Don Lemon EMBARRASSED by NJ Trump supporters as Harris support falls



On a recent trip to Atlantic City, Don Lemon conducted some man-on-the-street-style interviews — and he definitely did not get the results he expected.

Lemon asked strangers who they plan on supporting for president, and many of the answers were not Kamala Harris.

When one black man told Lemon he supports Trump and doesn’t believe Harris is good for the “actual lead role for the country,” Lemon asked if it was because Kamala is a woman.

“Nah, you’re not going to give me that,” the man smartly responded.

Another man told Lemon he supports Trump and doesn’t like Harris because “she has no experience,” which left Lemon yelling, “She’s the vice president, she’s a senator!” The man stuck with his answer.

When one man told Lemon he was supporting Trump because he was financially doing better four years ago — Lemon gave his worst response yet.

“I know you feel that way, but that’s not actually what the record shows. The economy is actually better under Biden,” Lemon said with a straight face, not joking.

When Lemon did hear from a Harris voter, the man said he believes that Trump will win.

The men of “Pat Gray Unleashed” are shocked that people aren’t fooled by the Harris campaign — especially after the video her campaign shared of her and Tim Walz picking out Doritos at a gas station.

“It’s embarrassing,” Pat Gray comments happily.


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Atlantic City to ban homeless encampments as part of cleanup effort



Officials in Atlantic City, New Jersey, are moving forward with a plan to ban homeless encampments in public spaces, theNew York Post reported.

Last month, the city established the Boardwalk Improvement Group to lead a cleanup effort to move homeless individuals residing under the boardwalk into shelter spaces. City employees have been sent to the boardwalk to connect hundreds of homeless individuals with shelters and advocacy groups.

'We won't ignore the issue.'

As part of that ongoing mission, officials recently announced that they plan to introduce a law that will prohibit people from sleeping in public spaces.

The campaign to address the crisis was launched by Mayor Marty Small (D) after the Supreme Court's recent ruling that local governments have the authority to restrict individuals from sleeping in public areas. The high court noted that such laws do not constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."

Fencing will be installed to deter people from trying to sleep under the boardwalk. Law enforcement officers have also been stationed to patrol the area.

"We won't ignore the issue of homelessness in our city, an issue that has been long overlooked," Small told the Post. "We cannot be a world-class destination if we can't find a way to help the people living in our own city."

According to Small, other municipalities have been sending their homeless to Atlantic City. Small previously said he is unsure who is sending the individuals to the city.

He told the Post, "It's disappointing to see, but we deal with it."

Jarrod Barnes, Atlantic City's director of health and human services, explained that many homeless individuals have refused to move into shelters in the past, but he hopes the new law will push them to accept the assistance.

"A lot of the people we try to move away think it's fine to keep living on the street because they've just been doing it for so long, and that can't be the case," Barnes explained.

"No one deserves to live on the streets," he continued. "A lot of these people are just folks who are down on their luck or people dealing with substance abuse issues."

Homeless encampments underneath the boardwalk have caused fire hazards in the past. One 67-year-old man passed away in April after a fire ignited and spread to nearby businesses.

"We had one guy who was able to set up circuits to power a multi-bedroom apartment built under the boardwalk," Barnes stated.

Small explained that one man tapped into one of the casino's beer lines to nab free drinks.

During a July press conference, Small noted that the city's homelessness crisis did not appear overnight and would take some time to solve.

"It's my job as mayor of the great city of Atlantic City to give them the necessary tools to succeed. And we're doing that in a big way," Small said.

California Gov. GavinNewsom (D) recently announced an executive order to crack down on the state's rampant homelessness crisis. He also cited the Supreme Court's ruling as the catalyst for enacting the ordinance, which will push local governments to clear out encampments. Newsom has claimed for decades that solving California's homeless problem is one of his top priorities.

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Democrat mayor of Atlantic City, superintendent wife accused of abusing teen daughter: 'Smacking the weave out of her head'



The Democrat mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and his wife, the superintendent of Atlantic City Public Schools, have been accused of "physically and emotionally" abusing their teenage daughter several months ago.

According to a statement from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and Superintendent La’Quetta Small, 47, abused their daughter on multiple occasions in December and January. The statement accused Mayor Small of hitting the girl with a broom and causing her to "lose consciousness," repeatedly threatening to "earth slam" her down the stairs, grabbing the girl by her head and throwing her to the ground, and "smacking the weave out of her head."

Mrs. Small has been accused of punching her daughter in the chest, striking her with a belt, and dragging her by the hair. At the time of the alleged incidents, the girl was 15 or 16 years old.

Both Mayor and Mrs. Small have been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and at least one count of disorderly persons simple assault. Separately, Mayor Small has been charged with third-degree terroristic threats and third-degree aggravated assault, while Mrs. Small was assessed two additional counts of disorderly persons simple assault.

Ed Jacobs, Small's attorney, noted: "The charges filed today by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office make no claims of public corruption or failure by Mayor Small to discharge his duties as mayor."

Small first entered office in October 2019 following the resignation of Democrat Mayor Frank Gilliam, who had pled guilty to wire fraud.

The criminal charges against the Smalls come after weeks of speculation following a raid on their home last month. During the raid, which lasted about three and a half hours, police reportedly seized cellphones and computers.

Within days of the raid, Mayor Small held a press conference along with his wife and two children, including the daughter he has now been accused of abusing. During the press conference, Small stated the four of them had begun "therapy" regarding "a family matter."

Mayor Small also addressed several "rumors" that he claimed had been swirling about his family. The most "egregious" of these rumors, he claimed, was that his daughter had gotten "pregnant with twins" and that he became so angry that he "beat the (expletive) out of her so bad that [he] killed the babies." People had told Small that he would be charged with "double murder" and that police ransacked his house "looking for evidence of a miscarriage," he said at the press conference.

People has reported that the investigation into the mayor and his wife began when their daughter supposedly wrote the word "abuse" on a school assignment earlier this year and asked to see a counselor. The girl was eventually referred to the principal, who reportedly passed along the allegations to the Department of Child Protection and Permanency.

On the same day that the Smalls' home was raided, officers arrested Constance "Mandy" Days-Chapman, the principal of Atlantic City High School — the only high school in the district — and charged her with misconduct and failure to report child abuse. Whether the charges relate to the case involving Small's daughter is unclear.

Mayor Small described Days-Chapman, Small's former re-election campaign manager and the former chair of Atlantic City's Democratic Committee, as a close family friend. "We support you, Mandy," the mayor said during his press conference about the raid on his home. "You did absolutely nothing wrong."

Days-Chapman did not respond to a request for comment from WPVI. The district also did not respond to the outlet's request for comment in connection to her arrest. WPVI claimed it searched for someone from the district to give a statement about Superintendent Small's arrest and her current job status but was not "able to reach anyone."

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Atlantic City board approves pot shop opening up near Catholic convent where nuns assist struggling addicts



A group of Catholic nuns in New Jersey, who, among other things, work to assist those struggling with addiction, may soon have a pot shop open up next door to their convent.

The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal is an order of Catholic sisters that began in the Bronx in 1988. In 2017, the order opened its first American convent outside New York City: the St. Michael Convent in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "The sisters live at St. Michael’s Convent and have a drop-in center for the homeless next door to St. Nicholas Tolentine Church," a website for the convent reads.

As many in the area struggle with alcoholism and other forms of substance abuse, the sisters regularly host sobriety meetings at the convent, as well as other classes for teens in need.

Despite the sisters' devotion to God and to serving the poor and downtrodden, a government board determined to make Atlantic City the cannabis capital of the East Coast may soon impede their noble work. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, which is tasked with planning and development in Atlantic City, has approved applications for two new cannabis dispensaries, including one just 150 feet from St. Michael's Convent.

At a hearing on November 2, three nuns from the convent voiced strong opposition to a new dispensary in the area. "I’m actually Dutch," said Sr. Joseph Van Munster, "so I grew up in a country where marijuana was legalized, and I’ve seen a lot of things over the years."

Sr. Joseph then explained that legalized marijuana requires a strong police presence, which Holland has. By comparison, police response times in Atlantic City can be slow, she said, and the city is already plagued by illicit drug use. She also expressed concerns that a pot shop would negatively affect kids in the area as well as those in addiction recovery.

Other neighborhood residents expressed similar concerns about the proposed shop's proximity to the church. The shop would take over an old dry cleaning business that has closed.

Lance Landgraf, the director of planning and development for the CRDA, chuckled about the nuns' unusual appearance at the hearing. "I’ve never had to swear in a nun before," he claimed.

Landgraf insisted that he shares some of their concerns about the growing number of dispensaries in Atlantic City and that he has discussed them with members of the CRDA. However, he also noted that though there is a prohibition against opening dispensaries near schools, there is no legal prohibition against opening them near churches.

Members of the Chelsea Baptist Church learned that firsthand over the summer when they objected to a dispensary opening about a block from their church. The CRDA voted to approve that dispensary anyway. "They don’t want them anywhere near the casinos, but they don’t care where else they go," Pastor Tom Weer said in September.

As it has in most cases, the board voted to approve the application for the dispensary near the convent, following the lead of Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his administrative team, who seem to believe cannabis will be an economic boon for Atlantic City. "My focus is to make Atlantic City great, to make Atlantic City the East Coast hub for cannabis," said Kashawn McKinley, the city’s cannabis czar.

Neither the sisters nor the CRDA responded to the New York Post's request for comment.

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