thedailycaller--2020-07-10--How Lies Of Systemic Police Racism Fuel The War On Cops

The big lie that American policing is systemically racist poses an existential threat to the rule of law , racial harmony , and the social fabric of the United States of America .
This dangerously false narrative is a complete fabrication , manufactured and perpetuated by an alliance of loud and powerful voices .
These include the mainstream advocacy media , Antifa anarchist and terrorists , Black Lives Matter , woke Hollywood celebrities , university elites , activist professional athletes and many politicians .
American law enforcement strives for excellence , and there is no doubt that policing can and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and supervision ; the monitoring , discipline , and removal when necessary of bad officers ; more positive community engagement , increased transparency , and greater overall accountability .
But if the lie of systemic police racism is accepted as true and allowed to be continually repeated without challenge , the situation will not only get worse , it will be irrevocably broken .
Efforts at police reform built upon the foundation of this lie will result in continued distrust and hatred of the police ; increased racial division ; more police officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , crime , and death in our communities .
Few people are standing up to speak the truth—a handful of politicians , a small number of media voices , and honest academics–but sadly , to the knowledge of this writer , no chiefs of police .
( RELATED : Abolishing Police Is The Ultimate Luxury Belief ) The brutal and unjustified killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer was met with universal and immediate condemnation from all levels of American law enforcement .
Police chiefs , police professional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers unanimously denounced the disgraceful action .
Police across our country were sickened by what they saw .
The justice system reacted in record time to criminally charge the rogue cop and three officers who shamefully stood idly by without attempting to intervene .
No one , starting with the police themselves , wants bad cops .
Police who commit crimes can not be tolerated and must be held accountable .
But while the gross police misconduct and killing of Mr. Floyd was terrible , it was also an exceedingly rare incident .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter , Antifa and politicians claim that American policing as an institution is systemically racist—but this is a proven lie .
Let ’ s look at the facts .
There are two major falsehoods at the core of the myth that policing is systemically racist : • There is an epidemic of racially biased , fatal shootings of black people by the police , motivated by overt racism or implicit bias ; and • There are rampant shootings of unarmed black people by the police .
The most definitive study to-date @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sciences , shows that 55 % of all people fatally shot in America by the police are white — more than double the number of black ( 27 % ) or Hispanics ( 19 % ) .
And while black citizens make up 27 % of the people shot and killed by the police despite making up only 14 % of the U.S. population , the racial disparities in police shootings are not caused by racism .
Analysis of crime data from more than 200 U.S. counties show the strongest predictor of being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but whether the person is engaging in violent criminal behavior .
Just this week , the study was retracted by its authors–not because any of the data was faulty , but because they didn ’ t like how it was being used , to the embarrassment of BLM and their media allies .
The authors of the NAS study concluded that racial disparities in rates of police shootings are entirely consistent with the rates at which individuals of different races are accused by victims of committing violent crimes .
Consequently , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people in a county , the more likely white people will be shot by the police .
The greater number of crimes committed by black people in a county , the more likely it is that black people will be shot by the police .
The same is true for Hispanics .
As this writer noted in November 2019 , if anyone is sincerely looking for a guaranteed way to reduce the number of fatal police shootings for any racial group , the answer is simple : Don ’ t commit crime .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers is the cause of racial disparities in police shootings has also been proven to be false , according to a study from the journal of Criminology and Public Policy .
White officers are no more likely to shoot a black person than are black or Hispanic officers .
Not only is racial bias on the part of individual officers not a significant predictor of police shootings of black people , but has also been found that under the same circumstances , officers of all races are statistically less likely to shoot a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most media , through its continual selective and sensationalized coverage of the exceedingly rare occurrence of the police shooting of unarmed black citizens , has created the false impression that these are common events .
Annually , the number of encounters between citizens and the police in the U.S. are at minimum 50 million , and when calculated for multiple contacts during a single incident , more than 200 million .
Major databases like www.killedbypolice.com report that during a typical year , approximately 1,000 people total are killed by the police .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 90 % are armed with a weapon and between 90 % and 95 % are attacking the police or another person .
In the United States last year , during the approximately 200 million police-citizen contacts , a total of 14 unarmed black citizens were killed by police .
And as we know from then-Attorney General Eric Holder ’ s Department of Justice far-reaching investigation and report into the 2014 Michael Brown shooting incident in Ferguson , Missouri— “ unarmed ” does not always mean “ not posing a threat.
” Holder ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ 5 ” , 289-pound , 18-year-old Brown , shortly after committing a violent strong armed robbery against a minority store owner ; viciously attacked a police officer and attempted to disarm him by grabbing the officer ’ s gun .
( The Holder investigation also showed that Michael Brown never said , “ hands up , don ’ t shoot.
” ) In fact , during the 14 unarmed black fatalities last year , in at least eight of those cases , the person shot was either attacking or struggling with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths among 50 million police-citizen encounters ?
Astonishingly so .
To put this in perspective , an unarmed black person in America is over 3 times more likely to be struck by lightning than be killed by the police .
The War on Cops , however , continues unabated .
As of Thursday night , since George Floyd ’ s tragic death , nine law enforcement officers have been shot to death with little media interest or news coverage .
Where is the police leadership ?
When peaceful protests of George Floyd ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on police and citizens , rioting , looting , and arson , leftist Democrat mayors in our major cities and their police chiefs were unwilling to forcefully respond to the violence .
Unfortunately , this was not a novel response to criminal and public disorder .
In 2015 , when riots ignited in Baltimore , the city ’ s mayor instructed her police commissioner to give the criminal mob “ space to destroy.
” The order was carried out and the mob did exactly what you would expect when given space to destroy—they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the mob looted and destroyed 200 largely black-owned businesses , burned 60 buildings , and torched nearly 150 vehicles .
( RELATED : The Left Exploits The Trauma Of Racism ) This time in Minneapolis , taking a page from Baltimore ’ s riot handbook , the mayor and his police chief responded by ordering police officers to not respond to victims ’ frantic 911 calls for protection from looters .
Then , after looting was out of control , in an unprecedented act of submission to crime and lawlessness , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precinct police station to the thugs to be occupied , destroyed , and burned .
The pathetic videos of MPD officers fleeing their police station , while being chased down the street by the Antifa-led mob were profoundly shocking—devastating all law enforcement and terrifying decent citizens .
But it was also a critical national turning point in the disorder—sending the appalling message across the country that the rule of law was no longer in effect and that “ The Thin Blue Line ” separating law abiding society from chaos had been erased .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the conclusion was simple : If the police won ’ t protect their own police station , they won ’ t protect anything or anyone .
Violence and destruction across the country spread with a new intensity .
The disgraceful response to the Minneapolis rioters demoralized police officers , terrified citizens , and emboldened criminals .
In city after city , where police were ordered to stand back , observe , and be attacked instead of responding to rioters with justified , legal , and appropriate force and arrests , violent chaos erupted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or even call the police were chased down by savage mobs , brutally beaten or shot , and left for dead ; hundreds of stores and businesses were looted and burned , and police officers were battered , stabbed and shot .
In New York City , this escalated mayhem was the direct result of “ the light touch ” for rioters ordered by that city ’ s mayor .
Similar responses in other cities resulted in equally disastrous consequences .
The Left and their media have almost completely ignored the murders of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viciously attacked the police across America .
Four police officers were shot by protesters in St. Louis .
In an ambush attack in New York City , a protester stabbed an NYPD officer in the neck , took the officer ’ s gun and shot two other officers .
In Jacksonville , a protester slashed a Deputy ’ s neck with a knife .
Molotov cocktails were thrown at NYPD Officers .
Police were run over with vehicles , hit with bricks , rocks , frozen bottles of water and bags of human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police officers were injured .
Twelve on-duty officers were shot , one fatally , and one paralyzed from the neck down .
A 77-year-old retired St. Louis Police Department Captain was killed by looters as he tried to protect a friend ’ s business .
At least 17 people have been killed over the course of the riots .
The looting , arson and targeted violence against police wasn ’ t about “ police reform ” and the assassination of police officers wasn ’ t about mourning or respecting George Floyd—so what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the former Chief of the Martinsburg Police Department in West Virginia .
He served as chief from 2015 to 2020 after 24 years as an officer and lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department .
Richards holds a doctorate in Adult Education from Northern Illinois University .
The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation .
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The big lie that American policing is systemically racist poses an existential threat to the rule of law, racial harmony, and the social fabric of the United States of America. This dangerously false narrative is a complete fabrication, manufactured and perpetuated by an alliance of loud and powerful voices. These include the mainstream advocacy media, Antifa anarchist and terrorists, Black Lives Matter, woke Hollywood celebrities, university elites, activist professional athletes and many politicians.
American law enforcement strives for excellence, and there is no doubt that policing can and should be made better through improved training and supervision; the monitoring, discipline, and removal when necessary of bad officers; more positive community engagement, increased transparency, and greater overall accountability. But if the lie of systemic police racism is accepted as true and allowed to be continually repeated without challenge, the situation will not only get worse, it will be irrevocably broken.
Efforts at police reform built upon the foundation of this lie will result in continued distrust and hatred of the police; increased racial division; more police officers targeted and assassinated; and further violence, crime, and death in our communities. Few people are standing up to speak the truth—a handful of politicians, a small number of media voices, and honest academics–but sadly, to the knowledge of this writer, no chiefs of police. (RELATED: Abolishing Police Is The Ultimate Luxury Belief)
The brutal and unjustified killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer was met with universal and immediate condemnation from all levels of American law enforcement. Police chiefs, police professional organizations, and rank and file police officers unanimously denounced the disgraceful action. Police across our country were sickened by what they saw. The justice system reacted in record time to criminally charge the rogue cop and three officers who shamefully stood idly by without attempting to intervene.
No one, starting with the police themselves, wants bad cops. Police who commit crimes cannot be tolerated and must be held accountable. But while the gross police misconduct and killing of Mr. Floyd was terrible, it was also an exceedingly rare incident. Despite this fact, the media, Black Lives Matter, Antifa and politicians claim that American policing as an institution is systemically racist—but this is a proven lie.
Let’s look at the facts. There are two major falsehoods at the core of the myth that policing is systemically racist:
There is an epidemic of racially biased, fatal shootings of black people by the police, motivated by overt racism or implicit bias; and There are rampant shootings of unarmed black people by the police.
Both claims are provably false.
The most definitive study to-date, published by the National Academy of Sciences, shows that 55% of all people fatally shot in America by the police are white — more than double the number of black (27%) or Hispanics (19%). And while black citizens make up 27% of the people shot and killed by the police despite making up only 14% of the U.S. population, the racial disparities in police shootings are not caused by racism. Analysis of crime data from more than 200 U.S. counties show the strongest predictor of being shot by the police is not race, but whether the person is engaging in violent criminal behavior. Just this week, the study was retracted by its authors–not because any of the data was faulty, but because they didn’t like how it was being used, to the embarrassment of BLM and their media allies.
The authors of the NAS study concluded that racial disparities in rates of police shootings are entirely consistent with the rates at which individuals of different races are accused by victims of committing violent crimes. Consequently, the greater number of crimes committed by white people in a county, the more likely white people will be shot by the police. The greater number of crimes committed by black people in a county, the more likely it is that black people will be shot by the police. The same is true for Hispanics. As this writer noted in November 2019, if anyone is sincerely looking for a guaranteed way to reduce the number of fatal police shootings for any racial group, the answer is simple: Don’t commit crime.
The claim that racial bias by individual officers is the cause of racial disparities in police shootings has also been proven to be false, according to a study from the journal of Criminology and Public Policy. White officers are no more likely to shoot a black person than are black or Hispanic officers. Not only is racial bias on the part of individual officers not a significant predictor of police shootings of black people, but has also been found that under the same circumstances, officers of all races are statistically less likely to shoot a black person than a white person.
Most media, through its continual selective and sensationalized coverage of the exceedingly rare occurrence of the police shooting of unarmed black citizens, has created the false impression that these are common events. Annually, the number of encounters between citizens and the police in the U.S. are at minimum 50 million, and when calculated for multiple contacts during a single incident, more than 200 million. Major databases like www.killedbypolice.net report that during a typical year, approximately 1,000 people total are killed by the police. Of these citizens shot by the police, 90% are armed with a weapon and between 90% and 95% are attacking the police or another person. In the United States last year, during the approximately 200 million police-citizen contacts, a total of 14 unarmed black citizens were killed by police.
And as we know from then-Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice far-reaching investigation and report into the 2014 Michael Brown shooting incident in Ferguson, Missouri—“unarmed” does not always mean “not posing a threat.” Holder’s DOJ report found that the 6’5”, 289-pound, 18-year-old Brown, shortly after committing a violent strong armed robbery against a minority store owner; viciously attacked a police officer and attempted to disarm him by grabbing the officer’s gun. (The Holder investigation also showed that Michael Brown never said, “hands up, don’t shoot.”)
In fact, during the 14 unarmed black fatalities last year, in at least eight of those cases, the person shot was either attacking or struggling with the police. How rare are 14 unarmed deaths among 50 million police-citizen encounters? Astonishingly so. To put this in perspective, an unarmed black person in America is over 3 times more likely to be struck by lightning than be killed by the police. The War on Cops, however, continues unabated. As of Thursday night, since George Floyd’s tragic death, nine law enforcement officers have been shot to death with little media interest or news coverage.
Where is the police leadership? When peaceful protests of George Floyd’s killing quickly transformed into violent attacks on police and citizens, rioting, looting, and arson, leftist Democrat mayors in our major cities and their police chiefs were unwilling to forcefully respond to the violence. Unfortunately, this was not a novel response to criminal and public disorder. In 2015, when riots ignited in Baltimore, the city’s mayor instructed her police commissioner to give the criminal mob “space to destroy.” The order was carried out and the mob did exactly what you would expect when given space to destroy—they destroyed. While police mostly looked on, the mob looted and destroyed 200 largely black-owned businesses, burned 60 buildings, and torched nearly 150 vehicles. (RELATED: The Left Exploits The Trauma Of Racism)
This time in Minneapolis, taking a page from Baltimore’s riot handbook, the mayor and his police chief responded by ordering police officers to not respond to victims’ frantic 911 calls for protection from looters. Then, after looting was out of control, in an unprecedented act of submission to crime and lawlessness, they handed over the city’s third precinct police station to the thugs to be occupied, destroyed, and burned. The pathetic videos of MPD officers fleeing their police station, while being chased down the street by the Antifa-led mob were profoundly shocking—devastating all law enforcement and terrifying decent citizens. But it was also a critical national turning point in the disorder—sending the appalling message across the country that the rule of law was no longer in effect and that “The Thin Blue Line” separating law abiding society from chaos had been erased.
In a criminal’s mind, the conclusion was simple: If the police won’t protect their own police station, they won’t protect anything or anyone. Violence and destruction across the country spread with a new intensity.
The disgraceful response to the Minneapolis rioters demoralized police officers, terrified citizens, and emboldened criminals. In city after city, where police were ordered to stand back, observe, and be attacked instead of responding to rioters with justified, legal, and appropriate force and arrests, violent chaos erupted. Citizens attempting to protect their property or even call the police were chased down by savage mobs, brutally beaten or shot, and left for dead; hundreds of stores and businesses were looted and burned, and police officers were battered, stabbed and shot. In New York City, this escalated mayhem was the direct result of “the light touch” for rioters ordered by that city’s mayor. Similar responses in other cities resulted in equally disastrous consequences.
The Left and their media have almost completely ignored the murders of police officers and other citizens. Protesters viciously attacked the police across America. Four police officers were shot by protesters in St. Louis. In an ambush attack in New York City, a protester stabbed an NYPD officer in the neck, took the officer’s gun and shot two other officers. In Jacksonville, a protester slashed a Deputy’s neck with a knife. Molotov cocktails were thrown at NYPD Officers. Police were run over with vehicles, hit with bricks, rocks, frozen bottles of water and bags of human urine and feces. More than 700 police officers were injured. Twelve on-duty officers were shot, one fatally, and one paralyzed from the neck down. A 77-year-old retired St. Louis Police Department Captain was killed by looters as he tried to protect a friend’s business. At least 17 people have been killed over the course of the riots.
The looting, arson and targeted violence against police wasn’t about “police reform” and the assassination of police officers wasn’t about mourning or respecting George Floyd—so what is really going on?
Maurice Richards is the former Chief of the Martinsburg Police Department in West Virginia. He served as chief from 2015 to 2020 after 24 years as an officer and lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department. Richards holds a doctorate in Adult Education from Northern Illinois University.
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thedailycaller--2020-07-10--Here Are 7 Times Joy Reid, MSNBC’s New Primetime Host, Spread Misinformation

MSNBC host Joy Reid is slated to become the network ’ s new primetime host despite her well-documented track record of spreading misinformation to her viewers and readers .
Reid , previously a weekend morning host , is filling the 7 p.m. weeknight slot left vacant by Chris Matthews ’ s sudden resignation in March , the network announced on Thursday .
Here are seven times that MSNBC ’ s newest primetime host spread conspiracy theories and misinformation .
After a photo of a woman and a teenage boy debating a proposed sanctuary city policy went viral , Reid spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called the teen a “ dirty Mexican ” on Twitter .
Reid also posted the photo on Instagram with the caption : “ He showed up to rally to defend immigrants .
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She showed up too , in her MAGA hat , and screamed , ‘ You are going to be the first deported ’ .
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‘ dirty Mexican ! '
” But Reid got it wrong .
Both the teen and the woman said that nothing of the sort had taken place and that they had had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t really doing anything to him and everyone thought I was and that makes me really sad .
It makes me really sad that I ’ m so vilified , ” the woman said in the aftermath .
The online furor over the accusation led to harassment of the woman and a boycott effort targeting her small business .
In August 2017 , Reid spread an unproven rumor that black attendees at one of President Donald Trump ’ s re-election campaign rallies were actually hired actors , pointing to a random Craigslist advertisement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support the claim , which was later deleted , but Reid ’ s post received more than 13,000 retweets .
( RELATED : Joy Reid Attacked Steve Scalise While He Was In The Hospital After A Mass Assassination Attempt ) Reid ’ s show falsely claimed that students from Covington Catholic high school had “ harassed ” elderly American Indian activist Nathan Phillips .
Reid interviewed Phillips on her show and uncritically elevated his version of events .
But it turned out that Phillips ’ s version of the story — that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Phillips had claimed that the students had swarmed him as he was preparing to leave the Indigenous People ’ s March scheduled for the same day as the March for Life .
Extended video of the interaction showed that Phillips approached the boys during their school cheers , not the other way around .
Some of the people with Phillips were directing racially charged language at the students , not the other way around , video showed .
Reid in March 2019 said that special counsel Robert Mueller ’ s conclusion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ cover-up ” to help Trump .
“ The fact that this investigation takes place within the Justice Department which Donald Trump essentially controls and that he got rid of the problem , Jeff Sessions , who the one decent thing that he did was just recuse himself , this guy is not recused , it feels like the seeds of a cover-up are here , ” Reid said .
There is no evidence that this was the case .
Reid spread a discredited claim about “ fake news ” influencing voters before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told her viewers that Twitter users saw “ more information from Russian outlets , Wikileaks , and fake news sites , than from actual news outlets , and that tweeters in swing states saw more misinformation than those in uncontested states.
” But the study she was citing didn ’ t support her claim .
The study referred to “ junk news ” — which included legitimate conservatives news outlets like the Washington Examiner — not “ fake news.
” Reid , as it turns out , was actually a favorite pundit of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review by Law and Crime .
More than once , Reid promoted conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks during her pre-MSNBC life as a liberal blogger .
Reid wrote in one 2007 blog post : “ Has it been resolved to most people ’ s satisfaction that the Bush administration had nothing to do with 9/11 ?
( I think the answer here is clearly , no . )
” Reid also promoted a film — produced in part by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — that claimed the 9/11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Reid said in June 2018 , after her old blog posts resurfaced , that she now accepts the official account of the terrorist attacks .
Reid blamed hackers for her own blog posts Reid resorted to spreading misinformation to defend herself after her old blog posts resurfaced .
In addition to promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories , Reid also spread anti-gay innuendo and attempting to out gay people she thought were in the closet , archives of the blog posts showed .
Two entries imagined former Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch performing oral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alito at his confirmation hearing on Jan. 11 , 2006 , archives of Reid ’ s blog showed .
Reid initially claimed that the posts were somehow the work of hackers and claimed to have evidence to prove it .
She also said that the FBI was investigating the case .
When her hacking explanation crumbled under scrutiny , Reid admitted she hadn ’ t been hacked and had actually authored the posts .
MSNBC didn ’ t return a request for comment for this article .
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MSNBC host Joy Reid is slated to become the network’s new primetime host despite her well-documented track record of spreading misinformation to her viewers and readers.
Reid, previously a weekend morning host, is filling the 7 p.m. weeknight slot left vacant by Chris Matthews’s sudden resignation in March, the network announced on Thursday.
Here are seven times that MSNBC’s newest primetime host spread conspiracy theories and misinformation.
Reid falsely accused Trump supporter of calling a teen a “dirty Mexican”
After a photo of a woman and a teenage boy debating a proposed sanctuary city policy went viral, Reid spread a false claim that the woman had called the teen a “dirty Mexican” on Twitter.
Reid also posted the photo on Instagram with the caption: “He showed up to rally to defend immigrants . . . She showed up too, in her MAGA hat, and screamed, ‘You are going to be the first deported’ . . . ‘dirty Mexican!'”
But Reid got it wrong. Both the teen and the woman said that nothing of the sort had taken place and that they had had a civil conversation.
“I wasn’t really doing anything to him and everyone thought I was and that makes me really sad. It makes me really sad that I’m so vilified,” the woman said in the aftermath.
The online furor over the accusation led to harassment of the woman and a boycott effort targeting her small business.
Reid spread fake rumor that Trump campaign hiring black actors
In August 2017, Reid spread an unproven rumor that black attendees at one of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign rallies were actually hired actors, pointing to a random Craigslist advertisement.
There was no other evidence to support the claim, which was later deleted, but Reid’s post received more than 13,000 retweets. (RELATED: Joy Reid Attacked Steve Scalise While He Was In The Hospital After A Mass Assassination Attempt)
Reid falsely claimed Covington Catholic students harassed Nathan Phillips
Reid’s show falsely claimed that students from Covington Catholic high school had “harassed” elderly American Indian activist Nathan Phillips. Reid interviewed Phillips on her show and uncritically elevated his version of events.
#ICYMI-Nathan Phillips, Native American man harassed by high schoolers, tells his story to @JoyAnnReid https://t.co/5ycumuRfrj via @amjoyshow — AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) January 24, 2019
But it turned out that Phillips’s version of the story — that the students had harassed him — was wrong.
Phillips had claimed that the students had swarmed him as he was preparing to leave the Indigenous People’s March scheduled for the same day as the March for Life.
Extended video of the interaction showed that Phillips approached the boys during their school cheers, not the other way around. Some of the people with Phillips were directing racially charged language at the students, not the other way around, video showed.
Reid floated Mueller report conclusion was “seeds of a cover up”
Reid in March 2019 said that special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusion of his investigation could be part of a “cover-up” to help Trump.
“The fact that this investigation takes place within the Justice Department which Donald Trump essentially controls and that he got rid of the problem, Jeff Sessions, who the one decent thing that he did was just recuse himself, this guy is not recused, it feels like the seeds of a cover-up are here,” Reid said.
There is no evidence that this was the case.
Reid spread fake news about fake news
Reid spread a discredited claim about “fake news” influencing voters before the 2016 election. The MSNBC host told her viewers that Twitter users saw “more information from Russian outlets, Wikileaks, and fake news sites, than from actual news outlets, and that tweeters in swing states saw more misinformation than those in uncontested states.”
But the study she was citing didn’t support her claim. The study referred to “junk news” — which included legitimate conservatives news outlets like the Washington Examiner — not “fake news.” Reid, as it turns out, was actually a favorite pundit of Russian trolls online, according to a review by Law and Crime.
Reid’s 9/11 trutherism
More than once, Reid promoted conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks during her pre-MSNBC life as a liberal blogger.
Reid wrote in one 2007 blog post: “Has it been resolved to most people’s satisfaction that the Bush administration had nothing to do with 9/11? (I think the answer here is clearly, no.)”
Reid also promoted a film — produced in part by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — that claimed the 9/11 attacks may have been an inside job. Reid said in June 2018, after her old blog posts resurfaced, that she now accepts the official account of the terrorist attacks.
Reid blamed hackers for her own blog posts
Reid resorted to spreading misinformation to defend herself after her old blog posts resurfaced. In addition to promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories, Reid also spread anti-gay innuendo and attempting to out gay people she thought were in the closet, archives of the blog posts showed.
Two entries imagined former Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch performing oral sex on current Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at his confirmation hearing on Jan. 11, 2006, archives of Reid’s blog showed.
Reid initially claimed that the posts were somehow the work of hackers and claimed to have evidence to prove it. She also said that the FBI was investigating the case. When her hacking explanation crumbled under scrutiny, Reid admitted she hadn’t been hacked and had actually authored the posts.
MSNBC didn’t return a request for comment for this article.
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thedailycaller--2020-07-10--‘Farrakhan Is My Teacher’: Fox Sports’s Shannon Sharpe And Showtime’s Stephen Jackson Have Ties To N

‘Farrakhan Is My Teacher’: Fox Sports’s Shannon Sharpe And Showtime’s Stephen Jackson Have Ties To Nation Of Islam Leader

• Former NFL player Shannon Sharpe and former NBA player Stephen Jackson both have ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan , a notorious anti-Semite .
• Sharpe and Jackson have both faced scrutiny for their responses to NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson ’ s anti-Semitic comments .
• Stephen Jackson has praised Farrakhan as “ my leader ” and both he and Sharpe have defended Farrakhan against charges of anti-Semitism .
Former NFL player and current Fox Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe and former NBA player and Showtime podcast host Stephen Jackson both have ties to Nation of Islam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Farrakhan has described Jews as “ satanic , ” railed against interracial marriage — which he claimed “ mongrelized ” the black race — and has said “ Hitler was a very great man.
” Sharpe and Stephen Jackson have both faced criticism for their responses to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson ’ s promotion of Farrakhan and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories online .
Among the material that DeSean Jackson spread to his 1.1 million followers on Instagram was a fake quote attributed to Adolf Hitler claiming that Jews are deceiving America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the real Children of Israel.
” Stephen Jackson said Wednesday that DeSean Jackson had told “ the truth ” by spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories : “ He ’ s speaking the truth .
You know he don ’ t hate nobody , but he ’ s speaking the truth of the facts that he knows and trying to educate others.
” The former NBA player has repeatedly promoted Farrakhan to his nearly 900,000 Instagram followers .
Jackson promoted Farrakhan ’ s Independence Day speech where the Nation of Islam leader accused Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ depopulate the Earth ” through the development of a coronavirus vaccine .
“ I will be there front and center .
Nobody loves black people more and nobody has more knowledge about the things we need to be liberated .
[ Farrakhan ] is educating me on how to be a great leader and how to develop the community , ” Jackson wrote in a July 3 Instagram post .
Jackson posted an Instagram photo of himself and Farrakhan on June 22 and later uploaded two videos defending the Nation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Farrakhan and I learned so much in those two hours and I never heard him preach hate , or talk to hate , say hate about anybody to me , ” Jackson said in a June 25 video .
“ Minister Farrakhan is my teacher .
He ’ s embraced me and he ’ s teaching me a lot about my people and how to be a better leader , ” he added in a second video , on June 27 .
( RELATED : These Big Name Rappers Are Tight With Anti-Semite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an email : “ We are aware of Stephen Jackson ’ s recent statements .
Regardless of his intentions , Stephen ’ s comments were hurtful and inconsistent with the values espoused by this network.
” Sharpe faced scrutiny after dismissing DeSean Jackson ’ s promotion of Farrakhan on Wednesday .
“ He ’ s [ Farrakhan ] has made it pretty clear over the years that he doesn ’ t like Jewish people .
Is that fair to say ?
” Fox Sports host Skip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Well , not from the conversation that I ’ ve had with the minister — he ’ s made it clear to anybody that sat down with him , he says he doesn ’ t , ” Sharpe replied .
Sharpe previously brought up his ties to Farrakhan during a September 2018 episode of “ The Undefeated , ” the Fox Sports show that he and Bayless host together .
Sharpe said he was going to be “ passing out the Final Call , ” the Nation of Islam ’ s newspaper .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ last of a dying breed , ” Sharpe said , before pointing to his head and saying he had the same hair part as Farrakhan .
Sharpe ’ s comments were highlighted by a pro-Farrakhan Facebook page in January .
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Former NFL player Shannon Sharpe and former NBA player Stephen Jackson both have ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite.
Sharpe and Jackson have both faced scrutiny for their responses to NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic comments.
Stephen Jackson has praised Farrakhan as “my leader” and both he and Sharpe have defended Farrakhan against charges of anti-Semitism.
Former NFL player and current Fox Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe and former NBA player and Showtime podcast host Stephen Jackson both have ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite.
Farrakhan has described Jews as “satanic,” railed against interracial marriage — which he claimed “mongrelized” the black race — and has said “Hitler was a very great man.” Sharpe and Stephen Jackson have both faced criticism for their responses to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s promotion of Farrakhan and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories online.
Among the material that DeSean Jackson spread to his 1.1 million followers on Instagram was a fake quote attributed to Adolf Hitler claiming that Jews are deceiving America from finding out that black people are “the real Children of Israel.”
Stephen Jackson said Wednesday that DeSean Jackson had told “the truth” by spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories: “He’s speaking the truth. You know he don’t hate nobody, but he’s speaking the truth of the facts that he knows and trying to educate others.”
The former NBA player has repeatedly promoted Farrakhan to his nearly 900,000 Instagram followers.
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Jackson promoted Farrakhan’s Independence Day speech where the Nation of Islam leader accused Dr. Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates of trying to “depopulate the Earth” through the development of a coronavirus vaccine.
“I will be there front and center. Nobody loves black people more and nobody has more knowledge about the things we need to be liberated. [Farrakhan] is educating me on how to be a great leader and how to develop the community,” Jackson wrote in a July 3 Instagram post.
Jackson posted an Instagram photo of himself and Farrakhan on June 22 and later uploaded two videos defending the Nation of Islam leader.
“I love Minister Farrakhan and I learned so much in those two hours and I never heard him preach hate, or talk to hate, say hate about anybody to me,” Jackson said in a June 25 video.
“Minister Farrakhan is my teacher. He’s embraced me and he’s teaching me a lot about my people and how to be a better leader,” he added in a second video, on June 27. (RELATED: These Big Name Rappers Are Tight With Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan)
Showtime executive Chris DeBlasio told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an email: “We are aware of Stephen Jackson’s recent statements. Regardless of his intentions, Stephen’s comments were hurtful and inconsistent with the values espoused by this network.”
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Sharpe faced scrutiny after dismissing DeSean Jackson’s promotion of Farrakhan on Wednesday.
“He’s [Farrakhan] has made it pretty clear over the years that he doesn’t like Jewish people. Is that fair to say?” Fox Sports host Skip Bayless asked Sharpe on Wednesday.
“Well, not from the conversation that I’ve had with the minister — he’s made it clear to anybody that sat down with him, he says he doesn’t,” Sharpe replied.
Sharpe previously brought up his ties to Farrakhan during a September 2018 episode of “The Undefeated,” the Fox Sports show that he and Bayless host together.
Sharpe said he was going to be “passing out the Final Call,” the Nation of Islam’s newspaper. “Me and Louis Farrakhan, the last of a dying breed,” Sharpe said, before pointing to his head and saying he had the same hair part as Farrakhan.
Sharpe’s comments were highlighted by a pro-Farrakhan Facebook page in January.
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Fox Sports didn’t return an email seeking comment.
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thedailycaller--2020-07-10--China-Based Fashion Retailer Removes Swastika Necklace Days After Muslim Prayer Rug Incident

China-based fast-fashion retailer Shein removed a swastika necklace after backlash only days after apologizing for selling Muslim prayer mats as decorative rugs , Buzzfeed reported .
The necklace , called a “ swastika pendant necklace ” on its website , was up for sale at $ 2.50 until social media users and advocacy organizations like Stop Antisemitism rebuked the company , according to Buzzfeed .
“ We demand that # shein IMMEDIATELY remove this item from their website as it represents the mass murder of millions , ” Stop Antisemitism , a non-profit that works to hold antisemites accountable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ page .
( RELATED : ‘ Irresponsible And Unacceptable ’ : Lawmakers Demand Removal Of Nazi Swastika Gravestones ) Shortly after the post , Shein removed the necklace .
A Shein spokesperson told Buzzfeed that the pendant was not a Nazi swastika but a “ Buddhist swastika which has symbolized spirituality and good fortune for more than a thousand years.
” The spokesperson explained that the Nazi swastika differs from the Buddhist swastika in design , but understood that “ the two symbols can be confused , and one is highly offensive ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ As a multicultural and global brand , we want to apologize profusely to those who are offended , we are sensitive to these issues and want to be very clear that we in no way support or condone racial , cultural and religious prejudice or hostility.
” The incident comes days after Shein apologized for selling carpets resembling Muslim prayer mats that had illustrations of the Ka ’ bah and mosques .
The description of the product included “ fringe trim carpet , ” and “ fringe trim Greek fret carpet.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to Buzzfeed , prompting the apology from Shein for the “ serious mistake.
” In response , the company removed the item and also said it formed a product review committee consisting of staff from different cultures in order to prevent a similar scenario .

China-based fast-fashion retailer Shein removed a swastika necklace after backlash only days after apologizing for selling Muslim prayer mats as decorative rugs, Buzzfeed reported.
The necklace, called a “swastika pendant necklace” on its website, was up for sale at $2.50 until social media users and advocacy organizations like Stop Antisemitism rebuked the company, according to Buzzfeed.
“We demand that #shein IMMEDIATELY remove this item from their website as it represents the mass murder of millions,” Stop Antisemitism, a non-profit that works to hold antisemites accountable, posted with a screenshot on its Insatagram page. (RELATED: ‘Irresponsible And Unacceptable’: Lawmakers Demand Removal Of Nazi Swastika Gravestones)
Shortly after the post, Shein removed the necklace.
A Shein spokesperson told Buzzfeed that the pendant was not a Nazi swastika but a “Buddhist swastika which has symbolized spirituality and good fortune for more than a thousand years.”
The spokesperson explained that the Nazi swastika differs from the Buddhist swastika in design, but understood that “the two symbols can be confused, and one is highly offensive” and decided to remove the product.
“As a multicultural and global brand, we want to apologize profusely to those who are offended, we are sensitive to these issues and want to be very clear that we in no way support or condone racial, cultural and religious prejudice or hostility.”
The incident comes days after Shein apologized for selling carpets resembling Muslim prayer mats that had illustrations of the Ka’bah and mosques. The description of the product included “fringe trim carpet,” and “fringe trim Greek fret carpet.”
Many people shared their outrage online, according to Buzzfeed, prompting the apology from Shein for the “serious mistake.”
In response, the company removed the item and also said it formed a product review committee consisting of staff from different cultures in order to prevent a similar scenario.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--‘Tell 1,500 Employees To Go Home’: Arizona Gym Owner Continues Fight Against ‘Completely Arbitrary’

‘Tell 1,500 Employees To Go Home’: Arizona Gym Owner Continues Fight Against ‘Completely Arbitrary’ Lockdowns

Mountainside Fitness CEO Tom Hatten joined the Daily Caller ’ s Stephanie Hamill to discuss his lawsuit against Arizona Gov .
Doug Ducey and his efforts to keep his 18 gyms open amid the coronavirus pandemic .
“ When liquor stores are considered essential and our casinos are still open and on and on and on , I start to really get disappointed in that kind of mentality and that we ’ re not , ” said Hatten .
A judge denied a request Tuesday by Hatten to throw out the governor ’ s June 29 executive order that closed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other businesses due to the spike in coronavirus cases .
( RELATED : Arizona ICU Beds Running Low , Tucson Mayor Says They May Have To Send Patients To Different States . )
“ We had to work with the state to create protocols while we were closed , and we were following those protocols , then we got a call that we had to close in 5 hours and tell 105 thousand members that they can ’ t come work out and 1500 employees to go home , ” explained Hatten .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bid to stop Arizona ’ s shutdown order , that his fight isn ’ t over yet as he plans on moving forward with his lawsuit against the governor .
“ We ’ re still suing him , we ’ re still going to have our day in court , we ’ re still moving forward with that , ” said Hatten .
” The temporary restraining order was a different road that we wanted to go down on top of still suing him.
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Mountainside Fitness CEO Tom Hatten joined the Daily Caller’s Stephanie Hamill to discuss his lawsuit against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and his efforts to keep his 18 gyms open amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“When liquor stores are considered essential and our casinos are still open and on and on and on, I start to really get disappointed in that kind of mentality and that we’re not,” said Hatten.
A judge denied a request Tuesday by Hatten to throw out the governor’s June 29 executive order that closed gyms, bars, movies theaters and other businesses due to the spike in coronavirus cases. (RELATED: Arizona ICU Beds Running Low, Tucson Mayor Says They May Have To Send Patients To Different States.)
“We had to work with the state to create protocols while we were closed, and we were following those protocols, then we got a call that we had to close in 5 hours and tell 105 thousand members that they can’t come work out and 1500 employees to go home,” explained Hatten.
He told the Caller that despite losing the bid to stop Arizona’s shutdown order, that his fight isn’t over yet as he plans on moving forward with his lawsuit against the governor.
“We’re still suing him, we’re still going to have our day in court, we’re still moving forward with that,” said Hatten. ” The temporary restraining order was a different road that we wanted to go down on top of still suing him.”
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thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Mandates Wearing Masks Amid Rise In Coronavirus Cases

Democratic Kentucky Gov .
Andy Beshear announced in a press briefing Thursday that beginning Friday the state would require all residents to wear masks in public for 30 days amid rising coronavirus cases .
The mask mandate would apply to outdoor public spaces where social distancing is possible , such as parks , as well most businesses , including restaurants and retail stores , The Hill reported .
Those who did not comply with the mandate would face a fine .
The executive order cites an “ explosion ” in coronavirus cases in Kentucky .
The state reported 333 cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ total cases and 612 deaths , according to state government data .
The executive order also cites a Goldman Sachs study which concluded that the state could face a $ 10 billion economic loss by not mandating masks .
“ I believe if we ’ re clear , and we don ’ t have a lot of exceptions , and people absolutely know the expectation , it gives us our very best chance of getting it done , ” Beshear said during the press briefing .
Local health departments have been ordered to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it would also come down to people and businesses willfully following the order , the Lexington Herald Reader reported .
“ It ’ s all going to come down to whether we are willing to do it , ” the governor said .
More than 20 states have already mandated wearing masks in public places , including Texas and California .
( RELATED : Pennsylvania Governor Says Statewide Mask Order Could Last ‘ Until We Get A Vaccine ’ ) The executive order includes some exceptions , including for children under 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as asthma .
People would also be exempt from wearing masks if consuming food , swimming , or exercising insofar as they follow social distancing guidelines .
Beshear stated that once the 30-day period was over the state government would review data on new infections , mortality rates and hospitalizations in order to determine what steps the government would need to take , The Hill reported .

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced in a press briefing Thursday that beginning Friday the state would require all residents to wear masks in public for 30 days amid rising coronavirus cases.
The mask mandate would apply to outdoor public spaces where social distancing is possible, such as parks, as well most businesses, including restaurants and retail stores, The Hill reported. Those who did not comply with the mandate would face a fine.
The executive order cites an “explosion” in coronavirus cases in Kentucky. The state reported 333 cases Thursday and has recorded more than 18,000 total cases and 612 deaths, according to state government data. The executive order also cites a Goldman Sachs study which concluded that the state could face a $10 billion economic loss by not mandating masks.
“I believe if we’re clear, and we don’t have a lot of exceptions, and people absolutely know the expectation, it gives us our very best chance of getting it done,” Beshear said during the press briefing.
Local health departments have been ordered to help enforce the mandate, although Beshear said it would also come down to people and businesses willfully following the order, the Lexington Herald Reader reported. “It’s all going to come down to whether we are willing to do it,” the governor said.
Gov. Beshear: Increasing #COVID19 Cases Requires Kentuckians to Wear Face Coverings https://t.co/PidQnz6Ha4 pic.twitter.com/HLS11qXkZt — Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) July 9, 2020
More than 20 states have already mandated wearing masks in public places, including Texas and California. (RELATED: Pennsylvania Governor Says Statewide Mask Order Could Last ‘Until We Get A Vaccine’)
The executive order includes some exceptions, including for children under 5 and people with certain health conditions such as asthma. People would also be exempt from wearing masks if consuming food, swimming, or exercising insofar as they follow social distancing guidelines.
Beshear stated that once the 30-day period was over the state government would review data on new infections, mortality rates and hospitalizations in order to determine what steps the government would need to take, The Hill reported.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Millions In Coronavirus Relief Loans Went To Chinese Real Estate Company At Center Of FBI Bribery Pr

Millions In Coronavirus Relief Loans Went To Chinese Real Estate Company At Center Of FBI Bribery Probe

• At least $ 4 million in PPP loans went to a real estate company at the center of a federal bribery investigation involving a Los Angeles city councilman .
• Shenzhen New World Group , owned by Chinese billionaire Wei Huang , received two PPP loans for hotels it operates in Los Angeles .
• Jose Huizar is accused of accepting more than $ 800,000 in bribes from a real estate company chairman referred to in a federal indictment as “ Chairman E. ” • Charging documents against Huizar make it clear that the real estate company in question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is working on a 77-story skyscraper project in Huizar ’ s district .
The Trump administration loaned between $ 4 million and $ 10 million in coronavirus relief funds to a real estate company whose chairman allegedly bribed a Los Angeles city councilman with nearly $ 260,000 in poker chips , escort services and $ 600,000 in payments to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit .
Jose Huizar , the city councilman , was arrested on June 23 on charges that he accepted $ 1.5 million in bribes to help the developers of various @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal criminal complaint filed against Huizar said that a Chinese billionaire — identified in court filings only as “ Chairman E ” — provided bribes to Huizar for help advancing a development project to build a 77-story skyscraper in Los Angeles .
The federal complaint says that Huizar took at least 19 trips to Las Vegas with the developer between March 2012 and February 2017 .
Prosecutors also alleged that the developer covered Huizar ’ s expenses in Las Vegas , including “ flights , hotel rooms , spa services , meals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 259,500 in casino gambling chips .
The complaint does not identify the Chinese real estate company or its chairman by name , but the skyscraper project matches one proposed in 2018 by Shenzhen New World Group , a China-based conglomerate owned by Wei Huang .
( RELATED : Paycheck Protection Program Supporting More Than 51 Million Jobs , Administration Says ) The company submitted an application for the development project on June 7 , 2018 , according to documents filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning .
Court records show that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI obtained a search warrant for communications involving Huang and his firm , which began doing business in California in 2010 .
News reports from June 2018 noted that the Shenzhen New World skyscraper , if built , would be the tallest building west of the Mississippi River , displacing the Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles .
The Los Angeles Times noted in a report about Huizar ’ s arrest that details in the federal filings matched the Shenzhen New World project .
The Real Deal , a website that covers the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported the coronavirus relief loans to Shenzhen New World .
The funds , issued under the Paycheck Protection Program , went to two of Shenzhen New World Group ’ s limited liability corporations ( LLCs ) , Shen Zhen New World I and Shen Zhen New World II .
The LLCs control the L.A. Grand Hotel and Sheraton Universal Hotel , respectively .
California business registration documents show that Huang signed the articles of incorporation for both LLCs in 2010 .
Shenzhen is proposing to redevelop the L.A. Grand Hotel into a 77-story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released a database of PPP loan recipients , showing that both of the LLCs received between $ 2 million and $ 5 million each .
The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration distributed $ 522 billion in loans to nearly 5 million businesses to help them businesses pay employees amid the economic downturn brought on by the response to the coronavirus pandemic .
The Daily Caller News Foundation received a loan under the program , as did multiple other news organizations .
Hotels have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus lockdowns , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a halt .
While PPP received bipartisan congressional support , some lawmakers and government watchdogs have questioned whether the program will be a prime target for abuse given the urgency with which Congress passed the legislation that funded the paycheck program .
The Government Accountability Office , a government watchdog , said in a June 25 report that “ the limited safeguards and lack of timely and complete guidance and oversight planning have increased the likelihood that borrowers may misuse or improperly receive loan proceeds.
” Borrowers of PPP funds are required @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Administration to certify that they are not engaged in any activity deemed illegal under federal or state law .
Applicants are also required to disclose whether they are the subject of any indictment or criminal complaint .
On Wednesday , federal prosecutors in Utah charged the owner of a trucking company with submitting fraudulent loan documents for a $ 210,000 PPP loan by falsely claiming he was not under federal indictment .
Shenzhen New World has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing in the investigation of Huizar .
There is no indication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funds .
The complaint against Huizar , who has held office since 2005 , alleges that the Chinese developer provided the bribes in part because of his position as chairman of the city council ’ s Planning and Land Use Management Committee .
“ HUIZAR was poised to significantly benefit Chairman E ’ s desire and plans to redevelop Property E and transform it into a 77-story skyscraper , making it the tallest building west of the Mississippi River , ” the complaint against Huizar says .
“ This project would require official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the City approval process.
” Huizar ’ s former aide , George Esparza , pleaded guilty on May 27 to racketeering charges as part of the probe .
According to Esparza ’ s plea agreement , he said that the Chinese developer began paying Huizar after he introduced a motion to keep the head of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety in his position .
Virginia Clark , who is listed as the point of contact on Shenzhen New World ’ s applications for the skyscraper , did not respond to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PPP loans and the FBI investigation of Huizar .
The Small Business Administration , which approves the PPP loans , did not respond to a request for comment .
Huizar ’ s lawyer also did not respond to a request for comment .
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At least $4 million in PPP loans went to a real estate company at the center of a federal bribery investigation involving a Los Angeles city councilman.
Shenzhen New World Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Wei Huang, received two PPP loans for hotels it operates in Los Angeles.
Jose Huizar is accused of accepting more than $800,000 in bribes from a real estate company chairman referred to in a federal indictment as “Chairman E.”
Charging documents against Huizar make it clear that the real estate company in question is Shenzhen New World Group, which is working on a 77-story skyscraper project in Huizar’s district.
The Trump administration loaned between $4 million and $10 million in coronavirus relief funds to a real estate company whose chairman allegedly bribed a Los Angeles city councilman with nearly $260,000 in poker chips, escort services and $600,000 in payments to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Jose Huizar, the city councilman, was arrested on June 23 on charges that he accepted $1.5 million in bribes to help the developers of various real estate projects in downtown L.A.
A federal criminal complaint filed against Huizar said that a Chinese billionaire — identified in court filings only as “Chairman E” — provided bribes to Huizar for help advancing a development project to build a 77-story skyscraper in Los Angeles.
The federal complaint says that Huizar took at least 19 trips to Las Vegas with the developer between March 2012 and February 2017. Prosecutors also alleged that the developer covered Huizar’s expenses in Las Vegas, including “flights, hotel rooms, spa services, meals, alcohol, prostitution/escort services” and $259,500 in casino gambling chips.
The complaint does not identify the Chinese real estate company or its chairman by name, but the skyscraper project matches one proposed in 2018 by Shenzhen New World Group, a China-based conglomerate owned by Wei Huang. (RELATED: Paycheck Protection Program Supporting More Than 51 Million Jobs, Administration Says)
The company submitted an application for the development project on June 7, 2018, according to documents filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.
Court records show that on July 20, 2018, the FBI obtained a search warrant for communications involving Huang and his firm, which began doing business in California in 2010.
News reports from June 2018 noted that the Shenzhen New World skyscraper, if built, would be the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, displacing the Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times noted in a report about Huizar’s arrest that details in the federal filings matched the Shenzhen New World project.
The Real Deal, a website that covers the Los Angeles real estate market, first reported the coronavirus relief loans to Shenzhen New World.
The funds, issued under the Paycheck Protection Program, went to two of Shenzhen New World Group’s limited liability corporations (LLCs), Shen Zhen New World I and Shen Zhen New World II. The LLCs control the L.A. Grand Hotel and Sheraton Universal Hotel, respectively.
California business registration documents show that Huang signed the articles of incorporation for both LLCs in 2010. Shenzhen is proposing to redevelop the L.A. Grand Hotel into a 77-story skyscraper.
The Treasury Department on Monday released a database of PPP loan recipients, showing that both of the LLCs received between $2 million and $5 million each.
The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration distributed $522 billion in loans to nearly 5 million businesses to help them businesses pay employees amid the economic downturn brought on by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Daily Caller News Foundation received a loan under the program, as did multiple other news organizations.
Hotels have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus lockdowns, as business and personal travel has grounded to a halt.
While PPP received bipartisan congressional support, some lawmakers and government watchdogs have questioned whether the program will be a prime target for abuse given the urgency with which Congress passed the legislation that funded the paycheck program.
The Government Accountability Office, a government watchdog, said in a June 25 report that “the limited safeguards and lack of timely and complete guidance and oversight planning have increased the likelihood that borrowers may misuse or improperly receive loan proceeds.”
Borrowers of PPP funds are required on applications filed with the Small Business Administration to certify that they are not engaged in any activity deemed illegal under federal or state law. Applicants are also required to disclose whether they are the subject of any indictment or criminal complaint.
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors in Utah charged the owner of a trucking company with submitting fraudulent loan documents for a $210,000 PPP loan by falsely claiming he was not under federal indictment.
Shenzhen New World has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing in the investigation of Huizar. There is no indication that Shenzhen New World misappropriated its PPP funds.
The complaint against Huizar, who has held office since 2005, alleges that the Chinese developer provided the bribes in part because of his position as chairman of the city council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
“HUIZAR was poised to significantly benefit Chairman E’s desire and plans to redevelop Property E and transform it into a 77-story skyscraper, making it the tallest building west of the Mississippi River,” the complaint against Huizar says.
“This project would require official acts from HUIZAR at various stages of the City approval process.”
Huizar’s former aide, George Esparza, pleaded guilty on May 27 to racketeering charges as part of the probe.
According to Esparza’s plea agreement, he said that the Chinese developer began paying Huizar after he introduced a motion to keep the head of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety in his position.
Virginia Clark, who is listed as the point of contact on Shenzhen New World’s applications for the skyscraper, did not respond to a detailed list of questions about the PPP loans and the FBI investigation of Huizar.
The Small Business Administration, which approves the PPP loans, did not respond to a request for comment. Huizar’s lawyer also did not respond to a request for comment.
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thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson And Kevin Hart Thank Fans After ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Surpasses $800 M

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson And Kevin Hart Thank Fans After ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Surpasses $800 Million At Box-Office Worldwide

Dwayne “ The Rock ” Johnson and Kevin Hart took time out to thank fans following reports that “ Jumanji : The Next Level ” surpassed $ 800 million at the box-office worldwide .
“ Wooooow….Crazy surprise this is , ” the 41-year-old actor Hart captioned his post on Instagram Thursday , along with a screenshot of the article from Deadline .
“ Thank you to all of the amazing fans that helped make this possible.
” “ There is no Jumanji success without you guys….
, ” he added .
“ You guys are the dopest of dope # @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amazing cast [ and ] producers/Director ’ s [ and ] Studio.
” ( RELATED : Dwayne ‘ The Rock ’ Johnson Considers Running For Office ) The 48-year-old actor , Johnson , was just as thrilled with the news about “ Jumanji ” box office sales .
He captioned his post on Instagram , “ This was a nice surprising call to get this morning .
JUMANJI ’ s still going strong.
” ( RELATED : Christian Rapper TobyMac ’ s Son Dead At 21 ) “ First of all , THANK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secondly , I ’ m always grateful to see our JUMANJI having that unique , fun magic and mana for families around the to enjoy .
Our entire team will work even harder to make the next JUMANJI the best one yet.
” As of the outlet ’ s report on Wednesday , the film had earned $ 319.2 million domestically and $ 480.9 million at the international box office .
It still has a way to got to beat out the the first reboot of the franchise , “ Jumanji : Welcome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 and ended up doing $ 404 million domestic and $ 962 million worldwide , per Forbes .
But after coming out in December and having several months under coronavirus lockdown , this latest “ Jumanji ” is clearly holding its own .

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart took time out to thank fans following reports that “Jumanji: The Next Level” surpassed $800 million at the box-office worldwide.
“Wooooow….Crazy surprise this is,” the 41-year-old actor Hart captioned his post on Instagram Thursday, along with a screenshot of the article from Deadline. “Thank you to all of the amazing fans that helped make this possible.”
“There is no Jumanji success without you guys….,” he added. “You guys are the dopest of dope #Jumanji …. P.S Congrats to our amazing cast [and] producers/Director’s [and] Studio.” (RELATED: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Considers Running For Office)
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The 48-year-old actor, Johnson, was just as thrilled with the news about “Jumanji” box office sales. He captioned his post on Instagram, “This was a nice surprising call to get this morning. JUMANJI’s still going strong.” (RELATED: Christian Rapper TobyMac’s Son Dead At 21)
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“First of all, THANK YOU,” he added. “Secondly, I’m always grateful to see our JUMANJI having that unique, fun magic and mana for families around the to enjoy. Our entire team will work even harder to make the next JUMANJI the best one yet.”
As of the outlet’s report on Wednesday, the film had earned $319.2 million domestically and $480.9 million at the international box office.
It still has a way to got to beat out the the first reboot of the franchise, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” which came out in 2017 and ended up doing $404 million domestic and $962 million worldwide, per Forbes.
But after coming out in December and having several months under coronavirus lockdown, this latest “Jumanji” is clearly holding its own.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Employee At Ohio State University Charged For Hiding Ties With China While Accepting US Grants

A professor and researcher with ties to multiple American universities has been arrested for hiding ties with the Chinese government and using federal funding to carry out research and recruit talent for China , a Justice Department statement said .
Song Guo Zheng , 57 , was arrested in Anchorage May 22 while trying to board a flight to China .
Zheng allegedly lied about his ties with China to his employers or the National Institutes of Health , and accepted taxpayer-funded grants , according to the statement .
Zheng is listed as a former professor or researcher in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Penn State University and the Ohio State University .
The Ohio State University confirmed to the Daily Caller that Zheng is an employee of the University and was put on unpaid leave as the university proceeds toward termination .
“ Ohio State has been and continues to assist federal law enforcement authorities in every way possible .
We can not comment further at this time due to the ongoing law enforcement investigation , ” a representative said .
Zheng was a participant of the ‘ Chinese Talent Program , ’ or the Thousand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violations of U.S. law like espionage , theft or trade secrets , and grant fraud among many other scientists who ’ ve been involved in the program .
( RELATED : Most Scientists Who Lost Jobs At National Institute Of Health Due To Probe Into Foreign Ties Worked For Chinese Government ) An affidavit filed with the complaint alleges that Zheng has been participating in the talent program since 2013 and used research conducted in the U.S. to benefit Beijing .
“ Yet again , we are faced with a professor at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a Chinese Talent Plan , allegedly and deliberately failing to disclose his relationship with a Chinese university and receipt of funds from the Chinese Government in order to obtain millions of dollars in U.S. grant money designed to benefit the health and well-being of the people of the United States — not to be hijacked to supplement the research goals of the Chinese Communist Party , ” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers .
The U.S Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio believes Zheng was preparing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was beginning a probe into whether he was complying with the rules in taxpayer-funded grants .
At the time of his arrest , he was carrying multiple pieces of luggage with cell phones , laptops , several USB drives , silver bars , and expired Chinese passports for his family along with deeds for property in China .
“ The taxpayers of the United States are the real victims when researchers defraud our government and exploit our system to benefit China , ” FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follows that of multiple other professors and researchers at American universities who hid their ties with the Chinese government .
Among the most recent cases was that of former Emory University professor Dr. Xiao-Jiang Li , who was sentenced in May after pleading guilty to charges that included accepting at least $ 500,000 in Chinese government funding that he never reported on federal income tax returns while applying for NIH research grants .

A professor and researcher with ties to multiple American universities has been arrested for hiding ties with the Chinese government and using federal funding to carry out research and recruit talent for China, a Justice Department statement said.
Song Guo Zheng, 57, was arrested in Anchorage May 22 while trying to board a flight to China. Zheng allegedly lied about his ties with China to his employers or the National Institutes of Health, and accepted taxpayer-funded grants, according to the statement.
Zheng is listed as a former professor or researcher in the medical schools of multiple universities, including Penn State University and the Ohio State University. The Ohio State University confirmed to the Daily Caller that Zheng is an employee of the University and was put on unpaid leave as the university proceeds toward termination.
“Ohio State has been and continues to assist federal law enforcement authorities in every way possible. We cannot comment further at this time due to the ongoing law enforcement investigation,” a representative said.
Zheng was a participant of the ‘Chinese Talent Program,’ or the Thousand Talents Program, which has resulted in violations of U.S. law like espionage, theft or trade secrets, and grant fraud among many other scientists who’ve been involved in the program. (RELATED: Most Scientists Who Lost Jobs At National Institute Of Health Due To Probe Into Foreign Ties Worked For Chinese Government)
A Harvard University professor charged with lying about his role in a Chinese talent recruitment program must post a US$1 million cash bond, a judge ruled Thursday. https://t.co/8Nquq036i4 #China #espionage #lawsuit — Jodi Xu Klein (@jodixu) January 30, 2020
An affidavit filed with the complaint alleges that Zheng has been participating in the talent program since 2013 and used research conducted in the U.S. to benefit Beijing.
“Yet again, we are faced with a professor at a U.S. University, who is a member of a Chinese Talent Plan, allegedly and deliberately failing to disclose his relationship with a Chinese university and receipt of funds from the Chinese Government in order to obtain millions of dollars in U.S. grant money designed to benefit the health and well-being of the people of the United States — not to be hijacked to supplement the research goals of the Chinese Communist Party,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
The U.S Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio believes Zheng was preparing to flee the country after learning his employer was beginning a probe into whether he was complying with the rules in taxpayer-funded grants. At the time of his arrest, he was carrying multiple pieces of luggage with cell phones, laptops, several USB drives, silver bars, and expired Chinese passports for his family along with deeds for property in China.
“The taxpayers of the United States are the real victims when researchers defraud our government and exploit our system to benefit China,” FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman said in the statement.
Zheng’s arrest follows that of multiple other professors and researchers at American universities who hid their ties with the Chinese government.
Among the most recent cases was that of former Emory University professor Dr. Xiao-Jiang Li, who was sentenced in May after pleading guilty to charges that included accepting at least $500,000 in Chinese government funding that he never reported on federal income tax returns while applying for NIH research grants.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--After The Election, Is This Insane Political Climate Going To Get Better Or Worse?

The 2020 presidential election cycle has seen significant deterioration in the country ’ s political climate and national discourse .
@ @ @ @ @ levels of partisanship , growing discontent , widespread civil unrest and the rise of a @ @ @ @

The 2020 presidential election cycle has seen significant deterioration in the country’s political climate and national discourse. This is manifest in unprecedented levels of partisanship, growing discontent, widespread civil unrest and the rise of a toxic cancel culture.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Melania Makes Surprise Visit And Delivers Box Lunches To Women And Children’s Shelter

Melania Trump made a surprise visit and delivered box lunches on Thursday to a women and children ’ s shelter in Washington , D.C .
The first lady made the unannounced visit to the staff and residents at The Mary Elizabeth House and brought with her a donation of boxed hunches , Be Best tote bags and several other items , per a release from FLOTUS office .
“ It is important that , even in these challenging times , we find ways to help and connect with people and acknowledge the important work that is being done in countless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Melania shared during her visit as she thanked the staff .
( RELATED : Ivanka Turns Heads In Yellow And Black Floral Dress During Munich Trip ) “ Ministries like The Mary Elizabeth House are providing the support and valuable life skills that help to serve and lift up families and their communities to keep our children safe , ” she added .
( RELATED : Ivanka Turns Heads In Gorgeous Yellow Plaid Skirt Suit ) During FLOTUS visit , she “ met with staff of the Mary Elizabeth House , mothers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She also spent time with with the kids on the community playground and handing out the lunches and Be Best items as a show of her appreciation to the “ dedicated staff , and the families whom they serve.
” According to the release : The Mary Elizabeth House is a ministry community home devoted to providing life skills , counseling , educational and training resources to help at risk and vulnerable single mothers and their children .
The Mary Elizabeth House helps to improves the lives of single or pregnant mothers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aged out of the foster care system , to help to empower them to become more socially and emotionally stable and economically independent through training and other educational support services .
The first lady also spoke with staff members and young mothers about the importance of “ strengthening families and protecting children and her support for community-based prevention efforts.
” The release noted that the boxed lunches were “ delivered safely and packaged securely ” by the White House chefs .

Melania Trump made a surprise visit and delivered box lunches on Thursday to a women and children’s shelter in Washington, D.C.
The first lady made the unannounced visit to the staff and residents at The Mary Elizabeth House and brought with her a donation of boxed lunches, Be Best tote bags and several other items, per a release from FLOTUS office.
“It is important that, even in these challenging times, we find ways to help and connect with people and acknowledge the important work that is being done in countless communities across the United States,” Melania shared during her visit as she thanked the staff. (RELATED: Ivanka Turns Heads In Yellow And Black Floral Dress During Munich Trip)
“Ministries like The Mary Elizabeth House are providing the support and valuable life skills that help to serve and lift up families and their communities to keep our children safe,” she added. (RELATED: Ivanka Turns Heads In Gorgeous Yellow Plaid Skirt Suit)
During FLOTUS visit, she “met with staff of the Mary Elizabeth House, mothers and their children,” per the release. She also spent time with with the kids on the community playground and handing out the lunches and Be Best items as a show of her appreciation to the “dedicated staff, and the families whom they serve.”
According to the release:
The Mary Elizabeth House is a ministry community home devoted to providing life skills, counseling, educational and training resources to help at risk and vulnerable single mothers and their children. The Mary Elizabeth House helps to improves the lives of single or pregnant mothers, or young women currently in or aged out of the foster care system, to help to empower them to become more socially and emotionally stable and economically independent through training and other educational support services.
The first lady also spoke with staff members and young mothers about the importance of “strengthening families and protecting children and her support for community-based prevention efforts.”
The release noted that the boxed lunches were “delivered safely and packaged securely” by the White House chefs.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--The Side Of Kayleigh McEnany The Media Won’t Tell You About

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has been taking reporters to task at press briefings since May 1 , but @ @ @ @ @ career and personality you likely won ’ t see if you only pay attention to @ @ @

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has been taking reporters to task at press briefings since May 1, but there is much in her career and personality you likely won’t see if you only pay attention to media coverage.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--NYPD Silent On Whether NYPD Took Action On A Maxwell Accuser’s 1996 Complaint

The New York Police Department will not address whether it took action on a 1996 complaint filed against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ’ s ex-lover and cohort , Ghislaine Maxwell .
In a August 2019 interview with The New York Times , painter Maria Farmer said she told the FBI and the New York City Police Department in 1996 that Epstein and Maxwell had sexually molested both her and her sister .
She also said that Maxwell had subsequently threatened to destroy Farmer ’ s artwork when Farmer fled after she was allegedly abused .
The NYPD referred her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assault , Farmer said , but took a report on Maxwell ’ s alleged threats .
Sergeant Mary Frances O ’ Donnell , a spokeswoman for the NYPD ’ s Office of the Deputy Commissioner , told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an email that Farmer ’ s complaint was filed for aggravated harassment and not for assault .
The DCNF repeatedly asked whether the NYPD took any action on Farmer ’ s complaint , but the department has not responded .
The complaint contained the following information , according to O @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 11 , 1996 , the victim stated the perp called her and threatened to burn her paintings and send her polaroids of the burnt paintings.
” The DCNF filed a request for Farmer ’ s complaint under New York ’ s Freedom of Information Law , but it has not yet been fulfilled .
( RELATED : Federal Prosecutors Refuse To Give More Info On Why It Took 24 Years To Arrest Ghislaine Maxwell ) Former New York Police Department Commissioner Howard Safir , who served as police commissioner beginning during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filed , did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF .
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani appointed Safir as NYPD commissioner April 15 , 1996 .
Farmer has also said that she told the FBI about her allegations that Epstein and Maxwell sexually assaulted her .
The DCNF reached out to the FBI on numerous occasions regarding this allegation , but the FBI repeatedly declined to comment and referred the DCNF to the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office of the Southern District of New York ( SDNY @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comment on this matter to the DCNF beyond an emailed statement from spokesman Nicholas Biase : “ We bring criminal cases when they are ready to be brought and when we are confident we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.
” Farmer did not return numerous requests for comment from the DCNF .
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The New York Police Department will not address whether it took action on a 1996 complaint filed against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lover and cohort, Ghislaine Maxwell.
In a August 2019 interview with The New York Times, painter Maria Farmer said she told the FBI and the New York City Police Department in 1996 that Epstein and Maxwell had sexually molested both her and her sister. She also said that Maxwell had subsequently threatened to destroy Farmer’s artwork when Farmer fled after she was allegedly abused.
The NYPD referred her to the FBI regarding her allegations of assault, Farmer said, but took a report on Maxwell’s alleged threats.
Sergeant Mary Frances O’Donnell, a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an email that Farmer’s complaint was filed for aggravated harassment and not for assault.
The DCNF repeatedly asked whether the NYPD took any action on Farmer’s complaint, but the department has not responded.
The complaint contained the following information, according to O’Donnell: “On Thursday, July 11, 1996, the victim stated the perp called her and threatened to burn her paintings and send her polaroids of the burnt paintings.”
The DCNF filed a request for Farmer’s complaint under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, but it has not yet been fulfilled. (RELATED: Federal Prosecutors Refuse To Give More Info On Why It Took 24 Years To Arrest Ghislaine Maxwell)
Former New York Police Department Commissioner Howard Safir, who served as police commissioner beginning during the period when Farmer’s report was filed, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani appointed Safir as NYPD commissioner April 15, 1996.
Farmer has also said that she told the FBI about her allegations that Epstein and Maxwell sexually assaulted her. The DCNF reached out to the FBI on numerous occasions regarding this allegation, but the FBI repeatedly declined to comment and referred the DCNF to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
SDNY also repeatedly declined to comment on this matter to the DCNF beyond an emailed statement from spokesman Nicholas Biase: “We bring criminal cases when they are ready to be brought and when we are confident we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Farmer did not return numerous requests for comment from the DCNF.
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thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Olympic Snowboarder Champion Alex Pullin Dead At 32 In Spearfishing Accident

Olympic snowboarder , Alex “ Chumpy ” Pullin , has died in a spearfishing accident in his native country of Australia at age 32 .
“ Paramedics were called to a post-immersion incident off Nineteenth Avenue at Palm Beach just after 10.30am , ” a spokesperson with Queensland Ambulance Service shared in a statement , per CNN in a piece published Wednesday .
( RELATED : Legendary Comic Don Rickles Died At Age 90 ) “ One patient was treated at the scene , ” the statement added .
Snow Australia , the official social media site for “ competitive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the news of the superstar athlete ’ s death with a post on Instagram .
( RELATED : Hollywood Reacts To Death Of Legendary Actress Doris Day ) “ The Snow Australia community is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of triple Olympian , Alex Pullin , who today lost his life while spear fishing on the Gold Coast this morning , ” the post read .
“ Our deepest condolences are with Alex ’ s family , as well as his team mates and support staff , ” the post added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Snow Australia community and he will be dearly missed .
Alex was found unconscious on the sea floor by another diver .
Paramedics were called out and performed CPR on him before pronouncing him dead at the scene , per Australia 7 News .
Authorities believe Pullin was free diving and spearfishing without a breathing apparatus off the shore alone .
The two-time Australian world champion was the Australian flag bearer for the Winter Olympics held in Sochi , Russia in 2014 .
He competed in three Olympics in all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Olympic snowboarder, Alex “Chumpy” Pullin, has died in a spearfishing accident in his native country of Australia at age 32.
“Paramedics were called to a post-immersion incident off Nineteenth Avenue at Palm Beach just after 10.30am,” a spokesperson with Queensland Ambulance Service shared in a statement, per CNN in a piece published Wednesday. (RELATED: Legendary Comic Don Rickles Died At Age 90)
“One patient was treated at the scene,” the statement added.
Two-time world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin, 32, has died in a spearfishing accident in his native Australia https://t.co/ZOJ6fLe9XX — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 8, 2020
Snow Australia, the official social media site for “competitive skiing and snowboarding in Australia” confirmed the news of the superstar athlete’s death with a post on Instagram. (RELATED: Hollywood Reacts To Death Of Legendary Actress Doris Day)
“The Snow Australia community is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of triple Olympian, Alex Pullin, who today lost his life while spear fishing on the Gold Coast this morning,” the post read.
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“Our deepest condolences are with Alex’s family, as well as his team mates and support staff,” the post added. “Alex was a beloved member of the Snow Australia community and he will be dearly missed.
Alex was found unconscious on the sea floor by another diver. Paramedics were called out and performed CPR on him before pronouncing him dead at the scene, per Australia 7 News.
Authorities believe Pullin was free diving and spearfishing without a breathing apparatus off the shore alone.
The two-time Australian world champion was the Australian flag bearer for the Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia in 2014. He competed in three Olympics in all, 2010, 2014, and 2018.


thedailycaller--2020-07-09--Ohio State AD Gene Smith Is ‘Very Concerned’ About The Fate Of College Football

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is seriously concerned about the upcoming football season .
It was announced Thursday that the Big 10 would move to only conference games for the 2020 season , and it sounds like Smith ’ s worries are only getting started .
( RELATED : David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football ) According to multiple reports , he told the media after the decision that he ’ s “ very concerned ” about what lies ahead for college football during the coronavirus pandemic .
Smith is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yeah , no kidding , folks .
We ’ re all concerned !
The B1G moving to only conference games is the surest sign yet that it ’ s time to panic .
It ’ s not just time to panic , but it might also be time to start mentally preparing for the football season to not happen .
I don ’ t say that lightly , and I hope like hell I ’ m wrong .
However , have any of you opened up an internet browser in the past six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is coming apart at the seams !
We went from everything being fine in May to an absolute dumpster fire by July 9 .
If you have any favors with the big man upstairs , now would be the time to call them in because we need all the help we can get .

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is seriously concerned about the upcoming football season.
It was announced Thursday that the Big 10 would move to only conference games for the 2020 season, and it sounds like Smith’s worries are only getting started. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
According to multiple reports, he told the media after the decision that he’s “very concerned” about what lies ahead for college football during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio State AD Gene Smith, asked about his level of concern regarding the status of the 2020 football season, said he’s no longer cautiously optimistic. “I am very concerned,” Smith said. — Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) July 9, 2020
On a teleconference with reporters, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said he is no longer “cautiously optimistic” about a football season being held this fall. “I’m very concerned.” — Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) July 9, 2020
Gene Smith said he’s now “very concerned” that Ohio State may not be able to play fall sports this year. https://t.co/BU4gLqEEm3 — Eleven Warriors (@11W) July 9, 2020
Smith is concerned? He’s worried? Yeah, no kidding, folks. We’re all concerned! The B1G moving to only conference games is the surest sign yet that it’s time to panic.
It’s not just time to panic, but it might also be time to start mentally preparing for the football season to not happen.
I don’t say that lightly, and I hope like hell I’m wrong. However, have any of you opened up an internet browser in the past six hours?
The sport of college football is coming apart at the seams! We went from everything being fine in May to an absolute dumpster fire by July 9.
If you have any favors with the big man upstairs, now would be the time to call them in because we need all the help we can get.