Happy Black History Month! Jussie Smollett Indicted - Wait For Detroit

Just wait for Detroit.

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Jssie Smollett, former 'Empire' actor, indicted again in connection with alleged Chicago attack, clerk's office says

A special prosecutor filed six new charges against Jussie Smollett Tuesday for filing false police reports in an alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.

Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."

Webb said he has arranged with Smollett's lawyers to have the actor voluntarily turn himself in for his arraignment on Feb. 24 at 9:30 a.m.

Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.

WATCH: Timeline of Events in Jussie Smollett case

"Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled racial and homophobic slurs. There have been dozens of twists and turns since then.

Police and prosecutors said Smollett orchestrated the attack with the help of the Osundairo brothers. One brother was an extra on "Empire" and the other was Smollett's personal trainer.

The Osundairo brothers released a statement on the new charges, saying, "The Osundairo brothers are aware of the new charges brought against Jussie Smollett today by the grand jury. As stated before, they are fully committed to the public knowing the truth about what occurred on January 29, 2019. The Osundairo brothers will continue to cooperate with that process and they thank the Special Prosecutor's office for their tireless work in seeing that justice was administered."

All charges against Smollett were dropped in late February 2019 in exchange for community service and forfeiture of his $10,000 bond payment.

Webb, a former US Attorney in Chicago, was appointed as special prosecutor after the charges were dropped to review the Cook County State's Attorney's Office's decision.

Further prosecution of Smollett is "in the interest of justice," Webb said in a lengthy statement on the new charges Tuesday.

Webb said his investigation was into whether Smollett should be further prosecuted for alleged false police reports, and whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in any wrongdoing, including the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

He said he "disagrees with the state's attorney's" original decision to drop the charges against Smollett after he was initially indicted, said he found the evidence "was strong" and that the state's attorney provided no proof there was no evidence that would have justified dropping the case against the actor, or previous similar case history.

He said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.

At a Tuesday afternoon news conference where a group of African American pastors were endorsing her, Webb was accused of trying to influence the March 17 primary in which Foxx's opponents have tried to make the Smollett case a political issue.

"It's very interesting that Dan Webb at this moment, as we are a month away from an election, is now offering charges," said Rev. Otis Moss, III. "This seems very similar to when James Comey intervened in reference to the national election, and so we are seeing, at this moment, some politicization of this particular election. And as a coalition we will not stand for people who are trying to step in and muddy the waters. We need people who are ethical, who are qualified, and who are progressive."

Foxx spoke at the same event.

"I am an elected leader and I have to be accountable for the actions of not only myself but my office. And I don't run from that responsibility," she said.

She added that, as she said before, she believes her mistake was in how transparent her office was about their handling of the Smollett case.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office released a formal statement Tuesday afternoon, saying, "As the Cook County State's Attorney's Office does in all cases, the Special Prosecutor reviewed the facts, evidence, and the law, and determined charges were appropriate in this matter. We are unable to comment further as the matter is pending."

Judge Orders Special Prosecutor To Examine Smollett Probe

CHICAGO (AP/WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A veteran Cook County Judge decided Friday that a special prosecutor will be appointed to look at how the Jussie Smollett case was handled by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Jussie Smollett could still face criminal charges. 

Cook County Judge Michael Toomin cited unprecedented irregularities in how State’s Attorney Kim Foxx handled the case - improperly recusing herself, but not her office, after having contact with Smollett representatives and then quietly dropping 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct.

Foxx had been in contact with a relative of Smollett and had been approached by former first lady Michelle Obama's one-time chief of staff on behalf of Smollett's family, and she explained at the time that she was recusing herself to avoid "even the perception of a conflict" of interest.

In his ruling, Toomin said he had no problem with Foxx's recusal, but that she had no right to select someone from her office to handle the prosecution, saying what she did amounted to naming her own special prosecutor.

"There isn't an office of the 'acting state's attorney.' It existed only ... in the imagination of Ms. Foxx," Judge Toomin said.

Foxx has been under fire for her handling the investigation, including from the Chicago Police Department and the former mayor. Her office charged Smollett with 16 counts of disorderly conduct after police concluded that Smollett had staged the early-morning Jan. 29 attack on himself and had paid two acquaintances to help him pull it off. But it stunningly dropped all of the charges weeks later, prompting an outcry from police and leading a former state appellate judge, Sheila O'Brien, to call for a special prosecutor.

In calling for a special prosecutor, O'Brien said it appeared to her and others that Smollett had "received special treatment" from Foxx's office.

“I did this because it had to be done and no one had done it,” she said. “The law of the special prosecutor is very obvious and it is very clear. It had to be done. Somebody had to do this and who was going to do it – the other state’s attorneys? They can’t do that to their own boss.

“The most important thing, as the judge indicated, the confidence in our judicial system will be restored to all of us; that this case will be handled by somebody who does not have a conflict,” O'Brien said.

Foxx defended her handling of the case and said she would welcome an independent investigation. But her office opposed such a special prosecutor, explaining that the investigation would just duplicate the efforts of a county inspector general's office probe that is already underway.

Jussie Smollett can still be tried for allegedly staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself.

Gloria Schmidt, the attorney for the Osundairo brothers who were allegedly paid by Smollett to stage the attack, said they are fully ready to cooperate.

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SENATE INTELLIGENCE: Report On Russian Election Interference - Volume I

REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGNS AND INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION VOLUME 1: RUSSIAN EFFORTS AGAINST ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

COMMITTEE SENSITIVE - RUSSIA INVESTIGATION ONLY

From 2017 to 2019, the Committee held hearings, conducted interviews, andreviewed intelligence related to Russian attempts in 2016 to access election infrastructure. TheCommittee sought to determine the extent of Russian activities, identify the response of the U.S.Government at the state, local, and federal level to the threat, and make recommendations onhow to better prepare for such threats in the future. 1 he Committee received testimony fromstate election officials, Obama administration officials, and those in the Intelligence Communityand elsewhere in the U.S. Government responsible for evaluating threats to elections.

The following is just one example of election interference.

U) Chaos on Election Day: Three Scenarios Mr. Daniel said that in the early fall of 2016, a policy working group was looking at three scenarios:One was, could the Russians do something to the voter registration databases that could cause problems on Election Day? 

An example of that would be, could you go in and flip the digits in everybody's address, so that when they show up with their photoID it doesn 't match what's in the poll book? It doesn 't actually prevent people from voting. In most cases you 'II still get a provisional ballot, but if this is happening in a whole bunch of precincts for just about everybody showing up, it gives the impression that there's chaos. 

A second one was to do a variant of the penetrating voting machines, except this time what you do is you do a nice video of somebody conducting a hack on a voting machine and showing how you could do that hack and showing them changing a voting outcome, and then you post that on YouTube and you claim you've done this 100,000times across the United States, even though you haven't actually done it at all.Then the third scenario that we looked at was conducting a denial of service attack onthe Associated Press on Election Day, because pretty much everybody, all those nice maps that everybody puts up on all the different news services, is in fact actually based on Associated Press stringers at all the different precincts and locations. ... It doesn't actually change anything, but it gives the impression that there's chaos.V(U) SSCI Transcript of the Interview with Lisa Monaco, Former Homeland Security Advisor, August 10,2017,p. 28.267(U) SSCI Transcript of the Interview with Michael Daniel, Former Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity•Coordinator, National Security Council, August 31,2017, p. 33.(U) Ibid., pp. 34-35.2^°(U)/dW.,p.35.37COMMITTEE SENSITIVE - RUSSIA INVESTIGATION ONLY, P.37

In the Michigan 2016 Primaries, the NGP VAN systems put out the wrong addresses for the polling precincts.

I documented my journey on Twitter.

I will not comment on the absentee voting ballot schemes because I want to watch people like Cory Booker continue to lie in the public record.

Cory Booker should be disqualified as a presidential candidate for lying.

The disqualification process is part of voting rights.

#sayhisname

 Volume I means there are other volumes coming.


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Cocktails & Popcorn: NAACP Partners With Kamala Harris, Corey Booker & Elizabeth Warren To Rally A Legal Defense Strategy In Detroit

When Swendell Anthony rallied the battle cry, "Vote for your life. Your freedom depends on it", he was not joking.

I think that is why Kamala pushed that anti-lynching bill.

Here is a bit of background on the NAACP that I believe encourages Corey Booker and Elizabeth Warren to champion Swendell's battle cry.

No one will #sayhisname.

#perkinscoiesucks

64th Annual NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner

(FOX 2) - The tables set, dressed to impress in the packed ballroom at Cobo Center for the 64th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner.

 The focus was on policy and politics with the 2020 Presidential Race as the backdrop.

 Head of the NAACP Detroit Branch, Reverend Doctor Wendell Anthony led the more than four hour program.Governor Gretchen Whitmer at Sunday's event is promising a strong partnership with the NAACP now and during her time in office.

Of course all eyes were on keynote speaker U-S Senator Kamala Harris who’s gunning for the white house race in a crowded democratic field of candidates.

 Touting her platform no question this was a campaign stop Harris.

 Over the years the Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner showcased African American politicians but they don't endorse candidates because they are a nonpartisan organization.

 But there were many mentions of how important this next election is for the African American community.

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WAR CRIMES: Corey Booker Sucks In Detroit

Q: Why does Corey Booker suck?

A: He came to Detroit and did not #sayhisname.

How the heck are you going to come into Detroit, talking about how to make Detroit better, and not #sayhisname?

You suck Corey, very badly.

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DEFANGO: Jussie Smollet Criminal Case Dropped 'Whitewash of Justice' - #Coloredrevolution Update - NAACP

"Will run Detroit psyops for campaign funding"

Is Jussie Smollet the new superhero for the NAACP?

I only ask because the NAACP has some issues, itself. 

See, it goes like this.

Once upon a time, the Meanies were really mean to my Sweetie.

So, what had happened was someone asked my #Superfans to look into it, because it goes all the way back to Watergate.

Watergate is part of the Civil Rights History of the U.S., but the Meanies are trying really, really hard to rewrite it by what I call the #coloredrevolution because it is how they get elected and make money, of which I prefer to call stealin'.

Yes, the #coloredrevolution has to do with dark psyoptics because they are throwing shade to what they did.

See, it goes like this.

Someone called this entire investigation years ago, in multiple venues within the law enforcement communities, and in multiple legislative actions, like the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, which had to do with Watergate and Whitewater re-investigations and the lack of action by the FBI and DOJ.

So, what had happened was, one day, some "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) came up with the really cleaver idea of co-opting and bastardizing, proactively, mind you, any possible legal investigation of what they were about to do, and that was their Detroit #MeToo Moment to cloak their egregious election interference operations.

The "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) came up with the idea of an "anti-lynching" bill which was nothing but a propaganda project by having Kamala Harris and Corey Booker take the lead an introduce, replete with a full scaled, campaign finance, money laundering, called "Justice for Victims of Lynching Act".

The Anti-Lynching Bill, itself, was dumb because they, once again, had transmographied U.S. history by flushing the legacy of John Conyers, Jr., down the toilet to save their asses for jacking up the 2016 election.

Well, that just gave me the Saddy Face because it seems it came out of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is not incorporated, but a subset of the Smithsonian Institute.

They were running anti-lynching psyops to secure more federal grants for more propaganda to generate more revenues.

The NMAAHC operates under the Smithsonian, with over $6 Billion in assets, because it is not incorporated. I am not finding any corporate registration of the organization which leads me to believe it is a passthrough for money laundering, just like the NAACP.

The "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) destroyed the legacy of Emmet Till Act because it is about investigating stuff that went on during the civil rights era, or, for those of you who are just jumping aboard this ship of WATERGATE, for the nasty stuff that went on behind the scenes to cover up the Child Abuse Protection Treatment Act, modern day human trafficking.

And you know who was over Watergate?

Yes, the same individuals who pulled off the Detroit #MeToo Moment, wanted to make sure they suppressed any form of legal precedent in the forms of impeachment, simply for the fact that the impeachment process was originally constructed with the intentions of Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 General Election.

But she did not.

Because she was hoisted by her own petards.

Because it was another #coloredrevolution operation by "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

These are the same people who were stealing' children, land and votes, as a right of ascension, a residual of the peculiar institution, by any means necessary.

These are the people who are running foreign corporate, funded psyops in the form of reparations propaganda.

These individuals are just another group of operatives who will do whatever it takes to keep their hair and nails "did".

First Assistant to the Cook County State Attorney Joseph Magats -- who replaced Kim Foxx when she recused herself from the Smollett case -- just did an interview explaining why he and his office dropped all their charges against Jussie ... but it raises more questions that answers. First off, Magats says one big factor in why they dropped the charges has to do with the fact that Jussie doesn't have a violent criminal history, not to mention that this wasn't a violent crime. Magats says his office prioritizes violent crimes in Chicago, and felt this case wouldn't be the best use of resources. For the record, he says he made this decision alone ... without consultation from Kim Foxx. Links to sources:

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Happy Black History Month: A Tribute To Juicy "Jussie" Smollett For The 2019 Lynching LARP

Jussie Smollett, the black, gay, Jewish actor of the hit show Empire, has made it into the annals of history, and it is not just for Black History Month.

Jussie has taken the lead as the greatest LARP of 2019.

Elizabeth Warren held that title in 2018.

MAGA Attacker Nigerian Brothers Abimbola & Olabinjo Osundairo (right)

It seems Twitter has taken down his name in the trending section.

It also seems Corey Booker and Kamala Harris may have some association with the situation as the attack was timed with their lynching bill, but, hey, what do I know?

HERE ARE ALL THE POLITICIANS WHO RUSHED TO JUDGEMENT ON THE SMOLLETT ‘HATE CRIME’

I know this is another effort to bastardize civil rights history by wiping out Conyers' legacy.

I know what Juicy Jussie did was a hate crime against humanity.

I know not one Jewish, anti-semetic group has lifted a finger for "Juicy Jussie".

Where are all the Jewish anti-semetic groups coming to his defense?

Smollett's attorneys refute charges attack on client was staged

It appears that Jussie Smollett tried to manufacture a hate crime to make Trump supporters look bad and most of the media not only uncritically accepted his lies as facts for weeks, but attacked those who questioned the validity of his false story.

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 17, 2019

JUSSIE SMOLLETTCASE TO GO TO GRAND JURY ...Doubt MAGA Comment Because Trump Folks Don't Watch 'Empire'

A grand jury will hear the Jussie Smollett case early next week ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

Law enforcement sources connected to the investigation tell TMZ, the 2 brothers who were arrested and then released are staying somewhere around the Loop in downtown Chicago under the watchful eye of police so no one gets to them. We're told cops especially want to make sure Jussie does not contact the brothers.

We're told when police raided the home of the 2 brothers they found magazines with pages torn out, and authorities are now trying to determine if the missing pages are connected to the threatening letter that was sent to Jussie 8 days before the alleged attack.

Maine Waters & Juicy Smollett

Our sources say early on they asked Jussie if he'd sign complaints against the 2 men who attacked him and he was clear that he would. But, when he found out the 2 brothers were the ones in custody we're told he said he knew them, felt bad for them and declined to sign the complaints. 

Our sources say although cops believe the brothers purchased the rope that was around Jussie's neck after the incident, there is no surveillance video at the hardware store because it erases after a week.

We're told the way they tracked the 2 brothers down was by their movements in arriving and leaving the scene around Jussie's apartment building. As we reported, they left in either a cab or an Uber, but we're told cops tracked the vehicle and the 2 brothers got out on their way home and into another vehicle. As one source put it, "It was almost like a bad spy movie."

The sources say there were red flags from the get-go. Cops were extremely suspiciouswhen Jussie took them out to the area where he said he was attacked and pointed to an obscure camera saying how happy he was that the attack was on video. Turns out the camera was pointing in the wrong direction. Cops thought it was weird he knew the location of that camera.

And, there's this. We're told investigators didn't believe the 2 alleged attackers screamed, "This is MAGA country," because, "Not a single Trump supporter watches 'Empire.'"

And, a few loose ends ... we're told when cops picked up the 2 brothers at O'Hare Airport, police were armed with 3 warrants for each man, one of which was to seize their phones.    

We're also told there is no video of a "rehearsal" of the attack in the street.

Jussie and his lawyer have vehemently denied the attack was staged, maintaining this was a hate crime.

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The Legend Of A Mighty General, Jeff Sessions & His Mission To End The Trafficking Of Tiny Humans

The Ballad of The Mighty General

Gather round, my dearies, for the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed shall share with you the legend of Jeff Sessions.

During the age of the residuals of the peculiar institution, certain customs, terms and legal structures condoned the targeting of populations, for the purposes of the imperialistic morality parade, promulgated through the blessings of the tax exempt god, which, applicable to this tale as the United Methodists.

There was no such thing as commisseration for historically, economically condigned, for it was written into law, as this is a nation of laws; therefore, my dear Jeff was a product of his environment, who was taught well to follow the rule of law, until he went to D.C. and was enlightened with the newest civil rights lingo.

So, I looked up the case that launched him to the pinnacle of his career as a seasoned, federal prosecutor.

It was a voting rights case.

With then swiftness of a swallow, I immediately applied my Meanies Litmus Test, where, lo' and behold, Jeff Sessions was prosecuting a voting rights violation case because it dealt with unions and community organizations participating in mail fraud with absentee voter ballots, or basically, identity theft.

No one understood at the time, or could conceive that perhaps, just perhaps, the Civil Rights Voting Rights Act was a distraction for vote manipulation, using the technology at the time, being the U.S. Postal Service in absentee ballots.

Such vote manipulation schemes are not perpetrated by the people, particularly an historically targeted population for economic and political disenfranchisement, but, to take over a government.

In short, whenever you get busted doing election fraud, manipulating the vote, just throw the ole race card, and the that criminal train will be derailed.

Coretta Scott King wrote a letter as to such, yet had no idea, perhaps, of the possibility of vote manipulation through the databases, but who could at that time, or rather would have known about databases?

United States of America Plaintiff-appellee, v. Albert Turner, et al., Defendants.in Re Howard Moore, Jr., Appellant, 812 F.2d 1552 (11th Cir. 1987)

The indictment charged: (1) a conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. p 371, to use the mails, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, in furtherance of a scheme to defraud the citizens of Perry County, Alabama, and of the state of Alabama of a fair and impartial Democratic primary election on September 4, 1984, and, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(e), to vote more than once in that primary; (2) 26 instances of the use of the mails in furtherance of that fraudulent scheme; and (3) double-voting. Prior to trial, defendants moved for dismissal on the ground of selective and vindictive prosecution and the motion was denied.

Jeff failed the Meanies Litmus Test which means that he is an expert in Voting Rights Act violations, which means...Jeff knows more than people think he knows because I know what they did in Detroit to my Sweetie and so does Jeff.

With knowledge in hand, I journeyed to my ancient archives to find that Jeff has a long and illustrious history of fighting to stop the trafficking of tiny humans.

The Protection of Children Act is about "alien, immigrant children" and a process for families to remain together upon entry into the United States.

No wonder Jeff was called out to the world and emphasized that he is following the rule of law, and, if the people do not like the law, to demand Congress change the law.

Well, here is the Protection of Children Act to change the law regarding alien, immigrant children, because, in far too many instances, these children are not related to the "so-called parents", where DNA cannot even be established in situations of adoption or foster care, by which these children are being trafficked, straight into the pipelines of foster care and adoption.

DOJ: Sessions Encourages Congress To Stop Trafficking Tiny Humans By Changing Legal Immigration Law

Let’s be clear. These actions will not end or reduce legal immigration. These actions will be directed at reducing illegal immigration. Only Congress can change legal immigration.

Senator Jeff Sessions introduced Bill S. 2561 (114th): Protection of Children Act of 2016 - Child Trafficki... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

For other reasons I shall refrain from mentioning at this time, only because I await the opining of Jeff, I shall not expound about the other stuff that allows me to announce the proclamation of the land that, Perkins Coie Sucks.

#perkinscoiesucks

Then, recalling the performance of the menagerie of psychotic sycophants during Jeff's Senate Confirmation Hearing, I remembered Corey Booker.

Corey Booker took $27,000, cash, from George Clinton after a New Jersey concert for his Senate Campaign and never declared it to the FEC.

I only know this because George Clinton told me, but, you know George!

https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-2111508

Anyways, Corey Booker clowned at the confirmation for U.S. Attorney General, which I believe has to do with Betsy DeVos and his financial ties to privatization of education, which is a children's trust fund, which means they are laundering money, and funding political campaigns and lobbying.

Education deals with child welfare fraud, which is privatization, which is why the U.S. Department of Justice is being reorganized, internally, along with the U.S. Treasury, to deal with pilfering of "our most precious treasures", children and their futures.

This is the reason why Jeff recused himself from the Russian investigation, for he, too, was on a mission the very moment he accepted the mission of the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed.

This is what is going on behind the scenes.

Jeff Sessions is going after the trafficking of tiny humans, in quite the fashion of an epic romance, by joining in the conjugal collaboration with his CIGIE Generals.

Go forth my Mighty General and command thine troops to prepare for our legions of "old school legal playas".

Godspeed, and I shall meet you in Detroit.

The moral of the story is, "Do not be mean to my Sweetie, Period."


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Day 217 - Hillary's Leakers and Hackers: Bernie Sanders, NGP VAN & DNC

Josh Uretsky May Be Key To Seth Rich Murder 

Mike Kempner, Myth Maker Extraordinaire, Created the PR Bubble For The DNC With Hillary, Wasserman, and Weiner

Nate Pearlman, NGPVAN CEO, CTO For Hillary 2008 - Bernie Never Had a Chance

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Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Member George Clinton Supports Music Education: New Song Release includes Mayor Corey Booker and Dr. Cornel West

Dr. Cornel West and Mayor Corey Booker

In support of "Music Education", George Clinton, the Mother’s Hip Education Foundation and the Barack Obama Green Charter High School, New Jersey’s first High School focused on Sustainability will be hosting a special "Music Education" listening party event. George Clinton has partnered with the Barack Obama Green Charter High School, to find creative ways to develop a sustainable music education program. Using principles of sustainability, where solutions are best implemented locally, Mr. Clinton is focusing on the town of Plainfield, New Jersey, where he grew up and formed his groundbreaking group Parliament and Funkadelic.

Barack Obama Green Charter High School

The Barack Obama Green Charter School

The mission of The Barack Obama Green Charter High School also known as Obama Green is to prepare students to become informed, engaged and independent critical thinkers and to inspire leaders for sustainable development with a focus on our environment. Students have already started to reach-out to make a difference.

Two Obama Green students were selected out of 30 high school students from around the country and participated in a government sponsored watershed project in Japan; other students participated in the Nature Conservancy’s’ Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future program. Students have tweeted cotton manufacturers in China to discuss production, working conditions and economics. Obama Green also boosts the only school to have a mobile living wall. This wall is composed of
plants, an aquaponic system and live fish creating a self-sustaining system. With support from George Clinton, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and PSE&G, Obama Green is breaking new ground in developing an urban model for sustainability education.

George Clinton

George Clinton is one of the foremost innovators of funk music, and was the mastermind behind the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Clinton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 along with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

Parliament and Funkadelic captured 40 hit R&B singles, including No. 1 hits "Flashlight," "One Nation Under a Groove," "Aqua Boogie," and "(Not Just) Knee Deep." Clinton’s collaborators included keyboardist Bernie Worrell, guitarist Eddie Hazel, bassist Bootsy Collins, saxophonist Maceo Parker, trombonist Fred Wesley.

Dr. George Clinton and
U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr.

Clinton has become recognized as the godfather of modern urban music. Beats, loops, and samples of P-Funk have appeared on albums by OutKast, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, De La Soul, Fishbone, and many others. As Clinton has said, "funk is the DNA of hip-hop and rap." In 1996, Clinton released the solo album The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership, which reunited him with Bernie Worrell and Bootsy Collins.In 1997, Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Guitar Center’s Hollywood Rock Walk, and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award at the NAACP Image Awards. In 2002, Spin voted Parliament-Funkadelic No. 6 of the 50 Greatest Bands of All Time.

Over the past decade, Clinton has continued to play sold-out shows across the globe, while a countless number of his songs have been licensed for film and television. Currently, he is compiling new and old songs for an exclusive online-only release, fighting for artist rights through the P-Funk Initiative (a bill drafted with Congressman John Conyers Jr. to protect against copyright and royalty theft), and blogging about these issues on his website, FunkProbosci.com.



Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Member George Clinton Supports Music Education:  New Song Release includes Mayor Corey Booker and Dr. Cornel West

When: Monday February 20th, 2012
           5:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Barack Obama Green Charter High School
209 Berckman Street, Plainfield, NJ 07062
www.obamagreencharterhigh.org

Who: George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic

What: George Clinton Promotes Music Education with New Jersey’s First High School                       Focused on Sustainability

Contact: Steven King, Co-Founder and Director of Sustainability and
Programs, Barack Obama Green Charter High School,
mrstevenking@gmail.com, (917) 573-8816.