Heh.

Like clockwork.

Yup.

Wow. Antifa apologist senator Mazie Hirono just walked out of the senate after refusing to denounce Antifa!pic.twitter.com/BfmK38H8Rm

— Barrett Wilson (@BarrettWilson6) August 4, 2020

LBCI: 2,700 tons ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut port.

In the 1995 Oklahoma Timothy McVeigh used 2 tons of ammonium nitrate to blow up the Federal Building. 168 people killed. pic.twitter.com/dCktpgdYB4

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 4, 2020

It’s not clear what started the original explosion that seemed to involve fireworks that then appears to have set off the amonium nitrate.

Via BBC:

Lebanon’s Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab has said it is “unacceptable” that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were being stored in a warehouse.

“I will not rest until we find the person responsible for what happened so we can hold them to account and impose the most severe punishment,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by an official Twitter account.

“It is unacceptable that a shipment of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has been present for six years in a warehouse, without taking preventive measures and endangering the safety of citizens”.

Via DNYUZ:

Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, grappling with a spiraling coronavirus outbreak in a country that once thought it had the pandemic beat, has now imposed some of the toughest restrictions in the world.

But as officials cast about for ways to break the chain of infections, the city has become a confounding matrix of hefty fines for disobedience, minor exceptions for everything from romantic partners to home building, and endless versions of the question: So, wait, can I ____?

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Via The Sun:

A LAS Vegas gambler was removed from the famous 4 Queens casino in handcuffs after he went in without wearing a mask.

The man was bundled out of the building and handed over to cops for flouting public safety rules on Saturday night.

The photographer reported that the man was yelling for help when he was taken outside by five security guards.

The bouncers were wearing face masks, however bystanders had their coverings pulled down around their chin.

It is currently mandatory for all residents and tourists to wear face coverings in public and inside private businesses across Nevada.

Nevada has now passed the 50,000 mark in positive COVID-19 cases.

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Via KTLA:

The husband of Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple’s home the day before she faced a primary election in March.

The state attorney general filed three misdemeanor charges Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against David Lacey for assault with a firearm for the March 2 incident.

Lacey, 66, pointed a gun at demonstrators who protested outside the couple’s home before dawn on March 2 and said “I will shoot you,” according to video of the incident.

Jackie Lacey offered an emotional apology at the time, saying her husband told her he pulled the gun and told protesters to leave.

Lacey’s campaign issued a statement Tuesday saying her husband thought they were in danger and was trying to protect them.

“The events that took place earlier this year have caused my family immense pain,” Lacey said in the statement. “My husband acted in fear for my safety after we were subjected to months of harassment that included a death threat no less than a week earlier.”

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Wow. Really?

Just a tad overdramatic.

Couldn’t agree more.

Yeah, no.

HT: NB

Heartache.

Via NY Post:

Former President Barack Obama on Monday endorsed six New Yorkers running for House seats, but he did not endorse freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Obama’s “first wave” of 2020 endorsements follow the Democratic primaries, meaning they won’t influence who makes the November ballot. But the popular former president still carries sway with donors and voters.

Obama released the list of candidates he supports on Twitter. It’s possible he will add additional New Yorkers closer to the election.

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-declared socialist known by her initials, AOC, has been a powerful figure in Democratic races this year and has helped steer the party to the left on issues like health care and education.

Naturally.

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Rep. Adam Schiff, is opening an investigation into how the Department of Homeland Security responded to protests over police brutality, according to a new report.

The probe will focus specifically on the department’s intelligence arm which reportedly distributed material on both reporters and demonstrations who were present at protests in Portland and other US cities, according to a Politico report.

“The revelations thus far require a full accounting, and, if substantiated, must never be allowed to occur again,” Schiff (D. Calif) wrote to top DHS officials on Monday, per the report.

DHS accessed in July encrypted messages from protesters on the secured app Telegram, according to a Washington Post report — prompting a statement from Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf disavowing the actions from his intelligence branch.

Welcome to mail-in ballot hell.

Via NY Post:

A federal judge ordered election officials to count thousands of mail-in ballots throughout New York State that were declared invalid for not having a post-mark or arriving at offices shortly after the June 23 primary.

In granting the preliminary injunction Monday, Manhattan Judge Analisa Torres said the plaintiffs who brought the suit — including congressional candidate Suraj Patel and Brooklyn Assembly candidate Emily Gallagher — had proved that voters were disenfranchised and denied their constitutional rights after being encouraged to vote by absentee ballot during the coronavirus pandemic.

Torres said these arbitrarily disenfranchised voters were denied free speech, equal protection and due process due under the law.

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Footage of the Explosion in #Beirut #Lebanon a few minutes ago. Praying for the safety of everyone. pic.twitter.com/6Q3y6A6DxL

— Fady Roumieh (@FadyRoumieh) August 4, 2020

Close to ground zero in this video of the explosion in Beirut. pic.twitter.com/cjgZQ4NBG7

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2020

UPDATE: Fmr PM Saad Hariri is fine following news.

Two explosions near port in Beirut #Lebanon , second one left lot of damages in houses and cars. Ambulances called to area.

Another video shows magnitude of when it happened pic.twitter.com/lV9p5qMxbu

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) August 4, 2020

Word is many people injured.

Here's a video of the moments following the initial explosion in Beirut before the massive second blast. Appears to be either munitions or fireworks. pic.twitter.com/BPLRi4Nrvs

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2020

Terrible. The most clear footage from Beirut port explosion(s) so far pic.twitter.com/4WqOHtUPZd

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) August 4, 2020

There’s no doubt there was some fireworks there, but there was also something else.

Speculation now is there was a Hezbollah/Iran weapon storage there.

The locals authorities are saying it’s a fireworks “accident,” but there’s obviously more to it.

This is the closest video of the explosion in Beirut. pic.twitter.com/7eaBT2g6mo

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2020

LBCI Lebanon News claimed that a fire had broken out at the port and then triggered an explosion of a nearby warehouse storing fireworks. According to Al-Mayadeen, the explosion occurred in a warehouse storing benzine, a flammable chemical. #beirut pic.twitter.com/LbvxsASKXc

— Anabel (@ainyrockstar) August 4, 2020

Do sometime about this shit. pic.twitter.com/qqQGGTdF3p

— rabble (@rabble) August 4, 2020

So how can they investigate if they’re defunded?

Via NY Post:

A Portland protester was stabbed Monday night during a fight with a woman who took footage inside a city park that housed demonstrators for months, according to police and social media footage.

The confrontation went down about 6:20 p.m. inside the Lownsdale Square park across from Portland’s Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse, cops said.

After shooting photos and video at the park, the woman began arguing with protesters and stabbed one of them in her chest, police said.

Footage posted to TikTok and shared on Twitter shows the victim and other protesters tailing the suspect after the stabbing.

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Sigh…

I like how she chose the least moral of her friends to make this claim about.