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Rep. Bennie Thompson Delivers Blistering Opening Statement At Jan. 6 Hearing
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat representing Mississippi, delivered the opening statement at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Insurrection hearing in the House chambers. Thompson’s blistering words decried the attempted coup allegedly linked to former President Donald Trump and related agents of chaos. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, delivered his remarks from a prepared statement which we’ll share a portion of below. We can’t sweep what happened under the rug. The American people deserve answers. So I come before you this evening not as a Democrat but as an American who swore an oath to defend the Constitution. The Constitution doesn’t protect just Democrats or just Republican...
Cop Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Speaks Out, Says He Saved ‘Countless Lives’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC News / Fair Use The U.S. Capitol Insurrection has left a massive stain upon American democracy and will be the lasting legacy of former President Donald Trump and his legion of supporters going forward. Lt. Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt as she and other rioters surged has spoken out, stating plainly that his actions saved lives. In an NBC News interview, Byrd revealed from his vantage points the happening of the attempted government coup that was egged on by Trump and others on the extreme right who felt that the election results in 2020 were false. Byrd explained that he had to act quickly to take down Babbitt, who was attempting to get inside the House of Representatives chamber where around 60 to 80...
Clout Chaser Central: Rapper Bugzie the Don Faces Federal Charges In Connection To Capitol Riot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spencer Platt / Getty Among the many stirring and outright disturbing images of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building back in January, one Virginia rapper decided to immortalize the moment via an ill-advised photo session. Bugzie The Don was at the insurrection inside the hallowed federal building, and now faces charges after using one of the images for the cover of his album. The Washington Post published a report regarding the actions of Antionne DeShaun Brodnax of Sandston, Va., a town outside of Richmond. Brodnax aka Bugzie claims he was already in the Washington area for a video shoot and entered the Capitol building to take video footage and photos for reasons that aren’t immediately clear in the accounts described within the Post. Bugzie was arre...
The Caucasity: Insurrectionist Jenny Cudd Asks For Permission To Vacation in Mexico Despite 5 Federal Charges
Source: Mark Makela / Getty If you have ever wondered what white privilege combined with audacity looks like, insurrectionist Jenny Cudd is certainly the poster child after her recent request. According to published reports, in a court filing Monday (Feb 1), lawyers for Jenny Louise Cudd requested the court’s blessing to allow the attempted coup participant to travel to Mexico’s Riviera Maya from Feb. 18-21 for a prepaid “work-related bonding retreat” with her employees and their spouses. Cudd, a small-business owner in Midland, Texas, is on pretrial release after being charged (at the time of her request) with two misdemeanor offenses, including entering a federal building without permission and engaging in disorderly conduct, after her submittal and subsequent denial, the federal co...
Acting U.S. Capitol Police Apologizes For Lax Security During Domestic Terrorist Breach
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty The domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is still very much on the minds of many Americans as the new year rolls on. The acting chief of the force has apologized for the lax security measures at the federal government building, telling lawmakers on the Hill that there were “failings” that allowed the acts to occur which left five dead. As reported by The Hill, Chief Yogananda D. Pittman offered testimony during a closed-door briefing with members of the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 26). “I am here to offer my sincerest apologies on behalf of the department,” Pittman reportedly said to the lawmakers in attendance. She added, On Jan. 6, in the face of a terrorist attack by tens of thousands of insurrectionists determined to...
PDP tasks Joe Biden to sanction APC leaders, officials for ‘corruption, assault on democracy’
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commends United States President Joe Biden for lifting the immigration visa restrictions on regular Nigerians but urged him to impose firm sanctions on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and officials of the Buhari administration involved in acts of corruption and undermining our nation’s democracy. The post PDP tasks Joe Biden to sanction APC leaders, officials for ‘corruption, assault on democracy’ appeared first on TODAY. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share...
FBI: Capitol rioter hoped to sell Nancy Pelosi laptop to Russia
A young woman identified as having taken part in the storming of the US Capitol reportedly stole a laptop belonging to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi and hoped to sell it to a Russian spy agency, according to an FBI criminal complaint. The post FBI: Capitol rioter hoped to sell Nancy Pelosi laptop to Russia appeared first on TODAY. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Senior Republican lawmaker says will vote to impeach Donald Trump
<img width="696" height="464" class="entry-thumb" src="https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13125818-696×464.jpg" srcset="https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13125818-696×464.jpg 696w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13125818-300×200.jpg 300w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13125818-630×420.jpg 630w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13125818.jpg 699w" sizes="(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px" alt="(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 14, 2018 Wyoming US Representative Liz Cheney speaks following the House Republican leadership vote at the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. – Senior Republican Con...
New York judge’s son arrested over Capitol riot
The son of a New York judge was arrested on Tuesday for participating in last week’s violent rampage at the US Capitol building by supporters of President Donald Trump, prosecutors said. Aaron Mostofsky, 34, is the latest of several supporters of the president to be charged over Wednesday’s incursion which left lawmakers fearing for their lives. Mostofsky faces four charges, including theft of government property, unlawful entry to a restricted building and disorderly conduct, according to the charge sheet. Prosecutors allege that he stole a police riot shield and bulletproof police vest. They cite photographs of Mostofsky, including on his Instagram page, which show him inside the Capitol with the shield and vest. He was also wearing fur and carrying a stick. “I don’t think 75 million peo...
Joe Biden receives second dose of coronavirus vaccine on camera
Joe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect’s incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines. Biden was administered the shot in his left arm by Ric Cuming, chief nurse executive at ChristianaCare’s Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, according to Biden’s transition team. The President-elect said he would be announcing his plan to “get the entire Covid operation up and running,” including the necessary costs, on Thursday. Biden said he had a meeting with members of his team later Monday afternoon. Biden said he was “not afraid of taking the oath outside,” and that his team has been getting briefed, when asked if he had any fears about taking the oath of office...
US Democrat Senate wins push stocks higher despite Capitol chaos
Clean sweep by Democrats allows them to enact big-spending policies likely to benefit the economy, investors say. Global stock markets rose and bonds nursed losses on Thursday in anticipation of a big-borrowing and big-spending Democratic administration driving growth, following runoff elections that gave the party control of both houses of the United States Congress. On Wednesday, US Treasury bonds had suffered their steepest selloff in months after Democratic Party victories in two races in the state of Georgia handed them narrow control of the Senate and the power to pass their agenda. US S&P 500 futures rose 0.6 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.9 percent as markets seemed to shake off a late fade that pulled Wall Street indexes back from fresh record peaks when chaotic protest...
Woman shot dead in US Capitol was a veteran and Trump supporter
The woman who died Wednesday of a bullet wound during the violent storming of the US Capitol was shot by police, authorities said. The only fatality tied to Wednesday’s unrest was the woman, reportedly a dedicated Donald Trump backer and air force veteran who was among a throng of supporters of the president that invaded the US legislature. Washington police chief Robert Contee said three other people, one woman and two men, had died Wednesday in the area around the Capitol, but did not link those deaths to the violence. Each of the three “appeared to have suffered medical emergencies which resulted in their deaths,” Contee told reporters. Contee said 52 people had been arrested Wednesday, 26 of them on the grounds of the Capitol, for curfew violations, unlawful entry and weapons charges. ...
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