported that `` during a news conference Wednesday , de Blasio said the city is facing $ 9 billion in lost revenue , with a possibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much higher . ''
He said 22,000 municipal employees could be laid off to bridge the gap .

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) has plans in the works for taxpayers to foot the bill for the words "Black Lives Matter" to be painted in the street in front of President Donald Trump's Trump Tower in the Big Apple.
What are the details?
The New York Post reported that de Blasio's BLM mural "will be painted in yellow block letters along Fifth Avenue" outside the famed building owned by the president, inspired by the "Black Lives Matter" mural leading to the White House that was commissioned by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Browser (D) earlier this month.
One source told The Post, "Obviously (de Blasio) is doing it to antagonize the president. This is what he is concerned about while the city burns. What an amateur politician."
According to the New York Daily News, a spokeswoman for de Blasio issued a statement on his mural plans, saying, "The president is a disgrace to the values we cherish in New York City. He can't run or deny the reality we are facing, and any time he wants to set foot in the place he claims is his hometown, he should be reminded Black Lives Matter."
Anything else?
The reports of the mural came the same day de Blasio announced that the jobs of tens of thousands of New York City employees are on the chopping block due to budget shortfalls stemming from the COVID-19 crisis.
Fox News reported that "during a news conference Wednesday, de Blasio said the city is facing $9 billion in lost revenue, with a possibility that losses could end up actually being much higher." He said 22,000 municipal employees could be laid off to bridge the gap.