NBC News reports that 56-year-old Florida resident Cesar Sayoc, Jr. has been identified as the suspect who sent a dozen pipe bomb packages to prominent critics of President Donald Trump.
Sayoc’s white van, which had pictures of Trump and the presidential seal plastered to the windows, was seized by the officials and hauled off to a secure facility.
For those who will ask, according to records, Sayoc is a registered Republican.
Far-right Trump supporters like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have suggested in the past couple of days that the bombs might have been sent by Democrats as a ‘false flag.’
A man has been arrested in Plantation in connection with the bombs sent to a dozen critics of President Trump, investigators said.
A police source said the federal investigation tracked a suspect to Plantation, near Broward Boulevard and State Road 441. The U.S. Department of Justice said one man was in custody and a press conference will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
FBI agents and other law enforcement officers were examining a white van in a commercial parking lot, covered with pro-Trump stickers. They covered the van with a blue tarp and were preparing to load it on to a truck.
The investigation had shifted to South Florida Thursday and Friday, as the number of bombs reached 12.
The latest bombs discovered were sent to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, both similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats.
TMZ is reporting that TODAY show host Megyn Kelly, formerly of Fox News, has been let go after her remarks about blackface earlier this week.
“Megyn Kelly Today” aired a repeat on Thursday morning, 2 days after she uncorked the absurd comment that it’s okay to wear blackface at Halloween. Sources connected to the network tell us unless a Hail Mary is thrown and caught at some point today … Megyn is gone for good.
The split with NBC comes the day after Megyn’s emotional on-air apology where she insisted she’d learned a lesson due to the backlash.
The mea culpa was clearly a case of too little, too late for the Peacock … which, to be honest, had issues with Megyn’s show even before the blackface blowup. Translation: the ratings were terrible. They’d dropped more than 30 percent, year-to-year, in her time slot.
TMZ goes on to say that her co-workers apparently ‘hated’ being on-air with her.
During coverage of Dr. Christine Ford’s testimony, for example, Kelly was part of a panel with NBC veterans Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd.
Kelly’s blunt, overtly conservative style was so off-putting, Mitchell left the panel before the segment was over.
I can admit to watching her morning show several times, but it was painful. Morning ‘light fare’ doesn’t suit Kelly at all.
According to The Daily Mail, Kelly apparently has a “no-break” deal with NBC which means she will walk away with a payout of $69 million.
Kelly’s talent agency, CAA, has also dropped her as well.
Gaslighting minorities for years saying things like, “what’s wrong with dressing in blackface” and “Santa is white” and walking away with $69M (i.e., being paid NOT to work) is the white privilege-est thing ever.
Her Sunday night show was a boring debacle, punctuated by low ratings, a PR nightmare involving Alex Jones, and an early cancelation. The soft news was painful, the hard news didn’t break ground. It was a bad scene. https://t.co/vs5byKjO6t
Milan-born artist NIKO releases his latest track “The One”
Handsome out artist NIKO drops his latest single, a romantic mid-tempo synth-pop track titled, “The One.”
Fusing a European sensibility with a contemporary sound, NIKO brings a sensual touch to pop music as he explores both universal and personal themes, inspirations and emotions.
NIKO describes the new track as “a romantic, upbeat song inspired by the first moments with someone you’re attracted to.”
Written and recorded on a hot summer afternoon in Los Angeles, NIKO says the song touches on “the frustration of modern dating, and the exhilarating feeling of sexual attraction when meeting someone new.”
Born and raised in Milan, NIKO was naturally drawn to the city’s fashion and nightlife scene at an early age, where his earliest musical endeavors began as creative collaborations with underground DJs as a songwriter and vocalist.
During a stint in London and Manchester, he co-wrote and recorded tracks with several producers, nurtured his passion for music production, and decided to launch his career as a solo artist.
Now based in New York City, NIKO is prepping for the release of his debut EP in 2019.
I previously featured the sexy Italian on The Randy Report when he released his track “2 Hearts.”
• 1 governor • 7 members of Congress • 4 statewide elected officials • 37 mayors • 123 state lawmakers • 306 local officials • 95 judicial elected officials
That’s a total of 573 LGBTQ elected officials in the entire country which breaks down to 0.11% of all public offices.
Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon is the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected to governor in the country. After succeeding John Kitzhaber upon his resignation in 2015, Brown, who’s openly bisexual, was elected to the office in 2016.
Brown is currently running for reelection this year, as are three more LGBTQ leaders (which end up ticking all of the LGBT boxes):
• Lupe Valdez, a lesbian woman running for governor in Texas • Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman running for governor in Vermont • Jared Polis, a gay man running for governor in Colorado
Brown looks steady for reelection as she leads her opponent in Oregon by an average of 3.4 points.
And in Colorado, Polis could be poised to become the country’s first-ever gay man elected to a governor’s mansion. (In 2004, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey was closeted when elected but came out during his resignation speech).
According to RealClearPolitics, Polis leads his race by an average of 7 points.
Polis is one of the wealthiest members of Congress having made several fortunes as a tech entrepreneur. After taking his family’s greeting card company online, he also founded and sold ProFlowers.com for hundreds of millions of dollars.
With an estimated $300 million in personal wealth, Polis is funding much of his own campaign telling NBC News, “I’m beholden to no one except voters.”
So, if you’re in Colorado, make sure you vote for Jared Polis for governor.
And if you live in any of the 49 others states, make sure you get out and vote for our candidates as well!
As more bombs are being sent to even more liberal political foes of Donald Trump, the president continues to blame the media and the victims themselves.
After yesterday saw former President Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CNN targeted with mail bombs, this morning we get word that former Vice President Biden was the target of a 10th mail bomb.
But the Trumpster blames everyone but himself for the dangerous attacks.
This morning he continued to blame the media in a tweet, echoing heated rhetoric he brought to a campaign rally last night.
“A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!” wrote the Trumpster.
A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!
People in the media were still expecting to hear the condemnation of assassination attempts by a #MAGABomber by the same scumbag who praised the physical assault of a journalist, condoned the murder of a journalist and led a chant to jail political opponents. When is enough?
* George Soros * Clintons * Obamas * Eric Holder * John Brennan * Maxine Waters (DC area) * Maxine Waters (L.A.) * Robert De Niro * Joe Biden (New Castle, DE) * Joe Biden (Wilmington)— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 25, 2018
• The above pic was sent to me over the weekend. I just enjoy the view… #woof
• The New York Timesreports it’s very possible China may be listening in on the Donald’s personal calls as his iPhone is not a ‘secure’ method of communication.
• Republican nominee for Georgia governor, and current Secretary of State, Brian Kemp was caught telling supporters at a paid campaign event that his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams’ voter turnout operation “continues to concern us, especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote,” according to audio obtained byRolling Stone.
• At a candidate forum in Kentucky this week, anti-LGBT County Clerk Kim Davis told voters (with a straight face) that she “did not treat anyone unfairly” when she chose to deny same-sex couples marriage licenses after the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land. #liar
• 20-year-old Swedish singer and songwriter Zara Larsson drops her first new single, “Ruin My Life,” since her 2017 debut album, So Good.
The award-winning multi-platinum pop artist holds the distinction of being “the second most-streamed debut on Spotify by a female artist ever,” eclipsing 5 billion streams.
I’ve previously written about Zara and her gorgeous 2017 collaboration with Clean Bandit, “Symphony.” Check the new single out below.
Today Show host Megan Kelly got into hot water yesterday when she questioned why blackface wasn’t ok for Halloween?
Seriously?
During a round-table conversation about Halloween costumes, Kelly said that blackface was, “OK when I was a kid as long as you were dressing like a character,” and said she doubted whether blackface was actually racist.
“What is racist?” she asked. “Because you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween.”
When we had the roundtable discussion earlier today about the controversy of making your face look like a different race as part of a Halloween costume, I suggested that this seemed okay if done as part of this holiday where people have the chance to make themselves look like others. The iconic Diana Ross came up as an example. To me, I thought, why would it be controversial for someone dressing up asDiana Ross to make herself look like this amazing woman as a way of honoring and respecting her?
I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep.
I’ve never been a “pc” kind of person — but I understand that we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age. Particularly on race and ethnicity issues which, far from being healed, have been exacerbated in our politics over the past year.
Last night, on CNN, hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon discussed the debacle. Lemon came straight out of the gate with a truth bomb saying, “Megyn is 47 years old, she’s our age, there has never been a time in her 47 years that blackface has been acceptable.”
“I want to begin with two words, I’m sorry..The country feels so divided and I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor..Thank you for listening and for helping me listen too.” Megyn Kelly pic.twitter.com/6hHrvZLNvK
