<p>On Saturday, a man from Marion Country drove into a Catholic Church and set it ablaze with parishioners inside, causing extensive damage to the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida.</p>
<p>In other incidents over the weekend, a Catholic church in California, the San Gabriel Mission Church, went up in flames, as did a Pentecostal church, the Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Limestone, Alabama.</p>
<p>In both of those incidents, it&#8217;s unclear what caused the fires.</p>
<p>&#8220;Officials with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala Saturday morning after a man drove his vehicle into the front of the church and lit a fire,&#8221; reported <a href="https://www.wesh.com/article/ocala-church-fire-chase/33283070#">WESH 2 News</a>. &#8220;Deputies said the man then led them on a chase before being captured.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported.</p>
<p>In an <a href="https://m.facebook.com/mcsoflorida/#!/story.php?story_fbid=3286399751380610&amp;id=108135359207081">updated post</a> from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday, the man charged in the attack was identified as a 24-year-old male whose name will not be printed, per Daily Wire policy.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.wric.com/news/florida-man-accused-of-setting-catholic-church-on-fire/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral">the Associated Press</a>, the attacker told detectives on the case that he is mentally ill, but had stopped taking his medication.</p>
<p>&#8220;[Redacted] told detectives what he did was &#8216;awesome,&#8217; and he smiled and laughed, the affidavit said,&#8221; the AP reported. &#8220;He told detectives he was &#8216;on a mission,&#8217; called himself &#8216;king&#8217; and that he has problems with the Catholic Church and referenced passages in the Bible’s Book of Revelations.&#8221;</p>
<p>A post from the sheriff&#8217;s office said the defendant &#8220;had intentionally crashed a vehicle through the front doors of the church, exited the vehicle and poured gasoline out into <span class="text_exposed_show">the foyer area and then lit it on fire. He then left in the vehicle.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>The attacker “has been charged with one count of Attempted Second Degree Murder, evidencing prejudice, a First-Degree Felony; one count of Arson to a Structure (where persons are normally present and which the Defendant had reasonable grounds to believe to be occupied by a human being), evidencing prejudice, a Life Felony; one count of Burglary of an Occupied Structure (with intent to commit a forcible felony, with assault while armed, using a motor vehicle as an instrumentality, and causing damage to the structure in excess of $1,000), while evidencing prejudice, a Life Felony; and one count of Felony Fleeing or Attempting to Elude,&#8221; the post added, noting that the perp is “being held in the Marion County Jail on no bond.”</p>
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<p>&#8220;Our freedom of worship granted in the Constitution is a freedom that we all hold dear,&#8221; said Sheriff Billy Woods.<em> “</em>My deputies and I are sworn to protect that right and will always ensure our citizens can worship in peace. I’m proud of my deputies for capturing this man so quickly and we appreciate the assistance from all of the state and federal agencies that worked alongside of us during this investigation.”</p>
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<p>In California, the Roman Catholic San Gabriel Mission Church went up in flames on Saturday night.</p>
<p>Mourners &#8220;came from across the region to survey the destruction after a fire that ripped through the church of the 249-year-old mission, one of California’s most historic landmarks, sacred ground for the Catholic faithful but also a symbol of a system that enslaved and terrorized indigenous peoples,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-12/san-gabriel-mission-a-symbol-of-faith-history-oppression-bad-damaged-by-fire">Los Angeles Times</a> reported Sunday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hundreds of parishioners from the San Gabriel Mission Roman Catholic community gathered all day in the parking lot to cry, grieve, pray, reminisce and talk about their faith,&#8221; the report added.</p>
<p>&#8220;A heartbreaking scene in San Gabriel after the 250 year old San Gabriel Mission caught fire early this morning,&#8221; reported CBS Los Angeles&#8217; Joy Benedict on Saturday. &#8220;Although still standing it is completely gutted.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A heartbreaking scene in San Gabriel after the 250 year old San Gabriel Mission caught fire early this morning. Although still standing it is completely gutted. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/po0DQM3qUE">pic.twitter.com/po0DQM3qUE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Joy Benedict (@joybenedict) <a href="https://twitter.com/joybenedict/status/1281983538292592640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;I know there are a lot of questions about the cause of the fire at the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sangabrielmission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1282048885049843712%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D128048action%3Dedit&amp;src=hashtag_click">#sangabrielmission</a>. </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Arson investigators are there, as is </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/ATFHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1282048885049843712%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D128048action%3Dedit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-focusable="true">@ATFHQ</a>,&#8221; the reporter updated. &#8220;</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">There is also a security camera facing the front of the building where a Father Serra statue once stood (and was taken down last week).&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I know there are a lot of questions about the cause of the fire at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sangabrielmission?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sangabrielmission</a> Arson investigators are there, as is <a href="https://twitter.com/ATFHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATFHQ</a> There is also a security camera facing the front of the building where a Father Serra statue once stood (and was taken down last week). <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/BoO207z2PO">pic.twitter.com/BoO207z2PO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Joy Benedict (@joybenedict) <a href="https://twitter.com/joybenedict/status/1282048885049843712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>While it remains unclear how the fire started, Benedict said that the church &#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">was also under renovation recently.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;It’s not clear if that could have played a factor in the fire,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The church was scheduled to reopen next weekend. That’s why everyone is investigating.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sangabrielmission?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sangabrielmission</a> Church was also under renovation recently. It’s not clear if that could have played a factor in the fire. The church was scheduled to reopen next weekend. That’s why everyone is investigating. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/SfAU5XOiC5">pic.twitter.com/SfAU5XOiC5</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Joy Benedict (@joybenedict) <a href="https://twitter.com/joybenedict/status/1282049534881759232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In Alabama on Friday, first responders were called to the Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Limestone County after the sanctuary caught fire.</p>
<p>“There is a lot of things you can look at and be thankful for in times like this,” pastor Jeremy Hill told <a href="https://whnt.com/news/limestone-county-church-on-fire/">WHNT News 19</a>. “The good thing is no one was hurt, anything that was burnt can be replaced, and we are thankful for that.”</p>
<p>The fire destroyed the sanctuary, bathrooms, and fellowship hall, said Hill.</p>
<p>The cause of the fire remains unclear.</p>
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Four-alarm fire tore through the church at Mission San Gabriel destroying the inside of the 245-year-old building

Man Allegedly Plows Car Into Florida Church, Sets It Ablaze With Parishioners Inside; Two Other Christian Churches Burned Same Weekend

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<p>On Monday, legendary conservative talkshow host Rush Limbaugh announced to his massive audience some positive developments in his fight against advanced-stage lung cancer.</p>
<p>Using baseball analogies to explain his positive response to a third round of treatment, Limbaugh said he finally &#8220;got on base&#8221; and &#8220;stole second,&#8221; citing the power of prayer for his success at the moment.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was in late-January that we learned of the diagnosis,&#8221; Limbaugh explained. &#8220;That means we learned of a really tough opponent. So, it was time to go up to bat, time to walk to the plate, bat in hand, and that is exactly what happened. And my first two at-bats were horrible. My first two at-bats struck out. Nothing to show for it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The first two attempts to deal with the cancer failed,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;One was a targeted therapy of clinical trial drugs, which worked but nearly killed me in the process. And so we had to get off of those. But that at-bat showed me I could hit the pitch. I wasn’t gonna strike out. I was at least able to make contact. We had some hope that there would be a remedy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Likewise, Limbaugh said, &#8220;The second at-bat was a total and complete failure. I struck out on three pitches. Did not even make contact.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So I’m now up in the bottom of the ninth, I’m 0-for-2,&#8221; he set the scene. &#8220;I have not reached first base. I didn’t coax a walk out of anybody. I didn’t get a hit, much less a double or a triple.&#8221;</p>
<p>But on his third treatment attempt, the 69-year-old outlined, &#8220;I managed to get on base. I hit a solid single and then stole second.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am currently on second base hoping to slide into third and eventually make it all the way home,&#8221; Limbaugh said. &#8220;We’re in the bottom of the ninth. If I get all the way home, we get extra innings. And that’s what we’re shooting for here.&#8221;</p>
<p>Limbaugh, an open Christian, thanked his loyal listeners and those supporting him for their prayers, which he said he knows work.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe prayer works. I know it does,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;It is a blessing that in my third at-bat, the last shot that I had at this, I got on base and I stole second, and I’m chugging on to third, and I’m very confident that I’m gonna score. I’m very confident that this is gonna go into extra innings. Meaning — well, you know what it means. I’m trying to avoid being specific in the lingo here. And, again, that’s simply because of how rapidly things can change with this kind of diagnosis.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But I’m feeling extremely good right now, even cautious about saying that,&#8221; Limbaugh tempered the optimism. &#8220;Who knows what tomorrow’s gonna bring? Good days and bad days.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The bottom line is I’m entirely capable of being here today,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My energy level is great. I’m doing extremely well. And I don’t think anybody would mind if I told you honestly that I am doing better at this stage than I thought I was gonna be doing.&#8221;</p>
<p>The host noted of the support he&#8217;s received from his wife, who he&#8217;s repeatedly thanked during the program.</p>
<p>&#8220;The support that I’ve had, particularly from my wife, is just, as I’ve told you, impossible to characterize,&#8221; Limbaugh said.</p>
<p>&#8220;So that’s the update. The upshot of it is I’ve rounded second base, I’m pushing for extra innings. I gotta score. I gotta get around to home plate to tie the game and to extend the game for as many extra innings as I can. And it looks like, sitting here today, that it may happen.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Partial transcript via <a href="https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/07/06/treatment-update-im-confident-that-ill-get-extra-innings/">RushLimbaugh.com</a> </em></p>
<p><em>H/t <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/rush-delivers-massive-good-news-health/?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&amp;utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons">Western Journal </a></em></p>
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‘I Believe Prayer Works’: Rush Limbaugh Gives Good News Health Update

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<p>Democratic Governor Tim Walz responded to President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to reject his $500 million bailout request for the damage caused by the weeks-long violent rioting in Minneapolis in the wake of the death of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Gov. Waltz was widely criticized for his slow reaction to the violence, particularly by President Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;Walz, a Democrat, requested that Trump declare Minnesota a &#8216;major disaster&#8217; zone <a href="https://www.startribune.com/feds-deny-walz-s-request-for-aid-to-rebuild-after-riots/571715162/?fbclid=IwAR2rBFfzstFOy1h4ORU9tpNImwdc5lbTiZwdiz3tfeBUzpyVRp9wI8g1Evo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> on July 2 after more than 1,500 buildings were damaged by looting and rioting in the wake of Floyd’s death, totaling over $500 million in damages,&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-denies-minnesota-governors-request-for-500-million-to-repair-damage-from-riots">The Washington Examiner</a> reported.</p>
<p>The Democrat says he is &#8220;disappointed&#8221; in Trump&#8217;s rejection of the financial aid.</p>
<p>“The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support,” said a statement from Walz&#8217;s office. “As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state’s history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through.”</p>
<p>Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, elected by Minnesota&#8217;s 6th congressional district, lobbied the president to <em>reject</em> the aid, the Examiner noted.</p>
<p>“If the federal government is expected to assist in the clean-up of these unfortunate weeks, it has an obligation to every American — prior to the release of funding — to fully understand the events which allowed for this level of destruction to occur and ensure it never happens again,” Rep. Emmer said in a  <a href="https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/d/a/da070171-6763-4867-ad60-0879513f4b4f/164AA2DA383B93082EE22A6659DFFBEF.emmer-letter-re-mn-disaster-declaration-request.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>letter</u></a> to the administration.</p>
<p>Though Waltz was displeased, conservatives rejoiced at the news.</p>
<p>Conservative author and host Mark Levin, for example, praised President Trump for rejecting the bailout.</p>
<p>&#8220;Great decision,&#8221; he said via Twitter. &#8220;The president offered the National Guard but the pathetic governor waited and waited. And now the Minneapolis city council votes to abolish its police department. Pay for your own man-made hell.  So much for utopia.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great decision.  The president offered the National Guard but the pathetic governor waited and waited.  And now the Minneapolis city council votes to abolish its police department.   Pay for your own man-made hell.  So much for utopia.<a href="https://t.co/PZErKVgBL3">https://t.co/PZErKVgBL3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1282052997397258245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Wise,&#8221; Jenna Ellis, a senior legal advisor for Team Trump, called the move. &#8220;You want to defund police and let the woke mob run wild, do it on your own dime, Gov. You should have asked the President for help BEFORE you incurred this much damage.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wise. You want to defund police and let the woke mob run wild, do it on your own dime, Gov. You should have asked the President for help BEFORE you incurred this much damage.<a href="https://t.co/5hSnFknF6p">https://t.co/5hSnFknF6p</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1282114953160384512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Great news! [Donald Trump]</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> has DENIED Minnesota&#8217;s disaster request to repair half a billion dollars in damage from the riots,&#8221; reacted South Carolina Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan. &#8220;Governors and Mayors who ordered police to stand down and watch their cities burn shouldn&#8217;t get a penny in taxpayer aid!&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great news! <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> has DENIED Minnesota&#39;s disaster request to repair half a billion dollars in damage from the riots. Governors and Mayors who ordered police to stand down and watch their cities burn shouldn&#39;t get a penny in taxpayer aid! <a href="https://t.co/8WAgm7AFa7">https://t.co/8WAgm7AFa7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffDuncan/status/1281922647207665664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>During the unrest, Trump blasted Minnesota Democrats for their response or lack thereof.</p>
<p>“And we saved it (Minneapolis) by me enforcing and sending the troops in, the National Guard,&#8221; Trump posted via Twitter, last month. &#8220;I insisted on it. But that was after four days, they should have done it on night number one, instead of having the police run away, give up the precinct.&#8221;</p>
<p>“After it got out of control for four days, we sent in representatives, commonly known as the National Guard, and it was all put down very quickly,” the president added.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/24/reality-check-was-it-president-trump-or-gov-walz-who-called-in-the-national-guard-to-minneapolis/">Minnesota CBS affiliate</a> reported on the timeline, in part:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Thursday, 10 p.m.: <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/protesters-take-minneapolis-police-3rd-precinct-building-during-3rd-night-of-george-floyd-protests/">Police abandoned the Third Precinct building, and rioters burned it</a>.</em></p>
<p><em>Thursday, 10:30 p.m.: President Trump watched the scene unfold on television, and called Gov. Walz, offering to send in military.</em></p>
<p><em>Early Friday: Overnight, Gov. Walz ordered troops to re-claim the abandoned precinct.</em></p>
<p><em>Friday/Saturday: When violence continued, Walz called up more troops.</em></p>
<p><em>For the first time in history, Gov. Walz — not President Trump — <a href="https://cbsloc.al/3cpiqUa" rel="nofollow">activated the entire 15,000 member Minnesota National Guard</a>.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The protests-turned riots erupted across the nation in late May, in response to the death of Floyd. The violent rioting spilled into in a number of cities, including, of course, Minneapolis, as well as Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New York City, Rochester, Richmond, Chicago, and others.</p>
<p>Floyd, who is black, died after a police officer had his knee on the 46-year-old’s neck for over eight minutes during an arrest, as shown in viral video footage. Since the incident, all four officers involved in the arrest have been fired, investigations from the FBI and state law enforcement have been opened, and the officer at the center of the incident was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder.</p>
<div><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stunning-video-of-minneapolis-riot-aftermath-democrat-rule-will-equal-america-in-ruins?%3Futm_source=twitter">Stunning Video Of Minneapolis Riot Aftermath: ‘Democrat Rule Will Equal America In Ruins’</a></strong></div>
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Governor Tim Walz

Democrat Gov. Waltz Responds After Trump Rejects $500 Million Bailout Ask; Conservatives Rejoice

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<p>During an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Red Table Talk&#8221; last week, the actress had on husband Will Smith to discuss an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jada-pinkett-smith-denies-rumors-husband-gave-blessing-for-alleged-affair-with-singer">affair</a> she had years ago with 27-year-old singer August Alsina.</p>
<p>According to the duo, they were going through a rough time and split up &#8220;amicably,&#8221; though still legally married. Pinkett Smith started a friendship with Alsina that turned into an &#8220;entanglement,&#8221; which the actress later classified as a &#8220;relationship&#8221; when pressed by Smith.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Bad Boys&#8221; actor was in the know about the affair, the couple discussed. &#8220;There&#8217;s never been secrets,&#8221; Pinkett Smith said.</p>
<p>However, Smith did not give &#8220;permission,&#8221; since, argued Pinkett Smith, &#8220;the only person who could give permission in this particular circumstance was myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith agreed.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a relationship,&#8221; Pinkett Smith admitted, adding, &#8220;I was in a lot of pain, and I was very broken.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I just wanted to feel good,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;And it was a real joy to help heal somebody.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pinkett Smith said she felt she was trying to heal her own childhood trauma but trying to fix others in need like Alsina.</p>
<p>Smith was visibly uncomfortable during portions of the &#8220;Red Table Talk&#8221; discussion, at one point comparing himself to a politician&#8217;s wife at a presser as the husband discloses his &#8220;transgressions,&#8221; a term Pinkett Smith objected to.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna get you back,&#8221; Smith joked during one awkward exchange.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;ve already done that,&#8221; Pinkett Smith said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yea, probably true,&#8221; he answered, emphasizing that getting back at Pinkett Smith was important to him.</p>
<p>Smith also added that it was &#8220;a miracle&#8221; he talked to her after the affair.</p>
<p>The week before the discussion, Alsina told &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; about the affair and Smith allegedly sanctioning the relations.</p>
<p>“I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership … he gave me his blessing,” Alsina told host Angela Yee, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/06/30/august-alsina-talks-allegedly-will-smith-approved-jada-pinkett-smith-affair/">Page Six</a>.</p>
<p>Alsina was apparently introduced to Pinkett Smith back in 2015 by her son Jaden.</p>
<p>“I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her. I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it — so much so to the point that I can die right now and be okay with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody,” the singer said of Pinkett Smith.</p>
<p>Pinkett Smith suggested Alsina &#8220;perceived&#8221; Smith&#8217;s knowledge of the affair and their non-legal separation as Smith&#8217;s &#8220;permission,&#8221; adding that the singer didn&#8217;t want to be viewed as a &#8220;home-wrecker.&#8221;</p>
<p>The famous couple has long been rumored to have an “open relationship,” according to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jada-pinkett-smith-open-marriage_n_7510392?ri18n=true&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIFU9laQCXzFUKN7zEmQPvzioSvtz5vl00PlLjNH1360ACBrIfgoOMR5i_euLr6Rcq014bA0c1CcZcN4_OEgwnpiBUFptM_6FRiEtT2ykPvE0ZqFD9u46ANlJXp67jxVpBBRfm7KpF7zLUrjGnHyA4kYbQ3aSYbWKHoLOnfc4DBZ&amp;guccounter=2">The Huffington Post</a>.</p>
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<p>Back in 2015, Pinkett Smith told host Howard Stern that she is not her husband’s “watcher.”</p>
<p>“Here’s the deal with that, Howard, you’ve got to trust who you’re with. And at the end of the day, I’m not here to be anybody’s watcher,” she <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jada-pinkett-smith-open-marriage_n_7510392?ri18n=true&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIFU9laQCXzFUKN7zEmQPvzioSvtz5vl00PlLjNH1360ACBrIfgoOMR5i_euLr6Rcq014bA0c1CcZcN4_OEgwnpiBUFptM_6FRiEtT2ykPvE0ZqFD9u46ANlJXp67jxVpBBRfm7KpF7zLUrjGnHyA4kYbQ3aSYbWKHoLOnfc4DBZ&amp;guccounter=2">explained</a>. “I’m not his watcher. He’s a grown man. Here’s what I trust – I trust that the man that Will is, is the man of integrity. So, he’s got all the freedom in the world. As long as Will can look himself in the mirror and be okay, I’m good.”</p>
<p>Pinkett Smith added that she understands Smith is attracted to other women.</p>
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<p>“Here is what’s real – I’m not the kind of woman that believes a man is not going to be attracted to other women,” she told Stern. “I’m just not that girl. It’s just not realistic. And just because your man is attracted to another woman does not mean he doesn’t love you. That’s not what it means. And it doesn’t mean he’s going to act on it. If your man can’t really see another woman’s beauty, how the hell is he going to see yours?”</p>
<p>During the &#8220;Red Table Talk&#8221; discussion, Smith said it is &#8220;so critical&#8221; that he is able to &#8220;make mistakes&#8221; in their marriage &#8220;without the fear of losing your family.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Last Sunday, a young mother from Indianapolis, Indiana, Jessica Doty Whitaker, was shot to death after allegedly getting into an argument about Black Lives Matter and language.</p>
<p>The incident started &#8220;with an argument over Black Lives Matter and language,&#8221; according to the victim&#8217;s family, <a href="https://fox59.com/news/crimetracker/indy-mother-becomes-2nd-homicide-along-downtown-canal-in-1-week/">Fox 59</a> reported. &#8220;Eventually the two sides separated and walked away from each other, until witnesses claim the killer opened fire from a nearby bridge and ran away.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fiancé Jose Ramirez, who was with Doty Whitaker, 24, at the canal at the time of the incident, told the news station, “It was squashed and they went up the hill and left we thought, but they were sitting on St. Claire waiting for us to come under the bridge and that’s when she got shot.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ramirez says he fired back but did not hit anyone.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bellmortuary.com/obituary/Jessica-Doty-Whitaker?fbclid=IwAR10o7x8-xwj_cwHhQe2DsrCU3cFy2iqJ7RcuJAt7iBvo-HvvqEbkg2bFNw">Robert J. Doty</a>, the victim&#8217;s father, told reporter <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/young-white-mother-killed-black-lives-matter-mob-allegedly-saying-lives-matter-national-media-fully-ignores/?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons">Cassandra Fairbanks</a> that his daughter told the Black Lives Matter supporters that &#8220;All Lives Matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire spoke to Mr. Doty to confirm. &#8220;Yes that is accurate,&#8221; Doty said when asked if his daughter said &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; during the argument about BLM.</p>
<p>Doty added that he &#8220;just wants justice&#8221; for his daughter.</p>
<p>Taking to Facebook, the grieving father showed off a tattoo of his daughter&#8217;s name on his back, which he got days after her murder.</p>
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<p>“She shouldn’t have lost her life. She’s got a 3-year-old son she loved dearly,” a tearful Ramirez told Fox 59. “It’s hard to tell him his mom is in heaven and if you want to talk to her you have to look up and say, ‘I love you mom.'&#8221;</p>
<p>“We’re going through a lot,&#8221; the fiancé added. &#8220;The 3-year-old boy doesn’t even understand really. I just want justice for Jessica and her son and her family.”</p>
<p>The victim&#8217;s grandfather posted to &#8220;Facebook that &#8216;multiple black assailants&#8217; shot her in the head,&#8221; Fairbanks reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why isn&#8217;t anybody outraged about this?&#8221; the grandfather asked. &#8220;Is it that BLM was involved or that it was white young adults that [were] the victims?&#8221;</p>
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<p>A week before Doty Whitaker&#8217;s death, two were shot along the same canal, including a 14-year-old black boy who was killed during an armed robbery, according to Fox 59.</p>
<p>Still, MPD Capt. Jerry Leary says the &#8220;canal is still a safe [place] to go.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Just recently the DMD is hiring two overtime officers to work the canal during those times nightly,” Leary said. “A combination of all those efforts we hope is going to make a difference and it can’t help to.”</p>
<p>The victim&#8217;s killer remains at large.</p>
<p>Police are asking citizens with any information concerning the incident to contact Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/jessica-whitaker">GoFundMe</a> for the victim has been set up by Macie Dunn; The Daily Wire was able to confirm the account via the victim&#8217;s father Robert Doty.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jessica, was a wonderful mother, sister, daughter, fiancée, friend, aunt, cousin [and] coworker,&#8221; the GoFundMe reads. &#8220;Loved by many and will [surely] be missed by many.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She made sure everyone around her was happ[y],&#8221; the post says, &#8220;&#8230; She does not deserve this. She has passed away on July 5th, 2020 around 3:30 [a.m.]. She was walking the downtown canal with her fiancée a Friend and his girlfriend. And was shot.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We are asking for you to donate whatever you can to help our family give her the most beautiful service she deserves. Also to help with the beautiful son she left behind. That was her pride and joy . WE LOVE YOU JESSIE ❤WE ARE THANKFUL.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Last month, the country music group formerly known as Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A to be more racially sensitive, due to the apparent association of the word “antebellum&#8221; with slavery. (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lady-antebellum-sticking-with-name-change-after-speaking-with-blues-singer-lady-a">The Antebellum period</a> in U.S. history generally refers to the time between the War of 1812 and the start of the Civil War.)</p>
<p>However, after a battle with blues singer Anita White, who goes by the name Lady A, the country band filed a lawsuit against the singer over her “attempt to enforce purported trademarks rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade,” according to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lady-antebellum-sticking-with-name-change-after-speaking-with-blues-singer-lady-a">suit</a>.</p>
<p>On Saturday, White issued a lengthy statement blasting the Grammy-winning country band, in which White admitted that she asked for $10 million in total in order for the group to have the name; $5 million paid to her and another $5 million to charity.</p>
<p>The &#8220;demand&#8221; for the $10 million, according to a statement from the band, was one of the reasons they filed the suit against White.</p>
<p>“I was quiet for two weeks because I was trying to believe that it was going to be okay and that they would realize that it would be easier to just change their name, or pay me for my name,” White said, according to <a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/blues-singer-lady-a-responds-to-lady-antebellums-lawsuit/?mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_brand=p4k">Pitchfork</a>. “Five million dollars is nothing, and I’m actually worth more than that, regardless of what they think.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But here we go again with another white person trying to take something from a Black person, even though they say they’re trying to help,&#8221; added White. &#8220;If you want to be an advocate or an ally, you help those who you’re oppressing. And that might require you to give up something because I am not going to be erased.”</p>
<p>In the fiery statement, White ripped the country music singers for trying to &#8220;look woke&#8221; for their fans, instead of truly caring about progressive racial issues. &#8220;I will not allow Lady Antebellum to obliterate me and my career so they can look &#8216;woke&#8217; to their fans,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>“It is absurd that Lady Antebellum has chosen to show its commitment to racial equality by taking the name of a Black woman, particularly in this time when we are reminded every day to &#8216;Say Her Name.&#8217; It is one more demonstration of what continues to be taken away from us in the present,” said White in the statement. “Given the way that Hillary, Charles, and Dave have treated me, I am not surprised that they used the name Lady Antebellum for so long or that their cure is to adopt a name that is only less overtly racist. The A in their name stands for Antebellum and always will. If they are truly committed to racial equality, why do they want to maintain that association, especially when it means making a public, intentional stand to disregard me and my rights?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I do not want to part with it,&#8221; the blues singer said of the name Lady A, though the country band is not asking her to part with the name. &#8220;It is particularly painful to me, as a Black woman, to lose my name in THIS time and place so Lady Antebellum can use it as shorthand to celebrate a time and place connected to and very heavily reliant upon slavery.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I asked for $5 million to compensate me for this loss, and to help me rebuild under a new name. I also asked that they donate $5 million to a charity so that we could work together to promote racial equality,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It was my impression from our communications that this would appeal to Hillary, Charles, and Dave. I guess I was wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>You can view the complete statement, below (via <a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/blues-singer-lady-a-responds-to-lady-antebellums-lawsuit/?mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_brand=p4k">Pitchfork</a>):</p>
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<p><em>I first heard about Lady Antebellum’s planned name change after they went public on June 11, 2020, at which point I was shocked and taken aback. During initial calls with the members of the band—Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood—I hoped that we could reach an agreement that left both sides whole. Lady Antebellum understood that their use of “Antebellum” was offensive and that their adoption of Lady A harms me, as I have been using the name professionally for over 30 years.</em></p>
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<p><em>Though they recognized their impact, Lady Antebellum has not been receptive to my proposals for correcting their infringement, unfortunately. It has already been demonstrated why co-existence will simply not work. My fans used to be able to listen to my music on streaming services; now they struggle to find me. Due to Lady Antebellum’s massive rebranding efforts, Lady Antebellum has erased me from every platform. Lady Antebellum has used their wealth and influence to intimidate and bully me into submission without offering any real recompense for appropriating my name. It is now clear that their apologies, friendly texts, and playing on my love of God were just insincere gestures aimed at quieting me. Well, I will not be quiet any longer.</em></p>
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<p><em>Lady A is my identity—and it has been since 1987. I want to be able to freely use my brand that I spent decades building. I do not want to part with it. It is particularly painful to me, as a Black woman, to lose my name in THIS time and place so Lady Antebellum can use it as shorthand to celebrate a time and place connected to and very heavily reliant upon slavery. I asked for $5 million to compensate me for this loss, and to help me rebuild under a new name. I also asked that they donate $5 million to a charity so that we could work together to promote racial equality. It was my impression from our communications that this would appeal to Hillary, Charles, and Dave. I guess I was wrong.</em></p>
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<p>On Friday morning, Goya CEO Bob Unanue said he will not be apologizing over his praise of President Donald Trump, which triggered left-wing calls to boycott the businessman&#8217;s products.</p>
<p>&#8220;Are you getting a boycott?&#8221; Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Brian Kilmeade asked Unanue. &#8220;That’s what I’ve heard, because you had the audacity to show up at the president’s invitation and say some positive things about him?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;</strong>Yes, and it’s suppression of speech,&#8221; blasted the CEO (video below).</p>
<p>Unanue was recently part of a Hispanic prosperity initiative launched by the Trump administration, this past week.</p>
<p>&#8220;You’re allowed to talk good or to praise one president but you’re not allowed — when I was called to be part of this commission to aid in economic and educational prosperity, and you make a positive comment, all of the sudden that’s not acceptable,&#8221; Unanue continued, who has also worked with former President Barack Obama.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m not apologizing for saying,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Especially if you’re called by the President of the United States, you’re going to say, ‘No, I’m sorry, I’m busy, no thank you?’ I didn’t say that to the Obamas and I didn’t say that to President Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>Unanue was blasted by left-wing elected Democrats and liberal activists after he thanked Trump for his leadership during a Rose Garden speech on Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’re all truly blessed &#8230; to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have an incredible builder, and we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Make your shopping decisions accordingly. <a href="https://t.co/lLHSz4mEUV">pic.twitter.com/lLHSz4mEUV</a></p>
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<p>Unanue was part of Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-white-house-hispanic-prosperity-initiative/">White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The success of Hispanic Americans is integral to the economic future of our country,&#8221; said a press release from the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-white-house-hispanic-prosperity-initiative/">White House</a> regarding the executive action. &#8220;As more than 60 million Hispanics live in the United States today, Hispanics are the largest minority group in the country.  Hispanics are also the Nation’s youngest major racial or ethnic group.  Generations of Hispanics constituting different backgrounds and cultures have contributed to building a strong and prosperous America.  Their collective contributions continue a legacy of inspiration that is a cherished part of the American experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;While we celebrate the many ways Hispanic Americans have contributed to our Nation, we also recognize that they face challenges in accessing educational and economic opportunities,&#8221; the release added. &#8220;In the last 3 years, my Administration has supported school choice, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and new career pathways, including apprenticeships and work-based learning initiatives, because quality education options offering multiple pathways to economic success are critical to developing our Nation’s potential for the jobs of tomorrow.&#8221;</p>
<p>The statement noted that the Trump administration &#8220;has also supported investment in economically distressed communities, including through Opportunity Zones, and economic opportunities for small and minority-owned businesses,&#8221; and will continue to do so with the appointed commission.</p>
<p>For the president&#8217;s part, he responded to the boycott calls by reiterating his support for the company, posting an image on Sunday that simply said, &#8220;I [love] Goya.&#8221;</p>
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WATCH: Goya CEO Won’t Cave To Left-Wing Boycott: I’m ‘Not Apologizing’ For Trump Praise

Goya

<p>New Orleans Saints defensive back and recently signed CNN contributor Malcolm Jenkins said in a video posted to Instagram on Friday that &#8220;Jewish people aren&#8217;t our problem, and we&#8217;re not their problem,&#8221; dismissing the focus on the &#8220;wrong&#8221; anti-Semitic comments from fellow NFL player DeSean Jackson as a &#8220;distraction.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We gotta stay focused,&#8221; Jenkins, started the video post. &#8220;All of this back and forth that&#8217;s going on right now is a distraction.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Comments were made,&#8221; he continued, seemingly referencing Jackson, &#8220;and they were wrong. Allow those who were impacted by it to voice their grievances.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But we gotta stay focused, because Breonna Taylor&#8217;s killers are still not arrested. We still fighting for justice, we gotta lot of work to do, and this ain&#8217;t it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Stay focused,&#8221; Jenkins signed off.</p>
<p>The &#8220;social justice issues&#8221;-based CNN contributor captioned the post: &#8220;We can honor the Jewish heritage and trauma while staying focused on what matters. Jewish people aren’t our problem, and we aren’t their problem. Let’s not lose focus on what the problem truly is, and that’s that black lives still don’t matter in this country.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Push this energy toward arresting and convicting the killers of Breonna Taylor and burning systemic racism to the ground,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-sportscaster-on-desean-jackson-sharing-anti-semitic-quote-whites-never-have-to-disavow">The Daily Wire</a>, Jackson, a Philadelphia Eagles receiver, posted a quote on Instagram attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler over the July 4 weekend that said in part: “because the white Jews knows that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep Americas [<em>sic</em>] secret the Jews will blackmail America. The [<em>sic</em>] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they are.”</p>
<p>Last month, Jenkins, a co-founder of the Players Coalition and prominent left-wing activist, signed on to be a &#8220;social justice issues&#8221; <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29313931/malcolm-jenkins-joins-cnn-contributor-social-justice-issues">CNN contributor</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to thank CNN for their thoughtful leadership in viewing professional athletes beyond their sport as another educated voice who brings a varied perspective and value to the network&#8217;s programming and shows,&#8221; read a <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29313931/malcolm-jenkins-joins-cnn-contributor-social-justice-issues">statement</a> from Jenkins.</p>
<p>The football player added that &#8220;it&#8217;s important that &#8216;journalists must not make the grave mistake of allowing the world to go back to sleep&#8217; after so much attention and support has been focused on issues of racial equality and social justice after the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, among others,&#8221; <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29313931/malcolm-jenkins-joins-cnn-contributor-social-justice-issues">ESPN</a> reported at the time.</p>
<p>Last month, Jenkins posted a tearful video hitting Saints QB Drew Brees for saying that he stands for the national anthem because he feels it&#8217;s respectful to our military.</p>
<p>&#8220;The onslaught of f***ing s*** that we have to deal with is f***ing crazy right now,&#8221; Jenkins said in a video posted June 3.</p>
<p>Captioning the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA_PxsNF-GQ/?utm_source=ig_embed">video</a>, he wrote: &#8220;I’m tired&#8230;. As I was trying to muster up the energy and find the words to address Drew Brees’s comments I recorded this video. Before I could post it, Drew reached out to me to discuss his point of view.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;All in all, I’m still posting this video because it’s important for anyone who wants to consider themself an ally to know how these words and actions affect those who you want to help,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Drew’s words during his interview were extremely painful to hear and I hope he rectifies them with real action.&#8221;</p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCd-F9Ehydi/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">We can honor the Jewish heritage and trauma while staying focused on what matters. Jewish people aren’t our problem, and we aren’t their problem. Let’s not lose focus on what the problem truly is, and that’s that black lives still don’t matter in this country.  Push this energy toward arresting and convicting the killers of Breonna Taylor and burning systemic racism to the ground. ✊🏿</a></p>
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<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-sportscaster-on-desean-jackson-sharing-anti-semitic-quote-whites-never-have-to-disavow">Black Sportscaster On DeSean Jackson Sharing Anti-Semitic Quote: ‘Whites Never Have To Disavow’</a></strong></p>
<p><em>H/t <a href="https://outkick.com/malcolm-jenkins-jewish-people-arent-our-problem-and-we-arent-their-problem/">Outkick The Coverage</a> </em></p>
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<p>On Thursday evening, a manager of a Bath &amp; Body Works store in Scottsdale, Arizona, told a man walking by the store who claims he was wearing a pro-President Donald Trump face mask, &#8220;F*** Donald Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;My experience at Scottsdale Fashion Square was not nice,&#8221; posted pro-Trump activist Jeremiah Cota via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.cota.33/posts/724413505058778">Facebook</a> on Thursday. &#8220;I was accosted by the Bath [&amp;] Body Woks manager simply for wearing a Trump face mask.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She yelled at me &#8216;F&#8212;- Donald Trump&#8217; while I was simply walking by the store. I was not in the store; she yelled at me while I was walking by,&#8221; he clarified.</p>
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<p dir="auto">&#8220;I went to ask if I misheard her and she said no,&#8221; Cota described, as is shown on video (see below). &#8220;Sorry for the coarse language; I had to repeat what she said just to make sure I heard correctly.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is what passes for customer service towards Trump supporters now days,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q">Below is the exchange captured via video:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Cota: Are you the manager?</em></p>
<p><em>Manager: I am her.</em></p>
<p><em>Cota: &#8211;of Bath &amp; Body Works?</em></p>
<p><em>Manager: I don&#8217;t want to be recorded.</em></p>
<p><em>Cota: What did you say again, ma&#8217;am?</em></p>
<p><em>Manager: Have a good night.</em></p>
<p><em>Cota: You said f*** Donald Trump?</em></p>
<p><em>Manager: Yeah, because that&#8217;s how I feel.</em></p></blockquote>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;I was accosted by [Bath &amp; Body Works] </span>manager simply for wearing a Trump face mask,&#8221; Cota similarly posted via Twitter. &#8220;She yelled at me &#8216;F&#8212;- Donald Trump&#8217; while I was simply walking by the store. I went to ask if I misheard her and she said no. Poor customer service at [Bath &amp; Body Works].&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;For those wondering where this harassment took place. This occured at the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BathandBodyWorks?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#BathandBodyWorks</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> store at Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall </span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/ScottsdaleFS" data-focusable="true">@ScottsdaleFS</a>,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p>The company responded to the post via Twitter, asking Mr. Cota to privately message them about the incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d like the opportunity to speak with you about your experience, Jeremiah,&#8221; the company said. &#8220;Please DM (direct message) us your phone number and best time to contact you. Thank you!&#8221;</p>
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<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;[T]his was the store at Scottsdale Fashion Square mall,&#8221; Cota responded online. &#8220;I was walking by the store with my family when the manager yelled an unprovoked expletive at me for my </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#MAGA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> face mask. This was an embarrassing and harassing experience for me coming from your management.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>As noted by an AZ Central <a href="https://twitter.com/yvonnewingett/status/1281663927076548608">reporter</a>, Mr. Cota is an alum of the Arizona Republican Party &#8220;who is on Trump&#8217;s re-election campaign.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nevada regional GOP communications director <a href="https://twitter.com/SchipperKeith/status/1281663039171772416">Keith Schipper</a> commented on the incident, &#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">What happened to [Jeremiah Cota]</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> last night at Scottsdale Fashion Square was inexcusable. The intolerance the Left has supporters of the President continues to run rampant in Arizona and across the country.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>The trend of hate hurled at open supporters of the president is largely ignored by the media, a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/12/recent-hate-against-trump-supporters-goes-unnoticed-talker/3139501002/">USA Today</a> op-ed published last year highlighted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Recent attacks against individuals wearing &#8216;Make America Great Again&#8217; hats have failed to make it to the national news media cycle, giving the impression that attacks from President Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters are the only ones worth noting,&#8221; author Gil Smart argued.</p>
<p>&#8220;Days before a Martin County, Florida, bus aide allegedly <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/education/martin-county-schools/2019/03/08/martin-county-bus-aide-yanks-maga-hat-off-head-14-year-old-boy/3101953002/" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a">ripped a &#8216;Make America Great&#8217;</a> hat off a 14-year-old student, an 18-year-old student in Edmond, Oklahoma, was charged with <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/edmond-student-faces-misdemeanor-charge-after-maga-hat-incident/article_c77ab38e-dd0a-559c-ac43-7b972b43507e.html" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a">assault and battery</a> after he allegedly demanded a classmate remove a similar MAGA hat, then knocked the hat off the younger kid&#8217;s head when he didn&#8217;t comply,&#8221; Smart outlined. &#8220;The same day that the Oklahoma incident occurred, Feb. 25, an 81-year-old man was <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2019/02/26/maga-hat-nj-man-assaulted-shoprite-cops/2993220002/" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a">allegedly assaulted</a> by a much younger man outside a ShopRite in Franklin, New Jersey, in a physical altercation over a hat.&#8221;</p>
<p>The author added: &#8220;Take a wild guess what the hat said.&#8221;</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was accosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/bathbodyworks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bathbodyworks</a> manager simply for wearing a Trump face mask.  She yelled at me  &quot;F&#8212;- Donald Trump&quot; while I was simply walking by the store.</p>
<p>I went to ask if I misheard her and she said no.</p>
<p>Poor customer service at <a href="https://twitter.com/bathbodyworks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bathbodyworks</a> <a href="https://t.co/RFvKk9FoW9">pic.twitter.com/RFvKk9FoW9</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jeremiah Cota ~ Text TRUMP to 88022 (@jeremiahcota) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremiahcota/status/1281401813917302785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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WATCH: Bath And Body Works Manager Says ‘F*** Donald Trump’ To Man ‘Simply For Wearing A Trump Face Mask’

<p>On Thursday evening, the death of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was officially ruled a suicide, following weeks of social media outcry and protesting demanding &#8220;justice&#8221; for Fuller, who was rumored to have been the victim of a racist lynching.</p>
<p>Fuller was tragically found hanging from a tree in a Southern California park on June 10. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department Cmdr. <a href="//abc7.com/society/officials-rule-robert-fuller-death-suicide/6309572/">Chris Marks</a>, the young man had a history of mental illness.</p>
<p>&#8220;There were no signs of a struggle. No defensive wounds observed, and no other signs of trauma visible to Mr. Fuller,&#8221; said Marks during a press conference, adding, &#8220;The DNA results were returned from the ligatures and the fingernails of Mr. Fuller. The quantitative results for each tested sample indicated that the predominant contributor for each sample belonged to Mr. Fuller.&#8221;</p>
<p>Marks also outlined three hospitalizations of Fuller since 2017 in which the young man &#8220;told doctors he was considering taking his life,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.dailynews.com/2020/07/09/authorities-say-death-of-robert-fuller-was-a-suicide/">Los Angeles Daily News</a> reported.</p>
<p>Last November, Marks said, Fuller &#8220;disclosed that he did have a plan to kill himself&#8221; while he was being treated for depression. Additionally, Fuller “allegedly tried to light himself on fire&#8221; during a February incident, which was investigated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LosAngeles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LosAngeles</a> county sheriff’s office and medical examiner made a official statement on the death of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RobertFuller?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RobertFuller</a>. He was found hanging from a tree June 10, in Palmdale, CA. Authorities officially rule the death a suicide. RIP Robert Fuller 🙏 <a href="https://t.co/LqyUpUJsMp">pic.twitter.com/LqyUpUJsMp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) <a href="https://twitter.com/mymixtapez/status/1281392446849421313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In the wake of Fuller&#8217;s death, protests against racism erupted and accusations of foul play were suggested.</p>
<p>Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) posted a report on Fuller&#8217;s death and demanded further investigation. &#8220;Robert Fuller&#8217;s family and the entire Palmdale community deserve answers,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;There must be further investigation.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Robert Fuller&#39;s family and the entire Palmdale community deserve answers. There must be further investigation. <a href="https://t.co/G6kyAKMOyt">https://t.co/G6kyAKMOyt</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1271900150928216065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Musical talent Jaden Smith posted, &#8220;JUSTICE FOR ROBERT FULLER!!!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUSTICE FOR ROBERT FULLER!!!</p>
<p>&mdash; Jaden (@jaden) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaden/status/1271872786693189633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The incident also sparked protests in the area.</p>
<p>&#8220;Palmdale residents have been grappling with the death of 24-year-old Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanging from a tree in the California city earlier this month,&#8221; a Morning Edition report said. &#8220;The community&#8217;s decades of entrenched racism have fueled the outcry.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Palmdale residents have been grappling with the death of 24-year-old Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanging from a tree in the California city earlier this month.</p>
<p>The community&#39;s decades of entrenched racism have fueled the outcry: <a href="https://t.co/ktAtH0q7p2">https://t.co/ktAtH0q7p2</a> <a href="https://t.co/vrhjlKvCyP">pic.twitter.com/vrhjlKvCyP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorningEdition/status/1279117625889558529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">City officials in Palmdale, California, said they support calls for an independent investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, a black man whose death was deemed a suicide after he was found hanging from a tree in a public square this week <a href="https://t.co/df9fHu4SNH">https://t.co/df9fHu4SNH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1271961594273112064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Actor Damon Gupton suggested Fuller was the victim of a racism lynching, invoking the term &#8220;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit">strange fruit</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;While people &#8216;celebrate&#8217; America today with the rah rah cis boom bah, I find myself remembering Robert Fuller found hanging from a tree 51 minutes from where I live three weeks ago,&#8221; he wrote on Independence Day. &#8220;Strange fruit.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">While people “celebrate” America today with the rah rah cis boom bah, I find myself remembering Robert Fuller found hanging from a tree 51 minutes from where I live three weeks ago. Strange fruit. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/america?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#america</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/independenceday2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#independenceday2020</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unsolvedmysteries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unsolvedmysteries</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesStillMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesStillMatter</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Damon Gupton (@DamonGupton) <a href="https://twitter.com/DamonGupton/status/1279543245358284800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>American rapper Russ seemingly promoted racial ties to Fuller&#8217;s death, as did government-subsidized NPR.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RIP ROBERT FULLER <a href="https://t.co/Ku7VwuV07J">https://t.co/Ku7VwuV07J</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RUSS (@russdiemon) <a href="https://twitter.com/russdiemon/status/1271839225051217920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, Calif., this month. Many are skeptical his death was a suicide.</p>
<p>For decades, neo-Nazis and skinheads have been a threat in the area—linked to hate crimes including the firebombing of a Black church.<a href="https://t.co/PYTHG8vnYk">https://t.co/PYTHG8vnYk</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NPR (@NPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1277998484285685761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A <a href="https://www.change.org/p/los-angeles-sheriff-s-department-palmdale-station-justice-for-robert-fuller?recruiter=592769966&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&amp;utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&amp;recruited_by_id=f53631e0-7154-11e6-81ca-0df1c57dd557">Change.org petition</a> signed by nearly 900,000 people calling for &#8220;justice for Robert Fuller&#8221; said the 24-year-old might have been the victim of a lynching.</p>
<p>On Friday, Daily Wire columnist and podcast host Matt Walsh highlighted how the tragedy of Fuller&#8217;s death was exploited by some on the Left.</p>
<p>&#8220;The sad case of Robert Fuller is instructive,&#8221; Walsh wrote in a series of posts. &#8220;He was a depressed and suicidal man who had been hospitalized three times for suicidal thoughts and had attempted suicide at least once recently. But when he was found hanging his family insisted that he wouldn&#8217;t have killed himself.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The media and Democrats jumped in, grotesquely exploiting his death by openly speculating that he might have been lynched. He wasn&#8217;t. It was an obvious case of suicide. No signs of struggle. No sign that anything happened against his will. He used his EBT card to buy the rope,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The very idea that a man might have been lynched in public with no witnesses, nothing on video, no evidence left behind, was always patently ridiculous. Some people in the mob might have been dumb enough to really believe it, but the media and elected Dems knew better.&#8221;</p>
<p>Still, Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media, argued Walsh, &#8220;were happy to exploit this tragic situation for their own ends. They are so desperate to support their narrative of America as a racist and oppressive country that they will even swoop down like vultures on the dead body of a suicidal man. These are truly evil people.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The media and Democrats jumped in, grotesquely exploiting his death by openly speculating that he might have been lynched. He wasn&#39;t. It was an obvious case of suicide. No signs of struggle. No sign that anything happened against his will. He used his EBT card to buy the rope.</p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1281576720282329088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">They were happy to exploit this tragic situation for their own ends. They are so desperate to support their narrative of America as a racist and oppressive country that they will even swoop down like vultures on the dead body of a suicidal man. These are truly evil people.</p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1281576721981071361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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Black Man Found Dead Hanging From Tree, Sparking Protests, Lynching Claims, Ruled A Suicide

<p>Police officers are asking for help in the search for the assailants who attacked Ohio man Eldon Hawkins, who is 58 years old and has cerebral palsy, during a violent left-wing protest on May 31, shortly following the death of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Floyd died after an arrest back in May, triggering left-wing Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists to protest, loot, and destroy property in cities across the nation.</p>
<p>Columbus Police have released compiled video footage (see below) of the violent attack, asking citizens to identify those involved.</p>
<p>After Hawkins visited a local Arby&#8217;s restaurant and accidentally missed the street he was supposed to turn on, the video shows a group of protesters swarm the man&#8217;s car. Hawkins attempts to back up and leave the area but, instead, accidentally hits a wheel of a protester&#8217;s bike.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s when the protesters trashed Hawkins&#8217; car with him still inside, an attack which included the throwing of a bicycle at his front windshield, opening his car doors, and stealing goods from his truck.</p>
<p>Moreover, according to <a href="https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/man-with-cerebral-palsy-attacked-during-protests-police-searching-for-persons-of-interest">ABC 6 On Your Side</a>, police said the protesters &#8220;acted violently toward others who came to help the man and stop the violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hawkins is not remaining silent about the attack.</p>
<p>The victim described what happened during a Columbus City Council meeting on Monday and slammed the protesters for their violence and vandalism.</p>
<p>&#8220;As Hawkins remembers it, he was driving east on Broad Street to his Downtown apartment after visiting an Arby’s restaurant in Franklinton,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200708/protesters-turned-on-man-in-car">The Columbus Dispatch</a> noted, citing Hawkins&#8217; testimony. &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y43RbW90eM">The video</a> shows that he had passed High Street and was blocked. He backed his vehicle up at a low speed and struck a person on a bicycle with his back bumper.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then his car was swarmed. “They threw a bicycle on my windshield and started kicking my doors and windows. It scared the life out of me,” said Hawkins.</p>
<p>According to the victim, there were “some nice people who came and pulled me out of the car.&#8221;</p>
<p>“It’s one thing to protest, but when people start breaking windows and spray painting the F-word, that’s turning this beautiful city into a dive,” Hawkins criticized.</p>
<p>The 58-year-old recalled protesting with his father, a union man, years ago. “We did not break one window, and we did not spray paint foul language, because this is our city,” he said. “If troublemakers don’t like it, they can leave.”</p>
<p>As noted by ABC 6 On Your Side, the Columbus Division of Police is asking anyone with knowledge about the assailants&#8217; identifies to please call Det. Steven Nace at 614-645-2119. The Dispatch also noted that anonymous tips can be passed along through Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).</p>
<p>WATCH (warning: graphic content):</p>
<p><iframe title="CPD Looking For Persons Of Interest Involving Victim With CP Who Was Attacked During Riots, 5/31/20." width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Y43RbW90eM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-protesters-storm-baptist-church-harass-children-assault-parishioners-hows-your-head-feel-pastor">WATCH: Protesters Storm Baptist Church, Harass Children, Assault Parishioners: ‘How’s Your Head Feel, Pastor?’</a></strong></p>
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Disturbing Video Shows Disabled Man Violently Attacked By Protesters. Now He’s Speaking Out.

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<p>Thirty-three-year-old &#8220;Glee&#8221; actress Naya Rivera is feared dead after the young mother went missing on Wednesday afternoon on a lake in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County.</p>
<p>Rivera rented a pontoon boat at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday with her four-year-old son Josey Dorsey, but when the three-hour rental time lapsed, staffers found Josey on the boat alone with his lifejacket on, and Rivera missing.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/3-year-old-girl-found-alone-in-boat-on-lake-piru/2393145/">KNBC</a>, an adult lifejacket, presumed to be Rivera&#8217;s, was also found on the boat.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is considered to be a horrible accident,&#8221; said a Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department spokesperson, noting that they suspected no foul play.</p>
<p>After Rivera&#8217;s disappearance, the search immediately commenced, including by helicopter, drones, and dive teams, according to <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/09/glee-actress-naya-rivera-missing-lake-piru-4-year-old-son-safe/">CBS Los Angeles</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The child was said to be unharmed and told investigators that he and his mother were swimming, but his mother never got back into the boat,&#8221; the report noted.</p>
<p>“There’s no evidence of foul play at this point,” said Cpt. Eric Buschow, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, according to <a href="https://fox8.com/news/entertainment/officials-glee-star-naya-rivera-missing-presumed-dead-after-4-year-old-son-found-alone-on-boat-in-lake/">FOX 8</a>. “This may well be a case of drowning.”</p>
<p>“There’s a lot of challenges in a reservoir this size, at times with visibility,” Buschow added. “I don’t have details yet as to the depth of the area where the boat was found or what conditions they’re encountering out there.”</p>
<p>&#8220;The missing person at Lake Puru has been identified as Naya Rivera, 33, of Los Angeles. SAR operation will continue at first light,&#8221; Ventura County Sheriff account posted early Thursday morning.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The missing person at Lake Puru has been identified as Naya Rivera, 33, of Los Angeles. SAR operation will continue at first light. <a href="https://twitter.com/VCAirUnit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VCAirUnit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/fillmoresheriff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fillmoresheriff</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Cal_OES?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cal_OES</a> <a href="https://t.co/bC3qaZS3Ra">pic.twitter.com/bC3qaZS3Ra</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;The search for Naya Rivera will continue this morning at Lake Piru. The lake will be closed to the public while search operations continue,&#8221; the department said later into the morning. &#8220;Dive teams from throughout the region will be assisting us through mutual aid.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The search for Naya Rivera will continue this morning at Lake Piru. The lake will be closed to the public while search operations continue. Dive teams from throughout the region will be assisting us through mutual aid. <a href="https://twitter.com/VCAirUnit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VCAirUnit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Cal_OES?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cal_OES</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/fillmoresheriff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fillmoresheriff</a> <a href="https://t.co/q6LsHd8xaT">pic.twitter.com/q6LsHd8xaT</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) <a href="https://twitter.com/VENTURASHERIFF/status/1281207844260286465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>On Tuesday, Rivera captioned a photo of herself and her young son via Twitter, “just the two of us.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">just the two of us <a href="https://t.co/wCunAlGJ1B">pic.twitter.com/wCunAlGJ1B</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Naya Rivera (@NayaRivera) <a href="https://twitter.com/NayaRivera/status/1280626721146826752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“No matter the year, circumstance, or strifes everyday you’re alive is a blessing. make the most of today and every day you are given. tomorrow is not promised,&#8221; she posted on July 2.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">no matter the year, circumstance, or strifes everyday you&#39;re alive is a blessing. make the most of today and every day you are given. tomorrow is not promised <a href="https://t.co/O4t7wdqA4k">pic.twitter.com/O4t7wdqA4k</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Naya Rivera (@NayaRivera) <a href="https://twitter.com/NayaRivera/status/1278825875065069568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>As noted by <a href="https://people.com/tv/stars-ask-for-prayers-after-naya-rivera-reported-missing/">PEOPLE</a> magazine, a host of former colleagues and those close to Rivera offered prayers for the young actress:</p>
<blockquote><p><em><a href="https://people.com/tag/heather-morris/">Heather Morris</a>, who worked closely with Rivera on the musical comedy series, wrote on her <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.instagram.com/heatherrelizabethh/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">Instagram Story</a>: &#8220;We need all the prayers we can get to bring our Naya back home to us. We need your love and light 🙏🙏&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em><a href="https://people.com/parents/harry-shum-jr-daughter-lessons-crazy-rich-asians-exclusive/">Harry Shum Jr.</a>, who played Mike Chang on the show, <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://twitter.com/HarryShumJr/status/1281101737433001985" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">tweeted</a> simply &#8220;Praying,&#8221; as <a href="https://people.com/tv/glee-iqbal-theba-defends-lea-michele-against-racist-accusations-i-was-never-mistreated-by-her/">Iqbal Theba</a>, aka Principal Figgins, <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://twitter.com/iqbaltheba/status/1281102383531974656" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">wrote</a> on Twitter, &#8220;Oh God&#8230; mercy&#8230; please&#8230;&#8221; while sharing a report of Rivera&#8217;s disappearance.</em></p>
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<blockquote><p><em><a href="https://people.com/tag/demi-lovato/">Demi Lovato</a> — who guest starred as a love interest for Rivera&#8217;s Santana Lopez on Glee — wrote on her <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.instagram.com/ddlovato/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">Instagram Story</a>, &#8220;Please pray for @nayarivera to be found safe and sound,&#8221; alongside a photo of a lit candle.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Rapper Big Sean, who is Rivera&#8217;s ex-fiancé, &#8220;<a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://twitter.com/bigsean?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">liked a number of tweets</a> calling for her to be found safe,&#8221; PEOPLE said. &#8220;The pair began dating in April 2013, becoming engaged that October. In April 2014, however, the rapper <a href="https://people.com/celebrity/naya-rivera-big-sean-split-actress-on-glee-without-engagement-ring/">broke off the engagement</a>, saying at the time that it was a &#8216;difficult decision.'&#8221;</p>
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‘Glee’ Actress Feared Dead After Boat Outing With Young Son, Search Continues

<p>Over the Fourth of July weekend, actress and left-wing activist Debra Messing bashed musical talent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kanye-west-praises-trump-hammers-planned-parenthood-likens-covid-vaccine-to-mark-of-the-beast">Kanye West</a> for potentially running for the White House in 2020 and &#8220;taking&#8221; &#8220;black voters&#8221; away from former Vice President Joe Biden.</p>
<p>In a tweet from an account that has since been protected, @TheRickyDavila tweeted to Messing: &#8220;To be clear, Kanye West is a redhat [sic] wearing MAGA Lunatic, so if he&#8217;s wanting to run for the Presidency, it&#8217;s probably a plan between [T]rump and Kanye to strip whatever support they can away from Biden as a last ditch effort. That&#8217;s what I believe.&#8221;</p>
<p>Messing was in agreement, and went a step further. The &#8220;Will &amp; Grace&#8221; star said it was &#8220;disgusting&#8221; for West, who is black, to &#8220;take &#8230; black voters from Biden,” who is white.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Absolutely. He’s playing Jill Stein. He’s trying to take you g black voters from Biden. It’s disgusting. <a href="https://t.co/9tlAkn3JxU">https://t.co/9tlAkn3JxU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) <a href="https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1279623081871446017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The comment sparked the ire of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-grills-sanders-campaign-over-socialism-they-respond-by-quoting-shakespeare-making-false-claim">Nina Turner</a>, national co-chair of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; (I-VT) presidential campaign.</p>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">You just can’t stop dipping can you [Debra Messing]</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">? Your connotation is racist,&#8221; said Turner, who is black.</span></p>
<p>&#8220;1. Black voters are not owned by anyone,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Our vote should be earned every election cycle. 2. We can think for ourselves &amp; don’t need your help. 3. Sometimes it’s best to stay out of family business.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You just can’t stop dipping can you <a href="https://twitter.com/DebraMessing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DebraMessing</a>? Your connotation is racist🤬.<br />1. Black voters are not owned by anyone. Our vote should be earned every election cycle. 2. We can think for ourselves &amp; don’t need your help. 3. Sometimes it’s best to stay out of family business. <a href="https://t.co/RVsqJFDbS4">https://t.co/RVsqJFDbS4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1279742584743759872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Messing landed herself in hot water last year when she posted support for a sign that said black Trump supporters suffer from &#8220;mental illness.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Debra Messing apologized for &#8216;recklessly supporting&#8217; an Alabama church sign that said &#8216;a black vote for Trump is mental illness,&#8217; and defended herself against accusations of racism in a series of tweets,&#8221; <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/debra-messing-apologizes-defends-herself-000046626.html">Yahoo!</a> reported in September of last year.</p>
<p>“I apologized for liking that church sign. I said I regret it. I shud [sic] have thought before recklessly suppprting [sic],” the actress responded to conservative activist and comedian Terrence K. Williams, a black Trump supporter himself.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">NUMBER 1– I apologized for liking that church sign. I said I regret it. I shud have thought before recklessly suppprting. You won’t accept this but black people are targeted by Trump’s GOP for voter supression. Charlottesville was about Trump supporters hating POC and Jews. <a href="https://t.co/K0ch9YOQ8F">https://t.co/K0ch9YOQ8F</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) <a href="https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1169341534292127745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>On Monday, Messing responded to Turner&#8217;s reply.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh PLEASE, Nina,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Kanye is a [sic] avowed Trump supporter. Trump’s numbers have plummeted, Trump doubles down on his racist platform at Mt Rushmore, and 100 days before election Kanye is going to announce NOW? I thought you were smarter than than [sic] Nina. Clearly it is an attempt to help.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh PLEASE, Nina. Kanye is a avowed Trump supporter. Trump’s numbers have plummeted, Trump doubles down on his racist platform at Mt Rushmore, and 100 days before election Kanye is going to announce NOW? I thought you were smarter than than Nina. Clearly it is an attempt to help <a href="https://t.co/Cszxi5dTB0">https://t.co/Cszxi5dTB0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) <a href="https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1280174868001153024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">In another response to Messing, Turner posted a series of seven tweets blasting the actress for her comments and warning her to never </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;fix your mouth to question my love for my people,&#8221; noting that she has &#8220;been a black woman all my life.&#8221;<br />
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<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Debra, Debra, [Debra Messing], </span>so you go from bad to worse,&#8221; wrote Turner. &#8220;The leader of the Karen coalition strikes again!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Although it is customary for the Karens to call the manager on Black folks, how dare you attempt to create public conflict between two Black women leaders &#8230; <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">in the public space. Not only is it disrespectful to [Stacey Abrams] </span>and me, it is disrepectful [sic] to our Black foremothers who sacrificed so we could have a voice in the first damn place,&#8221; she wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your attempt to use Stacey (as if Black women have not been used enough over the last 400 years) as the &#8216;Black manager friend card&#8217; proves my original point, which is Black people are not a monolith,” Turner stated.</p>
<p>Turner continued: &#8220;You questioning my intellect is one of the oldest smears in the book. Black people have faced this stereotype since the inception of this country &#8230; <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">It is RACIST to continue insisting that Black people (seasoned or young) will vote for [Kanye West] </span>solely because he is Black. In case you didn&#8217;t realize it, Kanye has white &amp; Black fans yet you continue to insult Black voters.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Further, since you are into NUMBERS &amp; STATISTICS &#8230; over 40% of young Black voters prefer progressive policies over popularity,” said Turner. “My original reply to you was not about Kanye &amp; his intentions to run for president, but about you minimizing Black people&#8217;s power at the polls.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Lastly,&#8221; she wrote, &#8220;Don’t You Ever Fix Your </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Mouth to Question My Love for My People. I have been a Black Woman All My Life!&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">in the public space. Not only is it disrespectful to <a href="https://twitter.com/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@staceyabrams</a> and me, it is disrepectful to our Black foremothers who sacrificed so we could have a voice in the first damn place. 2. Your attempt to use Stacey (as if Black women have not been used enough 2/</p>
<p>&mdash; Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1280647355864354817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is RACIST to continue insisting that Black people (seasoned or young) will vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kanyewest</a> <br />solely because he is Black. In case you didn&#39;t realize it, Kanye has white &amp; Black fans yet you continue to insult Black voters. Further, since you are into NUMBERS &amp; STATISTICS 4/</p>
<p>&mdash; Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1280647361442861057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lastly, Don’t You Ever Fix Your🤬Mouth to Question My Love for My People. I have been a Black Woman All My Life! 6/</p>
<p>&mdash; Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1280647364412354561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr">7/ <a href="https://t.co/gH1GZv603C">pic.twitter.com/gH1GZv603C</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1280650096376524802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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Nina Turner, Debra Messing

‘RACIST’: Debra Messing Dragged For Saying Kanye West Is Acting ‘Disgusting’ For ‘Trying To Take’ ‘Black Voters From Biden’

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<p>Black Lives Matter activists have called for black people, people of color, and allies to abstain from spending any money on non-black-owned businesses, especially on July 7, as well as other days after that date, to send a message about the far-left movement.</p>
<p>The movement was apparently triggered by a man named <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Calvin Martyr, who asked other black people via YouTube to completely abstain from spending starting on July 7, according to <a href="https://www.blackoutday.org/about/">BlackOutDay.org</a>. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">However, as noted by <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-out-day-boycott-racial?utm_content=buffer8269f&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a> and a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/07/blackout-day-looks-to-tap-the-rising-power-of-the-black-consumer.html">CNBC</a> report, that movement is being used to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/blackoutday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1280215530515955719%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fblack-out-day-boycott-racial&amp;src=hashtag_click">promote</a> black-owned businesses during the so-called &#8220;blackout,&#8221; apparently the only places where it is acceptable to spend money during the partial economic abstinence session.</span></p>
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<p class="">&#8220;This movement is an awakening of the national consciousness of black people in America and abroad,&#8221; the site says. &#8220;We need economic solidarity in America amongst all black people unequivocally.&#8221;</p>
<p class="">&#8220;In order to break free from the chains of financial servility, we will organize days, weeks, months, and years if necessary when not one black person in America will spend a dollar outside of our community,&#8221; BlackOutDay.org adds.</p>
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<p>The site also lists the movement&#8217;s &#8220;asks.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark">&#8220;Our ASK is that we stop being shot down in the streets,&#8221; it claims. &#8220;Our ASK is that racist legislation be purged from the books, and the cancerous ideology that this country was founded upon be rooted out. Our ASK is that we have equal opportunity to access funding so that we can conduct business and practice group economics amongst ourselves. Our ASK is that we are allowed to build our own communities and industries and be left alone. Our ASK is that you stop murdering our leaders when they attempt to unite us as a people.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="et_pb_text_inner">In his &#8220;call to action,&#8221; <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Calvin Martyr says white people will only learn to stop killing and oppressing black people when they fear themselves being harmed, too, referencing the economic blackout.</span></p>
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<p>&#8220;When they fear hurting us like we fear hurting them,&#8221; he said, that&#8217;s when the supposed systemic oppression will end.</p>
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<p>During a recent CNBC report on &#8220;Blackout Day,&#8221; the news outlet cited Kearne consultant Greg Portell comparing the movement to &#8220;small business Saturdays.&#8221; Though &#8220;small business Saturdays&#8221; have nothing to do with race or any other immutable human quality.</p>
<p>&#8220;So, today&#8217;s &#8216;Blackout Day,&#8217; it&#8217;s a spending movement, or non-spending movement as the case may be, started by an individual named Calvin Martyr,&#8221; CNBC reported. &#8220;The campaign urges black Americans and others not to spend a dollar at a non-black-owned business or brand today.&#8221;</p>
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<p role="button">The movement has picked up support from companies like makeup brand Sephora, and according to The Blaze, Vans shoes &#8220;showed their support for the day by <a href="https://twitter.com/CWatkinsWDSU/status/1280564100729319425" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">telling visitors</a> to their website to spend money at a black-owned business before buying their shoes.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Kanye West discussed his recent declaration that he will run for president in 2020, despite his close relationship and past support for President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>During an extensive interview with <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2020/07/08/kanye-west-says-hes-done-with-trump-opens-up-about-white-house-bid-damaging-biden-and-everything-in-between/#494a53e347aa">Forbes</a> magazine released Wednesday, West offered praise for Trump, claimed our nation is veering away from God, bashed abortion giant Planned Parenthood, and talked about his skepticism of vaccines.</p>
<p>Taking off his &#8220;red hat&#8221; for the interview to discuss a potential 2020 platform, the musician applauded Trump for allowing God to be part of the national discourse.</p>
<p>“Trump is the closest president we’ve had in years to allowing God to still be part of the conversation,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>West also staunchly supported the pro-life position, hammering Planned Parenthood as a part of a &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; agenda.</p>
<p>“I am pro-life because I’m following the word of the Bible,&#8221; West asserted, adding, &#8220;Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work.”</p>
<p>West also advocated for a more God-centered culture and for prayer to be back in schools.</p>
<p>“Reinstate in God’s state, in God’s country, the fear and love of God in all schools and organizations and you chill the fear and love of everything else. So that was a plan by the Devil to have our kids committing suicide at an all-time high by removing God, to have murders in Chicago at an all-time high because the human beings working for the Devil removed God and prayer from the schools,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That means more drugs, more murders, more suicide.”</p>
<p>West told the outlet that he suffered from COVID-19 back in February and is &#8220;extremely cautious&#8221; about vaccines, calling a potential coronavirus vaccine &#8220;the Mark of the Beast.&#8221;</p>
<p>“It’s so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed… So when they say the way we’re going to fix COVID is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious. That&#8217;s the Mark of the Beast,&#8221; he said, referencing a symbolic passage in Revelation 13.</p>
<p>&#8220;They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven,&#8221; West continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them. And the sad thing is that, the saddest thing is that we all won’t make it to heaven, that there’ll be some of us that do not make it. Next question.”</p>
<p>When the fashion designer had COVID months ago, he said he suffered from &#8220;chills, shaking in the bed,&#8221; and resorted to &#8220;taking hot showers, looking at videos telling me what I&#8217;m supposed to do to get over it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I remember someone had told me Drake had the coronavirus and my response was Drake can’t be sicker than me!&#8221; he joked.</p>
<p>“We pray,&#8221; said West on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. &#8220;We pray for the freedom. It’s all about God. We need to stop doing things that make God mad.”</p>
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<p>Videos posted on social media show parishioners, both black and white, being harassed and physically assaulted at Grace Baptist Church in Troy, New York.</p>
<p>The protesters, repeatedly shouting &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; even harassed and blocked churchgoers while they were with their young children, using a megaphone to scream at the families, shaming and threatening their parents with calls to CPS, or Child Protective Services.</p>
<p>The assaults, harassment, and protesting have been occurring since at least the end of June, according to the viral videos posted online. The church has refused to close or back down, directing men from the parish to help escort fellow worshipers inside as they are blocked by BLM protesters.</p>
<p>Grace Baptist Church made headlines last month for giving away an <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/29/upstate-new-york-church-faces-backlash-for-ar-15-giveaway/">AR-15</a> as a prize for a church raffle. When the giveaway was first reported, Pastor John Koletas told <a href="https://wnyt.com/troy-new-york-news/gun-giveaway-grace-baptist-church-troy-rensselaer-county/5775568/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WNYT</a> that the church held it in solidarity with hunters and gun owners who have been &#8220;viciously attacked by anti-Christian socialist policies.&#8221; One local critic told <a href="https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/troy-church-gives-away-ar-15s">WRGB</a> at the time that the giveaway exhibited &#8220;extreme poor taste,&#8221; citing &#8220;all of the shootings going on in all of our communities.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, it&#8217;s unclear if the gun-giveaway is connected to the protests shown in the videos. In the videos, protesters slam the church as &#8220;racist&#8221; but do not appear to mention the AR-15 giveaway.</p>
<p>In one of the videos, protesters storm the church and repeatedly chant &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; and a near-fight breaks out. Additionally, one of the protesters yells at a churchgoer, &#8220;f*** you.&#8221; He responds by saying &#8220;Jesus loves you.&#8221; The protester replies by telling the man Jesus doesn&#8217;t love him.</p>
<p>In other footage, mostly black churchgoers are shamed and screamed at by protesters as they walk into the church. One female protester yells at a black parishioner, &#8220;You should be ashamed, sister.&#8221;</p>
<p>A young white mother with three kids is also harassed as she tries to enter Grace Baptist. The mother is seen trying to console one of her young sons as he is visibly upset and scared, trying to leave the area.</p>
<p>At one encounter, a churchgoer attempts to go up the steps into Grace Baptist but is held back and physically assaulted by protesters. The pastor of the church gets involved to save the man, who is grossly outnumbered.</p>
<p>The pastor was apparently assaulted during the scuffle, as one protester taunts, &#8220;How&#8217;s your head feel, pastor?&#8221; The pastor was also called &#8220;soft&#8221; and a &#8220;p****.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Stop hiding behind your godd*mn religion,&#8221; another protester shouted. &#8220;This church is racist,&#8221; screamed another.</p>
<p>As for the church, Grace Baptist is not backing down.</p>
<p>A Twitter account for the church posted a video of one of the pastors vowing to continue on, refusing to change his messaging or being scared away by the novel coronavirus or the &#8220;mob.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We will NEVER apologize to the mob!&#8221; the video, posted on Monday, is captioned (view below).</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not my fault for preaching the same thing we&#8217;ve preached for 33 years,&#8221; the pastor says. &#8220;It&#8217;s not my fault everybody wants to put it online, I don&#8217;t care. They can shut us down. I ain&#8217;t changing my preaching because we&#8217;re [online].&#8221;</p>
<p>WATCH the violent protesting, below:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">These young children were more mature than the thugs berating them and their mother as they walked into church. </p>
<p>Hear as pastor asks them multiple to stop blocking the church entrance. <br />GBC men form a line to protect children. <a href="https://t.co/iZYJaxH1sH">pic.twitter.com/iZYJaxH1sH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) <a href="https://twitter.com/realgbctroyny/status/1279151637915992065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">attendees to <br />Grace Baptist Church <br />in TROY. NY had to be <br />escorted in and out of <br />church today as they were<br />berated by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BLM</a> protestors:<br />take a hard look at this ——&gt; <a href="https://t.co/zWwpilWDy8">pic.twitter.com/zWwpilWDy8</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kevin McCashion 🇺🇸 (@Kevin_McCashion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kevin_McCashion/status/1277418795015995392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We will never back down from wickedness in Troy, NY! <a href="https://t.co/g1WYDmebG9">pic.twitter.com/g1WYDmebG9</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) <a href="https://twitter.com/realgbctroyny/status/1277264052578910216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Christians at Grace Baptist Church in Troy, NY we’re gathering to worship Sunday when BLM stormed their sanctuary and took over their church.</p>
<p>Violent BLM members stopped the service and assaulted the peaceful Christians verbally and physically.</p>
<p>WATCH:<a href="https://t.co/GIwEMOFsBj">pic.twitter.com/GIwEMOFsBj</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1280165501642178560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is the mob beating church members in Troy, NY for trying to enter church and escort black members through the mob?</p>
<p>“No justice, no peace”<br />“Peaceful protest” <a href="https://t.co/qsE1kUvqnR">pic.twitter.com/qsE1kUvqnR</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) <a href="https://twitter.com/realgbctroyny/status/1278860285386919936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>WATCH the response from Grace Baptist:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We will NEVER apologize to the mob! <a href="https://t.co/Vsa6fABoYc">pic.twitter.com/Vsa6fABoYc</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) <a href="https://twitter.com/realgbctroyny/status/1280177350882230273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has landed an endorsement deal with Beats by Dre, the company announced on Monday evening. Earlier that day, President Donald Trump posted a tweet criticizing the driver over the recent &#8220;noose&#8221; incident, which Trump called a &#8220;HOAX&#8221; and for which he suggested Wallace should &#8220;apologize.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We weren’t going to announce this until later this week, but hate cannot win the day. No one should ever be asked to apologize for standing up for what’s right — we are proud to welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bubbawallace</a> to the Beats by Dr. Dre family. <a href="https://t.co/HeiC76MDle">pic.twitter.com/HeiC76MDle</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Beats by Dre (@beatsbydre) <a href="https://twitter.com/beatsbydre/status/1280283245465071622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;This is so dope!&#8221; Wallace responded via Twitter. &#8220;Honored to be a part of the family! If you know me, music is a strong passion of mine!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so dope! Honored to be a part of the family! If you know me, music is a strong passion of mine!<br />🤘🏾 <a href="https://t.co/vw1ZYz1pCW">https://t.co/vw1ZYz1pCW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1280284178517549059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Wallace made headlines last month after his team reported an alleged &#8220;noose&#8221; in the driver&#8217;s garage stall, suspecting it was a racist hate crime against the black athlete.</p>
<p>However, the &#8220;noose&#8221; turned out to be a garage pull &#8220;fashioned like a noose&#8221; that had been used in the stall long before the garage was assigned to Wallace, according to the FBI.</p>
<p>The Beats by Dre endorsement announcement was apparently announced earlier than planned due to President Trump tweeting about the NASCAR driver.</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">“Has [Bubba Wallace] </span>apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers [and] officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, [and] were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX?” Trump posted on Twitter on Monday. “That [and] Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!” he added in an apparent reference to NASCAR’s decision to ban Confederate flags.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Has <a href="https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BubbaWallace</a> apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers &amp; officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, &amp; were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That &amp; Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1280117571874951170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Wallace has since expressed relief that the &#8220;noose&#8221; was not what he feared it was and has thanked NASCAR for their overwhelming support.</p>
<p>Initially, the famed driver expressed frustration over response to the FBI findings, joining left-wing host Don Lemon on CNN airwaves to complain about the &#8220;straight up noose&#8221; and the public&#8217;s response.</p>
<p>“None of the allegations of being a hoax will break me or tear me down,” Wallace told Lemon, as noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bubba-wallace-doesnt-matter-if-we-provide-100-facts">The Daily Wire</a>. “Will it piss me off? Absolutely. But that only fuels the competitive drive in me to shut everybody up, to get back out on the race track next weekend in Pocono, and showcase what I can do behind the wheel. Tremendous amounts of BS, whatever it is that you want to say, you won’t break me, you won’t tear me down. Again, I will still stand proud of where I’m at.”</p>
<p>“I have been racing all my life. We have raced out of hundreds of garages. They never had garage pulls like that,” the driver continued. “People that call it a garage pull and put out videos and photos of knots being in as their evidence, go ahead. But from the evidence that we have, that I have. It’s a straight up noose.”</p>
<p>“The FBI has stated that it was a noose, over and over again,” said Wallace. “NASCAR leadership has stated it was a noose. I can confirm that. I actually got evidence of what was hanging in my garage over my car, to confirm that it was a noose.”</p>
<p>The next day, Wallace released a statement in a more conciliatory and &#8220;relieved&#8221; tone than his Lemon appearance.</p>
<p>“It’s been an emotional few days,” said the driver. “First off, I want to say how relieved I am that the investigation revealed that this wasn’t what we feared it was.”</p>
<p>“I want to thank my team, NASCAR and the FBI for acting swiftly and treating this as a real threat,” Wallace wrote. “I think we’ll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Make no mistake,” he added, “though some will try, this should not detract from the show of unity we had on Monday, and the progress we’ve made as a sport to become a more welcoming environment for all.”</p>
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<p>&mdash; Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1275844030144950272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="body-text">Actress Halle Berry apologized and backed out of potentially playing a transgender character in a film after she received fierce backlash online for considering the role as a &#8220;cis-gender&#8221; woman.</p>
<p class="body-text">According to <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a33231383/halle-berry-apologises-transgender-character/">Harper&#8217;s Bazaar</a>, Berry told fans via Instagram Live that she was up for consideration to play a transgender man in an upcoming film until she received a flood of criticism scolding her for &#8220;taking&#8221; a role from someone who identifies as transgender. The magazine also noted that Berry &#8220;misgendered&#8221; the character while speaking of the role.</p>
<p class="body-text">&#8220;I&#8217;m thinking of [playing] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she&#8217;s a woman that transitioned into a man,&#8221; Berry said via Instagram Live. &#8220;She&#8217;s a character in a project I love that I might be doing.&#8221;</p>
<p class="body-text">&#8220;I want to experience that world, understand that world. I want to deep dive in that in the way I did &#8216;Bruised,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Who this woman was is so interesting to me, and that will probably be my next project, and that will require me cutting all of my hair off.&#8221;</p>
<p class="body-text">The 53-year-old quickly caved to pressures, issuing an apology via Twitter that announced she was stepping down from consideration for the role.</p>
<p class="body-text">&#8220;Over the weekend I had the opportunity to discuss my consideration of an upcoming role as a transgender man and I&#8217;d like to apologise for those remarks,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;As a cisgender woman, I now understand that I should not have considered this role and that the transgender community should undeniably have the opportunity to tell their own stories.&#8221;</p>
<p class="body-text">&#8220;I am grateful for the guidance and critical conversation over the past few days and I will continue to listen, educate and learn from this mistake,&#8221; added Berry. &#8220;I vow to be an ally in using my voice to promote better representation on-screen, both in front of and behind the camera.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Back in 2018, actress Scarlett Johansson similarly backed out of a transgender role following backlash over taking on the part despite being &#8220;cisgender.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;After backlash from transgender activists over a &#8216;cisgender&#8217; actor playing a transgender role, Johansson announced last week that she would pull out of playing Dante &#8216;Tex&#8217; Gill, a female massage parlor owner during the ’70s and ’80s who &#8216;prefer[red] to be known as a man,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-film-scarlett-johansson-shamed-pulling-james-barrett">The Daily Wire</a> noted at the time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Johansson initially defended her decision to take on the role, arguing that playing a transgender character was no different than transgender actors playing cisgender roles. That prompted even more forceful backlash from activists, which ultimately convinced Johansson to reverse her decision,&#8221; the report added.</p>
<p>The &#8220;woke&#8221; trend is not limited to transgender roles, either. Last month, for example, actress Jenny Slate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/citing-white-privilege-jenny-slate-gives-up-voiceover-role-of-mixed-animated-character-after-discussion-with-shows-black-collaborators">stepped down</a> from her voiceover gig as a mixed-race animated cartoon character on Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” maintaining that “Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.”</p>
<p>The animated character is half-Jewish and half-black. Slate is Jewish.</p>
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<p>“At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play ‘Missy’ because her mom is Jewish and White — as am I,” the actress said in a lengthy statement. “But ‘Missy’ is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.”</p>
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<p>Slate contended that “ending” her “portrayal of ‘Missy’ is one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/citing-white-privilege-jenny-slate-gives-up-voiceover-role-of-mixed-animated-character-after-discussion-with-shows-black-collaborators">Citing ‘White Privilege,’ Jenny Slate Gives Up Voiceover Role Of Mixed Animated Character After Discussion With Show’s Black Collaborators</a></strong></p>
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Halle Berry

Halle Berry Apologizes, Backs Out Of Transgender Role After Backlash

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<p>The criminals connected to young Davon&#8217;s death remain at large, though a report from <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/davon-mcneal-shot/2020/07/05/16390c1a-bec6-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html?stream=top&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter">The Washington Post</a> published on Sunday suggests gang activity might have been related to the shooting; Davon, of course, not being a target but an innocent bystander.</p>
<p>As the cookout ended, Davon left to retrieve a phone charger and earbuds. At the same time, police say about five men started shooting at one another on a street nearby the cookout.</p>
<p>Davon, a football standout who dreamed of going pro, was struck in the head by a stray bullet and killed.</p>
<p>The child&#8217;s paternal grandfather, 50-year-old John Ayala, said Davon was supposed to be with him over the weekend, on a vacation in Florida, though the plans fell through due to coronavirus-related issues.</p>
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<p>“We just had a real genuine kid who wanted to get out of the neighborhood. That’s all he said is, ‘I’m gonna make it,’” Kevin McGill, Davon&#8217;s football coach, said of the child. “These kids’ lives are being robbed over nothing.”</p>
<p>As a student in sixth-grade English class, Davon chose escaped slave and abolitionist movement leader Frederick Douglass as a historical figure on which to write a speech.</p>
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11-Year-Old Black Child Shot And Killed After ‘Anti-Violence’ Cookout; Grandfather: ‘We Need More Police’

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<p>Instead of NBA players&#8217; last names, athletes will be able to have displayed a &#8220;social justice&#8221; word and phrase, selected from an approved list.</p>
<p>The approved list, released over the weekend, includes &#8220;Anti-Racist,&#8221; &#8220;Ally,&#8221; &#8220;Say Her Name,&#8221; &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Breathe,&#8221; &#8220;Enough,&#8221; &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; and &#8220;How Many More&#8221; (see full list below).</p>
<p>&#8220;The messages will be displayed for the first four nights of resumed play,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/nba-releases-list-of-approved-messages-for-player-jerseys-its-a-social-justice-warriors-dream?utm_content=buffere91ad&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a> reported Sunday. &#8220;After those games, a player can replace the approved word or phrase with their last name. However, if they want to continue displaying the social justice message, their name will be placed below their number.&#8221;</p>
<p>As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-to-paint-black-lives-matter-on-sides-of-disney-courts-allow-players-to-put-social-justice-messages-on-jerseys">The Daily Wire</a> last month, the NBA also announced that &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; the name of a far-left anti-cop activist group, will be painted on both sides of the courts in Walt Disney World arenas, where the league has committed to play once the coronavirus-related pause has lifted.</p>
<p>Black Lives Matter has explicitly called for the national defunding of police officers and for the disruption of the nuclear family, as well as a host of other demands tied to left-wing pet causes.</p>
<p>The WNBA is focusing on supposed racially-charged police brutality, too.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29384944/nba-plans-paint-black-lives-matter-courts-orlando">ESPN</a>, some female athletes are apparently &#8220;in talks with league higher-ups that players wear warm-up shirts with &#8216;Say Her Name&#8217; on them in an attempt to keep attention on female victims of police brutality, including Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police in March in her home in Louisville, Kentucky.&#8221;</p>
<p>The women&#8217;s league is also likely to paint &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; on their court in Bradenton, Florida.</p>
<p>The two social justice-themed moves, however, are apparently not enough for all of the NBA players, as some hoop stars still plan on opting out of playing this season to center their focus on left-wing activism, according to an ESPN report.</p>
<p>The NBA is not the only professional league to embrace social justice and left-wing activism. The NFL has reversed course on their rule against kneeling during the playing of our national anthem while on the football field. Additionally, reports last week said the league will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” dubbed the &#8220;black national anthem,&#8221; before all Week 1 games.</p>
<p>View the full list below (via <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/nba-releases-list-of-approved-messages-for-player-jerseys-its-a-social-justice-warriors-dream?utm_content=buffere91ad&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a>):</p>
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<li>I Can&#8217;t Breathe</li>
<li>Justice</li>
<li>Peace</li>
<li>Equality</li>
<li>Freedom</li>
<li>Enough</li>
<li>Power to the People</li>
<li>Justice Now</li>
<li>Say Her Name</li>
<li>Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can)</li>
<li>Liberation</li>
<li>See Us</li>
<li>Hear Us</li>
<li>Respect Us</li>
<li>Love Us</li>
<li>Listen</li>
<li>Listen to Us</li>
<li>Stand Up</li>
<li>Ally</li>
<li>Anti-Racist</li>
<li>I Am A Man</li>
<li>Speak Up</li>
<li>How Many More</li>
<li>Group Economics</li>
<li>Education Reform</li>
<li>Mentor</li>
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<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-to-play-black-national-anthem-before-all-week-one-games-report-says">NFL To Play ‘Black National Anthem’ Before All Week One Games, Report Says</a></strong></p>
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