Tracy Chapman singing 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs at the Grammys is getting attention for all the right reasons



Legendary singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman performed her iconic 1988 tune "Fast Car" with country star Luke Combs at Sunday's Grammy Awards. It was Chapman's first public performance in nearly a decade, and the duet has been getting a ton of attention — and for all the right reasons.

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What's the background?

You might recall that Combs' cover of "Fast Car" hit the top of the charts last year, and alongside the adulation was quite a bit of controversy.

See, Combs is a white, straight male, and Chapman is a black, queer woman — and the success of Combs' version rubbed certain folks the wrong way.

Holly G, founder of the Black Opry — a group for black country music singers and fans — told the Washington Post that "it’s hard to really lean into [the Combs' "Fast Car"] excitement knowing that Tracy Chapman would not be celebrated in the industry without that kind of middleman being a white man.”

Tanner Davenport, co-director of the Black Opry, added to the Post that Combs' rapid success covering Chapman "kind of just proves that when you put a white face on black art, it seems to be consumed a lot easier.”

Holly G added to the Post — speaking hypothetically to Combs — that “you used her art to enrich your career, and that opens you up to a little bit of responsibility giving back to the community.”

Today said one commenter on the Post article remarked that people of color "and women rarely get any play on country stations. I was listening to OKQ this morning, and they played 5 male artists before they played a female artist. It grinds my gears that Luke Combs remade a song that was near-perfect, and now it’s getting a ton of play. Every time I hear the remake, I wish I were hearing the original.”

As it happens, there was no controversy coming from the two most important people involved: Chapman and Combs.

"I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there," Chapman told Billboard in the wake of the success of Combs' cover. "I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced ‘Fast Car.’”

Combs' "Fast Car" rendition in November won two Country Music Association awards: Single of the Year and Song of the Year, Today said, adding that Combs in acceptance remarks said, "First and foremost, I want to thank Tracy Chapman for writing one of the best songs of all time."

He added to Billboard that his "Fast Car" cover "has surprised me more than you can imagine. Tracy Chapman wrote this perfect song that I first heard with my dad and it has stayed with me since I have played it in my live show now for six-plus years and everyone — I mean everyone — across all these stadiums relates to this song and sings along. That’s the gift of a supernatural songwriter. The success of my cover is unreal, and I think it’s so cool that Tracy is getting recognized and has reached new milestones. I love that she is out there feeling all the love and that she gave me a shout-out! Thank you, Tracy!”

In addition, Billboard noted last July that Combs’ rendition generated at least $500,000 in global publishing royalties — the bulk of which goes to Chapman since she owns the writer’s and publisher’s share of the song. What's more, the Daily Beast said that less than an hour after her Sunday duet with Combs, Chapman’s original version of "Fast Car" hit the top of the U.S. iTunes charts "for the first time ever."

How are folks reacting to the Chapman-Combs duet?

Reactions to Chapman's duet with Combs at the Grammys seemed overwhelmingly positive. Here's a sampling:

  • "It looked like she was tearing up at the beginning when everyone was cheering... it was so dang beautiful and filled my heart with joy," one commenter said.
  • "I loved that he let her lead (I know it’s her song)," another user observed. "He worked off her the entire song. Very respectful!"
  • "The VIBE between these two!!" another commenter exclaimed.
  • "I’m not crying you’re crying," another user wrote.
  • "This makes me feel like maybe this world can work after all," another commenter concluded.

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WOKE mob RUINS woman’s life after video goes VIRAL



Sarah Jane Comrie, a New York City woman, is now the latest victim of the online mob.

Comrie is fighting claims that she’s a racist after a video of her refusing to give up her Citi Bike to a group of young black men went viral.

Comrie is pictured crying in the video and screaming “help.”

Activists took to Twitter to slam the woman, including Attorney Ben Crump.

He wrote, “A white woman was caught on camera attempting to STEAL a Citi Bike from a young Black man in NYC. She grossly tried to weaponize her tears to paint this man as a threat. This is EXACTLY the type of behavior that has endangered so many Black men in the past!”

It was later proven through receipts that the woman in question had paid for the Citi Bike, and the young black men were trying to take it from her.

Despite the woman being in the right, she was doxed online — and is six-months pregnant.

Sara Gonzales of "The News & Why It Matters" threw in her two cents.

“Yes, I’m sure that six-month pregnant woman is such a danger to that group of black men. I’m sure she stood a chance should any sort of fight break out,” Gonzales mocked.

Not only was the woman forced to leave her home because strangers were attempting to come after her and her husband, but her employer put her on leave after viewing the video.

She is now suing for defamation.

Eric July joined Gonzales to discuss the matter.

July says people online have been “race-baiting, calling her this and this and that just because she had a conflict with someone that is a different color than her. And this is why the race conversation in this country continues to escalate.”


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Historically black Mississippi churches set aflame on Election Day. Democrat candidate calls it 'terrorism' to 'suppress our right to vote' — then suspect is arrested.



Two historically black churches in Jackson, Mississippi, were deliberately set on fire early Tuesday morning — Election Day — authorities told USA Today.

There were five additional suspected arson cases in the city — and all seven occurred in the area of Jackson State University, a historically black public university, the paper said.

'We will not allow domestic terrorists to suppress our right to vote'

Mississippi Democrat congressional candidate Shuwaski Young released a statement early Tuesday morning calling the fires acts of "terrorism," USA Today reported.

\u201cMy statement on the church burning in Jackson, Mississippi on #ElectionDay. Go VOTE Mississippi. Just Go VOTE.\u201d
— Shuwaski Young for Congress (@Shuwaski Young for Congress) 1667915682

"This morning several churches were burned in Jackson, Mississippi on Election Day," the statement reads. "These cowardly actions invoke historical acts of terrorism when people are fighting for their right to vote and live peacefully as Americans and Mississippians. We will not be deterred and will not be intimidated. We will not allow domestic terrorists to suppress our right to vote. I ask all Mississippians to GO VOTE regardless of this decades-old intimidation tactic to suppress our votes today. Just go VOTE."

Suspect arrested

Suspect Delvin McLaurin was arrested Tuesday, USA Today said. The Hinds County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested McLaurin in the evening after a tip from citizens in Terry near the Hinds-Copiah County line. Authorities said McLaurin will be transferred to the Jackson Police Department for further questioning.

Image source: Hinds County Sheriff's Office

A Jackson Police Department spokesperson said McLaurin is being charged with felony malicious mischief, USA Today reported, adding that the FBI is questioning him and McLaurin may face additional charges.

Officials began receiving calls about several fires starting around 2:45 a.m., the paper reported, adding that Jackson Police spokesman Sam Brown said McLaurin was in the area of the fires during the hours they were set.

House of cards tumbles

Young wasn't alone in his "suppress our right to vote" post following the suspected arsons. Other commenters underneath his post concurred — and took things a lot further:

  • "The layers of racist symbolism associated with burning churches… in Mississippi… on Election Day. When will this country wake up? This makes me incredibly sad…" one commenter added. "I’m guessing the terrorist/arsonist who did this thinks they’re a Christian and a patriot."
  • "... this what the SCLC fought against, the same white-hooded cowards are a product of 45's GOP, the most racist, corrupt treasonous administration in White House, anti-[Semitism], racism is their platform," another user said. "This act today says it all."
  • "This is beyond hideous. The hypocrisy is off the charts, too," another commenter said. "The burning was probably carried out by people who profess to be Christians."
  • "Domestic white supremacist terrorists will not suppress Democratic voters from voting!" another commenter declared. "But Still, Like Air We Rise ..."

Oh, and:

\u201c@forpetessakeny @shuwaskiyoung Yeah, mystery huh?\u201d
— Shuwaski Young for Congress (@Shuwaski Young for Congress) 1667915682

However, one commenter couldn't help pushing back against Young in light of McLaurin's arrest, saying "…except the suspect is a black man. You can stop the racial narrative now."

Incidentally, Young lost his congressional bid to incumbent Republican Michael Guest, the Clarion Ledger reported, adding that Guest was ahead of Young by more than 40 points with 94% of the votes in Wednesday.

The rest of the story

USA Today said fires were reported at Greater Bethlehem Temple Church, Epiphany Lutheran Church, the baseball field at Jackson State, a gas station, a location at Central Street and Dalton, a location in the 1100 block of Pascagoula St., and a location at Terry Road and Cherry Street.

Epiphany Lutheran, one of the oldest predominately black Lutheran churches in Mississippi, burned for more than four hours before the fire was put out, USA Today said.

Lloyd Caston, 73, an elder at Epiphany, was awakened around 4 a.m. by a call from a family member who lives in the neighborhood where the church is located, the paper said. Caston then headed to the church around 4:30 a.m. to find the building “fully enflamed," USA Today reported.

“I was hurt,” Caston told the paper of his emotions upon seeing his church on fire, adding that "it destroyed the church and everything in it."

Epiphany is 85 years old, USA Today reported, adding that renovations to the building’s interior were completed in March.

Fire also damaged Greater Bethlehem Temple Church, the paper said.

"We can't always understand why people do evil, but we know that ... it's our job to overcome evil with good. That's why we're committed to continue to help this community," Ervin Ricks, Greater Bethlehem's communications director, told WAPT-TV .

Jackson officials did not connect the fires with an attempt to affect Tuesday's election, USA Today reported.

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Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down by black heritage center in Charlottesville, turned into public art



The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was the focal point of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville riots, will be melted down by a black heritage center in town and turned into public art, WVIR-TV reported.

What are the details?

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville is planning on melting down the Lee statue by February, the station added.

"The question of what to do with statues has gotten to this place where we are really saying out loud, ‘Yeah, we really could melt them down,’ and we are not the only community that is thinking about it, but we certainly hope we are the ones who create the road map for others who are interested in doing it," Andrea Douglas, the center's executive director, told WTTG-TV.

Douglas added to WVIR that "it feels really, really eminent and historic. We don’t want to take our trauma and have it moved to another community. The idea that you take an object that has so many connotations that are associated with white supremacy, and then allow it to go to another community where they have to contend with those objects. It feels immoral to us.”

In addition, she said the project's goal is “to create something that transforms what was once toxic in our public space into something beautiful and more reflective of our entire community’s social values," Yahoo News said.

The public art project, Swords into Plowshares, will cost about $1.1 million, Douglas told WVIR.

“We have already raised $590,000 in gifts from the Virginia Humanities Open Source, which is one of the largest foundations in the country," Douglas noted to WVIR. "They have already participated in monument processes."

Jalane Schmidt, director of the University of Virginia's Democracy Initiatives Memory Project — a co-sponsor of the Lee statue art endeavor — added to WVIR that "the statue will still be here. It’ll be here with us. Whatever gets created out of these repurposed materials will be here with us."

Schmidt also told the station that the art project will narrate the entire story of how the statue came to be.

Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville to be melted down, remade into art | FOX 5 DCyoutu.be

What's the background?

Charlottesville's city council originally voted to remove the Lee statue in 2017, which sparked rioting in the city that summer. But just after midnight Tuesday, the council unanimously voted to donate the statue to the black heritage center in town, the Daily Progress reported.

The 100-year-old statue has been in a city storage facility since it was removed from its spot in town July 10, the outlet said, adding that city officials called for proposals on what to do with the statue in July and September. The black heritage center submitted a proposal suggesting the statue be melted into ingots and transformed into a work of art that reflects the community’s values, the Daily Progress said.

Don't look now, but even farmers markets and food charities exude 'white supremacy' and perpetuate 'white dominant culture,' college webinar claims



Washington State University is promoting the notion that farmers markets and food charities exude “white supremacy,” and perpetuate “white dominant culture," conservative radio host Jason Rantz reported for KTTH-AM.

Say what?

Rantz wrote that the agriculture program coordinator for WSU’s San Juan County Extension Ag Program promoted a webinar: “Examining Whiteness in Food Systems.”

He said attendees learned that “white supremacy culture” creates food insecurity by “center[ing] whiteness across the food system" — and that “whiteness defines foods as either good or bad."

The webinar was originally produced by Duke University, and featured a pair of speakers from WSU’s 2021 San Juan Islands Ag Summit on the same topic, Rantz wrote.

More from his KTTH piece:

Jennifer Zuckerman of the Duke World Food Policy Center led the discussion. She framed the webinar around her identity as a white woman who has “benefited from whiteness for my entire life at the expense of other people.” With that in mind, she explored the “really specific ways in which whiteness shows up in the food system and particularly in the work of food insecurity.”

Promoting the belief that “whiteness permeates the food system” and that “it specifically articulates these white ideals of health and nutrition,” Zuckerman chided the “whitened dreams of farming and gardening.”

She took particular aim at farmers markets as being too white. She uses a quote from Rachel Slocum (“a preeminent researcher on whiteness and food”) as a jumping-off point.

“What that does is it erases the past and present of race and agriculture. What whiteness also does is ‘mobilizes funding to predominantly white organizations who then direct programming at nonwhite beneficiaries,'” she said. “And we’ll talk about that a little bit more when we talk about communities that can’t take care of themselves. Also, what this does is it creates inviting spaces for white people. Then program directors or farmers market directors are scrambling because they’re trying to add diversity to a white space. So what whiteness does is center whiteness."

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Rantz also wrote that — according to Zuckerman — food charities also are a form of white supremacy.

Indeed, Zuckerman said the idea that "communities can't take care of themselves" represents a "belief that low-income and or [black, indigenous, persons of color] communities and individuals — and that’s not necessarily one in the same — cannot provide or make decisions for themselves.”

She added that it "makes the assumption that they need to be helped. And these assumptions are based in negative racial and class stereotypes. And they dictate who’s given power and decision-making in food policy and programming. And then what happens, as a result, is that organizations prescribe solutions to the community without consulting them, assuming that they know better."

More from Rantz:

Luckily, these communities have a privileged white lady to tell them they don’t need any help. She says the focus should not be about handing out food to help the hungry. Instead, the priority should be on “providing economic assistance, increasing wages, or providing direct capital for BIPOC owned food and agriculture businesses.”

Ironically, white savior Zuckerman says food charity promotes “a savior mentality over mutual aid.”

Zuckerman said she needed “to step back to de-center myself” as a privileged white person so that in-need people of color can speak. Yet she only gave the two women of color on the panel roughly 21 minutes between them.

Here's Rantz's excellent commentary on Zuckerman and the seminar:

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Seth Rogen claims 'tens of thousands of white supremacists' were 'pissed off' by his new 'Santa Inc.' series. Well, critics hate his 'televised lump of coal' too.



Outspoken, pot-smokin' actor Seth Rogen has been on a roll of late, so to speak.

Besides making headlines this week for smoking "a ton of weed" before attending a televised Adele concert, Rogen got pummeled as a "champagne socialist" late last month after downplaying the brazen crime happening in Los Angeles — just like a good leftist does.

And now, Rogen apparently is seeing "white supremacists" — lots of them. "Tens of thousands" of the pesky buggers, in fact.

Say what?

See, Rogen's new "Santa Inc." animated series is out — he and comedian Sarah Silverman lend their voices to it — and it seems Rogen now has white supremacists on the brain:

We really pissed off tens of thousands of white supremacists with our new show #SantaInc which is now available on HBOMAX! (Please read the responses to this tweet for confirmation)
— Seth Rogen (@Seth Rogen) 1638491537

"We really pissed off tens of thousands of white supremacists with our new show #SantaInc which is now available on HBOMAX!" Rogen tweeted Thursday, adding "(Please read the responses to this tweet for confirmation)."

One might wonder — is Seth projecting or deflecting?

As in, does he figure that shining a spotlight on make-believe white supremacists will take the focus off the fact that the make-believe series he's in — full of decidedly adult themes (just in time for Christmas) — is getting pretty bad reviews?

'Televised lump of coal'

The headline of Variety's review accused "Santa Inc." of "misguided raunchiness." Reviewer Daniel D'Addario added that it's "dour and heavy, a televised lump of coal."

"When the show displays a visual wit or a loopy joy with wordplay, it makes it feel all the more like a waste of energy that it, elsewhere, depicts Mrs. Claus dancing on a candy-cane stripper pole," D'Addario adds. "That doesn’t say anything, really; it just suggests a readiness to provoke."

'Lowest rated TV series ever'

Not to be outdone, the Cult MTL review headline says "Santa Inc." is the "lowest rated TV series ever."

That'll put a dent in anybody's joint.

"Almost all of the show’s user reviews on IMDb are 1 out of 10, and, while most are very harsh, are overall very entertaining to read," the review adds. "Ranging from 'A Pile Of S**t' to 'Possibly the worst show ever made' to 'Cancelled my HBO Max' — it’s possible that, as one review points out, the only positive to be taken away is that all the extremely low reviews are a "sign that people aren’t idiots.'"

'Proudly crude and immature'

The Hollywood Reporter was a little kinder with its verdict, saying "Santa Inc." is "proudly crude and immature without wholly abandoning the holiday spirit." However, it adds that "often that immaturity comes at the expense of Santa Inc. ever being nearly as subversive as it thinks it is, but I’m not sure anybody involved here is likely to take my wish that the series were a bit smarter and maybe a hair more refined seriously."

How did folks react to Rogen's 'white supremacists' claim?

As you might expect, Twitter users took Rogen to task for calling out "white supremacists" instead of just taking the proverbial "L" like a man:

  • "Have you considered the audience rating isn't based on white supremacy, and that maybe~ it's actually just not that good?" one user asked.
  • "Maybe it’s just s**t," another commenter posed. "Why isn’t that an option?"
  • "I love how all critics can just be shoved aside by calling people Nazis," another user noticed. "What a convienent shield for your creative decline."
  • "Dude, you cannot just define 'white supremacists' as 'people that don't like my sh**ty movie,'" another commenter said. "People are tired of: 'Christmas bad!' 'America bad!' 'White people bad!' Get some new material."

(H/T: The Post Millennial)

Jen Psaki is asked if Biden will apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse for tying him to white supremacists — and she leaps into spin mode, points finger at Trump



Part of a White House press secretary's job is using spin and deflection in order to avoid answering uncomfortable questions.

Jen Psaki is as good at it as any of her predecessors, and given President Joe Biden's failures and myriad of problems throughout his first year in office, she's gotten quite a bit of practice.

And the Psaki spin-fest was revved up into high gear Tuesday when Fox News' Peter Doocy asked if Biden will "ever apologize to the acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse for suggesting online and on TV that he is a white supremacist?"

How did Psaki answer?

Check out Psaki's non-answer:

Well, let's be clear what we're talking about here. This is about a campaign video released last year that used President Trump's own words during a debate as he refused to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. And President Trump, as we know from history and as many of you covered, didn't just refuse to condemn militia groups on the debate stage, he actively encouraged them throughout his presidency. So ... what we've seen are the tragic consequences of that when people think it's OK to take the law into their own hands instead of allowing law enforcement to do its job. And the president believes in condemning hatred, division, and violence. That's exactly what was done in that video.

By the way, Biden's campaign video she mentioned uses an image of Rittenhouse carrying his rifle as audio of Fox News' Chris Wallace, the debate moderator, runs over top asking then-President Donald Trump if he condemns white supremacists and militia groups. Here's the tweet:

There\u2019s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night.pic.twitter.com/Q3VZTW1vUV
— Joe Biden (@Joe Biden) 1601465700

"There's no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night," the tweet's accompanying text stated.

Doocy tried pushing back, arguing that Biden elsewhere incorrectly stated that Rittenhouse was part of a militia group and stating that Rittenhouse accused Biden of "actual malice" in his commentary.

But Psaki kept the spin going and turned her finger-pointing to the "Proud Boys and groups that [Rittenhouse] has posed in photos with. But beyond that I'll leave it to his comments around the verdict."

.@pdoocy: "Will the president ever apologize the Kyle Rittenhouse for suggesting that he is a white supremacist?"\n\nJen Psaki: It's Trump's fault.pic.twitter.com/0Uw0Oig1n6
— MRCTV (@MRCTV) 1637700425

Indeed, Biden's comments following Rittenhouse's trial didn't exactly come across as even-handed, as the president said he was "angry and concerned" over the not-guilty verdict. On Friday he also "declined to share whether he stands by an earlier suggestion that Rittenhouse is a white supremacist," Axios reported.

At the same time support has exploded for Rittenhouse to sue Biden, other elected officials, and media outlets for defamation.

How did folks react to Psaki's spin moves?

Commenters on Twitter were not fooled by the press secretary's words:

  • "She still cannot come out and admit it, of course," one Twitter commenter wrote. "And once again she essentially aligned Rittenhouse in a subtle way with the Proud Boys. Dancing around this issue."
  • "It's sad that half the US & half the world trust sick people like this," another user lamented.
  • "When will this party stand up and take responsibility and quit blaming others?" another commenter asked.
  • "She answered the question by not answering. OF COURSE NOT is the answer," another user declared. "Biden 'bout to make Kyle a filthy rich young man. SUE EVERYBODY, KYLE!"

Judge overturns San Francisco school officials' decision to cover George Washington mural that 'glorifies ... white supremacy' and 'traumatizes students'



A mural in a San Francisco school depicting the life of George Washington — which was set to be covered after critics said it "glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny, white supremacy, oppression" and "traumatizes students" — has been granted new life.

What happened?

A Superior Court judge overturned the San Francisco Unified School District's decision to remove the "Life of Washington" mural, KPIX-TV reported, adding that it's been on the walls of George Washington High School since 1936.

Judge Anne-Christine Massullo on Monday sided with the high school's alumni association, which sued the SFUSD's Board of Directors in 2019 over its decision to cover Victor Arnautoff's mural, the station said.

More from KPIX:

The massive mural drew controversy for its depictions of native Americans and slaves, and students at the school petitioned the board to remove it.

The George Washington High School Alumni Association sued the board over its failure to conduct an environmental review for removing the mural, despite it being required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The school board even voted on the mural removal twice: first to remove it in June of 2019; then in August, the board voted not to remove it, but to cover the decades-old mural with panels.

"The Board and SFUSD failed in their primary duty to follow the requirements of the law," Massullo wrote in her decision, the station said. "California, as a matter of long-standing public policy, places enormous value on its environmental and historical resources and the People are entitled to expect public officials to give more than lip-service to the laws designed to protect those resources."

Image source: KPIX-TV video screenshot

Massullo also ruled that the board and the alumni association must meet and prepare to conduct an environmental review on the mural before the next court hearing scheduled for Aug. 26, KPIX added.

What's the background?

Some of the mural's images came under fire during the civil rights era over its depictions of slavery and Native Americans, the Richmond District Blog noted, after which additional murals were created that depicted people of color in a positive light.

The issue heated up again a few years ago after a proposal to designate George Washington High School as a historic landmark, so the school board created a "Reflection and Action Group" to determine what to do about the mural series, the outlet said.

And the group decided the entire "Life of Washington" mural series should be removed — i.e., painted over as the panels are painted upon the school's plaster walls, the Richmond District Blog said.

With that, the board in June 2019 voted unanimously voted to paint over the mural series. Board commissioner Mark Sanchez dismissed concerns about the possible $600,000 price tag for the paint-over, saying that "this is reparations," KQED-TV reported.

But in July 2019 over 500 academics signed an open letter imploring the board to think twice about its decision, calling it a "gross violation of logic" as the cycle of 13 murals actually represents "a significant monument of anti-racism."

Even actor Danny Glover — a graduate of the high school — raised his voice and said the mural shouldn't be painted over or covered, noting both moves are akin to book burning and "absurd," KGO-TV reported.

"The responsibility of art is to make us feel uncomfortable," Glover argued, the station noted.

"Why board it up?" he asked, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "Why can't we tell the truth?"

Rev. Amos Brown of San Francisco's Third Baptist Church and NAACP echoed Glover's sentiments, telling KGO he's against covering the mural as it depicts history.

"If they're that upset about images about names and sounds, why don't they consider changing the name of the school?" Brown asked the station.

Then in August 2019, the school board voted to cover the mural instead.

MSNBC's Joy Reid: GOP awash in 'white nationalism,' 'Trump cult,' QAnon while 'waging an all-out war for power.' And Dems? Nothing much to report.



A noticeably animated Joy Reid on her Wednesday MSNBC show said the Republican Party is increasingly dominated by "white nationalism," the "Trump cult," and QAnon conspiracy theorists while "waging an all-out war for power" instead of a running typical political campaign.

And as for Democrats? Well, not surprisingly the far-left Reid said the Dems simply are "preparing to run as they would normally run" as midterm elections approach next year. In other words, nothing to see here; move along.

What else did she say?

But she also warned Democrats that they're "running headlong into a cultural wood chipper" — i.e., the Republican Party in search of white voters.

Reid said one of the GOP's methods is fueling the fire over "race-conscious education" — i.e., what the party is "shamelessly and falsely misrepresenting as Critical Race Theory."

"Radicalized parent activists across the country are targeting school boards with behind-the-scenes help from conservative groups," she said. "Protesters are swarming those meetings vowing to revolt against a curriculum they've labeled unacceptable and 'reverse racist.' And leading the charge in this fight is — you guessed it — right-wing media."

Reid also said the GOP's goal is to "terrify" white voters they lost in the last election and convince them to align with a "party that is offering nothing on policy ... by zeroing in on the amygdala of white suburbanites and scaring the hell out of 'em that Black Americans are 'conspiring to pollute their precious children's minds with dangerous knowledge and then turn them into woke future Democrats.'"

She then added that "hysteria over the perceived encroachment of race-conscious education is being exploited by another insidious force: followers of QAnon who are now using the battle cry to similarly target school boards, with many who have espoused QAnon's theories now melding their own conspiracies with the lies about Critical Race Theory."

After saying people who disagree with her offer "nothing" on policy, Joy Reid brings on the repulsive human being k… https://t.co/8Xr3jzHeNr

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) 1625699577.0

Anything else?

NBC News reporter Ben Collins joined Reid and helped promote her QAnon conspiracy theory while Reid said those attending school board meetings against CRT and the "woke mob" are akin to goings on in the Reconstruction era "when like the black and tan Republicans were a threat because they were this multiracial coalition that was polluting the minds and bodies of white women and children. It's very 1860s."

Then Reid then asked Collins to comment on the "nexus here with evangelical Christians" with respect to QAnon:

Collins and Reid closed with more divisive, poisonous gaslighting to viewers, telling them that evangelical Christi… https://t.co/vId78RG6N3

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) 1625700268.0

Ben & Jerry's declares 'murder' of Daunte Wright is 'rooted in white supremacy,' demands defunding police



Ben & Jerry's tweeted that the "murder" of Daunte Wright at the hands of police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, over the weekend "is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown communities."

The murder of #DaunteWright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black… https://t.co/vjkmBZJ0KM
— Ben & Jerry's (@Ben & Jerry's)1618268406.0

The ice cream giant — long known for using its platform to push left-wing sociopolitical agendas — added a "DefundThePolice" hashtag in its Monday tweet and also declared that "this system can't be reformed. It must be dismantled and a real system of public safety rebuilt from the ground up."

What's the background?

Wright was pulled over by police Sunday, after which he resisted arrest and was fatally shot by Officer Kim Potter, who said she intended to use her Taser but mistakenly grabbed her service weapon instead.

Authorities said Wright had expired vehicle tags — and it was reported that at the time of the traffic stop he had an outstanding warrant on an attempted robbery charge over an incident during which he allegedly choked a woman and held her at gunpoint.

Potter resigned Tuesday, along with Police Chief Tim Gannon, who was ordered by news conference attendees the previous day to refrain from referring to the post-shooting riot as a "riot." Just after the fatal shooting, a protester on a bullhorn urged a growing crowd to dox police, post photos of their families on social media, and "start doin' pull ups to their house."

In response to the fatal shooting, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for the end of policing and incarceration, claiming law enforcement systems are so broken they "can't be reformed." President Joe Biden backed away from Tlaib's declaration.

How did folks react to Ben & Jerry's tweet?

As you might expect, a bevy of leftists adored Ben & Jerry's stance against police, but others took the ice cream brand to task — among them author and professor Gad Saad. He replied, "Your brains are made of soft ice cream. You are a disgrace for 'racializing' everything. Stick to making ice cream and leave the faux-hysterics to @donlemon."

Others voiced similar sentiments:

  • "Ben & Jerry's is inciting violence," another user stated. "They should be held accountable for their actions."
  • "I'm sure you will be passing on all policing for your factories and the homes of your CEO, founder, and all major executives correct?" another commenter quipped. "And if robbed/assaulted/threatened you won't be calling the police, either, right?"
  • "Never again will I purchase @benandjerrys Ice Cream!" another user declared.
  • "You've just lost a customer and I'm willing to bet millions more because of your uneducated, ignorant race baiting," another commenter said. "SHAME ON YOU!!"
  • "People should just be allowed to go into a shop and take every Ben & Jerry's ice-cream," another user opined. "You should be allowed no protection from those taking. It should be considered 'reparations.'"
  • "I'm waiting for the Antifa flavored ice cream next," another commenter wrote.