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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocaiso-Cortez (D-NY) appeared to justify Palestinian violence against Israel this week during an interview, saying that Palestinians “have no choice but to riot” against Israel. Ocasio-Cortez made the comments during an appearance on “Ebro in the Morning” with host Ebro Darden, where she made multiple inflammatory remarks about Israel. Ocasio-Cortez “absolutely” agreed with Darden that Israel was “very, very criminal” and “very, very unjust,” as Darden claimed there are “white supremacist Jews.” Later in the interview, Ocasio-Cortez justified violence from the Palestinian people against Israel, saying: “I believe that injustice is a threat to the safety of all people, because once you have a group that is marginalized and marginalized and marginalized — once someone doesn’t have access to clean water, they have no choice but to riot, right?” Ocasio-Cortez has made numerous anti-Semitic comments, of late. She recently engaged in Holocaust trivialization whe...

The LGBT community did not succeed in canceling “Access Hollywood” host Mario Lopez (yet), but they did succeed in forcing him to apologize for criticizing parents that “transition” their children’s gender at ages as young as three. In a statement to PEOPLE, the former “Saved by the Bell” star denounced his previous comments as “ignorant and insensitive” while vowing to be more “thoughtful” in the future. “The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now have a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were,” Lopez said. “I have been and always will be an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and I am going to use this opportunity to better educate myself. Moving forward I will be more informed and thoughtful.” Mario Lopez faced severe backlash on social media for comments he had made during an appearance on “The Candace Owens Show” this past June. At the time, Lopez said it was “dangerous” to have children choose their gender. “Look, I’m never one to tell anyone how ...

In the wake of the comments President Trump has made about the decaying city of Baltimore, rock star John Legend, caught in West Hollywood, California, offered his polite opinion to a cameraman for TMZ, snapping, “Our president is a flaming racist. He’s a piece of sh*t. He says piece of sh*t-sh*t all the time. That’s what he does. We need to get him out of office.” As TMZ reports, Legend was leaving the Peppermint nightclub Tuesday night when he added, “There’s a lot that can be done. There’s over a century of history that created the problems that they have, and we need to focus on making all of our communities better instead of talkin’ sh*t about our communities just because you’re a racist pr*ck.” Then Legend reached his apotheosis, saying, “Donald Trump is an evil f**king canker sore on America’s whole landscape, so we need to get him out of office.” As far back as March 2016, during the presidential campaign, Legend called Trump a racist when he got into a Twitter feud with Don...

The Disney Channel is apparently breaking barriers by featuring the first teenage gay couple on the show “Andi Mack.” According to Pink News, the revolutionary moment occurred during the show’s series finale, when the character Cyrus Goodman confessed to one of his classmates, TJ Kippen, that he has a crush on him. From the report: “Is there anything else you want to tell me?” Cyrus asks. TJ replies, “Yeah,” and asks the same question. “Yes,” Cyrus says, before reaching out and holding TJ’s hand. As if that wasn’t enough, the pair also sang along to Lady Gaga’s LGBT+ acceptance anthem “Born This Way” in the episode. The show ended its third season, which will reportedly be its last, so the relationship will not develop any further. “Andi Mack” has consistently pushed LGBT representation on the show, beginning in 2017, when the character Cyrus Goodman confessed to a friend that he liked another boy. Earlier this year, the show broke new ground when Cyrus said the words, “I’m gay,” ...

On Wednesday, for the first time since the Great Recession of 2008, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. As CNN reported, “Policymakers led by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell voted 8-2 in favor of a small cut in the federal funds rate, and recommitted to their promise to ‘act as appropriate’ to sustain the country’s longest economic expansion in history.” Powell explained, “The outlook for the U.S. economy remains favorable and this action is designed to support that outlook. It is intended to ensure against downside risks from weak global growth and trade policy uncertainty, to help offset the effects these factors are having on the economy, and to promote a faster return of inflation to our 2% objective.” CNBC reported, “In approving the cut, the FOMC cited ‘implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures.’ The committee called the current state of growth ‘moderate’ and the labor market ‘strong,’ but decided to loosen policy anywa...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will have two children — at the most — to help save the planet and slow down climate change, the Duke of Sussex said in an interview with environmental activist Jane Goodall. In an interview published in an issue of British Vogue that was guest-edited by Markle, Prince Harry said fatherhood has made him more aware of the environment. The New York Daily News reported: “‘It does make it different,’ he said, adding that he has ‘always had a connection and a love for nature’ and has ‘always wanted to try and ensure that, even before having a child and hoping to have children.'” “‘Not too many!’ Goodall said with a chuckle.” “‘Two, maximum!’ Harry said. ‘But I’ve always thought: this place is borrowed. And, surely, being as intelligent as we all are, or as evolved as we all are supposed to be, we should be able to leave something better behind for the next generation.'” “But, in fact, we’ve stolen their future,” Goodall said, pouring on t...

The Department of Justice on Monday released a statement announcing it had arrested two men who had conspired to assist ISIS. The two men, who originally came to the U.S. as refugees from Somalia, had spoken with an undercover FBI agent “whom they believed was a supporter of ISIS ideology,” the DOJ press release said. “These communications revealed the defendants’ desire to travel overseas in order to fight on behalf of ISIS or to conduct an attack within the United States if they were unable to travel. Ultimately, the defendants purchased airline tickets to travel to Egypt, with the intention to travel on to Sinai and join ISIS,” the DOJ said. The two men, Ahmed Mahad Mohamed, 21, and Abdi Yemani Hussein, 20, were arrested on July 26 after they checked in at the Tucson International Airport for their flight to Egypt. While both men came to the U.S. as refugees, Mohamed “had obtained lawful permanent resident status and Hussein remained a refugee,” the release said. Special Agent M...

While the Department of Justice is investigating what triggered the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign that commenced at the end of July 2016, a new piece of information has been thrown into the mix: Andrew McCabe, who was FBI deputy director during the 2016 campaign, was exchanging messages with his counterpart in Britain’s MI5, Jeremy Fleming, at the time. As The Guardian reported on Tuesday, after the successful Brexit vote, FBI officials surmised that Russia might have influenced the outcome of the vote, and McCabe and Fleming were surprised by the results as well. The Guardian noted: In one exchange in August 2016, Fleming noted that members of the FBI and MI5 had “met on our strange situation,” a veiled reference to discussions about Russian activities, according to the source. The text messages between the two men were infrequent and cryptic and did not contain specific or sensitive materials, but occurred with some regularity after the referendum in June 2016. The Gua...

On Tuesday night, after the Democratic debate had featured a schism between some of the more “moderate” candidates and those to the left of them, such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), MSNBC host and political correspondent Steve Kornacki showed how polls revealed how out-of-touch Democrat voters are with the rest of the country, and why they keep pushing the party to the left. All of that is sweet music to the Trump campaign, which has been working to paint the Democratic party as too far left for the rest of the country. Kornacki began by noting, “Interesting that dynamic here talking about sort of the moderate candidates going after Warren, going after Sanders, and even sounding the alarm about electability; we’ve got some new data that’s out recently that measures some of these issues that came up, where Democrat voters are: the folks who are going to vote in the primary versus where general election voters are. There are some interesting divides here; hi...

The Trump campaign dug up an old video of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on Wednesday that shows him calling his district “drug infested,” which comes after the media and Democratic Party repeatedly attacked President Donald Trump for calling Baltimore drug- and rat-infested over the weekend. During a congressional hearing in 1999, Cummings said: “This morning I left my community of Baltimore, a drug infested area” where people were “walking around like zombies.” WATCH: Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings in 1999: "This morning I left my community of Baltimore, a DRUG INFESTED area" where people are "walking around like zombies." pic.twitter.com/MGUDfXL7UC — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 31, 2019 The newly uncovered clip comes after Trump repeatedly slammed Cummings over the weekend for the poor conditions in his district. “Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the...

Following Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate hosted by CNN, far-left MSNBC host Chris Matthews questioned presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) about the costs of her “Medicare for All” policy proposal. Matthews repeatedly asked Warren how much the plan would cost taxpayers, though he never did receive an answer from the senator. Clearly frustrated with Warren’s refusal, Matthews later knocked the progressive lawmaker on-air. “Warren wouldn’t answer that question,” he complained. “Medicare for All” will cost taxpayers more money, Matthews told Warren. “You guys dodged that tonight. … How much will your taxes go up?” Warren refused to answer, suggesting the real question is, “How much are your costs going to go up?” “I know that argument, but you’re covering it,” pressed Matthews. “‘Medicare for All’ is cheaper than our current system — that’s the Republicans’ version,” Warren said. “I know the argument,” answered Matthews, “that you put it all together and yo...

Comments from actor and host Mario Lopez concerning transgenderism and children from June made waves online earlier in the week, as reported by The Daily Wire. Speaking to conservative activist Candace Owens on “The Candace Owens Show,” Lopez, a Catholic, said that it is “dangerous” for parents to raise children as young as three years old as transgender. Owens noted the Hollywood “trend” of stars speaking out about their young transgender children. “I am trying to understand this new Hollywood mentality where they just think their children now have the mental authority,” she said. “I am trying to understand it myself, and please don’t lump me into that whole [group],” Lopez answered, according to Yahoo! News. “I’m kind of blown away too. Look, I’m never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids obviously and I think if you come from a place of love, you really can’t go wrong, but at the same time, my God, if you’re 3 years old and you’re saying you’re feeling a certain way or you ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner, whose myriad leftist bloviations have been sputtering forth for years, added one more on Monday, tweeting that anyone who supports President Trump is a racist. Reiner tweeted, “The President of the United States is a racist. He’s made it abundantly clear his re-election is based on white nationalism. If you support him, there can be no distinction between you being a racist and a racist enabler. They are the same.” The President of the United States is a racist. He’s made it abundantly clear his re-election is based on white nationalism. If you support him, there can be no distinction between you being a racist and a racist enabler. They are the same. — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 29, 2019 That followed Reiner’s pronouncement on Saturday: “Donald Trump’s mind is infested. With racism, with misogyny, with lies, with bigotry, with hate.” Donald Trump’s mind is infested. With racism, with misogyny, with lies, with bigotry, with hate. — Rob Reiner (...

On Tuesday, a Bill Clinton-appointed U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee against the Trump campaign for its alleged role in the hacking and dissemination of internal Democratic Party emails during the 2016 presidential race. In his opinion issued Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl torches the key premises of the DNC’s racketeering suit, including the Trump campaign’s role in the hacking of the emails and the very notion that disseminating information “plainly of the type entitled to the strongest protection that the First Amendment offers” is legally actionable. The DNC’s lawsuit was filed against Donald Trump, his campaign officials and “defendants” — including Donald Trump Jr, Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Richard Gates and Roger Stone — WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the Russian Federation, and various Russian individuals. The DNC’s allegation: that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russians and WikiLeaks to release Democrat...

Actor and TV host Mario Lopez said it is “dangerous” for parents to allow their children to chose whatever gender they say they want to be, making the remark during a discussion revolving around actress Charlize Theron’s 7-year-old trans daughter on the Candace Owens Show. The host of Access Hollywood spoke to Candace Owens last month, and the two talked about “woke” Hollywood parents like Long Shot actress Theron, who is proudly raising her adopted 7-year-old son as a girl. She purportedly made the decision after he told her, “I am not a boy!” when he was just three-years-old. “My God if you’re three years old, I just think it’s dangerous as a parent to make this determination then … it’s sort of alarming and my gosh, I just think about the repercussions later on,” Lopez said. “I think parents need to allow their kids to be kids, but at the same time, you got to be the adult in the situation,” the father of three continued, adding that a heavy discussion on gender identity needs to...

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host and network legal analyst Sunny Hostin said President Donald Trump’s voters were “complicit” in the president’s racism if they don’t speak out against it. During a discussion on the president’s attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the city of Baltimore, Hostin said, “I really think that’s what this election is about. I hope the Democrats have the cojones to make that the front issue, the front, and center issue because I think the selection — Whoopi Goldberg asked, “Say it again. Make what the front issue?” Hostin continued, “The morality issue. This is about whether or not you will continue to vote for and support a president who is a racist, who is a misogynist…who’s killing the environment, who is putting children in cages, who is separating families, who is dividing our country. If you are going to vote for that person and you are not going to speak out against racism, you are complicit in what he is doing to this country, period.” She...

An Iraq war veteran in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has decided to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in 2020 for her seat in the state’s 5th Congressional District. Chris Kelley, who served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves and is also a 20-year-veteran of the Minneapolis Police Force, said Omar’s comments about the September 11th tragedy convinced him he needed to run for public office. “September 11 was a terrible loss of life, not just for police officers and firefighters and other first responders, but 3,000 people and non-combatants died, and to be dismissive of that was an outrage,” Kelley said. “I could sit and complain or I could do something about it.” The veteran, who plans to run as an independent, said he believes he can be a force for good in his community. “And I believe I can be a positive voice in standing up for people in our country, and for our first responders and the people every day on the frontlines,” he commented. Reports state Kelley officially launched his cam...

Police are seeking a woman who reportedly urinated on some potatoes in a Pennsylvania Walmart. The alleged incident recently took place at a Walmart in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Police are looking to identify the female suspect, who was caught on store surveillance footage. According to KDKA-TV, the woman reportedly urinated on a bin of potatoes shortly after entering the store. After the alleged act, she left. The woman — who is described as having dark hair — was carrying a bag, a cellphone, and apparently wore earbuds. Community Assistance: Identification assistance – Walmart Incident. https://t.co/gvzuniS5cT pic.twitter.com/CaHoMlgb5F — West Mifflin Police (@WestMifflinPD) July 25, 2019 The store immediately remedied the situation by disposing of the affected produce, and thoroughly cleaned the area in which the incident took place. A Walmart representative told WPXI-TV that they witnessed the alleged incident. A shopper also told the station that she was “horrifie...

In an op-ed for The Hill, investigative journalist John Solomon surmises that the FBI under the leadership of Director Christopher Wray looks as if it is attempting to block the public from knowledge of the machinations FBI operatives committed to target Donald Trump during the 2016 election. Solomon notes that the FBI is stonewalling the release of documents authored by British intelligence operative Christopher Steele that the FBI received from the State Department (which Hillary Clinton headed at the time). Those documents have been requested by Citizens United relying on the Freedom of Information Act. Solomon writes that an FBI assistant section chief stated of former Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Kavalec’s documents, “We know that terrorist organizations and other hostile or foreign intelligence groups have the capacity and ability to gather information from myriad sources, analyze it and deduce means and methods from disparate details to defeat the U.S. government’s coll...

With the Tokyo Olympics looming, women’s groups in New Zealand and the U.K. are sounding the alarm over the threat posed to the integrity of women’s sports by biological males who identify as females being allowed to compete against females. Among the most high profile of the male-to-female transgender athletes sparking the increasingly widespread outcry against the presence of biological males in women’s events is weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who competed as a man in the sport for decades before competing — and winning — as a woman in recent years. Hubbard, 41, dominated the Pacific Games’ women’s heavyweight events earlier this month, bringing home two golds and a silver, and besting Commonwealth Games champion Feagaiga Stowers in the process. Hubbard’s performance drew pushback from U.K.-based women’s group “Fair Play for Women,” who tweeted in response that it was time for sports officials, particularly the Olympics committees, to “wake up” to the implications of allowing biologi...

A rat was spotted scurrying through a Baltimore reporter’s live shot as she reported on President Donald Trump’s tweets about the Democrat-controlled city’s growing rat infestation problem. On Monday, FOX45 Maxine Streicher was reporting from west Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, where residents conceded that President Trump’s remarks about the city’s worsening conditions. A rat runs through a FOX45 Baltimore Reporter’s live shot during a story on President Trump’s tweet Baltimore is rat infested https://t.co/s60inZ6TtK pic.twitter.com/R4LFxsPWeK — FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) July 29, 2019 “We spoke with a lot of people today who call Sandtown home and are deeply offended by the president’s comments, but they will be the first to tell you that, yes, this area has its fair share of problems, and continues to struggle with crime and poverty,” Streicher reported. The report featured Sandtown resident Darriel Harris, who acknowledged it’s true that the area — and ot...