Walmart Pulls ‘All Lives Matter’ Shirts From Stores After Leftist Backlash

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‘We promote listening, seeking to understand and embracing individual differences…’

(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Leftist activists are now trying to cancel Walmart after discovering that the retailer sells T-shirts that say “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter.”

The retailer has been selling these shirts on its website, Walmart.com, and in Walmart Canada stores. Leftists immediately accused the company of “mocking” the Black Lives Matter movement and belittling the struggles of African Americans.

In response, Walmart Canada announced last week that it would review its “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter” selections and pull all available shirts from its website, according to CBC News. The shirts were originally created by third-party sellers, the company explained, and Walmart is now investigating whether the sellers breached the company’s “terms and conditions” by selling them.

“We stand against any form of racism or discrimination. We promote listening, seeking to understand and embracing individual differences,” Walmart Canada said in a statement.

The rest of the company followed suit a few days later, announcing that it would pull “All Lives Matter” items from its retail locations and website “indefinitely.”

“We fundamentally believe all lives do matter and every individual deserves respect,” Walmart said in a statement. “However, as we listened, we came to understand that the way some, but not all, people are using the phrase ‘All Lives Matter’ in the current environment intentionally minimized the focus on the painful reality of racial inequity.”

This is just the latest attempt by Walmart to appease the mob. Last week, the retailer also announced that it would stop selling the Mississippi state flag, which features a Confederate battle emblem. The Mississippi legislature did, however, vote to remove the emblem from the flag.

And earlier this month, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pledged to donate $100 million over the next five years toward a new center on racial equality and injustice.

“We will find the natural overlaps between Walmart’s core business and society’s larger needs that perpetuate racism and discrimination,” McMillon wrote in an email to employees. “Specifically, we’re going to focus the power of Walmart on our nation’s financial, healthcare, education and criminal justice systems.”

CNN Plans to Flee Atlanta HQ, Just Weeks after Vandalism by Network-Hyped Riots

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‘We feel the long-term benefit of being in one location will be a more collaborative workforce…’

(Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) When race riots in the wake of George Floyd’s Minneapolis killing reached Atlanta, being one of the top cheerleaders for the violent protests didn’t prevent CNN from becoming one of the No. 1 targets.

The leftist media network became something of an epicenter for the early demonstrations, where looters  vandalized its iconic sign with profane graffiti and hurled bricks through its glass entrance.

In the ultimate embarrassment, the WarnerMedia-owned outlet was forced to rely on the very police who were being blamed for the insurrections to defend its property interests.

Now, the network—originally founded in Atlanta by media mogul Ted Turner, is aiming to pull up its roots and turn its back on the blighted Georgia capital, which has seen members of its police force resign en masse over the city’s poor handling of the riots and lack of support for law enforcement.

Although it is putting its downtown headquarters, the CNN Center, up for sale, the network still plans to maintain a presence in Atlanta, reported the Associated Press.

The company plans to consolidate its operations at its Techwood campus, a safer location sandwiched in close proximity to the Georgia Tech campus and sprawling Piedmont Park north of downtown.

“We feel the long-term benefit of being in one location will be a more collaborative workforce,” wrote Pascal Desroches, chief financial officer at WarnerMedia, in a memo to staff, according to the AP.

Much of the network’s prime-time programming is already filmed in New York at its new offices in the Hudson Yards development. However, the daytime programing and worldwide network programing are produced in Atlanta.

Company flaks sought to put a different spin on the sale, claiming the decision had been long discussed as a way to leverage the city’s booming real estate and was simply awaiting the finalization of a merger with AT&T.

CNN Plans to Flee Atlanta, Just Weeks After HQ Damaged by Riots It Hyped
CNN headquarters is vandalized by protesters during Atlanta race riots in the wake of the George Floyd killing. / IMAGE: KATC via YouTube

The company plans a gradual, five-year move while the Techwood campus—its original headquarters from the 1980s—undergoes renovations. It will continue to lease the CNN Center space for offices and retail during that time.

But Desroches hinted that it may eventually court a permanent buyer that, like the network, specializes in entertainment.

“Downtown Atlanta has seen great investment and is quickly becoming an entertainment destination,” Desroches wrote. “The CNN Center is of great value to a third party that specializes in such developments.”

Several major production companies, including Pinewood Studios Atlanta and Tyler Perry Studios operate south of town.

However, in recent months, a number of the Hollywood-linked film-industry companies have threatened to boycott the entire state over its passage of a pro-life heartbeat bill that would put greater restrictions on abortion.

NBA to Paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Courts, Push Political Activism for Remainder of Season

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‘I struggle with what to demand because so damn much needs to change. But I’m starting with our right to vote…’

NBA to Paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Basketball Courts
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(Liberty Headlines) The National Basketball Association has long embraced so-called social justice activism, but the league is about to take its “woke” politics to a new level.

The NBA, in conjunction with the NBA players union, is planning to paint “Black Lives Matter” on both sides of basketball courts when the 2019–2020 season resumes next month.

The season was suspended on March 11 due to the Wuhan virus pandemic. A scaled-down version will begin on July 30 at a single-site, three arena campus at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

NBA players have insisted that political activism must be a central theme to any remaining games if they were to return.

Chris Paul, president of the players’ union, told ESPN that the union is working with the league to allow players to wear uniforms with personalized social justice messages on the back their jerseys instead of their last names.

A top choice is, “I can’t breathe;” a phrase relating to the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.

A statement from the NBA says the shortened season will have “stringent health and safety protocols” to prevent Wuhan virus infections, and a “goal of taking collective action to combat systemic racism and promote social justice.”

LeBron James, the NBA’s biggest star, also has been among the most vocal proponents of Black Lives Matter—not just the idea, but the far-left political organization.

There is no indication that James or other NBA players have been denied the right to vote. However, several far-left activist groups funded by mega-billionaires like George Soros have sought to push claims, without evidence, that blacks are systemically denied access to polling places.

Many of the radical demands for addressing the supposed access issues involve eliminating measures put in place to prevent widespread vote fraud from occurring, such as requiring voters to show a photo identification and having witnesses certify absentee ballots.

Not to be sidelined in the BLM-sports movement, the Women’s National Basketball Association said it is also planning to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the court when it resumes play at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

WNBA players are planning to wear warm-up jerseys with the phrase “Say Her Name” to call attention to female victims of police brutality, according to ESPN.

American Indians Tell Colo. Dem. Hickenlooper to Drop Senate Bid over ‘Red Face’ Scandal

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‘We ask that he … educate himself on the legacy of violence and discrimination towards Indigenous women, so that repair and reconciliation might follow…’

(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Activists are calling on former Colorado governor and current Democrat Senate candidate John Hickenlooper to drop out after pictures emerged of him wearing “red face.”

Similar to the more commonly known blackface, the term redface makes reference to a Native American costume that plays off of hurtful stereotypes and disrespects indigenous women, according to an open letter addressed to Hickenlooper.

Hickenlooper participated in an event in 2018 called the “One Shot Antelope Hunt,” a competition that challenges the participants to shoot an antelope with one shot.

Winners of the event wear the traditional Native American headdress, and the losers wear an indigenous shawl or bonnet in an attempt to imitate “squaws,” or Native American women.

Hickenlooper’s participation in this event was “an unacceptable lack of judgment,” according to the dozens of Native Americans who signed an open letter demanding that Hickenlooper drop out of his Senate race.

“Former Gov. Hickenlooper’s actions are inexcusable and set the wrong example for an elected official,” the letter states.

“We ask that he withdraw from the race and that he does the work to educate himself on the legacy of violence and discrimination towards Indigenous women, so that repair and reconciliation might follow,” it continued.

Joe Kenney, the liaison between the One Shot Club and the Shoshone Tribe, defended the event and Hickenlooper’s participation in it.

“Those who are misrepresenting this photo for political purposes are wrong,” Kenney said in a statement. “The headdress was placed on the governor’s head by Hunt Chief Shoyo as part of the event the Shoshone have long enjoyed celebrating.”

The scandal surfaced two days before a June 30 primary to determine whether Hickenlooper, a former Democrat presidential hopeful, or Andrew Romanoff, a state legislator who is running to the left of Hickenlooper, will face incumbent Republican Cory Gardner in November.

Activists Call on Hickenlooper to Drop Out of Senate Race After 'Red Face' Scandal
John Hickenlooper / IMAGE: CNBC Television via YouTube

Gardner’s seat was once considered to be among the more vulnerable given the former swing state’s hard leftward shift emanating from areas like Denver and Boulder.

But Hickenlooper—whose candidacy, on the heels of his national exposure in the Democrat primaries, carried with it an air of invincibility—has been badly bruised already in the intra-party Senate battle.

A semi-judicial state ethics board found that he had violated ethical rules while governor by accepting free trips and other perks from major companies that stood to benefit from his favorable policies.

Hickenlooper also was held in contempt by the board for refusing to show up during its hearing and was fined thousands of dollars earlier this month.

Liberty Headlines’ Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

Navy Bans Indoor Church Services During COVID but Allows Mass Transit, Retail Outlets

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‘In open defiance of the Commander in Chief, who recently declared churches as essential to America, the U.S. Navy has threatened to court-martial service members if they go to church…’

Navy Bans Indoor Church Services During COVID but Allows Mass Transit, Retail Outlets
Navy Maj. Daniel Schultz / PHOTO: courtesy First Liberty Institute

(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) The US Navy has banned indoor religious services at the same time that it has allowed secular gatherings for any purpose, First Liberty Institute reported.
The First Liberty Institute submitted on June 29 a Request for Religious Accommodation on behalf of Daniel Schultz, a major in the Air Force, Fox News reported.
Schultz, who serves at a Navy command, must obey the branch’s virus regulations, which prevent service members from “engaging in … indoor religious services.” The Navy threatens service members who disobey these edicts with punishment in military court.
While Schultz lost his right to worship God as he sees fit, in accordance with the First Amendment’s protections, he retained the right to engage in “non-religious activities” that carry far more risk than church services, such as “mass transit, post offices, laundromats, and retail outlets.”
First Liberty Institute General Counsel Michael Berry said in a letter that the Navy’s restrictions on service members constitute an unlawful, “substantial burden” on Schultz’s freedom of worship.
Berry said the order violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and multiple Supreme Court decisions.
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A chaplain conducts liturgical services while observing social distancing measures at the chapel of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. / IMAGE: USNA Chapel via YouTube

“In open defiance of the Commander in Chief, who recently declared churches as essential to America, the U.S. Navy has threatened to court-martial service members if they go to church,” he said.
“It is absolutely outrageous that our troops can’t go to church, but they can attend a protest or host house parties of any size.”
Bishop Derek Jones, chairman of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces, said the Navy should eliminate the “unlawful order immediately.”
“This order affects millions of service members who are willing to risk their lives for the very freedom that has been taken away from them,” he said.
The First Liberty Institute said it will send more letters on behalf of service members in response to additional complaints.
Berry asked for a response within one week.

NJ Council Members Charged after Probe Finds 20% of Mail-In Ballots Were Fraudulent

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‘We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public’s confidence in our democratic process…’

Four Men Charged, One in Five Ballots in New Jersey Mail-In Election Declared Fraudulent
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(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced last week that four people, including a city councilman and a councilman-elect, will be charged with voting fraud after an investigation found that one in five mail-in ballots were fraudulent.

Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson, Councilman-Elect Alex Mendez, Shelim Khalique and Abu Razyen are being charged with criminal conduct for using mail-in ballots to sway the May 12 municipal election, Grewal said.

Grewal’s investigation began after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service found hundreds of mail-in ballots in a mailbox in Paterson. Numerous additional ballots were found in another mailbox down the road, Grewal said in a press release.

Authorities also found that an additional 2,300 ballots were invalid because the signatures on the ballots did not match their voting records.

As a result, at least 20% of the ballots submitted during the election were declared fraudulent.

Jackson reportedly approached multiple Paterson voters in the district where he was running and collected their official mail-in ballots. A candidate is never allowed to deliver or receive ballots, according to New Jersey law.

Mendez similarly engaged in false voter registration, transfer, tampering with public records, falsifying records and possessing mail-in ballots illegally, Grewal found.

These allegations are particularly stunning given the Democrats’ recent efforts to ramp up mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump and the GOP have warned that voting by mail can lead to serious fraud—an allegation that has been largely dismissed by the Democrats. But the case in Paterson, New Jersey proves that individuals can and will take advantage of the lax system.

“Today’s charges send a clear message: If you try to tamper with an election in New Jersey, we will find you and we will hold you accountable,” Grewal said in a statement. “We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public’s confidence in our democratic process.”

Granny-Killing Cuomo NOW Blames COVID Front-Liners for Nursing-Home Deaths

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‘They came to work and they brought in the infection…’

CMS Head Says Cuomo's Wrong: Trump Admin. Did Not Tell Nursing Homes to Take COVID Patients
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(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) More than 40% of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are connected to nursing homes, according to a report by the New York Times.

This connection is particularly bad in New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed a policy several months ago forcing nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients, thereby infecting dozens of others.

Cuomo has continued to deflect blame when confronted about his disastrous policy, and he did so again this weekend.

“I’ve taken political heat, OK. There’s facts and then there’s politics,” Cuomo told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday when asked if senior centers are safe.

Cuomo has also blamed nursing home staff members who “got infected and brought it in.”

“You look at the communities that had the high infection rate overall — those were the communities that had a high infection rate — so it is that the staff got infected. They came to work and they brought in the infection,” Cuomo told MSNBC last week.

Cuomo then insisted that New York’s nursing homes are “safe,” despite the fact that more than 6,000 senior residents have died in his state’s long-term care facilities.

Even the Democrats in his own state have publicly disagreed with Cuomo’s assessment of the situation.

State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, admitted to the New York Post that the state government has not received a “full and correct accounting of how many people died of COVID-19 in nursing homes and how many nursing residents transferred to hospitals died of COVID.”

Flynn’s Attorney Demands Answers after Bizarre Twitter Suspension

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‘Your abuse of conservative and #patriotic free speech knows no bounds…’

(Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) In a devious move worthy of the Obamagate conspirators themselves, Sidney Powell, the attorney for former national security adviser Michael Flynn revealed that Twitter had suspended her account for what it claimed was “unusual activity.”

After waking up to discover the new restriction on Monday, the move left Powell, as well as her followers and supporters alternating between puzzlement and outrage.

Unlike other conservatives whom Twitter has targeted for censorship, it did not attempt to label or fact-check any tweets of Powell’s that it disagreed with by claiming a violation of the site’s arbitrary community guidelines.

Powell has been outspoken on her feed about her most famous client’s case, which—despite the disinterest from left-wing outlets—continues to be a major story with massive political implications.

As of last week, new evidence last week in the form of handwritten notes by disgraced ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok confirmed long-held suspicious that former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden—now the presumptive Democrat nominee for president—took a hands-on role in the intelligence community’s plot to smear Flynn with false claims of Russian collusion and perjury.

A fiesty Fox News regular, Powell also has tackled topics such as skepticism of recent coronavirus lockdowns on her Twitter.

However, with no explanation forthcoming, Powell went on the Sarah Carter Show to demand answers.

“I actually went on a Twitter rampage yesterday to stand up for America, to stand up for honesty, for respect, for decency, to protect our statues and our culture, to protect our freedoms, individual property rights, everything that America was built on,” she said. “And that’s what comes of it?”

She said the offending post could have been any number of things, from a take-down of a New York Times article to a video showing one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter acknowledging her Marxist background.

Regardless, Powell insisted, with the slightest soupcon of pending litigation in her tone, that she had not violated any of the community guidelines.

Twitter later reinstated her account, but at first she was unable to see her followers, prompting another critical tweet toward the platform’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, in which she also tagged President Donald Trump and other powerful contacts.

Fortunately, for Powell, her contacts were able to see her, as some prominent anti-leftist allies advised her.

The issue of a restricted account may have been the result of an attempted hack or a login from a new internet protocol address. But it was enough to make some wonder in light of Twitter’s recent hostile posturing toward conservatives.

However, others saw little point in pressing legal or political action, when the free market appeared poised to be Twitter’s fatal flaw.

Yet again on Monday, users of the conservative friendly site Parler reported that the popular application had topped Twitter in downloads. And Flynn, himself, used the new platform to denounce Powell’s Twitter censorship.

One user compared Twitter to Facebook precursor MySpace, which waited too long after competition arrived to define its niche and work on addressing user complaints.

Oklahoma City Prosecutors Charge Violent Protesters w/ Terrorism: ‘This is Not Seattle’

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‘We’re not putting up with this lawlessness here…’

Oklahoma City Prosecutors Charge Violent Protesters w/Terrorism: 'This is Not Seattle'
Oklahoma City police prepare for an onslaught of violent race riots. / IMAGE: The Oklahoman via YouTube

(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Oklahoma City prosecutors are charging three violent protesters with terrorism, vowing not to let “lawlessness” and “wanton destruction” destroy their city like it has in Seattle and Minneapolis.

Isael Antonio Ortiz, Eric Christopher Ruffin and Malachai Davis have all been charged with terrorism after violently destroying property during the city’s protests.

Ortiz allegedly burned an Oklahoma County sheriff’s office van and attempted to set a nearby bail-bonds office on fire.

Ruffin allegedly encouraged the destruction of the van, and Davis was accused of damaging the bail bonds office, according to the Oklahoman.

“This is not Seattle,” Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said on Friday. “We’re not putting up with this lawlessness here.”

Ruffin reportedly posted a live video of Ortiz setting the cop car on fire. In that same video, he demanded that officers who harm black people be killed.  And Davis book the bond office’s windows with brass knuckles he was wearing.

David McKenzie, an attorney for Davis, slammed the terrorism charges as “unconstitutional” and claimed that although Davis had punched the window, he did not break it. McKenzie also argued that Davis is a “good kid,” noting that Davis’s father died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Prater was referencing Seattle’s autonomous zone, which protesters created after violently forcing law enforcement out of the six-block zone. Seattle officials allowed it to happen and did not act against the protesters, advocating instead for a “peaceful” resolution. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin even likened the anarchy to the “summer of love.”

Seattle’s autonomous zone continues to see violent resistance despite efforts by the city last week to peacefully reclaim it.

After initially praising the project, Durkan demanded that order be returned to the zone, though she has not said when the Seattle Police Department will return to its East Precinct, which was attacked repeatedly during the protests.

LeBron James Demands NFL Issue ‘Official Apology’ to Colin Kaepernick

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‘We have not heard that official apology to a man who basically sacrificed everything for the better of this world…’

LeBron James Demands NFL Issue 'Official Apology' to Colin Kaepernick
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(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) NBA star LeBron James argued that the NFL still owes failed quarterback Colin Kaepernick an “official apology” for how the league responded to his kneeling protests during the national anthem.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did, in fact, issue an apology—not just to Kaepernick, but to all NFL players for “not listening to [the players] earlier and encouraging all to speak out and peacefully protest.”

Moreover, Goodell has actively encouraged NFL teams to sign Kaepernick once again. But this isn’t enough, according to James.

Kaepernick “basically sacrificed everything for the better of this world,” James claimed, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, including his professional football career.

Kaepernick’s career was in decline when he began his activism during the 2016 season.

Prior to getting benched by the San Francisco 49ers in favor of backup Blaine Gabbert, he made NFL history by becoming the first quarterback to be sacked five times and throw for fewer than 5 yards in a game, according to ESPN.

After deciding not to renew his contract the following year, he blamed the controversy over his kneeling rather than the performance issues for the lack of free-agent interest. He and other anthem-kneelers sued the NFL, which settled out of court for a significant undisclosed amount.

Meanwhile, Kaepernick cashed in on his activism by inking a lucrative marketing deal to become a top pitchman for Nike, while collecting a litany of awards from virtue-signaling outlets for his “courage.”

The 49ers, meanwhile, have flourished, making it all the way to the Super Bowl in 2020, with Trump-supporting rookie Nick Bosa dominating their defense.

Prior to getting drafted, the former Ohio State standout was pressured into deleting tweets that had been critical of Kaepernick and supportive of the president.

Regardless of the league’s prior efforts to accommodate, placate and compensate the washed-up, riot-supporting activist, the outspoken basketball great James—who previously accused NFL owners of fostering a “slave mentality“—said it wasn’t enough.

“As far as the NFL, I’m not in those locker rooms, I’m not with those guys, but I do understand that an apology—I have not heard a true, official apology to Colin Kaepernick on what he was going through and what he was trying to tell the NFL and tell the world about why he was kneeling when he was doing that as a San Francisco 49er,” James said.

James admitted that the NFL is “listening some,” but added that without an “official apology,” it doesn’t matter.

“I just see that to still be wrong,” he said.

Goodell has spent the past few weeks trying to appease Kaepernick, even though Kaepernick turned down an earlier opportunity to rejoin the NFL by abandoning a pre-planned workout and opting for a media tour instead.

Despite this, multiple leftist figures, including Rev. Al Sharpton and U.S. Women’s Soccer star Megan Rapinoe, have demanded that Kaepernick be given his old job.

Doing so would be akin to “affirmative action,” according to former NFL star Burgess Owens, who slammed Kaepernick as a disrespectful Marxist.

“We’re willing to have the distraction of a Marxist—a Castro-brother-loving Marxist—to come back and play [despite the fact] that many Americans don’t want to see him play,” Owens said.

Liberty Headlines’ Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

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