In a recent exclusive for The Western Journal, Gen. Michael Flynn expressed a keen observation and frustration. “I was once told if we’re not careful, 2 percent of the passionate will control 98 percent of the indifferent 100 percent of the time,” wrote Flynn. “The more I’ve thought about this phrase, the more I believe…
Over the weekend dedicated CBPOs along the SWB intercepted over 700lbs of methamphetamine, 36lbs of heroin, and 20lbs of fentanyl. @CBP Officers continue to remain vigilant and focused on preventing these illicit drugs from entering the country and harming our communities. pic.twitter.com/jQnTbUQqSB
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NBC News found itself at the center of an internet trollfest on Tuesday when it announced that Olympic champion Usain Bolt had been diagnosed with COVID-19. The problem? A photo of comedian Kevin Hart showed up instead of Bolt.
There’s no way NBC actually used a Kevin Hart pic for usain bolt getting covid … Lmao pic.twitter.com/enaG7IDkUL
Given that Kevin Hart stands at 5’4 while Usain bolt towers above him at 6’5, people on Twitter were confused how the case of mistaken identity occurred, including Hart.
In an Instagram post, the comedian denounced the photo mishap as being “disrespectful on so many levels.”
“No comment,” he said. “I must of gotten really fast & tall overnight…I want to take advantage of this moment & race anybody in the world. We can bet whatever…S**t just got real. I am also no longer doing comedy due to my Olympic training schedule….IM BACK BITCHES!!!!!! P.S this is Disrespectful on so many levels…All you can do is laugh. Maybe the COVID-19 shrunk his legs & torso.”
Other users contended that the photo mishap occurred from a glitch with Facebook that allows for posted stories to feature an image from another article on the page.
“ppl are burning NBC today because Facebook pulled a thumb of Kevin Hart for its story on Usain Bolt. That’s not NBC’s fault; Facebook has had a bug for several years that can pull an image from a related story on the page and insist on it being the header. It happened to us!” tweeted Timothy Burke of Deadspin.
ppl are burning NBC today because Facebook pulled a thumb of Kevin Hart for its story on Usain Bolt. That’s not NBC’s fault; Facebook has had a bug for several years that can pull an image from a related story on the page and insist on it being the header. It happened to us! pic.twitter.com/NJ0WuKob82
NBC News confirmed that this “technical error” arose from Facebook and that the photo of Kevin Hart in place of Usain Bolt was not selected by the company.
“Correction: Due to a technical error, the social image on this post mistakenly featured a photo of comedian Kevin Hart,” the correction stated. “In the content management system, a social image was not selected, and the system reverted to an image of Hart from an unrelated video. The display image has been corrected.”
NBC News also publicly apologized to Kevin Hart. “Very sorry about that @KevinHart4real – bad technical glitch in how photos show up on Facebook,” tweeted the outlet.
Though the photo of Usain Bolt was false, the story about him testing positive for COVID-19 was not. As reported by the Daily Beast, the Olympic champion tested positive for the virus after hosting a maskless birthday party.
“World-record sprinter Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after celebrating his 34th birthday with a maskless party,” reported the outlet. “Jamaica’s Ministry of Health confirmed that the eight-time Olympic gold medalist had contracted the virus. Bolt posted an image to social media last week with his 5-month-old daughter, declaring it the ‘Best birthday ever.’”
Usain Bolt said of the diagnosis on Twitter, “I’m trying to be responsible, so I’m going to stay in and stay away from my friends. I’m having no symptoms (but) am going to quarantine myself.”
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Everyone knows the cycle. Everyone knows it ends with false and incomplete narratives eventually being debunked by actual facts. Everyone knows that the racial myth-makers and political opportunists end up with fame, wealth and glory—but never any criminal punishments or moral accountability.
Everyone knows, yet on and on and on it goes.
Step 1: Spread out-of-context video clip of Black man subdued or shot by white cops across national media airwaves and social media platforms.
Step 2: Riot.
Step 3: Accuse law enforcement and America of “systemic racism,” decry police brutality and demand “justice” for fill-in-the-blank “victim.”
Step 4: Riot.
Step 5. Enter Al Sharpton, Benjamin Crump, Black Lives Matter chief propagandist Shaun King, and the rest of the racial hoax crime brigade.
Step 6: Persecute and prosecute involved police officers.
Step 7: Burn, loot and maraud nationwide.
Step 8: Demand more funding for “restorative justice,” “alternative” policing, sensitivity training and “anti-racism” programs.
Step 9: Bury all evidence of justified police action while screaming, “Racism!” ever louder.
Step 10: Lie in wait for the next opportunity to return to Step 1.
I’ve been covering this self-destructive ritual in American life since the very beginning of my journalism career in 1992, when the Rodney King beating video led to the acquittal of four Los Angeles police department officers, which led to the L.A. riots (60 killed, 2,000 injured, $1 billion in damage s, $700 million in federal aid), which led to a federal civil rights settlement for King worth $4 million and prison sentences for two of the cops despite their previous acquittals.
On Sunday night, Jacob Blake became the latest overnight cause celebre of the Black Lives Matter brigade. He’s black. The cops, captured on video shooting him in the back seven times after arriving at the scene of a domestic incident, were white. Like the cops in the Rodney King case, Kenosha, Wisconsin, officers were dealing with a career criminal who was young, strong and troubled. Blake’s name, age and neighborhood match court records of a Jacob Blake who had an outstanding warrant for misdemeanor criminal trespass, felony third-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor disorderly assault associated with domestic abuse charges. Like the cops in the Rodney King case, Kenosha cops were confronted with a suspect who brazenly resisted arrest. At least four officers can be seen trying to subdue him. Blake continues to evade arrest and climb into his vehicle, where his children were. At least seven shots rang out.
The rest is a re-re-re-re-re-repeat of social justice history.
“Hands up, don’t shoot” was the foundational lie of the Michael Brown fatal cop encounter, as even the Obama Justice Department was forced to acknowledge. The primary perpetrator of that deception? Benjamin Crump.
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The Trayvon Martin hoax, as exposed by investigative documentarian Joel Gilbert, was built on an astonishing key prosecution witness switch-a-roo involving Martin’s real girlfriend, Brittany Diamond Eugene (who was on the phone with Martin before he assaulted George Zimmerman) and a ridiculous impostor, Rachael Jeantel, who was barely literate and apparently manipulated into coached testimony by none other than Benjamin Crump.
Three months after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, we now know this career criminal—who robbed and beat a pregnant woman in a brutal home invasion—refused to comply with police officers from initial contact. He acted erratically, invoked common “please don’t shoot me” and “I can’t breathe” excuses before was put on the ground, lied about being claustrophobic and was told by one of his own passengers to stop resisting. We now also know that officers believed Floyd was on drugs and swallowed a fatal overdose of fentanyl, compounding his preexisting heart conditions and positive COVID results.
Benjamin Crump, who filed multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the city of Minneapolis on behalf of the Floyd family last month, is now also the lawyer for Jacob Blake.
BLM leaders say what’s left of Kenosha after the weekend’s riots will burn to the ground unless cops are fired and arrested. Al Sharpton, Shaun King, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, LeBron James, NASCAR race agitator Bubba (Fake Noose) Wallace, Cardi B and Demi Lovato all immediately piled on as well, demanding “justice” and condemning police instead of the perps.
I’m reminded of what a black activist in Phoenix confessed to a local news station in 2015 upon seeing what it’s like to be an officer’s shoes. Jarrett Maupin ended up being shot point-blank by one suspect and shooting another in the chest when both ignored his orders in life-or-death use-of-force scenarios. Maupin’s takeaway?
“I didn’t understand how important compliance was, but after going through this, yeah, my attitude has changed. This is all unfolding in ten to fifteen seconds. People need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers for their own safety.”
That is the plain, simple truth. All else is racial extortion and deceit. How to save America and end this vicious cycle of smoke, mirrors and ashes? Stop the lies.
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A young child was captured on video raising his fist in support of Black Lives Matter as protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday targeted diners on restaurant patios, demanding that they show their support, according to videos on social media.
The young boy appeared to be accompanied by his mother, who also had her fist raised. A protester could be heard saying, “Good job!” to the child.
Shouts of “No justice no peace!” were also heard in the background. The family was at the Jyoti Indian Cuisine restaurant on 18th Street Northwest.
Protesters were filmed on Monday interrupting diners seated on patios throughout the evening. They targeted a young white couple sitting on the patio at a Mexican restaurant who did not have their fists up, while other diners around them did.
Protesters were also filmed getting in the face of a white woman at another restaurant, shouting at her and chanting, “White silence is violence!” Her friend, seated at the same table, held her fist up.
Protesters in D.C. have increasingly been targeting diners at restaurants who, due to coronavirus restrictions, are being seated on patios.
The confrontations have led to at least one altercation between protesters and a white diner at a restaurant in Dupont Circle. Protesters labeled him a “Trump hat,” although he was not seen wearing a hat.
The diner shouted, “Get out of our neighborhood!” as protesters shouted and heckled him.
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Losers (Democrats) will tell you the live TV audience numbers were lower than theirs. But who here actually still watches TV? I don’t, I watched it on YouTube on my Apple TV.
C-SPAN’s livestream of the first night of the Republican National Convention has attracted nearly 440,000 views, marking a substantial increase over the start of the Democratic National Convention, which drew 76,000 views.
The numbers for Monday night come ahead of traditional TV ratings from Nielsen Media Research, which will be released on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Nielsen, 18.7 million people tuned in to the first night of the virtual Democratic convention from Milwaukee and Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 17, which featured speeches from former first lady Michelle Obama and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R)
Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington, DC, on Monday harassed diners seated on the patio of a Mexican restaurant and allegedly demanded they raise their fists, according to videos posted on social media.
A video showed one black female protester who entered the patio space of Mezcalero Cocina Mexicana on 14th Street NW and confronted a young white couple.
A video posted by RawsMedia on Twitter captioned: “Protesters says people who don’t raise there fist is a white supremacist.”
The protester can be heard screaming at the couple, “Is that why you don’t want to do it?” and “White supremacy!”
Two other diners are seen with their fists raised.
Cowbells and shouting can also be heard, as the crowd heckled the couple.
A staff member at the restaurant confirmed on Tuesday that about 200 protesters came to their restaurant on 14th Street the day before.
The incident was a part of a protest in D.C. in support of Jacob Blake, a black man in Wisconsin who scuffled with police before he was seen reaching into his car and then fired upon by police. He is reportedly in stable condition.
The shooting, however, has fueled already ongoing protests around the country by BLM and other associated groups.
Protesters in recent weeks have been increasingly targeting restaurant-goers, who now with COVID-19 restrictions, are sitting on patios accessible from the sidewalk.
Over the weekend, BLM protesters targeted Washington diners in other parts of Northwest DC, with one case leading to a physical confrontation.
Metropolitan police arrived shortly after the confrontation, and followed the protesters as they moved on to other restaurants.
Protesters also targeted diners in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Republican National Convention is being held this week.
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Maximo Alvarez, an immigrant who escaped communist Cuba, warned Americans during the Republican National Convention on Monday night that he sees in the Democratic Party many of the things he saw in Cuba.
“I know all about the past. I’ll never forget my own. My family has fled totalitarianism and communism. More than once. First my dad from Spain, then from Cuba,” Alvarez said. “I’m speaking to you today because my family is done abandoning what we’ve rightfully earned. There is no place to hide.”
“I’m speaking to you today because I’ve seen people like this before. I’ve seen movements like this before. I’ve seen ideas like this before and I’m here to tell you, we cannot let them take over our country,” he said. “I heard the promises of Fidel Castro. And I can never forget all those who grew up around me, who looked like me, who could have been me, who suffered and starved and died because they believed those empty promises. They swallowed the communist poison pill.”
“Those false promises — spread the wealth, free education, free healthcare, defund the police, trust a socialist state more than your family and community — they don’t sound radical to my ears. They sound familiar,” he said. “When Fidel Castro was asked if he was a communist, he said he was a Roman Catholic. He knew he had to hide the truth.”
“But the country I was born in is gone – destroyed. When I watch the news in Seattle and Chicago and Portland, in other cities, when I see history being rewritten, when I hear the promises, I hear echoes of a former life I never wanted to hear again. I see shadows I thought I had outrun,” he said. “I may be Cuban-born, but I am 100% American. This is the greatest country in the world. I said this before. If I gave away everything I have today, it would not equal 1% of what I was given when I came to this great country of ours: The gift of freedom.”
“Right now it is up to us to decide our fate and to choose freedom over oppression,” he concluded. “President Trump is fighting the forces of anarchy and communism. And I know he will continue to do just that. And what about his opponent? And the rest of the DC swamp? I have no doubt they will hand the country over to those dangerous forces. … And here is what I’ve decided. My decision is very easy. I choose President Trump because I choose America.”
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MAXIMO ALVAREZ: I live in Miami, Florida, not far from the Strait of Florida, which is just a 90-mile wide blue strip on a map for me. It divides freedom from fear. It divides the past from the future.
I know all about the past. I’ll never forget my own. My family has fled totalitarianism and communism. More than once. First my dad from Spain, then from Cuba.
But my family is done leaving. By the grace of God, I have lived the American dream, the greatest blessing I’ve ever had. My dad, who only had a sixth-grade education told me, “Don’t lose this place. You’ll never be as lucky as me.”
I’m speaking to you today because my family is done abandoning what we’ve rightfully earned. There is no place to hide.
I’m speaking to you today because President Trump may not always be politically correct. He is, in fact, a successful businessman, not your average career politicians. Our president is just another family man, a friend, and most importantly, our elected commander-in-chief who puts America first.
Keep in mind, the other guy running for president is mostly concerned about power. Yes. Yes, power for them, but not for the benefit of all other Americans.
I’m speaking to you today because I’ve seen people like this before. I’ve seen movements like this before. I’ve seen ideas like this before and I’m here to tell you, we cannot let them take over our country.
I heard the promises of Fidel Castro. And I can never forget all those who grew up around me, who looked like me, who could have been me, who suffered and starved and died because they believed those empty promises. They swallowed the communist poison pill.
If you have a chance, go to Freedom Tower in Miami. Stop to listen and you can still hear the sounds of those broken those promises being broken. It is the sound of waves in the ocean, carrying families clinging to pieces of wood, families with children who can’t swim, but willing to risk everything to reach this blessed land. It is the sound of tears hitting the paper of an application to become an American citizen. Most heard unlike the promises, but soon after they experienced the reality. Look at them. Listen to them. Learn the truth.
Those false promises — spread the wealth, free education, free healthcare, defund the police, trust a socialist state more than your family and community — they don’t sound radical to my ears. They sound familiar.
When Fidel Castro was asked if he was a communist, he said he was a Roman Catholic. He knew he had to hide the truth.
But the country I was born in is gone – destroyed. When I watch the news in Seattle and Chicago and Portland, in other cities, when I see history being rewritten, when I hear the promises, I hear echoes of a former life I never wanted to hear again. I see shadows I thought I had outrun.
My parents only wanted one person to decide my fate: me. Not some party member, not some government official, not some bureaucrat. In America, I would decide my own future.
I am so grateful to America, the place where I was able to build my American dream through hard work and determination. President Trump knows that the American story was written by people just like you and I, who love our country and take risks to build a future for our families and neighbors.
I may be Cuban-born, but I am 100% American. This is the greatest country in the world. I said this before. I gave away everything I have today, it would not equal 1% of what I was given when I came to this great country of ours: The gift of Freedom.
Right now it is up to us to decide our fate and to choose freedom over oppression.
President Trump is fighting the forces of anarchy and communism. And I know he will continue to do just that. And what about his opponent? And the rest of the DC swamp? I have no doubt they will hand the country over to those dangerous forces.
You and I will decide.
And here is what I’ve decided. My decision is very easy. I choose President Trump because I choose America.
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Night one of the Democratic National Convention saw only two interruptions from CNN, both of which were commercial breaks. But come Monday, night one of the Republican National Convention, CNN suddenly had a lot more to say; disrupting that convention a total of six times. Two of them were for commercial breaks and the rest featured their Zuckerville collective whining about the speakers; not even fact-checking just complaining.
Following the first commercial break, the first interruption to feature any so-called “analysis” saw chief political correspondent Dana Bash whining about a video of Trump speaking with health care professionals about the coronavirus. “Well, first of all, Wolf, they were really not socially distant, not wearing masks, standing there talking,” she nitpicked, ignoring the fact they were all tested.
She further complained (click “expand”):
Still, it is pretty telling that the focus for the President’s very first appearance at this convention was the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in America than in any other country in the world.
Now, we’ve heard President Trump say the virus will disappear, and we have it under control. Well, tonight it was really clear that they’re acknowledging what sources have told me for some time that allies have been pushing the President to recognize, this coronavirus is where he is the most vulnerable and it is the dominant issue in this race. Wolf.
CNN then went to a commercial break.
After the speech from former prosecutor and Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, then interrupted again to have shoddy CNN host Jake Tapper mock the speech. He also lied about the tone of the evening, suggesting there was nothing positive or optimistic about it so far and it was only for the base (Click “expand”):
You know, I can’t help but think that so much of this convention so far is great for Donald Trump’s base. And yet with a couple of exceptions is not even remotely reaching out to any voters in the middle.
We’ve heard a lot of grievance really this evening. Some of them perhaps understandable, but we’ve heard from somebody who hates unions. We’re heard from somebody who hates Democratic leadership in Baltimore. We heard from the McCloskeys in St. Louis who certainly don’t like the ‘Black Lives Matter protesters. But we have yet to really hear much in terms of the positive, optimistic, hopeful message we were told.
After the stunning speech by Cuban immigrant Maximo Alvarez, Tapper broke in not to talk about the man who just spoke but to snipe at upcoming speakers, particularly former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC).
Speaking of how they could be the future of the Republican Party, Tapper chided: “Senator Scott and Ambassador Haley bring some measure of stature and, of course, diversity that Republicans are so eager to put on display at this and every convention. Both of them defenders of the President who have shown an occasional willingness to call him out politely as they carefully navigate their own political futures.” He also sneered at Donald trump Jr.
And following Trump Jr.’s address, Tapper’s immediate reaction was to criticize:
Yeah. You know, I’m struck by the fact that usually when a family member of the president speaks at a convention, it’s to provide testimony as to how caring and loving that individual is. And certainly President Trump is somebody who is perceived as having a significant empathy gap with Joe Biden. But we really didn’t hear anything along those lines from the President’s oldest son just now about what kind of dad he was, what he’s like behind the scenes.
Tapper also lied and claimed the GOP was not the party of free speech. “We have seen President Trump chase out any number of Republican senators and congressmen, whether Mark Sanford in South Carolina, or Jeff Flake in Arizona, Bob Corker in Tennessee, for offering even vague criticism of the President’s policies and the President’s tone at times,” he claimed.
But back in reality, those men left the party of their own accord. There were plenty of Republican lawmakers who have criticized the President and stay in office and the party. Senator Lindsey Graham had butted heads with the President and still has his ear, that’s not to mention Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
So far, CNN was off to a terrible start for the week of the Republican National Convention.
CNN’s first two interruptions were made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from ADT Security Services, HomeAdviser, and a Biden campaign ad. The contact information for those companies is linked so you can tell them about what they’re funding.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN’s America’s Choice 2020: Republican National Convention : Night 1
August 24, 2020
9:16:10 p.m. Eastern
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WOLF BLITZER: The first appearance tonight from President Trump. Dana, your reaction.
DANA BASH: Well, first of all, Wolf, they were really not socially distant, not wearing masks, standing there talking.
Still, it is pretty telling that the focus for the President’s very first appearance at this convention was the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in America than in any other country in the world.
Now, we’ve heard President Trump say the virus will disappear, and we have it under control. Well, tonight it was really clear that they’re acknowledging what sources have told me for some time that allies have been pushing the President to recognize, this coronavirus is where he is the most vulnerable and it is the dominant issue in this race. Wolf.
(…)
9:51:24 p.m. Eastern
WOLF: Very, very forceful speech, Jake, from Kimberly Guilfoyle.
JAKE TAPPER: Forceful is one word for it.
[Laughter]
You know, I can’t help but think that so much of this convention so far is great for Donald Trump’s base. And yet with a couple of exceptions is not even remotely reaching out to any voters in the middle.
We’ve heard a lot of grievance really this evening. Some of them perhaps understandable, but we’ve heard from somebody who hates unions. We’re heard from somebody who hates Democratic leadership in Baltimore. We heard from the McCloskey’s in St. Louis who certainly don’t like the ‘Black Lives Matter protesters. But we have yet to really hear much in terms of the positive, optimistic, hopeful message we were told.
(…)
10:15:50 p.m. Eastern
TAPPER: An emotional appeal by Cuban immigrant Maximo Alvarez.
We are now just minutes away from the headline speeches of the evening, from the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, from the President’s son Donald Trump Jr., and then Republican Senator Tim Scott.
They could all offer a glimpse of the Republican Party’s future after President Trump, whether that’s in January, 2021, or January 2025. Senator Scott and Ambassador Haley bring some measure of stature and, of course, diversity that Republicans are so eager to put on display at this and every convention. Both of them defenders of the President who have shown an occasional willingness to call him out politely as they carefully navigate their own political futures.
Donald Trump Jr., of course, brings something very different to the mix. While he lacks gravitas, he pulls no punches, he is as eager as his father is, if not more so to spread lies and obscenely false accusations about his opponents. That’s made him something of a rock star among the MAGA crowd.
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10:36:57 p.m. Eastern
WOLF: The President’s son Donald Trump Jr. making a strong case for his dad to get re-elected. Also, Jake, making a very, very strong, very negative argument, very dark vision for America if Biden is elected.
TAPPER: Yeah. You know, I’m struck by the fact that usually when a family member of the president speaks at a convention, it’s to provide testimony as to how caring and loving that individual is. And certainly President Trump is somebody who is perceived as having a significant empathy gap with Joe Biden. But we really didn’t hear anything along those lines from the President’s oldest son just now about what kind of dad he was, what he’s like behind the scenes.
It was really a political speech that could have been given by anybody in the Trump administration. And it was also odd, I felt, because he talked about how anybody is welcome in the Republican Party, the Republican Party is the party of free speech, but anybody who has been following the Trump administration knows that critics of President Trump’s, Dana, are not particularly welcome in the Republican Party.
We have seen President Trump chase out any number of Republican senators and congressmen, whether Mark Sanford in South Carolina, or Jeff Flake in Arizona, Bob Corker in Tennessee, for offering even vague criticism of the President’s policies and the President’s tone at times. So, it is not the free speech party.
(…)
