thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Taxpayer Protection Act Attorney Jim Roberts Continues the Fight and Circles Around with Revised Ref

Taxpayer Protection Act Attorney Jim Roberts Continues the Fight and Circles Around with Revised Referendum

Live from Music Row Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed Nashville attorney Jim Roberts to the newsmakers line .
During the third hour , Roberts explained the Chancellor ’ s ruling on the referendum act and outlined how he will move forward next week seeking signatures on a revised petition .
He added that this new petition is in response to the Chancellor ’ s criticisms and will make it harder for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite Metro ’ s legal tactics .
Leahy : And joining us now on the newsmaker line our good friend attorney Jim Roberts .
Jim , good morning .
Leahy : Well , where do we stand ?
( Roberts chuckles ) Just to recap when we last spoke there was a judicial decision by a Chancery Court judge that I personally thought was incorrect on your referendum question .
Tell us where we are right now .
Roberts : Well , let me tell you I was very disappointed in the Chancellor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up what the ruling was and tell us how it got there .
Tell us about what your petition would have done and what referendum would have done had it been on the ballot as it should have been in my view by law .
Roberts : Absolutely .
The requirements for putting a referendum election very open and we followed every requirement that there was to the T. And the court added on a bunch of new requirements .
Leahy : So you got 27,000 , right ?
And one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted to put a referendum on the ballot that would impart repeal the 34 percent property tax increase .
Those were the terms .
Carmichael : But you had other things on the ballot and that ’ s what the judge took exception claiming that your ballot initiative was confusing .
So , where are you going to go from here ?
Roberts : Well , what we decided to do is to step back redraft the ballot initiative to change a few things .
Change some things that would make the Chancellor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that was the law .
It ’ s not worth fighting over .
and so we ’ ve redrafted it .
we ’ ve added a couple of things and we took one or two out that didn ’ t really accomplish the goal we wanted .
and we are in the final stage of right now getting ready to send out about 200,000 petitions to every household in Davidson County .
It had actually been my hope it would go out today , but it may be early next week before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mail .
We ’ ve made some changes .
Carmichael : Now what will be included ?
Can you tell us ?
Roberts : Absolutely .
They are still going to go back to the 34 percent tax increase and one of the things that the Chancellor made an issue of was that you can ’ t retroactively affect tax rates .
I ’ m not convinced that ’ s the law in Tennessee , but it ’ s certainly the law in Davidson County for the moment .
So we just changed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starting next fiscal year you ’ ve got to go back to the 2019 rates .
They ’ re going to get away with one year of the increase .
So we ’ re just going to force them to go back to the original rate and put the same limitations on both of them after that .
I ’ m doing the best I can for the people of Nashville .
But we ’ re going to roll it back to the 2019 level and they ’ re going to have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we ’ ve added is there ’ s been some anger of the citizens against the Metro Government and as you probably know there ’ s been a recall effort by a couple of groups who have put efforts out .
I was not involved in that .
But it ’ s very hard to recall politicians in Davidson County .
So we ’ re going to make that easier .
We ’ re going to change the requirements .
Not too easy , but make it worse and not just impossible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear of being recalled if they do these kinds of foolish things .
So that was one thing that we added .
We ’ re going to protect voter amendments .
One of the most dishonest things that we saw was from Councilman Mendes who put forth his own ballot initiative that was very confusing that would have undone really everything we were trying to do .
So we added a provision that said they can ’ t do that .
The council can ’ t change voter sponsored initiatives .
They have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those are some things that are going to be that I don ’ t think the mayor ’ s office is going to like very much .
We kept in the protection of our parks and greenways .
They can ’ t give away our lands anymore .
I think we backed off the bond issue because the state law was really intertwined in that and in some ways just opened up too much confusion .
So we may come back in two years and clarify that issue a little better .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ little more streamlined .
It ’ s going to be a little bit and I hate to say better because it was perfectly fine the first time .
But we ’ ve responded to the Chancellor ’ s criticisms and they ’ re gon na have a lot of harder time trying to keep it off the ballot .
I do expect them to sue of course because that ’ s what Metro does with your tax dollars .
Carmichael : Okay , but you think that this new initiative cures what the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were faults in your original initiative .
I ’ m not saying they were false .
But the judge said so they by law they are false because that ’ s how our system works .
So you think you ’ ve cured her problems ?
Roberts : Yes , we did .
Leahy : So then Jim now you send this out .
You ’ ll still have to hit the same numbers ?
When do you think you would be able to reach you know , 27,000 or whatever the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ petition ?
Roberts : Well , we ’ re gon na have to have more signatures of that because of the November election .
We ’ re going to need about 32,000 .
Which really means we want to turn out about 40,000 .
So if you think about it , when we sent out about 80,000 petitions we got 27,000 signatures .
This time we ’ re just going to send 200,000 petitions out and hopefully we ’ ll get 45 , 50 , 60 , thousand signatures .
Our return rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about this .
They don ’ t think it ’ s they ’ ve been treated correctly and they haven ’ t .
and so we ’ re going to probably set the election date for about the second week of March .
That gives us enough time to get the petitions out .
And also if it passes and we certainly expect it to it will affect the budget cycle for the next year and won ’ t be able to put one of the things that Metro claimed .
They claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and change tax rates once the budget has been approved .
That is just absolutely untrue .
There ’ s not any law that says that other than the Chancellor ’ s order .
So we just made it a perspective .
We said , okay , we ’ re going to limit you before you begin the budget process and so you ’ re not going to have any excuse .
Leahy : Did you consider Jim at all just simply focusing on the one issue of the property tax reduction going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And then there was a lot of debate and something ’ s got dropped off and something ’ s got added .
The problem was what we saw from that it was a good idea and we certainly thought about that .
But the property tax was really important but also the recall .
But then you add on the dishonesty of Councilman Mendes and his ballot initiative undoing what we were doing .
We had to have something in there to protect voter sponsored ballot initiatives .
Well , now we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t just do it as one because we face the same sort of dishonesty as before .
Leahy : So there will just be three elements to it ?
Roberts : Well we had to have at least three .
We began to look at what we could leave off .
We ’ re not trying to overwhelm people here , but the real goal is to come back in two years and do this again and make some other good changes .
But we ’ re working on it a little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet .
Leahy : Okay , so you ’ re still working on it ?
Carmichael : I used to be in direct mail ?
So you need to have something on the front of your envelope that calls attention to what ’ s inside the envelope .
Roberts : That ’ s right .
We used a fold over .
If you remember we just use a cardstock that allowed people to fold back the other way and then it ’ s going to be a similar style so we hope that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people know what happened .
I think people understand .
Leahy : Jim the thank you from every taxpayer everywhere registered in Davidson County for continuing this effort .
I think you ’ ve got a very good chance of having this to be a success .
Roberts : We ’ re very optimistic .
I mean , it ’ s just people are mad and they are still mad about it .
And we have just been run over by Metro .
And I think the arrogance of Metro Government has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just never ends .
It ’ s not just COVID .
It ’ s not just the business shut down .
It ’ s a combination of everything and we see it .
Leahy : Well Jim Roberts .
Thanks so much come back again in a couple of weeks and give us an update when it ’ s finalized .
Carmichael : Will be in the mail within the next two weeks you think ?
Roberts : Oh , absolutely .
My goal is to have it at the printer by Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then the printer controls it .
Leahy : When it ’ s in the mail come back and talk to us here Jim Roberts .
Thanks so much for talking to us today .
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by Tom Joyce
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leading a group of 21 attorneys general in an amicus brief regarding federal immigration law.
The attorneys general are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold a federal statute to enforce federal immigration law in United States v. Hansen.
“In the middle of this man-made disaster at our southern border, we need every tool and law available,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a press release. “The last thing we need is anyone incentivizing migrants to come here illegally and further straining our social safety net. Border communities are being overwhelmed by the influx of people.”
A grand jury charged California resident Helaman Hansen with multiple crimes in 2017 for scamming hundreds of noncitizens out of more than $1 million by promising them a nonexistent path to citizenship.
According to the release, Hansen was charged under a federal statute for encouraging people to come to the United States illegally for “commercial advantage or private financial gain,” according to the release.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals then struck down the statute arguing that the words “encourage” and “induce,” in the law are too broad.
General Brnovich and the attorneys general argue in their amicus brief that the Ninth Circuit decision jeopardizes the constitutionality of criminal law in all 50 states. They worry that the decision may cause other state and federal courts to invalidate existing criminal laws.
The other attorneys general who signed the brief is from the states of: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.
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Tom Joyce is a contributor to The Center Square.
Photo “Mark Brnovich” by Mark Brnovich. Background Photo “U.S. Supreme Court” by AscendedAnathema. CC BY-SA 3.0.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Commentary: Flawed Globalist Ideology Underlies Opposition to Trump

There is a reason that nearly every powerful special interest in the United States is doing everything in its power to defeat Donald Trump , and it has nothing to do with the media ’ s fraudulent portrayal of him as a racist .
Nor does it have anything to do with his allegedly abrasive personality .
If the president were willing to put the United States citizens under a total lockdown , allow millions of economic refugees to swarm across the borders , ship more jobs to Asia , and then impoverish whatever was left of middle America under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he would be cruising to reelection .
Put another way , if Trump were a globalist , instead of a nationalist , there would not be well-funded militants destroying our cities while benefiting from a news blackout .
There would not be NPC drones like ABC ’ s David Muir spewing anti-Trump pablum night after night , and money from Big Tech and Wall Street billionaires would be pouring into his campaign , instead of supporting his opponent .
In January 2018 , in a speech of striking clarity , Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Addressing the assembled heads of state and business elite at the World Economic Forum ’ s annual meeting in Switzerland , Trump ’ s speech amounted to a declaration of war on the globalists .
For example , he said : These words constituted a threat to globalist ideology not because Trump ’ s version of nationalism is particularly toxic , but because he exposed the globalist vision itself as flawed and dangerous .
What globalists want will not deliver peace or prosperity to the world , much less America .
What globalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will make them wealthier and more powerful than ever .
In 2016 the World Economic Forum released a brief video called “ 8 predictions for the world in 2030 ” which remains an accurate summary of the globalist vision for the future .
Here are the key points : 1 ) You ’ ll own nothing .
And you ’ ll be happy .
Everything you ’ ll want , you ’ ll rent , and it will be delivered by drone .
2 ) The United States won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instead , a handful of countries will dominate .
3 ) You won ’ t die waiting for an organ donor .
We won ’ t transplant organs .
We ’ ll print new ones instead .
4 ) You ’ ll eat much less meat .
An occasional treat , not a staple .
For the good of the environment and our health .
5 ) A billion people will be displaced by climate change .
We ’ ll have to do a better job at welcoming and integrating refugees .
6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emit carbon dioxide .
There will be a global price on carbon .
This will help make fossil fuels history .
7 ) You could be preparing to go to Mars .
Scientists will have worked out how to keep you healthy in space .
8 ) Western values will have been tested to the breaking point .
Checks and balances that underpin our democracies must not be forgotten .
The essence of this list , or agenda , can be distilled into the following : Private property will be abolished , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food will be rationed , state-supported refugees will arrive by the millions and be dispersed into every American city and town , energy will be rationed , and America ’ s traditional values and institutions will be obliterated .
This is a deeply flawed vision of the future .
It fails on every practical level , but is marketed relentlessly by all the same institutions that attack President Trump .
And on the surface , it has a powerful moral appeal .
Consider these lyrics from John Lennon ’ s globalist anthem : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it isn ’ t hard to do , nothing to kill or die for , and no religion , too.
” This sounds great , until you face the reality of other powerful nations who aren ’ t about to cede their sovereignty to Western corporations , or deliberately undermine their cultures or their economies .
This means that “ climate refugees ” will not be pouring into China , or Japan , or Russia , or any other powerful and independent nations .
It means those nations will continue to consume @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them to allocate a higher percentage of their GDPs to more productive investments including research , industrial development , infrastructure upgrades , and military spending .
Deliberately hobbling the American economy , unilaterally , in the name of fighting “ climate change ” will elevate the price of everything imaginable—energy , water , food , housing , transportation , and every product and service that requires those basics for its own production .
At the same time , adding tens of millions of “ climate refugees ” to America ’ s population without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come with productive skills will place additional burdens on an already handicapped economy .
Even worse , this agenda embraces a new dominant ideology , already well established , that attacks the core values that made America great .
It justifies American submission to rationing and mass immigration through the underlying claim that American imperialist capitalism is responsible both for the “ climate crisis ” and the economic misery in other nations .
It goes on to reject the most fundamental premise of capitalism , which is individual ownership of property .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ll be happy.
” But just as abandoning the fate of the world to rising nations such as China—an implacable police state bent on enslaving the world—is obviously flawed , abandoning capitalist values to a society where “ you ’ ll own nothing ” is also a recipe for misery .
Taking away the ability for individuals to own property takes away the incentive for people to work hard and strive to improve conditions for themselves and their families .
Behind the obvious historical fact that communism and socialism have never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murderous tyranny and economic devastation in every place they have ever been tried , is one simple truth of human nature : people need to have an incentive to achieve , or they won ’ t bother .
Thus far , America ’ s influential elites , from Big Tech and Big Media to at least some significant percentage of academia and the corporate community , have been unable to embrace the alternative vision President Trump represents .
This is a failure of imagination as much as evidence of corruption .
Because there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t involve American decline .
In this alternative to the agenda of the Davos set , instead of despoiling the landscape with millions of wind turbines , we would have clean fossil fuel , hydroelectric power , and nuclear power that is deregulated and allowed to create cheap abundant energy in America and around the world .
This would cause a rapid rise in the standard of living and quality of life in developing nations , which would lead to rising literacy and lower birth rates .
In Africa , India , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population migration into revitalized and inviting urban centers , taking pressure off ecosystems and wildlife .
This scenario , where sovereign nations are encouraged to develop conventional energy and make big infrastructure investments , has been completely derailed by the Western obsession with fighting climate change .
The result is environmental destruction caused by burgeoning populations pouring into protected wildernesses in search of firewood and game meat .
And that is a cold , devastating fact .
Anthropogenic climate change as an existential threat to humanity , on the other hand , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at that .
President Trump ’ s policies have encouraged industrial development , especially in the United States , but also around the world .
The globalists ’ agenda calls for tightly controlled development , massive migration , and socialist redistribution , all under the supposedly benevolent management of multinational corporations and international banks .
But even if their intentions were entirely innocent , their plans , should they ever come to fruition , would spell catastrophe .
The irony of globalist ideology is that its ostensible goal , peace and prosperity for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s version of nationalism .
What Trump envisions—peaceful competition between nations , all looking out for their own national interests—offers humanity a path into the future that can be realized without trauma , especially if America remains united and prosperous , and able to exercise leadership .
What globalists offer is tyranny , masquerading as enlightenment .
Edward Ring is a senior fellow of the Center for American Greatness and co-founder in 2013 of the California Policy Center .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Dominion Voting Systems ‘Lawyers Up,’ Abruptly Backs Out of Pennsylvania State House Fact-Finding He

Dominion Voting Systems ‘Lawyers Up,’ Abruptly Backs Out of Pennsylvania State House Fact-Finding Hearing

Dominion Voting Systems Thursday night abruptly backed out of attending a fact-finding hearing that was set for Friday morning with the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee .
At a press conference Friday morning , State Govt Committee Chair Seth Grove said the 1.3. million Pennsylvanians who used Dominion ’ s voting machines have been “ hung out to dry and slapped in their faces.
” Pennsylvania lawmakers had scheduled the hearing with the voting machine manufacturer “ to help identify and correct any irregularities in the election process , ” according to the House Republican Caucus .
“ It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ machines they use to cast their ballots .
On the heels of Gov .
Tom Wolf unilaterally decertifying every voting machine in the Commonwealth , we need to know whether these new machines met expectations , whether they are reliable and whether they are not subject to interference , ” said Rep. Grove ( R-York ) .
Dominion had initially agreed to attend the hearing , before it “ abruptly canceled , ” Grove said .
“ I was impressed at what appeared to be the willingness that Dominion Voting Systems to address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million Pennsylvanians who used their machines at ease—including myself , thinking that Dominion was willing to publicly back up their product which PA taxpayers invested millions to purchase ” he noted during the presser .
“ Unfortunately , last evening , Dominion Voting Systems lawyered up , and backed out of their commitment to the people of Pennsylvania to provide their input in a public format.
” Grove blasted the company for “ retreating into the darkness , ” rather than appearing at the hearing with “ honesty and integrity.
” The committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a company with nothing to hide would back out .
“ Why would a vender of public goods fear discussing their product sold to the public for the public good ?
If Dominion ’ s products were successful and operated as they were supposed to , why wouldn ’ t Dominion take the opportunity to publicly review its success ?
” Grove demanded .
“ How hard is it to say , ‘ our ballot machines worked exactly as promised and they ’ re 100 percent accurate ’ ?
” “ After weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Systems not released any analysis of the success of its voting machines to the public in order to stop their accusers in their tracks ?
If they have nothing to hide , why are they hiding from us ?
” he asked .
“ Today I am saddened to report to the taxpayers of Pennsylvania and the 1.3 million voters who trusted Dominion Voting Systems with their ballots , that Dominion Voting Systems has hung you out to dry and slapped you in your faces.
” the committee chair declared .
Grove stated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their accusers ’ accusations .
Rep .
Dawn Keefer noted that fourteen counties used the Dominion Voting Systems software , so they owe it to Pennsylvania voters to show up and answer some questions .
“ We trust the workers in our polling places and in our counties , ” Keefer said .
“ But what we don ’ t know is the role of 3rd party companies .
And when they rescind their participation in our hearing , we ’ re left wondering why.
” Keefer added : “ Transparency is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voting Software is asking us to give them only blind trust .
We ’ re very disappointed in Dominion ’ s last minute cancelation in today ’ s hearing .
Transparency is key for our election security .
Dominion Voting Software is asking us to give them only blind trust .
We ’ re very disappointed in Dominion ’ s last minute cancelation in today ’ s hearing .
”


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Plans to Disarm Portland State Campus Police on Hold After Too Many Quit

Portland State University announced in August its plan to disarm campus police officers by replacing their firearms with tasers , but those plans have been put on a temporary hold .
The plan to disarm officers was announced earlier in 2020 after rallies and protesters at PSU called for justice for Jason Washington , who was killed by officers in 2018 .
Campus Reform reported on the efforts of PSU students and staff to disarm officers in 2019 .
Campus Police Chief Willie Halliburton stated that in order for unarmed officers to be safe , the school would need two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t been possible due to the retirement or resignation of several officers .
In a video message addressing the issue , Halliburton stated , “ I am fully committed to transforming this police agency into a unit that will achieve these goals .
We ’ ll do this without carrying weapons while on patrol.
” “ When we announced last August that we will begin unarmed patrol sometime this fall , I knew it would be a challenging and ambitious timeline , ” said Halliburton .
“ I had commitment from my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since then , staff turnover and administrative delays , those things have held up this process of making sure my officers can safely and legally fulfill their duties without firearms , and keeping this campus secure in the midst of ongoing unrest in Portland , ” he added .
Halliburton discussed the rioting in Portland on Oct. 11 , when the windows of the Campus Public Safety Office were smashed : “ On October 11th the Campus Public Safety Office was severely damaged , our officers and our staff inside were traumatized .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , someone has to show what peace looks like .
We can not continue to fight aggression with aggression.
” Halliburton ’ s decision to disarm officers was announced in August as part of a holistic plan for campus safety .
According to that plan , officers would be armed with tasers instead of firearms and would call Portland Police to respond to any incident involving a weapon .
Universities and colleges across the country have similarly called for the disarming and even abolition of campus police .
Campus Reform has reported that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chicago , and Stanford University are just some of the schools that have discussed and pushed for disarming or abolishing the campus police .
PSU President Stephen Percy published a full statement discussing how the school is working toward disarming officers .
“ In August , we announced that our Campus Public Safety Police Officers will move to unarmed patrols , and Chief Willie Halliburton began the process of implementing the necessary policies and practices .
It is an important new approach to policing and represents a commitment by CPSO to align our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and to help the PSU community heal , ” Percy said .
“ We understand that this issue is of significant interest to our campus community .
We commit to the following actions to keep the community informed , ” Percy continued , listing “ campus-wide progress reports , ” and “ online updates regarding the hiring progress of the PSU Campus Public Safety Office , ” as among those actions .
Halliburton told Campus Reform that he is “ focused on the task at hand and that is fulfilling my promise to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hiring is one part of the mission but equally important are policies and agreements from our law enforcement partners that keeps [ us ] all safe .
I wish this could be done overnight but it is a process that we have to go through to make our vision work .
I am working tirelessly to make this a reality on our campus , please allow me the time to do this right .
That ’ s all I ’ m asking , ” he added .
One week after PSU made the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , protesters broke windows at the Public Safety Office and two other campus buildings .
Protesters were chanting Jason Washington during what was called a “ direct action ” march .
Campus Reform reached out to PSU and Campus Public Safety for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication .
Haley Worth is a Minnesota Campus Correspondent with Campus Reform .
She is a junior at Saint Cloud State University , majoring in Political Science .
On campus , Haley was the President of the Turning Point USA chapter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Director of Matt Gurtler ’ s Congressional Campaign for the primary runoff election in Georgia .
Haley is a Fall 2020 Campus Reform intern .
Photo “ Portland State University Campus ” by Visitor7 .
CC BY-SA 3.0 .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Federal Judge Blocks New Criminal Disqualifiers to Asylum

LOS ANGELES , California ( AP ) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Trump administration rule about to take effect that would have put up new roadblocks for asylum-seekers convicted of a variety of crimes .
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the rule “ sweeps too broadly ” and was unnecessary because current federal law already includes a host of disqualifying crimes such as drug trafficking , money laundering and counterfeiting .
Pangea Legal Services , a legal service provider for immigrants , and other non-profits sued after the rule was announced last month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and U.S. Department of Justice .
It was set to take effect Friday .
The judge issued a temporary restraining order without an expiration date .
She scheduled a Dec. 9 hearing on the plaintiffs ’ motion for a preliminary injunction .
Illston agreed with the plaintiffs ’ contention that the two government agencies exceeded their authority and said the rule was “ substantively and procedurally defective.
” The departments of Homeland Security and Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ruling .
The White House has instituted a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult to obtain .
President-elect Joe Biden said on his campaign website that he will end Trump ’ s “ detrimental asylum policies ” but has not commented on this specific rule .
While asylum has long been denied to people convicted of “ particularly serious crimes , ” the new rule would have added a litany of crimes that would have been disqualifying .
They included convictions for domestic violence — whether a felony or misdemeanor — assault or battery , re-entering the country illegally , identify theft , public benefits fraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence .
The rule would have also denied asylum to people convicted of crimes that an adjudicator “ knows or has reason to believe ” was committed to supporting a criminal street gang .
Asylum is for people fleeing persecution for their race , religion , nationality , political beliefs or membership in a social group .
It isn ’ t intended for people who migrate for economic reasons .
President Donald Trump has called asylum “ a scam ” and has introduced a string of policies against it since the U.S. became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asylum-seekers in 2017 .
Another rule proposed in June gives judges the power to reject claims without a hearing .
Several new factors weigh against asylum , including failure to pay taxes .
A rule in July lets authorities block asylum-seekers from countries with widespread communicable disease .
Christopher Weber is a reporter for The Associated Press .
AP reporter Elliot Spagat contributed from San Diego .
About the Headline Photo : In this Nov. 19 , 2019 file photo , asylum seekers from Central America and Cuba follow an Immigration and Customs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal Building in El Paso , Texas .
A judge on Thursday , Nov. 19 , 2020 has blocked a Trump administration rule that would have put up new roadblocks for asylum-seekers convicted of a variety of crimes .
It was set to take effect Friday .
The federal judge in San Francisco says current federal law already includes plenty of disqualifying crimes such as drug trafficking , money laundering and counterfeiting .
( AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio , File )


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Biden Adds Obama Administration Veterans to Top Staff

WASHINGTON , D.C. ( AP ) — President-elect Joe Biden is adding four Obama-Biden administration veterans to his top ranks as he continues to build out his White House team .
Cathy Russell , who was Jill Biden ’ s chief of staff during the Obama administration , will serve as director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel , evaluating applicants for administration roles .
Louisa Terrell , who served as a legislative adviser to the president in the Obama administration and worked as deputy chief of staff for Biden in the Senate , will be director of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Terrell has already been engaged in Capitol Hill outreach as part of Biden ’ s transition team .
Carlos Elizondo , who was social secretary for Jill Biden during the Obama administration , will reprise his role and serve as social secretary for the incoming first lady .
And Mala Adaga will serve as her policy director .
Her role hints at what Biden may focus on as first lady — Adaga previously worked as a director for higher education and military families at the Biden Foundation , and also advised Jill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The announcements come just a few days after Biden unveiled his first major round of top White House staff , including the appointment of his current campaign manager , Jen O ’ Malley Dillon , to serve as deputy chief of staff , and campaign co-chair Rep. Cedric Richmond as director of the White House Office of Public Engagement .
Late last week , he announced that longtime aide Ron Klain will serve as his chief of staff .
While the new hires give a sense of the White House that Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet to appoint someone to fill the role of COVID coordinator , which Klain announced this week , or name individuals for key communications roles .
His team has thousands more staff-level roles to fill when it takes over the administration in January , and they ’ re currently reviewing applications and reaching out to potential candidates for key roles .
Biden has indicated he plans to make and announce some of his Cabinet picks around Thanksgiving , and he said Thursday he ’ s already made his decision for Treasury Secretary .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Associated Press .
About the Headline Photo : President-elect Joe Biden , accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris , speaks about economic recovery at The Queen theater , Monday , Nov. 16 , 2020 , in Wilmington , Del .
( AP Photo/Andrew Harnik )


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Steve Bannon Presents ‘War Room: Pandemic’

An all new LIVE STREAM of War Room : Pandemic starts at 9 a.m. Central Time on Saturday .
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon began the daily War Room : Pandemic radio show and podcast on January 25 , when news of the virus was just beginning to leak out of China around the Lunar New Year .
Bannon and co-hosts bring listeners exclusive analysis and breaking updates from top medical , public health , economic , national security , supply chain and geopolitical experts weekdays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon ET .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Commentary: Citizenship and the Nation-State

A prominent immigration scholar , David Jacobson , writes that “ [ t ] ransnational migration is steadily eroding the traditional basis of nation-state membership , namely citizenship .
As rights have come to be predicated on residency , not citizen status , the distinction between ‘ citizen ’ and ‘ alien ’ has eroded .
The devaluation of citizenship has contributed to the increasing importance of international human rights codes , with its premise of universal ‘ personhood ’ .
” The goal of the Progressive Left is to abolish the classifications of citizens and aliens in favor of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personhood ” for those who might otherwise be called “ citizens of the world ” if that phrase was not an utter contradiction .
A policy of open borders—the abolition of the nation-state—would usher in the era of the universal person ; but it would also usher in the era of universal tyranny , or what has been called the “ universal homogeneous state , ” the European Union on a global scale .
However noble and inspiring the sentiments on the Statue of Liberty might seem , they are not part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the interests of American citizens take precedence over any demands emanating from the “ world community.
” The advocates of the universal homogeneous state , however , no longer believe that national security or preservation of the nation-state is a rational goal ; rather , national security must be subordinate to other more pressing goals more compatible with political correctness : openness and diversity .
These goals have supplanted national security as the nation ’ s priority , even if it means that the nation must run considerable risk .
Open borders serve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diversity .
For many years progressive liberalism has asked us to believe something incredible : that the most important and admirable aspect of the American character is defined only by its openness and unlimited acceptance of diversity .
A defined American character—devotion to republican principles , republican virtue , the habits and manners of free citizens , and self-reliance—would be impermissibly exclusive , and thus impermissibly American .
The universal homogeneous state only recognizes openness , and devotion to diversity and acceptance as virtues .
It must therefore condemn exclusivity as the greatest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insists on exclusive citizenship and immigration policies that impose various kinds of restrictions .
Openness as a political virtue inevitably inclines to the support of open borders , and it would be utterly surprising to learn that the advocates of openness and diversity are unaware of this .
Our progressive politicians ( both Republican and Democrat ) and opinion leaders proclaim their commitment to diversity almost daily , chanting the same refrain : “ Diversity is our strength.
” This is the gospel according to political correctness .
But how does diversity strengthen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unity and cohesiveness ?
Or is it a source of division and contention ?
Does it promote the common good and the friendship that rests at the heart of citizenship ?
Or does it promote racial and ethnic division and something resembling the tribalism that prevents most of the world from making constitutional government a success ?
When is the last time anyone in Washington referred to the common good ?
We are used to hearing talk about the various stakeholders and group interests , but not much about what the nation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we have less in common , and the more we encourage diversity , the less we honor the common good .
Any honest observer can see that diversity is the solvent that dissolves the unity and cohesiveness of a nation ; we should not be deceived into thinking that its proponents do not understand the full implications of their advocacy .
Any nation that believes that diversity is its strength has already made the decision to dissolve itself .
Anyone can see today that the nation is dissolving , its unity lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and various other identity groups competing for superiority .
Black Lives Matter and Antifa have momentarily slowed the dissolution , by asserting anti-race hatred on the one hand and anti-class hatred on the other .
But this is an illusion .
BLM , for example , insists that it is racist to say that “ all lives matter.
” There is no reasonable argument to support this assertion of “ racism , ” nor is there any claim of justice to support the claim .
It is simply an assertion of racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logic and reason “ all lives matter includes black lives.
” If “ all lives matter ” is racist , then reason is “ racist.
” And here we reach the nub of the issue .
Reason represents “ white supremacy , ” the dominance of Western civilization and white dominance through the nation-state .
Black Lives Matter represents “ progress ” because it rejects Western reason and Western civilization , the very source of white supremacy and racism .
Yes , it leads to a return to tribalism and the rejection of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supremacy that resulted from Western reason is the greater evil .
The dissolution of the United States is moving faster than most of us realize or can possibly imagine .
Diversity is the strength of the universal homogeneous state which will use diversity to dispense with the common good and constitutional democracy .
Diversity , of course , marches under the banner of tolerance but is in reality a bastion of intolerance .
It enforces its ideological liberalism with a fanaticism driven by political correctness , the most ingenious ( and insidious ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political dissent , and religious liberty ever invented .
Political correctness could have been stopped dead in its tracks nearly four decades ago , but Republicans refused to kill it when they had the opportunity .
In the 1980 presidential election campaign , Ronald Reagan promised to end affirmative action by rescinding the executive order issued by Lyndon Johnson that created it .
This promise was warmly received by the electorate , but President Reagan failed to deliver his promised repeal .
Too many Republicans had become convinced that they could use affirmative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largesse associated with racial class entitlements to attract minorities to the Republican Party .
By signing on to the regime of political correctness , Republicans were never able to mount an effective opposition to its seemingly irresistible advance .
Today , any Republican charged or implicated with racism—however tendentious , outrageous , implausible , exaggerated , or false the charge or implication may be—will quickly surrender , often preemptively .
This applies equally to other violations of political correctness : homophobia , Islamophobia , xenophobia , genderphobia , transphobia , and a host @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all , there is no rational defense against an “ irrational fear , ” which is what the various phobias are alleged to be .
Republicans have rendered themselves defenseless against political correctness , and the establishment wing of the party doesn ’ t seem particularly concerned , as they frequently join the chorus of Democrats in denouncing President Trump ’ s violations of political correctness .
Only Trump seems undeterred in his determination to resist the tyrannical threat that rests at the core of political correctness .
No nation-state can survive by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” National unity must be the counter to those liberal ( and conservative ) progressives who would propel us into the universal homogeneous state .
There is nothing fated about the global state or the universal person .
Nations make choices .
They are not simply swept along by the currents of the dialectic of History .
Contrary to the assurances of George W. Bush , who has become a Trump opponent , freedom is not fated , as he assured Americans in his second inaugural ; freedom it is not easy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bush said , “ the human soul yearns for it.
” Every free nation knows that , as one of our nation ’ s monuments has it ( if it survives the current hysteria ) “ freedom is not free.
” Today ’ s abandonment of the principles of the Declaration have opened the door to racial and identity politics , where the first concern of the law is the racial , ethnic , and gender class with which one happens to identify .
Race and ethnicity , gender and transgender , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all been given special recognition for purposes of the Constitution and law .
The concept behind the Declaration , the equal protection of equal rights of individuals regardless of class or caste , has given way to a rebirth of the caste and tribal system of the past where rights are conditioned by claims of tribal privilege instead of the privileges and immunities of citizenship .
This development is often praised as progress .
But anyone with the slightest understanding of the meaning of progress understands that the retreat to tribalism is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that citizenship is truly anachronistic and global citizenship unworkable , tribalism may be the only alternative .
This alternative , of course , will require new gods representing new tribes and these gods will not be benevolent gods .
The Great Society gradually became suffused by race and identity politics .
Once the idea of racial reparations or equitable remedies based on race began to take hold , anyone with the slightest vision knew it would be impossible to stop its momentum , no matter how much soothing talk about dispensing with racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ field ” was level .
Those who press racial class entitlements and entitlements based on the ever-expanding field of identity class will never admit that the playing field is becoming level ; in fact , the complaint will always be that it is becoming increasingly steeper .
Racial class and identity class demand such assertions .
The “ playing fields ” have become so steep in the perfervid imaginations of the various identity interests that the world of reparations has fallen into chaos driven by primitive demands of racial superiority .
The equality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voting Rights Act were designed to protect seem to have been abandoned .
Was the goal of equality before the law—even though never perfectly implemented—not a just and equitable goal ?
Or do justice and equity now demand that equality before the law be exposed as just another form of racism ?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had finally put the destructive genie of race securely in its bottle ; there was much work still to be done , but there were now legal remedies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon as that old racial genie had been secured , new prophets arose and said we can teach that old genie new tricks .
We can teach him to give up his evil ways and be a force for good .
We will turn him loose to do the work of racial reparations and racial equity based on racial proportionality .
Others with longer memories and further vision warned : Don ’ t do it !
That evil genie is incapable of learning new ways ; he is a trickster : he will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of race is always evil—history has proven that it will always be a force for evil ; it will never be satisfied with equality under the law .
It always seeks superiority—it wants to rule .
It wants to dominate , it wants to destroy .
Have we not learned our lesson ?
Don ’ t let it loose again !
You will regret it !
It will promise equality—it will promise anything to work its evil ; it is willing to work every deception on those of goodwill—in the name of equality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws and racial equality .
Were not these words of warning correct ?
The evil genie calls for racial superiority and those who should know better kneel before the clarion call of their own destruction .
In his signing statement for the Immigration Act of 1965 , President Lyndon B. Johnson insisted that “ [ t ] his bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill .
It does not affect the lives of millions .
It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives , or really add @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power .
Yet it is still one of the most important acts of this Congress and of the administration.
” It is almost shocking to hear this language from President Johnson , who always described his own achievements in grandiose terms ; how can we possibly understand the manner in which he underplays the importance of the legislation , even as he touts it as “ one of the most important acts .
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” We know , of course , that the “ bill ” did turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it did “ affect the lives of millions ; ” and we suspect that the president was well aware of its future impact .
One perceptive commentator , Roger Daniels , noted that “ [ t ] he bill , in fact , changed the whole course of American immigration history , although it did so along lines that were already apparent for the few who had eyes to see .
In addition , it facilitated a great increase in the volume of immigration .
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The most striking effect of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase the share of immigration slots going to Asia and Latin America.
” Great numbers of immigrants came to the United States from the Third World , both legally and illegally , driven by the immense pressures of despotism and economic deprivation in their native countries .
The stated purpose of the Immigration Act , according to President Johnson , was to “ correct a cruel and enduring wrong ” in United States immigration policies ; the unstated purposes of the act was to change the racial and ethnic mix of the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as compensation for past racial injustice , but also as a way of consolidating the administrative state by adding to its list of client groups .
Immigrants from third world countries have a more difficult time adapting to American customs , habits , and laws and show less willingness to do so .
These immigrants are more likely to need the services of the administrative state , and it was only too willing to specify the terms and conditions for their adjustment to American society .
In fact , the administrative state encouraged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ multiculturalism .
The administrators—and eventually the immigrants—demanded that America should change to accommodate those with different cultures .
The old goal of the “ melting pot ” became mocked as a racist legacy in the new universe of multiculturalism .
Indeed , demands that immigrants adapt to American habits and manners were derided as cultural genocide , a product of America ’ s overweening arrogance , an arrogance fueled by the anachronistic notion of American exceptionalism .
The welfare bureaucracy—and its allies in the “ civil rights community ” —were eager to perpetuate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal or illegal .
Bilingual education , affirmative action , and other forms of welfare dependency came to the forefront .
Hugh Davis Graham , a respected civil rights scholar , remarked that “ [ t ] he eligibility of 80 percent of immigrants to America for affirmative action programs made a mockery of the historical rationale that minority preferences compensated for past discrimination in America.
” Furthermore , Graham notes , “ [ t ] he proliferation since the 1970s of bilingual/bicultural education programs in American schools has further segregated and isolated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American mainstream and weakened the acquisition of English literacy and competence in school subjects leading to higher education and advancement in America ’ s high-tech economy.
” Most scholars , of course , deny that there was any concerted effort on the part of the administrative state to co-opt newcomers .
The policies were piecemeal and the consequences seemingly unintended .
But the administrative state has a life of its own .
It seeks to extend the reach of its influence and magnify its power , and it does so largely out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons are administrative regulations and policies of indirection , all backed by the cooperation of a compliant court system .
The Immigration Act played an important role .
As one administrator , the director of the Census Bureau , explained , “ without fully realizing it we have left the time when the nonwhite , non-Western part of our population could be expected to assimilate to the dominant majority .
In the future , the white Western majority will have to do some assimilation of its own.
” The non-Western part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its obligation to assimilate ; the “ white Western majority , ” however , will soon acquire assimilation responsibilities of its own .
These responsibilities will be presented as matters of simple justice—they will be racial and ethnic reparations .
What has raised the ire of the minions of the administrative state more than anything perhaps is the American middle class , often referred to as the “ selfish ” class by intellectuals and welfare state administrators .
The middle classes in the United States are the selfish classes because they aspire to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor .
They want the safety of suburban life for themselves and their children ; they want good schools for their children ; they oppose busing ; they want to be free from burdensome regulation .
They oppose the welfare state , and their recalcitrance has been a formidable barrier to the complete dominance of that welfare state .
After all , the middle classes are anti-tax , anti-immigration , and anti-big government .
They want lower taxes , oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants and open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smaller government .
These are the people who supported President Trump .
And Trump ’ s economic policies have been successful enough to attract blacks and Hispanics who have been entering the middle classes at rates that have raised alarms among progressive liberals and the defenders of the administrative state .
Dependent classes , not the middle classes , are the key to the future of the administrative state .
The administrative state has mounted an all-out war against Trump ’ s attempts to curb its influence .
If Trump loses in 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 1982 , the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Plyler v. Doe , a case involving illegal alien children .
The court , Justice William Brennan writing for a 5-4 majority , held that under the 14th Amendment ’ s equal protection clause the state of Texas may not deny to illegal alien children the same free public education that it provides to United States citizens or legally admitted aliens .
To reach this conclusion Justice Brennan indulged considerable judicial legerdemain in an attempt to abolish the distinction between legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like all persons who have entered the United States unlawfully , these children are subject to deportation .
But there is no assurance , Brennan noted , that a child subject to deportation will ever be deported .
An illegal entrant might be granted federal permission to remain in the country , or even the chance to become a citizen .
In light of the discretionary federal power to grant relief from deportation , a state can not realistically determine that any particular undocumented child will in fact ever be deported until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It would , of course , be most difficult for the state to justify a denial of education to a child enjoying what Brennan describes as “ an inchoate federal permission to remain.
” Thus , according to Justice Brennan ’ s irrefragable logic , once an illegal alien child is brought to the United States and is able to avoid deportation , either by federal discretion , inefficiency , or unwillingness to enforce the law , the child is now entitled to a constitutional guarantee of free public education under the equal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insinuate themselves into the fabric of American society and enjoy “ an inchoate federal permission to remain.
” This “ federal permission , ” of course , may have its uncertainties depending upon the ebb and flow of immigration politics , but there will be many immigration advocacy organizations and legal groups who will represent their interests .
Illegal aliens in this category are now regularly known as “ Americans in waiting , ” a designation that began with Plyler ’ s amorphous and constitutionally suspect “ inchoate permission to remain.
” That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vigor by establishment Republicans or Democrats of any stripe because it fit the tacit agreement the two parties had on the continued tolerance and even encouragement of illegal immigration .
To date no Supreme Court decision has held that the children of illegal aliens born in the United States are automatically birthright citizens , although some commentators point to dicta that can be construed as so holding .
In Plyler the children themselves were illegal aliens .
“ Americans in Waiting ” Come Out of the Shadows President Reagan , in his signing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act of 1986 , spoke of illegal immigrants “ who must hide in the shadows without access to many of the benefits of a free and open society.
” However much the metaphor of “ hiding in the shadows ” has been used to describe the plight of illegal aliens , it has never been as accurate as the advocates for illegal aliens would have us believe .
The “ Americans in waiting ” have always been “ hiding ” in plain sight , not lurking in the shadows .
In 2006 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions of illegal aliens and their supporters out of the shadows into the public square demanding amnesty and the whole panoply of rights usually reserved to citizens and legal residents .
Americans in waiting would wait no more !
These demonstrations were calculated to bring pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform—hardly the actions of the fearful cowering in the shadows as they were always portrayed by the media , immigration advocacy groups , and congressional committees .
The demonstrations were designed to be a kind of public recognition that illegal aliens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be allowed to enter the mainstream of society .
They do the necessary work that Americans are unwilling to do—hard physical labor for low wages and no benefits .
Legalizing illegal aliens would therefore be a forthright and just recognition of the important role they have assumed in the American economy .
The demonstrations undoubtedly were a grave miscalculation .
They served only to harden public opinion against comprehensive reform , especially reform involving amnesty and a path to citizenship that President Bush had promised .
Bush was forced to retreat from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aliens would be the first step on the path to citizenship .
Unlike President Bush , the demonstrators were clear : they wanted amnesty and simply did not see the necessity of denying the obvious : amnesty was a recognition of their status as “ citizens in waiting.
” It was an odd spectacle : illegal immigrants boldly and boisterously taking to the streets to demand a change in the law .
Only in the world of postmodern citizenship—hurtling toward the universal homogeneous state—was such a spectacle possible : illegal aliens demanding a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States .
What is more fundamental to a sovereign nation than the determination of who can become citizens and who shall remain aliens ?
This , of course , was a distinction that was effectively collapsed in the Plyler decision .
The right to determine citizenship and to defend borders is inherent in the idea of sovereignty .
Surrender these fundamental attributes and it is a simple fact that no nation can remain sovereign .
It is thus the first priority of those who advocate the universal homogeneous state to attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea of borders .
We hear so much about openness and diversity—the favorite themes of those who promote the universal homogeneous state—that we have described it as the European Union on a global scale , a universal state that will be populated by “ universal persons.
” There will be no citizens in the universal homogeneous state , only clients of the administrative state ruled by an elite administrative class .
Thomas Jefferson understood the vital element of character in citizenship and the relation of citizenship to the regime when he proposed this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the State of Virginia : “ Suppose 20 millions of republican Americans thrown all of a sudden into France , what would be the condition of that kingdom ?
If it would be more turbulent , less happy , less strong , we may believe that the addition of half a million of foreigners to our present numbers would produce similar effect here.
” Twenty million Americans thrown suddenly into a monarchical regime would indeed undermine the regime .
Americans possessing the virtues of republicanism and habituated to self-government and independence , bristling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforced obsequiousness would make them ill-suited to be citizens of a monarchy .
This would introduce an element of anarchy into the French monarchy that undoubtedly would force it to become a tyranny in order to survive .
“ [ W ] e may believe , ” Jefferson posits , “ that the addition of half a million of foreigners to our present numbers would produce a similar effect here.
” Jefferson does not specify who the foreigners might be , but he had earlier speculated that most of those seeking refuge in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or other forms of despotic governments .
As might be expected , refugees from democratic or republican regimes would be rare .
One might think that those fleeing absolute monarchy and other despotic regimes would relish their new-found freedoms and easily fall into the habits and manners of free citizens .
But Jefferson is adamant that these refugees will not become good republican citizens—or at least not easily and not quickly .
Their emigration should therefore not be encouraged .
In the first place , “ [ t ] hey will bring with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave , imbibed in their early youth ; or , if able to throw them off , it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness , passing , as is usual , from one extreme to another .
It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty.
” Those who grow up in despotic regimes are habituated to obedience and deference to authority , to bowing and flattery in the presence of social class superiors .
This becomes habitual and not easily discarded or , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without regard to civility ; rather it is done with a contempt and disdain inspired by class hatred that easily turns to a license that is characteristic of anarchy rather than republicanism .
Refugees from despotism do not make good republican citizens because they can not easily shake the habits of deference and assume the habits of independence ; if they do throw off the habits and manners accumulated under despotism , it is more likely they will do it in exchange for “ unbounded licentiousness ” rather than rational and moderate liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pursuit of happiness—is acquired only over the course of many years of being habituated to republican virtue .
Education to republican virtue begins almost at birth ; it is not easily acquired even for those who live their entire lives in republican regimes .
To expect the newly arrived easily to exchange the chains of despotism for the robes of republican virtue is unrealistic , if not wholly utopian .
It is better , Jefferson muses , to populate republican America from its native stock .
But he knows that too is wholly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , its resources too vast and its population too small .
One of the complaints given in the Declaration that the King had a design of establishing “ an absolute Tyranny ” was that he “ has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States ; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither.
” But Jefferson was clear that immigrants must be chosen carefully .
He preferred those who are emigrating from free regimes and to admit only those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s interest and comport themselves according to the principles of republican government .
There would be no open borders in Jefferson ’ s vision .
First choice would go to those who already possess the habits and manners of freedom ; next would be “ useful artificers ” — “ spare no expense in obtaining them , ” Jefferson declaims .
“ They will teach us something we do not know.
” Throughout American history the assimilation of immigrants has proceeded apace .
I think Jefferson underestimated the capacity of the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to Abraham Lincoln , it was Jefferson ’ s own handiwork , the Declaration of Independence that made assimilation such a powerful force in America .
In July , 1858 , Lincoln , speaking of the American Revolution , said : All immigrants can trace their lineage to the blood of the Founders through “ the electric cord ” of the Declaration .
Dedication to those principles , the “ father of all moral principle , ” replaces descent by blood as the title to citizenship and motive force for assimilation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manners ; self-government ; dedication to freedom ; and the measured pursuit of happiness all flow from that dedication .
As the authority of those principles has declined in the United States so has the nation ’ s capacity—and its willingness—to assimilate immigrants .
Today , the Declaration is denounced as a document of white supremacy by ignorant ideologues and Abraham Lincoln who restored its principles against the sustained attack of the slaveocracy is denounced as a “ racist.
” The inmates are truly running the asylum .
In retrospect , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Immigration Act of 1965 was .
It put an emphasis on immigration from third world countries , those countries whose people would have the greatest difficulty assimilating .
They were welcomed by administrative state bureaucrats who convinced them it was wrong to assimilate .
The country was on its way to multiculturalism without any principles to serve as a guide , to say nothing of a “ moral principle.
” Assimilation , not multiculturalism , is the strength of a nation .
Multiculturalism dissolves and dissipates a nation ’ s strength .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something that all citizens share and look up to , something that transcends their immediate interests , something that is patriotic .
As Lincoln ’ s speech indicated , that was the Declaration—the principle that “ all men are created equal.
” That is the electric cord that binds all citizens , regardless of race , color , ethnicity or national origins .
Once the nation has cut itself loose from that “ sheet anchor ” of republicanism , it will simply be adrift without any principles to guide it .
If in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as irredeemably racist , we will no longer guide ourselves by the central principle of natural right : “ all men are created equal.
” As mentioned earlier , the statement that “ All lives matter , ” a statement compelled by the fact of human equality is now condemned as “ racist , ” and deemed by street mobs as worthy of the death penalty .
Without the natural right principles of the founding , the nation has no future but dissolution and anarchy .
In Case There Is Need for Future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has offered proposals to reform immigration policies to emphasize American interests .
The United States should , to use Jefferson ’ s terms , invite “ useful artificers , ” those who bring useful skills and contribute to the economy .
The “ diversity lottery ” as the president has mentioned several times , is the most destructive immigration policy imaginable .
It is diversity for the sake of mere diversity .
What is the value in that ?
Diversity has no intrinsic value .
Immigration policies should serve the interests of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acts of charity to the world .
The integrity of the nation-state is intimately tied to the integrity of constitutional government and the fulfillment of its purposes , the safety and happiness of the people , which includes the protection of rights and liberties and privileges and immunities that are integral parts of the pursuit of happiness .
Those invited to become members of the body politic should have something to offer to the common good , not only the capacity to adopt the habits and manners of republican citizens , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not become prey to the minions of the administrative state .
Full acceptance of American principles as specified in the Declaration and the Constitution are a minimum requirement for becoming a member of the American polity .
A useful occupation that contributes to the American economy should be another minimum requirement .
Unskilled or low skilled labor only creates an underclass that shuts out Americans from entry-level jobs that provide the acquisition of necessary work-discipline and skills for economic advancement .
American immigration policy must seek skilled workers who can make an immediate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gaps created by a dynamic economy .
Immigration driven by compassion is misplaced .
Compassion is sometimes necessary in extraordinary situations , but as a general policy , it only exhibits weakness to the world .
No one has a right to emigrate to the United States .
The world is rapidly lapsing into chaos , where only a few stable constitutional governments hold out prospects for survival .
These governments can not be the last refuge for those fleeing violence , terror , poverty , and the host of other ills that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insist on becoming these refuges—if they insist on erasing borders in the pursuit of that goal—they too will dissolve into dysfunction .
The nation-state is the last refuge of freedom and constitutional government .
It requires not only wise choices , but difficult choices .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Crom Carmichael Discusses the Shuttering of New York’s Hotel Business and COVID Shutdown Effects on

Crom Carmichael Discusses the Shuttering of New York’s Hotel Business and COVID Shutdown Effects on Businesses

Live from Music Row Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio .
At the end of the second hour , Carmichael explained how the hotel in New York City is suffering and how some are being asked to pay money to pandemic hit workers while they themselves are already underwater financially .
He later explained how the COVID shutdowns were doing harm to businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoy their freedoms .
Leahy : Someday Crom , someday we ’ ll let our listening audience hear what we say during the breaks .
( Carmichael laughs ) I don ’ t know .
It ’ s as interesting as what we say on the air .
Crom , you follow all these interesting stories that are out there and and you ’ ve got a business mind .
And you ’ re looking at the business of America today in some parts of the country , it doesn ’ t look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Well , this is a story also from The Wall Street Journal in a different section on real estate .
New York Hotel owners have to pay five hundred million dollars to pandemic hit workers .
Now now this is a group of businesses whose revenue during the pandemic is down in some cases 90 percent .
Now if you ’ re in the business where you are paying a mortgage on a piece of real estate that ’ s an income-producing piece of real estate and your revenue drops 90 percent you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bill much less pay your mortgage .
And so there are going to be many many hotels in New York that will end up declaring bankruptcy .
And in fact , this is fascinating .
The Hilton Times Square and the Roosevelt Hotel are never going to reopen .
They are closed forever .
And they ’ re claiming that they ’ ll be twenty five thousand rooms worth of hotels in New York that will never reopen .
and now it could be it could end up being even more than that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the hotel .
So what I ’ m saying is they ’ re trying to squeeze , what is it water out of a rock ?
I mean these businesses are broke anyway .
So the $ 500,000… Carmichael : And so this just reminds me a little bit of the airline strike that Eastern mechanics union had .
Which by the way the mechanics union of Eastern , 75 percent of the members were the baggage handlers .
So it wasn ’ t the mechanics .
And the baggage handlers were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second-highest-paid group of baggage handlers for other airlines .
Carmichael : And Frank Borman was the president of Eastern Airlines .
And he went on with Sam Donaldson on that Sunday morning show with David Brinkly and he said that the head of the union whose name slips my mind right now , but the head of the union was crazy .
And Sam Donaldson says no Mr. Borman .
Calling somebody crazy could be considered to be slanderous .
Would you like to change that adjective ?
And Borman said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that truth is a defense against slander .
( Leahy bellows ) And then he went on to explain that he is determined to keep the baggage handlers overpaid even by that amount and he said if they continue to have this position Eastern Airlines will declare bankruptcy within the next I think it was 90 days .
And in fact , the union guy didn ’ t back down and Eastern Airlines declare bankruptcy and liquidation and the union people celebrated .
They were now without a job .
Carmichael : And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they went to work for another airline… Carmichael : And their retirements .
All these things .
Leahy : That would be crazy .
Leahy : Frank Borman was right .
It was crazy .
Carmichael : So that ’ s what ’ s going on in New York .
The commercial real estate market in New York in the next year we ’ re going to see some some cracks that are big enough for the Hoover dams water to flow through .
Leahy : So now typically in a situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York would recover and you had a long-term view and you were an investor you would go in and you scoop up this real estate for a song .
Carmichael : You would , but if you look at the politics of New York City , you would say the political risk now… Carmichael : It ’ s too high .
And so you ’ re not going to do it now .
Carmichael : And so the next little item on here is an article about and this is what ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is actually happening now .
This is an article in defense of unpopular clients and liberty .
And what you have is , I mean every American is is entitled in the Constitution to a defense and to a lawyer .
And the left is trying to literally intimidate lawyers from defending anyone associated with Trump .
Carmichael : And anyone who works for the Trump administration .
they ’ re trying to cancel any future employment that they have .
Now , this is not healing unless you want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the kind of healing we ’ re getting .
Carmichael : That ’ s the kind of healing that Biden wants .
Carmichael : It ’ s not just mine .
I took it from somebody else and I can ’ t remember who it was .
Leahy : You are an honest person Crom .
Carmichael : You can ’ t take credit or I can decide to give him credit , but I thought it was very clever was a cartoon .
And so at any rate so you have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have here in Nashville you have our mayor who is now in an article here in The Tennessean .
He ’ s now talking about how terrible COVID is here in Nashville .
And then the article says that two people died yesterday from COVID .
They were aged 80 and age 73 .
Leahy : Well , we ’ ve known that .
Carmichael : Now how many people from Nashville die in a year ?
Carmichael : About 8,000 .
And I ’ m talking about just Nashville Davidson County , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area is closer to 12 to 13,000 people .
So if you take 8,000 people and divide it by 365 , then you get a little over 20 people a day .
So and so you have a little over 20 people a day who apparently our mayor doesn ’ t care about .
He wants to shut down the city and he wants to ruin people ’ s lives over two elderly people dying a day .
Leahy : And we knew that anybody over 65 was at risk .
Carmichael : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this .
I am not complaining that our mayor does not care a whit about the 20 people who are dying in Nashville every day .
Well , I could take exception to drug overdoses and that type of thing .
But people part of life if people dying and most of the people who are dying in Nashville are dying from old age .
Most of the people are .
Most of the people who are dying from COVID are dying because they have because they are old age and they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ re going to have is if Biden does become president it ’ s going to be very interesting if his national policy is to attempt which I think is unconstitutional is to attempt a nationwide shutdown .
Because the states that are going back into shutdown and the poor gentleman that we have coming on that used to have coming on the show the events fella .
Now the events business is going to be in the pooper again for another six months because events have to be planned so far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just think that these politicians don ’ t live by their own words .
We saw that with Gavin Newsom .
We saw his very flip explanation which was full of lies and deceit .
And he doesn ’ t care .
Carmichael : Because the voters of California will elect him again .
Carmichael : But the voters put him back in .
So why not ?
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Commentary: The Dirty Game of Influence Peddling

Back in the early months of 2016 , I was invited to an Ivy League school by one of the world ’ s most honored scholars of Dante , to give a lecture commemorating the 750th anniversary of the poet ’ s birth .
The lecture was that year ’ s entry in a series financed by one of the professor ’ s friends , a former student and a high-stakes industrialist .
He was also the big financier of Marco Rubio ’ s presidential campaign , and one of his closest advisers .
The next morning the three of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the financier knew each other very well , and knew also whereof they were speaking , so my place was to listen and ask questions .
We began to talk about the Rubio campaign , and that tangle of tripwires and tentacles known as the Middle East , where the financier had done plenty of work .
So , too , did the Clinton Foundation , as he told us , and he was in a position to know , because he was acquainted with all the players .
He said it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tag-team game to squeeze money from foreign nationals .
Bill would go to , say , Franistan , to wine and dine the Franistani defense secretary or the head of the nationalized Franistani oil industry , and then enjoy a week or so of debauchery in the mark ’ s company .
Call it “ bonding.
” He would strong-arm the Franistani fellow into “ contributing ” big bucks to the Clinton Foundation , in return for special treatment from our state department .
Once the terms of the deal were set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end to sign the papers .
If what he said was true , I have no doubt that Hillary Clinton could justify it in the interminable cellars of her mind , on the grounds that such deals were in the interests of America and the world , which interests happened nicely to coincide with her own boundless ambition and avarice .
Was it true ?
It had the ring of truth to me .
It fit well with everything that has been written about Clinton l ’ homme et la femme , going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state he loved as his home , the state she endured , with the smoldering impatience , I suppose , of an ambitious young actress enduring strip joints and slobbering impresarios .
One must always look toward the end , after all .
Nor was the financier alone in his observations .
It is remarkable that no one ever has said about the Clintons what any ally would have affirmed and any opponent conceded about Calvin Coolidge : that such underhand dealings were not in their characters , that they had too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high a standard of moral action , too deep a commitment to the strict procedures of law to become no better than high-flown shakedown artists and racketeers .
I notice a similar omission these last two weeks since the election .
No one says that Joe Biden and his party would not cheat , because they would prefer to lose clean than to win dirty .
The line is that there is no proof that they cheated .
I find this strange .
Imagine that someone accuses a policeman of having deserted his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think it a sufficient defense if he should claim that there was no proof ?
Imagine that someone accuses you of adultery .
Is it a sufficient defense to demand the photographs ?
Are we so far beyond hypocrisy that no one bothers to feign outrage at what for ordinary people in healthy times would be felt as an attack upon their sacred honor ?
I am making no claim here as to fact .
But I do wish to set the initial conditions .
The honor of the party and its standard-bearer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their turning the IRS into a weapon against conservative nonprofit organizations ; and no one has gone to prison for it .
Or by their running guns to Mexican drug cartels , in the hope that the ensuing chaos and bloodshed would force the hand of Americans still “ clinging , ” as former President Obama so smugly put it , to their firearms .
Or by their attempted coup against President Trump , using a bogus dossier bought and approved by Hillary Clinton and her campaign , without their troubling to tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come from .
I will not say that the party that would do those things would do absolutely anything , though their foolishness about Trump ’ s supposedly being a “ Nazi ” appears to be rhetoric steamed up to justify bad behavior that people want to engage in for reasons other than the noble and patriotic .
I am aware that Donald .
Trump is no saint .
I hold no brief for the Republican Party , either .
This I will say : to the extent that any party and its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use of those terms , to the same extent should we expect from them all the vicious deeds that do the dirty work of ambition , or that are set aflame by partisan irrationality and hatred .
Of course , politics has never been as white as snow .
My old issues of The Century Magazine ( circa 1875-1920 ) are full of articles and editorials about how to clean up municipal , state , and national politics .
One proposal was to destroy the spoils system by making it impossible for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he came to power .
Such a move would be counterproductive now .
Our problem is not only that Washington is a fever swamp of dishonor , patronage , and protection .
It is also that Washington is host to an occupying government using the constitutional government as its sock puppet .
Nobody , when Theodore Roosevelt was a young firebrand in New York , could have foreseen how the national government would grow so powerful , so entrenched , and so embroiled in every feature of an ordinary person ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is , corruption must become the rule of the day .
After all , we are dealing with immense power and wealth , little exposure , and no reliable and severe penalties for malfeasance .
Even if men were saints and women were angels , the vast networks of the occupying government , the so-called administrative state , would wrest them toward greed and ambition ; and men are not saints and women are not angels .
There is not , nor can there ever be , a culture of honor engendered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if for no other benefit to the common good , the thing ’ s all-invasive strands must be unwound and extracted , one by one .
Anthony Esolen is a professor and writer in residence at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts , in Warner , New Hampshire .
Dr. Esolen is a senior editor for Touchstone Magazine and a contributing editor for Chronicles .
He is a regular contributor to Crisis Magazine and the author of many books , including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization ( Regnery Press , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Imagination of Your Child ( ISI Books , 2010 ) and Reflections on the Christian Life ( Sophia Institute Press , 2013 ) .
His most recent books are Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching ( Sophia Institute Press , 2014 ) ; Defending Marriage ( Tan Books , 2014 ) ; Life Under Compulsion ( ISI Books , 2015 ) ; Real Music : A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church ( Tan Books , 2016 ) ; Out of the Ashes ( Regnery , 2017 ) ; Nostalgia ( Regnery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Unreal City ( Ignatius , 2020 ) .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--University of Arizona Linguist Declares ‘Words Matter,’ Then Attacks ‘White Evangelicals’

University of Arizona linguist Sonja Lanehart gave an interview with a local media outlet in which she stressed that “ words matter.
” The next day , she took to Twitter to link white evangelicals to white supremacy .
“ White evangelical members would deny Jesus if its leaders spoke out against 45 before they would admit that 45 is a white supremacist and that is the cause for which he most represents , ” she said .
“ It ’ s not sanctity if [ sic ] life .
It ’ s not law and justice .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s website states that her scholarship “ focuses on language , literacy , and education in African American communities ; language and identity ; sociolinguistics and language variation ; and Black education from Black feminist and Critical Race Theory perspectives.
” Lanehart — who told KOLD that her home ’ s motto is “ Words Matter ” — discussed the use of terms like “ blacklist ” and “ black hat ” for portraying racial bias .
“ The only positive association I can think of for black is when it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained .
“ If you ’ re in the black it ’ s positive , if you ’ re in the red you ’ re not.
” She explained that “ people are always trying to code language in all sorts of ways ; I have a problem with it because linguistically I think you should be clear.
” She offered the use of words such as “ urban ” and “ at-risk ” as examples of this type of “ code language.
” “ We are at a point , at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to think about what they are actually saying and what is that connection to racism… And bringing it to people ’ s consciousness , ” she said , according to KOLD-TV .
Lanehart said she wants to see “ a lot more happening with individuals ” before society at large changes the ways in which it uses racial language .
One University of Arizona junior , who wishes to remain anonymous due to concerns that future employers would not want to hire him due to his comments , told Campus Reform that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example of someone not being reflective enough to think about what she was actually saying and its connection to racism.
” He wants to let Lanehart know that “ words have meaning .
Campus Reform reached out to Lanehart and the University of Arizona but did not receive responses in time for publication .
Benjamin Zeisloft is a Pennsylvania Senior Campus Correspondent , reporting on liberal bias and abuse for Campus Reform .
He is studying Finance and Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania .
Benjamin also writes for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Business Review .
Photo ” Sonja Lanehart ” by Sonja Lanehart .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-21--Attorney Lin Wood Confirms Trump Legal Team’s Evidence Will Be Enough to Overturn Election

ATLANTA , Georgia – Attorney Lin Wood stated from first hand knowledge that the evidence from Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell will overturn the election .
Wood filed suit against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger , alleging that the state official changed election law .
He confirmed this during The John Fredericks Show for an exclusive interview following his court loss on Thursday .
“ I ’ ve not only talked with Sidney , I ’ ve met with her in length .
I ’ ve seen the evidence .
So I know what she said in her press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” stated Wood .
“ The elections in this country have been fraudulent for several election cycles.
” Wood explained that the evidence showed consistent software used throughout nearly all electronic voting systems in the country – especially Dominion Voting Systems .
According to Wood , the evidence indicated that this software has been flipping voting totals and manipulating counts as far back as 2016 .
He went so far as to claim that President Donald Trump won the popular vote in 2016 .
The attorney explained that the software originated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed hands globally until it ended up in our country ’ s voting systems .
As for Wood ’ s court case , the defamation attorney stated that the judge threw out the entire case – though he was only supposed to decide whether to grant a temporary injunction on delaying certification .
He stated that he will file for an appeal with the Eleventh District Court .
“ It doesn ’ t make sense to me that the Democratic Party had standing to file a lawsuit that led to a consent agreement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then a judge says that an individual voter doesn ’ t have the right to contest the agreement and the law ?
Why does the Democratic Party , as a group , have greater standing to go into court than an individual voter ?
I don ’ t believe they do , ” he said .
“ I believe the Eleventh Circuit will reverse this case.
” Wood added that the Eleventh Circuit has prior rulings that grant standing to individual voters .
Wood stated that he anticipated another filing from President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ machines .
“ This is an illegal election .
The President won 410 electoral votes , 80 million votes – it was a landslide .
It was all set up to be stolen , ” he said .
“ Now we know why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris never bothered to really campaign.
” Wood called out Governor Brian Kemp for not standing up for the voters by investigating the allegations of fraud and the voting irregularities .
The attorney stated that Kemp had personal reasons for not wanting to look into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party .
“ I believe that Brian Kemp is corrupt .
And I think he was corrupted with Chinese money , ” he said .
“ And I don ’ t think that he wants this election overthrown and the real results posted because then Brian Kemp facing a Trump administration Attorney General – and Brian would find himself in jail .
He sold himself out , and now he ’ s trying to hide.
” Looking ahead to the election runoff in January , Wood stated that he didn ’ t believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up unless their elected officials investigate the general election fraud .
Wood stated that his team must await an official , final written order from the judge ’ s dismissal prior to filing an appeal .
If the Eleventh Circuit court rules in favor of Wood ’ s team , Wood stated that the legislature would have to conduct a special session .
Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and the Star News Network .
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