thedailycaller--2020-02-20--PATEL: Where Things Stand After The Las Vegas Debate

After watching the Las Vegas Democratic debate , it ’ s becoming less and less clear how the Democrats plan to defeat , or even challenge , President Donald Trump this fall .
As a conservative Republican watching just for kicks , the debate was amazing — tons of drama and entertainment value .
But if you are a Democrat committed to getting rid of Trump , it was probably not so much fun .
In fact , it had to have been depressing to watch .
There were fireworks and interesting storylines , but when the smoke cleared , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren came out scorching against Michael Bloomberg : “ So I ’ d like to talk about who we ’ re running against , a billionaire who calls women ‘ fat broads ’ and ‘ horse-faced lesbians.
’ And , no , I ’ m not talking about Donald Trump .
I ’ m talking about Mayor Bloomberg , ” she said .
Bloomberg ’ s response ?
Not a word .
He just took it .
It left you wondering : Who advised Bloomberg to get into this debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ground in the polls .
His unprecedented campaign , consisting of an advertising onslaught and nothing else , was actually working .
But then someone decided Bloomberg should pay off the Democratic National Committee to change their debate qualification rules so he could participate .
Besides the obvious corruption of allowing Bloomberg , one of the committee ’ s biggest donors , to change a policy that was not changed for a sitting U.S. senator like Cory Booker , it ’ s pretty clear this strategy backfired on Bloomberg .
He could have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s debate rules as an excuse for staying out longer .
( RELATED : Fireworks Fly As Veteran Dems Trade Punches In Vegas Debate ) Bloomberg took hits all night for his stop-and-frisk policies , his tax returns , his Republican past , his wealth and a host of other issues .
On his record with women Bloomberg looked especially bad — not-ready-for-prime-time bad .
He looked guilty , nervous and flat-out unprepared for the onslaught he faced .
Like many other powerful people , he appears to live a life where he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Bloomberg had a shocked “ I can ’ t believe anyone ’ s talking to me like this ” look on his face for most of the night .
It was a little like the look on Jeb Bush ’ s face when Trump first went after him during the 2016 debates .
There was complete malpractice by Bloomberg ’ s massive staff in preparing him for this debate .
The overall impression was a guy who ’ s just not ready for such a big stage .
Bloomberg ’ s huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many Democrats to find an electable alternative to Trump — gives him plenty of opportunity to recover , but this was not a good start .
Joe Biden is becoming a sad afterthought .
He ’ s slid so much the others barely even bother attacking him .
He ’ s perilously close to becoming the “ Saturday Night Live ” caricature of himself .
There ’ s no coming back when you cross that line .
Ask Sarah Palin .
As Biden slips away , it ’ s important to remember that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any point — but refused .
Biden was Obama ’ s loyal junior partner for eight years .
Biden was never treated very well by Team Obama , a pattern that ’ s continuing now .
Obama clearly doesn ’ t think Biden is up to the job , and based on his performance to date , it ’ s hard to disagree .
Unless you think Pete Buttigieg , Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar have a real shot at the nomination , that leaves Sen. Bernie Sanders .
Is America ready for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soviet Union ?
Sadly , that may be a real possibility .
( RELATED : Internal Memo Suggests Bloomberg Wants Biden , Buttigieg And Others To Bail , So He Can Take On Sanders — One On One ) Sanders helped himself a lot in Wednesday ’ s debate .
He has a coherent worldview , and at a time when every financial , academic , political and media institution in America is endangered by failure and corruption , Sanders ’ tear-it-all-down attitude appeals to the public more than that of any other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he spoke for a growing number of Americans who see our system as rigged : “ We have a grotesque and immoral distribution of wealth and income .
Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans .
That ’ s wrong .
That ’ s immoral … We have enormous problems facing this country , and we can not continue seeing a situation where , in the last three years , billionaires in this country saw an $ 850 billion increase in their wealth — congratulations , Mr. Bloomberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw less than a 1 % increase in his or her income .
That ’ s wrong.
” ( RELATED : ‘ It Was Called Communism , And It Just Didn ’ t Work ’ : Bloomberg And Sanders Spar Over Taxes And Wealth ) Sanders , like Trump and unlike all the establishment candidates , has a feel for the frustrations of regular Americans .
But in the back of their minds , Democratic primary voters know that Sanders is risky .
Going with your heart and voting for Bernie could usher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Interestingly , as first Biden and now maybe Bloomberg falter , voters may decide that Sanders isn ’ t much more of a risk after all .
The Vegas debate certainly suggested as much .
Does anyone think Biden or Bloomberg can debate Trump after their performances ?
Sanders can .
He ’ s a long shot , but amazingly , he may be their best chance at victory .
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After watching the Las Vegas Democratic debate, it’s becoming less and less clear how the Democrats plan to defeat, or even challenge, President Donald Trump this fall. As a conservative Republican watching just for kicks, the debate was amazing — tons of drama and entertainment value. But if you are a Democrat committed to getting rid of Trump, it was probably not so much fun. In fact, it had to have been depressing to watch. There were fireworks and interesting storylines, but when the smoke cleared, who was left to take on Trump?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren came out scorching against Michael Bloomberg: “So I’d like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians.’ And, no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg,” she said.
Bloomberg’s response? Not a word. He just took it. It left you wondering: Who advised Bloomberg to get into this debate? Bloomberg was chugging along, gaining ground in the polls. His unprecedented campaign, consisting of an advertising onslaught and nothing else, was actually working. But then someone decided Bloomberg should pay off the Democratic National Committee to change their debate qualification rules so he could participate. Besides the obvious corruption of allowing Bloomberg, one of the committee’s biggest donors, to change a policy that was not changed for a sitting U.S. senator like Cory Booker, it’s pretty clear this strategy backfired on Bloomberg. He could have and should have used the DNC’s debate rules as an excuse for staying out longer. (RELATED: Fireworks Fly As Veteran Dems Trade Punches In Vegas Debate)
Bloomberg took hits all night for his stop-and-frisk policies, his tax returns, his Republican past, his wealth and a host of other issues. On his record with women Bloomberg looked especially bad — not-ready-for-prime-time bad. He looked guilty, nervous and flat-out unprepared for the onslaught he faced. Like many other powerful people, he appears to live a life where he just isn’t challenged very often. Bloomberg had a shocked “I can’t believe anyone’s talking to me like this” look on his face for most of the night. It was a little like the look on Jeb Bush’s face when Trump first went after him during the 2016 debates.
There was complete malpractice by Bloomberg’s massive staff in preparing him for this debate. The overall impression was a guy who’s just not ready for such a big stage. Bloomberg’s huge bankroll — along with the desire of many Democrats to find an electable alternative to Trump — gives him plenty of opportunity to recover, but this was not a good start.
Joe Biden is becoming a sad afterthought. He’s slid so much the others barely even bother attacking him. He’s perilously close to becoming the “Saturday Night Live” caricature of himself. There’s no coming back when you cross that line. Ask Sarah Palin.
As Biden slips away, it’s important to remember that Barack Obama could have helped him at any point — but refused. Biden was Obama’s loyal junior partner for eight years. Biden was never treated very well by Team Obama, a pattern that’s continuing now. Obama clearly doesn’t think Biden is up to the job, and based on his performance to date, it’s hard to disagree.
Unless you think Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar have a real shot at the nomination, that leaves Sen. Bernie Sanders. Is America ready for a socialist president who honeymooned in the Soviet Union? Sadly, that may be a real possibility. (RELATED: Internal Memo Suggests Bloomberg Wants Biden, Buttigieg And Others To Bail, So He Can Take On Sanders — One On One)
Sanders helped himself a lot in Wednesday’s debate. He has a coherent worldview, and at a time when every financial, academic, political and media institution in America is endangered by failure and corruption, Sanders’ tear-it-all-down attitude appeals to the public more than that of any other candidate. When Sanders unloaded on Bloomberg, he spoke for a growing number of Americans who see our system as rigged:
“We have a grotesque and immoral distribution of wealth and income. Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans. That’s wrong. That’s immoral … We have enormous problems facing this country, and we cannot continue seeing a situation where, in the last three years, billionaires in this country saw an $850 billion increase in their wealth — congratulations, Mr. Bloomberg — but the average American last year saw less than a 1% increase in his or her income. That’s wrong.” (RELATED: ‘It Was Called Communism, And It Just Didn’t Work’: Bloomberg And Sanders Spar Over Taxes And Wealth)
Sanders, like Trump and unlike all the establishment candidates, has a feel for the frustrations of regular Americans. But in the back of their minds, Democratic primary voters know that Sanders is risky. Going with your heart and voting for Bernie could usher in four more years of Trump. Interestingly, as first Biden and now maybe Bloomberg falter, voters may decide that Sanders isn’t much more of a risk after all. The Vegas debate certainly suggested as much. Does anyone think Biden or Bloomberg can debate Trump after their performances? Sanders can. He’s a long shot, but amazingly, he may be their best chance at victory.
Neil Patel co-founded The Daily Caller, one of America’s fastest-growing online news outlets, which regularly breaks news and distributes it to over 15 million monthly readers. Patel also co-founded The Daily Caller News Foundation, a nonprofit news company that trains journalists, produces fact-checks and conducts longer-term investigative reporting. The Daily Caller News Foundation licenses its content free of charge to over 300 news outlets, reaching potentially hundreds of millions of people per month. To find out more about Neil Patel and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com
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thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Lana Del Rey Cancels European Tour After She ‘Totally Lost’ Her Singing Voice

Del Rey was set to perform in Amsterdam on Friday and then hit other cities including Paris , London , Manchester , Glasgow , Birmingham , Berlin and Cologne , according to a report published by the BBC .
“ Sorry to let everyone down so last minute but this illness has taken me by surprise and have totally lost my singing voice , ” she said in a statement to the BBC .
“ The doctor has advised four weeks off for the moment .
I hate to let everyone down but I need to get well .
Love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tour dates will be rescheduled .
( RELATED : Lana Del Rey Attends The Grammys With Her Police Officer Boyfriend Sean Larkin ) Del Rey has been in the news lately after her latest album , “ Norman F**king Rockwell , ” scored her two Grammy nominations and best international female at the Brit awards .
I really hope Del Rey doesn ’ t have any serious vocal cord damage .
She ’ s supposed to perform at Coachella in April and that would be huge if she ended up having to back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s so sad when really good vocalists get sick and can ’ t perform .
I can ’ t even begin to imagine what it ’ d be like to let down that many people when you have to cancel shows .
Hopefully , she bounces back soon and we don ’ t have to worry about the rest .

Musician Lana Del Rey cancelled her European tour due to illness Thursday.
Del Rey was set to perform in Amsterdam on Friday and then hit other cities including Paris, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Berlin and Cologne, according to a report published by the BBC.
“Sorry to let everyone down so last minute but this illness has taken me by surprise and have totally lost my singing voice,” she said in a statement to the BBC. “The doctor has advised four weeks off for the moment. I hate to let everyone down but I need to get well. Love Lana.”
It is unclear if the tour dates will be rescheduled. (RELATED: Lana Del Rey Attends The Grammys With Her Police Officer Boyfriend Sean Larkin)
Del Rey has been in the news lately after her latest album, “Norman F**king Rockwell,” scored her two Grammy nominations and best international female at the Brit awards.
I really hope Del Rey doesn’t have any serious vocal cord damage. She’s supposed to perform at Coachella in April and that would be huge if she ended up having to back out of that appearance.
It’s so sad when really good vocalists get sick and can’t perform. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’d be like to let down that many people when you have to cancel shows. Hopefully, she bounces back soon and we don’t have to worry about the rest.


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Marshawn Lynch Is In The New ‘Westworld’ Season 3 Trailer

NFL legend Marshawn Lynch will be in season three of “ Westworld.
” The latest trailer for the third season @ @ @ @ @ was released Thursday .
Naturally , I had to watch it several times .
( @ @ @ @ @ ’ Season 3 Trailer Gets Released , Ed Harris Returns As The Man In Black @ @ @ @ @ my 12th viewing when I noticed Marshawn Lynch is in the background !
Naturally , @ @ @ @ @ crazy , right ?
Nope !
That is 100 % Marshawn Lynch .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ what role Lynch is playing in the series , but he would appear to be @ @ @ @ @ bodyguard or somebody holding him in captivity .
Either way , it ’ s wild @ @ @ @ @ is out here appearing in one of the biggest shows on TV !
If you @ @ @ @ @ for “ Westworld ” season three , then this should be enough to push you @ @ @ @ @ can catch the new “ Westworld ” episodes starting March 15 !

NFL legend Marshawn Lynch will be in season three of “Westworld.”
The latest trailer for the third season of the hit HBO show was released Thursday. Naturally, I had to watch it several times. (RELATED: New ‘Westworld’ Season 3 Trailer Gets Released, Ed Harris Returns As The Man In Black)
It was on about my 12th viewing when I noticed Marshawn Lynch is in the background!
Naturally, I thought I must be crazy, right? Nope! That is 100% Marshawn Lynch.
“I’m just ’bout that acting, boss” Marshawn Lynch is spotted in the new trailer for #Westworld pic.twitter.com/yRtOXwqHml — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 20, 2020
Marshawn Lynch is in the new trailer for Westworld ???????? pic.twitter.com/yv2jg75Y82 — FanSided (@FanSided) February 20, 2020
It’s not clear at all what role Lynch is playing in the series, but he would appear to be either Aaron Paul’s bodyguard or somebody holding him in captivity.
Either way, it’s wild that the former Seahawks superstar is out here appearing in one of the biggest shows on TV!
If you weren’t already excited for “Westworld” season three, then this should be enough to push you over the edge.
You can catch the new “Westworld” episodes starting March 15!


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Elizabeth Warren, Who Said She Wouldn’t Take ‘A Dime’ From Super PACs, Is Now Accepting Support From

Elizabeth Warren, Who Said She Wouldn’t Take ‘A Dime’ From Super PACs, Is Now Accepting Support From A Super PAC

Sen. Elizabeth Warren , who vowed when she announced her White House bid in 2019 not to take “ a dime of PAC money in this campaign , ” refused Thursday to disavow a super PAC raising money to support her candidacy .
“ Do you want the super PAC supporting you to stand down ?
” a reporter asked Warren outside of a campaign stop in Nevada .
The super PAC in question , Persist PAC , formed this week to support the Massachusetts Democrat .
“ So look , the first day I got in this race over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope every presidential candidate that comes in will agree , no super PACs for any of us , ” Warren replied .
“ I ’ ve renewed that call dozens of times , and I couldn ’ t get a single Democrat to go along with it , ” she said .
Warren defended her about-face on super PAC money in terms of gender and told reporters that she and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota were the only Democratic presidential candidates who did not have super political action committees supporting their campaigns .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks ago where all of the men who were still in this race and on the debate stage all had either super PACs or they were multi-billionaires and they could just rummage in their sock drawers and find enough money to be able to fund a campaign , ” Warren said .
( RELATED : Elizabeth Warren Bashes Trans Athlete Bill That Would Limit Girls ’ Sports To Biological Females ) “ And the only people that didn ’ t have them were the two women , ” she continued .
Warren has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , billionaires and super PACs , which can receive unlimited donations from individual donors as long as they do not coordinate directly with a candidate ’ s campaign .
“ I ’ ve already said that I will run my campaign differently — no Washington lobbyist money , no PAC money , no auditioning billionaires to run a super PAC for me , and no dark-money groups devoted to supporting this campaign , ” Warren wrote in a post on Medium on Feb. 25 , 2019 .
“ I ’ m not taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign , ” Warren vowed during her campaign announcement on Feb. 9 , 2019 .
“ I ’ m not taking a single check from a federal lobbyist .
I ’ m not taking applications from billionaires who want to run a super PAC on my behalf , and I challenge every other candidate who asks for your vote in this primary to say exactly the same thing , ” she said .
But Warren ’ s idealism has seemingly been tested by lackluster campaign fundraising and disappointing showings at the Iowa caucuses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finished third and fourth , respectively .
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who vowed when she announced her White House bid in 2019 not to take “a dime of PAC money in this campaign,” refused Thursday to disavow a super PAC raising money to support her candidacy.
“Do you want the super PAC supporting you to stand down?” a reporter asked Warren outside of a campaign stop in Nevada. The super PAC in question, Persist PAC, formed this week to support the Massachusetts Democrat.
“So look, the first day I got in this race over a year ago, I said I hope every presidential candidate that comes in will agree, no super PACs for any of us,” Warren replied.
“I’ve renewed that call dozens of times, and I couldn’t get a single Democrat to go along with it,” she said.
Warren defended her about-face on super PAC money in terms of gender and told reporters that she and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota were the only Democratic presidential candidates who did not have super political action committees supporting their campaigns.
“We reached a point a few weeks ago where all of the men who were still in this race and on the debate stage all had either super PACs or they were multi-billionaires and they could just rummage in their sock drawers and find enough money to be able to fund a campaign,” Warren said. (RELATED: Elizabeth Warren Bashes Trans Athlete Bill That Would Limit Girls’ Sports To Biological Females)
“And the only people that didn’t have them were the two women,” she continued.
WATCH:
NEW: Here is video of Warren declining to disavow the new super PAC supporting her: “If all the candidates want to get rid of super PACs, count me in. I’ll lead the charge. But that’s how it has to be. It can’t be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only 1 or 2 don’t.” pic.twitter.com/byxQRjGMfs — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 20, 2020
Warren has run largely on opposing support from lobbyists, billionaires and super PACs, which can receive unlimited donations from individual donors as long as they do not coordinate directly with a candidate’s campaign.
“I’ve already said that I will run my campaign differently — no Washington lobbyist money, no PAC money, no auditioning billionaires to run a super PAC for me, and no dark-money groups devoted to supporting this campaign,” Warren wrote in a post on Medium on Feb. 25, 2019.
“I’m not taking a dime of PAC money in this campaign,” Warren vowed during her campaign announcement on Feb. 9, 2019.
“I’m not taking a single check from a federal lobbyist. I’m not taking applications from billionaires who want to run a super PAC on my behalf, and I challenge every other candidate who asks for your vote in this primary to say exactly the same thing,” she said.
WATCH:
Elizabeth Warren: “I’m not taking a dime of PAC money in this campaign. I’m not taking a single check from a federal lobbyist. I’m not taking applications from billionaires who want to run a Super PAC on my behalf.” Via CBS pic.twitter.com/QBchCOyAbz — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 9, 2019
But Warren’s idealism has seemingly been tested by lackluster campaign fundraising and disappointing showings at the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, where she finished third and fourth, respectively.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-20--‘I’m Not Supposed To Be Here’: Darius Victor’s Journey To The XFL

New York Guardians running back Darius Victor made his way to the XFL despite experiencing adversity .
Victor spent the first five years of his life at a refugee camp on Africa ’ s Ivory Coast .
Victor ’ s family had fled Liberia after the country had collapsed in the later half of the 20th century .
“ Yeah , we used to sleep in bushes , and run for our lives , and things like that , ” Victor said to CBS .
“ So , just seeing that and hearing him talk about it , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came from that.
’ I tell everyone , every day I wake up , I thank God because I ’ m not supposed to be here .
A lot of people didn ’ t make it.
” ( RELATED : XFL Player Opens Up About Depression , Fall From NFL ) Victor ’ s family left the Ivory Coast in 1990 by way of a United Nations program for refugees .
They went to the U.S. and settled in Hyattsville , Maryland .
Darius and his brother Kevin went on to play for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ High School , Kevin being a senior and Darius being a freshman , CBS reports .
In December 2011 , Kevin was shot coming home from playing basketball with his friends , just a block away from his house .
Darius is still reminded about the event to this day .
“ My thing was just seeing my family cry .
It ’ s just the worst , ” Darius said to CBS .
“ And that ’ s more painful than my actual pain .
Just seeing my parents cry , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t think anyone should lose a child like that .
So , just seeing that was tough and it made me appreciate life more , and appreciate them more and just family , just to hold everything tight.
” A little under a year later , Darius ’ s house caught on fire and his family lost everything .
Darius spent the rest of his football career in high school trying to emulate what his older brother Kevin stood for .
“ He was a get-it-done person .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t .
Almost doesn ’ t count in life , ” Darius said to CBS .
“ So I try to just live in that name , whether it was getting good grades , or making a play in a football field , or just washing the dishes before my parents came home .
I tried to be that guy.
” Darius played for Townson , gaining 3309 yards and 41 touchdowns .
He had a brief stint in the NFL for two seasons , but was cut from the teams by both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cardinals .
Darius had three carries for 16 yards before leaving the game with a head injury against the DC Defenders on February 15 .

New York Guardians running back Darius Victor made his way to the XFL despite experiencing adversity.
Victor spent the first five years of his life at a refugee camp on Africa’s Ivory Coast. Victor’s family had fled Liberia after the country had collapsed in the later half of the 20th century. “Yeah, we used to sleep in bushes, and run for our lives, and things like that,” Victor said to CBS.
“So, just seeing that and hearing him talk about it, it was like, ‘Wow. I really came from that.’ I tell everyone, every day I wake up, I thank God because I’m not supposed to be here. A lot of people didn’t make it.” (RELATED: XFL Player Opens Up About Depression, Fall From NFL)
Victor’s family left the Ivory Coast in 1990 by way of a United Nations program for refugees. They went to the U.S. and settled in Hyattsville, Maryland. Darius and his brother Kevin went on to play for the same varsity football team at Northwestern High School, Kevin being a senior and Darius being a freshman, CBS reports.
In December 2011, Kevin was shot coming home from playing basketball with his friends, just a block away from his house. Darius is still reminded about the event to this day. “My thing was just seeing my family cry. It’s just the worst,” Darius said to CBS.
“And that’s more painful than my actual pain. Just seeing my parents cry, and have them lose a child and I don’t think anyone should lose a child like that. So, just seeing that was tough and it made me appreciate life more, and appreciate them more and just family, just to hold everything tight.” A little under a year later, Darius’s house caught on fire and his family lost everything.
Darius spent the rest of his football career in high school trying to emulate what his older brother Kevin stood for. “He was a get-it-done person. It’s either you do or you don’t. Almost doesn’t count in life,” Darius said to CBS. “So I try to just live in that name, whether it was getting good grades, or making a play in a football field, or just washing the dishes before my parents came home. I tried to be that guy.”
Impressive Darius Victor play to turn a huge loss into a first down — but Rahim Moore forces the fumble. Doesn’t get credit for the return but big plays on both sides nevertheless. pic.twitter.com/FvDdgOv3zh — Arif Hasan, leap day enthusiast (@ArifHasanNFL) February 15, 2020
Darius played for Townson, gaining 3309 yards and 41 touchdowns. He had a brief stint in the NFL for two seasons, but was cut from the teams by both the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals. Darius had three carries for 16 yards before leaving the game with a head injury against the DC Defenders on February 15.


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--FACT CHECK: 3 Claims From The 9th Democratic Primary Debate

The ninth Democratic presidential primary debate took place Wednesday night in Las Vegas , where six candidates covered topics ranging from “ stop-and-frisk ” to net worths to homelessness .
It was the last primary debate before the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 22 .
Here are three checks on their claims .
Claim 1 : “ He had stop and frisk , throwing close to 5 million young black men up against a wall , ” said former Vice President Joe Biden .
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg came under fire from several other candidates last night for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police officers to stop any person briefly and search them for weapons or prohibited items .
The New York Police Department policy , the Wall Street Journal reported , disproportionately affected the black and Latino communities .
A police data analysis by the New York Civil Liberties Union found that roughly 5.08 million stops occurred during Bloomberg ’ s time as mayor ( 2002 to 2013 ) .
Slightly more than half of those individuals – approximately 2.6 million – were black , according to the analysis , but the data doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Michael Gwin , a Biden spokesman , told CNN that the former vice president meant the total number of stops , though he failed to make that distinction during the debate .
Bloomberg has since apologized for his role in the controversial policy , despite defending it as late as October 2019 , The New York Times reported .
Claim 2 : “ And as the , I think , lone person on this stage who ’ s not a millionaire , let alone a billionaire , I believe that part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voices of the communities that haven ’ t felt heard on Wall Street or in Washington to actually be brought to Capitol Hill , ” said former South Bend , Indiana , Mayor Pete Buttigieg .
An August 2019 analysis by Forbes found that every candidate in the debate – apart from Buttigieg – does appear to be a millionaire or billionaire .
Buttigieg has an estimated net worth of $ 100,000 , according to that report .
Forbes estimates that Biden and his wife , Jill , are worth about $ 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar have estimated net worths of $ 12 million , $ 2.5 million and $ 2 million , respectively .
The only billionaire on the debate stage last night was Bloomberg , whom Forbes puts at a net worth of approximately $ 65.2 billion .
Claim 3 : “ That should not be the case when we got a half a million people sleeping out on the street , ” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders .
The Vermont senator has repeated this figure in previous debates , likely referencing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ( HUD ) Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress .
HUD ’ s 2019 report found that roughly 568,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019 .
Of those individuals , approximately 210,200 , or 37 percent , were unsheltered .
The other approximately 357,800 individuals , or 63 percent , stayed in emergency shelters or transitional housing programs , according to the report .
The yearly HUD reports show homelessness has trended downward nationally over the past decade .
In 2009 , HUD estimated there were 643,067 sheltered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night in January of that year .
Brad Sylvester , Trevor Schakohl and Elias Atienza contributed to this report .

The ninth Democratic presidential primary debate took place Wednesday night in Las Vegas, where six candidates covered topics ranging from “stop-and-frisk” to net worths to homelessness. It was the last primary debate before the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 22.
Here are three checks on their claims.
Claim 1: “He had stop and frisk, throwing close to 5 million young black men up against a wall,” said former Vice President Joe Biden.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg came under fire from several other candidates last night for stop-and-frisk, a controversial policy that allowed police officers to stop any person briefly and search them for weapons or prohibited items. The New York Police Department policy, the Wall Street Journal reported, disproportionately affected the black and Latino communities.
A police data analysis by the New York Civil Liberties Union found that roughly 5.08 million stops occurred during Bloomberg’s time as mayor (2002 to 2013). Slightly more than half of those individuals – approximately 2.6 million – were black, according to the analysis, but the data doesn’t break down by gender or age.
Michael Gwin, a Biden spokesman, told CNN that the former vice president meant the total number of stops, though he failed to make that distinction during the debate.
Bloomberg has since apologized for his role in the controversial policy, despite defending it as late as October 2019, The New York Times reported.
Claim 2: “And as the, I think, lone person on this stage who’s not a millionaire, let alone a billionaire, I believe that part of what needs to change is for the voices of the communities that haven’t felt heard on Wall Street or in Washington to actually be brought to Capitol Hill,” said former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
An August 2019 analysis by Forbes found that every candidate in the debate – apart from Buttigieg – does appear to be a millionaire or billionaire. Buttigieg has an estimated net worth of $100,000, according to that report.
Forbes estimates that Biden and his wife, Jill, are worth about $9 million. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar have estimated net worths of $12 million, $2.5 million and $2 million, respectively.
The only billionaire on the debate stage last night was Bloomberg, whom Forbes puts at a net worth of approximately $65.2 billion.
Claim 3: “That should not be the case when we got a half a million people sleeping out on the street,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The Vermont senator has repeated this figure in previous debates, likely referencing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress.
HUD’s 2019 report found that roughly 568,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019. Of those individuals, approximately 210,200, or 37 percent, were unsheltered. The other approximately 357,800 individuals, or 63 percent, stayed in emergency shelters or transitional housing programs, according to the report.
The yearly HUD reports show homelessness has trended downward nationally over the past decade. In 2009, HUD estimated there were 643,067 sheltered and unsheltered homeless people on a single night in January of that year.
Brad Sylvester, Trevor Schakohl and Elias Atienza contributed to this report.


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Video Surfaces Of ‘Bachelor’ Peter Weber With Show Producer He’s Rumored To Be Dating

“ Bachelor ” Peter Weber was spotted with a show producer further igniting romance rumors .
Weber was spotted with Julie LaPlaca and her mother at a California winery , according to a report published Thursday by Page Six .
Video obtained by the outlet caught Weber dancing and sharing wine with LaPlace at The Stonehaus near his home .
We ’ re currently left with three contestants on the show , Victoria F. , Hannah Ann and Madison , but fans are convinced Weber ends up with producer LaPlaca .
The idea gained traction after Bachelor Nation figured out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Weber and his family .
The two were seen together in photographs from the meal at Carmine ’ s .
The recent video just further fueled the rumor .
I ’ m just about totally convinced that he ends up with LaPlaca .
A lot of the contestants get close with the producers during the show , but why would Weber be spending time with her and her family ?
( RELATED : REPORT : ‘ Bachelor ’ Peter Weber May End Up With Show Producer ) They have to be dating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trailer that shows Weber ’ s mom crying and saying , “ bring her home to us.
” It ’ s unclear who she is talking about , but at this point in the show that has met his mom is Madison .
LaPlaca would have also spent time with Weber ’ s family at this point in the show because they appeared on the bachelor ’ s first one-on-one date .

“Bachelor” Peter Weber was spotted with a show producer further igniting romance rumors.
Weber was spotted with Julie LaPlaca and her mother at a California winery, according to a report published Thursday by Page Six. Video obtained by the outlet caught Weber dancing and sharing wine with LaPlace at The Stonehaus near his home.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Bachelor’ Peter Weber seen at winery with show producer he’s rumored to be dating https://t.co/wKxCpvVvBV pic.twitter.com/iPlJL5P3j1 — Page Six (@PageSix) February 20, 2020
We’re currently left with three contestants on the show, Victoria F., Hannah Ann and Madison, but fans are convinced Weber ends up with producer LaPlaca. The idea gained traction after Bachelor Nation figured out LaPlaca spent New Year’s Eve with Weber and his family. The two were seen together in photographs from the meal at Carmine’s.
The recent video just further fueled the rumor. I’m just about totally convinced that he ends up with LaPlaca. A lot of the contestants get close with the producers during the show, but why would Weber be spending time with her and her family? (RELATED: REPORT: ‘Bachelor’ Peter Weber May End Up With Show Producer)
They have to be dating right now.
There’s also the trailer that shows Weber’s mom crying and saying, “bring her home to us.” It’s unclear who she is talking about, but at this point in the show the only contestant that has met his mom is Madison. LaPlaca would have also spent time with Weber’s family at this point in the show because they appeared on the bachelor’s first one-on-one date.


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Superstar Singer SZA Says She’s Done With Interviews And Photoshoots ‘For The Rest Of My Life’

Superstar singer SZA announced that she ’ s done with interviews and photoshoots “ for the rest of my life ” without really explaining what happened that made her decide to do so .
“ Not doing any videos Interviews or photos for the rest of my life lol don ’ t ask , ” the 29-year-old singer tweeted Wednesday to her followers .
The post was noted by Page Six in a piece published Thursday .
( SLIDESHOW : These Women On Instagram Hate Wearing Clothes ) It comes shortly after the singer appeared on the cover of Rolling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Future issue .
SZA is featured alongside fellow performers Megan Thee Stallion and Normani .
“ S/o Normani and meg tho , ” she added in second tweet .
“ My sisters who I love very much and respect deeply .
Honored to be apart of ANYTHING w the two of those BLACK QUEENS.
” ( SLIDESHOW : 142 Times Josephine Skriver Barely Wore Anything ) SZA continued in a later post , “ My anxiety has .03 [ percent ] to do w outside opinion .
I was bullied all through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s my OWN THOUGHTS THAT HIT DIFFERENT .
”

Superstar singer SZA announced that she’s done with interviews and photoshoots “for the rest of my life” without really explaining what happened that made her decide to do so.
“Not doing any videos Interviews or photos for the rest of my life lol don’t ask ,” the 29-year-old singer tweeted Wednesday to her followers. The post was noted by Page Six in a piece published Thursday. (SLIDESHOW: These Women On Instagram Hate Wearing Clothes)
Not doing any videos Interviews or photos for the rest of my life lol don’t ask . — SZA (@sza) February 19, 2020
It comes shortly after the singer appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for its annual Women Shaping the Future issue. SZA is featured alongside fellow performers Megan Thee Stallion and Normani.
Here’s a first look at our upcoming #WomenShapingTheFuture cover featuring SZA, Megan Thee Stallion and Normani. You can pick it up on newsstands March 3rd. Read more about it here: https://t.co/cKjk16zqH3 Photograph by @campbelladdy pic.twitter.com/MkGVBoZWhF — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 19, 2020
“S/o Normani and meg tho,” she added in second tweet. “My sisters who I love very much and respect deeply. Honored to be apart of ANYTHING w the two of those BLACK QUEENS.” (SLIDESHOW: 142 Times Josephine Skriver Barely Wore Anything)
S/o Normani and meg tho . My sisters who I love very much and respect deeply . Honored to be apart of ANYTHING w the two of those BLACK QUEENS . — SZA (@sza) February 20, 2020
SZA continued in a later post, “My anxiety has .03 [percent] to do w outside opinion. I was bullied all through high school I could care less. It’s my OWN THOUGHTS THAT HIT DIFFERENT.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Trump Tosses His Support Behind Another Effort To Take Out One Of Silicon Valley’s Biggest Fish

The Trump administration filed an amicus brief Wednesday supporting Oracle ’ s nearly decade-long lawsuit holding Google responsible for supposedly stealing the company ’ s software code .
Google ’ s arguments against claims that it stole thousands of lines of code from Oracle are “ unpersuasive , ” the solicitor general ’ s office noted in the memo .
If Google loses , then it could create massive implications across Silicon Valley , the company and its supporters argue .
The big tech company ’ s “ verbatim copying of ( Oracle ’ s ) original computer code into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use , ” the brief noted .
( RELATED : Trump Burns Google Before Supreme Court In Copyright Dispute ) This is not the first time that the Solicitor General ’ s office has weighed in on this issue .
“ [ Google ] copied 11,500 lines of computer code verbatim , as well as the complex structure and organization inherent in that code , in order to help its competing commercial product , ” the Trump administration noted in a September 2019 brief .
“ The record demonstrates , moreover , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harmed the market for [ Oracle ’ s ] Java platform , ” the September brief added .
President Donald Trump ’ s administration ’ s move comes a day after a conservative group dedicated to holding tech companies responsible for their supposed bias did something similar .
The Internet Accountability Project ( IAP ) filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of Oracle .
The case — Google v. Oracle — could be one of the most important fights Google has ever encountered in its 23 years of existence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporting the Silicon Valley giant , including from tech giants Microsoft , IBM and Mozilla , among others .
At issue is Oracle ’ s claim that Google illegally swiped 11,500 lines of code from the company in 2010 to develop the Android operating system , which has become a crucial cog in the company ’ s business model over the past decade .
Oracle said Google copied its hierarchical system for organizing Java methods , which is effectively a filing cabinet stuffed with lines of codes and operations that help software programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems means Android programmers can employ methods for which they are already familiar without learning thousands of new code lines .
Google and one of the lower courts argue that such structure of libraries of codes are not protected by copyright law .
The company cites the Copyright Act , which notes that protection is unavailable for systems or processes or organizing method structures .
Oracle must create a patent rather than a copyright for such protections , according to Google ’ s argument .
Oracle said it should get roughly $ 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the alleged theft .
Google won in the case ’ s first trial in 2012 .
A judge sided with Google after the jury was gridlocked over Oracle ’ s claims .
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered a new trial in 2014 after reversing the decision .
Google appealed the Supreme Court , but to no avail .
The high court ’ s justices turned the request down in 2015 .
A jury sided with Google in a second trial in 2016 , finding fair use protected its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal Circuit overturned that verdict .
They returned the case to a lower court .
That decision is pending before the Supreme Court .
The Department of Justice has not responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation ’ s request for comment .
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The Trump administration filed an amicus brief Wednesday supporting Oracle’s nearly decade-long lawsuit holding Google responsible for supposedly stealing the company’s software code.
Google’s arguments against claims that it stole thousands of lines of code from Oracle are “unpersuasive,” the solicitor general’s office noted in the memo. If Google loses, then it could create massive implications across Silicon Valley, the company and its supporters argue.
The big tech company’s “verbatim copying of (Oracle’s) original computer code into a competing commercial product was not fair use,” the brief noted. (RELATED: Trump Burns Google Before Supreme Court In Copyright Dispute)
This is not the first time that the Solicitor General’s office has weighed in on this issue.
“[Google] copied 11,500 lines of computer code verbatim, as well as the complex structure and organization inherent in that code, in order to help its competing commercial product,” the Trump administration noted in a September 2019 brief.
“The record demonstrates, moreover, that [Google’s] unauthorized copying harmed the market for [Oracle’s] Java platform,” the September brief added.
President Donald Trump’s administration’s move comes a day after a conservative group dedicated to holding tech companies responsible for their supposed bias did something similar.
The Internet Accountability Project (IAP) filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of Oracle.
The case — Google v. Oracle — could be one of the most important fights Google has ever encountered in its 23 years of existence. Nearly 26 amicus briefs have been filed supporting the Silicon Valley giant, including from tech giants Microsoft, IBM and Mozilla, among others.
At issue is Oracle’s claim that Google illegally swiped 11,500 lines of code from the company in 2010 to develop the Android operating system, which has become a crucial cog in the company’s business model over the past decade.
Oracle said Google copied its hierarchical system for organizing Java methods, which is effectively a filing cabinet stuffed with lines of codes and operations that help software programs communicate with each other. Using such systems means Android programmers can employ methods for which they are already familiar without learning thousands of new code lines.
Google and one of the lower courts argue that such structure of libraries of codes are not protected by copyright law. The company cites the Copyright Act, which notes that protection is unavailable for systems or processes or organizing method structures. Oracle must create a patent rather than a copyright for such protections, according to Google’s argument.
Oracle said it should get roughly $9 billion in damages as a result of the alleged theft.
Google won in the case’s first trial in 2012. A judge sided with Google after the jury was gridlocked over Oracle’s claims. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered a new trial in 2014 after reversing the decision. Google appealed the Supreme Court, but to no avail. The high court’s justices turned the request down in 2015.
A jury sided with Google in a second trial in 2016, finding fair use protected its reliance on the methods, but the Federal Circuit overturned that verdict. They returned the case to a lower court. That decision is pending before the Supreme Court.
The Department of Justice has not responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Chris Pratt Says Frozen Bodies Were Found At The Filming Site Of ‘The Tomorrow War’

Actor Chris Pratt claimed the frozen bodies of a couple who disappeared decades ago while hiking were found at a film site .
The bodies were discovered at the filming location of “ The Tomorrow War , ” Pratt told Ellen DeGeneres during Wednesday ’ s episode of “ The Ellen Show.
” The “ fully preserved ” couple was discovered weeks before the film crew trekked to the summit , the actor admitted .
“ They had been there for over 80 years , and sadly , they didn ’ t make it , ” Pratt said on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their glacier hiking clothes from 1930 or 1940 .
They had their supplies and rations .
They were lovers and they fell down in a hole and just went missing and just recently were found.
” “ Isn ’ t that wild ?
” he added .
“ Thankfully , we got out and nobody fell in any holes … that we ’ re reporting.
” Local police could not confirm Pratt ’ s story , according to Icelandic reporter Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir , Insider reported .
( RELATED : Chris Pratt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ The Terminal List ’ ) This story is so sad .
They ’ ve been missing since sometime between the 1930s and 1940s .
I can ’ t imagine what their families went through after they went on a hike and never came back .
At least they were together when they disappeared and weren ’ t alone .
If their bodies were found , I hope the families were notified and able to have some closure .

Actor Chris Pratt claimed the frozen bodies of a couple who disappeared decades ago while hiking were found at a film site.
The bodies were discovered at the filming location of “The Tomorrow War,” Pratt told Ellen DeGeneres during Wednesday’s episode of “The Ellen Show.” The “fully preserved” couple was discovered weeks before the film crew trekked to the summit, the actor admitted.
Chris Pratt nearly found lovers frozen in time while shooting his next movie, and it wasn’t Passengers 2 https://t.co/Wn1HNYTSxT — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 20, 2020
“They had been there for over 80 years, and sadly, they didn’t make it,” Pratt said on the show. “They were fully preserved in their glacier hiking clothes from 1930 or 1940. They had their supplies and rations. They were lovers and they fell down in a hole and just went missing and just recently were found.”
“Isn’t that wild?” he added. “Thankfully, we got out and nobody fell in any holes … that we’re reporting.”
Local police could not confirm Pratt’s story, according to Icelandic reporter Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir, Insider reported. (RELATED: Chris Pratt Will Star In The New TV Series ‘ The Terminal List’)
This story is so sad. They’ve been missing since sometime between the 1930s and 1940s. I can’t imagine what their families went through after they went on a hike and never came back. At least they were together when they disappeared and weren’t alone.
If their bodies were found, I hope the families were notified and able to have some closure.


thedailycaller--2020-02-20--Pregnant Illegal Immigrant Gives Birth ‘Approximately 30 Minutes’ After Crossing Border

A young Guatemalan woman went into labor almost immediately after Border Patrol apprehended her , indicating how far some migrants will go to have a child on U.S. soil .
Border Patrol arrested a pregnant , 27-year-old Guatemalan woman Sunday after she was spotted illegally entering the U.S. at about 2:30 p.m. that day , a Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation .
The unidentified woman crossed the California-Mexico border with her husband and two children , and they were all taken to the Chula Vista Border Patrol station shortly after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pregnant ; however , the Border Patrol agent who made the arrest said she didn ’ t appear agonized and did not request medical attention at the time .
The 27-year-old mother went into labor while the family was receiving a medical evaluation at the Chula Vista Border Patrol station .
After staff prepared an area , she gave birth at about 3:00 p.m. , and she was later transferred to a nearby hospital for additional care .
A CBP spokesman confirmed how the entire process — between being spotted to giving birth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The woman crossed into the U.S. illegally with her husband and two children , ages 2 and 12 .
The family walked around the end of the primary wall near the base of the Otay Mountain , ” Jeff Stephenson , supervisory Border Patrol agent of the San Diego sector , told the DCNF .
“ They did not climb over the border wall .
She gave birth approximately 30 minutes after being originally encountered by agents , ” Stephenson said .
This is far from the first time Border Patrol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visits for illegal aliens who give birth shortly after being apprehended .
In the San Diego sector alone , there have been a total of 33 cases of pregnancy-related hospital visits since Oct. 1 , 2019 , the beginning of the current fiscal year , according to the San Diego Union-Tribune .
While every pregnancy case has its own individual details , the arrival of pregnant foreign nationals for the sole purpose of giving birth on American soil , a phenomenon known as birth tourism , is well documented .
Th Center for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that tens of thousands of foreign nationals on temporary visas give birth in the U.S. every year .
( RELATED : New York Police Chief Says Governor Cuomo Has ‘ Forgotten ’ 9/11 Attacks ) These parents wish to give birth on U.S. soil in order for their children to earn automatic citizenship , a right given under the 14th Amendment .
President Donald Trump , however , has expressed interest in issuing an executive order that would birthright citizenship .
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A young Guatemalan woman went into labor almost immediately after Border Patrol apprehended her, indicating how far some migrants will go to have a child on U.S. soil.
Border Patrol arrested a pregnant, 27-year-old Guatemalan woman Sunday after she was spotted illegally entering the U.S. at about 2:30 p.m. that day, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The unidentified woman crossed the California-Mexico border with her husband and two children, and they were all taken to the Chula Vista Border Patrol station shortly after being apprehended.
The woman was visibly pregnant; however, the Border Patrol agent who made the arrest said she didn’t appear agonized and did not request medical attention at the time.
The 27-year-old mother went into labor while the family was receiving a medical evaluation at the Chula Vista Border Patrol station. After staff prepared an area, she gave birth at about 3:00 p.m., and she was later transferred to a nearby hospital for additional care.
A CBP spokesman confirmed how the entire process — between being spotted to giving birth — took only about half an hour.
“The woman crossed into the U.S. illegally with her husband and two children, ages 2 and 12. The family walked around the end of the primary wall near the base of the Otay Mountain,” Jeff Stephenson, supervisory Border Patrol agent of the San Diego sector, told the DCNF.
“They did not climb over the border wall. She gave birth approximately 30 minutes after being originally encountered by agents,” Stephenson said.
This is far from the first time Border Patrol agents have been required to make hospital visits for illegal aliens who give birth shortly after being apprehended. In the San Diego sector alone, there have been a total of 33 cases of pregnancy-related hospital visits since Oct. 1, 2019, the beginning of the current fiscal year, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
While every pregnancy case has its own individual details, the arrival of pregnant foreign nationals for the sole purpose of giving birth on American soil, a phenomenon known as birth tourism, is well documented. Th Center for Immigration Studies, for example, estimated that tens of thousands of foreign nationals on temporary visas give birth in the U.S. every year. (RELATED: New York Police Chief Says Governor Cuomo Has ‘Forgotten’ 9/11 Attacks)
These parents wish to give birth on U.S. soil in order for their children to earn automatic citizenship, a right given under the 14th Amendment.
President Donald Trump, however, has expressed interest in issuing an executive order that would birthright citizenship.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-21--Democrat Had A Disastrous Week

Democrat Had A Disastrous Week

On the Friday interview edition of the Daily Daily Caller Podcast we talk with columnist , radio host , and @ @ @ @ @ the horrible , terrible , awful week the Democrats running for President had .
The @ @ @ @ @ the end of a very bad week for Democrat ; a bad year , really @ @ @ @ @ and a lifetime of political work , Chris Stigall analyzes the field , the prospects @ @ @ @ @ by flipping back seats in Pennsylvania like the 17th district with former podcast guest Sean @ @ @ @ @ Lamb .
Plus , we have a lot of laughs along the way .
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On the Friday interview edition of the Daily Daily Caller Podcast we talk with columnist, radio host and fellow podcaster Chris Stigall about the horrible, terrible, awful week the Democrats running for President had.
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The disastrous Las Vegas debate was the end of a very bad week for Democrats, a bad year, really. With his signature humor and a lifetime of political work, Chris Stigall analyzes the field and the prospects of Republicans retaking the House by flipping seats in Pennsylvania. Former podcast guest Sean Parnell is challenging Congressman Conor Lamb in PA’s 17th district. Plus, we have a lot of laughs along the way. (RELATED: Army Ranger Veteran Sean Parnell Announces 2020 Congressional Run)
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thedailycaller--2020-02-21--Tucker Carlson Calls For Roger Stone Judge’s Impeachment: ‘Democratic Activist Wearing Robes’

Fox News host Tucker Carlson called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a Thursday night “ Tucker Carlson Tonight ” monologue in which he called her a “ Democratic activist wearing robes.
” Discussing Jackson ’ s treatment of Trump confidant Roger Stone during his federal trial that culminated in the imposition of a 40-month prison sentence for witness tampering and obstruction , Carlson called his real crime “ spending 40 years giving political advice to Donald Trump and then gleefully mocking the people in charge.
” “ Stone ’ s sentence was delivered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jackson , ” Carlson said .
“ You often hear people say that our justice system has been infected by politics .
Amy Berman Jackson is living proof that it has been .
She ’ s an open partisan who has so flagrantly violated the bounds of Constitutional law and fairness that it ’ s shocking she ’ s still on the bench .
If there ’ s anyone in Washington that deserves to be impeached , it ’ s Amy Berman Jackson.
” The Fox News host pointed to Jackson ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ before they were even convicted of anything , ” and then contended that she “ reserved her real fury for Roger Stone ” by claiming he was being “ prosecuted for covering up for the president.
” “ It ’ s totally untrue , ” he said .
“ Nobody connected to the president has ever been charged with a crime related to spying for Russia or colluding with Russia , much less convicted of one .
Stone was not charged with covering up anything .
That was not the charge .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for .
Amy Jackson knows that .
She lied about it.
” After calling Jackson a dishonest “ partisan judge , ” Carlson said : “ That ought to worry everyone who cares about equal justice , on both sides .
If they can do it to Roger Stone and win accolades from CNN as they do , they can certainly do it to you .
Maybe someday they will.
” ( RELATED : ‘ Do You Know What The Average Rapist Does In This Country ?
’ : Tucker Hits Back At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) The Fox News host called the ongoing gag order against Stone an assault on “ his First Amendment rights.
” “ The entire Democratic Party and their servants in the press can defame him at will , and they are relentlessly , but if Stone dares to express his own opinion , Amy Berman Jackson will send him to jail immediately , ” said Carlson .
“ She ’ s banned him from speaking publicly about the case in any way .
He can ’ t tweet or write on Facebook .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he can ’ t speak to reporters .
He can not express himself indirectly .
If Roger Stone asked a friend or family member to deliver a statement on his behalf , he would be violating Judge Jackson ’ s order.
” “ What you ’ re watching is the capricious authoritarianism of a Democratic activist wearing robes .
It ’ s terrifying , ” he said before calling on the president to “ pardon Stone immediately .
”

Fox News host Tucker Carlson called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a Thursday night “Tucker Carlson Tonight” monologue in which he called her a “Democratic activist wearing robes.”
Discussing Jackson’s treatment of Trump confidant Roger Stone during his federal trial that culminated in the imposition of a 40-month prison sentence for witness tampering and obstruction, Carlson called his real crime “spending 40 years giving political advice to Donald Trump and then gleefully mocking the people in charge.”
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“Stone’s sentence was delivered by an Obama-appointed judge called Amy Berman Jackson,” Carlson said. “You often hear people say that our justice system has been infected by politics. Amy Berman Jackson is living proof that it has been. She’s an open partisan who has so flagrantly violated the bounds of Constitutional law and fairness that it’s shocking she’s still on the bench. If there’s anyone in Washington who deserves to be impeached, it’s Amy Berman Jackson.”
The Fox News host pointed to Jackson’s treatment of Rick Gates and Paul Manafort “before they’ve were even been convicted of anything,” and then contended that she “reserved her real fury for Roger Stone” by claiming he was being “prosecuted for covering up for the president.”
“That’s totally untrue,” he said. “Nobody connected to the president has ever been charged with a crime related to spying for Russia or colluding with Russia, much less convicted of one. Stone wasn’t prosecuted for covering up anything. That was not the charge. That is not what he was sentenced for. Amy Jackson knows that. She lied about it.”
After calling Jackson a “partisan judge,” Carlson said: “That ought to worry everyone who cares about equal justice, on both sides. If they can do it to Roger Stone and win accolades from CNN as they do, they can certainly do it to you. Maybe someday they will.” (RELATED: ‘Do You Know What The Average Rapist Does In This Country?’: Tucker Hits Back At Warren, Calls For Roger Stone Pardon)
The Fox News host called the ongoing gag order against Stone an assault on “his First Amendment rights.”
“The entire Democratic Party and their servants in the press can defame Stone at will, and they are relentlessly, but if Stone dares to express his own opinion, Amy Berman Jackson will send him to jail immediately,” said Carlson. “She’s banned him from speaking publicly about the case in any way. He can’t tweet or write on Facebook. No social media. He can’t do television, he can’t speak to reporters. He cannot even express himself indirectly. If Roger Stone asked a friend or family member to deliver a statement on his behalf, he would be violating Judge Jackson’s order.”
“What you’re watching is the capricious authoritarianism of a Democratic activist wearing robes. It’s terrifying,” he said before calling on the president to “pardon Stone immediately.”
“This farce must end,” Carlson said.


thedailycaller--2020-02-21--California GOP Endorsed A Man Who Said His Bodily Fluids Were Worth $15 Million

• The California GOP endorsed former Green Party presidential candidate Joe Collins in his bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters .
• Collins claimed his bodily fluids were worth $ 15 million in a lawsuit he filed against San Diego in 2017 .
• Collins has switched political parties four times since entering the arena in late 2016 , Federal Election Commission records show .
• Collins had $ 22 in his checking account in April 2018 , court documents show .
Now he ’ s running a congressional campaign that has raised $ 761,000 .
The California Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate who once claimed that his bodily fluids were worth $ 15 million in a lawsuit that , according to a lawyer , appears to have evoked the fringe legal theories of the sovereign citizen movement .
Navy veteran Joe Collins has also raised nearly $ 761,000 for his longshot bid to unseat 15-term Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters , campaign records show .
He first entered the political arena as an anti-Trump presidential candidate in November 2016 and has since switched political parties four times , most recently to a pro-Trump Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ records show that since Collins launched his congressional bid in July 2019 , his campaign has spent $ 112,000 on food and travel and has paid nearly $ 148,000 to a mysterious consulting firm that Collins once reported to the FEC shared the same office address as his campaign .
In 2018 , while running for president , Collins revealed that he had just $ 22 in his checking account in court documents related to a lawsuit he had filed the year prior against San Diego .
Representing himself in the lawsuit , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support order and damages of $ 100 million .
Lawyers for San Diego said Collins ’ s complaint was “ nearly impossible to decipher.
” During the reporting process for this story , Collins personally sent a cease and desist notice to the Daily Caller News Foundation with no apparent legal representation .
The would-be federal legislator claimed the DCNF had no right to question him about his previous record as an anti-Trump presidential candidate , his personal finances or the legal theories he espoused in his lawsuit against San Diego .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-Trump presidential candidate , Collins sued the San Diego Department of Child Support Services for $ 100 million in damages and the termination of his court-ordered child support obligations .
Prior to issuing his cease and desist notice , Collins told the DCNF that DNA tests confirmed he was not the father of the child he has been ordered to financially support .
He said he was still actively fighting the case now that he ’ s campaigning for Congress .
Representing himself without a lawyer , Collins argued in the lawsuit that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a soul … acting in a sovereign capacity and is the registered owner ” of his own self .
On those grounds , Collins declined to participate in any proceedings related to his child support payments , saying the process “ violates my inalienable rights as a living breathing man.
” “ Joe E. Collins doing business as JOE EDWARD COLLINS III , does not consent to any contract , codes , state codes , statues , commercial presentments or anything similar , ” Collins wrote in his lawsuit .
Constitutional lawyer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and told the DCNF that his arguments “ definitely indicate to me that he is espousing and/or invoking the same type of pseudolegal principles that you would find in the sovereign citizen movement.
” While there is no leader or central authority for the sovereign citizen movement , adherents to its legal theories generally believe they are “ sovereign only unto themselves , ” Kalinowski explained .
“ Unless they consent , no government can exercise jurisdiction over them , ” he said .
The FBI goes further , describing sovereign citizens as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propensity for clogging up the court system with frivolous lawsuits .
“ Not every action taken in the name of the sovereign citizen ideology is a crime , but the list of illegal actions committed by these groups , cells , and individuals is extensive ( and puts them squarely on our radar ) , ” the FBI notes .
Collins did not respond to inquiries seeking clarification on whether he considers himself a sovereign citizen .
In a response to the lawsuit , lawyers for San Diego County said the arguments Collins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impossible to decipher.
” After the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed his lawsuit , Collins appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals , which ultimately concluded that his case was “ frivolous.
” Kalinowski , who has studied the sovereign citizen movement , said : “ Anyone that would self ascribe to that ideology likely lacks a very basic understanding of the Constitution and the framework of the government and how laws work.
” “ It ’ s always concerning when any candidate or anyone in government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the actual powers enumerated under the Constitution , ” Kalinowski said , though he declined to comment specifically on Collins ’ s candidacy .
Collins claimed in court his presidential campaign was worth $ 100 billion Collins made a number of noteworthy statements about his finances in his court filings related to the child support dispute .
For instance , in his initial filing , he attached documents claiming that he transferred a combined $ 800.2 billion worth of assets to his private trust , the “ Royal Family of Collins.
” Among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his trust was his Social Security number , birth certificate , his own self and his presidential campaign , each of which he asserted as being worth $ 100 billion each .
His trust also contains a lengthy “ schedule of fees , ” which includes charges of $ 15 million for “ DNA or Body Fluids , ” with an additional “ extraction ” charge of $ 100 million for the “ Forced giving of fluids/samples.
” Collins swore under penalty of perjury in an April 2018 court filing that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to appeal his case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals .
Collins told the court he was earning $ 6,861 a month in the Navy until his retirement in October 2017 .
By the following April , Collins was surviving on just $ 675 a month in Veterans Affairs disability benefits and had just $ 22 in his checking account , he told the court .
But Collins wasn ’ t paying his court-ordered child support even when he had a steady military salary , court documents show .
His initial lawsuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 14,000 in back child support the month he retired from the Navy .
The woman who ’ s owed monthly child support from Collins told the DCNF that Collins made only two child support payments in 2018 and just one in all of 2019 .
She asked to stay anonymous for this story to keep her child out of the spotlight .
Collins confirmed in an email to the DCNF that he wasn ’ t paying child support because he says he did not father the child .
“ The child is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m not paying it .
I ’ ve taken multiple DNA test when the issue arised [ sic ] years ago , ” Collins said .
“ This is a case that I am still fighting , ” the congressional candidate added .
“ The courts violated my right to due process by not notifying me of court date to close the matter after I was supposed to had won the case .
They freaking did that purpose to default me which is why I filed the suit in the first place.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publicize that because I ’ m still fighting the case with the crooked court system til this date and I dont [ sic ] want to hamper my chances of having this thing drawn out any longer than it has to be , ” Collins told the DCNF .
Collins went from $ 22 in the bank to running a $ 761,000 campaign Collins has raised nearly $ 761,000 since he launched his congressional bid against Waters in July , FEC records show , $ 112,000 of which has gone to pay for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months of 2019 and another $ 148,000 has been disbursed to a mysterious company called Pure Strategy Solutions for digital and strategic consulting services .
To be sure , there ’ s no indication that Collins has violated campaign finance laws in his campaign ’ s travel and food disbursements and transactions with Pure Strategy Solutions .
Collins has been pictured across the country rubbing elbows with major Trump-world figures such as Donald Trump Jr. and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani .
Collins told the DCNF that his extensive campaign-funded travel is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking to represent “ doesn ’ t have the funds to donate to take on the most hated and corrupt female politician in the country .
Therefore , I need to get financial support all over the country.
” And Collins reported to the FEC in a July 2019 campaign filing that the consulting firm , Pure Strategy Solutions , shared the same address as his campaign .
In subsequent filings , the consulting firm was listed as having an address in Beverly Hills , and starting in October campaign filings show the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are no records in California ’ s business registry of Pure Strategy Solutions , and the firm ’ s apparent website merely says “ coming soon ” and offers no information about what they do .
Collins told the DCNF that it was “ definitely an error ” that he listed Pure Strategy Solutions as having the same address of his campaign in his July 2019 filing .
But Collins did not address any follow-up questions about his relationship to the firm .
Instead , he sent the DCNF a cease and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal representation , saying the DNCF does not “ have the right nor my permission to question me.
” Collins wrote in the notice that the DCNF ’ s questions involving his “ closed Presidential Campaign , court proceedings and questions regarding the personal finances and dealings of Joe Collins ’ s private life ” were “ defamatory.
” ‘ It ’ s hard to be in the Navy with a president like Donald Trump ’ Collins has had only positive things to say about President Donald Trump since he set his sights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to unseat Maxine Waters .
We ’ re going to help Mr. Trump keep America great and we ’ re going to make California great again , ” Collins said in July during his congressional campaign launch event at Trump International Hotel in Washington , D.C. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake ravaged southern California on the same day Collins launched his congressional campaign .
Collins said the earthquake was a “ sign from God ” that “ we got to get Maxine Waters out of there.
” Within months of launching his congressional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of major Republican politicians .
Collins tweeted in September that he had the backing of South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw .
Scott spokesman Sean Smith told the DCNF that the senator “ did not and does not support this candidate , and did not have a meeting with him .
He takes pictures with a lot of folks at events , and it appears this gentleman took that picture and ran with it.
” A Crenshaw staffer told the DCNF that the Texas congressman never supported Collins .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was looking forward to joining Rep. Thomas Massie on the Freedom Caucus in a tweet containing pictures of himself with the Kentucky lawmaker .
Massie ’ s chief of staff , John Ferland , told the DCNF that the congressman “ is not in the Freedom Caucus and has never been .
Several months ago , Mr. Collins wrote a check to Thomas Massie for Congress , but we decided against cashing the check.
” And in early February the California Republican Party endorsed Collins , saying he “ will fix the problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Waters.
” It ’ s unclear if the California GOP was aware of Collins ’ s recent history running as an anti-Trump presidential candidate or of the legal theories he espoused in his lawsuit against San Diego .
The California GOP did not return requests for comment .
Collins changed political parties four times after he entered the political arena in November 2016 as a Republican presidential candidate challenging then-President-elect Trump .
Over the next two-and-a-half years , Collins changed political parties four times , filing paperwork with the FEC listing his affiliation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Political Party and the Green Party .
Collins rejoined the Republican Party in a February 2019 FEC filing .
A constant theme throughout Collins ’ s presidential run was his criticisms of Trump .
Collins said during a January 2018 interview that he felt compelled to retire from the Navy and campaign against Trump over his concern that the president ’ s Twitter account could lead to open military conflict .
“ It ’ s hard to be in the Navy with a president like Donald Trump , ” Collins said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but he agitates everything and everybody so much.
” Collins remained critical of Trump as recently as March 2019 , which was shortly after his return to the Republican Party .
During an interview in March , Collins spoke out against Trump ’ s incitement of “ hatred and violence and racism across the country ” in 2016 , saying the president ’ s actions on the campaign trail “ didn ’ t sit well with my soul.
” “ I didn ’ t like Donald Trump and I felt everybody was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party , ” Collins said of his mindset entering presidential politics during another interview in March .
“ They don ’ t have no leadership and I felt like they a bunch of cowards.
” Collins then said he returned to the Republican Party so he could fight Trump on his territory .
“ If you want to knock out the biggest dog , then you step on his turf .
The biggest dog is not in the Green Party , ” Collins said in the interview .
“ I ’ m stepping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m going to get my name out there with Donald Trump and everybody , and I ’ m going to fight him on his own stance because I can beat him.
” When first contacted by the DCNF , Collins blamed his Green Party foray on “ very bad advice ” he was given by “ someone in politics.
” “ I had no clue as to how the political game was played , ” Collins said .
“ I realized quickly that the advice I was given to ‘ just get my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea I have ever been told.
” Collins said he never intended to “ hurt the process that our President had started ” and that “ high-profile people in Washington DC ” had encouraged him to drop out of the presidential race and run for Congress as a Republican against Waters .
This story has been updated to include a clarified comment Crenshaw ’ s staffer provided after publication .
The initial quote did not clearly convey that the congressman denied supporting Collins .
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The California GOP endorsed former Green Party presidential candidate Joe Collins in his bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.
Collins claimed his bodily fluids were worth $15 million in a lawsuit he filed against San Diego in 2017.
Collins has switched political parties four times since entering the arena in late 2016, Federal Election Commission records show.
Collins had $22 in his checking account in April 2018, court documents show. Now he’s running a congressional campaign that has raised $761,000.
The California Republican Party endorsed a former Green Party presidential candidate who once claimed that his bodily fluids were worth $15 million in a lawsuit that, according to a lawyer, appears to have evoked the fringe legal theories of the sovereign citizen movement.
Navy veteran Joe Collins has also raised nearly $761,000 for his longshot bid to unseat 15-term Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters, campaign records show. He first entered the political arena as an anti-Trump presidential candidate in November 2016 and has since switched political parties four times, most recently to a pro-Trump Republican.
Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show that since Collins launched his congressional bid in July 2019, his campaign has spent $112,000 on food and travel and has paid nearly $148,000 to a mysterious consulting firm that Collins once reported to the FEC shared the same office address as his campaign.
In 2018, while running for president, Collins revealed that he had just $22 in his checking account in court documents related to a lawsuit he had filed the year prior against San Diego.
Representing himself in the lawsuit, Collins sought the termination of a child support order and damages of $100 million. Lawyers for San Diego said Collins’s complaint was “nearly impossible to decipher.”
During the reporting process for this story, Collins personally sent a cease and desist notice to the Daily Caller News Foundation with no apparent legal representation. The would-be federal legislator claimed the DCNF had no right to question him about his previous record as an anti-Trump presidential candidate, his personal finances or the legal theories he espoused in his lawsuit against San Diego.
Joe Collins: A ‘living breathing man with a soul’
In December 2017, while campaigning as an anti-Trump presidential candidate, Collins sued the San Diego Department of Child Support Services for $100 million in damages and the termination of his court-ordered child support obligations.
Prior to issuing his cease and desist notice, Collins told the DCNF that DNA tests confirmed he was not the father of the child he has been ordered to financially support. He said he was still actively fighting the case now that he’s campaigning for Congress.
Representing himself without a lawyer, Collins argued in the lawsuit that he was a “living breathing man with a soul … acting in a sovereign capacity and is the registered owner” of his own self. On those grounds, Collins declined to participate in any proceedings related to his child support payments, saying the process “violates my inalienable rights as a living breathing man.”
“Joe E. Collins doing business as JOE EDWARD COLLINS III, does not consent to any contract, codes, state codes, statues, commercial presentments or anything similar,” Collins wrote in his lawsuit.
Constitutional lawyer Caesar Kalinowski reviewed Collins’s lawsuit and told the DCNF that his arguments “definitely indicate to me that he is espousing and/or invoking the same type of pseudolegal principles that you would find in the sovereign citizen movement.”
While there is no leader or central authority for the sovereign citizen movement, adherents to its legal theories generally believe they are “sovereign only unto themselves,” Kalinowski explained. “Unless they consent, no government can exercise jurisdiction over them,” he said.
The FBI goes further, describing sovereign citizens as “anti-government extremists” that have a propensity for clogging up the court system with frivolous lawsuits. “Not every action taken in the name of the sovereign citizen ideology is a crime, but the list of illegal actions committed by these groups, cells, and individuals is extensive (and puts them squarely on our radar),” the FBI notes.
Collins did not respond to inquiries seeking clarification on whether he considers himself a sovereign citizen.
In a response to the lawsuit, lawyers for San Diego County said the arguments Collins made in his complaint were “nearly impossible to decipher.” After the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed his lawsuit, Collins appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ultimately concluded that his case was “frivolous.”
Kalinowski, who has studied the sovereign citizen movement, said: “Anyone that would self ascribe to that ideology likely lacks a very basic understanding of the Constitution and the framework of the government and how laws work.”
“It’s always concerning when any candidate or anyone in government does not have a strong grasp of the actual powers enumerated under the Constitution,” Kalinowski said, though he declined to comment specifically on Collins’s candidacy.
Collins claimed in court his presidential campaign was worth $100 billion
Collins made a number of noteworthy statements about his finances in his court filings related to the child support dispute.
For instance, in his initial filing, he attached documents claiming that he transferred a combined $800.2 billion worth of assets to his private trust, the “Royal Family of Collins.”
Among the assets Collins claimed to have transferred to his trust was his Social Security number, birth certificate, his own self and his presidential campaign, each of which he asserted as being worth $100 billion each.
His trust also contains a lengthy “schedule of fees,” which includes charges of $15 million for “DNA or Body Fluids,” with an additional “extraction” charge of $100 million for the “Forced giving of fluids/samples.”
Collins swore under penalty of perjury in an April 2018 court filing that he couldn’t afford the fees necessary to appeal his case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Collins told the court he was earning $6,861 a month in the Navy until his retirement in October 2017. By the following April, Collins was surviving on just $675 a month in Veterans Affairs disability benefits and had just $22 in his checking account, he told the court.
But Collins wasn’t paying his court-ordered child support even when he had a steady military salary, court documents show. His initial lawsuit includes a statement showing he owed $14,000 in back child support the month he retired from the Navy.
The woman who’s owed monthly child support from Collins told the DCNF that Collins made only two child support payments in 2018 and just one in all of 2019. She asked to stay anonymous for this story to keep her child out of the spotlight.
Collins confirmed in an email to the DCNF that he wasn’t paying child support because he says he did not father the child.
“The child is not mine, which is why I’m not paying it. I’ve taken multiple DNA test when the issue arised [sic] years ago,” Collins said.
“This is a case that I am still fighting,” the congressional candidate added. “The courts violated my right to due process by not notifying me of court date to close the matter after I was supposed to had won the case. They freaking did that purpose to default me which is why I filed the suit in the first place.”
“I would ask that you NOT publicize that because I’m still fighting the case with the crooked court system til this date and I dont [sic] want to hamper my chances of having this thing drawn out any longer than it has to be,” Collins told the DCNF.
Collins went from $22 in the bank to running a $761,000 campaign
Collins has raised nearly $761,000 since he launched his congressional bid against Waters in July, FEC records show, $112,000 of which has gone to pay for food and travel in the final six months of 2019 and another $148,000 has been disbursed to a mysterious company called Pure Strategy Solutions for digital and strategic consulting services.
To be sure, there’s no indication that Collins has violated campaign finance laws in his campaign’s travel and food disbursements and transactions with Pure Strategy Solutions.
Collins has been pictured across the country rubbing elbows with major Trump-world figures such as Donald Trump Jr. and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
What a great day in the Hamptons at President Trumps fundraiser. Excited to learn from @RudyGiuliani on how he cleaned up NYC and @DonaldJTrumpJr on how to bring awareness to our district on Criminal Justice Reform, First Step Act & Opportunity Zones pic.twitter.com/W5ajWjgfJo — Joe Collins III (@joecollins43rd) August 10, 2019
Collins told the DCNF that his extensive campaign-funded travel is justified because the district he’s seeking to represent “doesn’t have the funds to donate to take on the most hated and corrupt female politician in the country. Therefore, I need to get financial support all over the country.”
And Collins reported to the FEC in a July 2019 campaign filing that the consulting firm, Pure Strategy Solutions, shared the same address as his campaign. In subsequent filings, the consulting firm was listed as having an address in Beverly Hills, and starting in October campaign filings show the firm having an address in Delaware.
There are no records in California’s business registry of Pure Strategy Solutions, and the firm’s apparent website merely says “coming soon” and offers no information about what they do.
Collins told the DCNF that it was “definitely an error” that he listed Pure Strategy Solutions as having the same address of his campaign in his July 2019 filing. But Collins did not address any follow-up questions about his relationship to the firm.
Instead, he sent the DCNF a cease and desist notice he authored with no apparent legal representation, saying the DNCF does not “have the right nor my permission to question me.”
Collins wrote in the notice that the DCNF’s questions involving his “closed Presidential Campaign, court proceedings and questions regarding the personal finances and dealings of Joe Collins’s private life” were “defamatory.”
Attempts to reach Pure Strategy Solutions were unsuccessful.
‘It’s hard to be in the Navy with a president like Donald Trump’
Collins has had only positive things to say about President Donald Trump since he set his sights on Waters.
“We’re going to unseat Maxine Waters. We’re going to help Mr. Trump keep America great and we’re going to make California great again,” Collins said in July during his congressional campaign launch event at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake ravaged southern California on the same day Collins launched his congressional campaign. Collins said the earthquake was a “sign from God” that “we got to get Maxine Waters out of there.”
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Within months of launching his congressional bid, Collins began boasting the support of major Republican politicians.
Collins tweeted in September that he had the backing of South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
I had a great time hanging out with Champions yesterday evening!
It’s great to have the support of @SenatorTimScott, @DanCrenshawTX and Shafron Hawkins. These men are making a real impact in America. Huge thanks to @RepublicanChick (my press secretary) and my Campaign team! pic.twitter.com/lQnUh2ApSv — Joe Collins III (@joecollins43rd) September 12, 2019
Scott spokesman Sean Smith told the DCNF that the senator “did not and does not support this candidate, and did not have a meeting with him. He takes pictures with a lot of folks at events, and it appears this gentleman took that picture and ran with it.”
A Crenshaw staffer told the DCNF that the Texas congressman never supported Collins.
Collins also posted in September that he was looking forward to joining Rep. Thomas Massie on the Freedom Caucus in a tweet containing pictures of himself with the Kentucky lawmaker.
Massie’s chief of staff, John Ferland, told the DCNF that the congressman “is not in the Freedom Caucus and has never been. Several months ago, Mr. Collins wrote a check to Thomas Massie for Congress, but we decided against cashing the check.”
And in early February the California Republican Party endorsed Collins, saying he “will fix the problems caused by the Democrats, including Maxine Waters.”
It’s unclear if the California GOP was aware of Collins’s recent history running as an anti-Trump presidential candidate or of the legal theories he espoused in his lawsuit against San Diego.
The California GOP did not return requests for comment.
Collins changed political parties four times after he entered the political arena in November 2016 as a Republican presidential candidate challenging then-President-elect Trump.
Over the next two-and-a-half years, Collins changed political parties four times, filing paperwork with the FEC listing his affiliation as the Democratic Party, the Millennial Political Party and the Green Party. Collins rejoined the Republican Party in a February 2019 FEC filing.
A constant theme throughout Collins’s presidential run was his criticisms of Trump.
Collins said during a January 2018 interview that he felt compelled to retire from the Navy and campaign against Trump over his concern that the president’s Twitter account could lead to open military conflict.
“It’s hard to be in the Navy with a president like Donald Trump,” Collins said. “Not to say anything bad about him, but he agitates everything and everybody so much.”
Collins remained critical of Trump as recently as March 2019, which was shortly after his return to the Republican Party.
During an interview in March, Collins spoke out against Trump’s incitement of “hatred and violence and racism across the country” in 2016, saying the president’s actions on the campaign trail “didn’t sit well with my soul.”
“I didn’t like Donald Trump and I felt everybody was centered around Donald Trump in the Republican Party,” Collins said of his mindset entering presidential politics during another interview in March. “They don’t have no leadership and I felt like they a bunch of cowards.”
Collins then said he returned to the Republican Party so he could fight Trump on his territory.
“If you want to knock out the biggest dog, then you step on his turf. The biggest dog is not in the Green Party,” Collins said in the interview. “I’m stepping on the turf, and I’m going to get my name out there with Donald Trump and everybody, and I’m going to fight him on his own stance because I can beat him.”
When first contacted by the DCNF, Collins blamed his Green Party foray on “very bad advice” he was given by “someone in politics.”
“I had no clue as to how the political game was played,” Collins said. “I realized quickly that the advice I was given to ‘just get my name out’, was the worst idea I have ever been told.”
Collins said he never intended to “hurt the process that our President had started” and that “high-profile people in Washington DC” had encouraged him to drop out of the presidential race and run for Congress as a Republican against Waters.
This story has been updated to include a clarified comment Crenshaw’s staffer provided after publication. The initial quote did not clearly convey that the congressman denied supporting Collins.
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