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DOJ: Immigration Jail Shouldn’t Be Paying Detainees Minimum Wage
2 min · · Crime US News WJ Wire Ted S. Warren / AP PhotoIn June 21, 2017, file photo, detainees walk past a mural in the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, during a media tour of the facility.…
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‘Too SCARED’: @AG_Conservative’s thread on media admitting WHY they don’t cover Omar/Tlaib’s bigotry a must-read
2 min · · Once again, @AG_Conservative comes through with a thread you’ll want to read and probably share. He states that he has asked several members of the mainstream media in private about why they don’t…
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NYPD fed up with anti-cop “chaos” in the Big Apple
2 min · · You probably saw the viral video of people throwing buckets of water on police in New York City when they were in the process of making an arrest. The police responded curiously by… not responding at…
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Miss Michigan Dethroned Over Racially Charged, Islamophobic Social Media Posts
· Just one day after being crowned Miss Michigan, a pageant winner was stripped of her title over racially charged and Islamophobic comments she made online.
On Thursday, Kathy Zhu, 20, shared an email she received from Miss World America notifying her she was to stop claiming to be part of its events and take down any social media photos in which she’s wearing her sash or tiara.
In the message, Laurie DeJack, director of the Michigan state pageant, wrote that Zhu’s “social media accounts contain offensive, insensitive and inappropriate content” that violates “MWA’s Rules and Conditions, specifically the contestant requirement of ‘being of good character and whose background is not likely to bring into disrepute Miss World America or any person associated with the organization.’”
Miss World America's State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive.They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and "insensitive" statistical tweets. pic.twitter.com/K1Btho0Pgq
— Kathy Zhu (@PoliticalKathy) July 19, 2019
In a 2017 post that remains on Twitter, Zhu wrote that “the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks,” adding, “Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others.”
Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others https://t.co/9r3KArvQkQ
— Kathy Zhu (@PoliticalKathy) October 8, 2017
In a 2018 Facebook post, Zhu bashed a World Hijab Day event at the University of Central Florida where she studied before transferring to the University of Michigan.
“There’s a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus,” she wrote. “So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam.”
In a CNN interview Monday, Zhu defended both of the posts, claiming that the tweet on black deaths was in response to a user “talking about how all cops are bad people, that they kill innocent black people.”
The full interaction is not visible on Twitter.
Doubling down on her statement about Muslim women, Zhu claimed that “there are so many women” being stoned and crucified for refusing to wear hijabs and that “there are so many bad things happening in Muslim countries.”
Miss Michigan Kathy Zhu was recently stripped of her title over several offensive tweets. She is defending her posts criticizing a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at her college and another post in which she responded to a tweet about Black Lives Matter and officer-involved shootings pic.twitter.com/ifaQfCGo7M
— New Day (@NewDay) July 22, 2019
In her emailed response to DeJack, which Zhu also shared on Twitter, she said the hijab was “forcibly” placed on her head and accused the pagent director of attempting to tear her down.
“It’s disgusting how you would rather lie to the public’s face than be supportive of someone that is trying to make a difference by talking about subjects that no one dares to say,” she said.
Zhu serves as the social media director for Chinese Americans for Trump, and, as evident from her Instagram account, she is a supporter of President Donald Trump.
Neither Zhu nor MWA immediately responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
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How long can Puerto Rico’s governor hang on?
· The recent disclosure of private chat logs involving Puerto Rican Democratic Governor Ricardo Rossello has brought condemnation from across the political spectrum and sparked massive protests. Calls for his resignation have been coming at a furious pace, including a couple from Democratic 2020 candidates. Thus far, all the Governor has managed to do is promise not to run for another term and to step down as the head of his political party. That doesn’t seem to be enough to satisfy the angry masses in the streets, however, and one of the biggest protests yet is planned for today. (CNN)
Thousands of Puerto Ricans won’t rest until embattled Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns and they are prepared to fill the streets of San Juan Monday morning for another massive protest.
His announcement Sunday that he will not run for reelection next year and is resigning as the president of the New Progressive Party was not enough. Rosselló’s refusal to step down was like benzene for a crowd already ablaze.
Organizers say they’re expecting hundreds of thousands of people at Monday’s protest.
Will these protests continue long enough to eventually drive Rossello from office? Perhaps, but he does have one recent example set by a fellow Democrat in the lower 48 to draw upon. Remember Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D)? Not that long ago, the guy who has picked up the nickname of “Coonman Blackface” was facing a similar tidal wave of calls to step down. He just refused to do it, issued an apology of sorts, and waited until the media circus moved on.
That’s almost the exact set of steps Rossello is taking so far. “I have made mistakes and I have apologized,” he said. “I am a good man who has a great love for my island and for everyone.”
Mistakes… he’s made a few. (To paraphrase a line from Sinatra.) As Ed noted last week, Rossello was already being investigated and lived under a cloud of suspicion of governmental corruption. Federal funds flowing into Puerto Rico mysteriously failed to make it out to the people designated as needing help. Some of his close allies and business partners seem to have done remarkably well for themselves. As I said… questions have been raised.
But it’s the leaked group chat logs that seem to have finally added the straw that broke the camel’s back. The Governor was found to be making fun of the victims of Hurrican Maria as well as making seriously sexist comments about various women. Perhaps the topping on the cake was a joke (or at least we can hope it was a joke) about wanted to hire someone to murder the Mayor of San Juan. This guy has been laughing all the way to the bank at the expense of his own people, but thus far remains immune to calls for his resignation.
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Google: Project Dragonfly is terminated. Promise.
3 min · · Lost in the kerfuffle over Houston Congressman Al Green’s failed attempt to get an impeachment vote on President Donald Trump and the “send her back” chants is a rather interesting piece of news…
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BREAKING. Iran Seizes British Tanker in the Persian Gulf
2 min · · FILE – In this July 2, 2012 file photo, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat escorts a passenger ship, near the spot where an Iranian airliner was shot down by a U.S. warship 24 years ago killing…
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‘Deflection DOESN’T cut it’: Dana Loesch lights Ilhan Omar and her TEAM up for accusing MN media of Islamophobia
2 min · · https://twitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/danal.jpg Raise your hand if you’re almost as tired of reading about Ilhan Omar as you are reading about AOC. Yeah, yeah, we know. Trust us, we’re…
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President Trump Delivers Oval Office Remarks Celebrating 2019 Special Olympics Team
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Senator unveils plan to break universities' higher ed 'monopoly' while boosting vocational training
2 min · · https://assets.rbl.ms/19932079/980x.jpg A Republican senator says that American universities have a “monopoly” on higher education, and he has some legislation aimed at breaking it up and putting more…
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Armed and Dangerous, Man Tried to Injure Others at Immigration Detention Facility
2 min · · We can’t believe an American citizen would attack an immigration detention facility with a firearm — but now we might have to think twice about such occurrences. The incident occurred in the state of…