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Today in History: Barack Obama denounced former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright – Chicago Tribune

Today is Monday, April 29, the 120th day of 2023. There are 246 days left in the year.

Todays Highlight in History:

On April 29, 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed divisive and destructive remarks on race.

On this date:

In 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.

In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his Fuhrerbunker and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR-nihtz) president.

In 1946, 28 former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being sentenced to death.

In 1957, the SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

In 1967, Aretha Franklins cover of Otis Reddings Respect was released as a single by Atlantic Records.

In 1991, a cyclone began striking the South Asian country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths.

In 1997, a worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.

In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed divisive and destructive remarks on race.

In 2010, the U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines, saying the first women would be reporting for duty by 2012.

In 2011, Britains Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at Londons Westminster Abbey.

In 2013, opening statements took place in Los Angeles in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Michael Jacksons mother, Katherine Jackson, against concert giant AEG Live, claiming it had failed to properly investigate a doctor who cared for Jackson and was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in his 2009 death. (The jury determined in October 2013 that AEG Live was not liable.)

In 2018, tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

In 2020, scientists announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus, the experimental antiviral medication remdesivir, which they said could speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients.

In 2021, Brazil became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths.

In 2023, hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nations port in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones.

Todays Birthdays. Conductor Zubin Mehta is 88. Pop singer Bob Miranda (The Happenings) is 82. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 81. Singer Tommy James is 77. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is 74. Movie director Phillip Noyce is 74. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 70. Actor Kate Mulgrew is 69. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 67. Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 66. Actor Eve Plumb is 66. Rock musician Phil King is 64. Country singer Stephanie Bentley is 61. Actor Vincent Ventresca is 58. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 56. Actor Paul Adelstein is 55. Actor Uma Thurman is 54. International Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 54. Rapper Master P is 54. Actor Darby Stanchfield is 53. Country singer James Bonamy is 52. Gospel/R&B singer Erica Campbell (Mary Mary) is 52. Rock musician Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) is 51. Actor Tyler Labine is 46. Actor Megan Boone is 41. Actor-model Taylor Cole is 40. NHL center Jonathan Toews is 36. Pop singer Foxes is 35. Actor Grace Kaufman is 22.

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Today in History: Barack Obama denounced former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright - Chicago Tribune

This is 100% Obama: Columbia University Anarchy. Jew-Hatred. America-Hatred. The Rigged Communist Show Trial … – Creators Syndicate

This is all Barack Obama.

What you see happening right now in New York City all started at Columbia University way back in the early 1980s. Obama was my Columbia classmate. And now it's all full circle back to our roots (excuse the pun).

Columbia University is the canary in the coal mine.

George H.W. Bush talked about "1,000 points of light." Obama uses "1,000 points of destruction" to achieve his goal the intentional destruction of America.

You can see it all happening just blocks apart right now all built around Columbia and NYC.

Upper Manhattan is where the anarchy at Columbia is on display. The Jew-hatred. The America-hatred. The hatred of capitalism. The desire to destroy the greatest nation in world history ever blessed by God.

And then a few miles south in lower Manhattan is the courtroom where a rigged communist show trial is happening to destroy the greatest symbol of everything Obama hates President Donald J. Trump.

SYNERGY: Columbia and New York City. That's where Obama and I learned the plan to destroy America, called "Cloward-Piven."

I have a unique understanding of Obama. Not only was he my college classmate but I've studied him for most of my adult life. You want to understand what makes Obama tick? Read the 452 pages of my No. 1 bestselling book from 2013, "The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide."

Here is what I see happening right now:

Obama is the real president of the United States. Unelected. Yet he holds all the power and calls all the shots for his braindead, dementia puppet Joe Biden.

The rigged election; the open borders; the Green New Deal; diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory; transgender brainwashing of your kids at school; the weakening of our military; the division and hatred; the crime wave created by radical leftist prosecutors who let every criminal go free; the weaponization of government; the 86,000 new IRS agents; the massive spending and debt, leading to massive inflation, which murders the middle class.

Everything bad and evil happening for the past 3 1/2 years all started with Obama's presidency.

Obama honed these skills at Columbia. Then he sharpened them for eight years as president. Now he has perfected and accelerated them as the "shadow president" the man behind puppet Biden.

Everything happening in NYC right now has Obama's fingerprints all over it.

The anarchy at Columbia. That's Obama.

The hatred for America. That's Obama.

The hatred for capitalism. That's Obama.

The hatred for Trump and the communist show trial rigged to destroy him. That's Obama.

The hatred for Jews (and anyone in power). That's Obama.

By the way, don't take my word for it. Even ultra-liberal, lifelong Democrat and former Obama supporter Alan Dershowitz recently said Obama hates Israel and the Jews. He called Obama "despicable." He blames Obama for the antisemitic, anti-Israel and anti-American attitudes in this country today.

Alan, welcome to "Wayne's World." This is exactly what I've been saying about Obama since my college classmate was campaigning for president in 2007.

One more thing Obama is great at painting everyone who disagrees with his plans to destroy America as a "racist." You know the real definition of racist? Anyone winning an argument with a communist.

This is all Cloward-Piven.

The main goal of Cloward-Piven is to get the whole country on welfare and food stamps so the country will be overwhelmed. This creates so much debt that the economy implodes, the country collapses and in this mess, America is reborn as a socialist/communist utopia.

Obama started all of that during his presidency. The spending, taxes and debt exploded. Even though Obama's friends and donors got filthy rich on Wall Street, Main Street was decimated. By some measures, Obama's economy was worse than the Great Depression.

Under Obama, the number of Americans on welfare, food stamps and a thousand other government programs exploded to well over 100 million.

Then he passed Obamacare to solve a problem that never existed. Health care spending exploded. More Americans dependent on government, more debt, more inflation to wipe out the middle class.

But now Obama has perfected his craft.

If you can't get everyone on welfare, just open the border and wave in the whole poverty-stricken world. Plus, the added benefit of all the sick and pregnant of the world to add more massive spending, health care spending, welfare and debt until the economy is overwhelmed and America collapses.

Meanwhile, you also completely change the demographic makeup of America and replace American citizens with foreign sheep who vote 100% Democrat to keep their welfare checks coming.

And boy did Obama sharpen his use of government as a weapon. I'm a witness. As president he used the IRS to try to destroy me personally.

Today he has weaponized every agency of government and funded 86,000 new IRS agents many with guns. He uses the DOJ and FBI to destroy Trump, Jan. 6 protestors and soon everyone who stands in the way of the final destruction of America.

Obama and his Marxist comrades use a government partnership with media and social media to push propaganda and misinformation out to the public 24/7, and to censor, silence and ban anyone who tells the truth.

And then there's the radicalized lynch mobs used as Obama's army to create chaos and crisis. Today, he is behind the anarchy and unrest of this radical anti-Israel, pro-Hamas movement.

Soon, the real "Obama Army" will appear 20 million new illegal aliens most of them criminals and military-aged males.

The Trump persecution. The rigged Trump trials. The Jew-hatred. The America-hatred. The open border empowering a foreign invasion. The insane welfare, spending and debt. Exploding health care costs.

It's all Obama on STEROIDS.

It all started at Columbia. That's the centerpiece of the attack on Trump, America, capitalism and Jews right now.

It's all come full circle.

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This is 100% Obama: Columbia University Anarchy. Jew-Hatred. America-Hatred. The Rigged Communist Show Trial ... - Creators Syndicate

Michelle Obama Once Called Harvey Weinstein ‘Wonderful Human Being,’ ‘Good Friend’ and ‘Powerhouse’? – Snopes.com

Evon, Dan. "How to Spot a Deepfake."Snopes, June 8, 2022, https://www.snopes.com/articles/423004/how-to-spot-a-deepfake/.

Farrow, Ronan. "From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories." The New Yorker, Oct. 10, 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories.

Goodin, Emily. "Weinstein Holds Court at White House." The Hill, Nov. 8, 2013, https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/189734-weinstein-commands-white-house-for-film-event/.

"Harvey Weinstein | Producer, Actor, Writer." IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005544/.

Herstik, Lauren. "Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years for Los Angeles Sex Crimes." The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/us/harvey-weinstein-sentence-los-angeles.html.

Kantor, Jodi, and Megan Twohey. "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades." The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html.

Ransom, Jan. "Harvey Weinstein's Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison." The New York Times, Mar. 11, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-sentencing.html.

"Remarks by the First Lady at Careers in Film Symposium." The White House, Nov. 8, 2013, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/node/243706.

Sisak, Michael R., and Dave Collins. "Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction Is Overturned by New York's Top Court."The Associated Press, 25 Apr. 2024, https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-metoo-appeal-ed29faeec862abf0c071e8bd3574c4a3.

Tsioulcas, Anastasia. "Harvey Weinstein Will Likely Spend the Rest of His Life in Prison after LA Sentence." NPR, Feb. 23, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/02/23/1158207425/harvey-weinstein-los-angeles.

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Philly native talks new book and working for the Obama White House – NBC Philadelphia

L.L. Bean has just added a third shift at its factory in Brunswick, Maine, in an attempt to keep up with demand for its iconic boot.

Orders have quadrupled in the past few years as the boots have become more popular among a younger, more urban crowd.

The company says it saw the trend coming and tried to prepare, but orders outpaced projections. They expect to sell 450,000 pairs of boots in 2014.

People hoping to have the boots in time for Christmas are likely going to be disappointed. The bootsare back ordered through February and even March.

"I've been told it's a good problem to have but I"m disappointed that customers not getting what they want as quickly as they want," said Senior Manufacturing Manager Royce Haines.

Customers like, Mary Clifford, tried to order boots on line, but they were back ordered until January.

"I was very surprised this is what they are known for and at Christmas time you can't get them when you need them," said Clifford.

People who do have boots are trying to capitalize on the shortage and are selling them on Ebay at a much higher cost.

L.L. Bean says it has hired dozens of new boot makers, but it takes up to six months to train someone to make a boot.

The company has also spent a million dollars on new equipment to try and keep pace with demand.

Some customers are having luck at the retail stores. They have a separate inventory, and while sizes are limited, those stores have boots on the shelves.

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Comparing Government Regulatory Cost Between the Biden, Obama and Trump Administrations – Florida Daily

When he came into the White House in 2017, then President Donald Trump, cut and eliminated over 3,200 rules and regulations that were hampering economic development. The cuts took place in federal agencies like the Department of Commerce, Energy Department, Food and Drug Administration, Agriculture, EPA just to name a few.

Liberal environmental groups criticized Trump claiming his deregulating government departments would make things worse for the environment. Business groups like the National Manufacturers Association praised the former presidents red tape cutting stating it saved and created thousands of jobs to the economy.

But when Joe Biden took office in 2021, he rescinded all the Trump deregulations.

According to the American Action Forum (AAF), the cost of Biden regulatory actions since he was sworn in, have passed the $ 1 trillion dollar mark.

American Action Forum economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin says most the regulations have come from Bidens climate agenda primarily through the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) latest tailpipe emissions rule for passenger vehicles.

During the Obama administration, conservatives railed against his push to have the government play a role when it came to regulating the healthcare system.

When comparing Bidens first term, to Obamas two terms, Obamas regulation cost seems more moderate. AAF says the cost of the Obama era regulations was just around $300 billion over 8 years.

But AAF says the Trump administration regulatory cost were only around $30 billion.

It is simply a jaw-dropping regulatory record. But perhaps even more stunning is the radio silence it is receiving from the media. Regulations are taxes in another form. If President Biden had imposed $1.3 trillion in taxes by executive fiat, the media would be aflame, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Eakin says the Biden climate agenda is driving this regulatory tsunami.

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Comparing Government Regulatory Cost Between the Biden, Obama and Trump Administrations - Florida Daily