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Jessica Chasmar

jchasmar@washingtontimes.com

Jessica Chasmar was a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering topics on culture and politics.

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** FILE ** A clown wears a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the event at the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Fair officials apologized, calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)

‘Support rodeo clown Tuffy Gessling’ soars on Facebook

A Facebook group created Monday for Tuffy Gessling, the rodeo clown who was banned for life from the Missouri State Fair for wearing a President Obama mask during Saturday's bull-riding event, has already gained more than 30,000 supporters who think he has been treated unfairly.

August 14, 2013
Image: Associated Press

Detroit police release bra sizes of its officers

Detroit police mistakenly emailed the height, weight and bra sizes of the department's female officers when they were notified that their bullet proof vests were ready for pickup, local media reported.

August 14, 2013
** FILE ** Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the anti-Muslim movie that inflamed the Middle East, is escorted by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies from his home early on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Cerritos, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS2-KCAL9)

Filmmaker blamed for Benghazi attack speaks in first TV interview since release

In his first television interview following his supervised release from prison, filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who produced "Innocence of Muslims" blamed for inciting the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, urged the White House to be more careful in its assessments in the future, National Review Online reported.

August 14, 2013
**FILE** Director Oliver Stone poses for the photographers during a photo-call for the movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2010. (Associated Press)

Oliver Stone: ‘Obama is a snake and we have to turn on him’

A video released Wednesday shows American filmmaker and Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone telling a Tokyo audience that President Obama is a "snake" for "institutionalizing" illegal National Security Agency spy programs, the Blaze reported.

August 14, 2013
Baltimore Orioles' Adam Jones, right, is congratulated after hitting a three-run home run off San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito in the ninth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Giants fan who threw banana near Adam Jones apologizes

The Giants fan who chucked a banana near Baltimore Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones during a game in San Francisco this weekend said he was shocked to learn he was at the height of the controversy.

August 13, 2013

Gunman takes three hostages at Louisiana bank

Authorities say a man armed with some type of automatic weapon has taken at least three people hostage at a bank in northeastern Louisiana, just southeast of Monroe.

August 13, 2013
** FILE ** A clown wears a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the event at the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Fair officials apologized, calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)

Rodeo clowns asked to take ‘sensitivity training’

The fallout from a Missouri rodeo clown's mockery of President Obama continued as the Missouri State Fair said it will force all clowns to undergo sensitivity training and the head of the state rodeo-clown organization resigned.

August 13, 2013
** FILE ** A clown wears a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the event at the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Fair officials apologized, calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)

President of Mo. Rodeo Cowboy Association resigns, cites rodeo clown

A rodeo clown at that Missouri State Fair made waves over the weekend after he donned a mask resembling President Obama during a bull-riding competition. Now, the president of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association, Mark Ficken, has resigned from the group as a protest that the association has not banned the rodeo clown from its membership.

August 13, 2013
** FILE ** ESPN has fired analyst Hugh Douglas after a racial alteration with another journalist. (Associated Press)

Hugh Douglas fired by ESPN

ESPN has fired analyst Hugh Douglas after details emerged that he reportedly called fellow Numbers Never Lie host Michael Smith an Uncle Tom and threatened to beat him up while attending the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Orlando.

August 13, 2013