U.S. Army lieutenant files suit against two Virginia police officers for assault during traffic stop

U.S. Army lieutenant files suit against two Virginia police officers for assault during traffic stop

A U.S. Army lieutenant filed a lawsuit against two Virginia police officers over what court papers say was a violent traffic stop, where officers pointed their guns, knocked him to the ground, pepper-sprayed him and "threatened to murder him."

Didn't the police officer have to release the safety on the gun and then pull the trigger?

If, as a trained professional charged with protection of others, you can't tell the difference between a gun and a taser IN THAT MOMENT WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST, then you shouldn't be allowed to carry either. 

It's really just that simple. - Stonekettle

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Sec. of State Blinken Warns Russia: ‘There Will Be Consequences’ for Aggression in Ukraine
• Israeli army chief appears to hint at possible role in Iran nuclear site incident
• WHO warns global COVID-19 pandemic 'growing exponentially'
• Will Smith's Slavery-Era Drama Becomes First Production to Pull Out of Georgia Over State's Voting Law
• Virginia police officer fired after violent stop of Black Army officer. Governor calls for state investigation.
• Cardiologist: George Floyd did not die from 'primary cardiac event' or drug overdose

We’ve devolved into a nation of tiny men with an outsized sense of power afforded them by little tin badges backed up by centuries of racism and a two bit hustler in a cheap suit and a red tie who told them it was ok to behave this way. - Noel Casler

 

 

Sigh. Another High School Shooting Today.

Multiple people have been shot, including a Knoxville police officer, at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday afternoon, the Knoxville Police Department posted on its Twitter account.

During a school shooting, children hide under their desks.

After a school shooting, Republicans hide under theirs. - Middle Age Riot

Republican Shenanigans

• John Boehner Explains His Animosity and Repeated Attacks on Ted Cruz : 'Lucifer In the Flesh'
• Trump Aides Reject Matt Gaetz's Request for a Meeting With Former President
• Liz Cheney Calls Gaetz Allegations ‘Sickening,’ Doesn’t Say Whether He Should Resign
• Cornyn draws criticism for tweet questioning if Biden 'really in charge'
• Sylvester Stallone reportedly joins Trump's Mar-a-Lago
• Republican congressman vows legal challenge to House metal detectors
• Trump Reportedly UNLEASHES in Bonkers Closed-Door Rant for RNC Donors; Torches ‘Son of a B*tch’ McConnell, ‘Full of Crap’ Fauci and More
• Joel Greenberg tried to get pardon from Trump through Gaetz: report

Just reading up on Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz and their little prostitution ring for underage girls. Whoopsie doodle, QAnon. Looks like you guys had the wrong pizza parlor. - Chelsea Handler

Support Growing To Replace Tucker Carlson With Immigrant. - Andy Borowitz

Rand Paul Is Such A Dangerous Fool!
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) escalated his feud with the federal government's leading infectious diseases expert on Monday, calling Anthony Fauci a "petty tyrant" for suggesting Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus should not eat or drink indoors. 

What governors like Abbott and DumbSantis don’t seem to realize is that COVID is like Jason Voorhees: it keeps coming back. - Stephen King

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Rock The Voter News

• Protesters outside Augusta National look to change Georgia voting rights
• Psaki Fires Back on John Cornyn's Shot at Biden's 'Unimaginably Conventional' Tweeting: The President Doesn't Post 'Conspiracy Theories'
• Biden taps Tucson police chief to lead CBP
• Dwayne Johnson teases presidential bid after surprise poll

City of Atlanta Pulls Out of Georgia. - Andy Borowitz

 

 

Matt Gaetz giving Roger Stone’s speech verbatim I filmed Jan 5. “Russia hoax. Ukraine hoax. Stolen election”. I mean seriously word for word. - Sandi Bachom

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Business/Tech News

• Uber reports rides are skyrocketing as people get vaccinated
• France to ban domestic flights where trains are available, in move to cut emissions
• International arrivals to Costa Rica down 83% in first two months of 2021
• Costa Rica unemployment rate remains among world’s highest

Being shocked that FOX is our most popular news channel is like being shocked McDonald's is our most popular restaurant. - John Fugelsang

CEO's Nearly Unanimous Against Biden's Tax Hikes.

Large-company CEOs who are members of a top business group share a nearly unanimous sentiment that President Biden's proposed tax hikes would hurt business competitiveness.

Why the F**k do we need two Dakotas? There are more people named Dakota in California than there are people who live in the Dakotas. - Bill Maher

 

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Odd News

• St Vincent volcano eruption: residents urged to evacuate ‘immediately’
• Lost city found, complete with mysterious skeleton
• Small dogs chase trespassing bear out of California home
• Japanese woman, 90, named world's oldest office manager
• Amorous alligators put Florida on alert as mating season begins

Time To Deflate Photo

A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds the northern Mars polar cap covering an area as big as Texas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Peace.

Gaetz Hires Prominent New York Lawyers Amid Federal Probe

Gaetz Hires Prominent New York Lawyers Amid Federal Probe

Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has retained two prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex ...

Thank god it's Friday... unless you are Matt Gaetz. - Liddle Savage tweet

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Man who carried Confederate flag to Capitol during Jan. 6 riot indicted
• Anti-government activist Bundy arrested at Idaho Statehouse
• Police identify suspected gunman, wounded trooper in Texas mass shooting
• Chauvin trial: Another expert says lack of oxygen killed Floyd

I'm waiting for the QAnon nuts to claim that the recent gun massacres were carried out by Antifa and BLM supporters, with the intention of providing  evidence to support gun control

They're not giving up their phallic symbols without a 

fight. - John Cleese

 

 

Tennessee Now Allows Young Men To Carry Guns. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Tennessee has become the latest state to soon allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without first clearing a background check and training after Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed the measure into law.

“I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their (Second Amendment) rights,” said Lee, a Republican approaching his reelection campaign for 2022, in a tweet.

We’ve watched George Floyd murdered over and over and over this week... Is that what it takes to break the spell of white Supremacy? Do they need to see us die, in order to accept that we actually deserve to live? - Cyrus McQueen

 

 

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Calls for Matt Gaetz to Resign
• Matt Gaetz Reportedly Sent $900 on Venmo to Indicted Tax Collector Buddy, Who Then Paid Three Young Women for 'Tuition' and ‘School’
• 'Matt Gaetz Wants to Date Your Child' Billboard From PAC Goes Up in Florida and Viral on Twitter
• Second Gaetz Staffer Reportedly Resigns Amid Scandal
• Lawyer for Gaetz Ally Suggests His Client Flipped: 'I'm Sure Matt Gaetz is Not Feeling Very Comfortable Today'
• Fox & Friends Posits That Baseball is Now a 'Blue State Sport'
• George P. Bush 'seriously considering' running for Texas attorney general
• Trump Gives Marco Rubio His 'Complete and Total' Endorsement
• Senator John Kennedy Sings 'Born Free' To Encourage Covid Vaccinations
• Pro-Trump scam PAC operator hit with wire fraud charge

When the Pharisees paid Judas 30 pieces of silver on Venmo, at least they didn't set it to public & type "Hit up Jesus." - John Fugelsang

 

 

This GOP Okie Has It Ass-Backwards

A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is facing criticism for comparing lawmakers' efforts to end abortion to the fight against slavery. Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, made...

Will the mad genius who gave Matt Gaetz the nickname "Rapey McForehead" please make yourself known? Your Pulitzer is waiting, and has been gift-wrapped for you to take home...  - Jake Lobin

 

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Rock The Voter News

• An under-the-radar voting rights bill in Congress could prevent the election fight in Georgia from happening again
• West Virginia's Manchin, flexing political muscle, leaves U.S. Senate Democrats in lurch
• Hunter Biden Dismisses Laptop Story as 'Red Herring': 'Question Anything That Comes from the Desk of Rudy Giuliani'
• Obamas describe meeting Prince Philip in statement mourning his death

From Hillary Clinton's emails 

to Merrick Garland's SCOTUS seat,

to Hunter Biden's private images, 

the modern GOP sure knows how to enjoy stolen merchandise. - John Fugelsang

 

 

I Wonder Why Trump Didn't Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell
The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend for creating a stink by failing to flush her toilet and her lawyer saying her health is declining in a facility so mucky that even her salad has mold in it.

Just take the damn vaccine so we can get back to normal you f*cking GQP weirdos. - Captain Jordy tweet

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I just got vaccinated by a woman born in Vietnam, with a vaccine created by two Turkish refugees living in Germany and manufactured by a US company run by a Greek migrant.  Thank you, world. - Charles Kenny

 

Business/Tech News

• No Amazon Union: Alabama Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing
• Boeing's 737 Max has a new problem that will ground some of the jets again
• McDonald's will close hundreds of locations in Walmart stores as pandemic changes shopping habits
• Verizon recalls 2.5 million hotspot devices due to fire hazard

Amazon Celebrates Union Defeat By Raising All Prices 150% Anyway. - The Onion

Buy From Your Local Small Businesses Instead of Amazon
Small business closures across the U.S. and the world are creeping back toward their pandemic peaks, according to a report from Facebook and the Small Business Roundtable.

So I accidentally gave myself my own vaccine. The pharmacy tech scooted the tray to me and left and I was like I guess I’m doin this myself?? And just wiped my shoulder with the alcohol thingy and gave myself the vaccine. The pharmacy tech looked at me like I just killed someone. - confinesinhell tweet

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Odd News

• Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old 'golden city' in Egypt
• Florida woman who coughed on cancer patient gets 30 days in jail
• Michigan man finds lost $150,000 Powerball ticket days before expiration
• No one in small southwest Missouri town voted on Tuesday
• Reigning Mrs. World arrested over onstage melee in Sri Lanka

Time To Deflate Photo

The Cherry Blossoms in Boston, Massachusetts, yesterday.

Best wishes for a peaceful and lovely weekend.

WH unveils 6 executive actions on gun control

WH unveils 6 executive actions on gun control

President Biden announced a half dozen executive actions designed to combat gun violence on Thursday.

Today is going to be a historic day for the movement to end gun violence in the United States. - David Hogg, survivor of the Parkland massacre

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Former NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5 people, then himself in horrific shooting
• More than 3,600 US health care workers died in pandemic, new report finds
• NJ man arrested on assault charges against cops during Capitol riot
• Lawyers find the parents of 61 more separated migrant children
• Putin accuses Ukraine of provocations in phone call with Merkel: Kremlin 

Like Hell We're All In This Together. - The Onion

 

 

CDC Suggests Avoiding Canada
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now suggesting Americans avoid travelling to Canada due to a high number of COVID-19 cases, even if they’re fully vaccinated.

Florida Attempts To Increase Vaccinations By Leaving Loose Syringes Around Beaches. - The Onion

 

Republicans claim a handful of people beggin’ police to stop killin’ George Floyd was an “angry mob”, but thousands of white traitors attackin’ Capitol Police were “peaceful protesters.” - Tea Pain tweet

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Federal investigators are scrutinizing Gaetz's trip to Bahamas
• Ex-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg likely to take plea deal, attorney says
• Mike Pompeo Is Now on the Fox News Payroll
• John Boehner Recalls the Time One of His Staffers Got Thoroughly Berated By Trump After a Round of Golf: 'This Was Real Anger'
• Georgia's GOP lieutenant governor says Rudy Giuliani's false voter fraud claims triggered voting restrictions
• Boebert rants about Christians ‘taking ground in the spirit realm’ after being asked how to fight ‘illegitimate president’ Biden
• Trump Org CFO’s former daughter-in-law just turned over more documents to the Manhattan DA -- and made a big legal hire
• New-ish Palm Beach resident Sylvester Stallone joins Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

So apparently “pizzagate” was a bunch of republicans doing terrible things and someone said “let’s blame Democrats for this!”

#PizzaGaetz - Steve Marmel tweet

 

Trump Org. Has Hired A Criminal Defense Attorney. Probably At Gunpoint.

The Trump Organization has hired a veteran criminal defense attorney to represent it in the Manhattan district attorney’s intensifying investigation into the former president’s company and his business dealings.

Ronald Fischetti, who’s long practiced criminal law in New York City, was hired by the company earlier this week, said Alan Futerfas, another attorney for the Trump Organization.

How are Mike Pence’s books going to be published if they’re each missing a spine? - Allen Glines

 

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What sports are left for Republicans to watch? - Jesse Lifson

Rock The Voter News

• Biden sued over coronavirus visa restrictions initiated under Trump
• Manchin says there's 'no circumstance' under which he would vote to end or weaken the filibuster
• Virginia legalizes marijuana

Liberals Furious At Trump For Making Them Agree With John Boehner. - Andy Borowitz

Fake News or Not?
CBS issued a statement defending "60 Minutes" Wednesday, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the program was "dishonest" about the state's partnership with Publix dominating COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Palm Beach County.

Joe Manchin represents a state that is 1/22 the population of California & 92% white yet he can singlehandedly block policies supported by 70-80% of Americans. This is why the US Senate is so broken. - Ari Berman

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Business/Tech News

• Oil rises for the third straight day
• Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
• Michigan reports 100,000 fraudulent unemployment claims in less than a week
• Colorado vaccine site closes early after adverse reactions to Johnson & Johnson shot

The GOP spent 1.9 trillion dollars on tax cuts, but believe that 2 trillion dollars is too much for infrastructure reform. 

Make that make sense. - Aaron Parnas

 

Dear God, It Would Not Surprise Me If Elon Musk Wants a Jurassic Park

The co-founder of Elon Musk’s company Neuralink tweeted on Saturday that the startup has the technological advances and savvy to create its own “Jurassic Park.”

“We could probably build Jurassic Park if we wanted to,” Max Hodak tweeted Saturday. “Wouldn’t be genetically authentic dinosaurs but [shrugging emoji]. Maybe 15 years of breeding + engineering to get super exotic novel species.”

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Odd News

• America is facing a ketchup packet shortage
• Shaq paid for a stranger's engagement ring
• Police are searching for 5 escaped monkeys in Cincinnati
• Monkey business: 2 dozen monkeys escape German zoo for a day
• Prince's estate to release never-before-heard album 'Welcome 2 America' in July.

Time To Deflate Photo

Mountain climbing Snow Leopard cubs caught on a camera trap in Himalayan mountains of India. What a great shot.

Peace.