By: Jessica Sager – FoxNews.com – March 26, 2019 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his city’s police force Tuesday afternoon, denouncing prosecutors for dropping charges against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett and slamming the episode as a “whitewash of justice.” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Emanuel said they were not only furious with the outcome of Tuesday’s surprise hearing but...

By: Nick Perry & Mark Baker – apnews.com –  March 15, 2019 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully...

By: Alex Parker – redstate.com – February 21, 2019 The Jussie Smollet situation is a mess. The actor concerned with living “truly” (see the video at the bottom of this article) was, it appears, all about the opposite of truth when it came to an egregious letter followed by an inflammatory megaMAGA assault (here, here, here, and here). Guilty parties: Jussie Smollett and his...

By: Ben Shapiro – townhall.com – February 20, 2019 So, Jussie Smollett was lying. The “Empire” actor claimed that when he was walking home at 2 a.m. in Chicago, in the midst of the polar vortex, he was accosted by two assailants, both of whom shouted anti-gay and anti-black slurs at him. They then attempted to throw a noose around...

By: Brian Flood – foxnews.com – February 18, 2019 Celebrity Jussie Smollett supporters are now grappling with initial support amid hoax reports. As reports that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett may have choreographed his alleged assault pile up, some celebrities are having a hard time aligning the headlines with their initial support, and two have even pointed fingers at police. Rapper Cardi...

By: Kyle Smith – nationalreview.com – February 18, 2019 His case involves implausibility piled upon implausibility.The “we reported the Jussie Smollett case responsibly” contention has been blasted to smithereens. Twitter accounts and headlines in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times reported as fact Jussie Smollett’s wildly implausible allegations, and many other journalists did so as well, not...

By: Lia Eustachewich – pagesix.com – February 18, 2019 Jussie Smollett auditioned for a role in a play that shares eerie similarities to his alleged attack — and he may have used Instagram to tip off the brothers to his whereabouts the night of the beat-down, according to a report on Monday. In the hours before the violent Jan. 29 assault...

By: Kyle Smith – nationalreview.com – February 16, 2019 Outsiders should regard purported hate crimes that sound like crafted narratives with skepticism until they’re proven true. ‘Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the television show ‘Empire,’ was attacked in Chicago by 2 assailants who yelled racial and homophobic slurs,” tweeted the New York Times on January 29. Mark the...

By: John Zmirak – stream.org – January 20, 2019 Like the Wizard of Oz, the media are using all their special effects to shock us and awe us. To keep us from seeing the “man behind the curtain.” And too many conservatives and Christians are playing along. They’re letting the reign of terror get to them. That’s the lesson of...

By: John Zmirak – stream.org – January 20, 2019 Like the Wizard of Oz, the media are using all their special effects to shock us and awe us. To keep us from seeing the “man behind the curtain.” And too many conservatives and Christians are playing along. They’re letting the reign of terror get to them. That’s the lesson of...