NBA coach Gregg Popovich exploits transsexual extremist's school shooting as opportunity to condemn Republicans and the 'myth' of the Second Amendment



Leftist NBA coach Gregg Popovich, whose San Antonio Spurs have 22 wins and 60 losses in the 2022-2023 season, has been silent on the question of whether he will soon retire. Over the weekend, he managed to leave some fans hoping his exit will come sooner rather than later.

Popovich, 74, launched into a vitriolic rant about gun control during a pregame media availability Sunday, in which he denounced Republican lawmakers and invoked the March massacre of six Christians by a transsexual extremist in a Nashville school.

Dodging inquiries about whether he might retire in the off season, Popovich asked if anyone in the room was carrying a firearm, reported ESPN.

"I just wondered because we have a governor and lieutenant governor and an attorney general that made it easier to have more guns," said Popovich, allegedly in reference to Texas politicians. "That was a response to our kids getting murdered. I just thought that was a little bit strange decision. It's just me, though."

The geriatric coach, who has gone 3-7 in his past 10 games, condemned Republicans in Texas and Tennessee and further denounced the expulsion of Democratic Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee House.

Popovich intimated that the lawmakers who expelled Jones and Pearson over their disruption of the Democratic process were racists who "deep in their soul want to go back to Jim Crow."

After smearing those who sought to restore order in the state House as racist, Popovich read and then ridiculed a statement from U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), suggesting her coordination efforts with federal, state, and local officials to assist in Nashville after an LGBT militant shot up a school were futile.

"[Assist] in what? They're dead," Popovich yelled. "What are you going to assist with — cleaning up their brains off the wall, wiping the blood off the schoolroom floor? What are you going to assist with?"

Blackburn is presently working to introduce the Securing Aid for Every School Act to the U.S. Senate, which would fund the training and hiring of veterans and former police officers to harden school security and ultimately keep children safe.

Popovich continued, lambasting Governor Bill Lee, who, along with his wife Maria, lost two close friends, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Dr. Katherine Koonce, in the Covenant School shooting.

"And then there's Governor Lee. I'm sorry to go on and on, but Bill Lee: 'I'm closely monitoring the tragic situation. Please join us in prayer.' What are you monitoring? They're dead! Children — they're dead. When I pick up my 6- and 11-year-old grandkids at school, when I'm here at home, on the way it goes through my mind that I hope they're going to be OK."

The 74-year-old coach from Indiana suggested that Republican efforts to defend Americans' constitutional rights depended on the "myth" of the Second Amendment.

"You know, it's just a myth. It’s a joke. It’s just a game they play. I mean, that's freedom. Is it freedom for kids to go to school and try to socialize and try to learn and be scared to death that they might die that day?" said Popovich.

"But Ted Cruz will fix it because he is going to double the number of cops in the schools. That’s what he wants to do. Well, that’ll create a great environment. Is that freedom? Or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, including an AR-15 or whatever. Is that cool? Is that like street cred for a Republican? That’s freedom? That’s more important than protecting kids? I don’t get it."

\u201cAt the end of what might be his last pregame media availability, Gregg Popovich asked if any of the reporters had brought guns into the arena, then had so e things to say about lack of gun control regulation in Tennessee and, well, everywhere in the U.S.\u201d
— Brad Townsend (@Brad Townsend) 1681065602

This is not the first time that Popovich — who originally figured he would apply his academic background in Soviet studies to a career working for the CIA — has opined on political matters.

TheBlaze previously reported that Popovich endorsed failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke in 2018 because of the way Sen. Ted Cruz's opponent had made him feel.

In 2019, Popovich called former President Donald Trump "feckless, impotent, and cowardly."

In 2020, Popovich suggested George Floyd's death was a "lynching" and claimed the incident made him "embarrassed as a white person."

In 2021, he likened Italian hero and renowned explorer Christopher Columbus to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, accusing him of committing "a new world genocide," and further suggested that Texan schools that observed Columbus Day were "backward."

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Kamala Harris embarrasses herself (and America) in front of the entire world with latest speech



Vice President Kamala Harris was brutally mocked on Twitter over the weekend for making what was possibly her most embarrassing "word salad" speech so far at the internationally broadcast Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

Harris used the phrase "work together" multiple times in a single rambling sentence, reminding many listeners of another infamous speech when she repeated the phrase “the significance of the passage of time” over and over in the span of about 30 seconds.

“Our world is more interconnected and interdependent. That is especially true when it comes to the climate crisis, which is why we will work together, and continue to work together, to address these issues, to tackle these challenges, and to work together as we continue to work operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together on to galvanize global action. With that, I thank you all. This is a matter of urgent priority for all of us and I know we will work on this together," Harris says in a video clip that has been shared more than 3 million times on Twitter.

Watch:


KAMALA: "We will work together, and continue to work together, to address these issues, to tackle these challenges, and to work together as we continue to work operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together...We will work together"pic.twitter.com/AblARhoSQj
— RNC Research (@RNC Research) 1652578673

Right. So, does everyone remember this one?

the significance passage of time... yeah... the significance passage of time... the significance passage of time...https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1506026218776268804\u00a0\u2026
— Vladislav Ginko (@Vladislav Ginko) 1652625445

Unbelievably, the vice president actually appeared to be reading this horribly embarrassing speech.

Worst part of this is that it looks like it was actually a *prepared* speech
— Lauren Chen (@Lauren Chen) 1652620335
#KamalaHarris "Work together... work together... work together... work together... work together... work together."\n\nWho's writing these speeches?pic.twitter.com/96wt1OWZHU
— SHARKINTHEWATER \ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udd88 (@SHARKINTHEWATER \ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udd88) 1652642813
Who in the world is writing this stuff for her?? I cannot believe that an intelligent adult with creative writing skills could possibly be putting down this redundant nonsense!!
— Kevin Figg (@Kevin Figg) 1652578883


same thing I\u2019m wondering ! Then I saw She writes her own Speeches!!
— Rich (@Rich) 1652710134


Does she even read anything before she says it out loud... you know, just in case it's stupid. #kamalawordsaladhttps://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1525656051210760192\u00a0\u2026
— Christine Mc (@Christine Mc) 1652616478

It didn't take long before #KamalaTheClown and #KamalaWordSalad were trending on Twitter:

I wonder if the goal is to work together? Not sure. #KamalaTheClown #KamalaWordSalad #Cringehttps://twitter.com/polarisnatsec/status/1525636852295794692\u00a0\u2026
— Brad (@Brad) 1652645636


@VP Madam VP what on earth are you talking about? For one so articulate, you seem to be caught up in a word salad. #Sad so much for your JD and litigation training...#KamalaHarris #kamalawordsaladhttps://twitter.com/BretBaier/status/1525647228534145024\u00a0\u2026
— MJ Harris (@MJ Harris) 1652628501


A trend is a trendy thing. When things trend, trendy people will be a part of the trend. And when trendy people get involved, it becomes trendy. So in conclusion, trends are necessary for trendy people #kamalawordsalad
— Real DH \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Real DH \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2) 1652632788


Number 2 with the finger on the button.\n\n#KamalaWordSaladhttps://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1525656051210760192\u00a0\u2026
— W.A.Dad (@W.A.Dad) 1652663493
Wonder how she passed high school english?\nWhat a complete disaster.
— EichBomb\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@EichBomb\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1652582936
More classic hits from the great wordsmith\u2026\nCould she actually be worse than Brandon???
— Trent Harris (@Trent Harris) 1652578392

At least someone came up with an idea for how we can all help drown our shame while watching our second-in-command make a complete mockery of herself and our nation:

DRINK everytime she says Work Together...
— Lord Brian Urso, Lead Guitarist of Gideons Mob (@Lord Brian Urso, Lead Guitarist of Gideons Mob) 1652609730

Cheers!

Texas AG blasts possible LGBTQ 'indoctrination' at school district's Pride Week. 'Queer Eye' showings, 'nail painting' parties allegedly offered at HS.



Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted "Pride Week" activities at the Austin Independent School District in a letter posted to Twitter, saying they constitute "human sexuality instruction" allowable only with parents' consent. He also accused the district of participating in LGBTQ "indoctrination."

Allegedly among the "Pride Week" activities are "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties at a district high school.

What are the details?

"Liberal school districts are aggressively pushing LGBTQ+ views on Texas kids! All behind parents’ backs! This is immoral and illegal," Paxton added in a follow-up tweet. "I will work with and for parents to hold deceptive sexual propagandists and predators accountable."

Paxton's Tuesday letter noted that the district's activities happening this week are "at best" an "instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent" or "worse" the district is "cynically pushing ... indoctrination of your students that ... subtly cuts parents out of the loop. Either way you're breaking the law."

The attorney general added that he heard reports about "community circles" in which "sensitive topics" are discussed and that "students are encouraged to keep [them] confidential, presumably from parents."

But Austin school officials pushed back, saying in a statement to the Austin American-Statesman that community circles are "confidential" in the sense that they make "students feel trusted and respected for their privacy when sharing in the conversations — it does not mean don't tell your parents."

Interestingly, a Libs of Tik Tok tweet said Doss Elementary's instructions — after "parent and social media backlash" — were updated to reflect that teachers are to inform students they can tell parents about Pride Week activities:

Doss Elementary updated their pride week activity instructions after parent and social media backlash. It now states that students can share information with their parents.pic.twitter.com/JUc3n2BsNl
— Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok) 1647913079

Indeed, the American-Statesman reported that backlash to this year's Pride Week resulted in death threats against Doss Elementary teachers and "prompted the school to move Wednesday's pride parade indoors, with police present." District spokesman Jason Stanford added to the paper that "we were actually worried that this political controversy could possibly threaten the safety of these kids."

Libs of TikTok also posted video to Twitter showing what it said was an indoor Pride Parade at Doss Elementary:

I knew she would delete it so I saved it. The assistant principal posted this video of a pride parade in school to her Twitter account.pic.twitter.com/GrUdr9V4MS
— Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok) 1647887216

In addition, it was claimed that activities such as "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School:

Pride week at Bowie High School here in Austin includes watching Queer Eye and nail painting parties.\n\nAISD has the worst exam scores of all local districts, but go off! Get your nails did!pic.twitter.com/OgmvODxcc5
— Brad Swail (@Brad Swail) 1647986781

The Austin ISD on Thursday did not immediately respond to TheBlaze's request for comment on claims that Doss Elementary's Pride Week instructions were amended to makes sure students are told they can talk to their parents and that "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School.

'Political attacks'

In response to Paxton's letter, Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde tweeted the following: "I want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks."

In addition, the American-Statesman reported that Stanford said Paxton is wrong, legally and factually, to equate Pride Week with sex education.

"Pride is about celebrating who people are, particularly members of the LGBT community who are bullied much more than the community at large, who experience suicide at much higher rates, who skip school at twice the rate of straight kids because of worries about their safety," Stanford told the paper.

"In Austin, it's really important to us to let all these kids know that we love them and they're welcome and they're safe," he added to the American-Statesman. "It might surprise the attorney general to find out that this is a pretty normal idea here in Austin, that we love everybody."

And while Paxton's letter advised the Austin ISD to "rectify this situation" and warned that parents could take action against the school district, the paper said Stanford brushed aside the attorney general's cautions.

"This is nothing our lawyers are taking seriously at all because he's so wrong about the law," Stanford told the American-Statesman. "We thank the attorney general for his interest, but we will continue to celebrate Pride."

Critics rip former Biden health adviser, MSNBC for peddling lie that unvaccinated kids are likely to get 'serious' COVID: 'Dangerous misinformation'



Critics are calling out a former COVID policy adviser to President Joe Biden after he recently claimed on national TV that children are "likely" to get a "serious" case of COVID-19 if they do not get vaccinated against the virus.

What did he say?

Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who formerly served in the Obama administration and as a member of Biden's coronavirus advisory board, made the fallacious claim during an interview with MSNBC reporter Kristen Welker on Wednesday.

The two were discussing vaccine efficacy in children amid the rise of the Omicron variant, when he said, "With the Omicron variant, kids are either going to get the vaccine or they're likely to get a serious condition of Omicron."

"I am confused about parents’ attitude. Five and above, seems like it's a no-brainer," he added. "Two to five, I understand some hesitancy. Two and under with the small dose, I think probably a very good idea."

"Parents have to be more willing" to get their children vaccinated, Emanuel argued.

MSNBC followed up the interview by promoting Emanuel's warning on Twitter, despite his claim being obviously dubious.

Numerous scientific studies since the start of the pandemic have shown that children are extremely unlikely to present even mild symptoms as a result of the virus, much less come down with a severe case of COVID-19.

Furthermore, Reuters reported last month that a recent study showed Omicron is even less dangerous for children than previous variants of the pathogen.

What was the reaction?

Critics were quick to call out Emanuel and MSNBC for peddling misinformation about the pandemic, many noting that they reported the post to Twitter for removal.

"Report this dangerous misinformation," columnist Phil Kerpen tweeted.

Report this dangerous misinformation.https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Phil Kerpen (@Phil Kerpen) 1643937935

"This is a lie," Townhall senior editor Matt Vespa added.

This is a liehttps://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Matt Vespa (@Matt Vespa) 1643942360

Reason editor at large Matt Welch added, "This statement is not remotely true."

This statement is not remotely true.https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Matt Welch (@Matt Welch) 1643939630

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said, "This is garbage @MSNBC. Totally, 100%, indisputably untrue COVID misinformation."

This is garbage @MSNBC. Totally, 100%, indisputably untrue COVID misinformation.https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Lee Zeldin (@Lee Zeldin) 1643944160

"There is zero evidence that unvaccinated kids as young as 5 are 'likely to get a serious condition of omicron.' Zero," The Hill columnist Joe Concha argued.

There is zero evidence that unvaccinated kids as young as 5 are \u201clikely to get a serious condition of omicron.\u201d Zero.https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Joe Concha (@Joe Concha) 1643957299

New York Assemblyman Jarrett Gandolfo called Emanuel's claim "demonstrably false" and "straight up fearmongering."

This is demonstrably false. Straight up fearmongering.https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Jarett Gandolfo (@Jarett Gandolfo) 1643940285

WEX magazine managing editor Jay Caruso noted the statement as an example of how "platforms are much more lenient with COVID/vaccine hysteria content than they are with COVID/vaccine skeptical content."

This is a good example of an issue @JonathanTurley raised several weeks ago. Platforms are much more lenient with COVID/vaccine hysteria content than they are with COVID/vaccine skeptical content.https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Jay Caruso (@Jay Caruso) 1643974544

Others contrasted Big Tech's silence over Emanuel's and MSNBC's claims to the loud criticism being incessantly launched against Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan because of his opinions on COVID-19 treatments.

"This kind of stuff only proves the whole Spotify thing has nothing to do with misinformation and everything to do with power," Bridget Phetasy tweeted.

This kind of stuff only proves the whole Spotify thing has nothing to do with misinformation and everything to do with power.
— Bridget Phetasy (@Bridget Phetasy) 1643939939

Washington Examiner contributor Brad Polumbo remarked, "Lol but Joe Rogan spreads COVID 'misinformation.''"

Lol but Joe Rogan spreads COVID \u201cmisinformation\u201dhttps://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1489400069203939335\u00a0\u2026
— Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1643946434

TikTok deletes — then restores — journalist's defense of Kyle Rittenhouse without explanation



A columnist for the Washington Examiner said that he was "censored" by TikTok after a video he posted defending Kyle Rittenhouse was removed from the platform.

Brad Polumbo, a policy correspondent with the Foundation for Economic Education, wrote in an op-ed Monday that a short video he posted to TikTok over the weekend defending Rittenhouse was "bizarrely" removed for violating the app's "harassment and bullying" policy. The video was later restored without explanation from the company.

Rittenhouse (18) was accused of murder after he shot three people, killing two, at a Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020. A jury found him not guilty on multiple felony counts last week after his lawyers argued he acted in self-defense.

On Sunday, Polumbo posted a TikTok video arguing that Rittenhouse's case exposed the hypocrisy of many people on the left who support criminal justice reform but demanded that the judge and the jury unfairly throw the book at Rittenhouse.

"Hakeem Jeffries, a progressive congressman, literally tweeted while the trial was still going on: 'Lock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key.' And he's the same guy that rails against mass incarceration — and I agree with him sometimes — but now, before the trial was even over, they were calling for this guy to be locked up and throw away the key … like they've already reached their conclusion. And they lied about it being a 'white supremacy' thing when it's a white dude that shot other white people [thing]," Polumbo said.

He continued: "You don't have to either think that he's a hero who did everything right and made amazing decisions or he's an evil white supremacist who should go to jail. The truth is, I would never let my teenager go to a riot zone with a weapon — that was a bad decision to make — but in the moment, he defended himself. He wasn't some mass shooter white supremacist, and he should be acquitted."

After Polumbo posted that message, he reported on Twitter that his video had been removed by TikTok for violating the platform's guidelines on "harassment and bullying."

pic.twitter.com/hMyxdDMHzM
— Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1637547067

His appeal was reviewed by TikTok and denied.

"What part of that constitutes 'bullying' or 'harassment' in any form?" Polumbo asked in his op-ed.

"And this bizarre censorship decision by TikTok wasn't an error or mistake," he added. "I appealed the removal of my video, and my appeal was denied."

TikTok's Community Guidelines on harassment and bullying state that the company believes "in an inclusive community and individualized expression without fear of abuse."

"We do not tolerate members of our community being shamed, bullied, or harassed. Abusive content or behavior can cause severe psychological distress and will be removed from our platform," the company says.

The website prohibits content that insults or disparages other people for their appearance or intelligence, encourages coordinated harassment, disparages the victims of violent tragedies, engages in intimidation or cyberstalking, or wishes death, serious illness, or other serious harm to another individual or public figure. TikTok also prohibits sexual harassment, hacking, doxing, and blackmail.

It is not clear which of these policies were violated by Polumbo's video. TikTok did not respond to a request from The Blaze for comment.

Polumbo told The Blaze that he wasn't really bothered if all that happened was his video was flagged by an algorithm.

"What blows my mind is that a human reviewed my appeal and decided that my video making extremely mainstream arguments about the case is 'harassment and bullying,'" he said. "That shows just how skewed the woke information bubble is that these people operate in."

After his appeal was initially denied, Polumbo said Monday that TikTok restored his video "with no message/notice from them regarding the deletion or denied appeal."

I appreciate it, but this doesn't solve the problem. \n\nMost people don't have a blue checkmark and big accounts to RT them to get attention and get absurd censorship decisions reversed. \n\nThey need to address their bias so this kind of insanity doesn't happen again.
— Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1637616949

While he's thankful his video is back up, Polumbo emphasized that other people who are wronged by social media censorship don't have the reach or influence a verified journalist like himself has to pressure TikTok or any other company into reversing their censorship.

"How many random people had their opinions on Rittenhouse deleted yet can't get it reversed because they aren't blue check journalists?" he observed.

"That kind of inconsistency is really horrible."

As many as 140,000 New Yorkers receive absentee ballots with wrong names and addresses



Voters in New York City are sounding the alarm after several have reported receiving absentee ballots containing either the wrong name and address, or another person's ballot altogether — and officials estimate as many as 140,000 mismatched absentee mailings were sent out.

What are the details?

The Gothamist reported Monday that multiple voters in Brooklyn said "they have received a mislabeled 'official absentee ballot envelope.' Normally, the voter inserts their completed ballot into the envelope and signs the outside. But in these cases, their ballot envelopes bear the wrong name and address. If a person signs their own name to this faulty ballot envelope, the ballot would be voided."

The outlet noted that "the New York City Board of Elections has mailed out nearly half a million absentee ballots ahead of Election Day this November," and "more than 140,000 absentee ballots have gone out across the borough."

Business Insider reporter Grace Panetta tweeted, "And it looks like some people are getting not just the wrong return envelopes with their ballot, but other's people's ballots entirely. I can only hope this isn't a widespread problem bc it's a pretty serious safety/privacy issue."

And it looks like some people are getting not just the wrong return envelopes with their ballot, but other’s people… https://t.co/Tji8eG1s3T
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta)1601333420.0

Impacted New Yorkers also took to social media to sound the alarm. One Brooklyn resident called out her city councilman, Brad Lander, tweeting, "I, too, received somebody else's absentee ballot. Pls help your constituents/our democracy, @bradlander?"

Lander responded, "Sigh. You and apparently as many as 140,000 others. Here's what we know so far," pointing to his own Twitter feed where he had linked to the Gothamist article. He had written earlier, "Emerging from Yom Kippur to dozens of emails from Brooklyn voters who were mailed absentee ballots with the wrong name/address on the return envelope. Just so enraging & depressing."

"Voting absentee is going to work. It really is," he also tweeted, followed by a "fingers crossed" emoji.

Voting absentee is going to work. It really is. (🤞)But if you're immunocompromised or out-of-town or uncomfortabl… https://t.co/3KDVlU5Tsh
— Brad Lander (@Brad Lander)1601338031.0

He added, "As @commoncauseny's Susan Lerner says: 'Look, this is a stupid error, but there is time to get it fixed.' And I know it won't affect the Presidential race (fortunately, swing states have been doing mail-in ballots longer & better). But still, [New York City Board of Elections], please. I can't take it."


As @commoncauseny's Susan Lerner says: “Look, this is a stupid error, but there is time to get it fixed.”And I kn… https://t.co/zpsHZ2mPHW
— Brad Lander (@Brad Lander)1601338031.0

The New York City Board of Elections blamed an outside vendor for the error, and advised voters to send them a private message, email them, or call to rectify the problem.

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