Weekend Wrap Up
Liveblog - Weekend Wrap up: March 28, 2021
It’s Sunday and the weekend has come to an end. Below are a few articles and events we might have missed but are worthy of discussion. And in case you missed the Sunday shows, we MORE
Month: March 2021
Politics
Michigan GOP Party Leader Apologizes for Referring to Those Michigan Women as Witches
Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser issued an apology Saturday for his comments labeling the state’s top Democratic officeholders as “witches” and stated he’s never advocated for violence. At an Oakland County Republican event on Thursday, Weiser, MORE
News
Crews Hoping for Full Moon’s Rising Tides to Help Free the Ever Given
With the blockage of one of the world’s most vital shipping arteries in the world, costs of the closure of the Suez Canal are rising daily. Crews are now hoping to take advantage of the MORE
Opinion
Op-Ed: Why the big spike in murders in the U.S. in 2020?
Murders surged in 2020. Here’s what we know The past year was a nightmare in many ways for the US, between Covid-19 deaths and the collapsing economy. But it’s now clear that 2020 was bad MORE
Sedition
Woman Who Took Private Plane to Capitol Riot: I’m Not Going to Jail
‘I’m blonde, white, and I have a great job’ ! Jenna Ryan was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct in a capitol building along other charges after her arrest in January. Ryan hasn’t been MORE
Newscasts
Trump tells ‘Boxed Wine’ Pirro he might visit the southern border in a few weeks
During an interview with Fox ‘News’ boxed wine host, Jeanine Pirro, FORMER President Trump claimed ICE, Border Patrol officials, and just about everyone wants him to visit the southern border. When asked when he would MORE
Economy
Florida Gov. DeSantis threatens lawsuit if CDC does not allow US cruises this summer
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped into the federal government’s continued pandemic ban on cruise ships using U.S. ports, threatening Friday to file a lawsuit if one of the state’s biggest tourism sectors is not allowed MORE
Last Call
Last Call: March 27, 2021
Seriously? It’s almost April? Wow—the year is flying by. They seem to do that the older we get. Anyway, I want to address a few house cleaning issues. Let me start by first saying, thank MORE
Civil Rights
Georgia Governor Signed a Voter Suppression Law Under a Painting of a Slave Plantation
By Will Bunch – The Philadelphia Inquirer Sometimes America’s legacy of white supremacy is hiding in plain sight, literally. When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a hastily passed voter suppression law that many are calling MORE
Wingnut Watch
Wing Nut Hysteria: ‘Stop the Vaccine!’
After ‘Stop the Steal’ went nowhere, except for a brutal attack on our nation’s Capitol Building that left five people dead, numerous people injured, and hundreds of arrests, Wing Nut World has turned their attention MORE
Civil Rights
Arkansas governor signs bill that will deny medical services based on religious or moral objections
While the country faces so many challenges, disease, getting shots in people’s arms, climate change, high employment, etc…Red States have turned their attention to making it impossible for people to vote and denying transgender women MORE
Gun Violence
9 shot and 2 dead, including 1 alleged suspect, in 2 separate Virginia Beach shootings
At least nine people are shot and two are dead following shootings in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Friday night. Officers patrolling the 1900 block of Atlantic Avenue in a resort area heard multiple gunshots shortly after MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
A few weeks back in Black History Month we visited the Blue Front Cafe and listened to some juke joint blues with a simple man named Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. This video was shared in 2010 MORE
News
MN Supreme Court Reverses Rape Conviction Because Woman Wasn’t Forced to Get Drunk
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of raping a woman who was drunk. The justices ruled that the state’s definition of “mentally incapacitated” does not include voluntarily inebriated MORE
Civil Rights
In ‘Amazing Victory’ for Criminal Justice Reform, California Supreme Court Rules Jailing Someone Just Because They Can’t Afford Cash Bail Is ‘Unconstitutional’
The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that keeping criminal defendants in jail before trial simply because they lack the ability to afford bail is unconstitutional. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether MORE
Nutter Watch
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Democrats are waging a ‘spiritual war’ against me ‘because I speak God’s truth’!
NU††ER WA†CH Speaking on the Catholic Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) this Monday, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke about a Democratic congressman’s effort to expel her from Congress, saying it’s “spiritual warfare” that MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 12
Happy Friday, News Viewers, March 26, 2021…..REALLY? The weeks fly by and we continue to see a country in crisis which is also on the mend. Daily I get the sense that whatever happens, we MORE
Sedition
Former Guy Says His Supporters Posed “Zero Threat” at the January 6 Insurrection
Trump complained to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham that law enforcement was “persecuting” his supporters at the Capitol who posed “zero threat” while nothing happens to “leftwing” protesters. Trump acknowledged that those who stormed the Capitol MORE
Civil Rights
Georgia Representative Arrested for Knocking on Governor Kemp’s Door
Georgia State Troopers arrested Rep. Park Cannon (D) because she knocked on the door of Governor Brian Kemp’s door as he was signing into law an expansive elections bill in the state. Cannon was charged MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In case you missed it: Headlines 03/25/21
With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share MORE
Gun Violence
Suspect Arrested at UK Hospital with Firearms, Body Armor, Possible Explosives
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — An armed suspect was arrested at the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital Thursday, prompting a massive response from local and federal law enforcement officers. UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said MORE
Local
Georgia man receives final paycheck in pile of greasy pennies left in driveway
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job in November. But Andreas Flaten said he was shocked to see his MORE
Live Discussions
Watch President Biden’s first press conference
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on President Biden’s first press conference since becoming president. President Biden’s presser comes later than in previous presidencies and will look different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event MORE
Gun Violence
Federal Appeals Court Says States Can Restrict Open Carry of Firearms
SAN FRANCISCO — As the nation debates gun control following two mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia, a California-based federal appeals court decided Wednesday that states may restrict the open carrying of guns without running afoul MORE
Newscasts
Ted Cruz proves he doesn’t understand the CDC guidelines
The CDC states that those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine should continue to wear a mask because vaccines against the deadly virus are not 100 percent effective. At this time, it is unknown if MORE