newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Ja Rule defends viral restaurant ad: ‘I’m a marketing genius’

It seems 50 Cent may have fallen for a trap when he trolled a new commercial by his rap nemesis Ja Rule .
Ja ’ s “ cheesy ” ad for an LA Greek deli called Papa Cristo ’ s went viral and was boosted when Fiddy commented in a since-deleted post : “ This what happens … I ’ ll have you and your whole label selling gyros.
” The pair ’ s had beef since the ’ 90s .
But Ja may have had the last laugh , telling us the ad is part of a promo for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Show-Off.
” “ I ’ m a marketing genius , and this is all working exactly how I wanted it to , ” Ja told us .
“ I did this commercial on the TV show that I ’ m doing with [ LA Lakers star ] Dwight Howard , Bella Thorne and Bruce Willis ’ daughters , all kinds of people … the premise of the show is we create our own TV shows within the show.
” He explained , “ So I took the small mom-and-pop shop called Papa Cristo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus pandemic ] to help them out … I came up with this idea that I would do this silly-ass , cheesy ’ 80s , ’ 90s [ style ] commercial , and people will hate on it and try to clown me , and it will go viral , and of course it did .
Half of it is for charity [ No Kid Hungry ] , and Papa Cristo ’ s gets a lot of free publicity.
” He added as a message to Fiddy : “ We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” His show debuts Tuesday night .

It seems 50 Cent may have fallen for a trap when he trolled a new commercial by his rap nemesis Ja Rule.
Ja’s “cheesy” ad for an LA Greek deli called Papa Cristo’s went viral and was boosted when Fiddy commented in a since-deleted post: “This what happens … I’ll have you and your whole label selling gyros.” The pair’s had beef since the ’90s.
But Ja may have had the last laugh, telling us the ad is part of a promo for his new TBS show, “Celebrity Show-Off.” “I’m a marketing genius, and this is all working exactly how I wanted it to,” Ja told us. “I did this commercial on the TV show that I’m doing with [LA Lakers star] Dwight Howard, Bella Thorne and Bruce Willis’ daughters, all kinds of people … the premise of the show is we create our own TV shows within the show.”
He explained, “So I took the small mom-and-pop shop called Papa Cristo’s that was struggling during [the coronavirus pandemic] to help them out … I came up with this idea that I would do this silly-ass, cheesy ’80s, ’90s [style] commercial, and people will hate on it and try to clown me, and it will go viral, and of course it did. Half of it is for charity [No Kid Hungry], and Papa Cristo’s gets a lot of free publicity.”
He added as a message to Fiddy: “We’re playing chess over here, not checkers.” His show debuts Tuesday night.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Seattle will move to dismantle ‘CHOP’ zone following shootings

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that officials will move to wind down the city ’ s autonomous protest zone following two shootings in the area over the weekend .
Police officers will also soon return to the abandoned precinct inside the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone , where demonstrators have camped out for the last two weeks .
“ 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 told reporters .
“ The impacts have increased and the safety has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came after the cop-free “ CHOP zone ” descended into chaos over the weekend .
A 19-year-old man was killed during a shooting inside the blocks-long span on Saturday night .
And a 17-year-old was struck in the arm during another shooting on Sunday .
Durkan said the violence is distracting from the work of thousands of peaceful protesters seeking to address racial inequality and police brutality .
“ The gun violence unfolding at night is not only wrong , it also is undermining and distracting from the message for change we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many peaceful protests , ” she said .
“ We are working with the community to bring this to an end , ” Durkan added .
“ Capitol Hill belongs to everyone in this city .
”

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that officials will move to wind down the city’s autonomous protest zone following two shootings in the area over the weekend.
Police officers will also soon return to the abandoned precinct inside the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where demonstrators have camped out for the last two weeks.
“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 told reporters.
“The impacts have increased and the safety has decreased.”
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The mayor’s announcement came after the cop-free “CHOP zone” descended into chaos over the weekend.
A 19-year-old man was killed in a shooting inside the blocks-long span Saturday night. And a 17-year-old was struck in the arm during another shooting Sunday.
Durkan said the violence is distracting from the work of thousands of peaceful protesters seeking to address racial inequality and police brutality.
“The gun violence unfolding at night is not only wrong, it also is undermining and distracting from the message for change we are hearing in the street and in so many peaceful protests,” she said.
“We are working with the community to bring this to an end,” Durkan added. “Capitol Hill belongs to everyone in this city.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Cardi B and Offset celebrate Father’s Day at Tao LA

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Married rappers Cardi B and Offset celebrated Father’s Day at newly reopened Tao LA with daughter Kulture, 1, and other family.
We’re told that due to restrictions on groups of more than six people, guests noticed the eatery carefully placed Cardi and company at multiple tables to follow social-distancing requirements.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--They’re aiming at Jefferson, but the real target is America

Two lawmakers from the city want to replace both of ...

They’re coming for Thomas Jefferson.
This was always obvious, but now it’s even more plain. Protesters in Portland used axes and ropes to topple a statue of Jefferson. The New York City Council is agitating to remove a statue of the author of the Declaration of Independence from its chambers.
At this rate, the Sage of Monticello will be lucky if the Jefferson Memorial isn’t bulldozed and if he isn’t effaced from the nickel.
Jefferson is, to use the argot of the day, the most “problematic” of the Founders. The Virginian was a slave-owner who, despite his high ideals, never jettisoned an attachment to the Peculiar Institution that was a hideous injustice and, in the fullness of time, nearly destroyed the country. But that isn’t what we honor him for.
Thomas Jefferson isn’t memorialized on the Mall in Washington, DC, and elsewhere around the country because of the racist things he wrote in “Notes on the State of Virginia.”
Jefferson doesn’t have a place of honor in American history because of his — now widely accepted by historians — sexual relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, who was the half-sister of his wife. He isn’t held up as among our most exalted Founders because of his fear of slave revolts and his ever-closer association with the slave South as he grew older.
No, Jefferson is on a pedestal for achievements that still define the country today — for the better.
He wrote the ringing lines in the preamble of the Declaration that eventually took on world-historical importance and were used as a rhetorical and philosophical cudgel against the slave system and white supremacy by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.
He was a theorist, champion and able practitioner of what we know as Jeffersonian democracy, “government of the people, by the people, for the people,” as Lincoln famously put it at Gettysburg.
He wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom that became a model for the First Amendment and worked to abolish feudal relics such as entail and primogeniture.
As president, he doubled the size of the country in a stroke with the Louisiana Purchase.
He was a man of the Enlightenment, with incredibly wide-ranging interests from architecture to natural history and, in addition to serving as president, secretary of state and governor, founded the University of Virginia.
All of this speaks to his greatness — but none of it is to deny his miserable human failures and his woeful hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy, though, cuts both ways. Would we have preferred that all of America’s 18th-century slave-owners were intellectually consistent and hewed solely to the doctrine of white supremacy? Or do we demand that all our heroes be spotless, uncomplicated and without sin? There are such people, but most of them have not been notable statesmen.
That Jefferson was deeply compromised by the slave system and yet rose above his own sectional and selfish interests to enunciate timeless principles should be considered an accomplishment, not a reason to relegate him to the ash heap. He always maintained that slavery was unjust and early in his career tried to abolish slavery in Virginia and prohibit the introduction of slavery in new Western lands.
He could have been John C. Calhoun, the South Carolinian who poured himself into discrediting Jefferson’s defense of natural rights and justifying the South’s coming secession. Instead, he was a much more complex, praiseworthy and consequential figure — tragic and flawed, to be sure, but unquestionably an adornment to his country.
The woke philistines who are targeting him are incapable of thought or discernment and want to jettison much of the country’s heritage. A historian once said, “If Jefferson was wrong, America is wrong.” Those who want to grind his memory to dust clearly accept both parts of that formulation — and indict not just Jefferson, but the America he helped define.
Twitter: @RichLowry


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Steve Bing, producer and Elizabeth Hurley ex, reportedly dead by suicide

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Steve Bing , a Hollywood lifer and father of actress Elizabeth Hurley ’ s child , has reportedly died .
TMZ is reporting that Bing , whose other notable efforts in the industry include a writing credit on “ Kangaroo Jack ” and a role as an investor in the Tom Hanks film “ The Polar Express , ” is dead after a jump from the 27th floor of his Century City , LA , neighborhood .
They claim sources close to Bing said he was depressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 55 , dropped out of a Stanford his junior year after receiving a $ 600 million inheritance from his grandfather , a real estate developer .
He had a hand in writing Chuck Norris ’ “ Missing in Action ” franchise in the 1980s , and moved into producing in the early 2000s with the Sylvester Stallone remake “ Get Carter.
” Bing initially denied that he was the parent of Hurley ’ s son Damian Charles , born in 2002 , claiming that the pair ’ s 2001 relationship was brief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ established him as the child ’ s father .
In 2012 , Bing joined with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet for a “ Giving Pledge ” aimed at donating to give away the majority of his wealth over his lifetime .
TMZ reports that Bing donated to multiple progressive causes .

Steve Bing, a Hollywood lifer and father of actress Elizabeth Hurley’s child, has reportedly died.
TMZ is reporting that Bing, whose other notable efforts in the industry include a writing credit on “Kangaroo Jack” and a role as an investor in the Tom Hanks film “The Polar Express,” is dead after a jump Monday from the 27th floor in his Century City, LA, neighborhood. They claim sources close to Bing said he was depressed about being isolated in quarantine.
Bing, 55, dropped out of Stanford his junior year after receiving a $600 million inheritance from his grandfather, a real estate developer. He had a hand in writing Chuck Norris’ “Missing in Action” franchise in the 1980s, and moved into producing in the early 2000s with the Sylvester Stallone remake “Get Carter.”
Bing initially denied that he was the parent of Hurley’s son Damian Charles, born in 2002, claiming that the pair’s 2001 relationship was brief and non-exclusive. A DNA test eventually established him as the child’s father.
In 2012, Bing joined with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet for a “Giving Pledge” aimed at donating to give away the majority of his wealth over his lifetime. TMZ reports that Bing donated to multiple progressive causes.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--MLB will implement 2020 season under two conditions

MLB will proceed with a 2020 season , the league announced Monday in a statement a few hours after the @ @ @ @ @ ’ latest proposal .
The league plans on implementing a 60-game season , The Post @ @ @ @ @ , and is requesting the players show up for spring training by July 1 and @ @ @ @ @ outlined by 5 p.m. Tuesday .
It was expected commissioner Rob Manfred would mandate a @ @ @ @ @ ’ s rejection of a 60-game schedule earlier in the day .
The two sides @ @ @ @ @ the financial structure of a season during the coronavirus pandemic .

The near-end of a tortured process. The near-beginning of an ugly outcome.
Major League Baseball announced Monday night that it would move forward with a 2020 restart, the conditions unilaterally implemented by commissioner Rob Manfred, after the MLB Players Association voted down Manfred’s last offer.
The length of the regular season, if the coronavirus allows it to happen, will be 60 games, the same length as the schedule proposed last week by Manfred. There will not be expanded playoffs.
Describing the owners as “disappointed” by the PA executive board’s 33-5 vote to reject its package, MLB added, “In order to produce a schedule with a specific number of games, we are asking that the Players Association provide to us by 5:00 p.m. (ET) tomorrow with two pieces of information. The first is whether players will be able to report to camp within seven days [by July 1]. The second is whether the Players Association will agree on the Operating Manual which contains the health and safety protocols necessary to give us the best opportunity to conduct and complete our regular season and Postseason.”
Given the tension that has defined these talks, the two sides easily could haggle further over the health and safety protocols and further imperil what’s left of this COVID-shortened campaign. In the best-case scenario, however, spring training could start next week with Opening Day tabbed for around July 20.
MLB’s announcement capped another turbulent day amidst a hellish stretch for MLB. Just hours earlier, the PA said in its (near-) daily statement, “While we had hoped to reach a revised back to work agreement with the league, the Players remain fully committed to proceeding under our current agreement and getting back on the field for the fans, for the game, and for each other.”
It divulged the benefits on which the players passed: The universal designated hitter this year and next (it could still be in place this season for health reasons), a $25 million playoff pool, forgiveness on $33 million of the $170 million lump sum the players received in March and the cancellation of next year’s expanded playoffs if this season didn’t finish due to COVID-19.
The players and owners spent nearly four weeks, with MLB making its first offer on May 26, angrily exchanging financial proposals and forging little progress … until last week, when the owners finally relented on giving the players their prorated pay over 60 games and the players countered with 70. It sounded awfully close, yet the owners felt like they had a deal at 60 following a face-to-face meeting between Manfred and PA executive director Tony Clark in Arizona. Hence the mention in MLB’s statement Monday of “agreement framework developed by Commissioner Manfred and Tony Clark.” The plot twist added another layer of tension. The players’ resolve appeared to galvanize throughout the process and their lopsided vote by the executive board — which includes the 30 team representatives as well as eight members of the executive subcommittee — underlined their anger against the owners.
Manfred earned the right to unilaterally implement these terms, as long as the players received their prorated salaries, by virtue of the March deal. Nevertheless, he wanted to avoid that nuclear option because 1) It opens up both sides to file grievances against the other for bargaining in bad faith; 2) It could lead to star players opting out as a result of the ill will; and 3) It doesn’t feature the lucrative extra postseason contests. The implementation also could cancel features like tie games and placing a runner on second base in extra innings on which the two sides had agreed, although those still could be featured as safety/health features.
And with the Basic Agreement expiring after next year, this failure to find common ground during a pandemic bodes very poorly for the owners’ and players’ ability to collectively bargain a longer deal without a lockout or strike occurring in 2022.
Throw in the concerns that COVID-19 might prevent this season from finishing, as numbers spike in important baseball states like Arizona, Florida and Texas — all teams consequently will now hold their spring trainings at their home ballparks rather than their development complexes — and baseball has its hands full, to say the least.
Trevor Bauer, the Reds’ outspoken starting pitcher, made clear his displeasure with the owners as well as the players in a couple of tweets.
“It’s absolute death for this industry to keep acting as it has been. Both sides,” Bauer wrote. “We’re driving the bus straight off a cliff. How is this good for anyone involved? Covid 19 already presented a lose lose lose situation and we’ve somehow found a way to make it worse. Incredible.
He added: “If there’s going to be a fight the time for that fight is after the ’21 season when a new CBA is negotiated. 5 years of potential change. We’re doing irreparable damage to our industry right now over rules that last AT MOST 16 months. WTF kind of sense does that make?:
The right-hander punctuated both tweets with the emoji of a man slapping his own head in exasperation.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Trevor Bauer: MLB war is ‘absolute death’ for baseball

Even as these tortured 2020 restart talks now face an ...

Trevor Bauer is placing the blame and his anger on all parties involved in MLB’s 2020 season mess.
The opinionated Reds pitcher took to Twitter shortly after the Major League Baseball Players Association soundly rejected the league’s most recent 60-game proposal to resume play. The season’s fate now rest in the hands of commissioner Rob Manfred, who in conjunction with the owners, can now implement a season at the length of his choosing.
To Bauer, getting to this point should have been avoided and what has been going on the past few months has done harm to a game that has a long unpleasant labor history that has never sat well with its fan base.
“It’s absolute death for this industry to keep acting as it has been,” Bauer wrote. “Both sides. We’re driving the bus straight off a cliff. How is this good for anyone involved? Covid 19 already presented a lose lose lose situation and we’ve somehow found a way to make it worse. Incredible.”
The right-hander started his rant be saying he believes “there is a deal to be had here that is beneficial for everyone involved” and he’s unsure why that was not the case.
“Fans want baseball,” Bauer wrote. “The vast majority of players want baseball. Most owners want baseball. Seems like everyone is in agreement yet we have no agreement and no baseball. How?!”
In his eyes, the time for a “fight” should have been after the 2021 season over the new collective bargaining agreement that would have brought years of change to the game.
“We’re doing irreparable damage to our industry right now over rules that last AT MOST 16 months,” Bauer wrote. “WTF kind of sense does that make?
The 29-year-old was critical of Manfred after the commissioner backtracked away his statement that he was “100 percent” certain there would be a season after many of the players were saying tell us “where and when” to report. Bauer explained that the slogan was the players’ way of telling Manfred to just implement a season because any further offers were deemed to be “dead on arrival.”
Manfred is now faced with the decision of doing that anyway.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--The ‘anti-racist’ drive to turn schools into woke propaganda mills

Brace yourselves , city parents .
A Brooklyn principal warned just how ...

School will be a very different place next academic year. Classes will be less full; desks, rigorously sterilized. And if the education establishment has its way, teachers will be aggressively woke.
“We are living at a time of obscene inequities, and merely trying to compensate is not enough,” the American Association of School Administrators recently announced. It called on members to “become actively anti-racist” and “ensure that cultural responsiveness permeates all levels.”
Parents might welcome this as an innocuous appeal to moral progress in the wake of a tragic injustice. But they’d be surprised by what anti-racist, culturally responsive classrooms will look like. Hint: It isn’t about treating everyone the same, like a version of the Golden Rule.
The Chicago Public School district’s “toolkit” on race and civil disobedience, for example, features an epigraph from Angela Davis, the Communist and former criminal fugitive: “In a racist society, it is not enough to not be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.” The toolkit provides links to material from the Southern Poverty Law Center and directs teachers to Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to Be an Antiracist.”
Education Week’s “Classroom Q&A” blog tells teachers: “As Dr. Ibram X. Kendi would say, there is no ‘not racist.’ There is only racist and anti-racist. Your silence favors the status quo and the violently oppressive harm it does to black and brown folk everywhere.”
Anti-racism, in this worldview, doesn’t mean equal treatment of others; it is an all-encompassing ideology that demands constant questioning of one’s own actions and motives and those of others.
English teachers may look for guidance to an “anti-racist” expert like Lorena German, who chairs the Committee on Anti-Racism for the National Council on the Teaching of English. At the height of the recent unrest, with police cars and buildings set ablaze by anarchists and looters, German tweeted: “Educators: what are you burning? Your White-centered curriculum? . . . Your anti-black behavior policies? The school’s racist policies? Your racist-ass principal? The funding for the police in schools vs counselors? WHAT ARE YOU BURNING???!!?!?!?!?”
German’s call to commit arson may have been metaphorical. But anti-racist schools will teach very different material from the schools of yesteryear. “Transforming Our Public Schools: A Guide to Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education,” created by the NYC Culturally Responsive Education Working Group, explains to teachers that “the whole Western canon is rife with horrible stories and atrocities of who we are as people of color.”
For its part, the National Committee on Social Studies’ Early Childhood/Elementary Community has promised to overhaul content, explaining that “to stop the . . . systemic pattern of dehumanization . . . we need to start early. WE, as educators, and family members, need to flood our children with counter messages. . . . Messages that show #BlackLivesMatter. . . . It is essential to elevate that message until there is no racial inequality in economic opportunity, no racial inequality in education, no racial inequality in incarceration rates and no brutality from police and others.”
This sounds like a call for an open-ended propaganda campaign. The messages would come not only through new books, but also through guided discussion of current news. New York state’s “Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education” framework encourages teachers to “incorporate current events, even if they are controversial, into instruction” and to “utilize tools . . . that encourage students to engage with difficult topics (power, privilege, access, inequity) constructively.”
How might “culturally responsive” teachers address recent events “constructively”? Comments by New York University professor David Kirkland, the architect of New York’s framework and author of “Culturally Responsive Education: A Primer for Policy and Practice,” provide some clues.
Kirkland expressed outrage that the media were using “the racist construction of criminality” to “comment upon who gets to fight for their freedom and who does not.” Referring to law enforcement, he declared: “What does it mean when your job is to enforce the law when the law is explicitly racist? It means enforcing racism.”
“There is no apolitical classroom,” the NCTE insists. With so many in the education establishment now taking this stance, the culture war appears headed for many classrooms — whether parents like it or not.
Max Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Twitter: @MaxEden99


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Welcome to the Summer of Slay, America

Welcome to the Summer of Slay, America

Welcome to the blood-slicked sidewalks of summer .
It ’ s going to be a long one .
And hot .
Shootings in Gotham were running at the rate of one an hour for much of the weekend , with final numbers up in the air .
Upstate , 18 people were shot in Albany , two fatally , over three days ; 12 hit in Syracuse , including nine at a single party ; 10 in Buffalo .
Appalling ?
Sure .
But think of it as the first fruits of criminal-justice “ reform.
” To be sure , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In Chicago , police reported 102 shootings over the Father ’ s Day holiday — 14 fatal , including a 3-year-old boy .
But you need a mechanical clicker to keep track of Chicago , so the weekend toll is likely to be higher .
Elsewhere , 11 were reported shot , with one fatality , in both Minneapolis and Detroit — and bullets were flying around Philadelphia , Baltimore and most of the rest of urban America .
While each state is unique , it is fair to look at New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s utterly otherworldly surrender to public-safety nihilism exacerbated by timorous , low-impact policing policies embraced at the local level .
Whether the new ways are working depends on your perspective : If the point is to keep the anarchists and activists quiet , in a cynical sort of way , they are .
But if they are meant to keep citizens safe , it ’ s all an absurd charade .
At a more molecular level , where the bloody sidewalks are , cause-and-effect rules .
That is , reeling cops in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collisions and nobody gets angry comes with sanguinary consequences .
Veteran cops tell me they saw the crisis coming .
They blame : • New York ’ s effective abolition of bail for all but the most serious offenses .
• Procedural changes that hogtie prosecutors , particularly accelerated arraignment and trial deadline .
• Local DAs deciding for themselves which crimes they ’ ll prosecute and which ones they won ’ t , especially drug offenses .
This causes confusion and — among other things — all but invites new drug dealers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refusal of local officials to directly and graphically condemn violent crime when it occurs , which is generating a moral vacuum that encourages criminals and disheartens the law-abiding .
All this is fundamentally altering the state ’ s criminal-justice topography .
Drug dealers seek to conquer new territories .
Old-fashioned gang turf wars — think “ West Side Story , ” but with semi-automatic weapons — are breaking out all over .
Ancient scores are being settled as warm weather sets in , and young gunmen no longer need fear packing in public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the shootings , ” said a veteran lawman .
“ Gangs and the lack of fear of being stopped while carrying.
” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea last week made matters substantially more dangerous by dismantling the department ’ s tried and tested , 600-officer anti-crime unit , created in the early 1990s specifically to combat gun offenses .
“ The elimination of these units is an extreme measure , ” said a seasoned police executive ,  “ because they were the only real crime fighters and one of the few tools a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To be sure , increasing violence was a fact before Shea trashed the anti-crime units — but that ’ s largely a result of new policies designed to reduce conflict between police and minority communities .
That is , to reduce the so-called “ disparate impact ” vigorous law enforcement has on those communities .
How ironic , then , that urban gun violence and its related traumas are felt almost exclusively in minority — particularly African-American — neighborhoods .
Mothers in Midtown Manhattan weren ’ t putting their babies to bed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the crack wars , but mothers in Harlem were .
Every night .
Does New York — does all of urban America — really want those days back ?
The choice probably doesn ’ t have to be between occasional violent urban collisions involving cops and ignoring wildly unrestrained criminal violence in big cities , where perpetrators and victims almost exclusively are black or Hispanic .
But this seems to be all that ’ s on the table .
Frankly , cowardly nonintervention in the carnage that now wracks America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ostensibly motivating Black Lives Matter activists .
And nobody ’ s seriously talking about that .
So maybe somebody should hold a protest .

Welcome to the blood-slicked sidewalks of summer. It’s going to be a long one. And hot.
Shootings in Gotham were running at the rate of one an hour for much of the weekend, with final numbers up in the air. Upstate, 18 people were shot in Albany, two fatally, over three days; 12 hit in Syracuse, including nine at a single party; 10 in Buffalo.
Appalling? Sure. But think of it as the first fruits of criminal-justice “reform.”
To be sure, the Empire State wasn’t unique. In Chicago, police reported 102 shootings over the Father’s Day holiday — 14 fatal, including a 3-year-old boy. But you need a mechanical clicker to keep track of Chicago, so the weekend toll is likely to be higher.
Elsewhere, 11 were reported shot, with one fatality, in both Minneapolis and Detroit — and bullets were flying around Philadelphia, Baltimore and most of the rest of urban America.
While each state is unique, it is fair to look at New York as a laboratory, with Albany’s utterly otherworldly surrender to public-safety nihilism exacerbated by timorous, low-impact policing policies embraced at the local level.
Whether the new ways are working depends on your perspective: If the point is to keep the anarchists and activists quiet, in a cynical sort of way, they are. But if they are meant to keep citizens safe, it’s all an absurd charade.
At a more molecular level, where the bloody sidewalks are, cause-and-effect rules. That is, reeling cops in from the streets so there are few collisions and nobody gets angry comes with sanguinary consequences.
Veteran cops tell me they saw the crisis coming. They blame:
New York’s effective abolition of bail for all but the most serious offenses.
Procedural changes that hogtie prosecutors, particularly accelerated arraignment and trial deadline.
Local DAs deciding for themselves which crimes they’ll prosecute and which ones they won’t, especially drug offenses. This causes confusion and — among other things — all but invites new drug dealers into the trade.
And the refusal of local officials to directly and graphically condemn violent crime when it occurs, which is generating a moral vacuum that encourages criminals and disheartens the law-abiding.
All this is fundamentally altering the state’s criminal-justice topography. Drug dealers seek to conquer new territories. Old-fashioned gang turf wars — think “West Side Story,” but with semi-automatic weapons — are breaking out all over. Ancient scores are being settled as warm weather sets in, and young gunmen no longer need fear packing in public.
“Two things are igniting all the shootings,” said a veteran lawman. “Gangs and the lack of fear of being stopped while carrying.”
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea last week made matters substantially more dangerous by dismantling the department’s tried and tested, 600-officer anti-crime unit, created in the early 1990s specifically to combat gun offenses.
“The elimination of these units is an extreme measure,” said a seasoned police executive, “because they were the only real crime fighters and one of the few tools a precinct commander has to fight violence.”
To be sure, increasing violence was a fact before Shea trashed the anti-crime units — but that’s largely a result of new policies designed to reduce conflict between police and minority communities. That is, to reduce the so-called “disparate impact” vigorous law enforcement has on those communities.
How ironic, then, that urban gun violence and its related traumas are felt almost exclusively in minority — particularly African-American — neighborhoods. Mothers in Midtown Manhattan weren’t putting their babies to bed in bathtubs to protect them from stray bullets during the crack wars, but mothers in Harlem were. Every night.
Does New York — does all of urban America — really want those days back?
The choice probably doesn’t have to be between occasional violent urban collisions involving cops and ignoring wildly unrestrained criminal violence in big cities, where perpetrators and victims almost exclusively are black or Hispanic.
But this seems to be all that’s on the table.
Frankly, cowardly nonintervention in the carnage that now wracks America’s cities seems infinitely more racist than what’s ostensibly motivating Black Lives Matter activists.
And nobody’s seriously talking about that. So maybe somebody should hold a protest.
Twitter: @RLMac2


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Men accused of chasing black teens, yelling racial slurs at them

Two Connecticut men are accused of chasing down three black teens on bikes and yelling racial slurs at them early Sunday morning , a report said .
Matthew Lemelin , 27 and 28-year-old Michael Lemelin were both arrested and charged following the alleged racially-motivated encounter about 1:30 a.m. on Main Street in Manchester , NBC Connecticut reported .
The teens told police the suspects , who are white , ran the kids off the road and nearly hit them with their car as the kids rode to a gas station in town .
One of the men also allegedly got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the boys , they told police .
“ There ’ s no doubt in my mind that if they got their hands on one of these little boys , they were gon na hurt them , ” Christina Torres , the mother of one of the teens , told the news outlet .
“ The men got into their truck and chased down our children .
We got ta stand together , because this could have been very different .
I could have woken up on Sunday morning to my child dead , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the incident , cops located the suspects ’ vehicle in a nearby driveway .
Nobody answered the door initially , but cops were later able to obtain arrest warrants .
Both men were charged with risk of injury to a minor , second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace .
Matthew is also facing a charge of intimidation based on bigotry and bias .

Two Connecticut men are accused of chasing down three black teens on bikes and yelling racial slurs at them early Sunday morning, a report said.
Matthew Lemelin, 27 and 28-year-old Michael Lemelin were both arrested and charged following the alleged racially-motivated encounter about 1:30 a.m. on Main Street in Manchester, NBC Connecticut reported.
The teens told police the suspects, who are white, ran the kids off the road and nearly hit them with their car as the kids rode to a gas station in town.
One of the men also allegedly got out of their car and chased after the boys, they told police.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that if they got their hands on one of these little boys, they were gonna hurt them,” Christina Torres, the mother of one of the teens, told the news outlet.
“The men got into their truck and chased down our children. We gotta stand together, because this could have been very different. I could have woken up on Sunday morning to my child dead,” Torres tearfully said.
Shortly after the incident, cops located the suspects’ vehicle in a nearby driveway.
Nobody answered the door initially, but cops were later able to obtain arrest warrants.
Both men were charged with risk of injury to a minor, second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace.
Matthew is also facing a charge of intimidation based on bigotry and bias.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--NYC Board of Elections ‘hopes’ polling sites will be up and running tomorrow

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A top official with the New York City Board of Elections said the agency is struggling to find ways to get enough workers to polling sites in time to open them Tuesday morning , and is blaming the overnight subway shutdown that ’ s been going on for weeks .
“ We hope so , ” Manhattan GOP commissioner Fred Umane , who serves as the board ’ s secretary , told The Post Monday when asked whether there would be enough poll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and long , hours-long lines that have plagued other cities this pandemic-struck primary season .
“ We have to get them there , ” he added .
“ It ’ s hard to book 10,000 Uber rides.
” Poll workers are required to be on-site at their locations an hour before New Yorkers start casting ballots at 6 am .
However , the subway system is now closed from 1 am to 5 am for coronavirus-related cleaning — leaving the BOE , which has known about the overnight issue for weeks , somehow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the eleventh hour .
For its part , the MTA pointed to its ride-hail voucher program and bus system as two possible alternatives .
The transportation fiasco comes on top of mounting complaints that the Board of Elections vote-by-mail program failed to get ballots out to New Yorkers who requested absentee ballots to avoid lines and crowds during the coronavirus pandemic .
“ I do know a number of people who have not received their ballots , I ’ ve talked to 10 people who have not , ” said Assemblyman Robert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also an election lawyer .
“ Obviously we are in unprecedented times so I am willing to say look , there ’ s a little bit of latitude so I ’ m willing to understand , but I don ’ t like the fact that I ’ m worried about whether or not people are getting their ballots , whether or not they can vote tomorrow , ” he added .
State Sen. Brad Hoylman ( D-Manhattan ) said the dysfunction would only fuel calls for reforms at the Board of Elections .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the board needs a serious overhaul , ” he said , adding that he ’ s received dozens of complaints .
“ I ’ m worried about how it ’ s going to look tomorrow mainly because I ’ ve had constituents say they submitted an application and never heard back.
” The New York City Board of Elections — a fiefdom controlled by the local political parties under state law — was unable to provide tallies about the number of ballots it had mailed and received back as of Monday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But figures from the state ’ s election board show that more than 676,000 absentee ballots had been mailed in the five boroughs as of Friday — 204,614 in Brooklyn , 196,122 in Manhattan , 162,747 in Queens , 83,836 in The Bronx and 28,926 in Staten Island .
A party breakdown wasn ’ t immediately available , but political observers say the ballots likely skew heavily Democratic , as does the city .
That means two out of every three votes cast in Tuesday ’ s primary contests could be cast by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2016 Democratic presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders .
Ballots can be postmarked as late as Tuesday to count — meaning votes will trickle in for days after the primary , making it difficult to project winners on election night .
“ If there ’ s a spread of 10 percentage points between the candidates you can call the race on election night .
Under 10 , you probably wait for the paper ballots to be counted , ” said consultant George Arzt , who is working for veteran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) reelection bid .
She is again facing off against Suraj Patel , who notched 40 percent of the vote in 2018 .
That ’ s just one of the Democratic contests that observers are keeping close tabs on Tuesday night .
Others are : • New York ’ s 9th CD ( Brooklyn ) : Rep. Yvette Clarke is in another fight for her political life against Adem Bunkeddeko — who she edged out by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2018 .
This race also includes Isiah James , an Army vet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Councilman Chaim Deutsch , who has not appeared at the debates .
• New York ’ s 15th CD ( The Bronx ) : There is no favorite in the fractured race to succeed Congressman Jose Serrano , which includes Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. , who is best known for his controversial statements about gay rights ; Councilman Ritchie Torres , who chairs the Council ’ s investigations committee ; former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto and Assemblyman Michael Blake .
• New York ’ s 16th CD ( The Bronx and Westchester ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his first real challenge in years from Jamaal Bowman , who helped found a school in The Bronx .
Engel has rolled out a slew of high profile endorsements , including from Clinton and Sen. Chuck Schumer , as he tries to battle back from a slew of gaffes including a hot mic moment that gave the impression he did not really care about the district .
Meanwhile , high-flying democratic socialist and freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting a challenge from a former Republican and financial news anchor , Michelle Caruso-Cabrera .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which centered on her opposition to the Amazon headquarters deal for Long Island City , her far-left leanings as a leader of the congressional progressives and brought renewed attention to complaints she hasn ’ t focused enough on constituent services .
Meanwhile transit officials insist they ’ re doing their part to get poll workers to voting sites .
“ The MTA has conducted unprecedented outreach to 25,000 poll workers through an email , text and robocall program .
We have enhanced overnight bus service 150 % during the overnight closure of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of essential workers every morning from 1 – 5 a.m. — tomorrow will be no different , ” said MTA spokeswoman Abbey Collins .

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This primary rides on ‘hope’!
A top official with the New York City Board of Elections said the agency is struggling to find ways to get enough workers to polling sites in time to open them Tuesday morning, and is blaming the overnight subway shutdown that’s been going on for weeks.
“We hope so,” Manhattan GOP commissioner Fred Umane, who serves as the board’s secretary, told The Post Monday when asked whether there would be enough poll workers on hand to avoid the overcrowding and long, hours-long lines that have plagued other cities this pandemic-struck primary season.
“We have to get them there,” he added. “It’s hard to book 10,000 Uber rides.”
Poll workers are required to be on-site at their locations an hour before New Yorkers start casting ballots at 6 am.
However, the subway system is now closed from 1 am to 5 am for coronavirus-related cleaning — leaving the BOE, which has known about the overnight issue for weeks, somehow scrambling to come up with alternate arrangements at the eleventh hour.
For its part, the MTA pointed to its ride-hail voucher program and bus system as two possible alternatives.
“The MTA has conducted unprecedented outreach to 25,000 poll workers through an email, text and robocall program,” said MTA spokeswoman Abbey Collins. “We have enhanced overnight bus service 150% during the overnight closure of the subways and have been moving thousands of essential workers every morning from 1 – 5 a.m. — tomorrow will be no different.”
The transportation fiasco comes on top of mounting complaints that the Board of Elections vote-by-mail program failed to get ballots out to New Yorkers who requested absentee ballots to avoid lines and crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.
“I do know a number of people who have not received their ballots, I’ve talked to 10 people who have not,” said Assemblyman Robert Carroll (D-Brooklyn), who is also an election lawyer.
“Obviously we are in unprecedented times so I am willing to say look, there’s a little bit of latitude so I’m willing to understand, but I don’t like the fact that I’m worried about whether or not people are getting their ballots, whether or not they can vote tomorrow,” he added.
State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) said the dysfunction would only fuel calls for reforms at the Board of Elections.
“This is yet one more indication that the board needs a serious overhaul,” he said, adding that he’s received dozens of complaints. “I’m worried about how it’s going to look tomorrow mainly because I’ve had constituents say they submitted an application and never heard back.”
The New York City Board of Elections — a fiefdom controlled by the local political parties under state law — was unable to provide tallies about the number of ballots it had mailed and received back as of Monday, despite repeated requests from The Post.
But figures from the state’s election board show that more than 676,000 absentee ballots had been mailed in the five boroughs as of Friday — 204,614 in Brooklyn, 196,122 in Manhattan, 162,747 in Queens, 83,836 in The Bronx and 28,926 in Staten Island.
A party breakdown wasn’t immediately available, but political observers say the ballots likely skew heavily Democratic, as does the city.
That means two out of every three votes cast in Tuesday’s primary contests could be cast by mail if turnout rivals levels seen during the 2016 Democratic presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Ballots can be postmarked as late as Tuesday to count — meaning votes will trickle in for days after the primary, making it difficult to project winners on election night.
“If there’s a spread of 10 percentage points between the candidates you can call the race on election night. Under 10, you probably wait for the paper ballots to be counted,” said consultant George Arzt, who is working for veteran Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s (D-Manhattan) reelection bid.
She is again facing off against Suraj Patel, who notched 40 percent of the vote in 2018.
That’s just one of the Democratic contests that observers are keeping close tabs on Tuesday night. Others are:
New York’s 9th CD (Brooklyn): Rep. Yvette Clarke is in another fight for her political life against Adem Bunkeddeko — who she edged out by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2018. This race also includes Isiah James, an Army vet and DSA member; and Councilman Chaim Deutsch, who has not appeared at the debates.
New York’s 15th CD (The Bronx): There is no favorite in the fractured race to succeed Congressman Jose Serrano, which includes Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., who is best known for his controversial statements about gay rights; Councilman Ritchie Torres, who chairs the Council’s investigations committee; former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto and Assemblyman Michael Blake.
New York’s 16th CD (The Bronx and Westchester): Longtime entrenched Rep. Eliot Engel faces his first real challenge in years from Jamaal Bowman, who helped found a school in The Bronx. Engel has rolled out a slew of high profile endorsements, including from Clinton and Sen. Chuck Schumer, as he tries to battle back from a slew of gaffes including a hot mic moment that gave the impression he did not really care about the district.
Meanwhile, high-flying democratic socialist and freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting a challenge from a former Republican and financial news anchor, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
Ocasio-Cortez is expected to win the race, which centered on her opposition to the Amazon headquarters deal for Long Island City, her far-left leanings as a leader of the congressional progressives and brought renewed attention to complaints she hasn’t focused enough on constituent services.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Singer Mario recalls being stopped by Miami police in March

Singer Mario said he was held at gunpoint by police officers in Miami — and the tense standoff was defused only when a female officer recognized him .
The Grammy-nominated “ Let Me Love You ” singer told Page Six that three months ago he was driving in Miami with a friend who has a license to carry a concealed gun , when his friend got into an argument with another man .
“ [ My friend ] pulled out a gun and so did the other guy , so I got out to defuse the situation , ” Mario @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s baby daughter was in the back seat at the time .
Mario , 33 , said he managed to calm everyone down , and the other guy with the gun eventually left .
“ My boy got in his car , he put his gun in the armrest , and then he went to this building to use the bathroom and left the gun , ” he said .
But Mario didn ’ t realize someone having witnessed the altercation had called the police .
“ So I ’ m in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right there , ” he said , adding the child was still in the car .
“ Two cops came up to the car with their guns drawn , shouting .
I forgot about the gun that was in the armrest , [ so ] when they asked me if there were any guns in the car , I said , ‘ No there ’ s no guns in the car.
’ ” The officers told him not to move and to put his hands up .
“ So the cops say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there — why did you lie to me ?
’ ” Mario began to explain the situation , but “ then this lady cop appeared and was like , ‘ Wait , wait , wait .
Aren ’ t you Mario ?
’ And I was like , ‘ Yeah.
’ But I forgot about being Mario at this point .
I ’ m just like , ‘ Please don ’ t shoot me.
’ ” He said , “ From there , she told the guys to put their guns down.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ve experienced racism , but I ’ ve also experienced privilege as an artist … As an artist I will say we do have privilege … Whether it is sports , entertainment , we see power in all these different spaces , but with that also comes privilege.
” His new single , “ Rewrite It , ” just dropped , and his album , “ Closer to Mars , ” will be released this summer .

Singer Mario said he was held at gunpoint by police officers in Miami — and the tense standoff was defused only when a female officer recognized him.
The Grammy-nominated “Let Me Love You” singer told Page Six that three months ago he was driving in Miami with a friend who has a license to carry a concealed gun, when his friend got into an argument with another man.
“[My friend] pulled out a gun and so did the other guy, so I got out to defuse the situation,” Mario told us, adding that his pal’s baby daughter was in the back seat at the time.
Mario, 33, said he managed to calm everyone down, and the other guy with the gun eventually left. “My boy got in his car, he put his gun in the armrest, and then he went to this building to use the bathroom and left the gun,” he said.
But Mario didn’t realize someone having witnessed the altercation had called the police. “So I’m in the car; the gun’s right there,” he said, adding the child was still in the car.
“Two cops came up to the car with their guns drawn, shouting. I forgot about the gun that was in the armrest, [so] when they asked me if there were any guns in the car, I said, ‘No there’s no guns in the car.’ ” The officers told him not to move and to put his hands up. “So the cops say, ‘There’s a gun right there — why did you lie to me?’ ” Mario began to explain the situation, but “then this lady cop appeared and was like, ‘Wait, wait, wait. Aren’t you Mario?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah.’ But I forgot about being Mario at this point. I’m just like, ‘Please don’t shoot me.’”
He said, “From there, she told the guys to put their guns down.” He added, “So yes, I’ve experienced racism, but I’ve also experienced privilege as an artist … As an artist I will say we do have privilege … Whether it is sports, entertainment, we see power in all these different spaces, but with that also comes privilege.”
His new single, “Rewrite It,” just dropped, and his album, “Closer to Mars,” will be released this summer.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Orlando Pride pulls out of 2020 NWSL Cup amid coronavirus cases

The NBA and MLS should be paying attention .
The Orlando Pride , the women ’ s soccer team located in the same area those two leagues are planning to pick up play next month , bowed out of taking part in the 2020 NWSL Cup after multiple players and staff members tested positive for coronavirus , it announced Monday .
Although everyone who tested positive was asymptomatic , according to the team , the franchise still felt it necessary to withdraw for health reasons .
ESPN reported that six players and four staffers tested positive .
“ This was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our players , our staff and fans , however this is a decision that was made in order to protect the health of all involved in the Challenge Cup , ” Orlando Pride EVP Amanda Duffy said in a statement .
“ While we were all excited to see the 2020 Pride on the field this weekend , our priority is now making sure our players and staff safely recover and providing any support wherever and however possible.
” The infected players and staff members will be isolated for at least 14 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with them are being checked for symptoms and will get further tests .
“ While we were all looking forward to seeing the Pride return to the field , we are unfortunately facing a decision that is necessary and in the best interest for the health of our players and staff .
The decision goes far beyond just the positives , but also taking into consideration roommates or partners , ” Daryl Osbahr , M.D.
, team doctor for Orlando Pride and chief of sports medicine for Orlando Health , said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and reaction following the initial positive test , as well as how the safety of players and staff was prioritized during this difficult and uncertain time .
However , the guidelines and process that are put in place , including the important protocols and timelines for contact tracing , make it logistically impossible for the Club to participate in the Challenge Cup in Utah.
” Florida has seen a significant rise in the novel coronavirus in recent weeks , bringing into question the NBA and MLS planning to return to action in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ playing at Disney ’ s ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando in July .

The NBA and MLS should be paying attention.
The Orlando Pride, the women’s soccer team located in the same area those two leagues are planning to pick up play next month, bowed out of taking part in the 2020 NWSL Cup after multiple players and staff members tested positive for coronavirus, it announced Monday.
Although everyone who tested positive was asymptomatic, according to the team, the franchise still felt it necessary to withdraw for health reasons.
ESPN reported that six players and four staffers tested positive.
“This was obviously a difficult and disappointing outcome for our players, our staff and fans, however this is a decision that was made in order to protect the health of all involved in the Challenge Cup,” Orlando Pride EVP Amanda Duffy said in a statement. “While we were all excited to see the 2020 Pride on the field this weekend, our priority is now making sure our players and staff safely recover and providing any support wherever and however possible.”
The infected players and staff members will be isolated for at least 14 days. Anyone who came in close contact with them are being checked for symptoms and will get further tests.
“While we were all looking forward to seeing the Pride return to the field, we are unfortunately facing a decision that is necessary and in the best interest for the health of our players and staff. The decision goes far beyond just the positives, but also taking into consideration roommates or partners,” Daryl Osbahr, M.D., team doctor for Orlando Pride and chief of sports medicine for Orlando Health, said. “I commend the Club for its diligence and reaction following the initial positive test, as well as how the safety of players and staff was prioritized during this difficult and uncertain time. However, the guidelines and process that are put in place, including the important protocols and timelines for contact tracing, make it logistically impossible for the Club to participate in the Challenge Cup in Utah.”
Florida has seen a significant rise in the novel coronavirus in recent weeks, bringing into question the NBA and MLS planning to return to action in the state. Both are scheduled to be playing at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando in July.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Spelling out Hong Kong’s doom

Spelling out Hong Kong’s doom

China ’ s rulers have now released the text of the proposed crush-Hong Kong law , and it ’ s worse than feared .
The national ( puppet ) legislature is poised to pass the measure without involving the city-state ’ s own lawmakers , in clear violation of the agreement that gave Beijing rule over the island .
The pretense is that it ’ s about protecting the country ’ s national security , rather than a bid to end freedom in Hong Kong .
The bill will empower Beijing to override the city ’ s independent legal system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to extradite whoever it likes to the mainland to face kangaroo-court “ justice.
” Extradition was the issue that kicked off Hong Kong ’ s massive protests back in March 2019 .
But protests on the island can ’ t stop a legislature in Beijing , the way they moved Hong Kong ’ s lawmakers to drop the earlier bill .
And this measure goes further , outlawing “ collusion with foreign or external forces ” — with the central government handling at least some cases .
It also will install a dedicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the jackboots on scene for use as needed .
The Chinese Communist Party pretends this is about quelling unrest .
In reality , it ’ s all about killing freedom .

China’s rulers have now released the text of the proposed crush-Hong Kong law, and it’s worse than feared.
The national (puppet) legislature is poised to pass the measure without involving the city-state’s own lawmakers, in clear violation of the agreement that gave Beijing rule over the island. The pretense is that it’s about protecting the country’s national security, rather than a bid to end freedom in Hong Kong.
The bill will empower Beijing to override the city’s independent legal system and local laws — as well as to extradite whoever it likes to the mainland to face kangaroo-court “justice.”
Extradition was the issue that kicked off Hong Kong’s massive protests back in March 2019. But protests on the island can’t stop a legislature in Beijing, the way they moved Hong Kong’s lawmakers to drop the earlier bill.
And this measure goes further, outlawing “collusion with foreign or external forces” — with the central government handling at least some cases. It also will install a dedicated security-service office in Hong Kong — putting the jackboots on scene for use as needed.
The Chinese Communist Party pretends this is about quelling unrest. In reality, it’s all about killing freedom.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Jimmy Kimmel reportedly used ‘N-word’ while imitating Snoop Dogg in 1996

Jimmy Kimmel is taking a lengthy summer break from the ...

Jimmy Kimmel, who urged actor Tom Arnold to release an alleged “N-word” tape of President Trump in 2018, admitted years ago that he imitated rapper Snoop Dogg’s voice for a track in a 1996 Christmas album — an original song in which Kimmel used the “N-word” several times.
The admission came in a January 2013 podcast obtained this weekend by Fox News. In the podcast, Kimmel also changed his speech pattern in an attempt to adopt the voice of black comedian George Wallace, in what host Adam Carolla called Kimmel’s “crazy black voice.” Kimmel acknowledged imitating black people on other occasions as well.
Kimmel, who is slated to host the Emmy Awards this year, announced last week that he’s taking the summer off amid a brewing blackface controversy; he has not issued an apology.
In the Christmas track, a singer mentioned a “fat n—- in a sleigh giving sh— away,” referring to Santa Claus. The song also referenced “n—– in the manger,” including associates of King Herod.
“I told that motherf—er Santa, bring a pick for my afro,” the singer went on. The “three wise men” were described as “bringing gifts and sh– for baby boo in the hay.”
“Me and my n—– down in LBC, we’ll smoke that motherf—— Christmas tree,” Kimmel said.
Liner notes from the cassette, obtained by Fox News, showed the album was co-produced by “Jim Kimmel” and credited Kimmel for all “comedy material” on the album, except for a handful of unrelated tracks. Kimmel also appeared on the album cover.
In the 2013 podcast, Carolla said “Jimmy is doing Snoop” in the track, and Kimmel affirmed, “This is when Snoop Dogg first came out, hit the scene, and I used to imitate him by only saying, ‘You know what I’m saying?'”
“Jimmy, do you only do black people?” someone asks on the podcast.
“I prefer them, yes,” Kimmel responds, apparently jokingly.
Also in the 2013 podcast, Carolla interviewed Kimmel about his time on “Kevin & Bean.” Kimmel recalled that he once “called the president of Comedy Central as George Wallace, the comedian,” from a New York City hotel room after he and friends had been drinking.
Carolla said Kimmel adopted a “crazy black voice” to impersonate Wallace.
Kimmel continued, as Wallace: “I just wanna say I had a great time, and thank you for inviting me!”
Recalling the episode on the podcast, Kimmel intentionally adopted a dialect that Carolla described as “black.”
Kimmel remarked, “A lot of people thought it was George Wallace!”
Carolla then recounted another episode in which Kimmel called “The John & Jeff Show” as “your black man.” Kimmel, as recounted by Carolla, responded, “Sure ’nuff, I am!'”
Kimmel abruptly announced last Thursday he’s taking the summer off to spend more time with his family. He has been tapped to host the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
In announcing his vacation, Kimmel didn’t mention that he was under fire for a recurring skit in which he dressed in blackface for “The Man Show,” which aired from 1999-2004.
In 2018, actor Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the Oscars after homophobic tweets from 2009 to 2011 surfaced.
“I’m taking this summer off to spend even more time with my family,” Kimmel said from his home studio. “There’s nothing wrong. I’m healthy, my family’s healthy, I just need a couple of months off.”
Kimmel apparently has disregarded calls to apologize for the blackface controversy. A representative from ABC and his talk show did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Fox News on Sunday and Monday.
Nevertheless, in 2018, Kimmel eagerly asked Arnold to produce a purported tape of Trump using the “N-word.”
“I want to hear this tape! Where is this tape?” Kimmel asked Arnold in 2018, his voice rising. “You keep saying you will! When? When he’s retired?”
Meanwhile, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon apologized for a 2000 blackface sketch from “Saturday Night Live.”
“In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface,” Fallon tweeted last May. “There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.”
Kimmel, along with other late-night comedians, has strayed into increasingly fraught political waters since Trump’s election.
Last May, Kimmel aired a misleading clip of Vice President Mike Pence carrying boxes of personal protective equipment [PPE] into a hospital. Kimmel claimed the boxes were empty, but a reporter pointed out that the full video revealed he simply was teasing staffers about the boxes being empty.
Kimmel had scolded Pence without revealing the context of the footage. The misleading clip was shared on Twitter and attracted over 2.7 million views.
Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Slow start for Phase 2 suggests NYC’s got a very long way to go

New York finally began Phase Two reopening Monday — and it wasn ’ t with a bang .
The subway didn ’ t look much different from last week , nor the commuter trains .
An Uber driver told us he hadn ’ t seen much of an uptick in business either .
“ People are still scared , ” he said from behind his mask , adding that he didn ’ t expect Gotham to make a real comeback before the end of the year .
Book publishers told Publishers Weekly they ’ re hoping to reopen New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guys we spoke to aren ’ t optimistic about their employees coming in any week soon .
Many companies that have made remote-access work just don ’ t want to be the first to move .
It may well be Phase 3 or 4 before most Phase 2 workers return .
If office workers don ’ t rush back , retail can ’ t expect much .
Most likely , neighborhood commerce will bounce back first : We saw a long line waiting to get into The Strand — which not long ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At least restaurants are coming back , though on a gorgeous day , with tables six feet apart , we saw lots of empty chairs outside popular East Village eateries .
But it ’ s early yet .
The city only opened applications for restaurants to take sidewalk space on Friday ( way to plan , Mr. Mayor ) , so only 3,200 of the city ’ s 26,000 eateries applied in time to qualify for Monday .
The city that never sleeps just spent three months in a near-coma .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — but she will : 8 million of us are looking forward to hearing her roar .

New York finally began Phase Two reopening Monday — and it wasn’t with a bang.
The subway didn’t look much different from last week, nor the commuter trains. An Uber driver told us he hadn’t seen much of an uptick in business either. “People are still scared,” he said from behind his mask, adding that he didn’t expect Gotham to make a real comeback before the end of the year.
Book publishers told Publishers Weekly they’re hoping to reopen New York offices around Labor Day. The advertising guys we spoke to aren’t optimistic about their employees coming in any week soon. Many companies that have made remote-access work just don’t want to be the first to move.
It may well be Phase 3 or 4 before most Phase 2 workers return.
If office workers don’t rush back, retail can’t expect much. Most likely, neighborhood commerce will bounce back first: We saw a long line waiting to get into The Strand — which not long ago worried it would have to close permanently.
At least restaurants are coming back, though on a gorgeous day, with tables six feet apart, we saw lots of empty chairs outside popular East Village eateries.
But it’s early yet. The city only opened applications for restaurants to take sidewalk space on Friday (way to plan, Mr. Mayor), so only 3,200 of the city’s 26,000 eateries applied in time to qualify for Monday.
The city that never sleeps just spent three months in a near-coma. She’ll be a while waking up — but she will: 8 million of us are looking forward to hearing her roar.


newyorkpost--2020-06-22--Muhammad Wilkerson’s older brother charged with murder

The older brother of former New York Jet Muhammad Wilkerson was reportedly charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man in New Jersey Saturday night .
Hafeez Brown , 33 , is accused of shooting and striking Roobino Philemon as the man sat in the driver ’ s seat of a car outside a house in Bridgewater Township , NJ.com reported , citing the Somerset County Prosecutor ’ s Office .
Before he was fatally shot , Philemon had tried to join a birthday party at a home on Bayberry Street in Bridgewater , but was told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ substantial ” amount of marijuana and two guns were found by authorities at the home hosting the gathering , the report said .
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead on Monday revealed Brown ’ s relation to Wilkerson , who was drafted by the Jets as a first-rounder in 2011 .
Wilkerson , of Linden , signed a five-year , $ 86 million contract with the Jets in 2016 , only to be released two years later after earning $ 37 million .
He signed with Green Bay prior to the 2018 season after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only played in three games , however , before a season-ending ankle injury .
He remains a free agent .
Since last June , Wilkerson has twice been arrested twice for driving while intoxicated .

The older brother of former New York Jet Muhammad Wilkerson was reportedly charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man in New Jersey Saturday night.
Hafeez Brown, 33, is accused of shooting and striking Roobino Philemon as the man sat in the driver’s seat of a car outside a house in Bridgewater Township, NJ.com reported, citing the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Before he was fatally shot, Philemon had tried to join a birthday party at a home on Bayberry Street in Bridgewater, but was told to leave, authorities said.
A “substantial” amount of marijuana and two guns were found by authorities at the home hosting the gathering, the report said.
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead on Monday revealed Brown’s relation to Wilkerson, who was drafted by the Jets as a first-rounder in 2011.
Wilkerson, of Linden, signed a five-year, $86 million contract with the Jets in 2016, only to be released two years later after earning $37 million.
He signed with Green Bay prior to the 2018 season after seven years with the Jets. He only played in three games, however, before a season-ending ankle injury. He remains a free agent.
Since last June, Wilkerson has twice been arrested twice for driving while intoxicated.


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--Miley Cyrus reveals she is six months sober

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Miley Cyrus is no longer drinking or smoking weed , she revealed in a new interview on Tuesday .
“ I ’ ve been sober sober for the past six months , ” the pop star told Variety , adding that the reason behind her lifestyle change — at first — was “ just about this vocal surgery.
” In November , Cyrus , 27 , revealed she underwent vocal cord surgery after being hospitalized for tonsillitis .
Her recovery consisted of “ several weeks of silence.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Wrecking Ball ” singer discovered in therapy how her parents ’ upbringings may have affected her .
“ My mom was adopted , and I inherited some of the feelings she had , the abandonment feelings and wanting to prove that you ’ re wanted and valuable , ” she told Variety .
“ My dad ’ s parents divorced when he was 3 , so my dad raised himself .
I did a lot of family history , which has a lot of addiction and mental health challenges.
” Cyrus said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I the way that I am ?
, ” led her to “ understand the present and the future much more clearly.
” “ I think therapy is great , ” she added .
She pointed out that her parents , Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus , have not decided to follow her substance-free path .
“ One of my favorite interviews is when I say , ‘ Anyone that smokes weed is a dummy , ' ” she said .
“ That one I love to send to my parents , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then .
It ’ s been really important for me over the last year living a sober lifestyle , because I really wanted to polish up my craft.
” During the coronavirus pandemic , Cyrus hosted a livestream on Instagram with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen , who has helped her overcome her anxiety .
The singer also said being sober has a stigma of being “ no fun , ” but she said she has learned to deal with the skepticism .
“ It ’ s like , ‘ Honey , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but I know that I ’ m fun , ' ” she said .
“ The thing that I love about it is waking up 100 % , 100 % of the time .
I don ’ t want to wake up feeling groggy .
I want to wake up feeling ready .
”

Miley Cyrus is no longer drinking or smoking weed, she revealed in a new interview on Tuesday.
“I’ve been sober sober for the past six months,” the pop star told Variety, adding that the reason behind her lifestyle change — at first — was “just about this vocal surgery.”
In November, Cyrus, 27, revealed she underwent vocal cord surgery after being hospitalized for tonsillitis. Her recovery consisted of “several weeks of silence.”
But through her sobriety, the “Wrecking Ball” singer discovered in therapy how her parents’ upbringings may have affected her.
“My mom was adopted, and I inherited some of the feelings she had, the abandonment feelings and wanting to prove that you’re wanted and valuable,” she told Variety. “My dad’s parents divorced when he was 3, so my dad raised himself. I did a lot of family history, which has a lot of addiction and mental health challenges.”
Cyrus said that asking herself, “Why am I the way that I am?,” led her to “understand the present and the future much more clearly.”
“I think therapy is great,” she added.
She pointed out that her parents, Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, have not decided to follow her substance-free path.
“One of my favorite interviews is when I say, ‘Anyone that smokes weed is a dummy,'” she said. “That one I love to send to my parents, who are big stoners, every now and then. It’s been really important for me over the last year living a sober lifestyle, because I really wanted to polish up my craft.”
During the coronavirus pandemic, Cyrus hosted a livestream on Instagram with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, who has helped her overcome her anxiety.
The singer also said being sober has a stigma of being “no fun,” but she said she has learned to deal with the skepticism.
“It’s like, ‘Honey, you can call me a lot of things, but I know that I’m fun,'” she said. “The thing that I love about it is waking up 100%, 100% of the time. I don’t want to wake up feeling groggy. I want to wake up feeling ready.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--A lot of Americans have broken quarantine for a booty cal

Three in 10 Americans have broken quarantine to have sex , according to new research .
The survey asked 2,000 Americans about their sex lives in lockdown — due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and found that while 58 percent of those surveyed are hunkering down with their partners , those who aren ’ t are living on the edge .
Aside from the 30 percent who ’ ve left their own homes for sex , 51 percent of those surveyed who have been quarantining alone have had a sexual partner come over to their home .
Another three in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a partner have had video sex and 18 percent have had phone sex .
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of MysteryVibe , the survey found that 76 percent of respondents said they ’ ve used lockdown as an opportunity to spice up their sex lives with their partners .
Of those surveyed who are isolating with a partner , 78 percent are having more sex thanks to their increased time together .
But this may not be as romantic as it seems , however , as 65 percent of respondents admitted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bored .
And because of this increased frequency , six in 10 respondents shared that they ’ re experiencing “ sexual burnout.
” Aside from burnout , 67 percent of those polled also shared they ’ ve entered a sexual rut and are becoming bored with their sex routines .
Within the past five years , 77 percent of those polled said they feel that sex toys have become more socially acceptable .
And this shows , as 18 percent said they often use them to spice things up and another 41 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Despite becoming bored with their sex lives , 57 percent of respondents said they ’ re embarrassed to have an honest conversation with their partner about their preferences in bed .
Another 62 percent of those surveyed said they worry their partner will judge them based on what they like in bed , while 37 percent said they ’ ve unfortunately experienced feeling judged or shamed by a partner .
“ Many people feel isolated when it comes to their sexual desires , but pleasure is something that connects all of us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ co-founder of MysteryVibe .
“ MysteryVibe creates products with purpose and starts catalytic conversations to make intimacy easy .
Everyone ’ s ‘ mystery ’ looks a little different , but it ’ s a conversation we should all feel comfortable having.
” And perhaps to combat these feelings , 75 percent of respondents shared they ’ ve had to teach their partner what to do in bed .
Nearly half have physically guided their partner and another three in 10 have given their partners directions .
Forty-six percent of respondents even said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have moaned more than they normally would in order to send a signal to their partner about what they like in bed .
“ Communication is the most important step to having more pleasurable , satisfying sex , ” said Rakshit .
“ Get excited about exploration and trying something new – being honest with your partner can lead to amazing sexual discoveries for both.
” Top ways respondents have taught their partner in bed • Had a conversation with them : 57 percent • Moaned more than they typically would to let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent • Given them directions on what to do : 30 percent Sexual habits of those not self-isolating with a partner • Had someone come to their house to have sex : 51 percent • Have left their homes to go have sex with someone 30 percent

Three in 10 Americans have broken quarantine to have sex, according to new research.
The survey asked 2,000 Americans about their sex lives in lockdown — due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and found that while 58 percent of those surveyed are hunkering down with their partners, those who aren’t are living on the edge.
Aside from the 30 percent who’ve left their own homes for sex, 51 percent of those surveyed who have been quarantining alone have had a sexual partner come over to their home.
Another three in 10 respondents who aren’t self-isolating with a partner have had video sex and 18 percent have had phone sex.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of MysteryVibe, the survey found that 76 percent of respondents said they’ve used lockdown as an opportunity to spice up their sex lives with their partners.
Of those surveyed who are isolating with a partner, 78 percent are having more sex thanks to their increased time together.
But this may not be as romantic as it seems, however, as 65 percent of respondents admitted to having sex just because they’re bored.
And because of this increased frequency, six in 10 respondents shared that they’re experiencing “sexual burnout.”
Aside from burnout, 67 percent of those polled also shared they’ve entered a sexual rut and are becoming bored with their sex routines.
Within the past five years, 77 percent of those polled said they feel that sex toys have become more socially acceptable.
And this shows, as 18 percent said they often use them to spice things up and another 41 percent use them a bit more sparingly.
Despite becoming bored with their sex lives, 57 percent of respondents said they’re embarrassed to have an honest conversation with their partner about their preferences in bed.
Another 62 percent of those surveyed said they worry their partner will judge them based on what they like in bed, while 37 percent said they’ve unfortunately experienced feeling judged or shamed by a partner.
“Many people feel isolated when it comes to their sexual desires, but pleasure is something that connects all of us,” said Soumyadip Rakshit, CEO and co-founder of MysteryVibe.
“MysteryVibe creates products with purpose and starts catalytic conversations to make intimacy easy. Everyone’s ‘mystery’ looks a little different, but it’s a conversation we should all feel comfortable having.”
And perhaps to combat these feelings, 75 percent of respondents shared they’ve had to teach their partner what to do in bed.
Nearly half have physically guided their partner and another three in 10 have given their partners directions.
Forty-six percent of respondents even said they were a bit more dramatic and have moaned more than they normally would in order to send a signal to their partner about what they like in bed.
“Communication is the most important step to having more pleasurable, satisfying sex,” said Rakshit. “Get excited about exploration and trying something new – being honest with your partner can lead to amazing sexual discoveries for both.”
Top ways respondents have taught their partner in bed
Had a conversation with them: 57 percent
Physically guided them: 49 percent
Moaned more than they typically would to let them know they liked something: 46 percent
Given them directions on what to do: 30 percent
Sexual habits of those not self-isolating with a partner


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--Sherri Shepherd reportedly lost ‘Friends’ role for tweaking show’s whiteness

Sherri Shepherd once sent the co-creator of “ Friends ” a tongue-in-cheek card about the show ’ s lack of diversity , according to the former “ The View ” host ’ s best friend , Jawn Murray .
But it allegedly marked her last appearance on the show .
“ Sherri was one of the few black faces that was on ‘ Friends.
’ Her , Aisha Tyler and Gabrielle Union .
And Sherri was on ‘ Friends ’ at a time that you sent out postcards to let people know , ‘ Hey , I ’ m going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Murray recalled to ABC News ’ Linsey Davis .
Apparently , Shepherd wrote on her postcard that included a photo of herself : “ ‘ Friends ’ get a little color.
” Murray added , “ Well , [ Shepherd ] also sent that postcard to [ ‘ Friends ’ co-creator ] Marta [ Kauffman ] , and she got the postcard and [ Shepherd ] was never asked back on the show.
” A rep for Kauffman didn ’ t get back to us , but she admitted to not doing enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virtual ATX Television Festival this month .
“ Now , all I can think about is , what can I do , what can I do differently ?
How can I run my show in a new way ?
That ’ s something I wish I knew when I started show-running , ” Kauffman said .
Seems like she had a hint from Shepherd back then ?

Sherri Shepherd once sent the co-creator of “Friends” a tongue-in-cheek card about the show’s lack of diversity, according to the former “The View” host’s best friend, Jawn Murray.
But it allegedly marked her first and last appearance on the show. “Sherri was one of the few black faces that was on ‘Friends.’ Her, Aisha Tyler and Gabrielle Union. And Sherri was on ‘Friends’ at a time that you sent out postcards to let people know, ‘Hey, I’m going to be on TV,’ ” Murray recalled to ABC News’ Linsey Davis.
Apparently, Shepherd wrote on her postcard that included a photo of herself: “ ‘Friends’ get a little color.”
Murray added, “Well, [Shepherd] also sent that postcard to [‘Friends’ co-creator] Marta [Kauffman], and she got the postcard and [Shepherd] was never asked back on the show.”
A rep for Kauffman didn’t get back to us, but she admitted to not doing enough to champion diversity on the show at the virtual ATX Television Festival this month.
“Now, all I can think about is, what can I do, what can I do differently? How can I run my show in a new way? That’s something I wish I knew when I started show-running,” Kauffman said. Seems like she had a hint from Shepherd back then?


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--Oregon county issues face mask order that exempts non-white people

The Oregon county of Lincoln has exempted non-white people from a new order that requires face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling .
Health officials announced last week residents must wear face coverings in public settings where they may come within six feet from another individual who is not from the same household .
But people of color do not have to follow the new rule if they have “ heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment ” over wearing the masks , officials said .
“ No person shall intimidate or harass people who do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
With mask requirements becoming more common , activists have raised concerns that the directives could put non-white people in danger .
“ 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 , ” ReNika Moore , director of the ACLU ’ s Racial Justice Program , told CNN .
Trevon Logan , who is black , said that orders to wear face coverings are “ basically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stereotypes that are out there.
” “ 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 , ” Logan , an economics professor at Ohio State University , told the outlet .
“ It looks like almost every criminal sketch of any garden-variety black suspect .
”

Lincoln County, Oregon, has exempted nonwhite people from a new order requiring that face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling.
Health officials announced last week residents must wear face coverings in public settings where they may come within 6 feet of another individual who is not from the same household.
But people of color do not have to follow the new rule if they have “heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment” over wearing the masks, officials said.
“No person shall intimidate or harass people who do not comply,” health officials said.
With mask requirements becoming more common, activists have raised concerns that the directives could put nonwhite people in danger.
“For many black people, deciding whether or not to wear a bandanna in public to protect themselves and others from contracting coronavirus is a lose-lose situation that can result in life-threatening consequences either way,” ReNika Moore, director of the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, told CNN.
Trevon Logan, who is black, said orders to wear face coverings are “basically telling people to look dangerous given racial stereotypes that are out there.”
“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,” Logan, an economics professor at Ohio State University, told the outlet.
“It looks like almost every criminal sketch of any garden-variety black suspect.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--JoJo Fletcher on how she and Jordan Rodgers are staying busy in quarantine

JoJo Fletcher is rolling up her sleeves and getting to work in quarantine .
The former “ Bachelorette , ” who recently postponed her 2020 wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic , told Page Six on Monday that she and fiancé Jordan Rodgers have been busying themselves with projects at home .
“ Jordan likes to do these projects with me , so it ’ s something that we , fortunately , get to do together , and so that ’ s a fun way for us to bond as well , ” Fletcher said .
Fletcher , 29 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Bachelorette ” in 2016 , getting engaged that same year during the Season 12 finale .
Despite their big day being pushed back until 2021 , Fletcher is looking forward to tackling other projects , recently sprucing up a home office space .
“ We have a space in one of our older remodels that we always wanted to sort of convert into a home office space from away home .
We have this really awesome huge , shiplap wall that we wanted to create into a more moody , accent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some imperfections , some stains and so we patched those up , ” Fletcher said .
Partnering with KILZ 3 Premium Primer , Fletcher was able to bring her vision to life by using the primer to create a stainless surface before painting the office space “ Kettle Black , ” a dark blue shade with a black undertone .
“ We painted that whole space and we set up our office table , so that was a really fun project of us , ” Fletcher shared .
In addition to lending her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Fletcher is also going to enjoy the time leading up to her new wedding date , as most of the planning is already complete .
“ We ’ ve been engaged for four years , so we ’ re like a little bit longer , we can handle .
It ’ ll be way more worth the wait , that ’ s kind of how we ’ re thinking , ” Fletcher said .
“ We ’ re just looking forward to the day to come for our friends and family to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always wanted to celebrate .
“ Also , we want to have a bachelor/bachelorette party .
We want to go on an international honeymoon , we want to do those things in the order that we always envisioned , so we ’ re looking forward to 2021 .
Hopefully , that ’ s our year , ” she continued .

JoJo Fletcher is rolling up her sleeves and getting to work in quarantine.
The former “Bachelorette,” who recently postponed her 2020 wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic, told Page Six on Monday that she and fiancé Jordan Rodgers have been busying themselves with projects at home.
“Jordan likes to do these projects with me, so it’s something that we, fortunately, get to do together, and so that’s a fun way for us to bond as well,” Fletcher said.
Fletcher, 29, first met Rodgers, 31, on “The Bachelorette” in 2016, getting engaged that same year during the Season 12 finale. Despite their big day being pushed back until 2021, Fletcher is looking forward to tackling other projects, recently sprucing up a home office space.
“We have a space in one of our older remodels that we always wanted to sort of convert into a home office space from away home. We have this really awesome huge, shiplap wall that we wanted to create into a more moody, accent wall. Over time it had gathered some imperfections, some stains and so we patched those up,” Fletcher said.
Partnering with KILZ 3 Premium Primer, Fletcher was able to bring her vision to life by using the primer to create a stainless surface before painting the office space “Kettle Black,” a dark blue shade with a black undertone.
“We painted that whole space and we set up our office table, so that was a really fun project of us,” Fletcher shared.
In addition to lending her personal expertise virutally to one sweepstakes winner, Fletcher is also going to enjoy the time leading up to her new wedding date, as most of the planning is already complete.
“We’ve been engaged for four years, so we’re like a little bit longer, we can handle. It’ll be way more worth the wait, that’s kind of how we’re thinking,” Fletcher said. “We’re just looking forward to the day to come for our friends and family to be there and celebrate the way we always wanted to celebrate.
“Also, we want to have a bachelor/bachelorette party. We want to go on an international honeymoon, we want to do those things in the order that we always envisioned, so we’re looking forward to 2021. Hopefully, that’s our year,” she continued.


newyorkpost--2020-06-23--DC teen charged with four murders, including pregnant woman

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for murdering four people in Washington D.C. — including a pregnant woman who was used as a “ human shield ” by an intended target , according to officials .
Michael Mason — who just turned 16 in March — has been charged in nine shootings over seven weeks , which started just 11 days after he was released from juvenile detention , The Washington Post reported .
He is charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder , four counts of assault with intent to kill , assault with intent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous weapon , police said Monday .
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said it was the most serious slew of charges faced by a teen that he could recall from his 30-year career .
Mason was traced after an alleged victim gave cops a photo — and they used facial recognition software to find images of him on social media , the paper said .
The teen allegedly even tried to sell a .40-caliber gun on Instagram after one of the homicides .
His first alleged victim was Brea Moon , a 21-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ human shield ” by the teenager ’ s intended target during a drive-by shooting , The Daily Mail reported , citing an affidavit in the case .
Mason admitted being in the back of a white Honda Crosstour used in the shooting — but insisted the vehicle ’ s driver fired the shot that killed Moon on April 7 , The Washington Post said .
He “ did not even know there was a female in the car they shot at , ” the affidavit says .
“ The defendant admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else who had been causing problems in his neighborhood , ” the affidavit says — with the real target shielding himself behind Moon .
Another teen , Daquan Jones , 19 , was on Sunday also charged with one count of first-degree murder over that shooting , police said .
Mason is also charged with the May 19 murders of Jaszel Henderson , 20 , and Terrance Griffin , 31 , as well as May 22 killing of Antwuan Roach , 18 , police said .
At least five other people were injured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Simple City crew , the Washington Post said .
Mason ’ s attorney nor parents did not respond to requests for comment , the paper said .

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for murdering four people in Washington, DC — including a pregnant woman who was used as a “human shield” by an intended target, according to officials.
Michael Mason — who just turned 16 in March — has been charged in nine shootings over seven weeks, which started just 11 days after he was released from juvenile detention, the Washington Post reported.
He is charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of assault with intent to kill, assault with intent to murder while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon, police said Monday.
DC Police Chief Peter Newsham said it was the most serious slew of charges faced by a teen that he could recall in his 30-year career.
Mason was traced after an alleged victim gave cops a photo — and they used facial recognition software to find images of him on social media, the paper said. The teen allegedly even tried to sell a .40-caliber gun on Instagram after one of the homicides.
His first alleged victim was Brea Moon, a 21-year-old pregnant woman, who was used as a “human shield” by the teenager’s intended target during a drive-by shooting, the Daily Mail reported, citing an affidavit in the case.
Mason admitted being in the back of a white Honda Crosstour used in the shooting — but insisted the vehicle’s driver fired the shot that killed Moon on April 7, the Washington Post said.
He “did not even know there was a female in the car they shot at,” the affidavit says.
“The defendant admitted the intention of the killing was someone else who had been causing problems in his neighborhood,” the affidavit says — with the real target shielding himself behind Moon.
Another teen, Daquan Jones, 19, on Sunday was also charged with one count of first-degree murder over that shooting, police said.
Mason is also charged with the May 19 murders of Jaszel Henderson, 20, and Terrance Griffin, 31, as well as the May 22 killing of Antwuan Roach, 18, police said.
At least five other people were injured in other shootings, all linked to the Simple City crew, the Washington Post said.
Neither Mason’s attorney nor parents responded to requests for comment, the paper said.