Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) found herself on Tuesday in need of doubling down on her belief that legal intimidation and tampering was the way of achieving her preferred outcomes, so MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid was happy to both give her that forum and decry those who disagreed with Waters’s recent comments in Minnesota and
Black Lives Matter militants in Minneapolis are going off the rails, even though they got the verdict that they wanted and Derek Chauvin was seemingly convicted just to appease them. In a speech before a crowd of far-left activists who stood in apparent agreement, a Black Lives Matter militant declared that they are going to
Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2019 (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Representative Ilhan Omar on Tuesday became the latest in a string of elected Democrats to weigh-in on the trial of Derek Chauvin, telling reporters in Brooklyn Center, Minn., that the case against the former police officer feels like
A medical team performs surgery in an operating room onboard USNS Comfort, off the coast of Riohacha, Colombia, November 27, 2018. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters) Good for Canada — a sentiment I haven’t been able to make very often lately. But a Senate committee has unanimously passed a bill that would outlaw Canadians from entering the black
The brand Twitter account for the Las Vegas Raiders was unceremoniously shoved into the ranks of horrible social media meme misfires with a tone deaf tweet on Tuesday about the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. The account posted a meme meant to signify that the nation could breathe again after the former Minneapolis
Candace Owens decried the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin as “mob justice,” telling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that “no person can say this was a fair trial.” What are the details? Chauvin was convicted Tuesday afternoon on all three counts including second- and third-degree murder charges in the death of George
Woke television has apparently gone so far that not even black showrunners are safe from being cancelled. The latest shift comes courtesy of the L.A. Times condemning a supposedly growing rise of “black trauma porn.” On April 19, the Los Angeles Times ran an article decrying “media images of Black death” in recent shows and
It’s going to be the event of the year and cities across America and the media are holding their breath about the outcome. The TV cameras have all been positioned strategically in order to capture the best images and reporters are rehearsing their very best superlatives to describe the action. It will be “the most
(Screenshot via Twitter) Every jury trial operates on two levels: there is the serious question of what the verdict should be on the granular details of the evidence – not just who wins, but how much they get of what they are asking – and the broader risk of the jury doing something bizarre or
PBS journalist Yamiche Alcindor questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki over why the Biden administration was not defending Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) comments urging protestors to “get more confrontational” — even calling on the White House to endorse the Democratic lawmaker’s controversial remarks. What are the details? Waters sparked uproar over the weekend when
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a bizarre emotional appeal where she thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for the cause of justice after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced. Floyd, a black man, died in police custody after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck during his
Hours before the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, White House reporters stepped up Tuesday afternoon and did their due diligence in a briefing filled with harsh questioning. At least six reporters went toe-to-toe in slamming Press Secretary Jen Psaki over President Biden’s earlier comments demanding a guilty verdict and the White House’s refusal
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Podcast This one is a little confusing if you didn’t listen to last week’s episodes. Jesse Kelly is my guest and we originally tried to record an entire episode last week but ran into technical difficulties. That would have been Episode 116, which ended up being about
In the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict, Black Lives Matter activists on Twitter are now calling for hunting down and killing George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin in 2013. Apparently they don’t remember what happened last time someone tried to attack Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin was killed. woodchipper, feet
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin waives his right to testify to the jury, next to his defense attorney Eric Nelson in Minneapolis, Minn., April 15, 2021, in this courtroom sketch. (Jane Rosenberg/Reuters) The jury in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has reached a verdict and will announce it between 3:30
(Natural News) Stuart Robert, Australia’s Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, has proposed shackling returning travelers with ankle bracelets – assuming the country opens its borders this year – to help limit the spread the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) to others. Speaking to journalist David Speers during a recent interview, Robert explained that
(Natural News) More than 1,200 church leaders across the United Kingdom are urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to halt all plans to introduce “dangerous” Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine passport schemes because they constitute an “unethical form of coercion.” In an open letter to Johnson, British clergy from across the religious spectrum warned that vaccine passports
Former Georgia House of Representatives Minority Leader Stacey Abrams speaks in Atlanta, Ga., November 2, 2020. (Brandon Bell/Reuters) Democrat Stacey Abrams, who ran an unsuccessful bid for Georgia governor in 2018, refused to say whether she still believes that election was stolen during a pointed exchange with Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) on Tuesday. During
Charles Manson talks during an interview, August 25, 1989. (Calvin Hom CP/Reuters) “Innocent until proven guilty” is the central tenet of the American criminal justice system. Public opinion is a different matter. While judges and juries must grant the accused the presumption of innocence until proven in a court of law, ordinary citizens are free
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is facing several charges for his role in the death of George Floyd. But attorney Andrew Branca, who specializes in self-defense law, joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Tuesday to explain exactly what must be proven in order for those charges to stand. Did Chauvin act reasonably in
California left-wing Rep. Maxine Waters (D) cannot get out of her own way — or the way of the judicial system and peaceful society. Over the weekend, Waters hurled incendiary language during a rant during a protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, about the case of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for his role in
Watching NBC’s Today show interview with former President George W. Bush on Tuesday, viewers might think that the Republican Party was in control of Washington rather than the Democrats. While co-host Hoda Kotb alluded to the massive illegal immigration border crisis occurring on President Joe Biden’s watch, she repeatedly urged the former president to scold
Early this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) directed Florida to sue the Biden administration in court to overturn the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Conditional Sailing Order” locking down the cruise industry. This welcome move is extremely personal for me and my family. “To be clear, no federal law authorizes the CDC to
Suspected shooter Gabriel DeWitt Wilson One person is dead and 2 are injured after a man opened fire at a “Stop and Shop” grocery store in Long Island, New York on Tuesday. Nassau County Police are looking for 30-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson last seen wearing a black baseball hat and black sweatshirt fleeing a Stop
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to supporters in Monterey Park, Calif., March 2, 2020. (Kyle Grillot/Reuters) Imagine Warren’s reaction if a foreign political leader openly offered the GOP advice on how to win back the presidency. This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren implored Israel’s opposition parties to unite and oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu so that the
Pro-choice activists assemble in downtown Memphis, Tenn., May 21, 2019. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Reuters) The Tennessee state house has passed a bill requiring that the fetal remains of aborted babies be buried or cremated after abortion. The Republican Party controls both the state house and state senate, and Tennessee’s GOP governor Bill Lee has historically been
A local ABC News affiliate in Salt Lake City has gone silent and is refusing to comment as one of its reporters deleted tweets about his doxxing and harassing of a local paramedic over his tiny donation to Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund. What are the details? The news outlet, KTVX-TV, as well as its
Activists in Georgia are demanding a new boycott of Home Depot, not over something the company said or did, but precisely because they believe the home improvement retail store did not disavow Georgia new election law with strong enough language. What is the background? Critics of Georgia’s voting law — which has been the subject
Time magazine continued its sad history of pushing the inconsistent climate nuttiness it’s been peddling for decades. The magazine released a new cover story with a headline that once again reeked of climate Armageddon agitprop: “Climate Is Everything: How the pandemic can lead us to a better, greener world.” Climate doom-monger and Time senior correspondent
Voters line up to cast their election ballot at a Cobb County polling station in Marietta, Ga., October 13, 2020. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) A group of black faith leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in Georgia will call for a boycott of Home Depot over the hardware store’s silence on the state’s new voting law. “We