'Defund the police' advocate Cori Bush hired police as private security, costing officers their jobs Sheriff's deputies moonlighting as private security were seen with Bush while touring St Louis jails https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cori-bush-defund-police-private-security Freshman "Squad" firebrand Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., an outspoken proponent of defunding the police, hired two sheriff’s deputies as private security guards, eventually costing them their jobs. A new report revealed that the "Squad" member hired two sheriff’s deputies to provide private security for her, coming on the heels of reports that the progressive had spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security while pushing defunding law enforcement. Bush was caught with the deputies on surveillance camera footage while touring multiple St. Louis jails, News 4 reported. The deputies, Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, were terminated from their jobs after the report was published, with St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts telling News 4 that the pair did not get approval to work the gig. Betts also said he had given both Jackson and Thompson multiple warnings in the past for the same behavior and that he was surprised to see them working security for Bush after being caught working security for the congresswoman before. The sheriff also noted that the pair of former deputies did not have the proper licensing to work as security in St. Louis. Jackson said he believed the firing was unfair. "I do feel that the hand that was dealt to us was unfair and unjust," Jackson told the outlet. "You let us go, but you still have a plethora of individuals doing that but you don't say anything." Bush has been an active proponent of defunding the police throughout her tenure in Congress, and defended hiring private security while trying to dismantle public policing by saying she has had attempts on her life and still has "too much work to do" in Congress. "They would rather I die?" Bush asked. "You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know because that could be the alternative." Bush’s office did not respond to Fox News’ questions asking for comment and whether the congresswoman’s hiring of sheriff’s deputies — thereby personally funding the police — defeats the purpose of her calls for defunding the police.
Ayanna Pressley, 'cancel rent' advocate, discloses thousands of dollars in rental income Rep. Pressley has been one of the most prominent advocates for canceling rent during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ayanna-pressley-cancel-rent-thousands-dollars-income Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley's annual financial disclosure shows she and her husband made thousands of dollars in rental income last year. Pressley has been one of the most prominent advocates for canceling rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We must cancel rent, extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, provide rental assistance, and offer legal representation for those at risk of eviction," Pressley, a member of the far-left "Squad," wrote in a Dec. 2020 tweet. (More about her stupidity at above url)
KU student body president says ‘death to America.’ Might such rhetoric accomplish that? https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/michael-ryan/article254056933.html Condemnation was swift and torrential, but consequences are unlikely, for the University of Kansas student body president who retweeted Sept. 3, “happy friday everybody. death to America.” Niya McAdoo’s bizarre retweet, from a Twitter account called @comradeSYX, brought a perfect storm of outrage not just to her, but to KU. “Donors, Alumni Enraged by University of Kansas Student Government’s ‘Death to America’ Message,” read the headline at national columnist Todd Starnes’ article on the episode. “It is ironic that she’s endorsing death to America,” says state Sen. Kellie Warren, Republican of Leawood, “when America’s liberties are what give her the freedom of speech to say such outrageous things in the first place.” Warren called for civility at KU, and for students not to “elect student government leaders who further incite the very hatred and division they claim to oppose.” “We are appalled and disappointed by the completely inappropriate, unprofessional use of the KU Student Body president’s and Student Senate’s public university-affiliated Twitter accounts,” the University of Kansas College Republicans said in a statement. “Their platform is meant to advocate for students, not serve as a vessel to voice their political opinions and opposition to the greatest country in the world.” The group rightly called McAdoo’s retweet “unacceptable, tone-deaf and beyond disrespectful to the millions who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms,” adding that “the silence on this matter from the University of Kansas is deafening.” In another tweet, McAdoo claimed her retweet of “death to america” was “unintentional,” but that “I still stand by my retweet regardless.” It apparently wouldn’t be out of character for the student body president, either. “Please know that it is death to an America that was built on Indigenous genocide and the backs of Black slaves,” she subsequently wrote. In another defiant post, she retweeted from the popular rap artist @LilNasX, “nothing makes me happier than making people that hate me, hate me more. it’s my reason to breathe, my reason to exist, my first gift i open on christmas, my hug from a loved one, my cold soda on a hot summer day, everything i’ve ever wanted, and everything i’ll ever need.” This, Jayhawk country, is your KU student body president. As for KU, the provost’s office responded fecklessly to one concerned alum that, “the opinions in these tweets are protected by the First Amendment. Thus, there is nothing in the post that would allow for action by the university.” Still, the office says, “our Office of Student Affairs has discussed this matter with the Student Body President to ensure she understands the consequences of her tweets — specifically how these tweets might reflect on her and her fellow Student Senators, and how these tweets may impact how she is perceived by fellow students and classmates.” Well, that much is certainly true. So, the university may not be able to act due to the First Amendment — which I certainly understand, though I wonder what other forms of hatred the university would crack down on. But nothing prevents the university from publicly denouncing the tweet. Nor does it prevent others from acting and reacting to her rhetoric, in what the university calls its “marketplace of ideas.” In a marketplace, you get to pick and choose what you buy. A whole lot of folks aren’t buying this — or the fact that students have elected, and the university won’t denounce, a president who would express such hatred for our country. Nor is Ms. McAdoo doing her cause, whatever it is, any favors. She has only confirmed in many minds the perception of far-left liberals and, specifically KU, as a breeding ground and safe haven for anti-American hatred. Indeed, the tweeter whose “death to America” broadside she amplified with her student-body megaphone later doubled down with a tweet saying, “once again, and i say without hesitation, death to america!” The problem, at bottom, isn’t McAdoo’s tweets or her right to air them, though conservatives have been punished by Big Tech for doing less. The problem is that such a loathing for this country is rewarded with votes and prestigious offices and, in the case of anti-American athletes, with eyeballs and endorsements. This kind of thing is absolutely tearing America apart. Death to America? Be careful what you wish for. You just may get it.