National Weekly July 30, 2020

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Mudslinging Sheriff Race Israel's campaign consultant resigns after attacking Sheriff Tony with N-word

Scott, an African American previously with Israel campaign for reelection as Broward County Sheriff, has resigned from the campaign after coming under fire for referring to incumbent county sheriff, Gregory Tony as a “house n---er.” Israel and Tony are two of the leading candidates, who are actively campaigning on behalf of the Democratic Party for the position of Broward County Sheriff in primary elections to be held on August 18. Israel was the 16th Sheriff of Broward County from 2013 until his suspension on

By David Klepper

As the world races to find a vaccine and a treatment for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight for the burgeoning outbreak of coronavirus conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham cures.

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In a video posted on social media last Saturday, Scott, who was being paid $21,000 as a political consultant said, “Tony came as arrogance—like we owe him something, like he was the house n---er.”

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Dale Holness and Sheriff Tony demanded that Israel dismiss Scott from his campaign. In a statement released on Monday, Holness said, "Comments like these, words like these, have no place in our politics or our community. Using the n-word to attack any member of our community is unacceptable. Scott Israel needs to immediately condemn and disavow these despicable comments, and fire his top campaign aide who made them.” Also in a released statement, Tony said, “Scott Israel and his political team need to refrain from using inflammatory words and terms that are racist, hateful and prejudiced. Our entire nation continues to seek new ways to reform police and

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January 11, 2019, through an executive order signed by new Governor Ron DeSantis. The tragic Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018, occurred during Israel's jurisdiction, after which he, his department and deputies were criticized. Subsequent to his suspension which was confirmed in October 2019 by the Florida Senate, Governor DeSantis appointed Tony to the position. In a video posted on social media last Saturday, Scott, who was being paid $21,000 as a political consultant said, “Tony came as arrogance—like we owe him something, like he was the house n---er.” Following the posting of the video, Broward County Mayor

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The phenomenon, unfolding largely on social media, escalated this week when President Donald Trump retweeted a false video about an anti-malaria drug being a cure for the virus and it was revealed that Russian intelligence is spreading disinformation about the crisis through English-language websites. Experts worry the torrent of bad information is dangerously undermining efforts to slow the virus, whose death toll in the U.S. hit 150,000 Wednesday, by far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Over a halfmillion people have died in the rest of the world. Hard-hit Florida reported 216 deaths, breaking the single-day record it set a day earlier. And South Carolina's death toll passed 1,500 this week, more than doubling over the past month. “It is a real challenge in terms of trying to get the message to the public

By Garth A. Rose

In what is shaping up to be a knock-down, drag-out election for Broward Sheriff, one of the front runners, former Sheriff Scott Israel, is taking incoming for incendiary comments from his now-former political consultant Terry Scott.

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