July 1, 2020

OH (Cincinnati) Democratic councilwoman pleads guilty to fraud

Shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, in a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes, Dennard pleaded guilty to accepting $15,000 as part of a scheme to exchange her votes for money.

Dennard, 41, had already signed a plea agreement ... to honest services wire fraud, meaning she schemed to defraud citizens and the city council of their right to honest services. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/06/28/tamaya-dennard-expected-enter-guilty-plea-today-federal-court/3262929001/

July 1, 2020

NJ democratic councilmen-elect Michael Jackson, Alex Mendez charged

Two winners in Patterson’s recent ward council elections were charged with voter fraud—specifically the way mail-in ballots are supposed to be collected and filled out.

The six ward elections in Patterson were conducted solely through vote-by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://patersontimes.com/2020/06/25/paterson-council-members-michael-jackson-alex-mendez-two-others-charged-with-voter-fraud/


This is the second in several seemingly targeted arrests of democratic representatives in the past week.

July 1, 2020

OH (Toledo) Council ravaged by democrat arrests

Council members Larry Sykes, Tyronne Riley, Gary Johnson and Yvonne Harper were all arrested Tuesday morning. FBI officials say bribes affected at least three City Council votes over the last two years, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per bribe from local business owners...
The federal complaint shows that one businessman allegedly bribed Riley at least $2,000 to support a special use permit.
Other bribes listed involved internet cafes on Holland-Sylvania Road, Central Avenue, Reynolds Road and Manhattan Boulevard, not being named by the FBI at this time, where at least $26,000 were given to all four council members and $2,000 to local attorney Keith Mitchell who solicited the payments.
"These council members are charged with federal violations, but they're also charged with violating the public trust and they did that for their own personal financial gain," U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman said.
Harper is facing an additional charge for threatening to revoke one tenant's liquor license and bringing negative attention and protests to the location after a dispute unless the tenant compensated her with $25,000.
"The residents of Toledo deserve a city government where every elected official is deeply committed to serving the public rather than themselves."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nbc24.com/amp/news/local/fbi-charges-4-toledo-city-council-members-1-attorney-with-bribery

"The political ramifications of this should not be understated. It's an election year, not in city council. Those members are elected in odd years. It's an even year but it's a presidential election so I think not just Lucas County democrats but democratic officials around the state are concerned about such a high profile scandal of not just one but four democratic elected officials in Lucas County," Miller said.

https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Where-does-Toledo-city-council-go-from-here-571575611.html

THERE WERE MORE ARRESTS a second and third post follow. Links:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213683119#post2

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213683182

June 30, 2020

Question for Trump: Now that you know what are you going to do about it? nt

June 29, 2020

Twitler would rather get attention for his "white power"-shouting racist protesters than TRE45ON.

Fuck him. He doesn’t get to control the narrative.

June 29, 2020

Trump doesn't seem to like the military very much.

He’s:

⚰️sanctioned-by-silence Putin’s bounty on US soldiers.
⚰️killed hospitalized VA veterans using them as guinea pigs for his personal profit from hydroxychloroquine.
⚰️sanctioned firing navy Captain Brett Crozier for protecting his fleet from Covid.
⚰️undermined the military code of justice pardoning war criminals.
⚰️reassigned and blocking the promotion of Purple Heart veteran Vindman
⚰️attacked Gold Star families

June 26, 2020

3-Mile wall in 3 1/2 years

At this rate the wall will be completed several centuries from now.

Hope Biden or Lincoln Project expound on the wa$te.

June 24, 2020

Camille Cosby

I can’t with her.

Interview on GMA this morning she states that Me Too targets black men with no evidence whatsoever.

Total. Bullshit.

She’s blindly defended her husband throughout his ordeal which is somewhat understandable. What’s not okay is denigrating others in doing so.

June 20, 2020

The devastation of racism ...

What a man what a story.

June 17, 2020

Chase: $7.5 bil. in home loans past 6 years 1.9% to blacks

CHICAGO PROTESTS
Chicago Activist Ja’Mal Green Calls for Change at Chase Bank, Warns of ‘Pop-Up Protests’

The group alleges lenders in Chicago have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined
Published June 16, 2020

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The group called out Chase Bank and President Donald Trump, saying disproportionate lending and changes to the Community Reinvestment Act have "horribly impacted communities of color."

They allege lenders in Chicago have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. The claim was first published by WBEZ on June 3, which reported Chase handed out $7.5 billion in home loans over a six-year period, but only 1.9% went to Chicago's black neighborhoods.


"Today we're saying to all those that are customers or depositors of Chase that we are fighting back and the time is now," Green said Monday as he announced plans for the protests. The coalition warned that "protests will continue unless Chase gives $1 billion in grants and $10 billion in loans." "We must now act for a form of reparations to make good," Green said.

In a statement, Chase detailed the measures the bank says it has taken in response to the claims.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-activist-jamal-green-calls-for-change-at-chase-bank-warns-of-pop-up-protests/2290004/%3famp