The Jets can turn to the other Lives Matter group.
A request to partner with the New York Jets this season was denied by the pro-police group Blue Lives Matter, according to emails shared with The New York Post.
Jets senior manager of premium partnerships Anthony Bulak reached out to Blue Lives Matter founder Joe Imperatrice to pitch him on the proposal, per The Post.
“With the NFL season right around the corner, there is no better time to open up a conversation about how your business/organization can benefit from a partnership with the New York Jets,” Bulak wrote to Imperatrice on Tuesday, according to The Post, which reported that Imperatrice responded within minutes.
“Although I’d love to work with an NFL team right now I feel it is not the right time,” he wrote back. “All over the United States players feel entitled to disrespect our first responders, our military members both past and present and our flag. These players make more money in a season than some people make in a lifetime and their ‘Issues’ are made up, exaggerated, and more times than not false.
“Once again I do appreciate the offer but revenue we have could better be spent on the families of officers killed in the line of duty protecting the ignorance of these individuals rather than contributing to their paycheck.”
Bulak tried to keep the door open and made another push for the proposal.
“I appreciate you sharing your opinion and although I can’t comment too much on it what I will say is the Jets have never had a player protest our anthem,” Bulak responded to the denial, while also attaching a flyer for the team’s First Responders Night. “The Jets have always been supportive of our police, firefighters, EMTs, etc. and will continue to do so.”
Imperatrice, however, relayed another objection.
In March, New York signed running back Isaiah Crowell, who in July 2016 posted – and then deleted – an illustration to his Instagram account of a police officer getting his throat slashed by a figure dressed in black, with the caption: “Mood: They give polices all types of weapons and they continuously choose to kill us…#Weak.”
According to The Post, Imperatrice responded and included an image of the illustration, saying: “If I am correct the JETS may have signed an individual who depicted a Grim Reaper slicing the throat of a police officer.”
In 2017, Ilhan Omar, who won the Democratic primary Tuesday night for the House seat to be vacated by Rep. Keith Ellison, Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee, voted against a state bill to cut insurance payments to terrorists.
Jimmy Kimmel employed age-old homophobic tactics Thursday night to attack a Christian cake artist for refusing to bake a transgender-themed cake.
Like a gay-baiting schoolboy, Kimmel taunted Jack Phillips — the Colorado cake artist who just won a Supreme Court case protecting his religious freedom and freedom from compelled speech — as a closeted gay man.
Using homosexuality as a pejorative, which is the very definition of homophobia, Kimmel not only accused Phillips of being gay, but mocked him for looking like a woman.
“It’s funny because this is a guy who spends all day, every day, meticulously designing flowers out of icing — his whole life is gay, okay?” Kimmel said.
“I don’t know if he’s worried the wrong cake might bring that to life or what.” Kimmel taunted, because ha ha you might be gay.
What’s next? Will Kimmel taunt people because they might be Jewish or black?
Kimmel was far from done.
“And I will add, this is Jack Phillips, the totally straight cake baker — you would think that someone who looks like the Reba McEntire version of Colonel Sanders would be more sympathetic to gender identity issues.”
Interestingly enough, Phillips has said he would never denigrate homosexuals like Kimmel did Thursday night.
Back in June, on top of cakes that slander America or racial groups, Phillips told the Today Show, he would never design a cake that “would disparage anyone who identifies as LGBT.”
Kimmel, however, is more than willing to disparage those who identify as LGBT — and is doing so on network television by using their identity as an insult.
Something else Kimmel fails to grasp is the slippery slope that would come with giving the government the power to intimidate artists into creating art, into participating in behavior that violates their consciences.
If the government can force a cake artist to make a certain kind of art, why not late-night comedians? What would stop the government from telling Kimmel or Colbert or Fallon that they must tell jokes that mock leftists or abortion or same-sex marriage or transgenderism?
Leftists like Kimmel are now so blinded by ideology they are not only no longer standing up for artistic freedom, they are revealing a latent homophobia to express their seething anti-Christian bigotry.
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An American couple decided to bicycle around the world in an attempt to prove evil does not exist. They chose to bicycle through ISIS territory and ISIS killed them.
Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan left their D.C. government jobs nearly two years ago to embark on a worldwide bike tour. The wide-eyed, optimistic couple kept track of their trips on a website where they posted stunning photos of their travels and whimsical musings on evil, the media and the goodness of people.
In one post, Austin – who is a vegan – said he worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Obama’s presidency explained how he and his girlfriend were planning to bike around the world with hopes to meet “generous” and approachable people.
He did acknowledge that biking makes one more “vulnerable.” …
In another post, right before entering the ISIS hotbed recruiting grounds of Tajikistan, Austin waxed about how “evil” does not exist in the world. …
“I don’t buy it. Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own—it’s easier to dismiss an opinion as abhorrent than strive to understand it. Badness exists, sure, but even that’s quite rare. By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this.”
It is a lovely fantasy, to be sure. It’s the same mentality that attaches a bumper sticker reading, “Mean people suck” to a Volvo.
Image from simplycycling.org via the Daily Caller.
At the root of the difference between progressives and conservatives is a contrasting view of human nature. Conservatives believe that humans are fallen, as the Bible teaches, that we are prone to temptation, and have a sinful nature. The Founding Fathers understood this well, which is why they insisted on a government made up of contending branches and the opportunity to have selfish interests balance each other out in the political branches.
Progressives, by contrast, follow the teaching of Rousseau, the founder of progressivism, who believed that in a state of nature, human beings are uncorrupted, and the ills of the world are due to bad social arrangements. If only the right rules are in place, evil will disappear.
Communism, which told its followers that the perfect system awaits, killed over a hundred million people in its quest for a workers’ paradise. This young couple died because they embraced a cognate progressive view – that evil doesn’t exist, only people responding to bad signals. Their friends and family have my sympathy. I hope they will eventually come to understand why their loved ones embraced a fantasy that cost them their lives.
This is a “tragedy” in the original Greek dramatic understanding: people undone by their fatal flaw, based on pride.
An American couple decided to bicycle around the world in an attempt to prove evil does not exist. They chose to bicycle through ISIS territory and ISIS killed them.
Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan left their D.C. government jobs nearly two years ago to embark on a worldwide bike tour. The wide-eyed, optimistic couple kept track of their trips on a website where they posted stunning photos of their travels and whimsical musings on evil, the media and the goodness of people.
In one post, Austin – who is a vegan – said he worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Obama’s presidency explained how he and his girlfriend were planning to bike around the world with hopes to meet “generous” and approachable people.
He did acknowledge that biking makes one more “vulnerable.” …
In another post, right before entering the ISIS hotbed recruiting grounds of Tajikistan, Austin waxed about how “evil” does not exist in the world. …
“I don’t buy it. Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own—it’s easier to dismiss an opinion as abhorrent than strive to understand it. Badness exists, sure, but even that’s quite rare. By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this.”
It is a lovely fantasy, to be sure. It’s the same mentality that attaches a bumper sticker reading, “Mean people suck” to a Volvo.
Image from simplycycling.org via the Daily Caller.
At the root of the difference between progressives and conservatives is a contrasting view of human nature. Conservatives believe that humans are fallen, as the Bible teaches, that we are prone to temptation, and have a sinful nature. The Founding Fathers understood this well, which is why they insisted on a government made up of contending branches and the opportunity to have selfish interests balance each other out in the political branches.
Progressives, by contrast, follow the teaching of Rousseau, the founder of progressivism, who believed that in a state of nature, human beings are uncorrupted, and the ills of the world are due to bad social arrangements. If only the right rules are in place, evil will disappear.
Communism, which told its followers that the perfect system awaits, killed over a hundred million people in its quest for a workers’ paradise. This young couple died because they embraced a cognate progressive view – that evil doesn’t exist, only people responding to bad signals. Their friends and family have my sympathy. I hope they will eventually come to understand why their loved ones embraced a fantasy that cost them their lives.
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez banned the media from attending a series of campaign town halls last week.
“Just wrapped up an amazing community conversation & listening tour stop in Corona, Queens!” the New York Democrat announced on Twitter Sunday. “Guess what: we talked about race, immigration, healthcare, disability rights & housing… and everybody was fine!”
“Ocasio2018 Bronx & Queens stops are designed to foster community and restore civic life,” she continued. “They are intended for lively, compassionate discourse with a diversity of viewpoints.”
But what exactly was said at the town hall will remain a mystery to those outside the room. The Ocasio-Cortez campaign banned the media from attending both events, even though they were open to the public, The Queens Chroniclereported Thursday.
Ocasio-Cortez spokesman Corbin Trent told the Chronicle that the event was closed to the press to avoid “unwanted attention,” complaining she was “mobbed” by reporters at a Bronx community meeting earlier that week.
“We wanted to help create a space where community members felt comfortable and open to express themselves without the distraction of cameras and press. These were the first set of events where the press has been excluded,” Trent said. He promised that the media ban was “an outlier” and not the new norm.
The press blackout came after several of Ocasio-Cortez’s public comments were scrutinized by the media and fact-checkers alike. A Washington Post Fact Checker roundup last Friday for example singled out six false or misleading claims made by the candidate, including claims that fellow fact-checker PolitiFact had rated “Pants on Fire.”
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Louisiana officials denied two of America’s largest banks an opportunity to be involved in a project worth hundreds of millions of dollars on Thursday because of their decision to align with left-wing activists and the Democratic party in pushing for gun control.
“The State Bond Commission refused to allow Citigroup and Bank of America to work as underwriters on the interstate highway financing deal,” The Virginia Pilot reported.
The effort, led by two Republicans — Attorney General Jeff Landry and Treasurer John Schroder — came in response to decisions from both banks to enact “policies restricting gun sales and manufacturing by their commercial customers.”
It’s not like CNN has a reputation of harassing seniors at their homes for posting pro-Trump events on Facebook. Right?
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CNN political commentator Angela Rye claimed on Wednesday evening that “America has never been great” and snapped at Gina Loudon, who serves on President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection advisory council, for bringing up that she adopted a minority child with Down Syndrome.
The left-wing activist who was formerly the executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus lost it after Loudon touted the country’s “pretty amazing history of overcoming slavery, of expanding civil rights, of women’s rights.” Loudon said that “a lot of those things happened under American presidents who didn’t have any minorities at all on their White Houses.”
Though Loudon explicitly said she felt that Trump’s White House could “be better” when it comes to diversity, Rye put words in Loudon’s mouth and said it didn’t matter what Loudon said because Rye said she heard Loudon say, “We don’t necessarily need diversity in this White House.”
“That’s not what I said,” Loudon immediately responded. “That is not what I said.”
Rye then said: “Let me tell you what I heard, I don’t think you hardly understand… You’re going to keep talking over me. My black life matters and so does my voice. Listen to what I’m saying to you. What you said was deeply offensive.”
Later in the segment, when Loudon mentioned that she has an adopted minority son who has Down Syndrome, Rye, seething with anger, rolled her eyes and even turned her head away from the camera.
“I have an adopted minority son, yes, I do, who happens to have Down’s syndrome. He experiences bigotry every single day in a myriad of ways, not just skin color, but also because of his disability,” Loudon said, causing Rye to become visibly angry. “And I understand that you and I don’t agree, but I would not support a president I believed would be a threat to his future.”
Agreeing with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s remarks earlier in the day, Rye then angrily said, “America has never been great. It is not great because people like you come on and lie for the president of the United States and tout, bring out your son as an example? You should be completely ashamed of yourself.”
GINA LOUDON, MEMBER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 2020 RE-ELECT ADVISORY COUNCIL: You know, what disappoints me is the division and the fact that we’re having to count people based on their skin color, I don’t like that. And I think that, you know, you look back at our history, we have a pretty amazing history of overcoming slavery, of expanding civil rights, of women’s rights, and a lot of those things happened under American presidents who didn’t have any minorities at all on their White Houses.
Thank God we do. I looked over the list of people I know there, about one-third are a minority or women. Those are great strides. Could they be better? Absolutely.
[…]
ANGELA RYE, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I think I got stuck at Gina saying that American presidents have done a great deal for people of color like ending slavery? Like I think I’m stuck in 1865 right now. Like I can’t believe that’s —
LOUDON: That was a Republican president.
RYE: You know what, sis? And that’s great, but you just really missed the mark. For you to have to say, right, that we don’t necessarily need diversity in this White House.
LOUDON: That’s not what I said. That is not what I said.
RYE: Let me tell you what I heard, I don’t think you hardly understand.
(CROSSTALK)
RYE: You’re going to keep talking over me. My black life matters and so does my voice. Listen to what I’m saying to you.
What you said was deeply offensive. What I am telling you is you can’t say, at least you shouldn’t feel comfortable saying it in 2018 that this White House not having diversity can be akin to presidents who didn’t have any black people on their staff —
LOUDON: They do have diversity.
RYE: — but for slavery, freeing slaves. Like that’s not OK in 2018.
LOUDON: Thank God it happened.
RYE: I let you talk through all of that nonsense. I just need you to let me finish my point. My point is this.
You’re not going to be able to successfully name one black person who works in the West Wing because you know what, Omarosa didn’t even work in the West Wing. So, regardless of your points about slavery which are nonsense, I hope you RIP those talking points tonight, they should never be resurrected.
I’m telling you it is a problem in this White House with the staff, the reason is it’s slim pickings. You know why? Because nobody wants to work for a racist. There’s not a single senior black person in the White House, and don’t you dare say to me Ben Carson because he doesn’t work there, how dare his gifted hand who is a brain surgeon and who has never done anything on a construction project become the secretary of housing and urban development. This whole administration is nonsense just like your talking points.
BURNETT: Go ahead, Gina.
LOUDON: You know, Angela, I understand your feelings on this but here’s my point.
RYE: No, you don’t.
LOUDON: I have an adopted minority son, yes, I do, who happens to have Down’s syndrome. He experiences bigotry every single day in a myriad of ways, not just skin color, but also because of his disability.
And I understand that you and I don’t agree, but I would not support a president I believed would be a threat to his future.
RYE: Well, you are.
LOUDON: I would like a constructive conversation. I think, you know, I think points like yours that are focusing only on the negative and not even acknowledging 700,000 new jobs for black people in this country, record low unemployment and the rest of it, it is tantamount to what Andrew Cuomo said that upset me, too, that America has never been great. Not focusing on what we’ve done well —
(CROSSTALK)
RYE: America has never been great. It is not great because people like you come on and lie for the president of the United States and tout, bring out your son as an example? You should be completely ashamed of yourself.
LOUDON: What America is doing well. And how about look at what we can do and agree to build on it — rather than call each other names, and cut each other down and be divisive. I don’t think this is — I think America is tired of the division, Angela.
CNN’s Jim Acosta recently declared himself a candidate for the most out-of-touch person in the country. “I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt,” Acosta tweeted after being subjected to a “CNN sucks” chant during a Trump rally.
On Monday, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a bill authorizing an increase of over 15,000 troops as well as a long-overdue pay raise for soldiers. The military spending package includes $717 billion for national defense in the next fiscal year, according to the White House.
The additional soldiers will be divvied up this way: 487,500 for the Army, 335,400 in the Navy, 186,100 in the Marine Corps, and 329,100 in the Air Force.
In addition, $7.6 billion will fund 77 F-35 fighter jets and $24.1 billion for the building of 12 new battle force ships.
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