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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 18:15:08 GMT -6
And Baltimore had their 180th homicide victim this week.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 18:21:00 GMT -6
amp.dailycaller.com/2019/07/27/pelosi-trump-cummings-baltimore-racistHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined the spat between President Donald Trump and Democratic Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings. The California Democrat called Trump’s attack on Cummings’ congressional district in Baltimore another example of “racist attacks.” Earlier Trump had described of Cummings’ congressional home of Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” “@repcummings is a champion in the Congress and the country for civil rights and economic justice, a beloved leader in Baltimore, and deeply valued colleague. We all reject racist attacks against him and support his steadfast leadership,” Pelosi tweeted. (RELATED: Pelosi Says Trump ‘Is Goading Us To Impeach Him’) Trump went after Cummings’ congressional district after the congressman criticized the president’s border policies. Trump suggested the congressman’s backyard was in worse shape than some parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. Cummings was quick to respond, stating, “I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors.” Cummings further insisted that it was his “constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 18:26:59 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/49986/baltimore-amanda-prestigiacomo?ampHowever, in 2018, Baltimore was again rated as one of the "Rattiest Cities" in the nation by pest control company Orkin. Patch reported: Charm City is once again among America's "Rattiest Cities," according to a new report from pest control company Orkin, although it has shown progress in each of the past two years. Baltimore comes in at No. 9 on the company's 2018 rankings released Monday. This is the fourth year that Orkin has compiled the rankings, which are based on the number of rodent treatments the company performed from Sept. 15, 2017 to Sept. 15, 2018. It includes both residential and commercial treatments. Baltimore dropped one slot from last year, when it was ranked eighth; two years ago it was No. 6 on the Orkin list. The city has undertaken several rat control measures, including the issuance of municipal garbage cans to contain waste. Moreover, "Baltimore had the worst homicide rate among the nation's 50 largest cities last year and the second-highest violent crime rate overall, according to new data from the FBI," The Baltimore Sun reported in 2018. Video filmed by politico Kimberly Klacik also reinforce President Trump's tweets. In the videos, Baltimore residents complain about the rough conditions and desperately beg for government officials to "help."
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 18:30:14 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 27, 2019 21:21:12 GMT -6
I seriously doubt that Cummings goes home every day to rats and trash.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 28, 2019 14:09:02 GMT -6
www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-28/trump-right-say-elijah-cummings-has-failed-baltimore-badlyThe left, the mainstream media, and every virtue-signaling celebrity has quickly jumped on the bandwagon to support Rep. Elijah Cummings following President Trump's "racist" tweets yesterday about the desperately terrible state of the congressman's district. However, despite tears and furore, none on the left is actually denying Trump's facts - merely distracting with rage that #OrangeManBad. But Trump would not let it go, doubling down this morning: And, some have come to Trump's defense. As expected, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney argued on "Fox News Sunday" that President Trump's use of "infested" to attack Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) has "nothing to do with race." MULVANEY: "Does anyone watching this program dispute the fact or the possibility that if Adam Schiff said the same thing about the border, that the president would be attacking Adam Schiff the exact same way today?" WALLACE: "I don't think he would be talking about his crime-investor, rodent-infested district." MULVANEY: "He very well could. It has zero to do with the fact that Adam's Jewish and everything to do with the fact that Adam would just be wrong for saying that. This is what the president does. He fights -- " WALLACE: "You're completely comfortable with him saying that this is a rodent-infested district and no human being would want to live there? You're comfortable with that personally?" MULVANEY: "Have you seen some of the pictures on the Internet? Just this morning from the conditions in Baltimore?" WALLACE: "You can do that in any inner city in America. And you could argue why doesn't the president or something to stop it?" MULVANEY: "The richest estate in the nation has abject poverty like that. A state, by the way, dominated for generations by Democrats. I think it's fair to have that conversation. But, Baltimore resident (and awkwardly African American) Michelle speaks out... “Trump is not racist.. I’m glad he put [Cummings] on blast. The rats just didn’t come. These houses just didn’t get torn down, they’ve been like this” "What he said was definitely true. [Cummings] hasn't done anything for us" "[Cummings is] worried more about [caring for illegal aliens at the border] than his own people"
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 28, 2019 16:33:55 GMT -6
amp.dailycaller.com/2019/07/28/baltimore-rat-infestation-documentary-trumpIn April of this year, the same editorial board published another op-ed titled “Baltimore’s perpetual trash problem.” Among other issues, the article detailed some of the problems that stemmed from ubiquitous piles of trash — increased rodent infestations among them. Yet, here we are again in a mess of a city. Food containers, balled up clothes, paper, banana peels, plastic bags and tons of other pieces of litter line the shoulders of roads, pile up in alleys and are strewn across fields and yards. Not only is it unsightly and contributes to a rodent problem, but it can create a glum and gloomy feel in a time when the city is already facing self-esteem issues because of high crime and the scandal surrounding the University Maryland Medical System and Mayor Catherine Pugh, who’s now on an indefinite leave, and her Healthy Holly books. In September 2018, another Baltimore Sun article quoted then-Mayor Catherine Pugh as saying that the problem was so extensive that “you can smell the rats.” In July 2018, video of Baltimore’s Northeast Market showed rats inside — within a week of a similar problem being exposed at Lexington Market — forcing the market to close down. A 2018 assessment from Orkin, the pest control company, listed Baltimore as the 9th “rattiest” city in the United States. The problem was so far-reaching that “Rat Film,” a documentary based on Baltimore’s constant battle with the prolific rodents, premiered at a local film festival in 2017 and aired on public television in 2018. The Baltimore Sun covered the PBS premiere. “Rat Film,” a documentary that takes the decades-long fight waged against Baltimore’s rat population and uses it as a lens through which to look at how the city has addressed myriad social issues over the decades, airs tonight on PBS. When President Trump criticized Cummings and claimed that Baltimore was “rodent infested,” however, critics were quick to call his tweets offensive and even racist, arguing that he only used the term “infested” when he was speaking of “black and brown people.” ......... Translation, they can’t argue the facts,(which they agreed with earlier), but will quickly label an innocent man as a racist, instead of explaining the failures of Democratic policies.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 28, 2019 16:35:32 GMT -6
Democrat mayor:
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 28, 2019 18:49:11 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 28, 2019 21:51:12 GMT -6
www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-28/trump-right-say-elijah-cummings-has-failed-baltimore-badlyThe left, the mainstream media, and every virtue-signaling celebrity has quickly jumped on the bandwagon to support Rep. Elijah Cummings following President Trump's "racist" tweets yesterday about the desperately terrible state of the congressman's district. However, despite tears and furore, none on the left is actually denying Trump's facts - merely distracting with rage that #OrangeManBad. But Trump would not let it go, doubling down this morning: And, some have come to Trump's defense. As expected, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney argued on "Fox News Sunday" that President Trump's use of "infested" to attack Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) has "nothing to do with race." MULVANEY: "Does anyone watching this program dispute the fact or the possibility that if Adam Schiff said the same thing about the border, that the president would be attacking Adam Schiff the exact same way today?" WALLACE: "I don't think he would be talking about his crime-investor, rodent-infested district." MULVANEY: "He very well could. It has zero to do with the fact that Adam's Jewish and everything to do with the fact that Adam would just be wrong for saying that. This is what the president does. He fights -- " WALLACE: "You're completely comfortable with him saying that this is a rodent-infested district and no human being would want to live there? You're comfortable with that personally?" MULVANEY: "Have you seen some of the pictures on the Internet? Just this morning from the conditions in Baltimore?" WALLACE: "You can do that in any inner city in America. And you could argue why doesn't the president or something to stop it?" MULVANEY: "The richest estate in the nation has abject poverty like that. A state, by the way, dominated for generations by Democrats. I think it's fair to have that conversation. But, Baltimore resident (and awkwardly African American) Michelle speaks out... “Trump is not racist.. I’m glad he put [Cummings] on blast. The rats just didn’t come. These houses just didn’t get torn down, they’ve been like this” "What he said was definitely true. [Cummings] hasn't done anything for us" "[Cummings is] worried more about [caring for illegal aliens at the border] than his own people" Originally from the right wing NYT... The Tragedy of Baltimorewww.propublica.org/article/the-tragedy-of-baltimore
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 28, 2019 21:53:03 GMT -6
He's a smelly lib. Twitter no longer gives me the option to copy the link. Advice?
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 28, 2019 22:32:42 GMT -6
He's a smelly lib. Twitter no longer gives me the option to copy the link. Advice? I click on the bottom of it,(where it States others talking) & get the link from there,(I don’t have a twitter account though.
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 29, 2019 0:35:46 GMT -6
I guess I don't know what that is.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 29, 2019 11:59:38 GMT -6
Crazy Bernie Sanders recently equated the City of Baltimore to a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY! Based on that statement, I assume that Bernie must now be labeled a Racist, just as a Republican would if he used that term and standard! The fact is, Baltimore can be brought back, maybe…… — Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) July 29, 2019
….even to new heights of success and glory, but not with King Elijah and that crew. When the leaders of Baltimore want to see the City rise again, I am in a very beautiful oval shaped office waiting for your call! — Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) July 29, 2019
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 29, 2019 16:16:28 GMT -6
Correction: It is not Cummings at the table, but representative John Lewis.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 29, 2019 16:19:11 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 29, 2019 19:10:59 GMT -6
TPSUA reporter Benny Johnson visited Cummings’ district and he said it looked like a foreign war zone.
Benny Johnson said he spoke to people who have lived in the district for over 60 years.
Every person I spoke with in Rep Cummings district was deeply kind to my crew and me,” Benny Johnson said in a tweet. “Wonderful, beautiful people. Here is what they all had in common: They feel abandoned by their politicians. With a district like this – can you really blame them?”
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 29, 2019 19:47:58 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 29, 2019 19:49:26 GMT -6
TPSUA reporter Benny Johnson visited Cummings’ district and he said it looked like a foreign war zone. Benny Johnson said he spoke to people who have lived in the district for over 60 years. Every person I spoke with in Rep Cummings district was deeply kind to my crew and me,” Benny Johnson said in a tweet. “Wonderful, beautiful people. Here is what they all had in common: They feel abandoned by their politicians. With a district like this – can you really blame them?” I heard someone describe it as if a neutron bomb went off.
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 29, 2019 23:33:47 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 5:39:09 GMT -6
Greg nailed it perfectly. Also, let's not forget that President Trump had ICE deport a real life living Nazi from New York not to long ago.
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Post by Cooter Brown on Jul 30, 2019 5:57:16 GMT -6
And WTF did this asshole do in his 8 yrs in office to make this situation better?
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Post by wishboned on Jul 30, 2019 6:56:23 GMT -6
Without a script, or a teleprompter he was a horrible speaker.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 7:42:59 GMT -6
Without a script, or a teleprompter he was a horrible speaker. Agree. It was painful to watch.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 7:54:47 GMT -6
So, where did the $16 billion that the government send to Cummings' district go? Maybe, we need an investigation to find out:
Good possibility:
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 8:05:06 GMT -6
President Trump meets with inner city black pastors: dailycaller.com/2019/07/29/black-pastor-bill-owens-trump-racist/Reverend Bill Owens said Monday that he finds it “hard to believe” that President Donald Trump is racist after attending a meeting at the White House with other “inner city pastors.” Trump revealed on Twitter that he would be meeting with the pastors, an event that was not initially on the president’s schedule. It is unclear if the event was added after critics accused the president of racism for tweeting that Baltimore, MD is infested with rats, and is a place that “no human being” would want to live. Owens claimed that the event was scheduled over a week ago and that it was not meant to be damage control. Owens pushed back on the characterization of Trump’s comments about Baltimore as racist. Owens, who is 80-years-old and the president of the Coalition of African American Pastors, said “I know [racism] when I see it.” (RELATED: Media Plays The Racist Card After Trump Calls Baltimore Rat-Infested)
“I find that hard to believe that Trump is racist,” Owens told reporters, adding that he thinks the president could do more to speak out against racism.
We discussed the issues facing the black community. There are many,” Owens explained, noting that Baltimore was not on the agenda for the meeting but that he thinks Trump should visit the city.
Owens has previously criticized ex-NFL star Colin Kaepernick for opposing the Betsy Ross flag and is a vocal supporter of the president.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 8:29:25 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/stop-pretending-there-is-a-consensus-that-trump-is-a-racist/Stop Pretending There Is A Consensus That Trump Is A Racist The Democrats and much of the media have convinced themselves that Trump is a racist. Much of the country disagrees. David Marcus By David Marcus JULY 30, 2019 Donald Trump is a racist. These are words that pretty much every Democrat running for president has uttered, along with pretty much every leftist in the news media and Never Trump former conservative. It is generally uttered with an air of gravity and profound conceit, as if to say, “I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips let no dog bark.” Well, I’m going to bark a little. The fact of the matter is that there is absolutely no consensus that Trump is a racist, nor at this point any consensus on what that term even means. A recent Fox News poll regarding the president’s comments, that the four women in Congress who form the socialist “Squad” should leave the country if they think its so awful, found a majority calling the comments racist. But among Republicans, a majority said they were not. In fact more than a quarter of non-white people polled also came down on the not racist side. So, much to the chagrin of the chattering class and Democrats poised to exit the clown car and take the podium at the debates the next two nights, this is not settled science. Millions of Americans think Trump is just calling it like it is, rather than reveling in bigotry. So we have to ask ourselves: What do people mean when with soulful solemnity they look at little red camera lights popping on, or grimace at their laptop while composing their latest article, and slam down that word racist? The fact of the matter is that they have no idea. Their editors and style guide gurus say, “Fine, yes, call him a racist, that’s fine.” But what does it mean? Two incidents are most generally brought up. The first, which was a genuine, absolute example of real racism, was Trump’s suggestion that Judge Gonzalo Curiel could not fairly decide a case because he is of Hispanic ancestry. That was racist, and a cavalcade of Republicans came out and said so. The second, saying there were very fine people on both sides of the Charlottesville riots, was badly misrepresented by the media, but also not a great a look for the president. So, by my scorecard, anyway, we have one blatantly racist comment from the president to go along with a handful of off-color remarks he’s made in almost a half century of public life. Does this make him a racist? Just the other day, Bette Midler suggested that any black person who supports Trump must be paid to do so. Does this mean Midler is a racist? Joe Biden has suggested in that past that to even walk into a 7-11 store one must have an Indian accent. Is Joe a racist? This is where the equivocating comes in. Bette and Joe said racist things because we are all a little bit racist, goes the progressive shibboleth, it is built into the systemic horrors of the United States. But they are racists of the acceptable variety. As are most of their political team, apparently. Trump is what they call a “real racist,” but why? Again, what does this even mean? The closest that I can get to an answer is that Trump is unrepentant. Yes, this is true. With almost no exceptions, Trump does not apologize. He says what he believes, leaves it out there, and we are all free to judge. And judge we do. And in the judgment of millions and millions of Americans, including non-white Americans, he is not a racist. What do we do about that? Are those people all racists too? This week Trump claimed that Rep.Elijah Cummings is a racist. In my mind it’s an absurd allegation, but on the other hand, Cummings has badly served minorities he represents for decades. Under his representation, these constituents of his have not seen their fortunes advance. Is such negligence to a minority community a sound basis for an allegation of racism? I honestly have no idea. Because frankly, we have no idea what this once fairly clear term means anymore. I won’t ask that people stop claiming Trump is a racist. It’s a free country, after all. But please, stop claiming that this is some dyed in the wool fact that we all have to accept. It isn’t, and we don’t. If someone thinks Trump is a racist, he should state his case, not pretend that his lived truth, or whatever, is obvious to all of us. Is Trump a racist? The only honest answer is that I have no idea.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 9:27:14 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 9:32:54 GMT -6
Well, another liberal talking point just died: www.dailywire.com/news/50053/us-soccer-releases-fact-sheet-showing-womens-team-ashe-schowThe President of the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) released a “fact sheet” Monday night alleging that, contrary to claims made as part of a lawsuit, the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) actually lost the federation millions of dollars. Despite this, the president claimed, women soccer players still out-earned their male counterparts. Every four years, when the Women’s soccer World Cup is in the news, we are told that the women’s team is paid less than the men’s team. The claim is used as a rallying cry in the demand for equal pay, even though athletes and other entertainers have vastly different pay structures than average Americans. Still, we are told the women’s team is discriminated against because of their gender because they are paid less than the men’s team. Earlier this year, the women’s team filed a lawsuit against the USSF alleging pay discrimination. In June, the women’s team released information alleging they brought in more revenue for USSF than the men’s team. The difference was slight - $50.8 million to $49.9 million – but it was enough to cast doubt on those saying the women’s team doesn’t bring in as much revenue as the men’s team. Now USSF President Carlos Cordeiro is pushing back. He wrote an open letter explaining that he directed U.S. Soccer staff to conduct “an extensive analysis of the past 10 years of U.S. Soccer’s financials.” He said the analysis was “reviewed by an independent accounting firm.” The analysis showed that the women’s team was paid more than the men’s team. The fact sheet includes bulleted information about the different pay structures for the men’s and women’s teams. USSF claimed that it paid women $34.1 million in salaries and game bonuses and we paid our men $26.4 million—not counting the significant additional value of various benefits that our women’s players receive but which our men do not.” For example, the women’s team have a guaranteed salary thanks to their collective bargaining agreement with USSF. They receive a base salary of $100,000 each year and an additional salary of $67,500 to $72,500 for playing in the National Women’s Soccer League. Male soccer players do not have such an agreement. That agreement means women soccer players earn a guaranteed salary of $167,500 to $172,500 each year. On top of that, they are paid bonuses. The men’s team only earns bonuses. Yes, those bonuses can be larger, but that’s because they don’t have the guaranteed base salary. The women’s team, according to USSF, also receives benefits including a 401(k) plan and health insurance, as well with maternity leave and injury protection. The men’s team does not receive any benefits. Finally, USSF points out that the “hypothetical per game comparison” making the media rounds isn’t even plausible. Neither the men’s nor the women’s teams have ever played 20 friendly matches in a year, yet this is what the hypothetical scenario is based on. “That said, if the men and women ever did play in and win 20 friendlies in a year and were paid the average bonus amount, a women’s player would earn more from U.S. Soccer than the men’s player—the women’s player would earn at least $307,500 (WNT and NWSL salaries, plus game bonuses) and the men’s player would earn $263,333 (game bonuses only),” USSF claimed. A shocking claim included in the USSF fact sheet are statistics showing the women’s team has actually lost USSF money: From 2009 through 2019—a timeframe that includes two Women’s World Cup championships—the Women’s National Team has earned gross revenue of $101.3 million over 238 games, for an average of $425,446 per game, and the Men’s National Team has earned gross revenue of $185.7 million over 191 games, for an average of $972,147 per game. More specifically, WNT games have generated a net profit (ticket revenues minus event expenses) in only two years (2016 and 2017).Across the entire 11-year period, WNT games generated a net loss of $27.5 million. Nevertheless, U.S. Soccer does not view these as losses, but rather as an important investment in our Women’s National Team and in the long-term growth of women’s soccer. A spokeswoman for the women’s team called the fact sheet a “ruse” and a “sad attempt” to halt the lawsuit. “The USSF fact sheet is not a ‘clarification.’ It is a ruse,” said team spokeswoman Molly Levinson, according to Fox News. “Here is what they cannot deny. For every game a man plays on the MNT he makes a higher base salary payment than a woman on the WNT. For every comparable win or tie, his bonus is higher. That is the very definition of gender discrimination." Levinson did not address the fact that the men’s team does not actually have a base salary.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 10:46:09 GMT -6
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