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Vaccine Fundamentalism – War Metaphors in the Covid-19 Response, Vaccine Policy & Public Health (Part 2)

Vaccine Fundamentalism – War Metaphors in the Covid-19 Response , Vaccine Policy , and Public Health , Part 2 No grievance regarding vaccines is more serious than vaccine-injury .
A mere possibility of vaccine-injury is insidious : what is meant to be a prophylactic life-saving procedure performed on a healthy recipient may end in his or her serious injury or death .
It ’ s easy for medicine and public health to remain silent about or minimize the perception of vaccine injury .
As pediatrician Dr. Robert Sears discussed in a public talk , the very idea of vaccine-injury is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health specialists to accept , therefore , out of a need to protect their collective ego identity , the default position of the medical profession is denial of vaccine-injury .
However , the public health authorities ’ approach to vaccine-injury is a two-faced one .
While it acknowledges that vaccine-injury can happen , but , in the same breath , it proclaims “ vaccine injury is very rare ” and “ vaccines are safe and effective.
” The same doctors tasked with giving vaccines parrot the same talking points .
First and foremost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States Vaccine Injury Compensation Program , a program run by the federal government which compensates those injured by vaccines has so far has paid out over $ 4.4 billion .
Moreover , there is evidence to suggest that vaccine injuries are systematically undercounted .
A CDC-funded study “ Electronic Support for Public Health–Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System ” done in 2007 by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care estimated that fewer than 1 % of vaccine injuries are reported to VAERS .
A subsequent analysis done by JB Handley paints a damning picture : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports of vaccine adverse events including 432 deaths and 10,384 emergency visits .
If those 59,117 reports were 1 % of the actual total , that would imply there had actually been 5.9 million reportable adverse events from vaccines in a single year.
” War metaphors in public health lead to the implicit acceptance of vaccine injury as acceptable collateral damage in the war against infectious disease .
A hush-hush approach is the norm where it is not professionally acceptable for a public health official or doctor to acknowledge or discuss the reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do are quickly disowned by their peers and professional organizations ) .
The premise of vaccine fundamentalism is thus : If vaccines are the way to win the war on infectious diseases , then vaccines themselves are too important to be deterred by the collateral damage of infrequent vaccine injury .
An emphasis to win the war would naturally lead to a competitive strategy where the means are developed to hide the extent of vaccine injury and to limit the liability resulting from those injuries .
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compensating vaccine injury , but it did not create the impetus for public health officials nor vaccine manufacturers to investigate claims of vaccine injury .
Even when repeated injuries are observed time and time again , there is no research impetus to investigate the etiology behind why these injuries are occurring .
After all , how is criticism possible when you have deprived your naysayers of good complete data , with which they could prove their case ?
The war metaphor and vaccine fundamentalism lead to plausible deniability and lackluster safety investigation as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health agencies ’ vaccine program .
The vaccine safety organization ICAN filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services , to find out whether or not HHS has performed the biennial vaccine program safety oversight that they were required to do by the 1986 Act , which HHS has apparently failed to do even once for more than 30 years .
War metaphors in public health and vaccine fundamentalism have led to a situation where vaccine-injured individuals and families are themselves seen as enemies by the very public health systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are four injustices at play here : 1 ) the vaccine injury itself , 2 ) the denial by the public health systems of vaccine injury , 3 ) the adversarial nature of the government compensation system , and 4 ) the larger denial by society at large .
Public health as a whole can do better from an ethical standpoint .
The Ends Justifies the Means : Ignoring Conflicts of Interests In the drive to win the war on infectious disease , resources need to be mobilized but an important overlooked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policies being promulgated ?
One need not look far to realize that the vaccine market is a very financially lucrative model .
A financial estimate reported by Bloomberg reports that the vaccine market is worth $ 58.4 billion .
The Moderna CEO claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine alone could bring in $ 2 billion to $ 5 billion in peak annual sales for the company .
In the United States , the CDC ’ s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP ) has the task of deciding what vaccines should be added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions carry considerable weight for both citizens who take the vaccines and the vaccine manufacturers who benefit from the captive market created by government mandates .
There is evidence that ACIP might be compromised by conflicts of interests with industry .
A 2000 report by the US House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform reported : “ Members of the advisory committees are required to disclose any financial conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from participating in decisions in which they have an interest .
The Committee ’ s investigation has determined that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FDA and the CDC have been weak , enforcement has been lax , and committee members with substantial ties to pharmaceutical companies have been given waivers to participate in committee proceedings.
” Another report in 2009 by the Department of Health and Human Services reported serious ethical violations at the CDC .
According to the New York Times : “ The report found that 64 percent of the advisers had potential conflicts of interest that were never identified or were left unresolved by the centers .
Thirteen percent failed to have an appropriate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all , which should have barred their participation in the meetings entirely , Mr. Levinson found .
And 3 percent voted on matters that ethics officers had already barred them from considering.
” Vaccine fundamentalism has led to a situation where public health agencies do not adequately police themselves regarding conflicts of interest .
If the goal is to “ win a war ” then the need to remove decision-making bias and to prevent regulatory capture takes a backseat thereby allowing entities who have huge money at stake on the outcome to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vaccines Equal Better Health ?
Is Public Health Succeeding ?
Is public health succeeding ?
This is a fundamental question because so much investment and effort has gone into vaccination at the expense of other lines of possible public health endeavors .
Public health agencies proudly proclaim vaccines as one of the greatest public health achievements of all time , boasting of the eradication of smallpox , elimination of polio and measles in the Americas , and controlling incidence of a wide list of other infectious diseases .
In the 19th century , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such diseases were common .
Public health rightfully deserves the accolades for the fact that infectious disease death is relatively rare .
An examination of infectious diseases mortality done in JAMA reported the following : “ Infectious disease mortality declined during the first 8 decades of the 20th century from 797 deaths per 100,000 in 1900 to 36 deaths per 100,000 in 1980 … From 1938 to 1952 , the decline was particularly rapid , with mortality decreasing 8.2 % per year.
” The problem with vaccine fundamentalism lies in attributing the victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The 8.2 % per year decline in infectious disease deaths is telling because the effect is so large that it can not be attributed to vaccination .
In fact , this period of 1938 to 1952 is prior to the modern vaccination program .
Other effects in the populace including better standards of living , clean air , and clean water bear significant attribution for the above effect .
Vaccine fundamentalism leads to a revisionary history that over-emphasizes the role of vaccination thus leading to an overstatement of benefits .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from infectious diseases dropped by over 90 % prior to the beginning of the modern vaccination program with the development of the measles vaccine in 1963 .
There is the larger question as to whether more vaccines leads to better health .
The United States has one of the most aggressive vaccination schedules in the world .
From birth to the age of 18 , children receive over 68 doses from the full CDC recommended schedule .
During the 1990s there was a tripling of the childhood vaccine schedule .
Did the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outcomes in the following decades ?
A 2013 National Academy of Sciences report found that Americans live shorter lives and have overall worse health than their counterparts in an analysis of 17 other countries .
In a PBS interview , Dr. Steven H. Woolf , chair of the committee that wrote the report stated : “ The U.S. is doing worse than these other countries both in terms of life expectancy and health throughout their entire lives… The U.S. has been falling behind other high-income countries since 1980 , with the trend showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reform policies.
” A reversal is needed in the course of public health direction .
Vaccine fundamentalism has led to the paradigm of more is better in public health , a policy which appears to have diminishing returns .
Public health officials seem to embody the mindset , “ If it worked as a strategy in the past , then certainly we just need to do more of it.
” This mindset is inadequate as we go further into the 21st century .
Moving Beyond Vaccine Fundamentalism : A New Ecology for Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 pandemic , public health seems to be running more and more quickly towards a cliff and exacerbating the problems above .
The public health agencies pin their hopes on a Covid-19 vaccine , and drive heavy strategies to minimize incidence , including banning travel , barring children from schools , barring adults from work , etc .
unless an individual has received the Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available .
Public health has failed to account for the harms caused by its Covid-19 responses , and this speaks to the great failures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not capture the numerous facets of health that exist in a dynamic interplay between the individual , their genes , and their environment .
On a biological level , new research indicates that the immune system works as a dynamic interplay among multiple systems : the innate system , the adaptive system , the interferon system , the microbiome , and the nervous system .
We ourselves are a complex ecosystem of human cells , bacteria in our microbiome , and endemic viruses in our virome .
This leads to the necessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy for actual health .
But we can not replace one fundamentalism with another one .
Public health needs to move beyond the fundamentalism paradigm in which public health is reduced to singular metrics , and embrace a paradigm that is inclusive of a larger vision of what constitutes health .
Public health needs a new way of thinking that puts human dignity at the forefront instead of viewing the people who we are supposed to protect as mere vectors of disease .
Individual choice , informed consent , and free will are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with in order to win the war .
To regain the trust of the public , public health must give up on the war mentality .
The sustainable path is one in which public health is on equal footing with the individual as opposed to holding tyrannical dominance over the masses .
It ’ s time to give up vaccine fundamentalism .
We need public health to wake up from the spell of vaccine fundamentalism and the war metaphors it pursues in its implementation .
It is an insufficient paradigm from a previous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replaced with something that can actually improve public health .
Health for both individuals and society is multi-faceted and exists in a greater ecosystem .
We are affected by microbes and our genes , but also by our environment , our choices , our cultural mores , our psychological states , and our subjective assessments of our own well-being .
Public health metrics should encompass these facts .
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Vaccine Fundamentalism – War Metaphors in the Covid-19 Response, Vaccine Policy, and Public Health, Part 2
[CHD Note: In part one (link below this article), Mr. Doromal introduced vaccine fundamentalism and how, when combined with the war metaphor, it erodes public health trust, threatens medical ethics.]
By Nate Doromal, Guest Contributor
No grievance regarding vaccines is more serious than vaccine-injury. A mere possibility of vaccine-injury is insidious: what is meant to be a prophylactic life-saving procedure performed on a healthy recipient may end in his or her serious injury or death.
It’s easy for medicine and public health to remain silent about or minimize the perception of vaccine injury. As pediatrician Dr. Robert Sears discussed in a public talk, the very idea of vaccine-injury is a hard one for doctors and public health specialists to accept, therefore, out of a need to protect their collective ego identity, the default position of the medical profession is denial of vaccine-injury.
However, the public health authorities’ approach to vaccine-injury is a two-faced one. While it acknowledges that vaccine-injury can happen, but, in the same breath, it proclaims “vaccine injury is very rare” and “vaccines are safe and effective.” The same doctors tasked with giving vaccines parrot the same talking points.
First and foremost, vaccine-injury is indeed real. The United States Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a program run by the federal government which compensates those injured by vaccines has so far has paid out over $4.4 billion.
Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that vaccine injuries are systematically undercounted. A CDC-funded study “Electronic Support for Public Health–Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System” done in 2007 by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care estimated that fewer than 1% of vaccine injuries are reported to VAERS.
A subsequent analysis done by JB Handley paints a damning picture: “In 2016, VAERS received 59,117 reports of vaccine adverse events including 432 deaths and 10,384 emergency visits. If those 59,117 reports were 1% of the actual total, that would imply there had actually been 5.9 million reportable adverse events from vaccines in a single year.”
War metaphors in public health lead to the implicit acceptance of vaccine injury as acceptable collateral damage in the war against infectious disease. A hush-hush approach is the norm where it is not professionally acceptable for a public health official or doctor to acknowledge or discuss the reality of vaccine injury (and those who do are quickly disowned by their peers and professional organizations).
An emphasis to An emphasis to win the war would naturally lead to a competitive strategy where the means are developed to hide the extent of vaccine injury and to limit the liability resulting from those injuries.
The premise of vaccine fundamentalism is thus: If vaccines are the way to win the war on infectious diseases, then vaccines themselves are too important to be deterred by the collateral damage of infrequent vaccine injury. An emphasis to win the war would naturally lead to a competitive strategy where the means are developed to hide the extent of vaccine injury and to limit the liability resulting from those injuries.
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the means for reporting and compensating vaccine injury, but it did not create the impetus for public health officials nor vaccine manufacturers to investigate claims of vaccine injury. Even when repeated injuries are observed time and time again, there is no research impetus to investigate the etiology behind why these injuries are occurring. After all, how is criticism possible when you have deprived your naysayers of good complete data, with which they could prove their case?
The war metaphor and vaccine fundamentalism lead to plausible deniability and lackluster safety investigation as the default strategies for defending the public health agencies’ vaccine program. The vaccine safety organization ICAN filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services, to find out whether or not HHS has performed the biennial vaccine program safety oversight that they were required to do by the 1986 Act, which HHS has apparently failed to do even once for more than 30 years.
War metaphors in public health and vaccine fundamentalism have led to a situation where vaccine-injured individuals and families are themselves seen as enemies by the very public health systems that are meant to serve them. There are four injustices at play here: 1) the vaccine injury itself, 2) the denial by the public health systems of vaccine injury, 3) the adversarial nature of the government compensation system, and 4) the larger denial by society at large. Public health as a whole can do better from an ethical standpoint.
… conflict of interest rules employed by the FDA and the CDC have been weak, enforcement has been lax, and committee members with substantial ties to pharmaceutical companies have been given waivers to participate in committee proceedings.
The Ends Justifies the Means: Ignoring Conflicts of Interests
In the drive to win the war on infectious disease, resources need to be mobilized but an important overlooked question is: Who benefits from the policies being promulgated?
One need not look far to realize that the vaccine market is a very financially lucrative model. A financial estimate reported by Bloomberg reports that the vaccine market is worth $58.4 billion. The Moderna CEO claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine alone could bring in $2 billion to $5 billion in peak annual sales for the company.
In the United States, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has the task of deciding what vaccines should be added and removed from the schedule. Their decisions carry considerable weight for both citizens who take the vaccines and the vaccine manufacturers who benefit from the captive market created by government mandates.
There is evidence that ACIP might be compromised by conflicts of interests with industry. A 2000 report by the US House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform reported: “Members of the advisory committees are required to disclose any financial conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from participating in decisions in which they have an interest. The Committee’s investigation has determined that conflict of interest rules employed by the FDA and the CDC have been weak, enforcement has been lax, and committee members with substantial ties to pharmaceutical companies have been given waivers to participate in committee proceedings.”
Another report in 2009 by the Department of Health and Human Services reported serious ethical violations at the CDC. According to the New York Times: “The report found that 64 percent of the advisers had potential conflicts of interest that were never identified or were left unresolved by the centers. Thirteen percent failed to have an appropriate conflicts form on file at the agency at all, which should have barred their participation in the meetings entirely, Mr. Levinson found. And 3 percent voted on matters that ethics officers had already barred them from considering.”
Vaccine fundamentalism has led to a situation where public health agencies do not adequately police themselves regarding conflicts of interest. If the goal is to “win a war” then the need to remove decision-making bias and to prevent regulatory capture takes a backseat thereby allowing entities who have huge money at stake on the outcome to improperly influence the outcome.
It is important to note that the mortality rates from infectious diseases dropped by over 90% prior to the beginning of the modern vaccination program with the development of the measles vaccine in 1963. It is important to note that the mortality rates from infectious diseases dropped by over 90% prior to the beginning of the modern vaccination program with the development of the measles vaccine in 1963.
Do More Vaccines Equal Better Health? Is Public Health Succeeding?
Is public health succeeding? This is a fundamental question because so much investment and effort has gone into vaccination at the expense of other lines of possible public health endeavors.
Public health agencies proudly proclaim vaccines as one of the greatest public health achievements of all time, boasting of the eradication of smallpox, elimination of polio and measles in the Americas, and controlling incidence of a wide list of other infectious diseases. In the 19th century, infectious disease was rampant and deaths from such diseases were common.
Public health rightfully deserves the accolades for the fact that infectious disease death is relatively rare. An examination of infectious diseases mortality done in JAMA reported the following: “Infectious disease mortality declined during the first 8 decades of the 20th century from 797 deaths per 100,000 in 1900 to 36 deaths per 100,000 in 1980 … From 1938 to 1952, the decline was particularly rapid, with mortality decreasing 8.2% per year.”
The problem with vaccine fundamentalism lies in attributing the victory against infectious disease mortality solely to vaccination. The 8.2% per year decline in infectious disease deaths is telling because the effect is so large that it cannot be attributed to vaccination. In fact, this period of 1938 to 1952 is prior to the modern vaccination program. Other effects in the populace including better standards of living, clean air, and clean water bear significant attribution for the above effect.
Vaccine fundamentalism leads to a revisionary history that over-emphasizes the role of vaccination thus leading to an overstatement of benefits. It is important to note that the mortality rates from infectious diseases dropped by over 90% prior to the beginning of the modern vaccination program with the development of the measles vaccine in 1963.
There is the larger question as to whether more vaccines leads to better health. The United States has one of the most aggressive vaccination schedules in the world. From birth to the age of 18, children receive over 68 doses from the full CDC recommended schedule. During the 1990s there was a tripling of the childhood vaccine schedule. Did the American populace accordingly achieve a tripling in health outcomes in the following decades?
A 2013 National Academy of Sciences report found that Americans live shorter lives and have overall worse health than their counterparts in an analysis of 17 other countries. In a PBS interview, Dr. Steven H. Woolf, chair of the committee that wrote the report stated: “The U.S. is doing worse than these other countries both in terms of life expectancy and health throughout their entire lives… The U.S. has been falling behind other high-income countries since 1980, with the trend showing continuing deterioration regardless of administration or social reform policies.”
A reversal is needed in the course of public health direction. Vaccine fundamentalism has led to the paradigm of more is better in public health, a policy which appears to have diminishing returns. Public health officials seem to embody the mindset, “If it worked as a strategy in the past, then certainly we just need to do more of it.” This mindset is inadequate as we go further into the 21st century.
Let public health measure and drive Let public health measure and drive actual health instead of mere vaccine uptake rate.
Moving Beyond Vaccine Fundamentalism: A New Ecology for Health
In the urgency to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, public health seems to be running more and more quickly towards a cliff and exacerbating the problems above. The public health agencies pin their hopes on a Covid-19 vaccine, and drive heavy strategies to minimize incidence, including banning travel, barring children from schools, barring adults from work, etc. unless an individual has received the Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available.
Public health has failed to account for the harms caused by its Covid-19 responses, and this speaks to the great failures of reductionism and vaccine fundamentalism. Reductionism cannot capture the numerous facets of health that exist in a dynamic interplay between the individual, their genes, and their environment.
On a biological level, new research indicates that the immune system works as a dynamic interplay among multiple systems: the innate system, the adaptive system, the interferon system, the microbiome, and the nervous system. We ourselves are a complex ecosystem of human cells, bacteria in our microbiome, and endemic viruses in our virome. This leads to the necessary conclusion: vaccine fundamentalism is an antiquated strategy for actual health.
But we cannot replace one fundamentalism with another one. Public health needs to move beyond the fundamentalism paradigm in which public health is reduced to singular metrics, and embrace a paradigm that is inclusive of a larger vision of what constitutes health.
Public health needs a new way of thinking that puts human dignity at the forefront instead of viewing the people who we are supposed to protect as mere vectors of disease. Individual choice, informed consent, and free will are shunted as delusions that must be dealt with in order to win the war. To regain the trust of the public, public health must give up on the war mentality. The sustainable path is one in which public health is on equal footing with the individual as opposed to holding tyrannical dominance over the masses.
It’s time to give up vaccine fundamentalism. We need public health to wake up from the spell of vaccine fundamentalism and the war metaphors it pursues in its implementation. It is an insufficient paradigm from a previous era, and it needs to be replaced with something that can actually improve public health.
Health for both individuals and society is multi-faceted and exists in a greater ecosystem. We are affected by microbes and our genes, but also by our environment, our choices, our cultural mores, our psychological states, and our subjective assessments of our own well-being. Public health metrics should encompass these facts.
Let public health measure and drive actual health instead of mere vaccine uptake rate.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-08-24--Biden’s virus attacks face harsh reality: worst death tolls are in Democrat-run states

As Democrats and their presidential nominee Joe Biden gear up to attack the president ’ s response to COVID-19 , they must grapple with a harsh reality : a third of all U.S. coronavirus deaths occurred in just three states controlled exclusively by Democrats .
Biden has sharply criticized Trump ’ s handling of the pandemic since the first case was confirmed in the U.S. in late January .
The Democratic presidential candidate [ has ] claimed [ ] that Trump has allowed the disease to ravage the country and kill more than 170,000 citizens .
“ Just judge this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said during his acceptance speech during the Democratic National Convention .
“ Five million Americans infected with COVID-19 .
More than 170,000 Americans have died .
By far the worst performance of any nation on Earth.
” Biden ’ s assessment is only partly factual .
The U.S. has indeed recorded the highest total number of COVID-19 deaths in the world , but adjusted for population the nation falls to number 10 , behind numerous countries in Europe and South America , including the United Kingdsom and Spain .
Perhaps more notably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths Biden cited have occurred in the Democrat-run states of New York , New Jersey and California .
According to the data-gathering website Worldometers , 33 % of deaths in the U.S.—just under 61,000—come from three Democratic states : New York , New Jersey and California .
All three are headed by Democratic governors , and the statehouses of all three are controlled entirely by Democratic politicians .
Democrats have thus far skirted around those uncomfortable figures , with the messaging out of the party ’ s convention [ last ] week being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed to properly manage the pandemic .
New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , ( Credit : NBC News screen grab ) who instituted one of the strictest state lockdowns in the country in March in an effort to head off the virus , said during a convention address [ ] that Trump “ tried to deny the virus , then tried to ignore it , and then tried to politicize it , ” and that the Trump administration revealed itself as “ dysfunctional and incompetent ” in its handling of the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may depend on how much Trump presses the issue .
[ Week before last ] the president accused Biden of “ want [ ing ] to shut down our economy and close our schools and grind society to a halt.
” Regardless if that is an accurate description of Biden ’ s planned coronavirus response , it does happen to be precisely what the three hardest-hit states in the country did starting in March—all of them run by Democrats .
What remains to be seen is whether those state-level policies had any effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A range of policies appear to have had varied effects elsewhere .
California , another Democratic stronghold , has also been under strict lockdown measures for months , and its adjusted death rate is comparatively low at number 28 in the nation .
South Dakota , whose Republican governor has famously refused to institute the lockdown measures of most other states , is even better at number 39 .
As November approaches , Biden may continue to criticize the U.S. as having “ the worst performance ” of any country worldwide , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current Republican administration .
Democratic-run New Jersey and New York ’ s respective adjusted death tolls , meanwhile , both remain roughly three times the national average .
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Biden’s virus attacks face harsh reality: worst death tolls are in Democrat-run states
Top three states for total and population-adjusted deaths are run by Democratic governors, state legislators.
By Daniel Payne
As Democrats and their presidential nominee Joe Biden gear up to attack the president’s response to COVID-19, they must grapple with a harsh reality: a third of all U.S. coronavirus deaths occurred in just three states controlled exclusively by Democrats.
Biden has sharply criticized Trump’s handling of the pandemic since the first case was confirmed in the U.S. in late January. The Democratic presidential candidate [has] claimed []that Trump has allowed the disease to ravage the country and kill more than 170,000 citizens.
“Just judge this president on the facts,” Biden said during his acceptance speech during the Democratic National Convention. “Five million Americans infected with COVID-19. More than 170,000 Americans have died. By far the worst performance of any nation on Earth.”
Biden’s assessment is only partly factual. The U.S. has indeed recorded the highest total number of COVID-19 deaths in the world, but adjusted for population the nation falls to number 10, behind numerous countries in Europe and South America, including the United Kingdsom and Spain.
Perhaps more notably, more than a third of the American deaths Biden cited have occurred in the Democrat-run states of New York, New Jersey and California.
Northeast blue states lead the pack
According to the data-gathering website Worldometers, 33% of deaths in the U.S.—just under 61,000—come from three Democratic states: New York, New Jersey and California. All three are headed by Democratic governors, and the statehouses of all three are controlled entirely by Democratic politicians.
Democrats have thus far skirted around those uncomfortable figures, with the messaging out of the party’s convention [last] week being one of how the Trump administration has failed to properly manage the pandemic.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, (Credit: NBC News screen grab) who instituted one of the strictest state lockdowns in the country in March in an effort to head off the virus, said during a convention address [] that Trump “tried to deny the virus, then tried to ignore it, and then tried to politicize it,” and that the Trump administration revealed itself as “dysfunctional and incompetent” in its handling of the pandemic.
Whether that message resonates with voters may depend on how much Trump presses the issue. [Week before last] the president accused Biden of “want[ing] to shut down our economy and close our schools and grind society to a halt.” Regardless if that is an accurate description of Biden’s planned coronavirus response, it does happen to be precisely what the three hardest-hit states in the country did starting in March—all of them run by Democrats.
What remains to be seen is whether those state-level policies had any effect on the course of the disease.
A range of policies appear to have had varied effects elsewhere. California, another Democratic stronghold, has also been under strict lockdown measures for months, and its adjusted death rate is comparatively low at number 28 in the nation. South Dakota, whose Republican governor has famously refused to institute the lockdown measures of most other states, is even better at number 39.
As November approaches, Biden may continue to criticize the U.S. as having “the worst performance” of any country worldwide, with the blame laid at the feet of the current Republican administration. Democratic-run New Jersey and New York’s respective adjusted death tolls, meanwhile, both remain roughly three times the national average.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-08-24--KEN’S CORNER: Thoughts from an Internet Coffee Shop

Here are some interesting points to think about prior to 2020 elections , especially to my friends on the fence , like moderate Democrats , Libertarians and Independents and the never Trump Republicans and those thinking of “ walking away ” from the Democratic party .
Women are upset at Trump ’ s naughty words — they also bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Gray .
Not one feminist has defended Sarah Sanders .
It seems women ’ s rights only matter if those women are liberal .
No Border Walls .
No voter ID laws .
Did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wait… there ’ s more .
Chelsea Clinton got out of college and got a job at NBC that paid $ 900,000 per year .
Her mom flies around the country speaking out about white privilege .
And just like that , they went from being against foreign interference in our elections to allowing non-citizens to vote in our elections .
President Trump ’ s wall costs less than the Obamacare website .
Let that sink in , America .
We are one election away from open borders , socialism , gun confiscation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are fighting evil .
They sent more troops and armament to arrest Roger Stone than they sent to defend Benghazi .
60 years ago , Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index .
Today , they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation .
In only 10 years , Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism .
Russia donated $ 0.00 to the Trump campaign .
Russia donated $ 145,600,000 to the Clinton Foundation .
But Trump was the one investigated !
Nancy Pelosi invited illegal aliens to the State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victims of illegal aliens to the State of the Union .
Let that sink in .
A socialist is basically a communist who doesn ’ t have the power to take everything from their citizens at gunpoint … Yet !
How do you walk 3000 miles across Mexico without food or support and show up at our border 100 pounds overweight and with a cellphone ?
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wants to ban cars , ban planes , give out universal income and thinks socialism works .
She calls Donald Trump crazy .
Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To get her to go away .
I don ’ t remember the FBI raiding his lawyer ’ s office .
I wake up every day and I am grateful that Hillary Clinton is not the president of the United States of America .
The same media that told me Hillary Clinton had a 95 % chance of winning now tells me Trump ’ s approval ratings are low .
“ The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people ’ s money.
” — Margaret Thatcher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She thinks that they are racist .
Yet you need to have a photo ID to attend her town hall meetings .
Read that again .
Then copy and paste … everywhere … If you think any of the above indicators of Liberal/Progressive/Democrat tyranny against We The People is just plain bullsh*t … let this tweet by Radical Dem AOC sink in a little as you and your family ’ s lives slowly fade to black … From the Author , Ken La Rive – We in the Liberty movement have been fighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than a decade , peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts .
Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions , further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty .
And so , as we are pulled by forces we can not fathom , powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future , unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt , we must formulate the most pitiful of all questions any patriot might ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to fight for our master ’ s tyranny , or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution ?
Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty , or the shackles of voluntary servitude ?
Will it be a war for corporate profit , or a war to regain our ability to self govern , as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us , their children , as a gift ?
I fear that decision is emanate .
I fear that any decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us .
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ask that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB )

KEN’S CORNER: Thoughts from an Internet Coffee Shop
Commentary by TLB Contributing Writer: Ken LaRive
Here are some interesting points to think about prior to 2020 elections, especially to my friends on the fence, like moderate Democrats, Libertarians and Independents and the never Trump Republicans and those thinking of “walking away” from the Democratic party.
Women are upset at Trump’s naughty words — they also bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Gray.
Not one feminist has defended Sarah Sanders. It seems women’s rights only matter if those women are liberal.
No Border Walls. No voter ID laws. Did you figure it out yet? But wait… there’s more.
Chelsea Clinton got out of college and got a job at NBC that paid $900,000 per year. Her mom flies around the country speaking out about white privilege.
And just like that, they went from being against foreign interference in our elections to allowing non-citizens to vote in our elections.
President Trump’s wall costs less than the Obamacare website. Let that sink in, America.
We are one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full-term abortion nationally. We are fighting evil.
They sent more troops and armament to arrest Roger Stone than they sent to defend Benghazi.
60 years ago, Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index. Today, they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation. In only 10 years, Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism.
Russia donated $0.00 to the Trump campaign. Russia donated $145,600,000 to the Clinton Foundation. But Trump was the one investigated!
Nancy Pelosi invited illegal aliens to the State of the Union. President Trump Invited victims of illegal aliens to the State of the Union. Let that sink in.
A socialist is basically a communist who doesn’t have the power to take everything from their citizens at gunpoint … Yet!
How do you walk 3000 miles across Mexico without food or support and show up at our border 100 pounds overweight and with a cellphone?
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wants to ban cars, ban planes, give out universal income and thinks socialism works. She calls Donald Trump crazy.
Bill Clinton paid $850,000 to Paula Jones To get her to go away. I don’t remember the FBI raiding his lawyer’s office.
I wake up every day and I am grateful that Hillary Clinton is not the president of the United States of America.
The same media that told me Hillary Clinton had a 95% chance of winning now tells me Trump’s approval ratings are low.
“The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”— Margaret Thatcher
Maxine Waters opposes voter ID laws; She thinks that they are racist. Yet you need to have a photo ID to attend her town hall meetings.
Trump — They’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in their way.
Read that again. Then copy and paste … everywhere …
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Parting Shot …
If you think any of the above indicators of Liberal/Progressive/Democrat tyranny against We The People is just plain bullsh*t … let this tweet by Radical Dem AOC sink in a little as you and your family’s lives slowly fade to black …
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From the Author, Ken La Rive – We in the Liberty movement have been fighting to take back this country for more than a decade, peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts. Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions, further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty. And so, as we are pulled by forces we cannot fathom, powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future, unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt, we must formulate the most pitiful of all questions any patriot might ask in the final hour: Are we going to fight for our master’s tyranny, or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution? Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty, or the shackles of voluntary servitude? Will it be a war for corporate profit, or a war to regain our ability to self govern, as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us, their children, as a gift? I fear that decision is emanate. I fear that any decision will be a hard one, but my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us.
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The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
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thelibertybeacon--2020-08-24--Learn 2 Unlearn: Return to Health (E41) – “The (Temporarily) Deflated Tire”

As I write the article for this week ’ s show , I don ’ t even have the title thought out yet… too much to say… not sure how to generalize… So many things going on that affect the whole , as they say… Welcome to this week ’ s show , and yes , the title now shows just what a week this has been , from harder spasms ( day and night ) , to the continued two-hour-a-night sleep pattern that is taking its toll day by day , and to the realization that yes , perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ for a while and go with it… A terrifying concept .
• None Still only up to a 2-hour un-interrupted sleep And just as I was getting this show ready , there was another Facebook post that landed right in my lap , right when the Universe is ( suggesting ) that I chill out for a time , that “ I ALLOW MYSELF time to regroup , and to just ‘ sit ’ and ‘ fill ‘ er-up ’ , as they say… Challenging , to say the least .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try to find encouraging words to push myself ahead… I look inward… Dear Self .
Although it is blurry and I can not see it well , I begin… and shortly , after listening and paying attention to the content , I start to see… Time to pat ourselves on the back and say “ TIME OUT ” … at least for a while…and that ’ s OK… That was the hard part , and still is , for me… It ’ s OK to do ‘ nothing ’ or to feel so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ( me ) to sit and re-energize , re-coop , call it what you will.. to fill up the tank again… and yes , it is pretty frightening !
I mean , I got it , when all I could do was to sit in the chair and not move , after my operations… But this is not that time , and it is hard to wrap my head around suddenly ‘ needing to suddenly be sitting in the chair for longer periods of time ’ … a slowing-down , perhaps ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t that old yet .
No , this is just down time , I suppose… and I sincerely hope .
There is also little change in ( # 2 ) what happens in the rectum area , due to what I believe to be compression between all organs , so tightly placed together and experiencing such changes… My system wants to go # 2 as soon as it starts to feel that spasm from the second flow… Sometimes more serious than others , but most always bringing blood in the urine during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be too explicit , but occasionally , it happens… “ You only have 30 seconds to comply.
” ( to get to a bathroom ) ~ I think you get my drift .
Hopefully next week will be better .
Thanks so much for being here !
See you all next week !
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB )

Learn 2 Unlearn: Return to Health (E41) – “The (Temporarily) Deflated Tire”
WATCH SHOW BELOW INTRO ARTICLE
Your Host: Luca Majno
As I write the article for this week’s show, I don’t even have the title thought out yet… too much to say… not sure how to generalize… So many things going on that affect the whole, as they say…
Welcome to this week’s show, and yes, the title now shows just what a week this has been, from harder spasms (day and night), to the continued two-hour-a-night sleep pattern that is taking its toll day by day, and to the realization that yes, perhaps I need to just ‘tone down’ for a while and go with it… A terrifying concept.
Updates?
General weakness, tired, slow-going
Very little energy ~ heavier breathing
Slower in reaction times
On Facebook as usual, sharing, educating
Headaches (more frequent)
Still only up to a 2-hour un-interrupted sleep
Like a deflated balloon… no, … a deflated tire
And just as I was getting this show ready, there was another Facebook post that landed right in my lap, right when the Universe is (suggesting) that I chill out for a time, that “I ALLOW MYSELF time to regroup, and to just ‘sit’ and ‘fill ‘er-up’, as they say…
Challenging, to say the least. But this is my week. So I try to find encouraging words to push myself ahead… I look inward… Dear Self.
Although it is blurry and I cannot see it well, I begin… and shortly, after listening and paying attention to the content, I start to see…
Time to pat ourselves on the back and say “TIME OUT”… at least for a while…and that’s OK…
That was the hard part, and still is, for me… It’s OK to do ‘nothing’ or to feel so low energy-wise that your body is telling you (me) to sit and re-energize, re-coop, call it what you will.. to fill up the tank again… and yes, it is pretty frightening!
I mean, I got it, when all I could do was to sit in the chair and not move, after my operations… But this is not that time, and it is hard to wrap my head around suddenly ‘needing to suddenly be sitting in the chair for longer periods of time’… a slowing-down, perhaps?
No, not yet, I ain’t that old yet. No, this is just down time, I suppose… and I sincerely hope.
There is also little change in (#2) what happens in the rectum area, due to what I believe to be compression between all organs, so tightly placed together and experiencing such changes…
My system wants to go #2 as soon as it starts to feel that spasm from the second flow… Sometimes more serious than others, but most always bringing blood in the urine during cleaning… (no pictures needed)
Not to be too explicit, but occasionally, it happens…
“You only have 30 seconds to comply.” (to get to a bathroom) ~ I think you get my drift.
Hopefully next week will be better.
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Thanks so much for being here!
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Your Show Host: Luca Majno is the TLB Project Media Technical Director, an investigative journalist, researcher and passionate advocate of Indigenous People (The Original People), of their ‘Turtle Island’ which is now North America. Born in Boston, Ma. and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, he has lived for the last 25 years in Canada, where his activism started, and has since lived in Tennessee and Keokuk, Iowa, where he now resides. Exposing past and present crimes of any nature is a sure way to change the course of humanity towards a brighter future.
Follow Luca on facebook @ learn2unlearn
Email: [email protected]
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The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
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thelibertybeacon--2020-08-25--Project Veritas & Project Veritas Action Sue Oregon Over Unconstitutional Recording Laws!

Click HERE to view the entire lawsuit .
The challenge to Oregon ’ s undercover journalism ban found in Section 165.540 names Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schmidt and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum as the two defendants .
Section 165.540 bars individuals from obtaining or attempting to obtain the whole or any part of a conversation by means of any device , contrivance , machine or apparatus , whether electrical , mechanical , manual or otherwise , if not all participants in the conversation are specifically informed that their conversation is being obtained .
“ Imagine the Statesman Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Portland ’ s violent and destructive protests if they were able to record deep inside the civil unrest and expose who is really behind the violence .
By denying the right to record , Oregon bans the most effective means of gathering the news , ” O ’ Keefe said .
“ We made First Amendment history with our legal victory in Massachusetts federal court , when the judge struck down that state ’ s multiple-party consent laws for recording public officials conducting the public ’ s business and we are now trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” O ’ Keefe said .
O ’ Keefe asserted that the current law places citizen journalists in physical jeopardy given the proclivity of both police officers and protestors to engage in violence directed at journalists during heated times .
In the motion filed today , PV and PVAF request that the court strike down the laws creating the current multiple-party consent regime and grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against enforcement of these laws against any activity that would have constituted secret recordings and the release of those recordings .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would investigate allegations of corruption at the offices of the Oregon Public Records Advocate and the Public Records Advisory Council .
In 2019 , Oregon ’ s Public Records Advocate resigned due to alleged pressure from or mismanagement by Governor Kate Brown .
But for section 165.540 , PVA would investigate this issue and secretly record interactions with the Advocate , his staff , and members of the PRA Council in : ( a ) open-air cafes in Portland , ( b ) public parks , ( c ) on sidewalks , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If secret recording is not achievable , it would utilize open recording in these same circumstances .
Specifically , the project would examine whether the Advocate and Council operate impartially or with pressure from the Governor .
These methods of newsgathering are all illegal under section 165.540.
” The lawsuit goes into more detail about the current how PV and PVAF could focus investigations in Oregon on the dramatic rise in violent protests in Portland between the police and members of Antifa and other fringe groups , stating : “ …Some newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordered to stand down and to not engage protestors , even when they act violently or damage property .
This investigation involves four distinct sets of reporting activities : PV would secretly record interactions between the police and protestors to observe and report whether usual policing functions are occurring in Portland .
PV would secretly record discussions between PV journalists and the police to gathercandid police perspectives on the causes of the protests and investigate issues that may not be known by the public .
PV would secretly record discussions between PV journalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the causes of the protests , to learn about instances of police abuse , and to investigate any anti-police animus .
In less dangerous situations or when the situation does not permit for ease of secret recording , PV would openly record discussions with protestors but without specifically informing everyone in the conversation of the recording.
” Ben Barr , one of the attorneys filing the lawsuit , said , “ Oregon law currently makes it a criminal act to record a protest , or an interview , or nearly any other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone whose voice might be recorded.
” Barr said this criminalization of journalism strikes at the exercise of the First Amendment .
Jered Ede , the chief legal officer for PV and PVAF , said while the Oregon laws offer very limited opportunities to openly record , the law is suspiciously under and over inclusive .

Click HERE to view the entire lawsuit.
“We are seeking to strengthen watchdog journalism by overturning an unconstitutional law criminalizing the kind of corruption-exposing journalism which holds the powerful accountable across the country,” said James O’Keefe, the founder and CEO of PV and PVAF.
The challenge to Oregon’s undercover journalism ban found in Section 165.540 names Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schmidt and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum as the two defendants.
Section 165.540 bars individuals from obtaining or attempting to obtain the whole or any part of a conversation by means of any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus, whether electrical, mechanical, manual or otherwise, if not all participants in the conversation are specifically informed that their conversation is being obtained.
“Imagine the Statesman Journal or the Oregonian’s coverage of Portland’s violent and destructive protests if they were able to record deep inside the civil unrest and expose who is really behind the violence. By denying the right to record, Oregon bans the most effective means of gathering the news,” O’Keefe said. “We made First Amendment history with our legal victory in Massachusetts federal court, when the judge struck down that state’s multiple-party consent laws for recording public officials conducting the public’s business and we are now trying to restore the First Amendment to Oregon,” O’Keefe said.
O’Keefe asserted that the current law places citizen journalists in physical jeopardy given the proclivity of both police officers and protestors to engage in violence directed at journalists during heated times.
In the motion filed today, PV and PVAF request that the court strike down the laws creating the current multiple-party consent regime and grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against enforcement of these laws against any activity that would have constituted secret recordings and the release of those recordings.
The lawsuit states:
“But for Oregon recording law, PVA would investigate allegations of corruption at the offices of the Oregon Public Records Advocate and the Public Records Advisory Council. In 2019, Oregon’s Public Records Advocate resigned due to alleged pressure from or mismanagement by Governor Kate Brown. But for section 165.540, PVA would investigate this issue and secretly record interactions with the Advocate, his staff, and members of the PRA Council in: (a) open-air cafes in Portland, (b) public parks, (c) on sidewalks, and (d) in other public areas. If secret recording is not achievable, it would utilize open recording in these same circumstances. Specifically, the project would examine whether the Advocate and Council operate impartially or with pressure from the Governor. These methods of newsgathering are all illegal under section 165.540.”
The lawsuit goes into more detail about the current how PV and PVAF could focus investigations in Oregon on the dramatic rise in violent protests in Portland between the police and members of Antifa and other fringe groups, stating:
“…Some newspaper reports suggest that Portland police have been ordered to stand down and to not engage protestors, even when they act violently or damage property. This investigation involves four distinct sets of reporting activities: PV would secretly record interactions between the police and protestors to observe and report whether usual policing functions are occurring in Portland. PV would secretly record discussions between PV journalists and the police to gathercandid police perspectives on the causes of the protests and investigate issues that may not be known by the public. PV would secretly record discussions between PV journalists and protestors to gather protestors’ perspectives about the causes of the protests, to learn about instances of police abuse, and to investigate any anti-police animus. In less dangerous situations or when the situation does not permit for ease of secret recording, PV would openly record discussions with protestors but without specifically informing everyone in the conversation of the recording.”
Ben Barr, one of the attorneys filing the lawsuit, said, “Oregon law currently makes it a criminal act to record a protest, or an interview, or nearly any other interaction without clear and conspicuous notice to anyone whose voice might be recorded.”
Barr said this criminalization of journalism strikes at the exercise of the First Amendment.
“The courts have used this law to endorse the arrest of a citizen who held a camera, warned the person he was filming that he had them on camera, but didn’t specifically warn the camera captured audio,” he said. “It is absurd. But more importantly, it is unconstitutional.”
Jered Ede, the chief legal officer for PV and PVAF, said while the Oregon laws offer very limited opportunities to openly record, the law is suspiciously under and over inclusive.
“Oregon stands at odds with a vast majority of states which permit undercover journalism, with the United States Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of the press, and with decades of legal Supreme Court rulings deeming laws such Oregon’s unconstitutional,” said Ede.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-08-25--Food Warfare: More States To Close Farms [Video]

Food Warfare : More States To Close Farms While Wildfires And Weather Wreak Havoc Our food supply is under all out attack .
WA and MI have followed CA in mandating COVID-19 testing for farmworkers , which–as we have seen in Ontario–presages their shutting down farms where workers test positive .
You must start growing your own food now .
( TLB ) published this video report from Natural Blaze with our appreciation for this valuable information .
Visit IceAgeFarmer.com and subscribe on YouTube and Bitchute .
Support Christian ’ s work here .
Articles about Food from The Liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : We Need You to Do a Better Job Than the FDA !
Food is better medicine than drugs The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB ) Comment Policy : As a privately owned web site , we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam , advertising , vulgarity , threats of violence , racism , or personal/abusive attacks on other users .
This also applies to trolling , the use of more than one alias , or just intentional mischief .
Enforcement of this policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrators .
Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning .
Disclaimer : TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner .
We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “ fair use ” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political , health , economic and social issues .
The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “ fair use ” you must request permission from the copyright owner .
Disclaimer : The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including , but not limited to , text , graphics , images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction .
Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice , diagnosis or treatment .

Food Warfare: More States To Close Farms While Wildfires And Weather Wreak Havoc
Depriving farms of harvest labor is unthinkable
By Ice Age Farmer
Our food supply is under all out attack. WA and MI have followed CA in mandating COVID-19 testing for farmworkers, which–as we have seen in Ontario–presages their shutting down farms where workers test positive.
Depriving farms of harvest labor is unthinkable.
More California wildfires expected.
Two hurricanes inbound to gulf, rice-producing areas.
You must start growing your own food now.
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(TLB) published this video report from Natural Blaze with our appreciation for this valuable information.
Visit IceAgeFarmer.com and subscribe on YouTube and Bitchute. Support Christian’s work here.
Articles about Food from The Liberty Beacon:
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The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
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