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BlueWaveNeverEnd's Journalfirst time in NY. parents charged after 100 mph fatal crash. Gave 16 year old a BMW although he had no drivers license
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NEW YORK -- It's believed to be the first-of-its-kind prosecution in New York. Two parents have been charged after their son -- an unlicensed teen -- allegedly drove at a high rate of speed and crashed, killing his passenger.
Sean Smith, 40, and Deo Ramnarine, 43, stood inside Queens Criminal Court on Monday with their 17-year-old son, whose name is not being released because of his age.
The teen is charged with multiple offenses, including manslaughter, and now his parents have been charged and sentenced.
Then 16, the teen was behind the wheel of a BMW on May 17, 2023, allegedly going more than 100 mph on North Conduit Avenue near 160th Street in Springfield Gardens when, prosecutors say, the teen lost control when shifting lanes, crashed into a truck, spun out and struck a tractor trailer.
Fortune Williams, the 14-year-old passenger, was ejected and killed.
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Katz said the teen's mother was notified weeks before the crash by his school that he had been seen driving. Months prior to the crash, the teen driver was ticketed for driving without a license and while using a portable electronic device. He had a junior driver's license, which prohibits driving under any circumstance in New York City.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-parents-charged-after-unlicensed-teen-son-allegedly-caused-deadly-crash/
With Kamala Harris, wave of excitement sweeps through Asian-American community
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/with-kamala-harris-wave-of-excitement-sweeps-through-asian-american-community-101721662514589.htmlWashington: It was close to 11 pm on Sunday night on America’s east coast. Shekar Narasimhan had just got off a call joined in by close to 1000 people. And he was amazed by the energy levels among Asian-Americans, Hispanics, and Black community members on the call, as Democratic-leaning outfits representing the three groups came together to endorse Kamala Harris for president.
Narasimhan, the chairman and founder of the AAPI Victory Fund, one of the first of its kind super Political Action Committees (PACs) that supports Asian American candidates, said that this energy had come from a deep conviction that representation mattered. And Harris, who has attended AAPI fund’s events and recognised Narasimhan’s work, was the face of that.
“We have been saying for a while that the 24 million strong Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community is doing well but wasn’t politically engaged in a big way because no one was talking to them. Then you get Harris running for president in 2020, becoming the vice president and there was a burst of energy in the community. Representation matters,” said Narasimhan, adding that Harris had helped them create a network with other caucuses of minority groups such as Blacks and Hispanics. “We are smallest of the three but the fastest growing group and have a lot of resources. Harris is aware of the potential. She will tap into it, and her presence will also galvanise the community,” he said.
Harris’s possible nomination does indeed appear to have galvanised both the incredibly diverse Asian-American community in general and the Indian-American community in particular, which can see in her both a symbol of their success and a potential opportunity to have American politics reflect the diversity of American society. It also comes at a time when these communities are far better organised and therefore in a position to make a difference both financially, and in terms of votes in swing states in close elections.
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The vice president said that India was a “very important part” of her life, and when she was growing up, her mother would take her and her sister from the Bay Area to India every other year. “And the purpose of those trips were many, including that we would well understand where she came from, what produced her; so that we could spend time with our grandparents, with my uncle and our chittis (Tamil for aunt); and to really understand the love of good idli,” Harris said to applause and laughter. She recalled how her grandfather took her on early morning walks, told her the story of India’s freedom struggle, the importance of fighting against corruption and inequality, and credited it with who she had become now.
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Asked if the country that had never even elected a woman president was ready to elect a Black woman, and an Indian-American woman, Narasimhan said, “There is only one way to find out. We are going to find out when we count the votes. But I will tell you based on what I am seeing -- with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, we are going to win this election.”
With Biden out, Vance may be the wrong pick for Trump, The former president has an electability problem among women,
With Biden out, Vance may be the wrong pick for TrumpThe former president has an electability problem among women, and his pick for vice president only compounds it.
Truth is, if Harris is successful in getting the nod from the Democratic Party, much of the subsequent election campaign is likely to domestically focus on abortion and women’s rights. Trump already has a problem with women voters — polls have consistently shown that the proportion of women planning to vote for him this November is smaller than those who did in 2020. And Vance has nothing to offer Trump on this score — quite the reverse, he risks compounding his boss’s problem.
Presumably, Trump chose Vance as his VP candidate largely to fire up the MAGA base and boost the Republican ticket in Rust Belt states. But that was a choice made when Biden was still heading the Democratic ticket. Now that he’s not, Vance may well become a liability.
Vance’s strict anti-abortion positions of the past, and a string of highly contentious statements he’s made about divorce, implying that women trapped in abusive marriages should remain married for the sake of the kids, aren’t likely to be forgotten. In 2021, he suggested ending marriages that were “maybe even violent” as selfish. “This is one of the great tricks that the sexual revolution pulled on the American populace,” he said. “Making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear.”
He’s also a strict pro-natalist, characterizing those who don’t have kids as “childless cat ladies,” and suggesting that people with children should be given additional votes. He has taken aim at childcare subsidies as “class war against normal people,” despite — or maybe because — such subsidies provide women with young kids more opportunities to work or go to school and be independent.
Furthermore, Vance has only recently moderated his position on abortion to fall into line with Trump, who argues that abortion should be left up to states to decide individually. But in 2022, when he was an Ohio Senate candidate, Vance said on a podcast that he would like to see a national abortion ban with no exceptions — even for rape or incest. That was before Trump’s Supreme Court appointees overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that protected the right to have an abortion. And Vance has even argued that federal action is needed to stop women seeking terminations traveling from states where abortion is illegal to states where it’s allowed.
https://www.politico.eu/article/joe-biden-out-jd-vance-wrong-pick-vice-president-donald-trump-us-election-2024/
Racist, Sexist Sebastian Gorka goes Racist, Sexist while laughing like a crazed hyena.
George Santos fails to get identity theft charges dismissed from indictment - trial starts in September
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/george-santos-fraud-charges-dismiss-rcna162849A federal judge has rejected former New York Rep. George Santos’ request to dismiss some of the fraud charges against him, ruling that his motions to dismiss failed to meet the legal standard.
Santos’ lawyers had sought to dismiss three of 23 felony charges, including two related to aggravated identity theft. They argued that he was accused of overcharging donors’ credit cards and not of stealing their identities. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert tossed out all motions to dismiss in a ruling Friday.
The disgraced former House Republican has pleaded not guilty to all counts. His trial is scheduled to begin in September. If convicted, he could face up to 22 years in federal prison.
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Since his expulsion, Santos has tried a number of gambits to claw his way back from irrelevancy. He ran for another New York congressional seat as a Republican, switched to an independent, then ended that campaign as well — all within the space of a few weeks. He joined Cameo, a website for celebrities to make custom short-form videos for a fee; launched subscriptions on X to offer gossip about his former congressional colleagues; and joined the subscription-based social media platform OnlyFans (he said his account would not offer sexual content, as many OnlyFans accounts do, and that he “wanted to stir the pot”)
Kamala Harris drops the mic in one tweet
https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1e8ycej/damn_she_just_dropped_the_mic_in_one_tweet/#lightbox
Bill Maher reads Trump's lies to MAGA republican..
0:57 to 2:00
lol... the congressman's face. 
"Now that Joe Biden has dropped out, that gives us the right to say Trump should also drop out due to his age, right?"
asked on Reddit. How does DUer feel about attacking Trump for his age?
some good back and forth on Kamala
From Reddit:
Do you think Kamala Harris has a chance?
Yes I do. I don’t care what people say, I think that having someone who can actually articulate sentences on policy and explain to people why Trump is a horrible and dangerous candidate will improve the Dems chances by at least 5%. You have to remember, the majority of people have already made up their mind. And Americans aren’t especially bright people. The only issue I can see are misogynistic racist people not even willing to give her a chance, but they’re all voting for Trump anyway.
I definitely agree with you! With such a short notice before Election Day, it is up to Democrats to go extra hard and get all of the delegates, swing states, independents, skeptical progressives, etc. on board with her campaign. There is absolutely zero time to waste!
She couldn’t get a single delegate when she ran for president
She is now four years wiser, and four years more experienced. She will obliterate Trump on the debate stage.
Plus, she has the coat tail effect on her side
You’re kidding, right? Have you ever listened to her word salad? She’s a brutal speaker.
The daily show eviscerated her recently for her incoherent rambling speeches and that is a leftist program.
You do know TDS is a comedy program right? Takes clips out of context on purpose to make them funny? So, is TDS your “go to” about Kamala? LMAO. Bless your heart.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1e8t59n/do_you_think_kamala_harris_has_a_chance/
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says He Will Bus More Migrants To Chicago Ahead Of DNC
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says He Will Bus More Migrants To Chicago Ahead Of DNC
The Texas governor made the comments Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.
CHICAGO — In a primetime speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on busing migrants from border cities to Chicago.
Abbott began sending busloads of migrants from Texas to Chicago and other Democrat-led cities in August 2022 in protest of federal policies. He was soon joined by other leaders; in all, almost 45,000 migrants and 950 buses have been sent to Chicago, according to the latest city data
And the controversial practice will “continue to roll until we finally secure our border,” Abbott said as the RNC crowd chanted “send them back.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/18/texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-he-will-bus-more-migrants-to-chicago-ahead-of-dnc/
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