Saturday, May 8, 2021
It pays not to work in Biden's America:
It pays not to work in Biden's America: Experts project anyone who earned $32,000 before COVID could now earn MORE in benefits staying at home
- The average weekly unemployment benefit is now $638 - $300 more than what it was 2019
- That means people are earning around $16-an-hour - more than double minimum wage which is at least $7.25 across America
- It is creating a nightmare scenario for the economy; businesses are desperate to recover from the pandemic but they can't fill their jobs
- It is forcing business owners to pay higher wages to attract workers, after a devastating year when they were financially knee-capped
- Restaurant owners, for example, say it's already driving inflation and the country isn't fully open again
- Republican states are cutting unemployment benefits to get people back to work
- Mitch McConnell said the government has 'flooded the zone with checks' and it has dissuaded people from looking for jobs
- Montana's Gov axed federal unemployment checks and instead, is giving people $1,200 bonuses to get jobs
- South Carolina is also scrapping the federal $300-a-week unemployment boost
- April's jobs growth was a quarter of what was expected at just 266,000 instead of 1million
- A third of the country has now been vaccinated and businesses should be reopening
Friday, May 7, 2021
Crony Solydra style.
Dem Megadonors, Officials Financially Tied to Electric Bus Company Boosted by Biden
Dem-linked investment firms pumped millions into Proterra before White House spotlighted green company
Hey, Michelle look here. Do they look like police to you?
Here’s the trail of death and destruction allegedly left by members of NYC’s ‘Hoolies’ gang
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Akeem Artis (bottom inset) drove Deshawn Austin (top inset) when Austin allegedly shot and killed Davell Gardner and injured three others.Robert Mecea
This week’s indictment of 18 reputed gang members not only solved the infamous slaying of a 1-year-old Brooklyn boy, it nailed those responsible for three more murders and a slew of other shootings, authorities say.
Members of the Hoolies gang allegedly murdered a total of four victims and left nine more wounded while unleashing mayhem across Bedford-Stuyvesant amid a deadly turf war with the rival 900 gang.
Seven people — the majority of the 13 shot — were innocent bystanders caught up in the violence that the remorseless Hoolies allegedly perpetrated — and later celebrated in posts on Facebook and Instagram, as well as in music videos uploaded to YouTube.
Following are the 15 shootings outlined in the 63-count indictment pending against the defendants:
May 15, 2018
Jerry “Double O” Washington, allegedly shot a 900 member multiple times in the back around 10 a.m. near in a courtyard of the Marcy Houses, near 626 Park Ave. The victim survived.
Dec. 4, 2018
Shortly after the slaying of Hoolies leader Jahlil “Jackboy” Grant, 21, and the wounding of Akhil “Beans” Artis, 24 — allegedly by a 900 member and an accomplice — various Hoolies members met in a Roosevelt Houses apartment to allegedly plot a series of revenge shootings. The first took place at 7:22 p.m at the intersection of Ralph Avenue and Bainbridge Street, where Rasheen Parnell, 27 — known as both “Hoolie Sco” and “Baby Rah” — allegedly shot an innocent bystander four times in the torso, left leg and groin, leaving the 23-year-old man paralyzed.
Dec. 4, 2018
A second retaliatory shooting took place around 10:17 p.m., when Travis Scott, 33 — known as “Loso” and “Trav” — allegedly opened fire at Tyree Walker, 35, as he walked toward his home at 997 Myrtle Ave. Walker — who authorities say was not a 900 member — was hit multiple times in the torso and died.
Dec. 5, 2018
A third shooting tied to Grant’s slaying took place at around 12:40 a.m., when several Hoolies drove to the Kingsborough Houses and fired multiple shots from a 9-mm. pistol near Ralph Avenue and Dean Street, hitting an innocent bystander in the chest. The 43-year-old victim survived.
March 8, 2019
Several Hollies walked into Hoolie territory, where Michael “Doogie” Parnell, 19, allegedly opened fire at a group of 900 members standing in front of the apartment building at 260 Herkimer St. around 6 p.m.
March 23, 2019
Dominick Scott, 28 — known as “Chino” and “Domo” — allegedly followed a man into 65 Tomkins Ave., part of the Tompkins Houses, around 5:40 a.m. and asked if he was “900.” Scott then allegedly shot the man in his arm, pistol-whipped him and stole his cellphone. The victim was not a gang rival.
March 3, 2020
Jayquan Lane, 28 — known as “Bo” and “Boshaun” — and Dashawn Austin, 25 — known as “Capo,” “Doo Doo” and “Hot Wheels” — drove to the Kinanm Lounge, 856 Atlantic Ave., around 12:20 a.m. after Lane got a text message saying that a member of the rival “Pop Out Boys” gang was there. At about 3:10 a.m., Lane and Austin allegedly followed POB member Janile Whitted to the nearby Amour Cabaret, 566 Nostrand Ave., where Austin made his way through the crowd and allegedly fired several shots into Whitted’s chest, killing him.
March 9, 2020
Several Hoolies traveled in a white Mercedez-Benz to the Raymond Bush Playground at 457 Madison St., where a memorial was being held for Whitted. Once there, they got out and opened fire at the mourners with a 9-mm. pistol.
April 4, 2020
Unique “Trilla” Newell, 21, leaned out the window of a white Mercedes-Benz driven by Jonathan Arroyo, 29 — known as “Junito” and “Jayo” — and opened fire at a person riding a scooter across from 231 Throop Ave., part of the Sumner Houses, around 6:11 p.m. The intended target was shot in the chest but survived.
June 24, 2020
Artis — since recovered from his 2018 shooting — allegedly repeatedly fired a pistol at a black sedan that had driven past him near 69 Stuyvesant Ave., in Hoolie territory, around 9:50 p.m.
June 25, 2020
A Hoolies member identified only as “RM” drove a Chrysler Pacifica alongside a teal-colored sedan near the brownstone at 579 Monroe St. around 5:03 p.m., at which point someone inside the Pacifica fired a pistol toward the sedan and a group of people nearby.
July 12, 2020
A three-car caravan of a Mercedes-Benz, an Audi and a Volkswagen Jetta lined up in front of the apartment building at 365 Pulaski St., where cops spotted the activity and activated the lights on a patrol car around 11:15 p.m. The Jetta sped off, luring away the cops, after which the Mercedes and the Audi turned onto Madison Street, near a park where a cookout was underway. The two cars circled the block and returned moments later, when Austin and a second, unidentified shooter allegedly got out of Audi and opened fire at a group of people attending the cookout. Four innocent bystanders were hit, including 1-year-old Davell Gardner, who later died. The three others survived.
Aug. 8, 2020
Divine Moore, 25 — who’s known as “Eaz” and “Squeak” — allegedly used a .40-caliber pistol to shoot into a dark-colored sedan owned by a 900 member that was traveling east past 365 Pulaski St. around 5:12 p.m.
Aug. 15, 2020
Brandon “Lee Loc” Lee, 25, allegedly fired a 9mm pistol at both a dark-colored sedan and a white vehicle in front of 375 Pulaski St. at around 11:49 p.m.
Sept. 1, 2020
Lamore “La” Weems, 23, and Freedom Williams, 27, who’s known as “Free” and “Free Lite,” went into a bodega at 147 Park Ave. around 10:20 p.m., after which 900 member Tavon Parker pulled up in a car and also entered the bodega. Parker bought something to drink, then went back to his car. Weems allegedly handed Williams a loaded, 9-mm. pistol and told him, “Do what you do” after Williams said Parker was an “Opp.” Williams then allegedly went outside and fired three shots into the driver’s side of Parker’s car, hitting Parker in the head. He died three days later.
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Asian woman struck with hammer in NYC plans to return to Taiwan
The Asian woman who was bludgeoned with a hammer in an unprovoked Hell’s Kitchen attack said she plans to return to Taiwan — until New York City is safe again, according to a new report.
The 31-year-old woman, a recent FIT graduate who only wanted to be identified by her first name, Theresa, recalled the harrowing moment she was attacked while walking with a friend around 8:40 p.m. Sunday.
“[The suspect] was talking to herself, like talking to a wall,” Theresa told ABC New York. “I thought maybe she was drunk or something, so we just wanted to pass through her quickly and when I passed through her, she saw us and said, ‘Take off your f–king mask,’ which is shocking. Suddenly. I felt my head get hit by something.”
Theresa said she and a friend were walking to the subway — believing it would be safer to go together — when she was attacked on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue.
The suspect swung a hammer at the victim, smashing her on the left side of the face, according to police.
Theresa — who moved to New York in 2019 to earn her master’s degree at FIT — told the network she attempted to defend herself, but when she touched her head, she discovered she was bleeding.
She and her friend managed to disarm the suspect, and the hammer was recovered at the scene. The perp, however, is still on the loose.
The victim now plans to move back to Taiwan, but is open to returning to the Big Apple if the right job comes along — and when it is safe again, according to the network.
“I just wish everyone could stop this violence,” she said.
Theresa, who stayed with her parents in Taiwan to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic, said her mother warned her of the rise in anti-Asian violence across the country.
“My mom actually told me, ‘Please be careful, there’s a lot of Asian crime happening in America,'” said the victim, who returned to New York last month to look for work in exhibition design.
Nearby cafe owner Steve Olsen told ABC “there was blood all over the place” after the shocking attack.
The victim was carrying a bottle of wine before she was assaulted — and dropped it during the vicious assault, the outlet reported.
The blood has since been cleaned up, but the wine stained the sidewalk.
The incident, which is being investigated as a hate crime, comes amid a recent spate of crimes against Asian victims across the city and elsewhere.
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