Where’s Hillary?

Have you noticed ?
Hillary Clinton is suddenly — and finally — nowhere to be found .
Well before she lost the 2016 presidential election to President Trump , the former first lady pushed a conspiracy theory that eventually grew into a major , two-year investigation : Trump had colluded with the Russians in order to alter the outcome of the race .
That did n't pan out , but Hillary had other excuses .
For months — which turned into years — she blamed FBI Director James Comey , Russia , computer bots , WikiLeaks , Sen. Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news , Twitter , voter ID laws , the vast right-wing conspiracy , sexism , Barack Obama , ageism , child sex pervert Anthony Weiner , white women , xenophobia , black people , the Electoral College , the Democratic National Committee , misogyny , women cowed by their husbands , and even former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani ( how America 's Mayor caused Clinton to lose Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Michigan and Florida is anybody 's guess ) .
But the mainstream media despises Trump , and Clinton was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the news regularly .
She even made millions hawking her book , `` What Happened , '' her take on why she lost the election .
Yet it 's been more than a month since Election Day 2020 , and Americans haven hardly heard a peep out of her .
What 's more , the former secretary of state for President Barack Obama has been given no role in a prospective Biden administration , even though at 72 she 's younger the 78-year-old Biden .
It 's not like Biden has n't made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After all , he found room as climate czar for John Kerry , who served as secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 under Obama .
But so far , nothing for Clinton .
Clinton ’ s omission is odd , given that she won nearly 66 million votes in 2016 .
She also represents a powerful wing of the party — albeit an old and fading faction — along with her husband , former President Bill Clinton , who remains extremely popular with the rank and file of the party .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secretary of State , two-term senator , and architect of a planned overhaul of health care that eventually morphed into Obamacare .
As Biden made room for Kerry on climate , he could give Clinton a role on health care .
And the former vice president could tap Hillary 's decades of experience , even if just as an adviser , whether formal or informal .
Shortly after Election Day , rumors circulated that Biden was considering Clinton for a role in his administration , perhaps as the U.S. ambassador to the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a way for Biden to highlight the importance of that position in his administration , and that placing her there would raise the prestige of the U.N. itself at a time when global cooperation and the U.S. role on the world stage , has ebbed , '' sources told the Washington Post .
But a few weeks later , Biden picked Linda Thomas-Greenfield , a 35-year veteran of the foreign service who oversaw the Bureau of African Affairs during the Obama administration , for the slot .
So far , Biden has pulled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slew of nominees and appointments also have ties to the Clintons , both Bill and Hillary : Blinken was a member of President Clinton 's National Security Council and served most recently as President Obama 's Deputy Secretary of State , where he was a staunch defender of the Iran Deal .
Yellen served as Federal Reserve Chair from 2014 to 2018 under Obama and Trump and served as chair of President Clinton 's Council of Economic Advisers .
Mayorkas is another veteran of the Obama administration , having served previously as deputy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Citizenship and Immigration Services .
Sullivan is best known for his ties to Hillary Clinton , serving as her deputy chief of staff at the State Department , and her senior policy adviser during the 2016 presidential campaign — as well as in 2008 .
Haines served most recently as Obama 's deputy national security adviser and faced criticism for her role in Obama 's secretive use of drones in the Middle East and Africa .
Tanden served as policy director for Hillary Clinton 's first presidential campaign and is a longtime friend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who fear she will be disloyal to Biden .
Rouse previously served as a member of Obama 's Council of Economic Advisers .
She also worked at the National Economic Council in the Clinton administration as a special assistant to the president .
There 's still time for Biden to get Clinton in the fold , although a lot of plum posts are already gone .
But then again , maybe Biden saw the report about a leaked email from Tanden to John Podesta , former chief of staff for Bill Clinton and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Oct. 20 , 2015 .
`` The good thing about a Biden run is that he would make Hillary look so much better , '' she wrote .

Have you noticed? Hillary Clinton is suddenly — and finally — nowhere to be found.
Well before she lost the 2016 presidential election to President Trump, the former first lady pushed a conspiracy theory that eventually grew into a major, two-year investigation: Trump had colluded with the Russians in order to alter the outcome of the race. That didn't pan out, but Hillary had other excuses.
For months — which turned into years — she blamed FBI Director James Comey, Russia, computer bots, WikiLeaks, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Facebook, Joe Biden, fake news, Twitter, voter ID laws, the vast right-wing conspiracy, sexism, Barack Obama, ageism, child sex pervert Anthony Weiner, white women, xenophobia, black people, the Electoral College, the Democratic National Committee, misogyny, women cowed by their husbands, and even former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (how America's Mayor caused Clinton to lose Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Michigan and Florida is anybody's guess).
But the mainstream media despises Trump, and Clinton was a reliable gadfly, so she stayed in the news regularly. She even made millions hawking her book, "What Happened," her take on why she lost the election.
Yet it's been more than a month since Election Day 2020, and Americans haven hardly heard a peep out of her. What's more, the former secretary of state for President Barack Obama has been given no role in a prospective Biden administration, even though at 72 she's younger the 78-year-old Biden.
It's not like Biden hasn't made room for others from former administrations. After all, he found room as climate czar for John Kerry, who served as secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 under Obama. But so far, nothing for Clinton.
Clinton’s omission is odd, given that she won nearly 66 million votes in 2016. She also represents a powerful wing of the party — albeit an old and fading faction — along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who remains extremely popular with the rank and file of the party. And she's got the bona fides: Secretary of State, two-term senator, and architect of a planned overhaul of health care that eventually morphed into Obamacare.
As Biden made room for Kerry on climate, he could give Clinton a role on health care. And the former vice president could tap Hillary's decades of experience, even if just as an adviser, whether formal or informal.
Shortly after Election Day, rumors circulated that Biden was considering Clinton for a role in his administration, perhaps as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The move "would be a way for Biden to highlight the importance of that position in his administration, and that placing her there would raise the prestige of the U.N. itself at a time when global cooperation and the U.S. role on the world stage, has ebbed," sources told the Washington Post.
But a few weeks later, Biden picked Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 35-year veteran of the foreign service who oversaw the Bureau of African Affairs during the Obama administration, for the slot.
So far, Biden has pulled hard from Team Obama — but a slew of nominees and appointments also have ties to the Clintons, both Bill and Hillary:
Antony Blinken — Secretary of State
Blinken was a member of President Clinton's National Security Council and served most recently as President Obama's Deputy Secretary of State, where he was a staunch defender of the Iran Deal.
Janet Yellen — Treasury Secretary
Yellen served as Federal Reserve Chair from 2014 to 2018 under Obama and Trump and served as chair of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers.
Alejandro Mayorkas — Homeland Security
Mayorkas is another veteran of the Obama administration, having served previously as deputy secretary of Homeland Security and drector of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Jake Sullivan — National Security Adviser
Sullivan is best known for his ties to Hillary Clinton, serving as her deputy chief of staff at the State Department, and her senior policy adviser during the 2016 presidential campaign — as well as in 2008.
Avril Haines — Director of National Security
Haines served most recently as Obama's deputy national security adviser and faced criticism for her role in Obama's secretive use of drones in the Middle East and Africa.
Neera Tanden — Office of Budget and Management
Tanden served as policy director for Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign and is a longtime friend whose nomination is drawing fire from some who fear she will be disloyal to Biden.
Cecilia Rouse — Council of Economic Advisers
Rouse previously served as a member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. She also worked at the National Economic Council in the Clinton administration as a special assistant to the president.
There's still time for Biden to get Clinton in the fold, although a lot of plum posts are already gone.
But then again, maybe Biden saw the report about a leaked email from Tanden to John Podesta, former chief of staff for Bill Clinton and chairman of Hillary's 2016 campaign, on Oct. 20, 2015.
"The good thing about a Biden run is that he would make Hillary look so much better," she wrote.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--President Trump: AG Barr Should’ve Disclosed Hunter Biden Probe During Election

President Trump continued to assail Attorney General Bill Barr , saying he should have “ stepped up ” to alert the country that President-elect Joe Biden ’ s son , Hunter Biden , had been under investigation during the 2020 presidential campaign .
“ Joe Biden lied on the debate stage he said there ’ s nothing happening , nothing happening , and Bill Barr should have stepped up , ” the president said during an interview on “ Fox & Friends ” that aired Sunday morning .
But Fox News reporter Brian Kilmeade said if Barr would have spoken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been compared to former FBI Director James Comey who announced that the investigation into Hillary Clinton ’ s email server was reopened days before the 2016 presidential election .
“ All he had to do is say an investigation is going on .
And by the way , I don ’ t want to say anything bad happened to Hunter Biden .
Whatever it is , it is the facts , but I don ’ t want to say anything bad happened to Hunter Biden .
And I purposely stay out of it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when you affect an election … when they are saying things , making statements and the press is purposely not reporting it , Bill Barr , I believe , not believe I know , had an obligation to set the record straight , ” the president said in the interview that had been recorded during the Army , Navy football game at West Point on Saturday .
He said that Barr should have acted more like then-special counsel Robert Mueller , who was heading the Russia probe , and disputed a 2019 BuzzFeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress .
“ But Bob Mueller stood up and he interjected that this article was false .
Bill Barr should have done the same , ” Trump said .
The two investigations into Hunter Biden and Barr ’ s efforts to keep them out of the public eye were revealed last week .
Barr also did not provide information about the investigation to congressional Republicans .
One of the investigations became public last week when Hunter Biden disclosed that he was being investigated for possible tax fraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas company while his father served as vice president in the Obama administration .

President Trump continued to assail Attorney General Bill Barr, saying he should have “stepped up” to alert the country that President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, had been under investigation during the 2020 presidential campaign.
“Joe Biden lied on the debate stage he said there’s nothing happening, nothing happening, and Bill Barr should have stepped up,” the president said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” that aired Sunday morning.
But Fox News reporter Brian Kilmeade said if Barr would have spoken out during the election he would have been compared to former FBI Director James Comey who announced that the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server was reopened days before the 2016 presidential election.
“All he had to do is say an investigation is going on. And by the way, I don’t want to say anything bad happened to Hunter Biden. Whatever it is, it is the facts, but I don’t want to say anything bad happened to Hunter Biden. And I purposely stay out of it,” Trump continued.
“But when you affect an election … when they are saying things, making statements and the press is purposely not reporting it, Bill Barr, I believe, not believe I know, had an obligation to set the record straight,” the president said in the interview that had been recorded during the Army, Navy football game at West Point on Saturday.
He said that Barr should have acted more like then-special counsel Robert Mueller, who was heading the Russia probe, and disputed a 2019 BuzzFeed report that Trump directed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
“But Bob Mueller stood up and he interjected that this article was false. Bill Barr should have done the same,” Trump said.
The two investigations into Hunter Biden and Barr’s efforts to keep them out of the public eye were revealed last week.
Barr also did not provide information about the investigation to congressional Republicans.
One of the investigations became public last week when Hunter Biden disclosed that he was being investigated for possible tax fraud during his time working for a Ukrainian gas company while his father served as vice president in the Obama administration.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Man Worth $120 Billion Wants Small Businesses Locked Down Until 2022

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday on CNN ’ s “ State of the Union ” that it could be 18 months before the coronavirus pandemic will not impact Americans ’ daily lives .
Anchor Jake Tapper said , “ When do you think life will fully return to what we thought of as normal back in January , no masks , no social distancing , no other protective measures necessary ?
” Gates said , “ Certainly , by the summer will be way closer to normal than we are now , but even through early 2022 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rid of this disease and we get high vaccinations rates in our country , the risk of reintroduction will be there and , of course , the global economy will be slowed down , which hurts America economically in a pretty dramatic way .
So we will have , starting in the summer , about nine months where a few things like big public gatherings will still be restricted .
But we can see now that somewhere between 12 to 18 months , we have a chance , if we manage it well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it could be 18 months before the coronavirus pandemic will not impact Americans’ daily lives.
Anchor Jake Tapper said, “When do you think life will fully return to what we thought of as normal back in January, no masks, no social distancing, no other protective measures necessary?”
Gates said, “Certainly, by the summer will be way closer to normal than we are now, but even through early 2022, unless we help other countries get rid of this disease and we get high vaccinations rates in our country, the risk of reintroduction will be there and, of course, the global economy will be slowed down, which hurts America economically in a pretty dramatic way. So we will have, starting in the summer, about nine months where a few things like big public gatherings will still be restricted. But we can see now that somewhere between 12 to 18 months, we have a chance, if we manage it well, to get back to normal.”
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bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Axios’ Primary China Reporter Upset CCP Hasn’t Overtaken America as “Kinder” World Superpower

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian , Axios ’ primary China reporter , lamented that the Chinese Communist Party would not overtake the U.S. as a “ better superpower ” on Twitter .
The four-tweet threat rebuked the notion that “ the Chinese government could perhaps become as good and wise as the people it governs.
” A rejection of the establishment ’ s mindset to approaching the communist country , Allen-Ebrahimian adds , “ I believe we are far , far past the point where anyone can hope that China will bring a better , fairer , and more just international system.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the China reporter at Axios , ” reveals , however , that she hoped China would be a “ better superpower than the U.S. ” : I want there to be a better superpower than the US has been .
I want there to be a country that doesn ’ t act like the US too often has .
But just because I want that , doesn ’ t mean I can fool myself into believing that China will be that better , kinder superpower .
She conflates the American government with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t “ evil incarnate ” before insisting again that she hoped China would be “ better , fairer , [ and ] less violent ” than the U.S .
The revelation comes just days after Axios published a story revealing a Chinese Communist Party-led intelligence campaign targeting U.S. lawmakers such as Eric Swalwell .

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios’ primary China reporter, lamented that the Chinese Communist Party would not overtake the U.S. as a “better superpower” on Twitter.
The four-tweet threat rebuked the notion that “the Chinese government could perhaps become as good and wise as the people it governs.” A rejection of the establishment’s mindset to approaching the communist country, Allen-Ebrahimian adds, “I believe we are far, far past the point where anyone can hope that China will bring a better, fairer, and more just international system.”
Allen-Ebrahimian, who describes herself as “the China reporter at Axios,” reveals, however, that she hoped China would be a “better superpower than the U.S.”:
I want there to be a better superpower than the US has been. I want there to be a country that doesn’t act like the US too often has. But just because I want that, doesn’t mean I can fool myself into believing that China will be that better, kinder superpower.
https://twitter.com/BethanyAllenEbr/status/1337783824974045186?s=20
She conflates the American government with the Chinese government, noting both aren’t “evil incarnate” before insisting again that she hoped China would be “better, fairer, [and] less violent” than the U.S.
https://twitter.com/BethanyAllenEbr/status/1337785199405522945?s=20
The revelation comes just days after Axios published a story revealing a Chinese Communist Party-led intelligence campaign targeting U.S. lawmakers such as Eric Swalwell.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Manchin Says Bipartisan $908 Billion Relief Bill Is Coming Monday

Sen. Joe Manchin , D-W.Va. , is confident that an urgently needed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill will soon be finalized .
In a conversation with “ Fox News Sunday , ” Manchin said that despite a rocky negotiation process , progress has been made and he expects the bill 's text to be ready Monday .
“ It hasn ’ t fallen apart -- we ’ ve been meeting day and night for the last month , ” Manchin said .
“ We were on the call all day yesterday , we ’ ll get on the call again this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll have a bill produced for the American people tomorrow -- $ 908 billion.
” Manchin noted that with a legislative package of this size there will be pieces that not everyone will agree with , but he said lawmakers must compromise for the good of the country .
He emphasized that the bill would only address the needs of the country for the first quarter of 2021 .
“ This is only until April 1 .
We ’ re trying to get through the toughest first quarter of our country that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said .
Two major issues that have been debated are extending increased unemployment benefits and liability protection for small businesses that reopen .
President Trump has said that instead of extending weekly unemployment benefits in the upcoming bill , lawmakers should instead issue a single stimulus payment of $ 600 to all Americans .
NEW WHITE HOUSE COVID-19 RELIEF PROPOSAL INCLUDES $ 600 STIMULUS CHECK BUT NO UNEMPLOYMENT BOOST “ It ’ s a bad idea , and I hope he reevaluates that statement , ” Manchin said , stating that $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with jobs would be getting government assistance .
He believes that instead , the government should focus on devoting resources to the unemployed .
Manchin ’ s fellow Democrats have opposed liability protection for small businesses .
Manchin addressed the arguments for both sides .
“ There ’ s nobody that wants a business to be litigated out of business , ” he said .
“ On the other hand , we don ’ t want to throw caution to the wind that the businesses aren ’ t safe places to work , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people that patronize these places of businesses are not in a safe environment.
” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Manchin offered a reminder , however , that despite the difficulties lawmakers may have with this issue , granting protection would only be temporary .
“ We ’ re not changing the tort laws forever .
We ’ re just trying to get through an emergency period of time , ” he said .

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is confident that an urgently needed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill will soon be finalized.
In a conversation with “Fox News Sunday,” Manchin said that despite a rocky negotiation process, progress has been made and he expects the bill's text to be ready Monday.
JOE MANCHIN SAYS 'SQUAD' COULD HAMPER $908B CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
“It hasn’t fallen apart -- we’ve been meeting day and night for the last month,” Manchin said. “We were on the call all day yesterday, we’ll get on the call again this afternoon to finish things up. We’ll have a bill produced for the American people tomorrow -- $908 billion.”
Manchin noted that with a legislative package of this size there will be pieces that not everyone will agree with, but he said lawmakers must compromise for the good of the country. He emphasized that the bill would only address the needs of the country for the first quarter of 2021.
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“This is only until April 1. We’re trying to get through the toughest first quarter of our country that we’ve ever faced,” he said.
Two major issues that have been debated are extending increased unemployment benefits and liability protection for small businesses that reopen. President Trump has said that instead of extending weekly unemployment benefits in the upcoming bill, lawmakers should instead issue a single stimulus payment of $600 to all Americans.
NEW WHITE HOUSE COVID-19 RELIEF PROPOSAL INCLUDES $600 STIMULUS CHECK BUT NO UNEMPLOYMENT BOOST
“It’s a bad idea, and I hope he reevaluates that statement,” Manchin said, stating that $600 payments to everyone would mean people with jobs would be getting government assistance. He believes that instead, the government should focus on devoting resources to the unemployed.
Manchin’s fellow Democrats have opposed liability protection for small businesses. Manchin addressed the arguments for both sides.
“There’s nobody that wants a business to be litigated out of business,” he said. “On the other hand, we don’t want to throw caution to the wind that the businesses aren’t safe places to work, the workers’ not protected and the people that patronize these places of businesses are not in a safe environment.”
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Manchin offered a reminder, however, that despite the difficulties lawmakers may have with this issue, granting protection would only be temporary.
“We’re not changing the tort laws forever. We’re just trying to get through an emergency period of time,” he said.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Turns Down Cabinet Offer From Biden Team

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms , 50 , who drew attention for participating in summer protests , calling out looters , and enacting strong COVID-19 policies , declined an offer to serve in a Joe Biden administration , according to a statement from her office .
“ Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honored to have been offered a role in the Cabinet , which she respectfully declined , ” Rashad Taylor , a senior advisor to Bottoms , told AJC .
“ The Mayor ’ s focus remains on the people of Atlanta and the great state of Georgia.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the other candidates under consideration , no additional comment will be forthcoming on this matter at this time , ” said Taylor .
New Yorker staff writer Charles Bethea reported Friday that Bottoms had been offered the position of ambassador to the Bahamas , but Taylor denied the claim .
The Biden transition team also denied offering an ambassadorship , reports The Washington Post .
It ’ s not clear what position Bottoms was offered , but she has been floated as a candidate for several cabinet-level positions , including the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Housing and Urban Development , according to The Washington Post .
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ( D ) , who served as housing secretary in the Clinton administration , and who later went on to become attorney general of New York , and is now reportedly one of several people under consideration to lead the Justice Department .
Bottoms endorsed Biden for president back in 2019 , the day after Senator Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) attacked him for his opposition to forced bussing in the 1970s , and for working alongside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pass legislation .
Then in June 2020 , reports emerged that the Biden campaign was vetting Bottoms to join Biden on the Democratic ticket , a move that coincided with Senator Amy Klobuchar ( D-MN ) , once among Biden ’ s presumptive top picks , falling out of favor .
The senior Minnesota senator withdrew her name from the list of vice presidential hopefuls about a week later , and said she believed it was time to “ put a woman of color on that ticket.
” In July , Bottoms again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t concerned about enacting a mask mandate , despite Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ’ s ( R ) legal opposition to cities passing their own mask mandates .
( Kemp still encouraged people to voluntarily wear masks while out in public , except when eating , drinking or exercising ) .
“ I love to quote Audre Lorde , ” said Bottoms , in reference to the 20th-century American feminist and writer .
“ She says , ‘ I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
’ I am not afraid of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our policies up against anyone ’ s , any day of the week.
” Kemp filed a lawsuit against Atlanta and other Georgia cities later that day , but the lawsuit was dropped about a month later , reports The Wall Street Journal .
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 50, who drew attention for participating in summer protests, calling out looters, and enacting strong COVID-19 policies, declined an offer to serve in a Joe Biden administration, according to a statement from her office.
“Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honored to have been offered a role in the Cabinet, which she respectfully declined,” Rashad Taylor, a senior advisor to Bottoms, told AJC. “The Mayor’s focus remains on the people of Atlanta and the great state of Georgia.”
“Out of respect for the process, and the other candidates under consideration, no additional comment will be forthcoming on this matter at this time,” said Taylor.
New Yorker staff writer Charles Bethea reported Friday that Bottoms had been offered the position of ambassador to the Bahamas, but Taylor denied the claim. The Biden transition team also denied offering an ambassadorship, reports The Washington Post.
Mayor Bottoms’ Press Secretary did not immediately offer comment when reached this morning. #gapol (2/2) — Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea) December 11, 2020
It’s not clear what position Bottoms was offered, but she has been floated as a candidate for several cabinet-level positions, including the Small Business Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to The Washington Post.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), who served as housing secretary in the Clinton administration, and who later went on to become attorney general of New York, and is now reportedly one of several people under consideration to lead the Justice Department.
Bottoms endorsed Biden for president back in 2019, the day after Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) attacked him for his opposition to forced bussing in the 1970s, and for working alongside segregationists while in the U.S. Senate to pass legislation.
Then in June 2020, reports emerged that the Biden campaign was vetting Bottoms to join Biden on the Democratic ticket, a move that coincided with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), once among Biden’s presumptive top picks, falling out of favor. The senior Minnesota senator withdrew her name from the list of vice presidential hopefuls about a week later, and said she believed it was time to “put a woman of color on that ticket.”
In July, Bottoms again made headlines when she said she wasn’t concerned about enacting a mask mandate, despite Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s (R) legal opposition to cities passing their own mask mandates. (Kemp still encouraged people to voluntarily wear masks while out in public, except when eating, drinking or exercising).
“I love to quote Audre Lorde,” said Bottoms, in reference to the 20th-century American feminist and writer. “She says, ‘I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.’ I am not afraid of the city being sued and I will put our policies up against anyone’s, any day of the week.”
Kemp filed a lawsuit against Atlanta and other Georgia cities later that day, but the lawsuit was dropped about a month later, reports The Wall Street Journal.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Newt Gingrich Backs Effort to Recall Gavin Newsom

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has backed the grassroots effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom ( D-CA ) , who seems to be riding a growing wave of unpopularity related to his COVID-19 policies , such as his recent widespread curfew order and his subsequent stay-at-home order affecting the majority of Californians .
“ The ‘ blue wave ’ that the left-wing media spent months talking about disappeared in California , ” Gingrich told Politico in a statement Friday .
“ This is a direct result of Gavin Newsom ’ s destructive leadership that has crippled small businesses and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobless benefits to criminals across the nation.
” As the former speaker notes , California Democrats failed to hold three blue seats in the 2020 election — and a fourth when counting the seat Congresswoman Katie Hill won in 2018 , but which Democrats lost in a special election following her resignation .
Congressman Mike Garcia ( R-CA ) retained that seat in the 2020 election .
Gingrich also pointed to the recent revelation that unemployment benefits — potentially more than hundreds of millions of dollars worth — went to California inmates and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not clear how many people who were filing were actually inmates , and how many simply used the name of an inmate to apply for the illicit benefits ) .
For a recall to end up on the ballot , organizers need to receive 1,495,709 signatures from registered California voters .
But leaders in the Newsom recall effort have been optimistic about recent developments .
“ Newt Gingrich ’ s endorsement will bring us into the national spotlight , ’ ’ Rescue California Chair Tom Del Beccaro told Politico .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will support us through social media , with donor phone calls , zoom meetings and fundraising emails.
” The former speaker ’ s endorsement also comes one month after a judge extended the signature gathering deadline until March 17 , 2021 .
According to The San Francisco Chronicle , organizers say they ’ ve collected 800,000 signatures .
Political operatives say organizers will likely need a 500,000 signature buffer to ensure the effort makes it .
Earlier this week , Politico reported that some individuals close to Newsom were getting nervous about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California political scene .
Sources close to Newsom said the governor ’ s office has been disorganized over the past month and has not responded effectively to damaging headlines .
They point to his prolonged delay in naming a U.S. Senate replacement for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as one example .
As Newsom begins his third full year in office , the governor ’ s team is increasingly concerned with a long-shot conservative recall that could mushroom into a major threat in 2021 if it attracts significant financial support .
Throughout American history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made it to the ballot , and only two of those have been successful , according to FiveThirtyEight .
North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier was recalled 1921 , and California Governor Gray Davis , a Democrat , was recalled in 2003 .
Davis was succeeded by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger , who served the remainder of Davis ’ term before winning a term in his own right .
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has backed the grassroots effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who seems to be riding a growing wave of unpopularity related to his COVID-19 policies, such as his recent widespread curfew order and his subsequent stay-at-home order affecting the majority of Californians.
“The ‘blue wave’ that the left-wing media spent months talking about disappeared in California,” Gingrich told Politico in a statement Friday. “This is a direct result of Gavin Newsom’s destructive leadership that has crippled small businesses and sent billions of dollars of California COVID-19 jobless benefits to criminals across the nation.”
As the former speaker notes, California Democrats failed to hold three blue seats in the 2020 election — and a fourth when counting the seat Congresswoman Katie Hill won in 2018, but which Democrats lost in a special election following her resignation. Congressman Mike Garcia (R-CA) retained that seat in the 2020 election.
Gingrich also pointed to the recent revelation that unemployment benefits — potentially more than hundreds of millions of dollars worth — went to California inmates and people in foreign countries. (It’s not clear how many people who were filing were actually inmates, and how many simply used the name of an inmate to apply for the illicit benefits).
For a recall to end up on the ballot, organizers need to receive 1,495,709 signatures from registered California voters. But leaders in the Newsom recall effort have been optimistic about recent developments.
“Newt Gingrich’s endorsement will bring us into the national spotlight,’’ Rescue California Chair Tom Del Beccaro told Politico. “He’s all in: he will support us through social media, with donor phone calls, zoom meetings and fundraising emails.”
The former speaker’s endorsement also comes one month after a judge extended the signature gathering deadline until March 17, 2021. According to The San Francisco Chronicle, organizers say they’ve collected 800,000 signatures. Political operatives say organizers will likely need a 500,000 signature buffer to ensure the effort makes it.
Earlier this week, Politico reported that some individuals close to Newsom were getting nervous about the prospects of a recall effort storming the California political scene.
Sources close to Newsom said the governor’s office has been disorganized over the past month and has not responded effectively to damaging headlines. They point to his prolonged delay in naming a U.S. Senate replacement for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as one example. …. As Newsom begins his third full year in office, the governor’s team is increasingly concerned with a long-shot conservative recall that could mushroom into a major threat in 2021 if it attracts significant financial support.
Throughout American history, only four gubernatorial recall efforts have made it to the ballot, and only two of those have been successful, according to FiveThirtyEight. North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier was recalled 1921, and California Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, was recalled in 2003. Davis was succeeded by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served the remainder of Davis’ term before winning a term in his own right.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--Former Cuomo Aide Says He Sexually Harassed Her for Years

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment `` for years '' by a woman who worked in his administration .
Lindsey Boylan was Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Advisor to the Governor from 2015-2018 .
The accuser , Lindsey Boylan , is also a former Democratic Party primary candidate for New York 's 10th Congressional District in 2020 , for which she came in second to incumbent Congressman Jerrold Nadler .
She is currently a candidate for Manhattan Borough President .
`` Yes , [ Governor Cuomo ] sexually harassed me for years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Boylan claimed on Twitter .
`` I could never anticipate what to expect : would I be grilled on my work ( which was very good ) or harassed about my looks .
Or would it be both in the same conversation ?
This was the way for years . ''
Boylan described why she felt it was necessary to come forward with these allegations , stating that when her mother got her first job in the workforce , she was the victim of unwanted sexual contact from her employer .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard it is for women , '' Boylan said .
`` And I promised myself I would never let those kind of guys win .
I would work hard my whole life to put myself in positions of power to change things .
To end the violence & corruption .
Give voice to the voiceless . ''
`` I am not stopping .
I refuse .
I will never give up , '' she continued .
`` Not knowing what to expect what ’ s the most upsetting part aside from knowing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even when they saw it , '' she claimed .
Boylan further stated that there are other victims of Cuomo 's alleged sexual harassment .
`` I *know* I am not the only woman , '' she wrote .
`` I hate that some men , like Andrew Cuomo abuse their power , '' she finished .
Governor Cuomo has a controversial relationship with the MeToo movement .
In 2019 , Cuomo 's office announced that `` the TIME 'S UP New York Safety Agenda is included in the 2019 Executive Budget , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York law in an effort to prevent sexual harassment and assault from occurring and enable survivors to seek justice . ''
The initiative involved removing the statute of limitations on second and third degree sexual assault and rape cases , `` lowering the high bar set for employees to hold employers accountable '' for workplace sexual harassment , requiring non-disclosure agreements ( NDAs ) to contain clauses affirming the rights of alleged victims to report workplace sexual harassment claims , and forcing workplaces to set up anti-sexual harassment posters approved by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a press release from 2019 , this legislation `` builds on [ the ] Governor 's record of advancing women 's rights , including combating sexual harassment . ''
Earlier that year , however , Cuomo was roundly criticized in the media for a joke he made regarding the MeToo movement .
Cuomo , commenting on the lack of personal space he was getting from journalists , said `` I 'll bring you all up on charges under the MeToo movement . ''
The MeToo movement itself has been a controversial endeavour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the media for giving a voice to victims of sexual harassment and assault , mostly women , who they argue have largely been ignored or blamed for such actions towards them in the past .
The MeToo movement began in response to the sexual harassment , assault , and rape charges against Harvey Weinstein .
On the other hand , critics of the MeToo movement have largely criticized their methods , suggesting that it ignores any sense of innocent until proven guilty by creating what is effectively a witch hunt for sexual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement could harm the reputations of many innocent people .
A number of figures who have been `` MeToo 'd '' were later found to have not committed any sexual misconduct .
In some cases , alleged victims who came forward later admitted that they were lying .
Governor Cuomo has not yet commented on the allegations and he has not been found guilty of such actions in a court of law .
The Post Millennial reached out to Governor Cuomo 's office for comment but did not receive a reply .

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment "for years" by a woman who worked in his administration. Lindsey Boylan was Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Advisor to the Governor from 2015-2018.
The accuser, Lindsey Boylan, is also a former Democratic Party primary candidate for New York's 10th Congressional District in 2020, for which she came in second to incumbent Congressman Jerrold Nadler. She is currently a candidate for Manhattan Borough President.
Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched.
I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks. Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years. — Lindsey Boylan (@LindseyBoylan) December 13, 2020
"Yes, [Governor Cuomo] sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched," Boylan claimed on Twitter. "I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks. Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years."
Boylan described why she felt it was necessary to come forward with these allegations, stating that when her mother got her first job in the workforce, she was the victim of unwanted sexual contact from her employer.
"It was then how I learned how hard it is for women," Boylan said. "And I promised myself I would never let those kind of guys win. I would work hard my whole life to put myself in positions of power to change things. To end the violence & corruption. Give voice to the voiceless."
"I am not stopping. I refuse. I will never give up," she continued.
"Not knowing what to expect what’s the most upsetting part aside from knowing that no one would do a damn thing even when they saw it," she claimed. Boylan further stated that there are other victims of Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment. "I *know* I am not the only woman," she wrote.
"I hate that some men, like Andrew Cuomo abuse their power," she finished.
Governor Cuomo has a controversial relationship with the MeToo movement. In 2019, Cuomo's office announced that "the TIME'S UP New York Safety Agenda is included in the 2019 Executive Budget," a "four-part initiative to amend New York law in an effort to prevent sexual harassment and assault from occurring and enable survivors to seek justice."
The initiative involved removing the statute of limitations on second and third degree sexual assault and rape cases, "lowering the high bar set for employees to hold employers accountable" for workplace sexual harassment, requiring non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to contain clauses affirming the rights of alleged victims to report workplace sexual harassment claims, and forcing workplaces to set up anti-sexual harassment posters approved by the State Division of Human Rights.
According to a press release from 2019, this legislation "builds on [the] Governor's record of advancing women's rights, including combating sexual harassment."
Earlier that year, however, Cuomo was roundly criticized in the media for a joke he made regarding the MeToo movement. Cuomo, commenting on the lack of personal space he was getting from journalists, said "I'll bring you all up on charges under the MeToo movement."
Andrew Cuomo just had a semi-impromptu gaggle with reporters.
It started with an aide asking us to move back a few steps to give him room.
“I’ll bring you all up on charges under the Me Too movement,” Cuomo said. pic.twitter.com/fLe5ddnIyJ — Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) January 9, 2019
The MeToo movement itself has been a controversial endeavour. The movement has received widespread praise in the media for giving a voice to victims of sexual harassment and assault, mostly women, who they argue have largely been ignored or blamed for such actions towards them in the past. The MeToo movement began in response to the sexual harassment, assault, and rape charges against Harvey Weinstein.
On the other hand, critics of the MeToo movement have largely criticized their methods, suggesting that it ignores any sense of innocent until proven guilty by creating what is effectively a witch hunt for sexual harassers. They suggest that the MeToo movement could harm the reputations of many innocent people. A number of figures who have been "MeToo'd" were later found to have not committed any sexual misconduct. In some cases, alleged victims who came forward later admitted that they were lying.
Governor Cuomo has not yet commented on the allegations and he has not been found guilty of such actions in a court of law.
The Post Millennial reached out to Governor Cuomo's office for comment but did not receive a reply.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--More Silicon Valley Insiders Added to Biden Transition Team

After an election year in which the tech giants repeatedly interfered in the election against President Donald Trump , Joe Biden is now rewarding Silicon Valley by appointing insiders to a range of roles in his transition team .
Shortly after election night , the Financial Times reported that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is being considered to lead a key tech task force inside the White House .
As Politico recently reported , four more Google and Facebook employees have been added to Biden ’ s transition team .
They are : Zaid Zaid , a Facebook public policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manager , Rachel Lieber , a Facebook director and associate general counsel , and Deon Scott , a Google program manager who also worked in the Obama administration ’ s Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) .
This is just the latest news of the Biden team ’ s efforts to court current and former Silicon Valley employees .
As Breitbart News previously reported , plenty other alumni of big tech , including former executives at companies like Amazon and Airbnb , are also expected to join the Biden transition team : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Tech executives that are expected to join Joe Biden ’ s transition team in the coming weeks .
The team includes insiders from the entire range of Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe .
A report published by Protocol has revealed that a huge number of Big Tech executives are expected to join Joe Biden ’ s presidential transition team , with Protocol stating there ’ s “ definitive Silicon Valley representation and thought leaders on tech issues involved in shaping the future of the federal government .
” This comes after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on behalf of Joe Biden .
In addition to Twitter and Facebook both burying the New York Post ’ s reporting on the Biden family ’ s financial ties to Ukraine and China , Google also suppressed conservative news sources .
Six months before the election , following a major change to its core search algorithm , clicks and impressions to Breitbart News from Google searches for “ Joe Biden , ” dropped to zero and stayed their through election day .
Prior to Google ’ s update , clicks and impressions from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of activity .
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News .
His new book , # DELETED : Big Tech ’ s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election , which contains exclusive interviews with sources inside Google , Facebook , and other tech companies , is currently available for purchase .

After an election year in which the tech giants repeatedly interfered in the election against President Donald Trump, Joe Biden is now rewarding Silicon Valley by appointing insiders to a range of roles in his transition team.
Shortly after election night, the Financial Times reported that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is being considered to lead a key tech task force inside the White House.
As Politico recently reported, four more Google and Facebook employees have been added to Biden’s transition team.
They are : Zaid Zaid, a Facebook public policy official, Chris Upperman, a Facebook manager, Rachel Lieber, a Facebook director and associate general counsel, and Deon Scott, a Google program manager who also worked in the Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Biden transition is quietly putting Google and Facebook employees into its transition landing teams. pic.twitter.com/UI2QZKTcz6 — Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 11, 2020
This is just the latest news of the Biden team’s efforts to court current and former Silicon Valley employees.
As Breitbart News previously reported, plenty other alumni of big tech, including former executives at companies like Amazon and Airbnb, are also expected to join the Biden transition team:
A recent report outlines the number of Big Tech executives that are expected to join Joe Biden’s transition team in the coming weeks. The team includes insiders from the entire range of Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe. A report published by Protocol has revealed that a huge number of Big Tech executives are expected to join Joe Biden’s presidential transition team, with Protocol stating there’s “definitive Silicon Valley representation and thought leaders on tech issues involved in shaping the future of the federal government. ” Notable tech execs joining the transition team include:
Tom Sullivan, Amazon’s director of international tax planning (State Department)
Brandon Belford, Lyft’s senior director to the chief of staff (Office of Management and Budget)
Divya Kumaraiah, Airbnb’s strategy and program lead for cities (Office of Management and Budget)
Will Fields, Sidewalk Labs’ senior development associate (Treasury Department)
Nicole Wong, former Google and Twitter, former Obama Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Martha Gimbel, senior manager of economic research at Schmidt Futures (Council of Economic Advisers)
Linda Etim, senior adviser at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (team lead for International Development)
This comes after Silicon Valley companies intervened in the election on behalf of Joe Biden. In addition to Twitter and Facebook both burying the New York Post’s reporting on the Biden family’s financial ties to Ukraine and China, Google also suppressed conservative news sources.
Six months before the election, following a major change to its core search algorithm, clicks and impressions to Breitbart News from Google searches for “Joe Biden,” dropped to zero and stayed their through election day. Prior to Google’s update, clicks and impressions from the search term saw a normal pattern of activity.
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. His new book, #DELETED: Big Tech’s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election, which contains exclusive interviews with sources inside Google, Facebook, and other tech companies, is currently available for purchase.


bonginoreport--2020-12-13--NBC Buried the Hunter Biden Story and In the Process Helped Ruin an Innocent Man

Hunter Biden was the October Surprise that wasn ’ t—a report so explosive , so potentially damaging , so dangerous for national security that it should have destroyed Joe Biden ’ s bid for the White House .
In any other election , fleets of investigative reporters would have been unleashed to verify the claims in the report .
Instead , in the ultimate expression of Trump Derangement Syndrome , a major media company set out to personally destroy the man they thought put the report together and thereby discredit the report to the point that the entire media complex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead of investigating it .
The results could have dire implications for national security .
But hey , at least they got rid of the Bad Orange Man .
The week before Election Day , RedState published a series of articles about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden , based on a 64-page report from researchers who combed public records to reveal how compromised the Biden family is to the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) .
You can read Part 1 here .
The four-part series lays out deeply disturbing connections between Hunter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the CCP .
The pro-democracy news outlet Apple Daily , based in Hong Kong , used an earlier 40-page version of the report and was the first to report on its findings .
In response , NBC News launched a coordinated attack on one of the publishers of the report , Christopher Balding .
This attack had all the appearances of being coordinated with the Biden campaign and it had the effect of benefiting the CCP .
Hunter Biden Email Reportedly Names Kamala Harris , Others as Key Contacts for ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The report goes into intimate detail about the deep connections between the Biden family and the CCP .
In fact , Hunter Biden ’ s company BHR is listed as a subsidiary of the Bank of China , owned by the CCP .
Balding , who was a professor at Peking University at their highly regarded business school in Shenzhen , China , for nine years before moving to Vietnam to teach at Fulbright University , has a Ph.D. in Political Economics and has studied the Chinese economy for years .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Oregon Republican Party ( ORP ) on October 30 to talk about his report .
In that event , he said , “ Hunter Biden started going to China .
The first trips that we picked up were shortly before Biden became vice president in 2008 , and there was a steady stream of visits to Beijing over time .
I would say it was probably almost once a year to China during that time .
He was meeting with individuals and institutions that would ultimately become the investors in the BHR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note , ” Balding said , “ is this appears to significantly predate 2013 going back to probably 2008 .
That ’ s when you really see the groundwork being laid for this .
I think another thing that is very important to note is that all of the individual institutions that are surrounding everything going on here … are very closely linked to the state , whether it is with a quasi-state type of organizations , whether it is state-owned banks , whether it is part of the actual government , everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very closely linked to the state .
A lot of people that you ’ re seeing are also very closely tied to Chinese organizations that are known by the U.S. government and other governments to be intelligence , their cover institutions for Intel , and an influence operation—and what I mean by that is China has a lot of very innocuous-sounding institutional or organizational names , you know , one of the ones that pops to mind is the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade .
CIA documents dating back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do is compromise foreign businessmen to then force them to impact economic policy in their home country to head off things like economic sanction.
” Ex-Hunter Biden Associate : ‘ I Have Firsthand Knowledge ’ Joe Biden Was Involved in China Deals Before he could even begin his talk for the ORP audience , Balding was delayed for a half an hour by multiple phone calls regarding the hit piece published by NBC News that day .
Notably , the piece did not refute any of the facts surrounding Hunter Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it focused on the identity of a researcher mentioned in the report .
It turns out that the researcher was a made-up persona that Balding created using artificial intelligence ( AI ) .
Many media outlets used this NBC News hit piece , from October 30 through Election Day and beyond , to discredit the 64-page report on how deeply the CCP had compromised both Hunter and Joe Biden .
Polls show that around 45 % of Biden voters had no idea about important election stories like this one , and 17 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for him if they had known about the stories , including the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden .
Now , because this knowledge was suppressed and hidden from the American public , it looks like the CCP will have access to the Oval Office via direct connections to the president and other potential members of his cabinet ( barring any reversal of the results of the election ) .
Balding defended his actions , noting that he was forced to flee Vietnam in mid-September and return to the U.S. after fellow researchers and government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no longer consider himself safe from the number of Chinese spies that had come to seek him out .
He said the other researchers on the project subjected themselves to grave danger by using their connections to acquire documentation available only inside China , and hidden from the general public .
A reporter with intimate knowledge of the origins of the report , who wished to remain anonymous , told PJ Media in an exclusive interview that Balding had good reason to fear for his safety and that of his fellow researchers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the AI stuff , ” he said , “ but the report was rock solid .
We used him a lot in the past when we exposed Huawei and their spying through 5G technology , among other stories .
The AI thing allowed them to undermine his credibility , but the report on Hunter Biden and Joe Biden is unassailable .
That ’ s why they attacked the messenger .
Bottom line—Balding was right , the Biden family has very deep and troubling ties to the CCP , and the campaign worked with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discredit the story.
” EXPLOSIVE Study : Media Suppression of 8 Key Stories ‘ Stole This Election ’ for Joe Biden That ’ s an explosive claim .
A major media outlet in the United States is alleged to have coordinated with a presidential campaign not just to bury a story deeply damaging to the candidate , but to thoroughly discredit it and attempt to personally destroy its author .
This was allegedly done as part of a coordinated operation to destroy the presidency of Donald Trump—an operation beginning before Trump even won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an immense amount of funding , resources , boots on the ground , and media air cover in which major media outlets simply refused to report anything positive about the Trump administration .
On his blog , Balding provides a summary of all the things that should deeply worry American voters : 1 .
Joe Biden ’ s compromising partnership with the Communist Party of China runs via Yang Jiechi ( CPC ’ s Central Foreign Affairs Commission ) .
YANG met frequently with BIDEN during his tenure at the Chinese embassy in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s 2013 Bohai Harvest Rosemont investment partnership was set-up by Ministry of Foreign Affairs institutions who are tasked with garnering influence with foreign leaders during YANG ’ s tenure as Foreign Minister .
3 .
HUNTER has a direct line to the Politburo , according to SOURCE A , a senior finance professional in China .
4 .
Michael Lin , a Taiwanese national now detained in China , brokered the BHR partnership and partners with MOFA foreign influence organizations .
5 .
LIN is a POI for his work on behalf of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and SOURCE C ( at two separate national intelligence agencies ) .
6 .
BHR is a state managed operation .
Leading shareholder in BHR is Bank of China which lists BHR as a subsidiary and BHR ’ s partners are SOEs that funnel revenue/assets to BHR .
7 .
HUNTER continues to hold 10 % in BHR .
He visited China in 2010 and met with major Chinese government financial companies that would later back BHR .
8 .
HUNTER ’ s BHR stake ( purchased for $ 400,000 ) is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
$ 50 million ( fees and capital appreciation based on BHR ’ s $ 6.5 billion AUM as stated by Michael Lin ) .
9 .
HUNTER also did business with Chinese tycoons linked with the Chinese military and against the interests of US national security .
10 .
BIDEN ’ s foreign policy stance towards China ( formerly hawkish ) , turned positive despite China ’ s country ’ s rising geopolitical assertiveness .
Lost among the salacious revelations about laptop provenance is the more mundane reality of influence and money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ill informed accusations of Russian hacking and disinformation face the documented reality of a major Chinese state financial partnership with the children of major political figures .
A report by an Asian research firm raises worrying questions about the financial links between China and Hunter Biden .
Beginning just before Joe Biden ’ s ascendancy to the Vice Presidency , Hunter Biden was travelling to Beijing meeting with Chinese financial institutions and political figures would ultimately become his investors .
Finalized in 2013 , the investment partnership included money from the Chinese government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banks a veritable who ’ s who of Chinese state finance .
It is not simply the state money that should cause concern but the structures and deals that took place .
Most investment in specific projects came from state owned entities and flowed into state backed projects or enterprises .
Even the deals speak to the worst of cronyism .
The Hunter Biden investment firm share of a copper mine in the Congo was guaranteed with assets put at risk by the larger copper company to ensure deal flow to Hunter ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims about Hunter Biden ’ s Chinese connections , NBC News suppressed the report and attacked the messenger .
They carried water , ostensibly for the Biden campaign , and other media outlets followed suit .
The American public was largely unaware of this information as Election Day approached , which had an obvious effect on the outcome .
Any credible news outlet would at least ask the question : Is anything in this report true ?
If so , how dangerous is that for America ?
Instead , a major media company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set out to destroy a researcher and discredit an explosive report that questioned the shady dealings of a major party ’ s presidential candidate and his family .
Who benefits from that hit piece from NBC News ?
The Biden-Harris ticket , and the Chinese Communist Party .
*Note : This story has been corrected to properly list Balding ’ s credentials and why he left Vietnam in September .
The author regrets the error .
Jeff Reynolds is the author of the book , “ Behind the Curtain : Inside the Network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Undermine Democracy , ” available at www.WhoOwnsTheDems.com .
Jeff hosts a podcast at anchor.fm/BehindTheCurtain .
You can follow him on Twitter @ ChargerJeff , and on Parler at @ RealJeffReynolds .
McEnany to Levin : Democrat Officials Redesigned the Election to Prop Up Joe Biden The Hunter Biden Corruption Scandal Is a Reckoning for the Legacy Media

Hunter Biden was the October Surprise that wasn’t—a report so explosive, so potentially damaging, so dangerous for national security that it should have destroyed Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. In any other election, fleets of investigative reporters would have been unleashed to verify the claims in the report. Instead, in the ultimate expression of Trump Derangement Syndrome, a major media company set out to personally destroy the man they thought put the report together and thereby discredit the report to the point that the entire media complex in America took turns ridiculing the story instead of investigating it. The results could have dire implications for national security.
But hey, at least they got rid of the Bad Orange Man.
The week before Election Day, RedState published a series of articles about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, based on a 64-page report from researchers who combed public records to reveal how compromised the Biden family is to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). You can read Part 1 here. The four-part series lays out deeply disturbing connections between Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, John Kerry, and the CCP.
The pro-democracy news outlet Apple Daily, based in Hong Kong, used an earlier 40-page version of the report and was the first to report on its findings. In response, NBC News launched a coordinated attack on one of the publishers of the report, Christopher Balding. This attack had all the appearances of being coordinated with the Biden campaign and it had the effect of benefiting the CCP.
The report goes into intimate detail about the deep connections between the Biden family and the CCP. In fact, Hunter Biden’s company BHR is listed as a subsidiary of the Bank of China, owned by the CCP.
Balding, who was a professor at Peking University at their highly regarded business school in Shenzhen, China, for nine years before moving to Vietnam to teach at Fulbright University, has a Ph.D. in Political Economics and has studied the Chinese economy for years. He appeared on a Facebook Live event for the Oregon Republican Party (ORP) on October 30 to talk about his report. In that event, he said, “Hunter Biden started going to China. The first trips that we picked up were shortly before Biden became vice president in 2008, and there was a steady stream of visits to Beijing over time. I would say it was probably almost once a year to China during that time. He was meeting with individuals and institutions that would ultimately become the investors in the BHR Fund.”
“The first thing to note,” Balding said, “is this appears to significantly predate 2013 going back to probably 2008. That’s when you really see the groundwork being laid for this. I think another thing that is very important to note is that all of the individual institutions that are surrounding everything going on here … are very closely linked to the state, whether it is with a quasi-state type of organizations, whether it is state-owned banks, whether it is part of the actual government, everyone that you’re seeing here is very closely linked to the state. A lot of people that you’re seeing are also very closely tied to Chinese organizations that are known by the U.S. government and other governments to be intelligence, their cover institutions for Intel, and an influence operation—and what I mean by that is China has a lot of very innocuous-sounding institutional or organizational names, you know, one of the ones that pops to mind is the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade. CIA documents dating back to the ’50s, saying what they do is compromise foreign businessmen to then force them to impact economic policy in their home country to head off things like economic sanction.”
Before he could even begin his talk for the ORP audience, Balding was delayed for a half an hour by multiple phone calls regarding the hit piece published by NBC News that day. Notably, the piece did not refute any of the facts surrounding Hunter Biden’s shady dealings in communist China. Instead, it focused on the identity of a researcher mentioned in the report. It turns out that the researcher was a made-up persona that Balding created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Many media outlets used this NBC News hit piece, from October 30 through Election Day and beyond, to discredit the 64-page report on how deeply the CCP had compromised both Hunter and Joe Biden. Polls show that around 45% of Biden voters had no idea about important election stories like this one, and 17% of them would not have voted for him if they had known about the stories, including the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden. Now, because this knowledge was suppressed and hidden from the American public, it looks like the CCP will have access to the Oval Office via direct connections to the president and other potential members of his cabinet (barring any reversal of the results of the election).
Balding defended his actions, noting that he was forced to flee Vietnam in mid-September and return to the U.S. after fellow researchers and government employees from Western democracies warned he could no longer consider himself safe from the number of Chinese spies that had come to seek him out. He said the other researchers on the project subjected themselves to grave danger by using their connections to acquire documentation available only inside China, and hidden from the general public.
A reporter with intimate knowledge of the origins of the report, who wished to remain anonymous, told PJ Media in an exclusive interview that Balding had good reason to fear for his safety and that of his fellow researchers. “Balding made a tactical error with the AI stuff,” he said, “but the report was rock solid. We used him a lot in the past when we exposed Huawei and their spying through 5G technology, among other stories. The AI thing allowed them to undermine his credibility, but the report on Hunter Biden and Joe Biden is unassailable. That’s why they attacked the messenger. Bottom line—Balding was right, the Biden family has very deep and troubling ties to the CCP, and the campaign worked with NBC to run a hit piece and discredit the story.”
That’s an explosive claim. A major media outlet in the United States is alleged to have coordinated with a presidential campaign not just to bury a story deeply damaging to the candidate, but to thoroughly discredit it and attempt to personally destroy its author. This was allegedly done as part of a coordinated operation to destroy the presidency of Donald Trump—an operation beginning before Trump even won the primary, and that brought together an immense amount of funding, resources, boots on the ground, and media air cover in which major media outlets simply refused to report anything positive about the Trump administration.
On his blog, Balding provides a summary of all the things that should deeply worry American voters:
Key Points of the Report: 1. Joe Biden’s compromising partnership with the Communist Party of China runs via Yang Jiechi (CPC’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission). YANG met frequently with BIDEN during his tenure at the Chinese embassy in Washington.
2. Hunter Biden’s 2013 Bohai Harvest Rosemont investment partnership was set-up by Ministry of Foreign Affairs institutions who are tasked with garnering influence with foreign leaders during YANG’s tenure as Foreign Minister.
3. HUNTER has a direct line to the Politburo, according to SOURCE A, a senior finance professional in China.
4. Michael Lin, a Taiwanese national now detained in China, brokered the BHR partnership and partners with MOFA foreign influence organizations.
5. LIN is a POI for his work on behalf of China, as confirmed by SOURCE B and SOURCE C (at two separate national intelligence agencies).
6. BHR is a state managed operation. Leading shareholder in BHR is Bank of China which lists BHR as a subsidiary and BHR’s partners are SOEs that funnel revenue/assets to BHR.
7. HUNTER continues to hold 10% in BHR. He visited China in 2010 and met with major Chinese government financial companies that would later back BHR.
8. HUNTER’s BHR stake (purchased for $400,000) is now likely [to] be worth approx. $50 million (fees and capital appreciation based on BHR’s $6.5 billion AUM as stated by Michael Lin).
9. HUNTER also did business with Chinese tycoons linked with the Chinese military and against the interests of US national security.
10. BIDEN’s foreign policy stance towards China (formerly hawkish), turned positive despite China’s country’s rising geopolitical assertiveness. Summary: Lost among the salacious revelations about laptop provenance is the more mundane reality of influence and money of major United States political figures. Ill informed accusations of Russian hacking and disinformation face the documented reality of a major Chinese state financial partnership with the children of major political figures. A report by an Asian research firm raises worrying questions about the financial links between China and Hunter Biden. Beginning just before Joe Biden’s ascendancy to the Vice Presidency, Hunter Biden was travelling to Beijing meeting with Chinese financial institutions and political figures would ultimately become his investors. Finalized in 2013, the investment partnership included money from the Chinese government, social security, and major state-owned banks a veritable who’s who of Chinese state finance. It is not simply the state money that should cause concern but the structures and deals that took place. Most investment in specific projects came from state owned entities and flowed into state backed projects or enterprises. Even the deals speak to the worst of cronyism. The Hunter Biden investment firm share of a copper mine in the Congo was guaranteed with assets put at risk by the larger copper company to ensure deal flow to Hunter’s firm.
Instead of investigating the claims about Hunter Biden’s Chinese connections, NBC News suppressed the report and attacked the messenger. They carried water, ostensibly for the Biden campaign, and other media outlets followed suit. The American public was largely unaware of this information as Election Day approached, which had an obvious effect on the outcome. Any credible news outlet would at least ask the question: Is anything in this report true? If so, how dangerous is that for America? Instead, a major media company, with an agenda to advance, set out to destroy a researcher and discredit an explosive report that questioned the shady dealings of a major party’s presidential candidate and his family.
Who benefits from that hit piece from NBC News? The Biden-Harris ticket, and the Chinese Communist Party.
*Note: This story has been corrected to properly list Balding’s credentials and why he left Vietnam in September. The author regrets the error.
Jeff Reynolds is the author of the book, “Behind the Curtain: Inside the Network of Progressive Billionaires and Their Campaign to Undermine Democracy,” available at www.WhoOwnsTheDems.com. Jeff hosts a podcast at anchor.fm/BehindTheCurtain. You can follow him on Twitter @ChargerJeff, and on Parler at @RealJeffReynolds.


bonginoreport--2020-12-14--U.S. Removes Sudan From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , left , was in Khartoum in August for talks with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok .
The United States on Monday formally removed Sudan 's state sponsor of terrorism designation , 27 years after putting the country on its blacklist , the US embassy in Khartoum announced .
`` The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed and the Secretary of State has signed a notification stating rescission of Sudan 's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is effective as of today ( December 14 ) , to be published in the Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Facebook .
President Donald Trump announced in October that he was delisting Sudan , a step desperately sought by the nation 's new civilian-backed government as the designation severely impeded foreign investment .
As part of a deal , Sudan agreed to pay $ 335 million to compensate survivors and victims ' families from the twin 1998 attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , carried out when dictator Omar al-Bashir was welcoming Al-Qaeda , and a 2000 attack on the USS Cole off Yemen 's coast .
Sudan 's transitional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following Bashir 's overthrow , also agreed to recognize Israel , a major goal for Trump , although Khartoum has sought to downplay the connection .
Trump sent his notice to Congress on October 26 and , under US law , a country exits the terror list after 45 days unless Congress objects , which it has not .

The United States on Monday formally removed Sudan's state sponsor of terrorism designation, 27 years after putting the country on its blacklist, the US embassy in Khartoum announced.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, was in Khartoum in August for talks with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
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"The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed and the Secretary of State has signed a notification stating rescission of Sudan's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is effective as of today (December 14), to be published in the Federal Register," the US embassy said on Facebook.
President Donald Trump announced in October that he was delisting Sudan, a step desperately sought by the nation's new civilian-backed government as the designation severely impeded foreign investment.
As part of a deal, Sudan agreed to pay $335 million to compensate survivors and victims' families from the twin 1998 attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, carried out when dictator Omar al-Bashir was welcoming Al-Qaeda, and a 2000 attack on the USS Cole off Yemen's coast.
Sudan's transitional government, which took over last year following Bashir's overthrow, also agreed to recognize Israel, a major goal for Trump, although Khartoum has sought to downplay the connection.
Trump sent his notice to Congress on October 26 and, under US law, a country exits the terror list after 45 days unless Congress objects, which it has not.
(AFP)
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bonginoreport--2020-12-14--“Intentionally Designed To Create Systemic Fraud” – Damning Report Claims 68% Error Rate in Dominion

“Intentionally Designed To Create Systemic Fraud” – Damning Report Claims 68% Error Rate in Dominion Voting Machines

A forensic report from the Allied Security Operations Group of election results from Antrim County , Michigan concluded Dominion Voting Systems is “ intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results.
” The report reasons that while “ the allowable election error rate established by the Federal Election Commission guidelines is of 1 in 250,000 ballots ( .0008 % ) , ” they “ observed an error rate of 68.05 % with Dominion Voting Systems .
Its findings focus on Antrim County , which saw its election results glitch and flip thousands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity , ” the December 13th summary noted .
Critical to the report is the notion that these errors are a “ result of machine and/or software error , not human error.
” We conclude that the Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results .
The system intentionally generates an enormously high number of ballot errors .
The electronic ballots are then transferred for adjudication .
The intentional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with no oversight , no transparency , and no audit trail .
This leads to voter or election fraud .

A forensic report from the Allied Security Operations Group of election results from Antrim County, Michigan concluded Dominion Voting Systems is “intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results.”
The report reasons that while “the allowable election error rate established by the Federal Election Commission guidelines is of 1 in 250,000 ballots (.0008%),” they “observed an error rate of 68.05% with Dominion Voting Systems. Its findings focus on Antrim County, which saw its election results glitch and flip thousands of votes for President Trump to Joe Biden.
“This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity,” the December 13th summary noted.
Critical to the report is the notion that these errors are a “result of machine and/or software error, not human error.”
The Allied Security Operations Group explains:
We conclude that the Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results. The system intentionally generates an enormously high number of ballot errors. The electronic ballots are then transferred for adjudication. The intentional errors lead to bulk adjudication of ballots with no oversight, no transparency, and no audit trail. This leads to voter or election fraud.
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bonginoreport--2020-12-14--Biden Officially Passes 270 Votes in Electoral College

The Electoral College has met to confirm Joe Biden as the president-elect .
Despite President Trump 's lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 3 election against Biden , 538 electors from all 50 states and Washington , D.C. , convened Monday , and by Monday evening , they had given Biden the 270 votes he needed to claim the White House .
Biden was expected to end the meeting with 306 electoral votes to Trump 's 232 , reflecting the popular votes from each of the jurisdictions .
The gathering garnered more attention this cycle after key Republicans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , made it the deadline for him to acknowledge Biden as the president-elect .
`` The Electoral College will determine the winner , '' McConnell said .
Outside of legal challenges , there is still one mechanism Trump allies can use to thwart Biden temporarily : a House lawmaker and a senator can question the election results during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 .
Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks has already indicated he 's likely to challenge the results .
The strategy , however , requires the support of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though with a narrow margin .
While McConnell had yet to comment , other congressional Republican leaders weighed in on tensions .
Senate Majority Whip John Thune suggested it was `` time for everybody to move on . ''
Senior Texas Sen. John Cornyn signaled he was against lawmakers questioning the vote on Jan. 6 but seemed more open to lawsuits .
`` I think he 's president-elect , subject to whatever additional litigation is ongoing , '' Cornyn said of Biden .
As of 5 p.m. , there had been no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pro-Trump alternative electors alluded to Monday morning by White House adviser Stephen Miller .
Miller told Fox and Friends that Trump would likely dispute the election in courts until Biden 's inauguration on Jan. 20 .
`` We have more than enough time to right the wrong of this fraudulent election result and certify Donald Trump as the winner of the election , '' he said .
`` As we speak today , an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote , and we 're going to send @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas electors also voted 34-4 to push Pennsylvania , Georgia , Michigan , and Wisconsin 's Republican-led legislatures to appoint their more pro-Trump electors despite Biden taking those states .

The Electoral College has met to confirm Joe Biden as the president-elect.
Despite President Trump's lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 3 election against Biden, 538 electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., convened Monday, and by Monday evening, they had given Biden the 270 votes he needed to claim the White House.
Biden was expected to end the meeting with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, reflecting the popular votes from each of the jurisdictions.
The gathering garnered more attention this cycle after key Republicans, such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, made it the deadline for him to acknowledge Biden as the president-elect.
"The Electoral College will determine the winner," McConnell said.
Outside of legal challenges, there is still one mechanism Trump allies can use to thwart Biden temporarily: a House lawmaker and a senator can question the election results during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.
Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks has already indicated he's likely to challenge the results. The strategy, however, requires the support of the House, which is controlled by Democrats, though with a narrow margin.
While McConnell had yet to comment, other congressional Republican leaders weighed in on tensions. Senate Majority Whip John Thune suggested it was "time for everybody to move on." Senior Texas Sen. John Cornyn signaled he was against lawmakers questioning the vote on Jan. 6 but seemed more open to lawsuits.
"I think he's president-elect, subject to whatever additional litigation is ongoing," Cornyn said of Biden.
As of 5 p.m., there had been no faithless electors, nor a group of pro-Trump alternative electors alluded to Monday morning by White House adviser Stephen Miller.
Miller told Fox and Friends that Trump would likely dispute the election in courts until Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.
"We have more than enough time to right the wrong of this fraudulent election result and certify Donald Trump as the winner of the election," he said. "As we speak today, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote, and we're going to send those results up to Congress."
Texas electors also voted 34-4 to push Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin's Republican-led legislatures to appoint their more pro-Trump electors despite Biden taking those states.


bonginoreport--2020-12-14--California Health Secretary Admits Outdoor Dining Ban Was Just to Keep People Home

California Health Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said in a video announcement on Wednesday that the lockdown rules in the state preventing outdoor dining are not a tool for safety , but rather a tactic to `` keep people at home . ''
`` Turning to restaurants to deliver and provide takeout options instead really has to do with the goal of trying to keep people at home , '' Ghaly said .
`` Not a comment on the relative safety of outdoor dining . ''
Ghaly commented on the extensive steps which restaurants have taken with the government to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` keeping tables farther apart , to ensuring masking happens as much as possible , to create opportunities for air circulation . ''
He pointed out `` all of those factors make outdoor dining lower risk . ''
`` But right now , '' Ghaly continued , `` we advise against anything that you can do in another way , in a lower risk way , that avoids you either leaving your home , or only leaving your home in a way that does n't expose you and cause you to mix with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have come under extensive criticism by conservatives who have suggested that the restrictions put in place are arbitrary and draconian , while Democrats have mostly , although in Ghaly 's case not always , argued that they are necessary steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus .
Conservatives have also pointed the fact that some state officials and healthcare profession leaders , who have strongly supported lockdown measures , have flaunted the rules themselves .
California Governor Gavin Newsom was photographed in November dining at a lavish restaurant in Napa , California with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a time when his own orders restricted such gatherings .

California Health Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said in a video announcement on Wednesday that the lockdown rules in the state preventing outdoor dining are not a tool for safety, but rather a tactic to "keep people at home."
"Turning to restaurants to deliver and provide takeout options instead really has to do with the goal of trying to keep people at home," Ghaly said. "Not a comment on the relative safety of outdoor dining."
Ghaly commented on the extensive steps which restaurants have taken with the government to make outdoor dining as safe as possible including "keeping tables farther apart, to ensuring masking happens as much as possible, to create opportunities for air circulation." He pointed out "all of those factors make outdoor dining lower risk."
"But right now," Ghaly continued, "we advise against anything that you can do in another way, in a lower risk way, that avoids you either leaving your home, or only leaving your home in a way that doesn't expose you and cause you to mix with others."
California's lockdown rules have come under extensive criticism by conservatives who have suggested that the restrictions put in place are arbitrary and draconian, while Democrats have mostly, although in Ghaly's case not always, argued that they are necessary steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Conservatives have also pointed the fact that some state officials and healthcare profession leaders, who have strongly supported lockdown measures, have flaunted the rules themselves. California Governor Gavin Newsom was photographed in November dining at a lavish restaurant in Napa, California with a small group of people even at a time when his own orders restricted such gatherings.


bonginoreport--2020-12-14--Atlis Gym Fined $1.2 Million for Defying Lockdowns

The owner of a New Jersey gym which defied state-imposed lockdown orders has been fined more than $ 1.2 million , the New York Post reports .
The gym owners say , however , that they will ignore the fine and stay open anyway as a `` f*ck you '' to Democratic Governor Phil Murphy , as one occupant can be heard stating defiantly in the background of a video posted online by the gym 's owners .
The Atilis Gym in Bellmawr , New Jersey became a symbol of anti-lockdown protests after it refused to close its doors in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the state government that they close their doors .
More than half a year later , the gym has racked up more than 60 citations from the state authorities despite not having a single case of coronavirus linked to the establishment .
The gym has also had their doors barricaded , their business license revoked , and their owners arrested , according to the gym 's co-owner .
In their video posted online , Ian Smith , one of the gym 's co-owners , had written on a placard `` Gov .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ us $ 15k for it .
But ... Free men do n't ask permission . ''
Smith described the attempts to shutdown his gym as `` a complete tragedy '' and `` criminal . ''
`` You are putting people out of business for good .
You are making them reliant on big government .
You are taking away their civil liberties under the guise of pretending like you care about public health , '' Smith said .
Smith has also resisted mandating masks in the gym , claiming that other safety measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep its occupants safe .

The owner of a New Jersey gym which defied state-imposed lockdown orders has been fined more than $1.2 million, the New York Post reports.
The gym owners say, however, that they will ignore the fine and stay open anyway as a "f*ck you" to Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, as one occupant can be heard stating defiantly in the background of a video posted online by the gym's owners.
The Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey became a symbol of anti-lockdown protests after it refused to close its doors in May. The gym repeatedly ignored demands from the state government that they close their doors.
More than half a year later, the gym has racked up more than 60 citations from the state authorities despite not having a single case of coronavirus linked to the establishment. The gym has also had their doors barricaded, their business license revoked, and their owners arrested, according to the gym's co-owner.
In their video posted online, Ian Smith, one of the gym's co-owners, had written on a placard "Gov. Murphy will see this video and fine us $15k for it. But... Free men don't ask permission."
Smith described the attempts to shutdown his gym as "a complete tragedy" and "criminal."
"You are putting people out of business for good. You are making them reliant on big government. You are taking away their civil liberties under the guise of pretending like you care about public health," Smith said.
Smith has also resisted mandating masks in the gym, claiming that other safety measures the gym has taken is enough to keep its occupants safe.


bonginoreport--2020-12-14--De Blasio Warns of “Full Shutdown” of NYC

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As vaccines began being put into arms in New York City and indoor dining was shut down again Monday , Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov .
Andrew Cuomo warned that additional restrictions could be coming — potentially including a return to a full shutdown .
“ There ’ s the potential of having to do a full pause , a full shutdown , in the coming weeks , because we can ’ t let this kind of momentum go , ” de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comments made by Gov .
Andrew Cuomo last week , in which the state ’ s top executive said a fuller shutdown could be in the offing this winter .
“ We ’ re seeing the kind of level of infection with the coronavirus we haven ’ t seen since May and we have got to stop that momentum — or else , our hospital system will be threatened , ” de Blasio said .
Cuomo again echoed the sentiment in his briefing at the Capitol in Albany on Monday , telling reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York City and other regions across the Empire State may face lockdown restrictions again by January .
“ If you don ’ t change the trajectory , we ’ re going to shut down and then your business is going to close , and that my friends , is a real problem , ” the governor told reporters .
“ Worry about that because that is a real worry .
Deaths are a worry and shutdowns of the economy are the real worries and they are viable worries , ” he continued .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is not far fetched .
This is something to really worry about.
” Both men spoke as the front-line employees at public and private hospitals in Gotham received the first jabs of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines .
Officials have said that doctors and nurses and the staff and residents of nursing homes will have priority for the first shots because those two groups are at the highest risk for contracting the frightening disease .
Officials believe a massive inoculation effort can finally put an end to the pandemic that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but have warned that it will take months to manufacture and distribute enough vaccine to stop the coronavirus ’ s spread .
However , any decision on a full shutdown is ultimately Cuomo ’ s to make under the emergency public health orders the governor issued in the spring , during a slew of disagreements with Hizzoner over the initial imposition of coronavirus restrictions .
Local governments — including City Hall — are tasked with enforcing the governor ’ s rules , which has proven to be another frequent flash point between Cuomo @ @ @ @

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As vaccines began being put into arms in New York City and indoor dining was shut down again Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that additional restrictions could be coming — potentially including a return to a full shutdown.
“There’s the potential of having to do a full pause, a full shutdown, in the coming weeks, because we can’t let this kind of momentum go,” de Blasio said on CNN when asked about comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week, in which the state’s top executive said a fuller shutdown could be in the offing this winter.
“We’re seeing the kind of level of infection with the coronavirus we haven’t seen since May and we have got to stop that momentum — or else, our hospital system will be threatened,” de Blasio said.
Cuomo again echoed the sentiment in his briefing at the Capitol in Albany on Monday, telling reporters that if current trends hold, New York City and other regions across the Empire State may face lockdown restrictions again by January.
“If you don’t change the trajectory, we’re going to shut down and then your business is going to close, and that my friends, is a real problem,” the governor told reporters.
“Worry about that because that is a real worry. Deaths are a worry and shutdowns of the economy are the real worries and they are viable worries,” he continued. “This is not an overanxious personality. This is not far fetched. This is something to really worry about.”
Both men spoke as the front-line employees at public and private hospitals in Gotham received the first jabs of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines.
Officials have said that doctors and nurses and the staff and residents of nursing homes will have priority for the first shots because those two groups are at the highest risk for contracting the frightening disease.
Officials believe a massive inoculation effort can finally put an end to the pandemic that’s claimed more than 24,000 lives — but have warned that it will take months to manufacture and distribute enough vaccine to stop the coronavirus’s spread.
Tables are spaced to allow for proper social distancing as customers enjoy lunch indoors at Katz’s Delicatessen in New York. AP
However, any decision on a full shutdown is ultimately Cuomo’s to make under the emergency public health orders the governor issued in the spring, during a slew of disagreements with Hizzoner over the initial imposition of coronavirus restrictions.
Local governments — including City Hall — are tasked with enforcing the governor’s rules, which has proven to be another frequent flash point between Cuomo and de Blasio.