Author: J.P. Knowles

Last week President Biden sent his second in command to the border to lead efforts to address migration to the southern border. Vice President Kamala Harris had a few assignments on her docket including overseeing diplomatic efforts as the administration delegates foreign policy responsibilities to her.

Just recently she held calls with several of the world’s key leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

So far, Harris has fielded questions from the media but has not held a formal press conference. Meanwhile, the border crisis continues to get worse raising concerns about the nation’s security and the stability of the entire United States immigration system.

When Biden first announced his plan for Harris, he said she would be in charge of sending migrants back to their home countries.

“So this new surge we’re dealing with now started with the last administration,” Biden said last week, “but its our responsibility to deal with it humanely and to-and to stop what’s happening.”

Biden continued, “And so, this increase has been consequential, but the vice president has agreed – among the multiple other things that I have her leading – and I appreciate it – agreed to lead our diplomatic effort and work with those nations to accept re- – the returnees, and enhance migration enforcement at their borders – at their borders.”

Later, the White House tried to claim Harris played no part in the “border crisis,” but was instead focusing on the “root causes – not the border.”

The border crisis itself touches on a long list of issues and different agencies across the federal government, especially those that fall under the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. According to the Vice President’s office, she’ll be working alongside Cabinet members, including the administrator for international development, the secretary of state, and the special envoy for the Northern Triangle.

A disturbing video has surfaced of two cops out of Maryland going too far while trying to make a point at a little kid who allegedly left school without permission.

The Montgomery County Police Department released a bodycam video showing the ugly incident that took place in January 2020 where the two cops located a 5-year-old boy off school grounds and proceeded to berate him mercilessly on camera.

The video is hard to watch as one male and one female officer scream into the child’s face again and again. They then throw him into the back of a police cruiser and take him back to campus. Both cops agreed the child deserved to be beaten and spanked by his mother.

Eventually, the video shows them back in an office at the school where the child’s mother enters into the situation and the cops proceed to give her advice on parenting.

Where they really overstepped their boundaries is when they placed the young boy in handcuffs and lecture him on how “bad” he’s being presumably to “scare him straight.”

After seeing the video there are many calls for the officers to be fired and for school officials to be disciplined in some way for standing by and allowing it to continue. Even some City Council members from Montgomery County have voiced their criticism of the interaction.

As of this writing the officers will remain employed until after an investigation is done and the mother of the child filed a suit against the police department, the county, and the school district.

Even though it has been nearly 5 months since the Presidential election tensions still remain dangerously high in Oregon where images surfaced of a Trump supporter pulling a gun on a member of Antifa in a heated standoff.

The incident took place over the weekend at a rally in Salem. A man wearing an American flag hoodie and driving a truck decorated with Trump stickers clashed with Antifa protesters who threw rocks and paint at his vehicle.

Windows on the truck appear to have been shattered from the encounter and the windshield is clearly covered with yellow paint, but it wasn’t until the man was maced that he lost his cool prompting him to pull out his gun, cock it, and aim it at protesters.

A few moments later the man puts his hands in the air and surrenders to the cops before he is taken away. It’s not clear if he is facing any charges.

Protesters continued to clash throughout the day at what was supposed to be a “Freedom Rally” meant to honor those who “fought for our freedoms.” But things went south after several protesters began throwing rock at a pro-Trump caravan. At least three arrests were made.

This is not a rare occurrence in Oregon as protesters have been clashing with law enforcement as well as other civilians even before the election.

Founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain giant, Kent Taylor died this past week. It has been found that he took his own life after suffering from symptoms related to COVID-19. He was 65 at his time of death.

“After a battle with post-Covid related symptoms, including severe tinnitus, Kent Taylor took his own life this week,” the family said. “Kent battled and fought hard like the former track champion that he was, but the suffering that greatly intensified in recent days became unbearable.”

Taylor recently committed to funding a clinical study to help military members suffering from tinnitus, the statement said.

“We will miss you, Kent. Because of you and your dream of Texas Roadhouse, we get to say we (love) our jobs every day,” the company wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.

“Kent leaves an unmatched legacy as a people-first leader, which is why he often said that Texas Roadhouse was a people company that just happened to serve steaks,” the statement said.

“Kent’s kind and generous spirit was his constant driving force whether it was quietly helping a friend or building one of America’s great companies in @texasroadhouse,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said on Twitter. “He was a maverick entrepreneur who embodied the values of never giving up and putting others first.”

Taylor, who died Thursday, is survived by his parents, Powell and Marilyn Taylor; three children, and five grandchildren. Texas Roadhouse spokesman Travis Doster said a small private service is planned this week. Please if you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at this link or by calling 1-800-273-TALK. The hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Derek Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer involved in the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. During his murder trial, Chauvin’s defense attorney’s key point was that Floyd had died from drugs and not by the actions of his client.

Attorney Eric Nelson argued to the jury that there was more to the evidence than just 9 minutes of video. He then pointed to Floyd’s actions just prior to the police confrontation. Employees of a market say they saw Floyd and claimed he appeared to be under the influence of something. Nelson then got to the part where Floyd allegedly tried to spend a counterfeit $20 bill at the market.

According to Nelson, when police got the call from an employee inside the market they claimed Floyd appeared “drunk.” Then he told the jury that Floyd had fallen asleep in a car outside the market suggesting that he was under the influence of something.

When Floyd was confronted by the cops, Nelson said he “put drugs in his mouth” to hide them. He said an autopsy revealed a “speedball” in Floyd’s system, which contains meth and fentanyl.

Nelson said Floyd resisted three officers with incredible strength that caused the car they were in to rock violently back and forth. He noted that Chauvin was 5’9” and 140 lbs compared to Floyd at 6’3” and 240 lbs.

He also said Floyd had heart issues that were worsened by his excessive drug use.

Nelson says that the excitement of the horrified crowd and Floyd’s inebriated state contributed to his death.

“The use of force is not attractive,” he said and urged the jury not to consider this a social justice trial but a trial of one man.

Victor Willis, the founding member of the musical group the Village People, slammed the Grammys by saying it disrespects recording artists and refused to accept entering the group’s biggest hit into the Hall of Fame.

Willis and his legendary 70s group told Grammy Interm President Harvey Mason that they were declining induction into the 2021 Grammy Hall of Fame because its “not taken seriously by the recording academy.”

Willis, also known as the cop in the Village People, has a big problem with the lack of attention given to Grammy Hall inductees and pointed out there’s not any mention of them during the actual Grammy Awards, they don’t even get their own ceremony.

The group’s 1978 hit “Y.M.C.A.” was inducted into the Hall back in December since it’s only for singles or albums, not the artists but it not enough for Victor that they only honor the song.

Victor says the Grammys should “show respect for classic artists who built the recording business” and the entire thing is an insult. He added that the Village People will not be involved until the Grammys “get their act together.” He said the group will most likely not be submitting their future album to the Grammys for consideration.

A man is wanted for the brutal assault of an Asian woman that was captured on camera in the middle of broad daylight during which no one stepped in to stop it.

According to law enforcement, a 65-year-old woman was on her way to church in Midtown Manhattan when a complete stranger approaches her and kicks her to the ground, and stomps on her. The suspect then flees the scene unaware that the violent attack was caught on video.

Cops say the man can be heard making anti-Asian statements like, “F*ck you, you don’t belong here.”

Not only that but the video appears to show witnesses watching the attack from inside a nearby building and not one of them lifts a finger to help the woman. Employees of the building have since been suspended for witnessing the attack and doing nothing to stop it and the company has launched an investigation in conjunction with the worker’s union.

The man still has not been identified or arrested but investigators are on the lookout and Governor Andrew Cuomo has called on the state’s Hate Crime Task Force to work with NYPD to locate the suspect.

The Governor said, “Violence against our Asian American community is, unfortunately, becoming an epidemic in our state and across the nation, and it must stop now.”

Police are asking the public for help to find the suspect and have released a close-up image of the man they believe to be responsible.

The woman suffered from a broken pelvis along with injuries to her head and leg but has since been released from the hospital.

Former President Donald Trump is now being sued by two U.S. Capitol Police Officers who claim he “inflamed” the crowd leading to an insurrection, which they claim nearly cost them their lives on January 6.

Long-time veterans James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby recently filed the lawsuit against Trump claiming to have suffered horrific injuries and they are placing the blame solely on the former president.

The two men claim in the suit that Trump incited the Capitol riots by riling up his followers over the results of the 2020 presidential election. They point to a tweet from the ex-president from December 19 where Trump said, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there. Will be wild!” They argue that this statement was a battle cry that was “taken by many of [Trump’s] supporters as a literal call to arms.”

According to reports, Hemby says the riot caused him to be “crushed against the doors on the east side” while “trying to hold the insurrectionists back” causing him to suffer cuts and abrasions to his face, hands, and body while the crowd attacked.

Blassingame says he was slammed up against a stone column, causing damage to his spine and the back of his head. He says people were also yelling at him and calling him racial slurs. In the suit, he says he is “haunted by the memory of being attacked, and of the sensory impacts – the sights, the sounds, smells and even tastes of the attack remain close to the surface” and added that he suffers from survivor’s guilt because he was unable to help some of his fellow officers who lost their lives that day.

The two officers are suing for an undetermined amount of damages for their physical and emotional distress.

Whether due to suicide or murder, Jeffrey Epstein escaped prosecution for his child sex trafficking operation but his long-time mistress and partner has not been so lucky.

After being arrested last year, Ghislaine Maxwell is now being charged with the sex trafficking of a minor in a trial coming up sometime this year.

A detailed 24-page indictment has been released listing all eight new counts. According to prosecutors, “beginning at least in or about 2001” Epstein and Maxwell “enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit Epstein’s Palm Beach residence to engage in sex acts with Epstein, after which Epstein, Maxwell, or another employee of Epstein’s would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash.”

The prosecutors also say Maxwell regularly contacted victims to “schedule an appointment for the victim to massage Epstein” at his Palm Beach home.

The indictment reads, “When a victim initially arrived at the Palm Beach Residence, she would be greeted by an employee of Epstein’s, including, at times, Maxwell. The victim would then be escorted to a room with a massage table.”

“Once inside, the victim would provide a nude or semi-nude massage for Epstein who would himself typically be naked,” the document continues. “During these encounters, Epstein would escalate the nature and scope of the physical contact to include sex acts such as groping and direct and indirect contact with the victim’s genitals.”

So now everyone following the case is just waiting to see if she will meet the safe fate as her ex-lover by committing suicide or will she get the Clinton special treatment?

An incident transpired in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. I know that’s actually a bit of a vague statement to make given how much of a mess things have become in the past few months. There seems to always be something wild happening in Washington, D.C.

This particular encounter left a man dead after a carjacking.

Two young teen girls, ages 13 and 15, attempted to steal a car during an armed carjacking. Their victim, 66-year-old Mohammad Anwar, was working as an Uber Eats driver making deliveries near National Parks in the Navy Yard neighborhood when the two girls tried to steal the car.

Chad Leo of the Metropolitan Police Department testified in court that the two girls entered Anwar’s car wielding a stun gun and a struggle ensued. With Anwar hanging out of the driver’s side door one of the girls started the engine and “manipulated” the gear shift and the car suddenly took off down the street making a hard right turn around the corner before losing control, striking a parked car and rolling over.

After sustaining several life-threatening injuries, including multiple broken bones, Anwar was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police were able to determine that the girls “assaulted the victim with a taser” during the carjacking, police said in a statement Wednesday.

One of the most disturbing things about the incident as well comes near the end of the video in which one of the girls is more concerned about her cell phone still being in the car than the man laying on the street.

But just to make matter worse, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., who happens to be a die-hard liberal, is trying to make it sound like it was the man’s fault. Why? Well, of course, because the two girls are black.

“Auto theft is a crime of opportunity. Follow these steps to reduce the risk of your vehicle becoming a target,” Bowser said Sunday morning.

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— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 28, 2021