thedailycaller--2020-02-06--‘Pierre Delecto Strikes Again’: Tucker Carlson Mocks Mitt Romney’s ‘Silly Moral Preening’

Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked Mitt Romney for “ silly moral preening ” following the Utah Senator ’ s decision to cast the lone Republican vote for removing President Donald Trump from office .
The Senate on Wednesday voted to acquit the president : 52-48 on the abuse of power charge and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress .
Romney voted to convict Trump of the abuse of power article , then defended his decision by saying he had “ no choice under the oath that I took.
” Carlson compared the inevitable outcome of the impeachment proceedings to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known in advance .
Then , he turned his attention to Romney as the words “ Pierre Delecto Strikes Again ” appeared to the right of a photoshopped picture of the Utah senator wearing a French-style mustache .
“ A lone Republican , as you may have read , defected and joined the Democrats , ” said the Fox News host .
“ That senator shall go unnamed on this show on the grounds that silly moral preening should not be rewarded with the publicity it is designed to garner.
” ( RELATED @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Romney To Be Expelled From GOP ) “ An overwrought ethics lecture from a private equity guy ?
” Carlson mocked .
“ Next thing you know some payday loan sleazeball will be telling us ‘ we ’ re all going to hell !
’ It ’ s just too absurd each for the ludicrous moment we are living in .
We ’ ll take that seriously just as soon as we decide Al Sharpton is a legitimate moral voice .
So enough of that .
”

Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked Mitt Romney for “silly moral preening” following the Utah Senator’s decision to cast the lone Republican vote for removing President Donald Trump from office.
The Senate on Wednesday voted to acquit the president: 52-48 on the abuse of power charge and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. Romney voted to convict Trump of the abuse of power article, then defended his decision by saying he had “no choice under the oath that I took.”
Carlson compared the inevitable outcome of the impeachment proceedings to the movie Titanic, where the outcome was known in advance. Then, he turned his attention to Romney as the words “Pierre Delecto Strikes Again” appeared to the right of a photoshopped picture of the Utah senator wearing a French-style mustache.
“A lone Republican, as you may have read, defected and joined the Democrats,” said the Fox News host. “That senator shall go unnamed on this show on the grounds that silly moral preening should not be rewarded with the publicity it is designed to garner.” (RELATED: Donald Trump Jr. Calls For Mitt Romney To Be Expelled From GOP)
“An overwrought ethics lecture from a private equity guy?” Carlson mocked. “Next thing you know some payday loan sleazeball will be telling us ‘we’re all going to hell!’ It’s just too absurd each for the ludicrous moment we are living in. We’ll take that seriously just as soon as we decide Al Sharpton is a legitimate moral voice. So enough of that.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--EXCLUSIVE: Pence Blasts Democrats Failed Impeachment Attempt

Vice President Mike Pence blasted Democrats on Wednesday for their failed attempt to impeach President Donald Trump in a sit-down interview with the Daily Caller .
Pence sat down with the Caller as the Senate was voting to acquit the president , and was not at all worried about the outcome , saying , “ well , we ’ ve you know , we have supported this administration and supported the president every step of the way .
And the truth is , I think the American people have seen this for what it is , it ’ s nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president was given no due process at all , followed by a partisan impeachment , which today will result in the president of the United States being acquitted by the United States Senate , ” Pence told the Daily Caller .
“ We simply sought to continue to support the president .
Look , the American people have the facts .
I mean , we started out with a whistleblower complaint .
We never hear about the whistleblower anymore because the American people can read the transcript .
They could see there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was no pressure .
The president did nothing wrong .
And Ukraine received all of the military aid that was approved by the Congress , ” Pence said .
“ His acquittal today will be a confirmation of all of that .
And I hope also it ’ s it gives us an opportunity to move on , ” Pence concluded .
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Vice President Mike Pence blasted Democrats on Wednesday for their failed attempt to impeach President Donald Trump in a sit-down interview with the Daily Caller.
Pence sat down with the Caller as the Senate was voting to acquit the president, and was not at all worried about the outcome, saying, “well, we’ve you know, we have supported this administration and supported the president every step of the way. And the truth is, I think the American people have seen this for what it is, it’s nothing more than a sham investigation where the president was given no due process at all, followed by a partisan impeachment, which today will result in the president of the United States being acquitted by the United States Senate,” Pence told the Daily Caller.
“We simply sought to continue to support the president. Look, the American people have the facts. I mean, we started out with a whistleblower complaint. We never hear about the whistleblower anymore because the American people can read the transcript. They could see there was no quid pro quo President Zelensky said there was no pressure. The president did nothing wrong. And Ukraine received all of the military aid that was approved by the Congress,” Pence said.
“His acquittal today will be a confirmation of all of that. And I hope also it’s it gives us an opportunity to move on,” Pence concluded.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Trump Administration Executive Order Seeks To Revive Classical Architecture, Involve Public In Desig

Trump Administration Executive Order Seeks To Revive Classical Architecture, Involve Public In Design Decisions

The Trump administration has drafted an executive order that will prioritize traditional architecture as the template for all federal buildings .
The order , titled “ Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again , ” laments the adoption of mid-century modern aesthetics into building design .
Instead , classical architectural styles and historic styles as the Gothic style , the Romanesque style , and the Spanish colonial and other Mediterranean styles are going to be prioritized .
Included in the list of buildings that have “ little aesthetic appeal ” are the US Federal Building in San Francisco , the US Courthouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Miami .
According to the order , these buildings do not represent “ national values , ” and public opinion of buildings should be taken into consideration , especially for renovations of public buildings .
The General Services Administration , which commissions federal architecture , will be responsible for holding design competitions for public buildings , and will “ publicize and hold public comment periods on the final building designs under consideration ” as well as “ convene panels composed of the public to hear their views on the proposed designs.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ design echoes that of the UK government , which launched the “ Building Better , Building Beautiful Commission ” in 2018 in order to revive the character of communities and make them welcoming to residents rather than alienating , a consequence that many traditionalists believe arises from modern architecture .
Roger Scruton , who died in January , was appointed to head the commission .
Scruton was a stalwart conservative and champion of traditional design .
( Related : Not Liking Modern Architecture Apparently Makes You Alt-Right ) Trump ’ s interest may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be fixated on remodeling Brutalist buildings in Washington since 2018 , specifically the FBI headquarters .
A source told Axios that Trump had called it “ one of the ugliest buildings in the city , ” and said that “ the building is terrible… it ’ s one of the brutalist-type buildings , you know , brutalist architecture.
” Not surprisingly , Brutalism is one of the forms of architecture the order emphasizes as unappealing .
“ For too long architectural elites and bureaucrats have derided the idea of beauty , blatantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have quietly spent taxpayer money constructing ugly , expensive , and inefficient buildings , ” Marion Smith , the National Civic Art Society ’ s chairman , told the New York Times .
“ This executive order gives voice to the 99 percent — the ordinary American people who do not like what our government has been building .
”

The Trump administration has drafted an executive order that will prioritize traditional architecture as the template for all federal buildings.
The order, titled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” laments the adoption of mid-century modern aesthetics into building design. Instead, classical architectural styles and historic styles as the Gothic style, the Romanesque style, and the Spanish colonial and other Mediterranean styles are going to be prioritized.
Included in the list of buildings that have “little aesthetic appeal” are the US Federal Building in San Francisco, the US Courthouse in Austin, and the US Courthouse in Miami. According to the order, these buildings do not represent “national values,” and public opinion of buildings should be taken into consideration, especially for renovations of public buildings. The General Services Administration, which commissions federal architecture, will be responsible for holding design competitions for public buildings, and will “publicize and hold public comment periods on the final building designs under consideration” as well as “convene panels composed of the public to hear their views on the proposed designs.”
Trump’s interest in traditional building design echoes that of the UK government, which launched the “Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission” in 2018 in order to revive the character of communities and make them welcoming to residents rather than alienating, a consequence that many traditionalists believe arises from modern architecture. Roger Scruton, who died in January, was appointed to head the commission. Scruton was a stalwart conservative and champion of traditional design.(Related: Not Liking Modern Architecture Apparently Makes You Alt-Right)
Trump’s interest may seem sudden, but he was reported to be fixated on remodeling Brutalist buildings in Washington since 2018, specifically the FBI headquarters. A source told Axios that Trump had called it “one of the ugliest buildings in the city,” and said that “the building is terrible… it’s one of the brutalist-type buildings, you know, brutalist architecture.”
Not surprisingly, Brutalism is one of the forms of architecture the order emphasizes as unappealing.
“For too long architectural elites and bureaucrats have derided the idea of beauty, blatantly ignored public opinions on style, and have quietly spent taxpayer money constructing ugly, expensive, and inefficient buildings,” Marion Smith, the National Civic Art Society’s chairman, told the New York Times. “This executive order gives voice to the 99 percent — the ordinary American people who do not like what our government has been building.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Pelosi Pre-Ripped Pages Of Trump’s SOTU Speech

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already pre-ripped pages of President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech before standing and ripping the pages apart when the president concluded his speech .
The Trump War Room Twitter account posted footage of the California lawmaker making small tears to the speech around 9:49 p.m. as Trump was talking about “ new cures for childhood cancer ” and about to address conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh .
Then , at 10:24 p.m. , Pelosi stood and ripped the entire speech in half .
The New York Post posted a picture of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the House Speaker ’ s decision was premeditated or done in the heat of the moment seemed settled after Red State editor Brandon Morse posted a video of Pelosi “ testing to see if she could rip the speech before the speech even started.
” ( RELATED : MSNBC Analyst : After Acquittal , ‘ No President ’ Was Ever ‘ As Powerful As Donald John Trump In This Hour ’ ) Although the Democratic House Speaker was harshly criticized for ripping up the speech in such a public fashion , she later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.
” “ I tore it up , ” she said .
“ I was trying to find one page with truth on it .
I couldn ’ t .
”

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already pre-ripped pages of President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech before standing and ripping the pages apart when the president concluded his speech.
The Trump War Room Twitter account posted footage of the California lawmaker making small tears to the speech around 9:49 p.m. as Trump was talking about “new cures for childhood cancer” and about to address conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Then, at 10:24 p.m., Pelosi stood and ripped the entire speech in half.
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Video confirms Nancy Pelosi ripping up the #SOTU speech was PREMEDITATED: 9:49 PM: Pelosi makes small tears to the paper after POTUS mentions “new cures for childhood cancer” and eradicating AIDS. 10:24 PM: Pelosi holds up the already torn paper and finishes ripping it in half. pic.twitter.com/IR2y9CeYVo — Trump War Room – Text WOKE to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) February 5, 2020
The New York Post posted a picture of the pre-ripped pages:
Nancy Pelosi ‘pre-ripped’ pages of Trump’s SOTU speech, video shows https://t.co/e4bItGSTPt pic.twitter.com/Ef8YeIVGCx — New York Post (@nypost) February 5, 2020
Any debate about whether the House Speaker’s decision was premeditated or done in the heat of the moment seemed settled after Red State editor Brandon Morse posted a video of Pelosi “testing to see if she could rip the speech before the speech even started.” (RELATED: MSNBC Analyst: After Acquittal, ‘No President’ Was Ever ‘As Powerful As Donald John Trump In This Hour’)
Here’s Pelosi testing to see if she could rip the speech before the speech even started. She was planning to do it from the start. pic.twitter.com/1gEMlYrNB7 — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 5, 2020
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Although the Democratic House Speaker was harshly criticized for ripping up the speech in such a public fashion, she later defended her actions to Fox News as “the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.”
“I tore it up,” she said. “I was trying to find one page with truth on it. I couldn’t.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Sanders And Warren Campaigns Paid Reparations For An Estimated 2,102 Tons Of Coal Worth Of Carbon In

Sanders And Warren Campaigns Paid Reparations For An Estimated 2,102 Tons Of Coal Worth Of Carbon In 2019

• Sens .
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren collectively spent $ 59,138 in carbon offsets in 2019 to counteract the carbon they produced campaigning for president , FEC records show .
• That ’ s enough to offset 3,815 tons of CO2 , according to an online calculator from NativeEnergy , the carbon offset firm Sanders and Warren used .
• The two candidates spent a combined $ 2.4 million on private jets in 2019 , FEC records show .
Sens .
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren purchased carbon offsets meant to counteract the equivalent of 2,102 tons of coal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a Daily Caller News Foundation estimate derived from their carbon offset payments .
Both Sanders and Warren devoted a considerable amount of cash to private jets travel in 2019 .
Sanders led the Democratic field in private airfare spending in 2019 , dishing out $ 1.6 million to Apollo Jets , LLC , a “ luxury private jet charter service , ” according to Federal Election Commission records .
Warren ’ s campaign , meanwhile , spent $ 871,000 on private jets through Advanced Aviation , FEC records show .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s senior senator , became the first Democratic presidential candidate to promise to purchase offsets to effectively wipe out his campaign ’ s carbon production from travel .
A Warren aide told The Hill in October that her campaign also purchases offsets for carbon emissions .
The two senators used the Vermont-based NativeEnergy for their carbon offset needs .
Sanders purchased $ 32,230 in offsets from the firm in 2019 , while Warren spent $ 26,908 , Federal Election Commission records show .
That ’ s enough for the two campaigns to offset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a NativeEnergy online calculator that places the offset value of a ton of carbon at $ 15.50 .
3,815 tons of carbon emissions is the equivalent of burning 2,102 tons of coal , or consuming 429,000 gallons of gasoline , according to the Environmental Protection Agency .
The precise amount of carbon the campaigns paid to offset is not clear .
NativeEnergy spokeswoman Betsy Dall told the DCNF that the firm ’ s pricing decreases as the volume of offsets increases , which suggests that the campaigns could have offset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon , but she didn ’ t provide the exact rate they paid when asked .
Neither of the campaigns responded to multiple requests for comment about their carbon offset payments .
( RELATED : Bernie To Charter A Private Jet To Campaign In Iowa During Impeachment Trial ) Sanders , a prominent environmentalist and supporter of the Green New Deal ( GND ) , confirmed his decision to use a private jet during a Jan.10 episode of “ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
” The GND calls for shifting the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green energy fuel sources .
Warren , who represents Massachusetts , rolled out her own version of a GND in June 2019 that would create one million green jobs at the cost of $ 2 trillion over a decade .
Warren ’ s campaign netted a big endorsement in December from Rhiana Gunn-Wright , whose Twitter profile suggests she crafted policy for the GND , a piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a New York Democrat .
The bill was ultimately defeated in March 2019 , but has become a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats alike .
Many of the country ’ s most prominent climate activists and Democratic politicians are being tight-lipped about Sanders and Warren ’ s private jet travel .
The DCNF reached out to GND sponsors Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey but neither has responded to repeated requests for comments .
The DCNF also reached out to Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota , Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts , and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan , but none of them responded to multiple requests for a reaction to Sanders ’ jet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same group of freshman lawmakers who have been nicknamed “ The Squad.
” The Sunrise Movement , which kickstarted the GND push , has also not responded to requests for comment .
The GND resolution , among other things , called for “ 10-year national mobilizations ” toward a series of goals aimed at fighting global warming .
A separate fact sheet claims the plan would “ mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War 2.
” It sought to nix oil production outright .
Reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillions of dollars .
Americans could be forced to pay up to $ 93 trillion to implement the proposal over a decade , the conservative-leaning American Action Forum ( AAF ) noted in a study in February 2019 .
That comes to an estimated cost of $ 36,100 to $ 65,300 per household every year to meet the GND ’ s goals , AAF reported at the time .
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Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren collectively spent $59,138 in carbon offsets in 2019 to counteract the carbon they produced campaigning for president, FEC records show.
That’s enough to offset 3,815 tons of CO2, according to an online calculator from NativeEnergy, the carbon offset firm Sanders and Warren used.
The two candidates spent a combined $2.4 million on private jets in 2019, FEC records show.
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren purchased carbon offsets meant to counteract the equivalent of 2,102 tons of coal while traveling the country campaigning for president, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation estimate derived from their carbon offset payments.
Both Sanders and Warren devoted a considerable amount of cash to private jets travel in 2019. Sanders led the Democratic field in private airfare spending in 2019, dishing out $1.6 million to Apollo Jets, LLC, a “luxury private jet charter service,” according to Federal Election Commission records.
Warren’s campaign, meanwhile, spent $871,000 on private jets through Advanced Aviation, FEC records show.
In March, Sanders, Vermont’s senior senator, became the first Democratic presidential candidate to promise to purchase offsets to effectively wipe out his campaign’s carbon production from travel. A Warren aide told The Hill in October that her campaign also purchases offsets for carbon emissions.
The two senators used the Vermont-based NativeEnergy for their carbon offset needs. Sanders purchased $32,230 in offsets from the firm in 2019, while Warren spent $26,908, Federal Election Commission records show.
That’s enough for the two campaigns to offset a combined 3,815 tons of carbon emissions, according to a NativeEnergy online calculator that places the offset value of a ton of carbon at $15.50.
3,815 tons of carbon emissions is the equivalent of burning 2,102 tons of coal, or consuming 429,000 gallons of gasoline, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The precise amount of carbon the campaigns paid to offset is not clear. NativeEnergy spokeswoman Betsy Dall told the DCNF that the firm’s pricing decreases as the volume of offsets increases, which suggests that the campaigns could have offset more than a combined 3,815 tons of carbon, but she didn’t provide the exact rate they paid when asked.
Neither of the campaigns responded to multiple requests for comment about their carbon offset payments. (RELATED: Bernie To Charter A Private Jet To Campaign In Iowa During Impeachment Trial)
Sanders, a prominent environmentalist and supporter of the Green New Deal (GND), confirmed his decision to use a private jet during a Jan.10 episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The GND calls for shifting the U.S. away from traditional fossil fuels and toward green energy fuel sources. Warren, who represents Massachusetts, rolled out her own version of a GND in June 2019 that would create one million green jobs at the cost of $2 trillion over a decade.
Warren’s campaign netted a big endorsement in December from Rhiana Gunn-Wright, whose Twitter profile suggests she crafted policy for the GND, a piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat. The bill was ultimately defeated in March 2019, but has become a rallying cry for young climate activists and Democrats alike.
Many of the country’s most prominent climate activists and Democratic politicians are being tight-lipped about Sanders and Warren’s private jet travel. The DCNF reached out to GND sponsors Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey but neither has responded to repeated requests for comments.
The DCNF also reached out to Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, but none of them responded to multiple requests for a reaction to Sanders’ jet travel. They are all part of the same group of freshman lawmakers who have been nicknamed “The Squad.”
The Sunrise Movement, which kickstarted the GND push, has also not responded to requests for comment.
The GND resolution, among other things, called for “10-year national mobilizations” toward a series of goals aimed at fighting global warming. A separate fact sheet claims the plan would “mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War 2.” It sought to nix oil production outright.
Reports suggest the GND could cost tens of trillions of dollars. Americans could be forced to pay up to $93 trillion to implement the proposal over a decade, the conservative-leaning American Action Forum (AAF) noted in a study in February 2019.
That comes to an estimated cost of $36,100 to $65,300 per household every year to meet the GND’s goals, AAF reported at the time. Such goals include “net-zero” emissions, widespread high-speed rail, guaranteed jobs, universal health care, and creating infrastructure for other social justice measures.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-06--It Took Twitter’s CEO Five Months To Keep One Simple Pledge To Meghan McCain

Editor ’ s note : What follows is an excerpt from Peter Hasson ’ s new book “ The Manipulators : Facebook , Google , Twitter , qnd Big Tech ’ s War on Conservatives ” ( order here on Amazon ) .
The book delves into how Big Tech is using its huge financial and technological power to severely restrict access to conservative voices and ideas and to rig public debate in favor of America ’ s political left wing .
Meghan McCain , a host on The View and the daughter of the late senator and Vietnam hero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of hate and bile on Twitter .
But Twitter , which aggressively cracked down on conservatives who tweeted “ learn to code , ” was curiously slow to respond to the hatred directed at McCain .
In the days after John McCain ’ s funeral , for example , a Twitter user posted a doctored photo showing a gun pointed at Meghan as she approached her father ’ s casket .
“ America , this ones for you , ” the photo ’ s caption read .
The tweet remained on the platform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dozens of conservatives reporting it to Twitter and asking the site to take it down .
Only after Meghan ’ s husband , Ben Domenech , tweeted at Dorsey directly did Twitter remove the tweet .
“ Hey @ jack , this has been up for half a day .
It has been reported 100+ times .
No response .
Tell me why this is cool by you , ” Domenech wrote .
Once again , Twitter only took action because a concerted effort from conservatives criticizing both the company and Dorsey personally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public relations option .
Dorsey was asked about Twitter ’ s hesitance to remove the death threats against McCain when he testified before Congress on September 5 , 2018 .
“ That was unacceptable , ” Dorsey replied .
When the committee asked if he had apologized to the McCain family , Dorsey said , “ I haven ’ t personally , but I will.
” ( RELATED : Google Is A No-Show At Senate Social Media Hearing ) Days passed without an apology , then weeks , and then months .
Still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forgot about the promise he made under oath ?
Perhaps , but unlikely .
Domenech published a scathing article in November 2018 , castigating Dorsey for his broken promise .
“ Jack Dorsey has never contacted my wife or me to apologize , ” Domenech wrote in an article titled , “ Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Lied Under Oath To Congress .
Shouldn ’ t That Matter ?
” You might assume that after Domenech ’ s public reminder of the broken promise , Dorsey would have leapt into action , but that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more days passed without an apology , then weeks , and then months .
Domenech told me that Dorsey finally called at the end of January 2019—nearly five months after he promised Congress that he would .
The incident was a microcosm of Dorsey ’ s entire playbook when confronted about his company ’ s left-wing bias : pay lip service to the problem and then do as little as possible to actually address it .
Peter J. Hasson is the editor of the investigative group at the Daily Caller News Foundation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook , Google , Twitter , and Big Tech ’ s War on Conservatives “

Editor’s note: What follows is an excerpt from Peter Hasson’s new book “The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, qnd Big Tech’s War on Conservatives” (order here on Amazon). The book delves into how Big Tech is using its huge financial and technological power to severely restrict access to conservative voices and ideas and to rig public debate in favor of America’s political left wing.
Meghan McCain, a host on The View and the daughter of the late senator and Vietnam hero John McCain, is a regular target of hate and bile on Twitter. But Twitter, which aggressively cracked down on conservatives who tweeted “learn to code,” was curiously slow to respond to the hatred directed at McCain.
In the days after John McCain’s funeral, for example, a Twitter user posted a doctored photo showing a gun pointed at Meghan as she approached her father’s casket. “America, this ones for you,” the photo’s caption read. The tweet remained on the platform for more than twelve hours, despite dozens of conservatives reporting it to Twitter and asking the site to take it down. Only after Meghan’s husband, Ben Domenech, tweeted at Dorsey directly did Twitter remove the tweet. “Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you,” Domenech wrote. Once again, Twitter only took action because a concerted effort from conservatives criticizing both the company and Dorsey personally made deleting the threatening post the better public relations option.
Dorsey was asked about Twitter’s hesitance to remove the death threats against McCain when he testified before Congress on September 5, 2018. “That was unacceptable,” Dorsey replied. When the committee asked if he had apologized to the McCain family, Dorsey said, “I haven’t personally, but I will.” (RELATED: Google Is A No-Show At Senate Social Media Hearing)
Days passed without an apology, then weeks, and then months. Still, no apology arrived. Perhaps Dorsey forgot about the promise he made under oath? Perhaps, but unlikely. Domenech published a scathing article in November 2018, castigating Dorsey for his broken promise. “Jack Dorsey has never contacted my wife or me to apologize,” Domenech wrote in an article titled, “Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Lied Under Oath To Congress. Shouldn’t That Matter?”
You might assume that after Domenech’s public reminder of the broken promise, Dorsey would have leapt into action, but that wasn’t the case. Yet more days passed without an apology, then weeks, and then months. Domenech told me that Dorsey finally called at the end of January 2019—nearly five months after he promised Congress that he would.
The incident was a microcosm of Dorsey’s entire playbook when confronted about his company’s left-wing bias: pay lip service to the problem and then do as little as possible to actually address it.
Peter J. Hasson is the editor of the investigative group at the Daily Caller News Foundation and the author of “The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Big Tech’s War on Conservatives“


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Inside The ‘Black Site’ Federal Prison Where An Insurance Scammer Was Allegedly Killed By A Jihadi

Robert David Neal , an insurance scammer , was killed and nearly beheaded in November 2018 by Rodney Hamrick , a jihadi and former resident of Supermax in Colorado , according to a court filing .
Both Neal and Hamrick were being housed in the Communications Management Unit ( CMU ) in Terre Haute , Indiana .
The CMU is one of several prisons created by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in response to 9/11 , which generally house terrorists and significantly restrict the communications of inmates .
Robert David Neal , 68 , died at the Communications Management Unit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indiana , Nov. 10 , 2018 , according to a local outlet .
While the manner of death was reported to be a homicide , the prison officials did not release the name of the perpetrator .
Two other inmates housed at the CMU have taken an interest in the killing , Marty Gottesfeld and Schaeffer Cox .
Gottesfeld received a ten year sentence after he diverted traffic to the Boston Children ’ s Hospital in 2014 , to protest their treatment of Justina Pelletier , a teenager many said was medically kidnapped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Cox was a militia leader in Alaska , who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in 2012 .
Gottesfeld and Cox wrote an article about the murder , and in an effort to publicize it , in August 2019 , Gottesfeld filed a motion in his case in which the article was an exhibit .
“ Former-U.S.-Army-soldier-turned-radical-Islamic-fighter Rodney Hamrick took 68-year-old former insurance executive Robert David Neal hostage inside of a federal facility .
He bound Neal ’ s hands behind his back , as well as his feet , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severing his head , ” the unfinished article begins .
In a different court filing , Hamrick was identified as an adherent of the Hanbali School of Islam .
On September 5 , 2019 , Richard Warren , another inmate at the CMU , testified at the sentencing hearing for another CMU inmate Kurt Johnson about a previous violent incident allegedly involving Hamrick .
According to Warren ’ s testimony during a sentencing hearing for Johnson , Johnson protected him during another attack by Hamrick on the same night .
Warren said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his cell , so when he entered on this particular evening , he thought nothing of it .
Some movement between cells was allowed in the CMU .
“ He grabbed me from behind , ” the testimony says happened next .
“ He had a seven-inch ice pick with a list of names , mine being at the top of the list , and a rag .
He stabbed me here ( indicating ) and it hit my bone and pushed the ice pick up in his hand .
I elbowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ locker and stood besides the door and I turned to face him .
He then held that up , pulled it down , flipped it over and started stabbing me.
” Warren said he put his arms up and defended himself .
“ At that very moment , Mr. Johnson was walking by down the hallway and he stepped in between me and Mr. Hamrick .
And Mr. Hamrick , when I hit him and knocked him back , when I had yelled , he dropped both the note , the weapon and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warren continued .
“ Mr .
Johnson stood between me and him .
He then — Mr. Johnson told him he doesn ’ t know what ’ s going on but enough is enough .
He reached down , picked up his thing and left.
” Later in the testimony , Warren said Hamrick singled out Christians as potential targets .
“ And , by the way , we were attacked because we were Christians and he made that very clear .
I had no idea until later that night I got to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ David Neal had even been killed by the same person , with a single stab wound to the heart , and afterward he tried to cut his head off , literally sliced his neck around.
” Johnson is currently serving time for several fraud schemes while Warren was convicted of 11 counts of wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme .
Gottesfeld , who was featured in the Caller in October 2019 , is a hacker who shut down the system at Boston Children ’ s Hospital over the psychiatric detention of Justina Pelletier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Review , have described as a “ medical kidnapping.
” ( RELATED : Wife Of Convicted Hacktivist Speaks Out Over Husband ’ s Prison Conditions ) Pelletier ’ s case became national news after Boston Children ’ s Hospital , on the family ’ s first visit , claimed a mitochondrial disorder , which had been treated at Tufts , was diagnosed as psychosomatic .
The hospital called social services , which kept her in a psych ward for months while she deteriorated .
Gottesfeld believed Pelletier ’ s life was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gottesfeld , having heard about similar stories in the past .
A Boston Globe report stated Justina , while in social services custody , started slurring and , “ was having so much trouble swallowing that her mother was worried her daughter might choke to death.
” Gottesfeld ’ s hacking redirected enormous internet traffic to the Boston Children ’ s Hospital website during its fundraising drive , shutting down the site .
He was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison , and while imprisoned he has written work that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post .
Neal was sentenced to just over 27 years in prison in 2007 for his role in an insurance scheme .
While Schaeffer Cox was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder , none of the other four — Neal , Gottesfeld , Warren , and Johnson — are violent offenders , unlike Hamrick , who has been imprisoned since the 1980s .
In the unfinished article , Cox wrote that there are about 80 people in CMU , many of whom are jihadis .
Schaeffer Cox witnessed Neal ’ s murder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Cox ’ s who spoke with him .
Cox was the leader of a militia in Alaska when , in 2012 , he was convicted of conspiracy to murder federal employees including law enforcement .
In 2017 , an appeals court threw out some of his conviction and in November 2019 , a judge reduced his sentence .
He ’ s now scheduled to be released in 2024 .
Clemons said Cox told her a handful of the inmates at the CMU are non-jihadis , inmates he referred to as “ balancers.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Cox said in the unfinished article , referring to the group of convicted jihadi fighters , “ but we ’ re the real reason.
” Both Cox and Gottesfeld have described the CMU as a “ black site ” prison because communication is significantly restricted .
Dana Gottesfeld said she had not heard at all from her husband since April 2019 .
Clemons said since Cox has been in the CMU she speaks to him once for fifteen minutes per week .
In a phone conversation Cox had with Dana Gottesfeld @ @ @ @ @ @ @ county jail , Cox said that the overwhelming number of prisoners at the CMU are jihadis , who are kept along with other prisoners he called “ balancers ” who were there temporarily , and prisoners like he and Marty Gottesfeld , who consider themselves political prisoners .
According to an article in the Chicago Reader , while in prison serving a sentence for threatening President Reagan , Hamrick not only threatened the life of President Clinton , he was also convicted of building firebombs .
“ In February federal prison inmate Rodney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with threatening President Clinton ’ s life .
Hamrick was convicted in the mid-1980s for writing bad checks and was given a modest sentence , ” the Chicago Reader noted in in 1995 , “ Since then he ’ s had about 50 years added for threatening President Reagan , the judge who sentenced him , and his prosecutors , and for building five small firebombs while in prison and mailing two of them to the prosecutors.
” In 2007 , Hamrick was featured in an article about the supermax prison in Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CESAL : I ’ m Jealous Of Inmates On Death Row — Here ’ s Why ) “ G-Unit is one of four ‘ general population ’ units .
Each has 64 inmates .
These include Rodney Curtis Hamrick , who peered through the window of the steel door of a solitary exercise pen , ” the article noted , “ He wore prison-issue horn-rimmed glasses and a bushy brown beard .
‘ Oh , you know me , ’ he said.
” “ In 2005 , while incarcerated at Leavenworth in Kansas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bomb to the federal appeals court in Richmond .
For this he landed in ADX Florence , in a cell 12 feet by 7 feet 4 inches , slightly larger than the Montana cabin where Kaczynski hid out.
” The supermax prison in Colorado is designed for the worst and most dangerous prisoners .
“ The worst of the worst in America ’ s vast prison network are delivered to ADX , the ‘ Alcatraz of the Rockies , ’ in buses , special vehicles , even Black Hawk helicopters , ” a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inmates include terrorists Zacarias Moussaoui , Ramzi Yousef , Richard Reid , and Muhammad Salameh .
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Robert Hanssen , the former Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) agent who sold thousands of classified documents to Soviet and Russian intelligence are also housed there .
Hamrick is also listed as being housed in the supermax , according to current U.S. Bureau of Prisons records .
In 2016 , according to a legal filing , he was moved to the CMU .
( RELATED : Tsarnaev Could Await Death In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Close ’ To Hell ) “ On September 12 , 2016 — two weeks after Hamrick filed this action — the Bureau of Prisons transferred him to the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute , Indiana ( FCI Terre Haute ) .
On January 13 , 2017 , FCI Terre Haute moved Hamrick into the CMU at that location , ” the filing stated .
“ Hamrick remains in the CMU .
Now that Hamrick is no longer at USP Marion , the Government has moved to dismiss Hamrick ’ s claims against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as moot.
” The CMU has received criticism from human rights groups because of restrictions on communications .
There are two CMU prisons in the U.S. , this one in Terre Haute and one in Indiana .
They were created in 2006 as part of the Bush administration ’ s war on terror , in response to criticism that they hadn ’ t monitored the communications of terrorists closely enough .
All this raises the question of why a hacktivist , let alone an insurance scammer , would end up in a unit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other BOP prisoners , individuals detained in the CMUs are completely banned from any physical contact with visiting family members and friends , ” the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote in 2010 .
“ Other types of communication are also severely limited , including interactions with non-CMU prisoners and phone calls with friends and family members.
” “ Individuals detained in the CMUs receive no meaningful explanation for their transfer to the unit or for the extraordinary communications restrictions to which they are subjected .
Upon designation to the unit , there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allows CMU prisoners to be transferred back to general population.
” ( RELATED : John Walker Lindh seeks Ind .
prison prayer ruling ) Dana Gottesfeld , Marty Gottesfeld ’ s wife , said she has had no communication with her husband since April 2019 .
Clemons said Cox spent several years in the CMU before being moved to another facility temporarily in 2019 ; she said he was moved back to the CMU in December 2019 .
The USBOP declined to confirm if Hamrick was suspected of murdering Neal or answer why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Based on the need to ensure safety and security in our institutions and in accordance with privacy concerns , ” the USBOP told the Daily Caller in a statement , “ the Bureau of Prisons ( BOP ) does not comment on investigations of inmate deaths nor do we discuss whether a specific inmate is the subject of an investigation or has a disciplinary history.
” “ We want to emphasize however that the safety of staff , inmates , and the public is the highest priority for the BOP .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety of inmates confined to our facilities through a controlled environment that is secure and humane .
Allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated , and appropriate action is taken if such allegations are proven true , including the possibility of referral for criminal prosecution when appropriate.
” Clemons and Dana Gottesfeld said Cox and Marty Gottesfeld believe they are political prisoners , placed at the CMU for speaking out ; as such , while non-violent themselves , they are placed with some of the most violent and dangerous criminals in the federal prison @ @

Robert David Neal, an insurance scammer, was killed and nearly beheaded in November 2018 by Rodney Hamrick, a jihadi and former resident of Supermax in Colorado, according to a court filing.
Both Neal and Hamrick were being housed in the Communications Management Unit (CMU) in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The CMU is one of several prisons created by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in response to 9/11, which generally house terrorists and significantly restrict the communications of inmates.
The Killing Of Robert David Neal
Robert David Neal, 68, died at the Communications Management Unit (CMU) in Terre Haute, Indiana, Nov. 10, 2018, according to a local outlet.
While the manner of death was reported to be a homicide, the prison officials did not release the name of the perpetrator.
Two other inmates housed at the CMU have taken an interest in the killing, Marty Gottesfeld and Schaeffer Cox. Gottesfeld received a ten year sentence after he diverted traffic to the Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014, to protest their treatment of Justina Pelletier, a teenager many said was medically kidnapped by the hospital and Child Protective Services. Cox was a militia leader in Alaska, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in 2012.
Gottesfeld and Cox wrote an article about the murder, and in an effort to publicize it, in August 2019, Gottesfeld filed a motion in his case in which the article was an exhibit.
“Former-U.S.-Army-soldier-turned-radical-Islamic-fighter Rodney Hamrick took 68-year-old former insurance executive Robert David Neal hostage inside of a federal facility. He bound Neal’s hands behind his back, as well as his feet, and then executed him, ISIS-style, nearly severing his head,” the unfinished article begins.
In a different court filing, Hamrick was identified as an adherent of the Hanbali School of Islam.
Hamrick’s Violent Night
On September 5, 2019, Richard Warren, another inmate at the CMU, testified at the sentencing hearing for another CMU inmate Kurt Johnson about a previous violent incident allegedly involving Hamrick.
According to Warren’s testimony during a sentencing hearing for Johnson, Johnson protected him during another attack by Hamrick on the same night.
Warren said that Hamrick would talk to him on occasion in his cell, so when he entered on this particular evening, he thought nothing of it. Some movement between cells was allowed in the CMU.
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“He grabbed me from behind,” the testimony says happened next. “He had a seven-inch ice pick with a list of names, mine being at the top of the list, and a rag. He stabbed me here (indicating) and it hit my bone and pushed the ice pick up in his hand. I elbowed him and knocked him up against my locker and stood besides the door and I turned to face him. He then held that up, pulled it down, flipped it over and started stabbing me.”
Warren said he put his arms up and defended himself.
“At that very moment, Mr. Johnson was walking by down the hallway and he stepped in between me and Mr. Hamrick. And Mr. Hamrick, when I hit him and knocked him back, when I had yelled, he dropped both the note, the weapon and the rag on the ground,” Warren continued. “Mr. Johnson stood between me and him. He then — Mr. Johnson told him he doesn’t know what’s going on but enough is enough. He reached down, picked up his thing and left.”
Later in the testimony, Warren said Hamrick singled out Christians as potential targets.
“And, by the way, we were attacked because we were Christians and he made that very clear. I had no idea until later that night I got to the hospital, Union Hospital, that David Neal had even been killed by the same person, with a single stab wound to the heart, and afterward he tried to cut his head off, literally sliced his neck around.”
The Balancers
Johnson is currently serving time for several fraud schemes while Warren was convicted of 11 counts of wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme.
Gottesfeld, who was featured in the Caller in October 2019, is a hacker who shut down the system at Boston Children’s Hospital over the psychiatric detention of Justina Pelletier, an incident some outlets, including National Review, have described as a “medical kidnapping.” (RELATED: Wife Of Convicted Hacktivist Speaks Out Over Husband’s Prison Conditions)
Pelletier’s case became national news after Boston Children’s Hospital, on the family’s first visit, claimed a mitochondrial disorder, which had been treated at Tufts, was diagnosed as psychosomatic.
The hospital called social services, which kept her in a psych ward for months while she deteriorated.
Gottesfeld believed Pelletier’s life was in danger, according to his wife Dana Gottesfeld, having heard about similar stories in the past.
A Boston Globe report stated Justina, while in social services custody, started slurring and, “was having so much trouble swallowing that her mother was worried her daughter might choke to death.”
Gottesfeld’s hacking redirected enormous internet traffic to the Boston Children’s Hospital website during its fundraising drive, shutting down the site. He was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison, and while imprisoned he has written work that has been featured in Red State and Huffington Post.
Neal was sentenced to just over 27 years in prison in 2007 for his role in an insurance scheme.
While Schaeffer Cox was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, none of the other four — Neal, Gottesfeld, Warren, and Johnson — are violent offenders, unlike Hamrick, who has been imprisoned since the 1980s. In the unfinished article, Cox wrote that there are about 80 people in CMU, many of whom are jihadis.
Schaeffer Cox witnessed Neal’s murder, according to Angela Clemons, a supporter of Cox’s who spoke with him.
Cox was the leader of a militia in Alaska when, in 2012, he was convicted of conspiracy to murder federal employees including law enforcement.
In 2017, an appeals court threw out some of his conviction and in November 2019, a judge reduced his sentence.
He’s now scheduled to be released in 2024.
Clemons said Cox told her a handful of the inmates at the CMU are non-jihadis, inmates he referred to as “balancers.”
“They’re the excuse,” Cox said in the unfinished article, referring to the group of convicted jihadi fighters, “but we’re the real reason.”
Both Cox and Gottesfeld have described the CMU as a “black site” prison because communication is significantly restricted. Dana Gottesfeld said she had not heard at all from her husband since April 2019. Clemons said since Cox has been in the CMU she speaks to him once for fifteen minutes per week.
In a phone conversation Cox had with Dana Gottesfeld, while Cox was temporarily in a county jail, Cox said that the overwhelming number of prisoners at the CMU are jihadis, who are kept along with other prisoners he called “balancers” who were there temporarily, and prisoners like he and Marty Gottesfeld, who consider themselves political prisoners.
From Supermax to CMU
According to an article in the Chicago Reader, while in prison serving a sentence for threatening President Reagan, Hamrick not only threatened the life of President Clinton, he was also convicted of building firebombs.
“In February federal prison inmate Rodney Curtis Hamrick, 29, was charged with threatening President Clinton’s life. Hamrick was convicted in the mid-1980s for writing bad checks and was given a modest sentence,” the Chicago Reader noted in in 1995, “Since then he’s had about 50 years added for threatening President Reagan, the judge who sentenced him, and his prosecutors, and for building five small firebombs while in prison and mailing two of them to the prosecutors.”
In 2007, Hamrick was featured in an article about the supermax prison in Colorado, ADX Florence. (RELATED: CESAL: I’m Jealous Of Inmates On Death Row — Here’s Why)
“G-Unit is one of four ‘general population’ units. Each has 64 inmates. These include Rodney Curtis Hamrick, who peered through the window of the steel door of a solitary exercise pen,” the article noted, “He wore prison-issue horn-rimmed glasses and a bushy brown beard. ‘Oh, you know me,’ he said.”
“In 2005, while incarcerated at Leavenworth in Kansas, Hamrick managed to mail a letter bomb to the federal appeals court in Richmond. For this he landed in ADX Florence, in a cell 12 feet by 7 feet 4 inches, slightly larger than the Montana cabin where Kaczynski hid out.”
The supermax prison in Colorado is designed for the worst and most dangerous prisoners.
“The worst of the worst in America’s vast prison network are delivered to ADX, the ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies,’ in buses, special vehicles, even Black Hawk helicopters,” a CNN article from 2015 stated.
Its inmates include terrorists Zacarias Moussaoui, Ramzi Yousef, Richard Reid, and Muhammad Salameh. Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Robert Hanssen, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who sold thousands of classified documents to Soviet and Russian intelligence are also housed there.
Hamrick is also listed as being housed in the supermax, according to current U.S. Bureau of Prisons records.
In 2016, according to a legal filing, he was moved to the CMU. (RELATED: Tsarnaev Could Await Death In A Place That’s ‘Pretty Close’ To Hell)
“On September 12, 2016 — two weeks after Hamrick filed this action — the Bureau of Prisons transferred him to the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana (FCI Terre Haute). On January 13, 2017, FCI Terre Haute moved Hamrick into the CMU at that location,” the filing stated. “Hamrick remains in the CMU. Now that Hamrick is no longer at USP Marion, the Government has moved to dismiss Hamrick’s claims against True — the official capacity defendant — as moot.”
Communication Lockdown at CMU
The CMU has received criticism from human rights groups because of restrictions on communications. There are two CMU prisons in the U.S., this one in Terre Haute and one in Indiana. They were created in 2006 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror, in response to criticism that they hadn’t monitored the communications of terrorists closely enough. All this raises the question of why a hacktivist, let alone an insurance scammer, would end up in a unit designed to contain jihadis.
“Unlike other BOP prisoners, individuals detained in the CMUs are completely banned from any physical contact with visiting family members and friends,” the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote in 2010. “Other types of communication are also severely limited, including interactions with non-CMU prisoners and phone calls with friends and family members.”
“Individuals detained in the CMUs receive no meaningful explanation for their transfer to the unit or for the extraordinary communications restrictions to which they are subjected. Upon designation to the unit, there is no meaningful review or appeal process that allows CMU prisoners to be transferred back to general population.” (RELATED: John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling)
Dana Gottesfeld, Marty Gottesfeld’s wife, said she has had no communication with her husband since April 2019.
Clemons said Cox spent several years in the CMU before being moved to another facility temporarily in 2019; she said he was moved back to the CMU in December 2019.
The USBOP declined to confirm if Hamrick was suspected of murdering Neal or answer why he was moved to the CMU.
“Based on the need to ensure safety and security in our institutions and in accordance with privacy concerns,” the USBOP told the Daily Caller in a statement, “the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) does not comment on investigations of inmate deaths nor do we discuss whether a specific inmate is the subject of an investigation or has a disciplinary history.”
“We want to emphasize however that the safety of staff, inmates, and the public is the highest priority for the BOP. We make every effort to ensure the physical safety of inmates confined to our facilities through a controlled environment that is secure and humane. Allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated, and appropriate action is taken if such allegations are proven true, including the possibility of referral for criminal prosecution when appropriate.”
Clemons and Dana Gottesfeld said Cox and Marty Gottesfeld believe they are political prisoners, placed at the CMU for speaking out; as such, while non-violent themselves, they are placed with some of the most violent and dangerous criminals in the federal prison system.


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Enjoying New Life: ‘A Weight Has Been Lifted,’ Says Friend

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly are truly enjoying this new life , with a friend sharing that a “ weight has been lifted ” following their decision to step away from their royal roles .
“ This decision [ to leave ] had been weighing on them for a long time , and they are relieved to have it done , ” a friend close to the royal couple shared with People magazine in a piece published Wednesday .
( RELATED : Report : Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Plan To Have At Least One More Child ) “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoulders.
” the friend added .
( RELATED : Report : Meghan Markle And Kate Middleton ’ s Alleged Feud Really Between Prince Harry And Prince William ) The friend shared that now the life of the former “ Suits ” actress and her royal husband consists of things like hikes in the woods near their Vancouver Island mansion off the Pacific Coast where the are raising their nine-month old son , Archie .
“ They both love to be outside and have been loving it there , ” explained a friend , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simple things like yoga and walks with their family dogs .
“ They are enjoying living a quiet life , ” an insider shared with the outlet .
“ They go for long walks , they do yoga , and Meghan [ Markle ] cooks .
They are real homebodies who love to chill out with Archie and the dogs.
” And as far as what else they former royals are up to , a close friend said that , “ It ’ s full throttle for them right now .
They have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will be really exciting to see.
” It all comes after Queen Elizabeth II issued a statement last month releasing Harry and Markle of their duties , stating that they are “ no longer working members of the Royal Family .
”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly are truly enjoying this new life, with a friend sharing that a “weight has been lifted” following their decision to step away from their royal roles.
“This decision [to leave] had been weighing on them for a long time, and they are relieved to have it done,” a friend close to the royal couple shared with People magazine in a piece published Wednesday. (RELATED: Report: Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Plan To Have At Least One More Child)
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“A weight has been lifted off their shoulders.” the friend added. (RELATED: Report: Meghan Markle And Kate Middleton’s Alleged Feud Really Between Prince Harry And Prince William)
The friend shared that now the life of the former “Suits” actress and her royal husband consists of things like hikes in the woods near their Vancouver Island mansion off the Pacific Coast where the are raising their nine-month old son, Archie.
“They both love to be outside and have been loving it there,” explained a friend, adding that the couple is enjoying doing simple things like yoga and walks with their family dogs.
“They are enjoying living a quiet life,” an insider shared with the outlet. “They go for long walks, they do yoga, and Meghan [Markle] cooks. They are real homebodies who love to chill out with Archie and the dogs.”
And as far as what else they former royals are up to, a close friend said that, “It’s full throttle for them right now. They have a lot happening in 2020, and it will be really exciting to see.”
It all comes after Queen Elizabeth II issued a statement last month releasing Harry and Markle of their duties, stating that they are “no longer working members of the Royal Family.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Victoria’s Secret Models Call Out Company Following Expose About ‘Culture Of Misogyny’ And ‘Harassme

Victoria’s Secret Models Call Out Company Following Expose About ‘Culture Of Misogyny’ And ‘Harassment’

Victoria ’ s Secret models called out the company in a letter to CEO John Mehas following an expose alleging its “ culture of misogyny ” and “ harassment.
” “ We write today because The New York Times investigative report ‘ Angels in Hell : The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria ’ s Secret ’ shows that the culture of misogyny , bullying , and harassment at Victoria ’ s Secret is even more egregious and more entrenched than previously understood , ” the letter from The Model Alliance read .
It was noted by Fox News in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Take A Look Back At Adriana Lima ’ s Career With Victoria ’ s Secret ) “ The Times reports repeated complaints of inappropriate conduct towards models and employees : body shaming , lewd remarks , crotch-grabbing , retaliation for rebuffing advances , unauthorized use of models ’ images and pressures to pose nude without pay for a photographer ’ s personal shoots , ” it added of the letter highlighting allegations against the former CEO of the lingerie ’ s parent company , L. Brands , Ed Razek in the Times expose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per Page Six .
The letter continued , “ When the Model Alliance met with Tammy Roberts Myers , Chief Communications Officer of L Brands in New York City last September , it was made abundantly clear that Victoria ’ s Secret does not take these complaints seriously .
In a follow-up email she told us that Victoria ’ s Secret was not ready to take any concrete steps towards addressing these allegations – rather , the company is simply , ‘ in the process of continued learning and listening . '
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Birthday With These Unforgettable Shots [ SLIDESHOW ] ) The document , signed by supermodels like Christy Turlington Burns , Amber Valletta and Iskra Lawrence and more than 100 others , went on to state that “ this response is utterly unacceptable .
The time for listening is long past ; it ’ s time for Victoria ’ s Secret to take action to protect the people they profit from.
” “ We believe that this moment can be a wake-up call for Victoria ’ s Secret .
This is an opportunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abuses by joining the RESPECT Program , as models have called for since December 2018 , ” the women wrote .
The letter went on to encourage Victorias ’ s Secret to join RESPECT-a program of the Model Alliance—which “ is the only existing accountability program designed by and for models.
” The lingerie ’ s parent company , L Brands has since responded to the letter stating that , “ We absolutely share a common goal with Model Alliance to ensure the safety and wellbeing of models .
Our robust Photo Shoot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were implemented in May 2019 and reflect elements of the RESPECT Program and beyond .
We ’ re proud of the progress we ’ ve made and remain committed to continuous improvement .
We ’ re always open to engage with those looking to make improvements in the industry , ” per People magazine .
Razek also has denied the allegations to the Times stating that they were “ categorically untrue , misconstrued or taken out of context .
”

Victoria’s Secret models called out the company in a letter to CEO John Mehas following an expose alleging its “culture of misogyny” and “harassment.”
“We write today because The New York Times investigative report ‘Angels in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria’s Secret’ shows that the culture of misogyny, bullying, and harassment at Victoria’s Secret is even more egregious and more entrenched than previously understood,” the letter from The Model Alliance read. It was noted by Fox News in a piece published Thursday. (RELATED: Take A Look Back At Adriana Lima’s Career With Victoria’s Secret)
“The Times reports repeated complaints of inappropriate conduct towards models and employees: body shaming, lewd remarks, crotch-grabbing, retaliation for rebuffing advances, unauthorized use of models’ images and pressures to pose nude without pay for a photographer’s personal shoots,” it added of the letter highlighting allegations against the former CEO of the lingerie’s parent company, L. Brands, Ed Razek in the Times expose. Razek stepped down August 2019, per Page Six.
The letter continued, “When the Model Alliance met with Tammy Roberts Myers, Chief Communications Officer of L Brands in New York City last September, it was made abundantly clear that Victoria’s Secret does not take these complaints seriously. In a follow-up email she told us that Victoria’s Secret was not ready to take any concrete steps towards addressing these allegations – rather, the company is simply, ‘in the process of continued learning and listening.'” (RELATED: Celebrate Kate Upton’s Birthday With These Unforgettable Shots [SLIDESHOW])
The document, signed by supermodels like Christy Turlington Burns, Amber Valletta and Iskra Lawrence and more than 100 others, went on to state that “this response is utterly unacceptable. The time for listening is long past; it’s time for Victoria’s Secret to take action to protect the people they profit from.”
“We believe that this moment can be a wake-up call for Victoria’s Secret. This is an opportunity to take meaningful steps towards ending these abuses by joining the RESPECT Program, as models have called for since December 2018,” the women wrote.
The letter went on to encourage Victorias’s Secret to join RESPECT-a program of the Model Alliance—which “is the only existing accountability program designed by and for models.”
The lingerie’s parent company, L Brands has since responded to the letter stating that, “We absolutely share a common goal with Model Alliance to ensure the safety and wellbeing of models. Our robust Photo Shoot Procedures, including training and oversight, were implemented in May 2019 and reflect elements of the RESPECT Program and beyond. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made and remain committed to continuous improvement. We’re always open to engage with those looking to make improvements in the industry,” per People magazine.
Razek also has denied the allegations to the Times stating that they were “categorically untrue, misconstrued or taken out of context.”


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Investigative Team Update: Jet Settin’ Bernie, Even More FISA Abuse Fallout, Hunter Biden Hit List

Daily Caller ’ s Adesola Fasoro sat down with Daily Caller News Foundation editor in chief Ethan Barton and investigative @ @ @ @ @ for yet another update on the investigative team ’ s amazing work .
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thedailycaller--2020-02-06--‘I Would Vote For A Tree Stump’: Impeachment Protesters Share Thoughts On Trump’s Acquittal

Protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of two impeachment charges Wednesday .
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“ I would vote for a tree stump before I would vote for [ Trump ] , ” one woman said .
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thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Report: Demi Lovato And Machine Gun Kelly Just Friends After Sparking Dating Rumors

Demi Lovato and Machine Gun Kelly got everyone ’ s attention and sparked dating rumors after photos surfaced of the pair leaving a club together in the late hours Wednesday .
Sources close to the 27-year-old singer , however , shared with TMZ in a piece published Thursday that she and the 29-year-old rapper are just friends .
( RELATED : Demi Lovato Rushed To The Hospital For Possible Heroin Overdose ) It all comes after the “ Sober ” hitmaker was seen leaving Soho House West Hollywood around two in the morning Wednesday .
( SLIDESHOW : These Are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Internet ) But sources told the outlet that the there is nothing romantic going on between the pair and they just happened to be at the club to hang out with a mutual friend .
On top of that , the source shared that the two didn ’ t even leave in the same vehicle together and left in separate cars .
This news comes just as the pop singer made headlines on Sunday following her unbelievable performance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami , Florida , where she sang the National Anthem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ books .
It ’ s also following Demi ’ s performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards where she took the stage for the first time since her apparent overdose to sing her latest song called “ Anyone.
” As previously reported , the pop star had to be hospitalized for two weeks in July 2018 after she nearly died from a drug overdose .
She then went straight to a rehab facility .
Most recently , reports have surfaced that she is doing extremely well and committed to her sobriety .

Demi Lovato and Machine Gun Kelly got everyone’s attention and sparked dating rumors after photos surfaced of the pair leaving a club together in the late hours Wednesday.
Sources close to the 27-year-old singer, however, shared with TMZ in a piece published Thursday that she and the 29-year-old rapper are just friends. (RELATED: Demi Lovato Rushed To The Hospital For Possible Heroin Overdose)
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It all comes after the “Sober” hitmaker was seen leaving Soho House West Hollywood around two in the morning Wednesday. (SLIDESHOW: These Are The Greatest Demi Lovato Photos On The Internet)
But sources told the outlet that the there is nothing romantic going on between the pair and they just happened to be at the club to hang out with a mutual friend.
On top of that, the source shared that the two didn’t even leave in the same vehicle together and left in separate cars.
This news comes just as the pop singer made headlines on Sunday following her unbelievable performance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Florida, where she sang the National Anthem. It was truly one for the books.
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It’s also following Demi’s performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards where she took the stage for the first time since her apparent overdose to sing her latest song called “Anyone.”
As previously reported, the pop star had to be hospitalized for two weeks in July 2018 after she nearly died from a drug overdose. She then went straight to a rehab facility. Most recently, reports have surfaced that she is doing extremely well and committed to her sobriety.


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--‘We Had To Take Action’: Administration Explains Why New York’s ‘Green Light’ Endangers Public Safet

‘We Had To Take Action’: Administration Explains Why New York’s ‘Green Light’ Endangers Public Safety

• Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) says it had no choice but to make New York residents ineligible for the government ’ s Trusted Travelers Programs , arguing that the state ’ s new sanctuary law jeopardizes the safety of the programs .
• New York passed what is known as the “ Green Light ” bill in 2019 , which allows illegal aliens to obtain driver ’ s licenses and bars CBP and ICE from accessing state DMV data .
• In order to be approved into the trusted travel programs , CBP must verify one has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aggravated traffic offenses , which is information that can only be obtained via state DMVs .
Customs and Border Protection said the decision to suspend enrollment in the Trusted Travelers Programs for New Yorkers was a matter of national security , following the state ’ s decision to withhold DMV data .
The Department of Homeland Security announced late Wednesday that it would begin denying New York residents enrollment into the government ’ s Trusted Travelers Programs , which grant expedited processing to those who enter the country .
The move was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implemented “ Green Light ” law , which prohibits state DMVs from sharing information with the CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) .
A CBP spokesman on Thursday said New York authorities never reached out to discuss the law with its agency .
Once the rule went into effect on Dec. 14 , 2019 , CBP immediately began to be negatively impacted .
“ What the law does , in part , is to deny [ CBP access to New York state DMV records ] , which we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can remember here , ” said Todd Owen , executive assistant commissioner for the Office of Field Operations for CBP .
“ These are programs where the applicants are deemed low risk , and once we ’ ve done that we afford them expedited processing when they enter the country – either through the airports , the land border , or the sea ports.
” “ To be eligible , CBP must be satisfied that you ’ re a low-risk individual , that there ’ s no criminal records , no issues of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this by vetting the application through the various law enforcement databases that are out there , that we routinely use , ” Owen continued .
The issue for CBP is that , when vetting candidates , there is certain information that officials can only obtain from state DMVs .
Specifically , New York ’ s Green Light law denies the agency access to DUI and aggravated traffic offensive records — offensives that would make an individual ineligible for the Trusted Travelers Programs .
“ So if derogatory information exists on the applicant in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the aggravated traffic offenses — we no longer have visibility into that .
So we can no longer determine if they are eligible to join the low-risk Trusted Traveler Programs , ” Owen said .
“ So because of this we had to take action , and we could not let people into the program that have not been properly vetted.
” Allowing New York residents to continue applying , CBP argued , would jeopardize the security of the programs altogether .
There are various Trusted Traveler Programs available : Global Entry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Yorkers already enrolled in the program will remain on , but they will not be able to reapply when their five-year program ends .
This means about 86,000 New York residents will be immediately affected by the directive , but many more will feel the pinch as the years progress .
( RELATED : Homeland Security Chief Orders Review Of State Laws Allowing Driver ’ s Licenses For Illegal Aliens ) Around 150,000 to 200,000 New Yorkers will be impacted a year .
Around 800,000 will be affected over five years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ our access to the state DMV records , New York residents that are trying to apply for the Trusted Traveler Programs or renew their membership — as well New York registered title vehicles that are trying to exported — they ’ re going to be at an impact with all of this , ” Owen explained .
New York authorities , for their part , have indicated they will challenge the directive in court .
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it had no choice but to make New York residents ineligible for the government’s Trusted Travelers Programs, arguing that the state’s new sanctuary law jeopardizes the safety of the programs.
New York passed what is known as the “Green Light” bill in 2019, which allows illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and bars CBP and ICE from accessing state DMV data.
In order to be approved into the trusted travel programs, CBP must verify one has not had a DUI or any other aggravated traffic offenses, which is information that can only be obtained via state DMVs.
Customs and Border Protection said the decision to suspend enrollment in the Trusted Travelers Programs for New Yorkers was a matter of national security, following the state’s decision to withhold DMV data.
The Department of Homeland Security announced late Wednesday that it would begin denying New York residents enrollment into the government’s Trusted Travelers Programs, which grant expedited processing to those who enter the country. The move was in response to New York’s newly implemented “Green Light” law, which prohibits state DMVs from sharing information with the CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
A CBP spokesman on Thursday said New York authorities never reached out to discuss the law with its agency. Once the rule went into effect on Dec. 14, 2019, CBP immediately began to be negatively impacted.
“What the law does, in part, is to deny [CBP access to New York state DMV records], which we’ve had access to for as long I can remember here,” said Todd Owen, executive assistant commissioner for the Office of Field Operations for CBP. “These are programs where the applicants are deemed low risk, and once we’ve done that we afford them expedited processing when they enter the country – either through the airports, the land border, or the sea ports.”
“To be eligible, CBP must be satisfied that you’re a low-risk individual, that there’s no criminal records, no issues of concern in your application. We do this by vetting the application through the various law enforcement databases that are out there, that we routinely use,” Owen continued.
The issue for CBP is that, when vetting candidates, there is certain information that officials can only obtain from state DMVs. Specifically, New York’s Green Light law denies the agency access to DUI and aggravated traffic offensive records — offensives that would make an individual ineligible for the Trusted Travelers Programs.
“So if derogatory information exists on the applicant in these areas — in the DUI, in the aggravated traffic offenses — we no longer have visibility into that. So we can no longer determine if they are eligible to join the low-risk Trusted Traveler Programs,” Owen said. “So because of this we had to take action, and we could not let people into the program that have not been properly vetted.”
Allowing New York residents to continue applying, CBP argued, would jeopardize the security of the programs altogether.
There are various Trusted Traveler Programs available: Global Entry, FAST, SENTRI and NEXUS. New Yorkers already enrolled in the program will remain on, but they will not be able to reapply when their five-year program ends. This means about 86,000 New York residents will be immediately affected by the directive, but many more will feel the pinch as the years progress. (RELATED: Homeland Security Chief Orders Review Of State Laws Allowing Driver’s Licenses For Illegal Aliens)
Around 150,000 to 200,000 New Yorkers will be impacted a year. Around 800,000 will be affected over five years.
“Until we are able to retain our access to the state DMV records, New York residents that are trying to apply for the Trusted Traveler Programs or renew their membership — as well New York registered title vehicles that are trying to exported — they’re going to be at an impact with all of this,” Owen explained.
New York authorities, for their part, have indicated they will challenge the directive in court.
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thedailycaller--2020-02-06--An Accountant-Turned-Mercenary: The Story Of ‘Mad’ Mike Hoare

One of the world ’ s most colorful , controversial , and famous mercenaries died Sunday at the age of 100 .
Thomas Michael Hoare , commonly known as “ Mad Mike , ” passed away in his sleep in a care facility in Durban , South Africa .
He was an avowed anti-communist who once infamously said , in reference to fighting in the Congo Crisis , “ killing communists is like killing vermin ; killing African nationalists is as if one is killing an animal.
” Hoare ’ s story began in Calcutta when he was born in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to school in England when he was eight , and trained to be an accountant before joining the London Irish Rifles as World War II commenced .
But it wasn ’ t his exploits in World War II that made Hoare famous .
Following the war , he moved to South Africa and worked as an accountant and a safari guide .
That life proved too quiet for him and he became a soldier of fortune .
From 1960 to 1965 , Congo was engulfed in a series of conflicts that killed tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the U.S.S.R. grappled for ideological control of country .
( RELATED : A 24-Year-Old Uzbek Is Running A Ruthless Mercenary Empire ) Hoare began his mercenary career in that battleground in 1960 when he joined Moise Tshombe , who was trying to lead an independence movement for the Katanga province in the Congo .
This movement ultimately failed , but Tshombe would later become the Prime Minister of the Congo , serving from 1964-65 , and according to the Washington Post , was both a “ staunch American ally and anti-communist crusader.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was still dealing with fighting from the “ Simba ” revolutionaries , communists who had international support from people like the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara , as well as the Soviet and Chinese governments .
Tshombe , encouraged by the American government , turned again to mercenaries to help in the fight .
Hoare was one of the men hired to help fight , and he recruited several hundred Greeks , Germans , Belgians , Rhodesians , and South Africans to a group that he called “ 5 Commando ” and nicknamed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Hoare ’ s Irish roots .
5 Commando achieved infamy in the short time it was active .
They routed the poorly trained Simba fighters back to their capital , Stanleyville , where Belgian paratroopers arrived to help rescue the hundreds of captive hostages within the city .
Hoare ’ s exploits with 5 Commando in the Congo would also end up being partial inspiration for a 1978 film “ Wild Geese ” staring Richard Burton .
Hoare participated in the production of the movie as an adviser .
( RELATED : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mercenaries In Syria ) The group was not without controversy , they were accused of war crimes by press correspondents .
Hoare even stated in an off the record conversation with a journalist that his men were “ appalling thugs , ” according to the Washington Post .
However , a Post correspondent did say that his men were mostly orderly when the Colonel was present .
“ Mad ” Mike himself has been described , according to his son Chris , as an “ officer and a gentleman.
” Hoare ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Seychelles coup attempt .
The Seychelles is a group of islands off the coast of East Africa and at the time had a communist government .
At the age of 62 , Hoare and a group of men posed as rugby players calling themselves “ the Froth Blowers ” and tried to smuggle weapons into the country , they were discovered in the airport and in an attempt to escape , hijacked an Air India plane and fled to South Africa .
He was later arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to the Guardian , he was unrepentant at his trial saying , “ I did my duty as I saw it ; I brought my men home safely and I am proud of that.
” Hoare would only serve three of those years , as he was released due to his age .
Following his release , he moved to France where he would live for the next 20 years until relocating back to South Africa in 2009 .

One of the world’s most colorful, controversial, and famous mercenaries died Sunday at the age of 100. Thomas Michael Hoare, commonly known as “Mad Mike,” passed away in his sleep in a care facility in Durban, South Africa.


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Trump Slams Romney, Pelosi After Acquittal

Following his recent acquittal , President Donald Trump spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning to address the results @ @ @ @ @ Christian Datoc , The Daily Caller ’ s Senior White House Correspondent , discussed some @ @ @ @ @ ’ s speech .
“ It ’ s been a whirlwind 24 hours for Trump @ @ @ @ @ the video .
In the video , Datoc discussed the surprise guilty vote by Republican @ @ @ @ @ s response to the vote at the National Prayer Breakfast .
Datoc also touched on @ @ @ @ @ Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ’ s comment that she “ prays for the @ @ @ @ @ Trump Opens National Prayer Breakfast Speech With Unnamed Shots At House Speaker Nancy Pelosi And @ @ @ @ @ out the whole video below .

Following his recent acquittal, President Donald Trump spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning to address the results of the impeachment trial.
Christian Datoc, The Daily Caller’s Senior White House Correspondent, discussed some of the highlights from Trump’s speech.
“It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours for Trump,” Datoc said in the video.
In the video, Datoc discussed the surprise guilty vote by Republican Mitt Romney and Trump’s response to the vote at the National Prayer Breakfast. Datoc also touched on Trump’s jab at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s comment that she “prays for the president.” (RELATED: Trump Opens National Prayer Breakfast Speech With Unnamed Shots At House Speaker Nancy Pelosi And Sen. Mitt Romney)
Check out the whole video below.


thedailycaller--2020-02-06--Ohio Pastor Dave Daubenmire Threatens To Sue NFL, Says Watching Halftime Show Put Him At Risk Of Goi

Ohio Pastor Dave Daubenmire Threatens To Sue NFL, Says Watching Halftime Show Put Him At Risk Of Going To Hell

A former central Ohio football coach threatened to sue the NFL in a Facebook post Monday over the Super Bowl ’ s halftime show , stating he believed he was “ in danger of hell fire ” from viewing the music performance .
Dave Daubenmire , activist and host of “ Pass the Salt Ministries ’ Coach Dave LIVE ” web show , said he plans on suing the NFL , Pepsi , Fox , and several other companies , over the graphic nature of the “ crotch-grabbing ” halftime show performance on Sunday .
“ I think we ought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and present this as evidence of how whoever is keeping me from getting into the kingdom of Heaven , ” Daubenmire said in the video .
The Super Bowl LIV halftime show showcased Jennifer Lopez and Shakira giving high-energy performances of hits , like Shakira ’ s “ Hips Don ’ t Lie ” and Lopez ’ s “ On the Floor.
” While many praised the performance , Daubenmire criticized what he described as the “ Super Bowl porn show ” for being too sexualized for young children viewing the program .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Talks To Perform At Next Superbowl Halftime Show ) Daubenmire said he tuned in Sunday planning on watching football but instead was forced to view a “ crotch-grabbing , ” “ soft pornographic ” performance during the Super Bowl .
In his video , Daubenmire argued that the halftime show was different from other television programs that display sexual imagery because there was no warning of the performance ’ s content before it aired .
He claimed that the advertisers should have an obligation to at least warn viewers about the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the TV to watch football , not to watch a pole dance , ” Daubenmire said in a phone interview from his home in Hebron , Ohio with the Daily Caller .
“ They penetrated the sanctity of my home.
” He stated in a Monday webcast on “ Pass the Salt Ministries ’ Coach Dave LIVE ” web show that Lopez was too old to wear provocative clothing .
( RELATED : Jennifer Lopez , Shakira Perform In Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show ) “ J-Lo is 50 , ” he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ website , you ’ re not looking for 50-year-old women.
” He said he is less concerned about First Amendment rights and more concerned about young children , who he believes were negatively affected by what they saw .
“ Young boys are being exposed to this , ” Daubenmire said .
“ I ’ m not here to tell the NFL what they can put on .
I ’ m not here to tell anyone what they can watch , ” Daubenmire said .
“ But they don ’ t have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to broadcast soft porn.
” Daubenmire said he has been speaking with a lawyer and plans to go forward with the lawsuit against the NFL in the near future .
He claimed he would be satisfied with an $ 867 trillion settlement .
Evangelist Franklin Graham accused the halftime performance of showing “ young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay , ” according to The Charlotte Observer .
In 1999 , Daubenmire was involved in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) against the London High @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on staff at the time .
The lawsuit was filed after a parent complained about Daubenmire leading prayers with the high school football team .
The ACLU accused the school of religious indoctrination and violating the students ’ First Amendment rights , according to the ACLU ’ s website .
Daubenmire said he believes American advertising companies are specifically promoting bigotry toward American Christian groups .
“ You can do whatever you want — you can put gay Jesus up there , ” Daubenmire said .
“ Christians are sick of it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ back.
” Graham also urged people to stop supporting Pepsi products in a boycott of the NFL .
( RELATED : One Million Moms Group Calls On NFL To Keep Super Bowl ‘ Clean And Family-Friendly ’ ) In a Thursday webcast , Daubenmire stated he has received a lot of backlash for his Monday webcast , including having been sent pornographic images on Twitter and Facebook and being propositioned for sex .
“ I ’ ve seen pictures of large penises and I appreciate it , but , no , I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , ” he said in a Thursday webcast .
“ The offers that you guys have to come by and put it where the sun don ’ t shine in my bun.
” “ I ’ m not a closet homosexual .
I don ’ t sit around and watch gay porn , ” he continued .
Ironically , the “ about ” section on Daubenmire ’ s Facebook page contained a phone number that spells out “ butt-sex ” and directs callers to a sex line .
Daubenmire said he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That number was recently changed .
When asked about his comment that the 2020 halftime show would put him “ in danger of hell fire , ” Daubenmire said he only said it for effect .
“ I ’ m not worried about whether I ’ m going to go to hell for watching J-Lo , ” Daubenmire said on the phone .
In 2010 , Coach made an unsuccessful bid for election to Congress in the 18th District in Ohio .

A former central Ohio football coach threatened to sue the NFL in a Facebook post Monday over the Super Bowl’s halftime show, stating he believed he was “in danger of hell fire” from viewing the music performance.
Dave Daubenmire, activist and host of “Pass the Salt Ministries’ Coach Dave LIVE” web show, said he plans on suing the NFL, Pepsi, Fox, and several other companies, over the graphic nature of the “crotch-grabbing” halftime show performance on Sunday.
“I think we ought to go sit down in a courtroom and present this as evidence of how whoever is keeping me from getting into the kingdom of Heaven,” Daubenmire said in the video.
The Super Bowl LIV halftime show showcased Jennifer Lopez and Shakira giving high-energy performances of hits, like Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” and Lopez’s “On the Floor.” While many praised the performance, Daubenmire criticized what he described as the “Super Bowl porn show” for being too sexualized for young children viewing the program. (RELATED: REPORT: Jennifer Lopez In Talks To Perform At Next Superbowl Halftime Show)
Daubenmire said he tuned in Sunday planning on watching football but instead was forced to view a “crotch-grabbing,” “soft pornographic” performance during the Super Bowl.
In his video, Daubenmire argued that the halftime show was different from other television programs that display sexual imagery because there was no warning of the performance’s content before it aired.
He claimed that the advertisers should have an obligation to at least warn viewers about the “graphic content.”
“I turned on the TV to watch football, not to watch a pole dance,” Daubenmire said in a phone interview from his home in Hebron, Ohio with the Daily Caller. “They penetrated the sanctity of my home.”
He stated in a Monday webcast on “Pass the Salt Ministries’ Coach Dave LIVE” web show that Lopez was too old to wear provocative clothing. (RELATED: Jennifer Lopez, Shakira Perform In Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show)
“J-Lo is 50,” he said. “You go on a porn website, you’re not looking for 50-year-old women.”
He said he is less concerned about First Amendment rights and more concerned about young children, who he believes were negatively affected by what they saw.
“Young boys are being exposed to this,” Daubenmire said.
“I’m not here to tell the NFL what they can put on. I’m not here to tell anyone what they can watch,” Daubenmire said. “But they don’t have the right in the middle of a game to broadcast soft porn.”
Daubenmire said he has been speaking with a lawyer and plans to go forward with the lawsuit against the NFL in the near future. He claimed he would be satisfied with an $867 trillion settlement.
Evangelist Franklin Graham accused the halftime performance of showing “young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay,” according to The Charlotte Observer.
In 1999, Daubenmire was involved in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the London High School Coaching staff, where Daubenmire was on staff at the time. The lawsuit was filed after a parent complained about Daubenmire leading prayers with the high school football team. The ACLU accused the school of religious indoctrination and violating the students’ First Amendment rights, according to the ACLU’s website.
Daubenmire said he believes American advertising companies are specifically promoting bigotry toward American Christian groups.
“You can do whatever you want — you can put gay Jesus up there,” Daubenmire said. “Christians are sick of it. They are looking for someone to push back.”
Graham also urged people to stop supporting Pepsi products in a boycott of the NFL. (RELATED: One Million Moms Group Calls On NFL To Keep Super Bowl ‘Clean And Family-Friendly’)
In a Thursday webcast, Daubenmire stated he has received a lot of backlash for his Monday webcast, including having been sent pornographic images on Twitter and Facebook and being propositioned for sex.
“I’ve seen pictures of large penises and I appreciate it, but, no, I don’t want to receive any of them,” he said in a Thursday webcast. “The offers that you guys have to come by and put it where the sun don’t shine in my bun.”
“I’m not a closet homosexual. I don’t sit around and watch gay porn,” he continued.
Ironically, the “about” section on Daubenmire’s Facebook page contained a phone number that spells out “butt-sex” and directs callers to a sex line. Daubenmire said he had no knowledge the phone number was listed. That number was recently changed.
When asked about his comment that the 2020 halftime show would put him “in danger of hell fire,” Daubenmire said he only said it for effect.
“I’m not worried about whether I’m going to go to hell for watching J-Lo,” Daubenmire said on the phone.
In 2010, Coach made an unsuccessful bid for election to Congress in the 18th District in Ohio.