lifesitenews--2020-10-01--Mail-in ballot fiasco as nearly 100K NY voters receive wrong return envelopes

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NEW YORK , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Almost 100,000 voters in the New York City borough of Brooklyn have received absentee ballot return envelopes that had incorrect addresses and names printed on them .
CNN , the news outlet that first reported on the number of voters affected , explained that absentee voters in the Big Apple “ must place their completed absentee ballots into a return envelope , known as an ‘ oath ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s name , address and voter ID .
The oath envelope is then placed inside a second envelope to be returned to local election officials.
” Given that the oath envelopes have incorrect names and addresses on them , it is unclear how they would have been treated by poll workers on Election Day .
Now , however , since the error has been discovered , the ballots will be mailed to all affected voters again , with a note explaining why they have to resubmit their ballots .
Michael Ryan , executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Elections , told CNN , “ It is essentially [ sic ] that confidence be established in this process.
” '' The [ Board of Elections ] will do everything that it needs to do administratively , ” he added , “ both in communication with the voters on the upfront on the re-mailing aspect and on the back-end to ensure that all of the ballots received are appropriately processed and the votes that are tallied are properly credited to the voters who have participated in the process.
” The error in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On Friday , the Washington Post reported that around 1,400 voters , perhaps more , in several Virginia counties , had received “ duplicate absentee ballots in recent weeks.
” A local CBS affiliate in Northern Michigan reported on Sunday that “ 6,000 absentee ballots that were sent out will not be able to be tabulated because of an error.
” Jason Vanderstelt , a Newaygo County clerk , explained , “ The people who already sent their ballots in will be destroyed [ sic ] .
Also new ballot numbers are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sic ] be valid on ballots for this election .
The new ballots will be sent to those [ who ] have already received their ballot whether they sent it in or not .
They will have to fill out the new ballot as the first one is not valid and cant [ sic ] be counted as the programming won ’ t allow it .
Thank you for your questions and have a great day.
” In a new investigation on ballot-harvesting and voter fraud in the city of Minneapolis , Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one Somali-American paying another for his voter registration form .
“ The tape shows a man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter , giving him ‘ pocket money ’ of $ 200 , and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it , ” said O ’ Keefe .
In the video , the buyer instructs the voter in Somali how to fill in the registration form .
O ’ Keefe tweeted that within 20 minutes of its publication , the video was viewed 100,000 times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been viewed 4.5 million times .
Last week , the federal government , including the FBI , launched an investigation into several mail-in ballots that were found discarded in Luzerne County , Pennsylvania .
At least seven of the nine votes were intended to be cast for President Donald Trump .
“ At this point , we can confirm that a small number of military ballots were discarded , ” the United States Attorney 's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania , which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
“ Investigators have recovered nine ballots at this time .
Some of those ballots can be attributed to specific voters and some can not .
” “ Since Monday , FBI personnel working together with the Pennsylvania State Police have conducted numerous interviews and recovered and reviewed certain physical evidence , ” the statement continued .
“ Election officials in Luzerne County have been cooperative.
” While seven of the nine discarded ballots were confirmed to be Trump votes , the two remaining ones “ had been resealed inside their appropriate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovery by the FBI and the contents of those 2 ballots are unknown.
” In Outagamie County , Wisconsin , three trays with mail , including mail-in ballots , were found in a ditch .
“ The United States Postal Inspection Service immediately began investigating and we reserve further comment on this matter until that is complete , ” U.S .
Postal Service spokesman Bob Sheehan said .
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany commented , “ The president wants to get rid of mass mail-out voting [ . ]
...
He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , it could damage either candidate 's chances because it is a system that is subject to fraud .
”

Since the error has been discovered, the ballots will be mailed to all affected voters again.
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NEW YORK, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Almost 100,000 voters in the New York City borough of Brooklyn have received absentee ballot return envelopes that had incorrect addresses and names printed on them.
CNN, the news outlet that first reported on the number of voters affected, explained that absentee voters in the Big Apple “must place their completed absentee ballots into a return envelope, known as an ‘oath’ envelope, that includes the voter’s name, address and voter ID. The oath envelope is then placed inside a second envelope to be returned to local election officials.”
Given that the oath envelopes have incorrect names and addresses on them, it is unclear how they would have been treated by poll workers on Election Day.
Now, however, since the error has been discovered, the ballots will be mailed to all affected voters again, with a note explaining why they have to resubmit their ballots.
Michael Ryan, executive director of the New York City Board of Elections, told CNN, “It is essentially [sic] that confidence be established in this process.”
“The [Board of Elections] will do everything that it needs to do administratively,” he added, “both in communication with the voters on the upfront on the re-mailing aspect and on the back-end to ensure that all of the ballots received are appropriately processed and the votes that are tallied are properly credited to the voters who have participated in the process.”
The error in New York is not an isolated incident.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that around 1,400 voters, perhaps more, in several Virginia counties, had received “duplicate absentee ballots in recent weeks.”
A local CBS affiliate in Northern Michigan reported on Sunday that “6,000 absentee ballots that were sent out will not be able to be tabulated because of an error.”
Jason Vanderstelt, a Newaygo County clerk, explained, “The people who already sent their ballots in will be destroyed [sic]. Also new ballot numbers are being issued so those numbers wont [sic] be valid on ballots for this election. The new ballots will be sent to those [who] have already received their ballot whether they sent it in or not. They will have to fill out the new ballot as the first one is not valid and cant [sic] be counted as the programming won’t allow it. Thank you for your questions and have a great day.”
In a new investigation on ballot-harvesting and voter fraud in the city of Minneapolis, Project Veritas head James O’Keefe found one Somali-American paying another for his voter registration form.
“The tape shows a man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter, giving him ‘pocket money’ of $200, and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it,” said O’Keefe.
In the video, the buyer instructs the voter in Somali how to fill in the registration form. O’Keefe tweeted that within 20 minutes of its publication, the video was viewed 100,000 times. As of press time, it has been viewed 4.5 million times.
Last week, the federal government, including the FBI, launched an investigation into several mail-in ballots that were found discarded in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. At least seven of the nine votes were intended to be cast for President Donald Trump.
“At this point, we can confirm that a small number of military ballots were discarded,” the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, stated in a press release on Thursday. “Investigators have recovered nine ballots at this time. Some of those ballots can be attributed to specific voters and some cannot.”
“Since Monday, FBI personnel working together with the Pennsylvania State Police have conducted numerous interviews and recovered and reviewed certain physical evidence,” the statement continued. “Election officials in Luzerne County have been cooperative.”
While seven of the nine discarded ballots were confirmed to be Trump votes, the two remaining ones “had been resealed inside their appropriate envelopes by Luzerne elections staff prior to recovery by the FBI and the contents of those 2 ballots are unknown.”
In Outagamie County, Wisconsin, three trays with mail, including mail-in ballots, were found in a ditch. “The United States Postal Inspection Service immediately began investigating and we reserve further comment on this matter until that is complete,” U.S. Postal Service spokesman Bob Sheehan said.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany commented, “The president wants to get rid of mass mail-out voting[.] … He’s said clearly that could go either way, it could damage either candidate's chances because it is a system that is subject to fraud.”
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lifesitenews--2020-10-01--Pro-lifers need to fight for Amy Coney Barrett and the 2020 election

September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — In today ’ s episode of The Van Maren Show , Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List tells Van Maren that this election is crucial for the pro-life movement .
Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win , it will have a generational impact , as they will fight to take away our nation ’ s “ founder-given tools to actually come up with a consensus.
” The SBA List is on a mission “ to end abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pro-life women leaders.
” Dannenfelser is the president of the Susan B. Anthony List and has helped to elect hundreds of pro-life candidates to national and local positions .
She serves as a pro-life adviser to President Trump and has helped to shape the pro-life policies implemented by the Trump administration .
In her new book , Life Is Winning , Dannenfelser shares her experiences fighting for life , including some of her encounters with President Trump and his administration .
Listen to the full interview here : Dannenfelser isn ’ t a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elections and politicians can further the pro-life movement or set it back .
Dannenfelser tells Van Maren she is optimistic about Amy Coney Barrett ’ s nomination to the Supreme Court .
Amy Coney Barrett is a pro-life mother of seven with a history of supporting life in her previous rulings .
Dannenfelser is optimistic that Barrett will be nominated by the Senate , but she warns that no one foresaw the muck the Democrats would bring up during the Kavanaugh hearing .
Pro-lifers shouldn ’ t let their guard down just yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dannenfelser , who has worked closely with President Trump on pro-life issues and policy , says he is a truly pro-life president who has turned his stance on abortion into action .
In reinstating the Mexico City Policy , Trump helped solidify his pro-life promises .
The impact of not funding abortion internationally is major , Dannenfelser tells Van Maren .
Dannenfelser also reminds listeners that Trump has made a lot of little decisions that combined have had a big impact on the slow erosion of the abortion agenda , including the defunding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visceral reaction to abortion , to the ripping apart of a baby limb from limb ; “ all of him recoils against that.
” Dannenfelser points to right before the State of the Union address two years ago , when President Trump invited a handful of people to discuss the address with him .
This was just after the governor of Virginia said he would allow a baby to die if the baby were born alive from an abortion .
Dannenfelser tells listeners the president burst into the room .
“ Can you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing ?
That is outrageous .
Can you believe he would just allow the baby to just die there , sitting on the table ?
It ’ s crazy !
” “ It was like he had seen into the heart of darkness and came out fighting , ” Dannenfelser shares .
He was horrified and he wanted to fight.
” In addition to his policies , Trump stood behind pro-life candidates across the nation , helping to establish a strong pro-life base in the Legislature .
Dannenfelser warns that this next election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ currently leading in the polls for many of the Senate seats that are up for re-election .
If the Democrats win the White House and the Senate , Dannenfelser warns that it will dramatically impact generations .
If the Democrats can pack the Supreme Court and add Puerto Rico and Washington , D.C. as states , then pro-lifers will have little hope of passing any pro-life legislation for generations .
This isn ’ t an election to sit out and hope we can reverse the decisions in the future .
“ So much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taking the position that politics and elections and laws basically don ’ t matter ... in terms of stopping this and it doesn ’ t really matter , eventually we will be OK , we will bring it back to this , is just too convenient , ” Dannenfelser tells listeners .
Be sure to tune in to today ’ s show to hear more from Dannenfelser about her thoughts on the election , Amy Coney Barrett , and the future of the pro-life movement .
The Van Maren Show is hosted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , YouTube , iTunes , and Google Play .
For a full listing of episodes , and to subscribe to various channels , visit our Acast webpage here .
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A pro-life leader warns that this upcoming election is crucial to the pro-life cause.
September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List tells Van Maren that this election is crucial for the pro-life movement. Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win, it will have a generational impact, as they will fight to take away our nation’s “founder-given tools to actually come up with a consensus.”
The SBA List is on a mission “to end abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.”
Dannenfelser is the president of the Susan B. Anthony List and has helped to elect hundreds of pro-life candidates to national and local positions. She serves as a pro-life adviser to President Trump and has helped to shape the pro-life policies implemented by the Trump administration. In her new book, Life Is Winning, Dannenfelser shares her experiences fighting for life, including some of her encounters with President Trump and his administration.
Listen to the full interview here:
Dannenfelser isn’t a newbie in Washington and has seen how elections and politicians can further the pro-life movement or set it back. Dannenfelser tells Van Maren she is optimistic about Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett is a pro-life mother of seven with a history of supporting life in her previous rulings.
Dannenfelser is optimistic that Barrett will be nominated by the Senate, but she warns that no one foresaw the muck the Democrats would bring up during the Kavanaugh hearing. Pro-lifers shouldn’t let their guard down just yet with regard to the Barrett nomination.
Dannenfelser, who has worked closely with President Trump on pro-life issues and policy, says he is a truly pro-life president who has turned his stance on abortion into action.
In reinstating the Mexico City Policy, Trump helped solidify his pro-life promises. The impact of not funding abortion internationally is major, Dannenfelser tells Van Maren.
Dannenfelser also reminds listeners that Trump has made a lot of little decisions that combined have had a big impact on the slow erosion of the abortion agenda, including the defunding of Planned Parenthood.
Trump has a visceral reaction to abortion, to the ripping apart of a baby limb from limb; “all of him recoils against that.”
Dannenfelser points to right before the State of the Union address two years ago, when President Trump invited a handful of people to discuss the address with him. This was just after the governor of Virginia said he would allow a baby to die if the baby were born alive from an abortion.
Dannenfelser tells listeners the president burst into the room. “Can you believe what that governor in Virginia is doing? That is outrageous. Can you believe he would just allow the baby to just die there, sitting on the table? It’s crazy!”
“It was like he had seen into the heart of darkness and came out fighting,” Dannenfelser shares. He was horrified and he wanted to fight.”
In addition to his policies, Trump stood behind pro-life candidates across the nation, helping to establish a strong pro-life base in the Legislature.
Dannenfelser warns that this next election is crucial. Republicans aren’t currently leading in the polls for many of the Senate seats that are up for re-election. If the Democrats win the White House and the Senate, Dannenfelser warns that it will dramatically impact generations.
If the Democrats can pack the Supreme Court and add Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. as states, then pro-lifers will have little hope of passing any pro-life legislation for generations. This isn’t an election to sit out and hope we can reverse the decisions in the future. “So much damage will have been done.”
“Taking the position that politics and elections and laws basically don’t matter … in terms of stopping this and it doesn’t really matter, eventually we will be OK, we will bring it back to this, is just too convenient,” Dannenfelser tells listeners.
Be sure to tune in to today’s show to hear more from Dannenfelser about her thoughts on the election, Amy Coney Barrett, and the future of the pro-life movement.
The Van Maren Show is hosted on numerous platforms, including Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Google Play.
For a full listing of episodes, and to subscribe to various channels, visit our Acast webpage here.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-01--Feminism hates Amy Coney Barrett’s stereotype-breaking, pro-family choices

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September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A member of presidential candidate Joe Biden ’ s staff made a revealing statement on Twitter the other day .
Arguing that Amy Coney Barrett reportedly believes that the husband should be the head of the household , someone pointed out that this is also part of the traditional faith of Jews and Muslims .
Nikitha Rai ( @ RaiNotWheat ) , deputy director of data for the Biden campaign , replied : She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the internet remembers .
It is revealing because it encapsulates the doublethink of progressives about tolerance .
She looks forward to the day when traditional religious views are “ disqualifiers ” for the office of Supreme Court justice — in other words , a time when society does not tolerate such views .
But she describes society today , when they are tolerated , as too “ intolerant.
” We ’ re too intolerant today , so we need to become more intolerant in order to become tolerant .
Is that the idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ridiculous ( to put it mildly ) to most people that Ms Rai deleted her Twitter account .
Within the echo chamber of the liberal elite , however , it makes sense .
A “ tolerant society ” is just their name for the society they want , where the things they don ’ t like are not tolerated ; “ intolerance ” is just their name for what they oppose .
They like these labels because they think of themselves as continuing the same fight as people a hundred years ago who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , women with careers .
One problem with this is that even a century ago , some women did have careers .
Women were at one time unable to gain certain professional qualifications , it is true , but you have to go a long way back for that : the first woman to gain a medical degree in the USA did so in 1849 .
Even before then , businesswomen were , as they might have said at the time , “ accepted in society.
” The British businesswoman Eleanor Coade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aristocrats and even the king , died , wealthy and honored , in 1821 .
Sure , there were barriers to women having careers , but social attitudes clearly did not constitute an insuperable one .
Most women of the 19th century sought security , fulfilment , and status in married life .
And why shouldn ’ t they ?
According to many feminists , they shouldn ’ t , because by doing so , they are failing to build the ideal society feminists want to see .
The feminist icon Simone de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family life , like the freedom to adopt traditional religious values , is not something valued by feminism .
Nor do they seem very pleased by the example given by Amy Coney Barrett , of combining a successful career with a large family .
The possibility that she should crown her career with the highest accolade of the legal profession , a seat on the Supreme Court , does not seem to fill them with joy .
She has made the wrong choices .
The truth is that the ideology of much of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up as being about tolerance and choice , but it is nothing of the kind .
It is about fitting people into categories , of race , sex , and sexual orientation , and building their ideal society whether people like it or not .
The people most hated by this elite are the ones who refuse to conform to type : Joseph Sciambra , who rejects gay stereotyping , or the conservative black Supreme Court justice , Clarence Thomas .
The events that make them the angriest are electoral upsets when a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as the Brexit referendum in the U.K. or Trump ’ s election as president in the USA .
History , as President Obama liked to say , has an “ arc , ” and they are determined to make sure that it bends the way they want it to .
If this involves disenfranchising the people on a range of issues , from abortion to same-sex “ marriage , ” then reserving those issues to be determined by a Supreme Court filled with people with correct , elite views , they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Court who didn ’ t go to Yale or Harvard is perhaps even more subversive than installing a woman with seven children .
Liberalism and feminism are not unusual , as political ideologies , in wanting to take society in a certain direction .
Every political philosophy does so .
What makes them unusual is the ruthlessness with which they are prepared to act , coupled with the claim that all they want to do is give people freedom .
If we don ’ t have the freedom to believe the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then we don ’ t have freedom at all .

The freedom to choose family life, like the freedom to adopt traditional religious values, is not something valued by feminism.
URGENT PETITION: Tell the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade! Sign the petition here.
September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A member of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s staff made a revealing statement on Twitter the other day. Arguing that Amy Coney Barrett reportedly believes that the husband should be the head of the household, someone pointed out that this is also part of the traditional faith of Jews and Muslims.
Nikitha Rai (@RaiNotWheat), deputy director of data for the Biden campaign, replied:
True, I’d heavily prefer views like that not to be elevated to SCOTUS, but unfortunately our current culture is still relatively intolerant. It will be a while before these types of beliefs are so taboo that they’re disqualifiers.
She’s deleted her account, but the internet remembers.
It is revealing because it encapsulates the doublethink of progressives about tolerance. She looks forward to the day when traditional religious views are “disqualifiers” for the office of Supreme Court justice — in other words, a time when society does not tolerate such views. But she describes society today, when they are tolerated, as too “intolerant.” We’re too intolerant today, so we need to become more intolerant in order to become tolerant. Is that the idea?
It was presumably because this sounds ridiculous (to put it mildly) to most people that Ms Rai deleted her Twitter account. Within the echo chamber of the liberal elite, however, it makes sense. A “tolerant society” is just their name for the society they want, where the things they don’t like are not tolerated; “intolerance” is just their name for what they oppose. They like these labels because they think of themselves as continuing the same fight as people a hundred years ago who argued that society should tolerate, for example, women with careers.
One problem with this is that even a century ago, some women did have careers. Women were at one time unable to gain certain professional qualifications, it is true, but you have to go a long way back for that: the first woman to gain a medical degree in the USA did so in 1849. Even before then, businesswomen were, as they might have said at the time, “accepted in society.” The British businesswoman Eleanor Coade, for example, whose clients included aristocrats and even the king, died, wealthy and honored, in 1821. Sure, there were barriers to women having careers, but social attitudes clearly did not constitute an insuperable one. Most women of the 19th century sought security, fulfilment, and status in married life. And why shouldn’t they?
According to many feminists, they shouldn’t, because by doing so, they are failing to build the ideal society feminists want to see. The feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir wrote:
No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.
The freedom to choose family life, like the freedom to adopt traditional religious values, is not something valued by feminism.
Nor do they seem very pleased by the example given by Amy Coney Barrett, of combining a successful career with a large family. The possibility that she should crown her career with the highest accolade of the legal profession, a seat on the Supreme Court, does not seem to fill them with joy. She has made the wrong choices.
The truth is that the ideology of much of the political and media elite is dressed up as being about tolerance and choice, but it is nothing of the kind. It is about fitting people into categories, of race, sex, and sexual orientation, and building their ideal society whether people like it or not. The people most hated by this elite are the ones who refuse to conform to type: Joseph Sciambra, who rejects gay stereotyping, or the conservative black Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas. The events that make them the angriest are electoral upsets when a whole population votes the wrong way, such as the Brexit referendum in the U.K. or Trump’s election as president in the USA. History, as President Obama liked to say, has an “arc,” and they are determined to make sure that it bends the way they want it to. If this involves disenfranchising the people on a range of issues, from abortion to same-sex “marriage,” then reserving those issues to be determined by a Supreme Court filled with people with correct, elite views, they have no problem with that.
Putting someone on the Court who didn’t go to Yale or Harvard is perhaps even more subversive than installing a woman with seven children.
Liberalism and feminism are not unusual, as political ideologies, in wanting to take society in a certain direction. Every political philosophy does so. What makes them unusual is the ruthlessness with which they are prepared to act, coupled with the claim that all they want to do is give people freedom. If we don’t have the freedom to believe the Catholic Faith or raise a family, then we don’t have freedom at all.
Follow Joseph Dr Joseph Shaw has a Doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University, where he also gained a first degree in Politics and Philosophy and a graduate Diploma in Theology. He has published on Ethics and Philosophy of Religion and is the editor of The Case for Liturgical Restoration: Una Voce Position Papers on the Extraordinary Form (Angelico Press). He is the Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales and Secretary of Una Voce International. He teaches Philosophy in Oxford University and lives nearby with his wife and nine children.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-01--NYC mayor orders aggressive crackdown on people not wearing a mask

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NEW YORK , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he intends to crack down “ aggressively ” on people not wearing a mask in New York City amid the coronavirus measures still in place .
During yesterday ’ s briefing , de Blasio said , “ Anyone who is not wearing a face covering will be offered one , will be reminded it is required .
And anyone who refuses to wear a face covering will be told that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on , they will be fined , and anyone who still refuses will be fined.
” “ So that will happen aggressively , ” the mayor emphasized .
“ Clearly , our goal , of course , is to give everyone a free face mask , and get them to wear it .
We don ’ t want to fine people .
If we have to , we will , and that will be starting on a large scale today.
” The mayor ’ s announcement came on the heels of a more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mask in other parts of the country .
In Moscow , Idaho , three people were arrested for breaking social distancing rules during a local church ’ s singing protest against the city ’ s mask mandate , which requires masks to be worn in both indoor and outdoor settings when social distancing isn ’ t possible .
The event was reportedly attended by about 150 people who sang psalms together .
Video footage shows police officers arresting local music teacher Sean Bohnet and his wife Rachel , as well as Gabriel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political YouTube talk show and a candidate for county commissioner , while fellow churchgoers continued to sing .
One of the videos shows Bohnet and Rench explaining to police officers that they will not comply with a police order – which can ’ t be heard over the singing around them .
According to the local Moscow Report , the couple was arrested for refusing to show the police any identification .
In Logan , Ohio , a woman was tased and arrested because she didn ’ t wear a mask while seated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ game .
“ Alecia Kitts drove an hour and a half from Marietta to Logan , Ohio to watch her son ’ s football game , ” Ohio Star reported .
In a video of the incident , a police officer approaches Kitts while she is seated with her family and attempts to place handcuffs on her .
The officer proceeds to grapple with Kitts for two minutes , attempting to apply the handcuffs while she insists she has done nothing wrong .
After two minutes , the officer applies a taser to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she falls from her seat to the ground and onlookers who had until that point remained silent rising to object to her treatment .
The officer then handcuffs Kitts and escorts her from the stadium .
In Victoria , Australia , a video has emerged of a 69-year-old grandmother being arrested while attempting to film another woman being arrested for refusing to wear a mask .
The 69-year-old woman became extremely distressed when police officers took her phone and placed her in handcuffs .
After eventually being released , the woman then broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after being interviewed by local media .
Meanwhile , in New York , de Blasio is known for his aggressive language during the COVID-19 crisis .
In March , he said churches could be closed down permanently if people are gathering for services during the COVID-19 pandemic .
“ I want to say to all those who are preparing the potential of religious services this weekend — if you go to your synagogue , if you go to your church and attempt to hold services after having been told so often not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choice but to shut down those services , ” de Blasio announced during a press conference streamed online .
In case of disobedience , law enforcement “ will take additional action up to the point of fines and potentially closing the building permanently , ” de Blasio added .
“ Again , I ’ m sorry I have to tell you this , but anyone who ’ s hearing this , take it seriously .
You ’ ve been warned , you need to stop services .
Help people practice their faiths in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not in gatherings that could endanger people.
” The mayor said he understands “ how important people ’ s faiths are to them , and we need our faiths in this time of crisis.
” At the same time , he said , “ we do not need gatherings that will endanger people.
” “ No faith tradition endorses anything that endangers the members of that faith , ” de Blasio said .
“ So the NYPD , fire department , buildings department , and everyone has been instructed that if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will go to the officials of that congregation , they ’ ll inform them they need to stop the services and disperse.
” In April , de Blasio tweeted , “ Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite : a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic .
When I heard , I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed .
And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus.
” “ My message to the Jewish community , and all communities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for warnings has passed .
I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups .
This is about stopping this disease and saving lives , ” he added .
“ Period .
”

Bill de Blasio is threatening anyone who refuses to wear a face covering with fines 'on a large scale.'
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NEW YORK, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he intends to crack down “aggressively” on people not wearing a mask in New York City amid the coronavirus measures still in place.
During yesterday’s briefing, de Blasio said, “Anyone who is not wearing a face covering will be offered one, will be reminded it is required. And anyone who refuses to wear a face covering will be told that if they don’t put one on, they will be fined, and anyone who still refuses will be fined.”
“So that will happen aggressively,” the mayor emphasized. “Clearly, our goal, of course, is to give everyone a free face mask, and get them to wear it. We don’t want to fine people. If we have to, we will, and that will be starting on a large scale today.”
The mayor’s announcement came on the heels of a more aggressive handling of people refusing to wear a mask in other parts of the country.
In Moscow, Idaho, three people were arrested for breaking social distancing rules during a local church’s singing protest against the city’s mask mandate, which requires masks to be worn in both indoor and outdoor settings when social distancing isn’t possible. The event was reportedly attended by about 150 people who sang psalms together.
Video footage shows police officers arresting local music teacher Sean Bohnet and his wife Rachel, as well as Gabriel Rench, a host of a Christian political YouTube talk show and a candidate for county commissioner, while fellow churchgoers continued to sing.
One of the videos shows Bohnet and Rench explaining to police officers that they will not comply with a police order – which can’t be heard over the singing around them. According to the local Moscow Report, the couple was arrested for refusing to show the police any identification.
In Logan, Ohio, a woman was tased and arrested because she didn’t wear a mask while seated outdoors attending her son’s football game. “Alecia Kitts drove an hour and a half from Marietta to Logan, Ohio to watch her son’s football game,” Ohio Star reported.
In a video of the incident, a police officer approaches Kitts while she is seated with her family and attempts to place handcuffs on her. The officer proceeds to grapple with Kitts for two minutes, attempting to apply the handcuffs while she insists she has done nothing wrong.
After two minutes, the officer applies a taser to her back, with Kitts shrieking as she falls from her seat to the ground and onlookers who had until that point remained silent rising to object to her treatment. The officer then handcuffs Kitts and escorts her from the stadium.
In Victoria, Australia, a video has emerged of a 69-year-old grandmother being arrested while attempting to film another woman being arrested for refusing to wear a mask.
The 69-year-old woman became extremely distressed when police officers took her phone and placed her in handcuffs. After eventually being released, the woman then broke down and began sobbing on the ground after being interviewed by local media.
Meanwhile, in New York, de Blasio is known for his aggressive language during the COVID-19 crisis.
In March, he said churches could be closed down permanently if people are gathering for services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I want to say to all those who are preparing the potential of religious services this weekend — if you go to your synagogue, if you go to your church and attempt to hold services after having been told so often not to, our enforcement agents will have no choice but to shut down those services,” de Blasio announced during a press conference streamed online.
In case of disobedience, law enforcement “will take additional action up to the point of fines and potentially closing the building permanently,” de Blasio added.
“Again, I’m sorry I have to tell you this, but anyone who’s hearing this, take it seriously. You’ve been warned, you need to stop services. Help people practice their faiths in different ways, but not in groups, not in gatherings that could endanger people.”
The mayor said he understands “how important people’s faiths are to them, and we need our faiths in this time of crisis.” At the same time, he said, “we do not need gatherings that will endanger people.”
“No faith tradition endorses anything that endangers the members of that faith,” de Blasio said. “So the NYPD, fire department, buildings department, and everyone has been instructed that if they see worship services going on, they will go to the officials of that congregation, they’ll inform them they need to stop the services and disperse.”
In April, de Blasio tweeted, “Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic. When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus.”
“My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives,” he added. “Period.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--San Francisco finally eases restrictions on access to worship services

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SAN FRANCISCO , California , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Mayor London N. Breed is allowing Christians in San Francisco to go to church again and attend indoor worship services after imposing some of the most restrictive coronavirus lockdowns in March .
Starting today , according to a press release from the mayor ’ s office , “ places of worship can open indoors at 25 percent capacity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services will continue , now with up to 200 people , as long as there is sufficient space to allow for social distancing.
” Nevertheless , neither singing nor chanting is allowed indoors “ since choirs and singing indoors is a known source of COVID-19 spread .
The place of worship must conduct a health check of patrons before they enter the facility.
” The mayor ’ s office didn ’ t specify what a health check entails .
“ Face coverings are required at all times except for brief removal to consume @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a ritual or ceremony , ” the press release continued .
Prior to the new guidelines , outdoor religious gatherings were limited to 50 people .
Inside of church buildings , only a single faithful was allowed to represent the congregation .
A government website dedicated to reopening churches and linked to by the mayor ’ s office ’ s press release appears to be only partially updated .
It still mentions a limit of 50 people outdoors and doesn ’ t appear to allow for Holy Communion or any ceremony involving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear face coverings while attending a religious service , ” the guidelines state .
“ If they must remove their face covering for a ceremony , they must keep their mouth closed and be 6 feet away from others .
If they must speak , they must be behind a solid partition and more than 12 feet away from others.
” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone , the highest-ranking Catholic in San Francisco , had launched a petition earlier this year to ask the mayor to remove the severe restrictions placed on Christians .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other government leaders in San Francisco acknowledge the importance of mental and spiritual health to the overall well-being of our people , in addition to physical and economic health , ” the archbishop began , before making his demands .
“ I am therefore calling on the Mayor and her public health officials to , at a minimum , remove the excessive limits on outdoor public worship.
” “ Particularly for us as Catholics , attending the Mass and receiving the Body and Blood of Christ in person is the source and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have shown we can celebrate the Mass safely , ” he emphasized .
Cordileone referred to the judgment of several “ major infectious disease specialists ” who “ pointed out , ‘ over one million public ( M ) asses have been celebrated following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus … for Catholic churches following these guidelines , no outbreaks of COVID-19 have been linked to church attendance.
’ ” The archbishop accused the mayor of treating the Catholic faith , and any other faith , “ as less important than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or a nice dinner out on the patio .
This denial of access to safe outdoor public worship is a serious deprivation of our rights as Americans under the First Amendment and our spiritual needs as people of faith.
” The petition was eventually signed by more than 35,000 people .
Yesterday , Archbishop Cordileone posted a short video welcoming the news of easier access to religious gatherings for those living in his archdiocese .
It gives me great pleasure to take this opportunity to thank all of you who signed the petition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your voices heard as one about the importance of faith , ” he said .
“ That faith is essential .
God is essential , and so is ( being ) there for the worship of God.
” Cordileone expressed his happiness that the petition “ has now born fruit in that in San Francisco we can now return to indoor worship in accordance with the guidelines by the state of California.
” He added that he and his archdiocese “ will continue to work to make sure that our right to worship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secular activities.
” In a separate statement , the archbishop added , “ The state of California ’ s limit of no more than 100 people inside of a house of worship regardless of the size of the building is still unjust .
We want and we intend to worship God safely : with masks , social distancing , sanitation , ventilation , and other such safety protocols .
But we will not accept believers being treated more severely than other , comparable secular activities.
” Just last Friday , the U.S. Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , explaining that “ the limitation of indoor worship to one congregant without regard to the size of the place of worship is draconian , out of step with the treatment afforded other similar indoor activities in San Francisco , wholly at odds with this nation ’ s traditional understanding of religious liberty , and may violate the First Amendment to the Constitution.
” In contrast to places like gyms , where the number of people able to be present “ is generally expressed as a percentage of a facility ’ s capacity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one person regardless of the size of the facility and even though there is typically less contact between the clergy and the congregant than at the other more-favored establishments and plenty of room for six feet or greater separation.
” As an example , the letter signed by Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric S. Dreiband and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California mentioned that “ some of the city ’ s most spacious buildings for religious services including Temple Sherith Israel , with the capacity for 1,400 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mary of the Assumption , with the capacity for 2,400 people , are limited to a vanishing fraction of their capacity.
” At the end of June , the city and county of San Francisco had threatened the local archdiocese with a temporary restraining order over its alleged noncompliance with coronavirus-related orders by Health Officer Tomás J. Aragón .
Fr .
Joseph Illo , a priest in San Francisco , at the time commented on his blog , “ Clearly some people in the city government and the news media find religion intolerable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may hate religion , and they may hate religious persons , ” he added .
“ They may not restrict our rights as free American citizens .
”

Until today, only one person was allowed to attend an indoor religious gathering.
PETITION: Stand with priest who faces Church penalties for saying “You can't be a Catholic and a Democrat.”! Sign the petition here.
SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Mayor London N. Breed is allowing Christians in San Francisco to go to church again and attend indoor worship services after imposing some of the most restrictive coronavirus lockdowns in March.
Starting today, according to a press release from the mayor’s office, “places of worship can open indoors at 25 percent capacity, up to 100 people. Outdoor worship services will continue, now with up to 200 people, as long as there is sufficient space to allow for social distancing.”
Nevertheless, neither singing nor chanting is allowed indoors “since choirs and singing indoors is a known source of COVID-19 spread. The place of worship must conduct a health check of patrons before they enter the facility.” The mayor’s office didn’t specify what a health check entails.
“Face coverings are required at all times except for brief removal to consume food or drink if it is essential to a ritual or ceremony,” the press release continued.
Prior to the new guidelines, outdoor religious gatherings were limited to 50 people. Inside of church buildings, only a single faithful was allowed to represent the congregation.
A government website dedicated to reopening churches and linked to by the mayor’s office’s press release appears to be only partially updated. It still mentions a limit of 50 people outdoors and doesn’t appear to allow for Holy Communion or any ceremony involving food and drink.
“Everyone must wear face coverings while attending a religious service,” the guidelines state. “If they must remove their face covering for a ceremony, they must keep their mouth closed and be 6 feet away from others. If they must speak, they must be behind a solid partition and more than 12 feet away from others.”
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the highest-ranking Catholic in San Francisco, had launched a petition earlier this year to ask the mayor to remove the severe restrictions placed on Christians.
“I am grateful that the Mayor and other government leaders in San Francisco acknowledge the importance of mental and spiritual health to the overall well-being of our people, in addition to physical and economic health,” the archbishop began, before making his demands.
“I am therefore calling on the Mayor and her public health officials to, at a minimum, remove the excessive limits on outdoor public worship.”
“Particularly for us as Catholics, attending the Mass and receiving the Body and Blood of Christ in person is the source and the summit of our faith, and we have shown we can celebrate the Mass safely,” he emphasized.
Cordileone referred to the judgment of several “major infectious disease specialists” who “pointed out, ‘over one million public (M)asses have been celebrated following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus … for Catholic churches following these guidelines, no outbreaks of COVID-19 have been linked to church attendance.’”
The archbishop accused the mayor of treating the Catholic faith, and any other faith, “as less important than a trip to the hardware store, or a nice dinner out on the patio. This denial of access to safe outdoor public worship is a serious deprivation of our rights as Americans under the First Amendment and our spiritual needs as people of faith.”
The petition was eventually signed by more than 35,000 people.
Yesterday, Archbishop Cordileone posted a short video welcoming the news of easier access to religious gatherings for those living in his archdiocese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-83xL-MOg2c
It gives me great pleasure to take this opportunity to thank all of you who signed the petition to free the Mass, to make your voices heard as one about the importance of faith,” he said. “That faith is essential. God is essential, and so is (being) there for the worship of God.”
Cordileone expressed his happiness that the petition “has now born fruit in that in San Francisco we can now return to indoor worship in accordance with the guidelines by the state of California.” He added that he and his archdiocese “will continue to work to make sure that our right to worship is respected in equality with other similar secular activities.”
In a separate statement, the archbishop added, “The state of California’s limit of no more than 100 people inside of a house of worship regardless of the size of the building is still unjust. We want and we intend to worship God safely: with masks, social distancing, sanitation, ventilation, and other such safety protocols. But we will not accept believers being treated more severely than other, comparable secular activities.”
Just last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to Breed, explaining that “the limitation of indoor worship to one congregant without regard to the size of the place of worship is draconian, out of step with the treatment afforded other similar indoor activities in San Francisco, wholly at odds with this nation’s traditional understanding of religious liberty, and may violate the First Amendment to the Constitution.”
In contrast to places like gyms, where the number of people able to be present “is generally expressed as a percentage of a facility’s capacity, places of worship are limited to one person regardless of the size of the facility and even though there is typically less contact between the clergy and the congregant than at the other more-favored establishments and plenty of room for six feet or greater separation.”
As an example, the letter signed by Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric S. Dreiband and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California mentioned that “some of the city’s most spacious buildings for religious services including Temple Sherith Israel, with the capacity for 1,400 people, and the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, with the capacity for 2,400 people, are limited to a vanishing fraction of their capacity.”
At the end of June, the city and county of San Francisco had threatened the local archdiocese with a temporary restraining order over its alleged noncompliance with coronavirus-related orders by Health Officer Tomás J. Aragón.
Fr. Joseph Illo, a priest in San Francisco, at the time commented on his blog, “Clearly some people in the city government and the news media find religion intolerable. They hate religion.”
“They may hate religion, and they may hate religious persons,” he added. “They may not restrict our rights as free American citizens.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--Elon Musk won’t take COVID vaccine, calls Bill Gates a ‘knucklehead’

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LOS ANGELES , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — One of the world ’ s most famous innovators has declared that neither he nor any member of his family will be taking a coronavirus vaccine .
Elon Musk , 49 , the aerospace and Tesla pioneer , has taken a skeptical approach to the Covid-19 pandemic , keeping open his factory despite national lockdown orders .
In a “ Sway ” podcast interview with The New York Times ’ Kara Swisher , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held belief that lockdowns are irrational .
“ What we have is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion , ” he told Swisher .
“ And something that is of low risk to a young person is of high risk to an older person .
Essentially , the right thing to do would be to not have done a lockdown for the whole country .
( ... ) I think anyone who is at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes.
” Musk called the lockdown a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ diminished ” his “ faith in humanity ” because people have been irrational in the face of the virus .
He told his interviewer that neither he nor his family will get the vaccine .
“ I ’ m not at risk for COVID , nor are my kids , ” he said .
The businessman told his interviewer that he and his SpaceX company had been working as usual and did not “ skip a day.
” “ We had national security clearance because we were doing national security work , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ astronauts to the space station and back.
” His Tesla electric car manufacturer has also been open for business , except for several weeks when it was “ shut down by the state and then overzealous Alameda County ( California ) , ” a closure he called a “ travesty.
” “ But apart from that , we ’ ve been making cars this entire time , ” he said .
“ And it ’ s been great.
” Musk was reluctant to debate The New York Times journalist on his COVID skeptic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tesla itself works closely in the pharmaceutical industry .
“ We ’ ve also spent quite a lot of time with the Harvard epidemiology team doing antibody studies , ” he said .
The innovator then took a swipe at fellow billionaire Bill Gates .
“ Gates said something about me not knowing what I was doing , ” Musk said .
“ It ’ s like , hey , knucklehead , we actually make the vaccines for CureVac , that company you ’ re invested in.
” According to Forbes Magazine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 52 million in the German pharmaceutical and vaccine company in 2015 .
Musk is one of the most successful entrepreneurs alive today .
He designed and sold a video game when he was only 12 and turned a profit at pay-for-entrance parties he hosted while in college .
He dropped out days into a PhD program so as not to be left out of the internet revolution .
He co-founded Tesla , designing electric cars , batteries and solar energy generators , and he founded SpaceX , designing recyclable rocket ships and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OpenAI , apparently because he is worried that Artificial Intelligence will ultimately be bad for humanity .
Musk has five sons with his first wife , Canadian author Justine Wilson Musk , and an infant son with his girlfriend , Canadian music star Grimes .

The billionaire entrepreneur disagrees with lockdowns and said, 'I'm not at risk for COVID, nor are my kids.'
PETITION: No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus! Sign the petition here.
LOS ANGELES, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — One of the world’s most famous innovators has declared that neither he nor any member of his family will be taking a coronavirus vaccine.
Elon Musk, 49, the aerospace and Tesla pioneer, has taken a skeptical approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, keeping open his factory despite national lockdown orders.
In a “Sway” podcast interview with The New York Times’ Kara Swisher, the “billionaire entrepreneur” stated his firmly held belief that lockdowns are irrational.
“What we have is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion,” he told Swisher.
“And something that is of low risk to a young person is of high risk to an older person. Essentially, the right thing to do would be to not have done a lockdown for the whole country. (…) I think anyone who is at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes.”
Musk called the lockdown a “no-win situation” and said it had “diminished” his “faith in humanity” because people have been irrational in the face of the virus. He told his interviewer that neither he nor his family will get the vaccine.
“I’m not at risk for COVID, nor are my kids,” he said.
The businessman told his interviewer that he and his SpaceX company had been working as usual and did not “skip a day.”
“We had national security clearance because we were doing national security work,” Musk explained.
“We sent astronauts to the space station and back.”
His Tesla electric car manufacturer has also been open for business, except for several weeks when it was “shut down by the state and then overzealous Alameda County (California),” a closure he called a “travesty.”
“But apart from that, we’ve been making cars this entire time,” he said. “And it’s been great.”
Musk was reluctant to debate The New York Times journalist on his COVID skeptic views, but he pointed out that Tesla itself works closely in the pharmaceutical industry.
“We’ve also spent quite a lot of time with the Harvard epidemiology team doing antibody studies,” he said.
“Tesla makes the vaccine machines for CureVac.”
The innovator then took a swipe at fellow billionaire Bill Gates.
“Gates said something about me not knowing what I was doing,” Musk said.
“It’s like, hey, knucklehead, we actually make the vaccines for CureVac, that company you’re invested in.”
According to Forbes Magazine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested $52 million in the German pharmaceutical and vaccine company in 2015.
Musk is one of the most successful entrepreneurs alive today. He designed and sold a video game when he was only 12 and turned a profit at pay-for-entrance parties he hosted while in college. He dropped out days into a PhD program so as not to be left out of the internet revolution. He co-founded Tesla, designing electric cars, batteries and solar energy generators, and he founded SpaceX, designing recyclable rocket ships and other space gear. He also co-founded OpenAI, apparently because he is worried that Artificial Intelligence will ultimately be bad for humanity.
Musk has five sons with his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson Musk, and an infant son with his girlfriend, Canadian music star Grimes.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--URGENT - Only 3 days left!

URGENT - Only 3 days left!

September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – As we have ONLY 3 DAYS remaining until the Fall fundraising campaign ends , we are struggling to reach the minimum goal .
With the significant growth we have had this year in our financial needs , as well as to invest in more projects , we have a long way to go .
LifeSite is here to provide you with a unique source of professional , reliable , and timely news reporting on the issues deliberately ignored , distorted , and censored by the mainstream media .
That is , stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-faith , and anti-freedom narrative , pushed out by the globalist powerholders in the mainstream media and big tech .
Unfortunately , it is becoming more difficult every day to bring LifeSite news articles , opinions , videos , and petitions to the millions of people who visit our site every month - because of growing censorship tactics , carried out by tech companies that are hell-bent on silencing this counter-revolutionary movement .
Despite these ill-fated efforts , thankfully , we still manage to get around them in many ways thanks to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other highly motivated professionals that LifeSite has been blessed to have on our team .
But in order to continue this incredible work , to expand our efforts , and to reach greater audiences , we need and depend upon your generous support .
As we reach closer and closer to the Presidential election in November , censorship from social media is becoming even more aggressive .
This demonstrates that information warfare is one of many tactics that the left and its allies in media and big tech , are using to attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life and the family .
We all need to prepare ourselves for further assaults .
This is who we are up against , and this is exactly why I must challenge you to stop everything , right now , and make a gift of support of whatever amount you can afford for our pro-life , pro-family , pro-faith , and pro-freedom news reporting .
Use this secure link to make a donation : https : //give.lifesitenews.com As a reader-funded organization , your generosity , no matter how large or small the gift , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the impact that it has on the culture .
We absolutely must reach our fundraising goal in the next 3 days !
The areas where the mainstream media is either silent , or hopelessly biased , are exactly the areas that need a voice to speak out boldly , fearlessly , and unapologetically .
Our mission is committed to stand up in defense of the unborn , the family , people of faith , and freedom - no matter what big tech throws at us !
Unlike the huge anti-life and anti-family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no multi-million-dollar celebrity supporters , we receive no government or church funding , and we can not count on huge grants from foundations funded by the world ’ s wealthy elite .
We proudly do not receive funding from a George Soros or Bill Gates .
This is what makes LifeSite especially unique : we are backed by the biggest and best donors - ordinary people .
For over 20 years now , our army of everyday readers like you have sustained this truth apostolate , and the impact of such committed readers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is what makes this mission a David vs. Goliath effort .
Though your donation may feel small in comparison to the millions being funnelled into organizations seeking to destroy our culture .
However , with God , who is Truth , on our side , we always know that anything is possible !
With the faithful support of so many dedicated pro-life , pro-family , pro-faith , freedom-loving warriors like you , we always seem to be able to achieve what others would consider to be impossible !
Thank you in advance for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , follow this secure link : https : //give.lifesitenews.com

October 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – As we have ONLY 2 DAYS remaining until the Fall fundraising campaign ends, we are struggling to reach the minimum goal. With the significant growth we have had this year in our financial needs, as well as to invest in more projects, we have a long way to go.
LifeSite is here to provide you with a unique source of professional, reliable, and timely news reporting on the issues deliberately ignored, distorted, and censored by the mainstream media. That is, stories which oppose the anti-life, anti-family, anti-faith, and anti-freedom narrative, pushed out by the globalist powerholders in the mainstream media and big tech.
Unfortunately, it is becoming more difficult every day to bring LifeSite news articles, opinions, videos, and petitions to the millions of people who visit our site every month – because of growing censorship tactics, carried out by tech companies that are hell-bent on silencing this counter-revolutionary movement.
Despite these ill-fated efforts, thankfully, we still manage to get around them in many ways thanks to the incredibly talented marketing, technical, and other highly motivated professionals that LifeSite has been blessed to have on our team.
But in order to continue this incredible work, to expand our efforts, and to reach greater audiences, we need and depend upon your generous support.
As we reach closer and closer to the Presidential election in November, censorship from social media is becoming even more aggressive. This demonstrates that information warfare is one of many tactics that the left and its allies in media and big tech, are using to attack conservative principles, especially the sanctity of life and the family. We all need to prepare ourselves for further assaults.
This is who we are up against, and this is exactly why I must challenge you to stop everything, right now, and make a gift of support of whatever amount you can afford for our pro-life, pro-family, pro-faith, and pro-freedom news reporting. Use this secure link to make a donation: https://give.lifesitenews.com
As a reader-funded organization, your generosity, no matter how large or small the gift, is incredibly important to our continued reporting and the impact that it has on the culture.
We absolutely must reach our fundraising goal in the next 2 days!
The areas where the mainstream media is either silent, or hopelessly biased, are exactly the areas that need a voice to speak out boldly, fearlessly, and unapologetically. Our mission is committed to stand up in defense of the unborn, the family, people of faith, and freedom – no matter what big tech throws at us!
Unlike the huge anti-life and anti-family non-profits and media organizations, we have no multi-million-dollar celebrity supporters, we receive no government or church funding, and we cannot count on huge grants from foundations funded by the world’s wealthy elite. We proudly do not receive funding from a George Soros or Bill Gates. This is what makes LifeSite especially unique: we are backed by the biggest and best donors – ordinary people.
For over 20 years now, our army of everyday readers like you have sustained this truth apostolate, and the impact of such committed readers has truly been amazing.
Your generosity is what makes this mission a David vs. Goliath effort. Though your donation may feel small in comparison to the millions being funnelled into organizations seeking to destroy our culture. However, with God, who is Truth, on our side, we always know that anything is possible!
With the faithful support of so many dedicated pro-life, pro-family, pro-faith, freedom-loving warriors like you, we always seem to be able to achieve what others would consider to be impossible!
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--Pro-lifers need to fight for Amy Coney Barrett and the 2020 election

In today ’ s episode of The Van Maren Show , Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List tells @ @ @ @ @ is crucial for the pro-life movement .
Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win @ @ @ @ @ generational impact as they will fight to take away our nation ’ s ‘ founder @ @ @ @ @ up with a consensus .
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In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List tells Van Maren that this election is crucial for the pro-life movement. Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win, it will have a generational impact as they will fight to take away our nation’s ‘founder given tools to actually come up with a consensus.’
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--University of Alabama students forced to watch ‘inclusion’ trainer demean them as bigots

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TUSCALOOSA , Alabama , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The University of Alabama Student Government Association ( SGA ) is under fire for requiring “ hundreds ” of students to virtually attend a so-called “ inclusion ” seminar delivered by a far-left speaker who expressed contempt for disparaged pro-lifers , compared President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler , and stoked open hostility for conservative students among their liberal classmates .
Titled “ A Conversation with Jane Elliott @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the September 23 online event billed Elliot as an “ internationally known teacher , lecturer , diversity trainer and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education , ” whose “ mission exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is , an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors.
” It was presented by the SGA and the university ’ s Division of Diversity , Equity , and Inclusion ( DEI ) .
Conservative personality CJ Pearson , who is currently an Alabama student , shared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which Ellliott claimed Trump “ has admitted to being racist , sexist , ageist , homophobic , and ethnocentrist ” ( none of which Trump has actually admitted ) , and said his supporters backed him anyway “ because he is opposed to abortion.
” He also said Elliott “ compared America to Nazi Germany ” and “ the President to Hitler ” : In follow-up comments to Campus Reform , Pearson added that Elliott claimed Trump sleeps in bed with Hitler ’ s “ speeches and manuscripts.
” A screenshot of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ additional Elliott remarks as including “ religious people need to get over abortion , ” “ evangelical Christians are terrible , ” “ George Washington was a terrible person , ” “ race doesn ’ t exist , ” and the claim that the terms “ gay ” and “ straight ” are both “ offensive.
” “ Several leftist students in attendance , emboldened by the speaker , disparaged their conservative classmates as ‘ ignorant ’ for raising objections to Elliott ’ s rant , ” the Alabama College Republicans and Alabama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a joint statement .
“ It is ironic the University would endorse such views at the same time as they roll out their new OneUA initiative , the slogan for which is ‘ hate doesn ’ t roll here.
’ ” While the event was technically voluntary , Pearson , YAF , and College Republicans also allege that it was functionally mandatory for “ hundreds of students , ” who had to attend as a qualification for various student organizations and programs .
The university responded to the controversy by insisting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elliott ’ s was just one of many “ diverse opinions and perspectives ” given a platform , none of which the university endorses .
The university did not respond to several follow-up questions asking for examples of conservative perspectives it has hosted , addressing the charge that the event was mandatory for at least some students , or explaining why a recording of the full event has not been made available : This summer , conservatives ’ long-running complaints about incidents such as this one spurred the Trump administration to announce a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ status of public universities in light of whether those universities indoctrinate their students into adopting certain viewpoints .

The presenter compared President Trump with Hitler, said 'religious people need to get over abortion,' and called evangelical Christians 'terrible.'
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The University of Alabama Student Government Association (SGA) is under fire for requiring “hundreds” of students to virtually attend a so-called “inclusion” seminar delivered by a far-left speaker who expressed contempt for disparaged pro-lifers, compared President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and stoked open hostility for conservative students among their liberal classmates.
Titled “A Conversation with Jane Elliott Focusing on Power, Perception and Prejudice,” the September 23 online event billed Elliot as an “internationally known teacher, lecturer, diversity trainer and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education,” whose “mission exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors.” It was presented by the SGA and the university’s Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Conservative personality CJ Pearson, who is currently an Alabama student, shared a clip of the event, in which Ellliott claimed Trump “has admitted to being racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, and ethnocentrist” (none of which Trump has actually admitted), and said his supporters backed him anyway “because he is opposed to abortion.” He also said Elliott “compared America to Nazi Germany” and “the President to Hitler”:
Here’s one clip, with her most mild commentary of the night. How such a one-sided presentation could be sponsored by a public university baffles me. pic.twitter.com/yptePzHMfI — CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) September 24, 2020
In follow-up comments to Campus Reform, Pearson added that Elliott claimed Trump sleeps in bed with Hitler’s “speeches and manuscripts.” A screenshot of an Alabama student chat discussing the event paraphrases additional Elliott remarks as including “religious people need to get over abortion,” “evangelical Christians are terrible,” “George Washington was a terrible person,” “race doesn’t exist,” and the claim that the terms “gay” and “straight” are both “offensive.”
Here’s some @UofAlabama students talking about the mandatory hateful “diversity, equality and inclusion” training they had to do. The trainer, Jane Elliott, attacked: MAGA, Christians, George Washington, President Trump and more! We need to get this insanity OUT of our schools. pic.twitter.com/tSc5toKB9i — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 24, 2020
“Several leftist students in attendance, emboldened by the speaker, disparaged their conservative classmates as ‘ignorant’ for raising objections to Elliott’s rant,” the Alabama College Republicans and Alabama chapter of Young Americans for Freedom said in a joint statement. “It is ironic the University would endorse such views at the same time as they roll out their new OneUA initiative, the slogan for which is ‘hate doesn’t roll here.’”
While the event was technically voluntary, Pearson, YAF, and College Republicans also allege that it was functionally mandatory for “hundreds of students,” who had to attend as a qualification for various student organizations and programs.
The university responded to the controversy by insisting that “participation is voluntary” and that Elliott’s was just one of many “diverse opinions and perspectives” given a platform, none of which the university endorses. The university did not respond to several follow-up questions asking for examples of conservative perspectives it has hosted, addressing the charge that the event was mandatory for at least some students, or explaining why a recording of the full event has not been made available:
No they cannot. There was no conversation. Just a university deflecting. — Kambree (@KamVTV) September 24, 2020
Students have said that in order for an organization to be accredited with a diversity certification the campus org has to watch it. So, a sorority must make it mandatory to be accredited as a diverse org. That doesn’t sound voluntary. UofA knows what lack of accreditation means. — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 24, 2020
Before I address the rest of this statement, why have students been denied access to the recording of this when they requested it? Students have asked for similar recordings and received them but say they have been denied access to this one. Why? — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 24, 2020
This summer, conservatives’ long-running complaints about incidents such as this one spurred the Trump administration to announce a review of the federal aid and tax-exempt status of public universities in light of whether those universities indoctrinate their students into adopting certain viewpoints.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--New Australia COVID lockdown law empowers indefinite detention of citizens

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VICTORIA , Australia , September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) —The government of the state of Victoria in Australia has proposed legislation that would allow police and other government-appointed officials to arrest and indefinitely detain others whom they merely suspect of being likely to break lockdown regulations .
The COVID-19 Omnibus ( Emergency Measures ) Amendment Bill has passed the Victorian parliament ’ s lower house and will come before the Upper House soon .
The bill legislates that police and other “ designated ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and detain “ high risk ” individuals who they consider are “ likely to refuse or fail to comply ” with lockdown regulations .
Victoria ’ s draconian lockdown rules include making face coverings mandatory anywhere outside one ’ s home , even in open spaces when one is alone ; daily curfews preventing people from leaving their homes except for work and essential health , care , or safety reasons ; and rules preventing residents of the capital city , Melbourne , going farther than 5 km from their homes for any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or caregiving .
Churches in Victoria are closed , and people are severely restricted in where they can go and what they can do .
Thirteen top Australian doctors recently urged Premier Dan Andrews to end what they denounced as an “ unjustifiable ” state of emergency .
But Victorian attorney general Jill Hennessy explained during a reading of the bill in Parliament earlier this month that the new legislation would give “ further emergency powers to authorised officers to issue detention notices and detain particular high-risk persons if the authorised officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to refuse or fail to comply with a direction made by the Chief Health Officer.
” Australian national newspaper The Age stated in an article published earlier this month that a state government spokesman confirmed to the paper that the proposed new laws “ could be applied to conspiracy theorists who refuse to self-isolate or severely drug-affected or mentally impaired people who do not have the capacity to quarantine.
” LifeSiteNews has spoken with one Victorian resident who said that he believes that Victoria ’ s senior politician , state premier Daniel Andrews @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Upper House as soon as he is confident he has the political support to push it through and enshrine the bill into law .
A group of 13 senior Victorian lawyers and retired judges have written an open letter calling for the legislation to be amended or rejected .
In addition to the police , the bill as it currently stands would allow the secretary of the Department of Health to appoint other people , including public servants , as “ authorised officers.
” One section of the bill notes that “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] by instrument may appoint any of the following to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act ... a person the Secretary considers appropriate for appointment based on the person 's skills , attributes , ... experience or otherwise.
” An explanatory memorandum for the bill notes : Writing in Spectator Australia , Ian Hanke notes that “ [ t ] his sweeping power means the Secretary could appoint anyone as an ‘ authorised officer.
’ ” “ The Bill is mute on the specifics of who could be appointed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blanche to appoint anyone who has the ‘ skills , attributes , experience or otherwise , ’ ” Hanke continues .
Hanke highlights that , as stated in the explanatory memorandum , the bill would also legislate that the “ authorised officer ” who is empowered to arrest others can “ be assisted by any person in exercising a public health risk power under an authorisation given by the Chief Health Officer.
” Moreover , once an individual is detained , he could be held for an indefinite period .
The explanatory memorandum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply , this means you can be locked up and detained indefinitely at the whim of a designated officer.
” In an interview last week on Sky News Australia , Daniel Wild , director of research at the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs , explained that the proposed legislation could even empower certain members of the public to arrest and indefinitely detain their political opponents or business competitors .
“ The laws could be used to empower a union official , for example , to indefinitely detain a small business–owner , for example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be in competition with a unionised workforce , ” Wild said .
“ Or it could be used to empower a Labor Party staffer , or a Labor Party operative , to indefinitely detain , for example , a member of the Liberal Party , ” he continued .
Wild also highlighted the possibility that some may be empowered as “ officers ” capable of making arrests because of their ethnicity .
“ Indeed the laws could be used in such a way to confer power on Victorians , not based on their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but on the colour of their skin , ” he said .
“ That is almost exactly what the Victorian attorney-general suggested when she said that one of the intentions of the laws was to confer power on so-called leaders of multicultural communities and multicultural groups , ” he continued .
“ What that means in practice is that these laws will create , for the first time in Australia ’ s history , a certain class of citizens who will be empowered with extra rights compared to their fellow citizens on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their racial background.
” In an interview with Sky News host Alan Jones this week , Professor David Flint said the legislation would mean ” anybody can be taken off the streets , there can be a midnight knock , you can be taken away by a so-called ‘ authorised person , ’ some apparatchik of the ruling party and then be held in indefinite detention without your ancient common law right with a court deciding whether that detention is legal.
” In recent weeks , Victoria Police have been gaining worldwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not complying with lockdown restrictions .
Videos that have gone viral online on social media in recent weeks include Victoria Police arresting a pregnant woman in her own home for the “ crime ” of promoting an anti-lockdown event ; Victoria Police smashing the door down of a man ’ s home and arresting him for allegedly promoting anti-lockdown events online ; and a video that shows a young woman being forced to the ground by a large male police officer for the “ crime ” of not wearing a mask in public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Andrews said that “ all this can be avoided if people do n't protest ” coronavirus restrictions in response to questions about video of police first knocking down a mentally ill man with their vehicle and subsequently stomping on his head .
An official police statement described the stomp as an “ inappropriate use of force ” and the “ use of force in using a police vehicle ” as “ concerning.
” The man had to be put in a medically induced coma .
His family say they will pursue legal action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Victoria police chief commissioner Shane Patton was unapologetic as he explained that police had in some instances been smashing car windows due to people inside the cars not cooperating with police or following the government ’ s coronavirus restrictions .
In a recent interview with LifeSiteNews editor in chief John-Henry Westen , Dr. Bella d ’ Abrera , the director of the Foundations of Western Civilization Program at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne , said it would seem that Melbourne ’ s extraordinary lockdown regulations are likely being implemented as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to control and manipulate the population .
“ I feel like I 've woken up in 1961 on the wrong side of Berlin , ” d ’ Abrera said .

The secretary of health will be able to make anyone he chooses an 'authorized person' to make arrests and detain people indefinitely for suspected violations of COVID rules.
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VICTORIA, Australia, September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) —The government of the state of Victoria in Australia has proposed legislation that would allow police and other government-appointed officials to arrest and indefinitely detain others whom they merely suspect of being likely to break lockdown regulations.
The COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Amendment Bill has passed the Victorian parliament’s lower house and will come before the Upper House soon.
The bill legislates that police and other “designated” or “authorised” officers may arrest and detain “high risk” individuals who they consider are “likely to refuse or fail to comply” with lockdown regulations.
Victoria’s draconian lockdown rules include making face coverings mandatory anywhere outside one’s home, even in open spaces when one is alone; daily curfews preventing people from leaving their homes except for work and essential health, care, or safety reasons; and rules preventing residents of the capital city, Melbourne, going farther than 5 km from their homes for any reason other than work, medical care, or caregiving. Churches in Victoria are closed, and people are severely restricted in where they can go and what they can do.
Thirteen top Australian doctors recently urged Premier Dan Andrews to end what they denounced as an “unjustifiable” state of emergency.
But Victorian attorney general Jill Hennessy explained during a reading of the bill in Parliament earlier this month that the new legislation would give “further emergency powers to authorised officers to issue detention notices and detain particular high-risk persons if the authorised officer reasonably believes that a person is likely to refuse or fail to comply with a direction made by the Chief Health Officer.”
Australian national newspaper The Age stated in an article published earlier this month that a state government spokesman confirmed to the paper that the proposed new laws “could be applied to conspiracy theorists who refuse to self-isolate or severely drug-affected or mentally impaired people who do not have the capacity to quarantine.”
LifeSiteNews has spoken with one Victorian resident who said that he believes that Victoria’s senior politician, state premier Daniel Andrews, will bring the legislation before the Upper House as soon as he is confident he has the political support to push it through and enshrine the bill into law.
A group of 13 senior Victorian lawyers and retired judges have written an open letter calling for the legislation to be amended or rejected.
In addition to the police, the bill as it currently stands would allow the secretary of the Department of Health to appoint other people, including public servants, as “authorised officers.”
One section of the bill notes that “the Secretary [of the Department of Health] by instrument may appoint any of the following to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act … a person the Secretary considers appropriate for appointment based on the person's skills, attributes, … experience or otherwise.”
An explanatory memorandum for the bill notes:
This will expand the persons who may be appointed as authorised officers. It is intended to include additional public sector employees from Victoria as well as such employees from other Australian jurisdictions, and individuals with a connection to particular communities to ensure that certain activities, such as contact tracing, can be conducted in a culturally safe manner.
Writing in Spectator Australia, Ian Hanke notes that “[t]his sweeping power means the Secretary could appoint anyone as an ‘authorised officer.’”
“The Bill is mute on the specifics of who could be appointed. The Secretary has been given carte blanche to appoint anyone who has the ‘skills, attributes, experience or otherwise,’” Hanke continues.
Hanke highlights that, as stated in the explanatory memorandum, the bill would also legislate that the “authorised officer” who is empowered to arrest others can “be assisted by any person in exercising a public health risk power under an authorisation given by the Chief Health Officer.”
Moreover, once an individual is detained, he could be held for an indefinite period. The explanatory memorandum notes:
Section 200(6) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 requires an authorised officer to review, at least once every 24 hours during the period that a person is subject to detention under section 200(1)(a), whether the continued detention of the person is reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health.
Hanke argues, “Put simply, this means you can be locked up and detained indefinitely at the whim of a designated officer.”
In an interview last week on Sky News Australia, Daniel Wild, director of research at the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs, explained that the proposed legislation could even empower certain members of the public to arrest and indefinitely detain their political opponents or business competitors.
“The laws could be used to empower a union official, for example, to indefinitely detain a small business–owner, for example, who may just so happen to be in competition with a unionised workforce,” Wild said.
“Or it could be used to empower a Labor Party staffer, or a Labor Party operative, to indefinitely detain, for example, a member of the Liberal Party,” he continued.
Wild also highlighted the possibility that some may be empowered as “officers” capable of making arrests because of their ethnicity.
“Indeed the laws could be used in such a way to confer power on Victorians, not based on their public health expertise or any other expertise, but on the colour of their skin,” he said.
“That is almost exactly what the Victorian attorney-general suggested when she said that one of the intentions of the laws was to confer power on so-called leaders of multicultural communities and multicultural groups,” he continued.
“What that means in practice is that these laws will create, for the first time in Australia’s history, a certain class of citizens who will be empowered with extra rights compared to their fellow citizens on the base of their ethnic origin and of their racial background.”
In an interview with Sky News host Alan Jones this week, Professor David Flint said the legislation would mean ”anybody can be taken off the streets, there can be a midnight knock, you can be taken away by a so-called ‘authorised person,’ some apparatchik of the ruling party and then be held in indefinite detention without your ancient common law right with a court deciding whether that detention is legal.”
In recent weeks, Victoria Police have been gaining worldwide attention for their heavy-handed treatment of those not complying with lockdown restrictions. Videos that have gone viral online on social media in recent weeks include Victoria Police arresting a pregnant woman in her own home for the “crime” of promoting an anti-lockdown event; Victoria Police smashing the door down of a man’s home and arresting him for allegedly promoting anti-lockdown events online; and a video that shows a young woman being forced to the ground by a large male police officer for the “crime” of not wearing a mask in public.
How is this OK Victorians? pic.twitter.com/p6MiuFg0CC — val glass (@AussieVal10) August 10, 2020
Earlier this month, Premier Daniel Andrews said that “all this can be avoided if people don't protest” coronavirus restrictions in response to questions about video of police first knocking down a mentally ill man with their vehicle and subsequently stomping on his head. An official police statement described the stomp as an “inappropriate use of force” and the “use of force in using a police vehicle” as “concerning.”
The man had to be put in a medically induced coma. His family say they will pursue legal action against the police.
Last month, Victoria police chief commissioner Shane Patton was unapologetic as he explained that police had in some instances been smashing car windows due to people inside the cars not cooperating with police or following the government’s coronavirus restrictions.
In a recent interview with LifeSiteNews editor in chief John-Henry Westen, Dr. Bella d’Abrera, the director of the Foundations of Western Civilization Program at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne, said it would seem that Melbourne’s extraordinary lockdown regulations are likely being implemented as a sort of test case to see how to control and manipulate the population.
“I feel like I've woken up in 1961 on the wrong side of Berlin,” d’Abrera said.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--Canadian priest urges US Catholics to avoid ‘mortal sin’ of voting for pro-abortion politician

September 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Fr .
Mark Goring , a Canadian priest who became a YouTube sensation for his orthodox homilies and preaching , is warning US Catholics against the “ mortal sin ” of voting for politicians who champion the “ slaughter ” of children by abortion .
Catholics who vote for pro-abortion candidates , he says , are , in the words of St. Paul , “ stupid.
” “ I call Catholics who vote for this kind of politician ‘ stupid Catholics ’ and I do n't apologize .
I do n't use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reserve it for this awful tragedy .
Saint Paul says in Galatians chapter 3 : “ O stupid Galatians , who has bewitched you ?
’ ” “ Brothers and sisters , we need to understand that if we vote for a politician who is going to keep the door wide open , and even widen the door to the killing of our most innocent , we 're complicit in this awful slaughter and we have blood on our hands , ” he said .
“ And one day , we will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this awful scourge in our society , this awful injustice to the most weak , the most vulnerable , we were part of that , ” he continued .
“ As Catholics , we are supposed to be defenders of life , ” he added .
Goring said that when St. Paul calls the Galatians stupid “ it ’ s because he loves them.
” “ He ’ s a father to them and he wants to see his children spend eternity in heaven , ” he said .
For the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faithful : “ Don ’ t be stupid.
” “ You need to stand for what is true .
Catholics must rise up , stop compromising , stand for the truth , defend life , because life is short and eternity is long .
”

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September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Fr. Mark Goring, a Canadian priest who became a YouTube sensation for his orthodox homilies and preaching, is warning US Catholics against the “mortal sin” of voting for politicians who champion the “slaughter” of children by abortion.
Catholics who vote for pro-abortion candidates, he says, are, in the words of St. Paul, “stupid.”
“I call Catholics who vote for this kind of politician ‘stupid Catholics’ and I don't apologize. I don't use this word often, but I do reserve it for this awful tragedy. Saint Paul says in Galatians chapter 3: “O stupid Galatians, who has bewitched you?’”
“Brothers and sisters, we need to understand that if we vote for a politician who is going to keep the door wide open, and even widen the door to the killing of our most innocent, we're complicit in this awful slaughter and we have blood on our hands,” he said.
“And one day, we will have to give an account for the fact that this awful scourge in our society, this awful injustice to the most weak, the most vulnerable, we were part of that,” he continued.
“As Catholics, we are supposed to be defenders of life,” he added.
Goring said that when St. Paul calls the Galatians stupid “it’s because he loves them.”
“He’s a father to them and he wants to see his children spend eternity in heaven,” he said.
For the same reasons, Father Goring admonishes the Catholic faithful: “Don’t be stupid.”
“You need to stand for what is true. Catholics must rise up, stop compromising, stand for the truth, defend life, because life is short and eternity is long.”