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VOLUME 27, NO. 20 THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022 25 CENTS
CM Moya Moves Globes From
Morning Joe blames
“Powerful Cable News Network” Hall of Science Parking Lot to
For Buffalo Massacre by Travis Gettys 111th Street Islands in Corona Heights
Thought that our readers should have an opportunity to
read this statement made by a conservative: Charles Joseph
Scarborough an American television host, attorney, political
commentator, a former politician who served in the United
States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 as a
Republican for Florida’s 1st district who now is the co-host
of Morning Joe on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough blamed a certain cable news
network for a white supremacist who gunned down 10 Black
shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store.
The shooter posted a lengthy manifesto online before driv-
ing more than two hours to Tops Friendly Markets, which he
targeted because it was located in a predominately Black neigh-
borhood, and the “Morning Joe” host said his hateful screed
matched racist theories promoted by conservative broadcasters.
“Fear locks our minds on the past, and it makes us anxious
about future,” Scarborough said. “Fear allows us to hate people
we don’t know, and it even makes us forget the best in our-
selves. Once again, fear is a tool being used by media moguls
and tyrants to target the weakest and most emotionally fragile
among us. Fear feeds on the dispossessed minds mired in lost
causes like this.”
“Like Faulkner’s Quintin, whose very body was an empty Councilmember Francisco Moya was able to have all the Globes that were scheduled to be
hall echoing with names, he wrote, ‘It was a barracks filled removed from the Hall of Science Parking Lot relocated and placed on the 111th Street Islands
with stubborn, backwards-looking ghosts,’” Scarborough that are across from Flushing Meadow Corona Park in Corona Heights. See story on page 2.
continued. “Like Hitler’s Germany, haunted by a shattering
defeat after World War I. Russia’s Putin, a tyrant who has Meng Helps Secure $3 Million For
(Continued on page 2)
Senator John Liu Hosts 2nd Annual New Labor & Delivery Wing
AAPI Heritage Month Fun Run in Bayside
State Senator John Liu joined Senator Liu said, “A great
over 100 runners to celebrate Asian turnout at our second annual
American & Pacific Islander Heri- AAPI Heritage Month Fun Run.
tage Month with his Second Annual Thank you to all the runners of
Fun Run. Runners of all ages came all ages and backgrounds who ran,
together to celebrate a fun-filled day jogged, and walked with us as we
with a 4.8 mile run on Joe Michaels enjoyed a fun-filled day celebrat-
Mile from Fort Totten to Northern ing Asian American heritage and Meng breaks wall to begin the congressionally-funded renovation project at NYC HEALTH
Boulevard and back. community.” + HOSPITALS/ELMHURST, the largest public hospital in Queens. See story on page 7.
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