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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claimed Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that voters were rejecting the “rapidly deteriorating Republican brand” while discussing two special elections in Florida that the Republicans won and one race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court that the Democrats won. Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “Let’s begin as we wait for a victory speech in Wisconsin with your reaction to what you’re seeing in those special elections in Florida for two House seats.” Jeffries said, “It was an incredible over performance by the two Democratic candidates into two ruby red districts.”

COMAL COUNTY, Texas - For the first time, a Texas jury classified a woman as a sexually violent predator. A Comal County jury determined Desiree Hamm, a 37-year-old from San Diego, should be classified as a sexually violent predator under Texas law. Kidnapping and abuse conviction The backstory: Desiree Hamm, 37, has served 15 years of a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to 13 counts of sexual performance by a child, aggravated kidnapping and sexual abuse of a child. She was also sentenced to 10 years probation after her release. In late 2009, Hamm began online relationships with two teen...

The 2024 election left Democrats with three fundamental questions. First, what is the party "about" (i.e., what are our core principles)? Second, how do we explain what we are about (i.e., what is our "brand)?" Third, how do we approach the Trump 2.0 era in a way that matches those core principles and strengthens that brand? In other words, what is our strategy? The answer to all three starts by recognizing a painful truth: that the crux of President Donald Trump's argument was right. It hurts to hear (and to write), because of the sheer awfulness that he brings to...

Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) said Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that he was no longer a Democrat because the party’s brand had become “toxic.” Host Manu Raju asked, “Do you still consider yourself a Democrat?” Manchin said, “I am not a Democrat. in a form of what? What the Democratic Party has turned itself into the national brand? Absolutely not. And they know that. They’re all good people on both sides.” He continued, “The brand got so bad the D brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of. It’s just toxic, and the D brand is basically this. You...

A barefoot Russell Brand knelt on the floor at the conclusion of an hour-long conversation with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday, and prayed against the "dark and demonic forces" in government and corporate America. The British actor also asked that the upcoming 2024 presidential election would provide an opportunity for "unity" in the United States. Kicking off the first of Carlson's multi-stop live national tour this month that will feature various guests ranging from Donald Trump Jr. to Roseanne Barr, Carlson spoke at length to Brand about the comedian's newfound Christian faith and how...

Let's brainstorm a label for Harris. I'll go first:

Comedian and actor Russell Brand recently announced that he is going to be baptized as a Christian. The famous actor, comedian, and podcast host made the announcement in a brief video he shared to social media on the morning of April 26, In it, he also remarked on how it seems that other people are also turning to Christianity as the modern world loses meaning. "This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge. I’m getting baptized," he declared while filming himself standing outside. Noting his fascination with the Christian sacrament, he continued, "What’s been explained to me is, it’s an opportunity to...

Russell Brand has been accused of raping, sexually assaulting and abusing four women over the course of seven years — including a 16-year-old he allegedly called “the child” — according to a bombshell investigation published Sept. 16. The British actor and comedian, 48, denied the report prior to its release. Since the allegations broke, interviews have resurfaced showing Brand’s ex-wife Katy Perry and his “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” co-star Kristen Bell discussing his behavior years ago, and his YouTube channel has been demonetized.

Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse over a seven-year period at the height of his fame. The allegations between 2006 and 2013 were the result of a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. Brand denies the allegations. Five alleged victims, four of them anonymous, were interviewed in the Dispatches documentary aired on Saturday night.

First son Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers this week that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the political scion onto its board so that “people would be intimidated to mess with them … legally.” ... Archer also revealed that then-Vice President Joe Biden met twice with his son’s shady post-Soviet business partners at DC’s Café Milano, not once as previously reported. These and other revelations blow new holes in Biden’s claim that he never discussed business with his now-53-year-old son — as House Republicans move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry. The transcript also confirms...

The Biden brand is an “abuse of soft power,” Devon Archer told Tucker Carlson during an interview released Wednesday on Twitter. Archer was Hunter Biden’s best friend in business. Together they sat on Burisma Holding’s board and co-founded BHR Partners, a Chinese state-backed investment fund. “Obviously, the brand of Biden, you know, adds a lot of power when your dad’s vice president,” Archer told Carlson. Ep. 12 Part 1. Devon Archer pic.twitter.com/ElEzAZtBcA — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 2, 2023

there were niceties." That description by Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) of calls between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and Hunter’s foreign business associates may, strangely, be the most accurate thing the freshman congressman has ever said. The almost-two-dozen calls — detailed by Hunter Biden's close friend and former business partner, Devon Archer, during a closed-door interview Monday with House Oversight Committee investigators — were indeed "the niceties" of influence-peddling. The calls presumably were intended to show that Hunter Biden could deliver his father and to support what Archer called "the brand." Hunter had no relevant experience or appreciable business...

Heres another unhinged Russell Brand video but bleeped where needed. He's going off about how ludicrous and prosperous the whole Wuhan wet market theory is when theres a Wuhan Covid Lab just down the street. Love him or hate him...RB is on the Right side.

It seems like Disney has been deliberately chasing controversy the past couple of years. Leaks of management video conferences have shown the company to be widely engaged in distributing woke propaganda through its entertainment media. They openly opposed Florida's anti-grooming bill which prevented teachers from engaging in sexualized discussions with young children. And, a majority of their box office movies and streaming content has fallen flat in terms of audience numbers and revenues. Disney's stock has plunged by around 30% in the past six months, and the company is now heavily relying on cash from the theme parks to keep...

MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Ivanka Trump is “very intertwined” with her father, former President Donald Trump’s business which means her “brand” was dead. Discussing the New York investigation into the Trump organization, Deutsch said, “It’s criminal when he lies on a bank and insurance, where it’s very criminal if you basically go for a loan and you say a property is worth X and they give you money based on that, and at the end of the day, the property by any valuation is worth x minus 50%. The same thing with insurance on...

In the days after the Democratic Party’s collapse in the Virginia governor’s race, party strategists descended on the commonwealth to figure out what went wrong and understand just how bad the national outlook might be next year. What they discovered, largely through focus groups and polling, was even worse than expected. The problems cut far deeper than the failings of their gubernatorial nominee, Terry McAuliffe, or President Joe Biden’s flagging approval ratings. Rather, the Democratic Party’s entire brand was a wreck. “Voters couldn’t name anything that Democrats had done, except a few who said we passed the infrastructure bill,” the...

A document claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology wanted to genetically enhance bat coronaviruses to understand human risk…

Pepsico, the corporation that owns the Aunt Jemima brand, is erasing the name and the logo portrait of a black woman “to make progress toward racial equality” and in doing so is also erasing the legacy of Nancy Green, a freed slave who had a long career with the Quaker Oats company as a storyteller, actress, and singer. Miss Green was born a slave in Montgomery County, Kentucky. Chris Rutt, a newspaperman, and Charles Underwood bought the Pearl Milling Company and had the original idea of developing and packaging a ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour. To survive in a highly competitive...

"Do you think Michael Jordan really still eats McDonald's even though he is a millionaire?" is a question thousands of kids posed to each other in the 1990s. According to Jordan, the answer is "yes," and one story about a product he refused to endorse reveals just how important it was for MJ to maintain a genuine image as he rose to fame. In May 1992, Jordan did a lengthy interview with Playboy that was later reproduced at Longform. Mark Vancil asked Jordan about products he turned down, and His Airness revealed that he rejected one substantial offer because he...

WASHINGTON — Rachel L. Brand, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, plans to step down after nine months on the job as the country’s top law enforcement agency has been under attack by President Trump, according to two people briefed on her decision. Ms. Brand’s profile had risen in part because she is next in the line of succession behind the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel’s inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump, who has called the investigation a witch hunt, has considered firing Mr. Rosenstein. Such a...