⚡️ House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump associates involved in 'efforts to challenge Biden's victory
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🤬 Music lovers are slamming Travis Scott’s response to the chaos in the crowd at his concert by sharing videos of other performers pausing their shows to address concerns.
👍 👏 A TikTok user shared footage from a 1993 Nirvana concert showing lead singer Kurt Cobain pausing his performance after noticing an assault taking place in the crowd.
In the footage, Cobain suddenly stops singing, throws down his guitar and runs toward the front of the stage, apparently having witnessed a man grope another fan.
👍 👏 A TikTok user shared footage from a 1993 Nirvana concert showing lead singer Kurt Cobain pausing his performance after noticing an assault taking place in the crowd.
In the footage, Cobain suddenly stops singing, throws down his guitar and runs toward the front of the stage, apparently having witnessed a man grope another fan.
🙏 McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski apologized for a text sent in April to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, saying his comments were “wrong” while promising to meet with the parents of children whose shooting deaths prompted the text.
“Those comments were wrong and I’m sorry,” Kempczinski said in the six-minute video. “I’m sorry I let you down. And I let myself down.”
In the text, Kempczinski referred to the shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, by Chicago police, and 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams while she was in a McDonald’s drive-thru. He called the shootings “tragic.” He then said, “Both the parents failed those kids, which is something you can’t say. Even harder to fix.”
“Those comments were wrong and I’m sorry,” Kempczinski said in the six-minute video. “I’m sorry I let you down. And I let myself down.”
In the text, Kempczinski referred to the shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, by Chicago police, and 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams while she was in a McDonald’s drive-thru. He called the shootings “tragic.” He then said, “Both the parents failed those kids, which is something you can’t say. Even harder to fix.”
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🇺🇸🇪🇹 A couple thousand people took part in a protest outside the White House on Monday to urge President Joe Biden to halt US interference in Ethiopia's internal affairs.
The protesters are holding Ethiopian national flags and signs saying “USA - Hands off Ethiopia,” “TPLF is a Killer,” and “CNN, Stop assisting the terrorist TPLF”. The TPLF refers to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front insurgency.
The rally comes after nine Ethiopian rebel groups announced an alliance to change the government and establish a transitional body.
The protesters are holding Ethiopian national flags and signs saying “USA - Hands off Ethiopia,” “TPLF is a Killer,” and “CNN, Stop assisting the terrorist TPLF”. The TPLF refers to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front insurgency.
The rally comes after nine Ethiopian rebel groups announced an alliance to change the government and establish a transitional body.
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Rep. Paul Gosar on Sunday released a video of photoshopped clips of an anime show depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The tweeted video – which he captioned, "Any anime fans out there?" – opens with Gosar's name under Japanese text that reads "attack of immigrants," an apparent reference to the anime show "Attack on the Titan" from which the Republican pulled various clips.
The video then goes on to show footage of immigrants at the southern border, overlaying the footage with anime-style special effects and crosscutting with interstitials that read "drugs, crime, poverty, money, gangs, violence" and "trafficking."
Rep. Paul Gosar on Sunday released a video of photoshopped clips of an anime show depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The tweeted video – which he captioned, "Any anime fans out there?" – opens with Gosar's name under Japanese text that reads "attack of immigrants," an apparent reference to the anime show "Attack on the Titan" from which the Republican pulled various clips.
The video then goes on to show footage of immigrants at the southern border, overlaying the footage with anime-style special effects and crosscutting with interstitials that read "drugs, crime, poverty, money, gangs, violence" and "trafficking."
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😏 In what has become his regular ritual of keeping everyone in suspense, former President Donald Trump said he will "probably" wait until after the 2022 midterm elections to announce whether he will run for president in 2024.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump yet again stated that he is "certainly thinking about it and we’ll see."
"I think a lot of people will be very happy, frankly, with the decision, and probably will announce that after the midterms."
In an interview with Fox News, Trump yet again stated that he is "certainly thinking about it and we’ll see."
"I think a lot of people will be very happy, frankly, with the decision, and probably will announce that after the midterms."
💵 💸 Top Republicans on K Street say that big business is warming up to the Republican Party again, less than a year after Jan. 6 but with the 2022 elections in sight.
A host of Republican lobbyists say that Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey have ignited interest from their corporate clients on making inroads with GOP officials on the Hill. They suspect that cash will soon start flowing from corporate PACs to their party’s lawmakers too.
“After talking to several clients today, they’ll be a lot more aggressively Republican giving” over the next six months, said Brian Ballard, a top GOP lobbyist with ties to the former Trump administration, in an interview on Wednesday. He added that things were finally looking up for Republican campaigns, in terms of donations from his firm’s corporate clients: “It’s much more bullish for Republicans than it was perhaps six months ago.”
A host of Republican lobbyists say that Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey have ignited interest from their corporate clients on making inroads with GOP officials on the Hill. They suspect that cash will soon start flowing from corporate PACs to their party’s lawmakers too.
“After talking to several clients today, they’ll be a lot more aggressively Republican giving” over the next six months, said Brian Ballard, a top GOP lobbyist with ties to the former Trump administration, in an interview on Wednesday. He added that things were finally looking up for Republican campaigns, in terms of donations from his firm’s corporate clients: “It’s much more bullish for Republicans than it was perhaps six months ago.”
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🥴 A big "Let's Go Brandon" banner was flown over a Georgia Bulldogs and Missouri Tigers college football game, footage posted online revealed.
The "Let's Go Brandon. Join Gettr" banner was pulled by a plane flying over the SEC matchup on Saturday, according to the video.
The "Let's Go Brandon. Join Gettr" banner was pulled by a plane flying over the SEC matchup on Saturday, according to the video.
✊ Hundreds of mandatory vaccination opponents gathered in Grand Park in Los Angeles for a March for Freedom rally on Monday, shortly after city authorities introduced a vaccination deadline for municipal workers.
The protesters were seen carrying American flags and posters, with many of them wearing uniforms of local emergency and supply services.
The vaccine mandate in Los Angeles was said to the one of the strictest in the US, as all workers of the city's indoor facilities and visitors under 12 were required to provide vaccination certificates, according to a new ordinance, issued earlier in the day. The deadline for municipal workers was set for December 18.
The protesters were seen carrying American flags and posters, with many of them wearing uniforms of local emergency and supply services.
The vaccine mandate in Los Angeles was said to the one of the strictest in the US, as all workers of the city's indoor facilities and visitors under 12 were required to provide vaccination certificates, according to a new ordinance, issued earlier in the day. The deadline for municipal workers was set for December 18.
🤟🏿 Travis Scott's high-energy performances are known for being chaotic and fun-filled shows with concert-goers encouraged to take part in raucous activities including mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage diving. On Friday night, something went wrong.
😤 That penchant for inspiring chaos onstage has led to some troubling situations long before Friday’s Astroworld crowd-stampede disaster that killed eight people and left numerous concert-goers injured in Houston.
▪️ Travis was sentenced to one year of court supervision after pleading guilty to reckless conduct charges stemming from a 2015 incident in Chicago at the Lollapalooza music festival.
▪️ In April 2017, a man named Kyle Green sued Scott after he attended a show at Terminal 5 in New York City, where Green claims fans pushed him off an upper-deck balcony.
▪️ In 2017, Scott was arrested after he encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, leaving a security guard, a police officer and several others injured during a concert in Arkansas.
😤 That penchant for inspiring chaos onstage has led to some troubling situations long before Friday’s Astroworld crowd-stampede disaster that killed eight people and left numerous concert-goers injured in Houston.
▪️ Travis was sentenced to one year of court supervision after pleading guilty to reckless conduct charges stemming from a 2015 incident in Chicago at the Lollapalooza music festival.
▪️ In April 2017, a man named Kyle Green sued Scott after he attended a show at Terminal 5 in New York City, where Green claims fans pushed him off an upper-deck balcony.
▪️ In 2017, Scott was arrested after he encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, leaving a security guard, a police officer and several others injured during a concert in Arkansas.
'We are all deserving of orgasms'
🔞 Demi Lovato unveiled a brand new Demi Wand sex toy as part of a campaign to take the 'stigma away from pleasure.'
'I wanted to create my own sex toy to take the stigma away from pleasure, and to take your sexual relationship to the next level,' Demi said on Twitter.
Lovato came out as non-binary earlier this year and uses they/them pronouns.
🔞 Demi Lovato unveiled a brand new Demi Wand sex toy as part of a campaign to take the 'stigma away from pleasure.'
'I wanted to create my own sex toy to take the stigma away from pleasure, and to take your sexual relationship to the next level,' Demi said on Twitter.
Lovato came out as non-binary earlier this year and uses they/them pronouns.
⚡️ NASA SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station on time earlier on Monday, has completed the voyage of its four Crew-2 passengers back to Earth
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This could be a scene from a Hollywood movie: Ezekiel Ndikumana, a pastor at a Pentecostal church in northern Nashville, Tennessee masterfully tackled a man and prevented the possible shooting of parishioners.
❗Taliban say US support of Afghan resistance would violate Doha agreement
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🤟🏿 Travis Scott's high-energy performances are known for being chaotic and fun-filled shows with concert-goers encouraged to take part in raucous activities including mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage diving. On Friday night, something went wrong. 😤 That…
Travis Scott promised to cover all funeral costs for the eight people who died during his Astroworld Festival in Texas last week, according to his representative's statement
China condemns the visit of US congressmen to Taiwan and calls on Washington to stop provocations: "We strongly oppose and condemn this. Taiwan is an integral part of China. The US has grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, seriously damaged China's territorial sovereignty, and threatened peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We call on the US to immediately cease its provocative actions," Chinese Defenсe Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said.
⚡ Judge denies latest Trump attempt to keep 6 January records secret
⚔ According to internal Pentagon data, as of September 2008, three Navy and four Air Force personnel were deployed in Taiwan.
Two sources say that during the Bush and Obama-era, these troops "mostly" trained their Taiwanese counterparts to use American-made weapons, and their deployments expanded under Donald Trump and Joe Biden to include Special Forces and Marines in a bid to “harden” Taiwan and prepare it for a possible Chinese marine invasion.
Two sources say that during the Bush and Obama-era, these troops "mostly" trained their Taiwanese counterparts to use American-made weapons, and their deployments expanded under Donald Trump and Joe Biden to include Special Forces and Marines in a bid to “harden” Taiwan and prepare it for a possible Chinese marine invasion.
⚡ Ortega rule 'dictatorship' lacking any democratic mandate, US special envoy says