May 10, 2022 Crime, News
CNN reports: Former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White has died from injuries after she and escaped inmate Casey White were arrested in Indiana earlier Monday, Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh County told CNN. She was hospitalized earlier with self-inflicted gunshot wounds after being taken into custody following a car chase in Evansville, Indiana, US Marshals previously told CNN. Her wounds …
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May 10, 2022 Extremists, Infighting Is Funny
“Q is such a horrible thing that I hate even talking about it. It was all a delusion so the Democrats could steal the election. “Do you understand that we lost the country because of Q? And I have to put up with the Q people all over the place! And I’m tired of it! “So I’m not mad at …
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May 9, 2022 JMG Community, Open Thread
Broadway.com reports: Nominations have arrived for the 75th Tony Awards! The 75th Tony Awards will take place on June 12, hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose. The ceremony will return to Radio City Music Hall as a four-hour television and streaming event that will be broadcast live coast to coast for the first time. Leading the nominations are Michael R. …
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May 9, 2022 Civil Rights, Democrats
Gothamist reports: Attorney General Letitia James and state lawmakers are pushing for a dedicated fund to pay for abortions for individuals traveling from states where the procedure could soon be banned. The Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program would direct $50 million in state money to the Department of Health, which would then provide grants to abortion providers, according to one …
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May 9, 2022 Christianists, Hate Groups
“There’s nothing we have done to warrant this. We ought to be able to take different sides on issues without fearing for our lives. Apparently, the tolerance that the Left demands is truly a one-way street. “Violence has become their answer to everything. This is what happens when leadership implies that violence is okay. “I knew automatically that anybody that …
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May 9, 2022 BREAKING NEWS
The Birmingham News reports: Casey White is in custody and Vicky White is in a hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered during a police chase in Indiana, according to U.S. Marshal Marty Keely. During the chase, a vehicle overturned, Keely said. Vicky White’s condition was not available. No law enforcement officers fired their weapons, Keely said. “We got a …
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May 9, 2022 Christianists, Extremists
Raw Story reports: Idaho’s right-wing Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin vowed that “Christ will reign” if she is elected governor. The lieutenant governor is looking to unseat incumbent Gov. Brad Little, also a Republican, and she’s drawn the endorsement of former president Donald Trump after she defended him during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s program on Fox News, and she has …
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May 9, 2022 Racism, Republicans
The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and top state lawmakers shifted around roughly $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid to help pay for their campaign to arrest migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, exposing gaps in a law meant to bolster the country’s response to the ongoing pandemic. Critics say the money would have been put to better use …
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May 9, 2022 Homocons, Trump cultists
“She [Jen Psaki] will now be replaced by Karine Jean-Pierre. We know nothing about her other than the most important things — she’s a Black lesbo. “And for that, she’s got the gig. Very exciting. She’s also married to a CNN anchor. You can’t make this stuff up. “She’s married to Suzanne Malveaux who’s a CNN anchor. I did not …
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May 9, 2022 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
AlterNet reports: Retired Army Lieutenant General and disgraced ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is a notorious peddler of outlandish conspiracy theories, especially those that originate inside QAnon or spew from the pouty lips of former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, Flynn endorsed yet another fringe – and absolutely looney – conservative delusion about COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance on right-wing …
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