Author: Mary Chastain

Mary Chastain

Mary is the resident libertarian. She covers stories in every vertical, but her favorite thing to do is take on the media. She saw its bias against the right when she was a socialist.

Mary loves the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, tennis, cats, Oxford comma, Diet Coke, and needlework.

Nashville Holocaust Memorial Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Messages

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 16, 2020 24 Comments

Samantha wrote about the spike in anti-Jewish violence in the wake of George Floyd's death. It has not stopped. Someone sprayed anti-Semitic messages on a bedsheet and spread it over the Nashville Holocaust Memorial at the Gordon Jewish Community Center on Saturday during the Jewish Sabbath.

De Blasio Instructs Tracers Not to Ask New Coronavirus Patients if They Attended Protests

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 32 Comments

The City reported that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio instructed "test and tracers" not to ask anyone who tests positive for the Wuhan coronavirus if they attended any of the protests or riots in response to the death of George Floyd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6jjuIHx3Y

George Floyd’s Brother Comes Out Against Defund the Police Movement

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 54 Comments

Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, and family attorney Benjamin Crump came out against the #DefundThePolice movement on Fox News on Sunday.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

SCOTUS Rules 6-3 to Protect LGBT From Job Discrimination

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 94 Comments

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a decision that protects LGBT people from job discrimination. They decided "that an employer who fires a worker for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which already protected people from sex discrimination."

https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1272208890877353993

CNN’s Stelter Tells Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis She’ll ‘Regret’ Defending Trump ‘When Your Kids, Grandkids Look Back at This’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 9 Comments

Personal attacks are usually off-limits, but if it happens, you do not bring in kids. Is anyone shocked CNN's Brian Stelter did just that to shame President Donald Trump's senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis into shutting up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMGCiGHv-e4#action=share

Abrams has ‘Not Received Any Calls’ From Biden Campaign About VP Spot

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 52 Comments

CNN political analyst April Ryan said that Joe Biden's campaign is vetting Stacey Abrams for the VP spot. Stephen Colbert asked Abrams about that, but she did not give the expected answer.

https://komonews.com/news/local/some-say-black-lives-matter-message-hijacked-by-emergence-of-chaz

Protesters Lash Out at Seattle’s Chaz: ‘You Have Hijacked’ the Message, ‘Core Belief has Been Lost’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 43 Comments

I've seen people on social media vent frustrations over the riots, looting, and the Seattle autonomous zone called CHAZ because all of that has hijacked the message and conversation we all need to have. The African American Community Advisory Council (AACAC) in Seattle had it out with CHAZ the other day, especially since the zone took over the police precinct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EAIDkX3Jc

People Want Disney to Change Splash Mountain Since It’s Inspired by ‘Song of the South’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 38 Comments

Many people consider Disney's Song of the South, released in 1946, the studio's most racist film. Disney fans started petitions demanding the Disney parks change the popular ride Splash Mountain since its inspired by the movie.

https://twitter.com/SKMorefield/status/1271258035319603202

Seattle Mayor Durkan Downplays Autonomous Zone: ‘We Could Have the Summer of Love’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 36 Comments

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan downplayed the six-block autonomous zone in the city on CNN last night after President Donald Trump demanded she restore order to the city. Durkan claimed the zone is "not an armed takeover" and "more like a block party." Yet, the police chief said their "calls for service have more than tripled." Videos show tension within this zone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ7r2OVu1ss

No HBO Max? Consumers Push Gone With the Wind to the top Spot on Amazon Prime

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 57 Comments

I use my Apple TV when I work out and noticed Gone With the Wind at the top of the home menu. A quick Google search told me what I suspected. HBO Max temporarily pulled Gone With the Wind so consumers went to Amazon and Apple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLqi61lrWo

Lady Antebellum Changing Name to Lady A: ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Pain the Name Caused Others

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 11, 2020 47 Comments

Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A since people use "antebellum" to describe the era in the South before the Civil War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9Qg_a2i-Q&t=79s

Unemployment Claims Drop Again: 1.5 Million Americans Filed Last Week

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 11, 2020 3 Comments

The economy is slowly recovering after the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic since 1.5 Americans filed unemployment claims last week. The numbers have continuously gone down in 10 straight weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnGWJdyz3EM

Man Injured After Confederate Statue Falls on Head: ‘His Skull was Actually Showing’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 11, 2020 57 Comments

I am shocked this hasn't happened more. The Black Lives Matter chapter of Portsmouth, VA, vandalized and toppled a Confederate statue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUjUz_QEh48

Paramount Network Cancels ‘Cops’ Show Due to Protests, Riots Against Police Brutality

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 48 Comments

Paramount Network canceled the long-running show Cops after 32 years due to protests and riots against police brutality after a white cop allegedly killed George Floyd.

HBO Max Temporarily Removes Gone With the Wind After Complaints it ‘Glorifies the Antebellum South’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 63 Comments

The death of George Floyd has really put everyone on edge lately with people demanding the removal of insensitive content and statues. HBO removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming service HBO Max after 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley claimed it "glorifies the antebellum south."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlpURGYHoA

Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down, Thrown Into Lake in Downtown Richmond

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 25 Comments

The death of George Floyd has reignited the obsession with removing statues of those with unsavory pasts. Protesters tore down the Christopher Columbus statue in Byrd Park in Richmond, VA. They then threw it into the lake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enm_aAEm_dM

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Tells Alderman He’s ‘100 Percent Full of S***’ After Describing Ward as a War Zone

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 09, 2020 67 Comments

Earlier today I blogged about Chicago having its deadliest day in 60 years. The city saw 18 murders in 24 hours on May 31. On that same day, Mayor Lori Lightfoot met with Chicago officials to discuss the mass riots and looting across the city in response to George Floyd's death. While Lightfoot raged against the chaos, she also told one alderman he was "100 percent full of shit" when he described his ward as a "virtual war zone."

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