Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Gets Reparations Payments From White Friends

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), has received "reparations" payments from her white friends on Juneteenth most years since 2019, the Washington Free Beacon has found.

Both of Hirsi’s parents are Somali immigrants. Reparations advocates, meanwhile, typically push for payments to descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S., while Juneteenth commemorates the nation’s 1865 end of slavery.

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CA professor says being a Swift fan is 'slightly racist,' Chiefs winning Super Bowl is a 'white supremacist conspiracy'



A California professor suggested that it might be racist to be a Taylor Swift fan. The professor, who is no stranger to controversy, made the suggestion after the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers, according to the New York Post.

Melina Abdullah is a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She decided to take her views about Taylor Swift to X after the Super Bowl, where she wrote: "Why do I feel like it’s slightly racist to be a Taylor Swift fan?”

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When another X user claimed "everything is racist," Abdullah simply replied, "Indeed!"

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According to Abdullah's X bio, she is a "Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA, #BlackLivesMatter organizer, Pan-Africanist, Hip Hop scholar, daughter of God, womanist, truth-teller, mama." The New York Post also noted that she is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter's Los Angeles chapter.

When another X user asked Abdullah to clarify what she meant by her original post, she said: “I said FEEL, not think. Kind of like that feeling I get when there are too many American flags.”

Not long after, she followed up her original post with a second one, which read: “Why do I feel like this was some right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy?!?! Booooooo!!!! #SuperBowl.”

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However, this is not the first time Abdullah has made questionable statements online. In 2022, she said no white people were welcome to Juneteenth celebrations. She wrote: “Attention white people… Please don’t ask if you can come to the cookout… #Juneteenth is freedom day for Black folks."

“It should be #Reparations day for white folks.”

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The Post reported that in 2021, Abdullah tried to defend Jussie Smollet after he was found guilty of staging a fake hate crime.

“In our commitment to abolition, we can never believe police, especially the Chicago Police Department (CPD) over Jussie Smollett, a Black man who has been courageously present, visible, and vocal in the struggle for Black freedom. While policing at-large is an irredeemable institution, CPD is notorious for its long and deep history of corruption, racism, and brutality."

Smollet claimed that he was attacked by two white men screaming, "This is MAGA country," in the middle of the night in Chicago. The incident was claimed to have taken place in 2019. But in December 2021, Smollet was found guilty of falsely reporting a hate crime.

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Georgia's largest hospital system scraps Christmas Eve from paid holiday calendar, adds Juneteenth to ensure 'equitable outcomes for all'



The largest hospital system in Georgia has scrapped Christmas Eve from its paid holiday calendar, effective next year. Juneteenth has been added in its place. This will impact over 24,000 employees.

While the controversial zero-sum swap is purportedly an attempt to support "diverse communities" and ensure "equitable outcomes for all," the system comprising 11 hospitals and over 250 provider locations does not appear to have done anything substantive for workers by virtue of this change.

Atlanta News First reported that employees were let down by what some had anticipated to be an "exciting announcement."

"I think, in general, everyone at Emory is pretty frustrated right now," said one Emory health care provider. "You can’t replace one for the other. It's completely inappropriate. It's essentially pitting a Christian holiday against something that's to be celebratory for everyone – but specifically for our black colleagues."

"Something that should be an extremely joyful and collective celebration has become another reminder of how our black colleagues can’t have anything without sacrifice," an employee told Atlanta News First.

NAACP Dekalb County president Edwina Clanton puzzled over "why they can't do both," suggesting "it will put anger in some hearts."

"Why do we have to do this? Why can't we have our old holidays off?" said Clanton. "Some more consideration, even asking the employees which days you want to give up, that may have worked better."

In his memo to employees last month, Lee reportedly indicated leadership did not want to add another day to the nine paid holidays observed each year.

"For each observed holiday, our clinics and business offices close, which means our patients are unable to make clinic appointments for those days," wrote Lee. "To minimize the impact on patient care, we will not be adding another paid holiday to our calendar."

The Washington Free Beacon reported that Lee had further stressed in his email to employees, "Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Emory Healthcare (EHC) is about creating an environment of true belonging for our patients and team members, while ensuring equitable outcomes for all."

"In response to requests from our care team members over the past few years, we are pleased to add Juneteenth to the holidays we recognize," Janet Christenbury, a spokesman for the health system, told Becker's Hospital Review. "At Emory Healthcare, we strive to support our employees and our diverse communities in recognizing holidays that are meaningful and important to them."

Atlanta News First indicated the system said employees retain the option to use paid time off for Christmas Eve.

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Emory Healthcare Replaces Christmas Eve With Juneteenth on Paid Holiday Calendar

The largest hospital system in Georgia, Emory Healthcare, has scrapped Christmas Eve from its paid holiday calendar and added Juneteenth. Employees will now have to use paid time off to celebrate the December holiday.

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Sen. Fetterman recites BLM slogans in celebratory Juneteenth post, but is swiftly reminded of the innocent black jogger he chased down with a shotgun



Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) wished everyone a "Happy Juneteenth" on Monday, noting that extra to celebrating emancipation, the occasion marked a time to "reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America."

Some Twitter users obliged the senator in reflecting on the racism of yesteryear, noting a shady moment in Fetterman's own recent past: a 2013 incident when then-Braddock Mayor Fetterman pulled a shotgun on an innocent black jogger, whom he had presumed was fleeing a shooting, reported the New York Post.

Replying to Fetterman's post on Twitter — a recycled tweet from 2022, which also stressed, "PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter" — former Trump campaign communications director and Washington Times columnist Tim Murtaugh tweeted, "Senator, why don’t you tell that story about that time you chased a black jogger and held a shotgun on him because you thought he was a criminal?"

Spencer Brown, the managing editor of Townhall, shared a graphic referencing a New York Times write-up of the event, captioned, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent unarmed black man."

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According to Trib Live, Fetterman was outside his home with his son around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, when he claimed to have heard high-powered rifle shots. After taking his son inside and calling police, Fetterman saw a black jogger running from the direction of the alleged gunshot sounds and inferred that the two were linked.

The police report indicated that extra to being unarmed, Christopher Miyares was dressed in "running clothing and was wearing headphones."

Fetterman pulled a 20-gauge shotgun from beneath the back seat of his truck and chased down Miyares.

The Pennsylvania Democrat admitted that the gun stowed in his truck was loaded, which the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office indicated at the time was illegal.

Fetterman reportedly caught up to the jogger in his truck, ordered him to stop, then brandished his shotgun when he didn't comply.

Miyares told WTAE-TV that the Democrat aimed the shotgun at his chest, which Fetterman denied.

The jogger, who was not charged with any crime, later explained to police that he had seen children playing with bottle rockets, which may have been the source of the sound that prompted the Democrat to presume him guilty.

"I did what I thought was appropriate at the time. I don't have any regrets now. It was just a very confusing and scary situation," said Fetterman.

Fawn Walker-Montgomery, a former city council member from McKeesport, near Braddock, told NBC News last year, "He was a white man with a gun chasing a black man. ... I used to be on the council in McKeesport, and if I chased after a person with a gun, I would still be in jail. He’s showing he’s not aware of his white privilege."

The New York Post reported that while downplaying the incident ahead of the 2022 election, Fetterman also wiped mentions of the identitarian activist group BLM from his campaign site, which had been up until late August.

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Pro-LGBT advocacy group hit with blowback for Juneteenth tweet claiming, 'Our fight for equality is synonymous with the fight for Black freedom'



In a Monday tweet marking the Juneteenth holiday, the Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBT advocacy group, asserted that there is a parallel between the LGBT movement and "the fight for Black freedom."

"To honor #Juneteenth is to recognize the intersectionality between LGBTQ+ equality and racial justice. True Black liberation continues to be challenged today by systemic racism and oppression. Our fight for equality is synonymous with the fight for Black freedom."

The tweet sparked blowback on social media.

"Right… because as my ancestors were toiling away on fields and dreaming of freedom, the prominent thought in their minds were 'that whip might hurt, but it doesn’t hurt anywhere as badly as LGBTQ+ oppression,'" Zeek Arkham sarcastically tweeted in response to the Human Rights Campaign. "Y’all had nothing else to tweet about today, huh?" he added.

"For all the talk about 'colonizers', I have never seen a political movement representing so few people be so successful at extracting the resources (eg., history, imagery, rhetoric) from other movements and using them for their own purposes," tweeted Delano Squires, who is a contributor to BlazeTV's "Fearless with Jason Whitlock."

\u201cFor all the talk about \u201ccolonizers\u201d, I have never seen a political movement representing so few people be so successful at extracting the resources (eg., history, imagery, rhetoric) from other movements and using them for their own purposes.\u201d
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"Not everything has to be about you, you narcissistic freaks," Sean Davis tweeted.

"Critical Theory on display. Everything ties back to pushing Marxism. The issue is not the issue. Minorities are just pawns in this cynical agenda to take over the U.S. government and forcibly install a socialist government," Kyle Becker tweeted.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.

"One of my proudest actions as President has been signing the bipartisan law establishing Juneteenth as the first new Federal holiday since the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday nearly four decades ago," President Joe Biden said in a 2023 Juneteenth Day of Observance proclamation.

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