bonginoreport--2020-12-31--Stacey Abrams’ Sister Reverses Controversial Voter Eligibility Ruling

Federal Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner , Stacey Abrams ' sister , Georgia has ruled that a Georgia county can require some voters to cast provisional ballots with just five days left until election day .
Roughly 4,000 voters in Muscogee County are facing eligibility challenges .
Judge Gardner originally issued a restraining order against the county against forcing the voters to use provisional ballots .
Now the judge has overruled her previous restraining order , allowing the county to force the potential voters to submit provisional ballots , Politico reports .
Gardner also ruled , however , that the eligibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solely using the National Change of Address Registry .
`` The challenge to their eligibility will not be sustained absent specific evidence of ineligibility , '' she wrote .
She also required that any voters considered ineligible have the right to challenge such eligibility requirements until Jan. 8 , three days after the Jan. 5 Senate elections .
Republicans have expressed frustration that Gardner , an Obama appointee , did not recuse herself from the case given her close relationship with Stacey Abrams , a prominent Democratic politician in the state .
Abrams @ @ @ @ @ @ @ losing by a narrow margin .
She blamed her loss on voter suppression .
The ruling is a partial victory for Republicans when compared to the previous restraining order .
The county board of elections praised the decision .
`` The Muscogee County Board of Elections is pleased that Judge Abrams Gardner 's Order dissolves the previous temporary restraining order and allows the Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registration to resume the use of provisional ballots and its adjudication of the election challenge , '' the county board of elections said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ praised the ruling as a `` victory over voter suppression . ''

Federal Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, Stacey Abrams' sister, Georgia has ruled that a Georgia county can require some voters to cast provisional ballots with just five days left until election day.
Roughly 4,000 voters in Muscogee County are facing eligibility challenges. Judge Gardner originally issued a restraining order against the county against forcing the voters to use provisional ballots.
Now the judge has overruled her previous restraining order, allowing the county to force the potential voters to submit provisional ballots, Politico reports.
Gardner also ruled, however, that the eligibility of these voters cannot be challenged solely using the National Change of Address Registry.
"The challenge to their eligibility will not be sustained absent specific evidence of ineligibility," she wrote.
She also required that any voters considered ineligible have the right to challenge such eligibility requirements until Jan. 8, three days after the Jan. 5 Senate elections.
Republicans have expressed frustration that Gardner, an Obama appointee, did not recuse herself from the case given her close relationship with Stacey Abrams, a prominent Democratic politician in the state. Abrams ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, losing by a narrow margin. She blamed her loss on voter suppression.
The ruling is a partial victory for Republicans when compared to the previous restraining order. The county board of elections praised the decision.
"The Muscogee County Board of Elections is pleased that Judge Abrams Gardner's Order dissolves the previous temporary restraining order and allows the Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registration to resume the use of provisional ballots and its adjudication of the election challenge," the county board of elections said.
Majority Forward, a Democratic-aligned organization, praised the ruling as a "victory over voter suppression."


bonginoreport--2020-12-31--The Media’s War With Trump: A Timeline

The Media’s War With Trump: A Timeline

While every President has their critics in the press , the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts , columnists , commentators , contributors , anchors and working reporters — openly mock and disparage the President of the United States , often to the cheers of their brethren .
Here ’ s eight minutes of their worst : The Media Research Center is the only institution that has comprehensively tracked the liberal media ’ s concerted effort to tear down this President .
We ’ ve analyzed every broadcast evening news story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve supplemented this research with dozens of additional studies examining broadcast morning news and the liberal cable networks ; and we ’ ve posted thousands of articles detailing all of this bias to our NewsBusters blog .
After four years , our research documents a liberal media establishment that jettisoned its last professional restraints to become active opponents of the President of the United States : ■ The Honeymoon from Hell : Instead of the traditional “ honeymoon ” period with the press , reporters began taking swipes at President Trump mere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our first study of ABC , CBS and NBC evening news coverage found the broadcast networks punished him with 89 percent negative coverage during those early days , by far the most hostile treatment of any incoming American President .
Harvard ’ s Shorenstein Center posted very similar results , finding CBS and NBC ’ s coverage of Trump during this period was 93 percent negative ; the same group determined news coverage of Barack Obama ’ s first 100 days was 59 percent positive .
The media ’ s # resistance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Russia Collusion Cloud : During the President ’ s first year in office , one-fifth of all broadcast evening news coverage was spent on the Russia investigation , wrapping Trump in a perpetual cloud of suspicion and stealing valuable airtime away from key administration initiatives .
By the time it ended in 2019 , those three newscasts alone had spent an astounding 2,634 minutes on the Mueller probe , yammering endlessly about a “ constitutional crisis ” even as they buried crucial questions surrounding the investigation ’ s bias .
Over 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40 minutes on the blatant bias of FBI agents revealed in text messages ; gave just 34 minutes to the Democratic-funded dossier used to jump-start the investigation ; and spent just 20 minutes on how the Obama administration might have abused the FISA courts to monitor a Trump campaign advisor .
Just before this year ’ s election , declassified notes exposed the Russia collusion probe as a Hillary Clinton “ plan ” to distract from her e-mail server , and that President Obama was briefed on that plan .
Despite spending such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years chasing the Russia story , ABC , CBS and NBC refused to provide even a second of coverage to these damning documents .
■ Trashing His Policies : When they weren ’ t hyping fruitless investigations , the networks zeroed in on whichever Trump policy was most despised by liberal activists at that moment , then pounded it with bad press .
During the first weeks of the administration , the favored target was the so-called “ travel ban ” ( 223 minutes of airtime in just 11 weeks , 93 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up was the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare , drawing 384 minutes from March 1 through July 31 ( after John McCain ’ s thumbs-down killed GOP reform plans ) .
The network spin on Trump ’ s replacement plan was even more negative than that of the “ travel ban , ” 95 percent negative .
And during the first 18 months of the Trump presidency , immigration received the most airtime of any policy topic .
The networks ’ spin was relentlessly hostile to the administration ( 92 % negative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their coverage around the plight of those adversely affected by enforcement and virtually ignored anyone harmed by illegal immigration .
The hostility was even more pronounced on cable news : During a three-day period in June 2018 , CNN and MSNBC talking heads made 22 references to Trump ’ s policies as being akin to slavery , FDR ’ s Japanese internment camps , or the Holocaust .
■ Accomplishments Ignored : In his first year in office , President Trump took action to promote religious freedom by loosening ObamaCare ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care after Obama ’ s scandalous administration of VA hospitals ; and appoint a record 12 judges to the federal circuit courts of appeal .
Yet in a year that saw nearly 100 hours of evening news coverage of the new President , these accomplishments ranged from a paltry six minutes ( for promoting religious freedom ) to a nearly non-existent 37 seconds ( for elevating conservative judges ) .
In November and December , 2017 , these newscasts pounded President Trump ’ s tax reform package with 173 minutes of ( 80 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being debated in Congress .
But in the first two months of 2018 , as the plan ’ s benefits were quickly realized in big bonuses for many workers , an improving economic outlook and a soaring stock market , the networks abandoned their interest ; evening news coverage evaporated to just nine minutes , a 95 percent decline in coverage from the prior two months .
Another major Trump accomplishment : the virtual destruction of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria .
By October 2018 , U.S.-backed coalition forces had regained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-ordained caliphate occupied in 2015 .
Yet on network evening broadcasts , the President and his administration received virtually no credit for this achievement , with only 33 minutes ( a minuscule 0.33 % of all Trump coverage up to that point ) mentioning their role in the successful fight against ISIS .
■ Impeachment Smothers More Success : Beginning only two days after Trump was elected in 2016 — and more than two months before he was sworn in — media talking heads had been suggesting his impeachment and removal from office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon after Mueller ’ s Russia probe ended without finding proof of collusion , the media leaped on the President ’ s phone call with the Ukrainian president as grounds for their long-sought impeachment investigation .
From September 24 , 2019 to January 31 , 2020 , impeachment drowned out all other Trump topics , with 1,082 minutes of airtime , or three-fifths ( 61 % ) of all Trump administration coverage .
The frenzied coverage eclipsed successes such as the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( 45 minutes before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the administration ’ s economic policies ( just 14 minutes ) .
During the Clinton years , the media deplored impeachment as the persecution of an elected President , but hypocritically flipped those standards during the Trump years .
Like the Russia probe , the impeachment drama stole more valuable months from the President when he could have been pursuing his agenda , yet reporters were nonetheless morose when it ended — inevitably — with Trump ’ s acquittal by the Republican Senate .
TV talking heads decried the verdict as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ■ The Virus that Ate the 2020 News Agenda : As with the Russia investigation and impeachment , the coronavirus pandemic became the anti-Trump story the media loved to report , crowding out nearly all other topics .
From the initial reports in January through October 20 , 2020 , the ABC , CBS and NBC evening newscasts spent 1,745 minutes reporting on the administration ’ s handling of the virus ; the spin of this coverage was 95 percent negative .
( This does not include an additional 140 minutes about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
In contrast , those broadcasts spent only 113 minutes reporting on the President ’ s handling of the economy , a 15-to-one disparity .
The economy was largely a good news story for Trump ( even on the networks , the spin of these stories was a remarkable 79 % positive ) , but it was essentially lost amid an ocean of bad news about the virus .
For example , the five jobs reports from June 5 to October 2 showed a record 11,161,000 jobs were created in the extraordinary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports were only given a combined 16 minutes , 55 seconds of airtime when they were released , and each time correspondents wrapped them in negativity .
When 4.8 million new jobs were announced on July 2 , CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan offered an immediate downer : “ That good news comes with a big catch , ” predicting new lockdowns would cause future job losses .
But that didn ’ t happen — the next month saw another huge gain : 1.8 million new jobs , yet “ many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent , ” NBC ’ s Peter Alexander fretted on the August 7 Nightly News .
On October 29 , the media were confronted with another record-setting economic report : the single biggest quarterly jump in economic growth , 33.1 percent on an annual basis ( the previous record came more than 70 years ago : 16.7 % in the first three months of 1950 ) .
The three evening newscasts combined gave it a stingy two minutes , 23 seconds of airtime , pouring on the pessimism .
“ The U.S. economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the huge hit it took during the peak of the shutdowns , ” NBC correspondent Jo Ling Kent griped on Nightly News .
■ More Accomplishments Overlooked : As the 2020 election neared , the President and his team made history by brokering peace agreements with Israel and several of her Arab neighbors .
Yet in 33 days that culminated in a White House signing ceremony on September 15 , the network evening newscasts delivered just nine minutes of coverage to these historic agreements .
Amid a summer of protests and racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improvements brought by 2018 passage of the President ’ s criminal justice reform legislation : a meager 35 seconds of airtime from June 1 through September 30 .
Instead , the networks doled out 192 minutes of mostly ( 96 % ) condemnatory coverage of the President ’ s response to the George Floyd case and other race-related matters .
The Obama administration added a flurry of federal regulations , adding an estimated $ 108 billion annual burden on the economy .
Upon taking office , the Trump administration engaged in aggressive deregulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Economic Advisors estimated would ultimately benefit each American household to the tune of $ 3,100 each .
Yet such a tangible achievement mattered little to the media ; from January 20 , 2017 through October 20 , 2020 the big three evening newscasts — combined — supplied just 11 minutes of airtime , or less than 15 seconds per month .
In his first year , President Trump took action to start long-stalled pipeline projects to boost America ’ s energy independence , but the networks rewarded the effort with a tiny seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drilling offshore and in the Arctic were given even less airtime — just five minutes over the course of his presidency .
Yet those same networks pounced on Trump ’ s rejection of liberal orthodoxy on climate change , dumping 111 minutes of ( mostly negative ) coverage — nearly ten times more airtime than the push for energy independence .
■ Campaign Bias : During their August conventions , both parties theoretically had a chance to make their case to voters , but while liberal cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC chose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any significant interruption , they refused to give equal treatment to Republicans .
During the GOP convention , cable anchors and reporters repeatedly stepped over the party-produced content to deplore and criticize what viewers were trying to watch .
The interruptions on MSNBC , in fact , were 600 TIMES greater during the Republican convention ( 201 minutes ) than during the Democratic convention ( 21 seconds ) .
While the media continued their four-year practice of harshly criticizing President Trump , they ignored controversies involving his Democratic opponent , Joe Biden .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for weeks to cover serious allegations from a former staffer that Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s .
After a meager 23 minutes of coverage on the three evening newscasts in late April and early May , the media dropped the story , despite the fact that at least eight corroborating witnesses had come forward in the case .
Following the primaries , Biden worked with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders to create a 110-page “ blueprint ” for radical change , then picked a running mate , Senator Kamala Harris , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left-wing than Sanders .
Yet the criticism that Biden and Harris , would pursue left-wing policies outside of the mainstream was given a mere five minutes , 43 seconds of airtime over 12 weeks of fall campaign coverage , or barely two percent of the Democrats ’ total ( 279 minutes ) .
The media also bypassed the financial scandal enveloping Biden and his son , Hunter .
From the morning of October 14 , when the New York Post published new evidence of Hunter Biden ’ s corrupt business dealings with Ukraine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , through the morning of October 27 , the broadcast networks gave it a scant 21 minutes on their morning , evening and Sunday roundtable programs .
When journalists did mention the story , they spent most of their time dismissing it as Russian disinformation .
Comparing Trump to Biden , the networks could not have made their preference more clear .
Our study of evening news coverage from July 29 to October 20 found 890 evaluative comments about Trump , 92 percent of which were negative .
For Biden , the networks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which were positive .
■ After the election , a Media Research Center poll of 1,750 Biden voters in seven swing states , conducted by The Polling Company , found many were unaware of many of Trump ’ s accomplishments or Biden ’ s scandals ; if they had known , 17 percent would have abandoned the Democratic candidate — enough to flip Arizona , Georgia , Michigan , Nevada , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump , giving the President a 311 electoral vote victory .
Yet even with the media ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relentless four-year onslaught of hostile press coverage , it ’ s remarkable that Donald Trump drew at least 11 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016 .
That ’ s millions of citizens who chose to ignore the media ’ s message , and instead supported a President whose accomplishments they obviously preferred .
That should be a warning to journalists who refuse to restrain their activism ( and a hopeful sign for conservatives weary of a liberal media hegemony ) : the more they act like partisans , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public ’ s thinking .

While every President has their critics in the press, the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts, columnists, commentators, contributors, anchors and working reporters — openly mock and disparage the President of the United States, often to the cheers of their brethren. Here’s eight minutes of their worst:
The Media Research Center is the only institution that has comprehensively tracked the liberal media’s concerted effort to tear down this President. We’ve analyzed every broadcast evening news story since January 20, 2017; we’ve supplemented this research with dozens of additional studies examining broadcast morning news and the liberal cable networks; and we’ve posted thousands of articles detailing all of this bias to our NewsBusters blog.
After four years, our research documents a liberal media establishment that jettisoned its last professional restraints to become active opponents of the President of the United States:
■ The Honeymoon from Hell: Instead of the traditional “honeymoon” period with the press, reporters began taking swipes at President Trump mere moments after he concluded his Inaugural Address. Our first study of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage found the broadcast networks punished him with 89 percent negative coverage during those early days, by far the most hostile treatment of any incoming American President.
Harvard’s Shorenstein Center posted very similar results, finding CBS and NBC’s coverage of Trump during this period was 93 percent negative; the same group determined news coverage of Barack Obama’s first 100 days was 59 percent positive. The media’s #resistance was already well under way.
■ The Russia Collusion Cloud: During the President’s first year in office, one-fifth of all broadcast evening news coverage was spent on the Russia investigation, wrapping Trump in a perpetual cloud of suspicion and stealing valuable airtime away from key administration initiatives. By the time it ended in 2019, those three newscasts alone had spent an astounding 2,634 minutes on the Mueller probe, yammering endlessly about a “constitutional crisis” even as they buried crucial questions surrounding the investigation’s bias.
Over 31 months, these newscasts spent a mere 40 minutes on the blatant bias of FBI agents revealed in text messages; gave just 34 minutes to the Democratic-funded dossier used to jump-start the investigation; and spent just 20 minutes on how the Obama administration might have abused the FISA courts to monitor a Trump campaign advisor.
Just before this year’s election, declassified notes exposed the Russia collusion probe as a Hillary Clinton “plan” to distract from her e-mail server, and that President Obama was briefed on that plan. Despite spending such a huge amount of airtime over three years chasing the Russia story, ABC, CBS and NBC refused to provide even a second of coverage to these damning documents.
■ Trashing His Policies: When they weren’t hyping fruitless investigations, the networks zeroed in on whichever Trump policy was most despised by liberal activists at that moment, then pounded it with bad press. During the first weeks of the administration, the favored target was the so-called “travel ban” (223 minutes of airtime in just 11 weeks, 93% of which was negative).
Next up was the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare, drawing 384 minutes from March 1 through July 31 (after John McCain’s thumbs-down killed GOP reform plans). The network spin on Trump’s replacement plan was even more negative than that of the “travel ban,” 95 percent negative.
And during the first 18 months of the Trump presidency, immigration received the most airtime of any policy topic. The networks’ spin was relentlessly hostile to the administration (92% negative) as these newscasts framed nearly all of their coverage around the plight of those adversely affected by enforcement and virtually ignored anyone harmed by illegal immigration.
The hostility was even more pronounced on cable news: During a three-day period in June 2018, CNN and MSNBC talking heads made 22 references to Trump’s policies as being akin to slavery, FDR’s Japanese internment camps, or the Holocaust.
■ Accomplishments Ignored: In his first year in office, President Trump took action to promote religious freedom by loosening ObamaCare’s contraceptive mandate; reform veteran’s care after Obama’s scandalous administration of VA hospitals; and appoint a record 12 judges to the federal circuit courts of appeal.
Yet in a year that saw nearly 100 hours of evening news coverage of the new President, these accomplishments ranged from a paltry six minutes (for promoting religious freedom) to a nearly non-existent 37 seconds (for elevating conservative judges).
In November and December, 2017, these newscasts pounded President Trump’s tax reform package with 173 minutes of (80% negative) coverage as it was being debated in Congress. But in the first two months of 2018, as the plan’s benefits were quickly realized in big bonuses for many workers, an improving economic outlook and a soaring stock market, the networks abandoned their interest; evening news coverage evaporated to just nine minutes, a 95 percent decline in coverage from the prior two months.
Another major Trump accomplishment: the virtual destruction of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. By October 2018, U.S.-backed coalition forces had regained nearly all of the territory that the self-ordained caliphate occupied in 2015. Yet on network evening broadcasts, the President and his administration received virtually no credit for this achievement, with only 33 minutes (a minuscule 0.33% of all Trump coverage up to that point) mentioning their role in the successful fight against ISIS.
■ Impeachment Smothers More Success: Beginning only two days after Trump was elected in 2016 — and more than two months before he was sworn in — media talking heads had been suggesting his impeachment and removal from office. So it was probably inevitable that soon after Mueller’s Russia probe ended without finding proof of collusion, the media leaped on the President’s phone call with the Ukrainian president as grounds for their long-sought impeachment investigation.
From September 24, 2019 to January 31, 2020, impeachment drowned out all other Trump topics, with 1,082 minutes of airtime, or three-fifths (61%) of all Trump administration coverage. The frenzied coverage eclipsed successes such as the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (45 minutes before the networks dropped it from their newscasts) and the administration’s economic policies (just 14 minutes).
During the Clinton years, the media deplored impeachment as the persecution of an elected President, but hypocritically flipped those standards during the Trump years. Like the Russia probe, the impeachment drama stole more valuable months from the President when he could have been pursuing his agenda, yet reporters were nonetheless morose when it ended — inevitably — with Trump’s acquittal by the Republican Senate. TV talking heads decried the verdict as a “travesty” and a “sham.”
■ The Virus that Ate the 2020 News Agenda: As with the Russia investigation and impeachment, the coronavirus pandemic became the anti-Trump story the media loved to report, crowding out nearly all other topics. From the initial reports in January through October 20, 2020, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts spent 1,745 minutes reporting on the administration’s handling of the virus; the spin of this coverage was 95 percent negative. (This does not include an additional 140 minutes about the President’s own coronavirus diagnosis.)
In contrast, those broadcasts spent only 113 minutes reporting on the President’s handling of the economy, a 15-to-one disparity. The economy was largely a good news story for Trump (even on the networks, the spin of these stories was a remarkable 79% positive), but it was essentially lost amid an ocean of bad news about the virus.
For example, the five jobs reports from June 5 to October 2 showed a record 11,161,000 jobs were created in the extraordinary snapback from the pandemic recession. Those reports were only given a combined 16 minutes, 55 seconds of airtime when they were released, and each time correspondents wrapped them in negativity. When 4.8 million new jobs were announced on July 2, CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan offered an immediate downer: “That good news comes with a big catch,” predicting new lockdowns would cause future job losses.
But that didn’t happen — the next month saw another huge gain: 1.8 million new jobs, yet “many economists fear temporary job losses are becoming permanent,” NBC’s Peter Alexander fretted on the August 7 Nightly News.
On October 29, the media were confronted with another record-setting economic report: the single biggest quarterly jump in economic growth, 33.1 percent on an annual basis (the previous record came more than 70 years ago: 16.7% in the first three months of 1950). The three evening newscasts combined gave it a stingy two minutes, 23 seconds of airtime, pouring on the pessimism. “The U.S. economy still has not bounced back in full from the huge hit it took during the peak of the shutdowns,” NBC correspondent Jo Ling Kent griped on Nightly News.
■ More Accomplishments Overlooked: As the 2020 election neared, the President and his team made history by brokering peace agreements with Israel and several of her Arab neighbors. Yet in 33 days that culminated in a White House signing ceremony on September 15, the network evening newscasts delivered just nine minutes of coverage to these historic agreements.
Amid a summer of protests and racial unrest, these newscasts glossed over the improvements brought by 2018 passage of the President’s criminal justice reform legislation: a meager 35 seconds of airtime from June 1 through September 30. Instead, the networks doled out 192 minutes of mostly (96%) condemnatory coverage of the President’s response to the George Floyd case and other race-related matters.
The Obama administration added a flurry of federal regulations, adding an estimated $108 billion annual burden on the economy. Upon taking office, the Trump administration engaged in aggressive deregulation, which the White House Council of Economic Advisors estimated would ultimately benefit each American household to the tune of $3,100 each.
Yet such a tangible achievement mattered little to the media; from January 20, 2017 through October 20, 2020 the big three evening newscasts — combined — supplied just 11 minutes of airtime, or less than 15 seconds per month.
In his first year, President Trump took action to start long-stalled pipeline projects to boost America’s energy independence, but the networks rewarded the effort with a tiny seven minutes of coverage. Policies to expand drilling offshore and in the Arctic were given even less airtime — just five minutes over the course of his presidency. Yet those same networks pounced on Trump’s rejection of liberal orthodoxy on climate change, dumping 111 minutes of (mostly negative) coverage — nearly ten times more airtime than the push for energy independence.
■ Campaign Bias: During their August conventions, both parties theoretically had a chance to make their case to voters, but while liberal cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC chose to let the Democratic advertisement run without any significant interruption, they refused to give equal treatment to Republicans. During the GOP convention, cable anchors and reporters repeatedly stepped over the party-produced content to deplore and criticize what viewers were trying to watch.
The interruptions on MSNBC, in fact, were 600 TIMES greater during the Republican convention (201 minutes) than during the Democratic convention (21 seconds).
While the media continued their four-year practice of harshly criticizing President Trump, they ignored controversies involving his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
In the spring, the networks refused for weeks to cover serious allegations from a former staffer that Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. After a meager 23 minutes of coverage on the three evening newscasts in late April and early May, the media dropped the story, despite the fact that at least eight corroborating witnesses had come forward in the case.
Following the primaries, Biden worked with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders to create a 110-page “blueprint” for radical change, then picked a running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, who one analysis found to be even more left-wing than Sanders. Yet the criticism that Biden and Harris, would pursue left-wing policies outside of the mainstream was given a mere five minutes, 43 seconds of airtime over 12 weeks of fall campaign coverage, or barely two percent of the Democrats’ total (279 minutes).
The media also bypassed the financial scandal enveloping Biden and his son, Hunter. From the morning of October 14, when the New York Post published new evidence of Hunter Biden’s corrupt business dealings with Ukraine and Joe Biden’s potential involvement, through the morning of October 27, the broadcast networks gave it a scant 21 minutes on their morning, evening and Sunday roundtable programs. When journalists did mention the story, they spent most of their time dismissing it as Russian disinformation.
Comparing Trump to Biden, the networks could not have made their preference more clear. Our study of evening news coverage from July 29 to October 20 found 890 evaluative comments about Trump, 92 percent of which were negative. For Biden, the networks only offered 91 evaluations, 66 percent of which were positive.
■ After the election, a Media Research Center poll of 1,750 Biden voters in seven swing states, conducted by The Polling Company, found many were unaware of many of Trump’s accomplishments or Biden’s scandals; if they had known, 17 percent would have abandoned the Democratic candidate — enough to flip Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump, giving the President a 311 electoral vote victory.
Yet even with the media’s obvious censorship and, and their relentless four-year onslaught of hostile press coverage, it’s remarkable that Donald Trump drew at least 11 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016. That’s millions of citizens who chose to ignore the media’s message, and instead supported a President whose accomplishments they obviously preferred.
That should be a warning to journalists who refuse to restrain their activism (and a hopeful sign for conservatives weary of a liberal media hegemony): the more they act like partisans, the less power they will have to influence the public’s thinking.


bonginoreport--2020-01-01--Four Amish Men Charged With DUI For Riding Horse and Buggy While “Heavily Intoxicated”

Four underage Amish men were arrested by authorities for drink driving in Michigan over the weekend after they were spotted throwing beer cans off the side of the horse and buggy they were riding .
The foursome – consisting of two 19-year-olds and two 20-year-olds – were first spotted in Beaverton Township , Gladwin County , at around 4pm on Sunday by a concerned motorist who believed they were heavily intoxicated .
According to the witness , each of them men were seen guzzling down beer and then discarding their empty cans onto the road .
Authorities say that when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them provided bogus ages and refused to confirm their names .
However , after further investigation , the four were identified as Levei Mast , 20 ; Andrew Zook , 19 ; Joseph Miller , 20 ; and Joseph Troyer , 19 , all from Gladwin County .
A search of their vehicle yielded several more containers of beer inside – both empty and unopened – and deputies said that all four of the men appeared to be inebriated .
Police therefore determined that the men were under the influence of alcohol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of justice and disorderly conduct .
They were all also issued civil infractions for being minors in possession of alcohol .
Each was released Monday on $ 3,500 bond .

Four underage Amish men were arrested by authorities for drink driving in Michigan over the weekend after they were spotted throwing beer cans off the side of the horse and buggy they were riding.
The foursome – consisting of two 19-year-olds and two 20-year-olds – were first spotted in Beaverton Township, Gladwin County, at around 4pm on Sunday by a concerned motorist who believed they were heavily intoxicated.
According to the witness, each of them men were seen guzzling down beer and then discarding their empty cans onto the road.
The foursome – consisting of two 19-year-olds and two 20-year-olds – were first spotted in Beaverton Township, Gladwin County, at around 4pm on Sunday by a concerned motorist who believed they appeared to be heavily intoxicated (pictured left to right) Levei Mast, 20; Andrew Zook, 19)
According to the witness, each of them men were seen drinking beer and then discarding their empty cans onto the road. (pictured: Joseph Miller, 20; and Joseph Troyer, 19
Authorities say that when deputies pulled the men over, each of them provided bogus ages and refused to confirm their names.
However, after further investigation, the four were identified as Levei Mast, 20; Andrew Zook, 19; Joseph Miller, 20; and Joseph Troyer, 19, all from Gladwin County.
A search of their vehicle yielded several more containers of beer inside – both empty and unopened – and deputies said that all four of the men appeared to be inebriated.
A search of their vehicle yielded several more containers of beer inside – both empty and unopened – and deputies said that all four of the men appeared to be inebriated (file photo)
Police therefore determined that the men were under the influence of alcohol and charged them all with felony obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct.
They were all also issued civil infractions for being minors in possession of alcohol.
Each was released Monday on $3,500 bond.


bonginoreport--2020-01-01--Gun Control Activists Peddle Bogus Stat About Texas Gun Deaths

In light of the West Freeway Church shooting in White Settlement , Texas , gun control activists are blaming gun access and conceal-carry laws for the rise in gun deaths in the United States .
Gun control activist Shannon Watts claimed more than 3,500 Texans are killed by guns every year .
Her tweet insinuated mass shooters and increased access to guns are to blame for the rise in this number .
“ If more guns and fewer gun laws made Texas safer , it would be the safest state in the US .
Instead , it has high rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is home to 4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings , ” Watts tweeted .
There are many problems with Watts ’ s analysis , beginning with the fact that Texas has one of the highest state populations , making statistics between states incomparable .
When Texas is compared to all 50 states and Washington D.C. factoring in gun deaths per population , it falls to number 27 , making Texas far from the highest rate of gun violence .
In fact , CDC data shows that since 1990 , homicidal and suicidal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fallen bellow the rest of the U.S. population .
The graph tweeted by Watts also fails to differentiate types of gun deaths .
According to the CDC , the “ firearm-related deaths ” referenced in Watts ’ s graph is not limited to deaths by mass shooter or deaths by homicides .
Causes of death included in “ firearm-related injuries ” includes : suicides , homicides , terrorism , accidental misfire , and legal intervention involving firearm discharge .
For instance , in the West Freeway Church shooting that took place on Sunday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This was considered a heroic act and saved many more lives , but it would be considered a “ firearm-related injury ” according to Watts ’ s data .
So would a suicide , so would the death of a terrorist , so would the death of individual shot by a policeman or other legal authorities .
This data simply does not take into account the entire picture or encapsulate the entire problem .
This narrative and messaging is completely on brand with Democrats and the mainstream media .
They ignore the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the issues they wish to highlight , no matter how out of context these issues may be .
So , to put “ firearm-related injuries ” into context , let ’ s compare Watts ’ s alleged mass killings statistic to the amount of unborn babies murdered in the womb in Texas in 2017 .
According to Abort73 , the Guttmacher Institute , and the CDC , in 2017 there were 53,277 abortions performed in the state of Texas .
If Watts ’ s data was not aggregated and 3,513 Texans were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that would still be nearly 50,000 less deaths by guns than abortion .
This perfectly encapsulates how Democrats and the mainstream media work overtime to ignore the actual causes of deaths and point their focus on an issue they want to discuss , such as gun control .
The truth is , Watts ’ s data is only being used to promote an agenda , not the truth about how people are dying in the United States .

In light of the West Freeway Church shooting in White Settlement, Texas, gun control activists are blaming gun access and conceal-carry laws for the rise in gun deaths in the United States.
Gun control activist Shannon Watts claimed more than 3,500 Texans are killed by guns every year. Her tweet insinuated mass shooters and increased access to guns are to blame for the rise in this number.
“If more guns and fewer gun laws made Texas safer, it would be the safest state in the US. Instead, it has high rates of gun suicide and homicide, and is home to 4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings,” Watts tweeted.
3,500+ Texans are killed by guns every year: a life lost every 3 hours. If more guns and fewer gun laws made Texas safer, it would be the safest state in the US. Instead, it has high rates of gun suicide and homicide, and is home to 4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings. #txlege pic.twitter.com/qnHrbTIBJW — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 30, 2019
There are many problems with Watts’s analysis, beginning with the fact that Texas has one of the highest state populations, making statistics between states incomparable. When Texas is compared to all 50 states and Washington D.C. factoring in gun deaths per population, it falls to number 27, making Texas far from the highest rate of gun violence.
In fact, CDC data shows that since 1990, homicidal and suicidal gun deaths per capita in Texas have fallen bellow the rest of the U.S. population.
The graph tweeted by Watts also fails to differentiate types of gun deaths. According to the CDC, the “firearm-related deaths” referenced in Watts’s graph is not limited to deaths by mass shooter or deaths by homicides. Causes of death included in “firearm-related injuries” includes: suicides, homicides, terrorism, accidental misfire, and legal intervention involving firearm discharge.
For instance, in the West Freeway Church shooting that took place on Sunday, the shooter was shot and killed. This was considered a heroic act and saved many more lives, but it would be considered a “firearm-related injury” according to Watts’s data. So would a suicide, so would the death of a terrorist, so would the death of individual shot by a policeman or other legal authorities. This data simply does not take into account the entire picture or encapsulate the entire problem.
This narrative and messaging is completely on brand with Democrats and the mainstream media. They ignore the big picture and put a laser focus on the issues they wish to highlight, no matter how out of context these issues may be.
So, to put “firearm-related injuries” into context, let’s compare Watts’s alleged mass killings statistic to the amount of unborn babies murdered in the womb in Texas in 2017.
According to Abort73, the Guttmacher Institute, and the CDC, in 2017 there were 53,277 abortions performed in the state of Texas. If Watts’s data was not aggregated and 3,513 Texans were actually killed by gunmen alone in 2017, that would still be nearly 50,000 less deaths by guns than abortion.
This perfectly encapsulates how Democrats and the mainstream media work overtime to ignore the actual causes of deaths and point their focus on an issue they want to discuss, such as gun control. The truth is, Watts’s data is only being used to promote an agenda, not the truth about how people are dying in the United States.
Chrissy Clark is a freelance reporter. She reports on higher education and college campus issues. Her work is featured in The Daily Wire, the Washington Free Beacon, and The Daily Signal. Follow her on social media @chrissyclark_ or contact her at clarkchrissy58@gmail.com


bonginoreport--2020-01-01--Kanye West Celebrates First Year of Sunday Service

Musician Kanye West celebrated a year of Sunday Services at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles .
West hosted his church service at the Union Rescue Mission , according to a report published Monday by Fox News .
“ A lot of times people say , ‘ Thank you Ye for Sunday Service.
’ I ’ m saying thank God .
This thing saved my life , ” West said .
“ This thing was an alternative to opioids .
This thing was an alternative to pornography.
” West made the comments while singing his new song “ Closed On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ values .
The “ Follow God ” singer opened up about his new relationship with Christ and being saved during the year 2019 .
“ I worked for others before Christ , ” West said .
“ It landed me right in the hospital.
” ( RELATED : ‘ New Wave Of Revival ’ : ‘ Over 1,000 ’ People Reportedly Committed Their Lives To Jesus Christ At Kanye West ’ s Sunday Service ) Adam Tyson , a pastor who sometimes preaches at West ’ s services , said the purpose of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get to know Jesus during an interview in October .
“ It feels like half the crowd comes because they are Kanye fans , but we want them to leave knowing Jesus Christ , ” Tyson told Fox News .
“ We want them to know that there is something better than what the world offers .
The answer is found in Jesus , in knowing Him , loving Him , and walking in obedience to Him .
”

Musician Kanye West celebrated a year of Sunday Services at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles.
West hosted his church service at the Union Rescue Mission, according to a report published Monday by Fox News.
“A lot of times people say, ‘Thank you Ye for Sunday Service.’ I’m saying thank God. This thing saved my life,” West said. “This thing was an alternative to opioids. This thing was an alternative to pornography.”
West made the comments while singing his new song “Closed On Sunday,” which references his family values.
The “Follow God” singer opened up about his new relationship with Christ and being saved during the year 2019.
“I worked for others before Christ,” West said. “It landed me right in the hospital.” (RELATED: ‘New Wave Of Revival’: ‘Over 1,000’ People Reportedly Committed Their Lives To Jesus Christ At Kanye West’s Sunday Service)
Adam Tyson, a pastor who sometimes preaches at West’s services, said the purpose of the Sunday Service is to let people get to know Jesus during an interview in October.
“It feels like half the crowd comes because they are Kanye fans, but we want them to leave knowing Jesus Christ,” Tyson told Fox News. “We want them to know that there is something better than what the world offers. The answer is found in Jesus, in knowing Him, loving Him, and walking in obedience to Him.”


bonginoreport--2020-01-01--Pete Buttigieg Says He Wouldn’t Have Wanted His Son on Burisma’s Board

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says he would n't let a son sit on a board involved in U.S. diplomacy as then-Vice President Joe Biden did .
He also says the Bidens are a distraction from the impeachment proceedings .
( Dec. 30 ) Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says he would n't let a son sit on a board involved in U.S. diplomacy as then-Vice President Joe Biden did .
He also says the Bidens are a distraction from the impeachment proceedings .
( Dec. 30 ) FORT MADISON , Iowa ( AP ) — Pete Buttigieg says he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country , an implicit criticism of the controversy that has ensnared his 2020 Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden .
Hunter Biden ’ s position on the board of the company Burisma has been a rallying point for Republicans as they try to defend President Donald Trump against impeachment charges over Trump asking Ukraine ’ s new president to investigate the former vice president and his son while also withholding crucial U.S. military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of South Bend , Indiana , said in an Associated Press interview Monday that his administration would “ do everything we can to prevent even the appearance of a conflict .
That ’ s very important because as we see it can create a lot of complications even when there is no wrongdoing.
” Still , he insisted that the issues raised about Hunter Biden and his father by Trump and his defenders are a diversionary tactic .
“ So , I would not have wanted to see that happen , ” Buttigieg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handled a situation like Biden ’ s .
“ And at the same time , again , I think this is being used to divert attention from what ’ s really at stake in the impeachment process .
There ’ s been no allegation , let alone finding of any kind of wrongdoing.
” Biden campaign aides reached on Monday declined to comment on Buttigieg ’ s remarks .
Buttigieg — well organized in Iowa and New Hampshire , drawing large crowds and leading in polls in both first-voting states — has started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even on issues of foreign policy that the former vice president considers his strength , as both men compete for the vital middle of the electorate .
With little more than a month before the first votes in the Democratic nominating fight are cast , candidates are drawing sharper contrasts with one another in field where there is no clear leader .
To be sure , Buttigieg has repeatedly stressed that Biden is not a target in the impeachment proceedings .
“ I just think it ’ s the wrong conversation to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spectacular misconduct that we have already seen in facts that are not in dispute , where the only argument to be had is over whether it rises to the level of removal ” of Trump from office , Buttigieg said .
Still , Buttigieg , facing criticism from rivals for his scant national and foreign policy experience , has been quick to renew his argument that experience and judgment are separate issues .
Asked Sunday about his familiarity with global affairs , Buttigieg called Biden ’ s vote as a Delaware senator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Iraq part of “ the worst foreign policy decision made by the United States in my lifetime.
” In the wide-ranging AP interview , Buttigieg addressed criticisms of his foreign policy experience given the global challenges that would await a new president .
He has recently stressed more directly his record as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan in 2014 , pointedly noting the contrast with Trump ’ s lack of military service .
Working to use his service record and local government background to his advantage , he argued that Washington experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the effects on the ground in communities .
“ The experience of being on the ground versus experiencing these things through the perspective of official Washington or legislation on Capitol Hill is different , ” he said .
“ And I ’ d say that on the ground perspective is especially relevant right now at a time when sometimes the political debate and the debate on TV gets more and more decoupled from that on the ground reality.
” Buttigieg , who is openly gay , is often asked by voters how he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nominee for his sexual identity , a question he typically dismisses by noting he has known bullies throughout his life .
And though he referred to Trump on Sunday at a rally in Fort Madison as a “ bully who specializes in identifying your vulnerabilities , ” Buttigieg , wrapping up a three-day trip through central and eastern Iowa , stopped short in the interview of suggesting he was expecting Trump to make his sexual identity an issue .
“ I don ’ t possess enough imagination to speculate exactly what forms of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me or any fellow Democrat , ” he told the AP .
A more predictable attack is coming from within the Democratic presidential field , notably from Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar : the suggestion that the mayor of a city of 102,000 is ill-equipped for the divisive politics of a polarized Washington controlled in part by hard-liner Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .
Buttigieg notes that , as the mayor overseeing a workforce of 1,000 people and a budget of $ 360 million , he has executive experience many of his rivals lack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not sufficient to take on problems on a global scale and politics that are dramatically more complex and bitter .
He said a Democratic president would have a mandate for measures to advance health care , curb climate change and enact gun restrictions .
President Barack Obama , who had served as a U.S. senator , soon found that the solid wall of Republican opposition , led by McConnell , made even modest change fundamentally difficult .
Buttigieg said he is not daunted by Obama ’ s experience .
He promises to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aides , but more broadly , he is calling for circumventing McConnell to build public pressure for the issues that enjoy broad bipartisan majorities , larger than 10 years ago , he said .
“ It ’ s not that I don ’ t understand the ways of official Washington , ” he said .
“ It ’ s that I don ’ t accept them.
” Catch up on the 2020 election campaign with AP experts on our weekly politics podcast , “ Ground Game .
”

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg says he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, an implicit criticism of the controversy that has ensnared his 2020 Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden.
Hunter Biden’s position on the board of the company Burisma has been a rallying point for Republicans as they try to defend President Donald Trump against impeachment charges over Trump asking Ukraine’s new president to investigate the former vice president and his son while also withholding crucial U.S. military aid.
Buttigieg, the childless mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said in an Associated Press interview Monday that his administration would “do everything we can to prevent even the appearance of a conflict. That’s very important because as we see it can create a lot of complications even when there is no wrongdoing.”
Still, he insisted that the issues raised about Hunter Biden and his father by Trump and his defenders are a diversionary tactic.
“So, I would not have wanted to see that happen,” Buttigieg said when asked how he would have handled a situation like Biden’s. “And at the same time, again, I think this is being used to divert attention from what’s really at stake in the impeachment process. There’s been no allegation, let alone finding of any kind of wrongdoing.”
Biden campaign aides reached on Monday declined to comment on Buttigieg’s remarks.
Buttigieg — well organized in Iowa and New Hampshire, drawing large crowds and leading in polls in both first-voting states — has started to aggressively highlight differences with Biden, even on issues of foreign policy that the former vice president considers his strength, as both men compete for the vital middle of the electorate.
With little more than a month before the first votes in the Democratic nominating fight are cast, candidates are drawing sharper contrasts with one another in field where there is no clear leader.
To be sure, Buttigieg has repeatedly stressed that Biden is not a target in the impeachment proceedings.
“I just think it’s the wrong conversation to be having right now, though, given the spectacular misconduct that we have already seen in facts that are not in dispute, where the only argument to be had is over whether it rises to the level of removal” of Trump from office, Buttigieg said.
Still, Buttigieg, facing criticism from rivals for his scant national and foreign policy experience, has been quick to renew his argument that experience and judgment are separate issues.
Asked Sunday about his familiarity with global affairs, Buttigieg called Biden’s vote as a Delaware senator for the 2002 resolution authorizing military force in Iraq part of “the worst foreign policy decision made by the United States in my lifetime.”
In the wide-ranging AP interview, Buttigieg addressed criticisms of his foreign policy experience given the global challenges that would await a new president.
He has recently stressed more directly his record as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan in 2014, pointedly noting the contrast with Trump’s lack of military service. Working to use his service record and local government background to his advantage, he argued that Washington experience on foreign affairs can be remote from the effects on the ground in communities.
“The experience of being on the ground versus experiencing these things through the perspective of official Washington or legislation on Capitol Hill is different,” he said. “And I’d say that on the ground perspective is especially relevant right now at a time when sometimes the political debate and the debate on TV gets more and more decoupled from that on the ground reality.”
Buttigieg, who is openly gay, is often asked by voters how he would handle being attacked as the Democratic nominee for his sexual identity, a question he typically dismisses by noting he has known bullies throughout his life.
And though he referred to Trump on Sunday at a rally in Fort Madison as a “bully who specializes in identifying your vulnerabilities,” Buttigieg, wrapping up a three-day trip through central and eastern Iowa, stopped short in the interview of suggesting he was expecting Trump to make his sexual identity an issue.
“I don’t possess enough imagination to speculate exactly what forms of creative meanness this president will develop toward me or any fellow Democrat,” he told the AP.
A more predictable attack is coming from within the Democratic presidential field, notably from Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar: the suggestion that the mayor of a city of 102,000 is ill-equipped for the divisive politics of a polarized Washington controlled in part by hard-liner Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Buttigieg notes that, as the mayor overseeing a workforce of 1,000 people and a budget of $360 million, he has executive experience many of his rivals lack.
But his competitors have suggested that is not sufficient to take on problems on a global scale and politics that are dramatically more complex and bitter. He said a Democratic president would have a mandate for measures to advance health care, curb climate change and enact gun restrictions.
President Barack Obama, who had served as a U.S. senator, soon found that the solid wall of Republican opposition, led by McConnell, made even modest change fundamentally difficult. Buttigieg said he is not daunted by Obama’s experience.
He promises to staff his White House with savvy legislative aides, but more broadly, he is calling for circumventing McConnell to build public pressure for the issues that enjoy broad bipartisan majorities, larger than 10 years ago, he said.
“It’s not that I don’t understand the ways of official Washington,” he said. “It’s that I don’t accept them.”
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Catch up on the 2020 election campaign with AP experts on our weekly politics podcast, “Ground Game.”


bonginoreport--2020-01-31--Pennsylvania is Increasingly Looking Out of Reach for Democrats in 2020

Pennsylvania might be put out of reach for Democrats due to the Democrat ’ s hatred of fracking .
I know it ’ s still early , but as of now—it ’ s quite possible that either Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders could be the 2020 nominee .
Okay—maybe Sanders is the only real contender ; Warren has been bleeding liberal voters .
Both candidates are for fracking bans , which will destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs in the Rust Belt .
As The New York Times noted in a lengthy post , even those in Keystone State who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a universal ban will cost Democrats Pennsylvania and the 2020 election .
Union leaders are also signaling that if either Warren or Sanders are nominated , they ’ re telling their members to sit out the election , a great many will probably vote for Trump .
Without Pennsylvania , the Democrats ’ path to the White House becomes increasingly more difficult .
It may even be the ballgame .
Yet , besides fracking and natural gas is a potential death trap for Democrats in the state , we have a women-based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They noted the national security accomplishments , like killing Iran ’ s top terrorist Maj. Gen. Qasam Soleimani .
More importantly , they noted the increase in the size of their portfolios and one woman noted that she will have no problem paying her taxes this year , thanks to the Trump economy .
All of the women in the focus group conducted by CBS News were confident that Trump would win re-elected in 2020 .
With that feedback from the suburbs , you have to be feeling good , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ King said at the end of the segment .
Democrats are running as the anti-Trump .
Everything the president does is bad .
Everything they will do would be the opposition , but that doesn ’ t make it better .
And they have to make the case the wrecking the Trump economy , which is booming and replacing it with their regulation-heavy , a high-tax alternative would be better for job creation and growth .
Spoiler : it wouldn ’ t .
The 2020 Democratic agenda only caters to the snobby liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ none of the 2020 field know working people .
If they do , they ’ re peddling ideas , like Medicare for All , which will torch the wallets of America ’ s working-class and take away their health care benefits .
Yeah , as of now , Trump is a lock to win again .

Pennsylvania might be put out of reach for Democrats due to the Democrat’s hatred of fracking. I know it’s still early, but as of now—it’s quite possible that either Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders could be the 2020 nominee. Okay—maybe Sanders is the only real contender; Warren has been bleeding liberal voters. Both candidates are for fracking bans, which will destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs in the Rust Belt. As The New York Times noted in a lengthy post, even those in Keystone State who are trying to curb fracking, know that a universal ban will cost Democrats Pennsylvania and the 2020 election. Union leaders are also signaling that if either Warren or Sanders are nominated, they’re telling their members to sit out the election, a great many will probably vote for Trump.
Without Pennsylvania, the Democrats’ path to the White House becomes increasingly more difficult. It may even be the ballgame. Yet, besides fracking and natural gas is a potential death trap for Democrats in the state, we have a women-based focused group also giving Trump high praise. They noted the national security accomplishments, like killing Iran’s top terrorist Maj. Gen. Qasam Soleimani. More importantly, they noted the increase in the size of their portfolios and one woman noted that she will have no problem paying her taxes this year, thanks to the Trump economy.
All of the women in the focus group conducted by CBS News were confident that Trump would win re-elected in 2020. With that feedback from the suburbs, you have to be feeling good, which is exactly what CBS This Morning host Gayle King said at the end of the segment.
Democrats are running as the anti-Trump. Everything the president does is bad. Everything they will do would be the opposition, but that doesn’t make it better. And they have to make the case the wrecking the Trump economy, which is booming and replacing it with their regulation-heavy, a high-tax alternative would be better for job creation and growth. Spoiler: it wouldn’t. The 2020 Democratic agenda only caters to the snobby liberal elites of the Acela Corridor. Virtually none of the 2020 field know working people. If they do, they’re peddling ideas, like Medicare for All, which will torch the wallets of America’s working-class and take away their health care benefits. Yeah, as of now, Trump is a lock to win again.


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--Chief Justice Roberts Visibly Displeased With Question From Elizabeth Warren About “Legitimacy”

Elizabeth Warren 's challenge to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday had about as much value to the impeachment proceedings as Warren 's DNA has Native American ancestry .
Which is to say , not a lot .
Warren 's question to Chief Justice Roberts was truly ridiculous .
`` At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government , '' Warren asked , `` does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court , and the Constitution ? ''
It was Warren at her truest self : utterly populist , faux-intellectual , and totally obsessed with partisan pageantry .
The question , supposedly seeking a serious response from the House impeachment managers , got the treatment it deserved .
Roberts 's calm response showed him for the far superior public servant he is .
To his credit , Adam Schiff rebuked his fellow Democrat by answering her question with a defense of Roberts 's honest presiding .
While partisan Democrats will applaud Warren , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heads , because , as with the irony of her much-vaunted plans actually being quite useless , Warren 's question was devoid of introspection .
After all , our loss of faith in government is n't a consequence of men and women such as Roberts , but of Warren , of partisans who shred the truth for narrow political expediency , of politicians who pretend to have all the answers , and of people who use positions of power to score cheap points at the expense of our institutions and public servants .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
You bet .
But Warren 's attack on a dedicated public servant was n't just intellectually pathetic , it was cowardly .
Warren knows that Roberts can not allow himself to be swept up in the partisan excrement show .
He must strive to sit above it .
Rightly determined to maintain the judiciary 's integrity as an objective force for the law and the people , the chief justice would surely wish to be anywhere else but in the center of this political melee .
But Roberts knows his duty is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation first .
It 's duty , stupid .
If only Warren could find it within herself to serve the people so nobly .

Elizabeth Warren's challenge to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday had about as much value to the impeachment proceedings as Warren's DNA has Native American ancestry.
Which is to say, not a lot.
Warren's question to Chief Justice Roberts was truly ridiculous. "At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government," Warren asked, "does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the chief justice, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution?"
It was Warren at her truest self: utterly populist, faux-intellectual, and totally obsessed with partisan pageantry.
The question, supposedly seeking a serious response from the House impeachment managers, got the treatment it deserved. Roberts's calm response showed him for the far superior public servant he is. To his credit, Adam Schiff rebuked his fellow Democrat by answering her question with a defense of Roberts's honest presiding.
While partisan Democrats will applaud Warren, the rest of us should shake our heads, because, as with the irony of her much-vaunted plans actually being quite useless, Warren's question was devoid of introspection. After all, our loss of faith in government isn't a consequence of men and women such as Roberts, but of Warren, of partisans who shred the truth for narrow political expediency, of politicians who pretend to have all the answers, and of people who use positions of power to score cheap points at the expense of our institutions and public servants. Does Trump sometimes engage in this action? You bet. But Warren's attack on a dedicated public servant wasn't just intellectually pathetic, it was cowardly.
Warren knows that Roberts cannot allow himself to be swept up in the partisan excrement show. He must strive to sit above it. Rightly determined to maintain the judiciary's integrity as an objective force for the law and the people, the chief justice would surely wish to be anywhere else but in the center of this political melee. But Roberts knows his duty is to be there and to put the nation first. It's duty, stupid.
If only Warren could find it within herself to serve the people so nobly.
Watch Warren's question below.


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--Washington Post’s Jen Rubin Steps on Rake, Again

The Washington Post ’ s Jennifer Rubin calls herself a conservative blogger , but the Obama days are over .
Now , Trump is president and she appears to be exhibiting symptoms of Trump derangement syndrome .
It ’ s led to a lot of rake-stepping moments .
Her tweets over Iran didn ’ t age well at all .
And now , as we enter the final days of this Trump impeachment fiasco on the Hill , she mocks the president ’ s legal team .
She chuckled at the notion of Jay Sekulow , one of Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a real judge .
Amy Swearer , Senior Legal Policy Analyst for the Heritage Foundation , had an answer and it was rather blistering .
“ Can you imagine not bothering to do a basic Google search before tweeting this , only to find out from your ratio that [ Pat ] Cipollone [ White House Counsel ] spent two decades litigating complex cases for major law firms and Sekulow is something like 9 for 12 in front of the Supreme Court ?
, ” she responded on Twitter .
Oh , she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t even delete the tweet .
“ Can you imagine tweeting this without conducting a basic Google search , only to find out via Twitter that Cipollone spent twenty years litigating complex cases for some of the best law firms in the country and Sekulow is like 9 for 12 in front of SCOTUS ?
And then not deleting ?
, ” Swearer added .
At the same time , pretty fitting for a WaPo ‘ conservative ’ to say that the GOP should be burned to the ground .
At National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and brutal post that took Rubin to the woodshed for now opposing positions she had supported in the past .
The only difference is that Trump is actually implementing them : Rubin is not the only example of this president ’ s remarkable talent for corrupting his detractors as well as his devotees , but she is perhaps the best one .
Since Donald Trump burst onto the political scene , Rubin has become precisely what she dislikes in others : a monomaniac and a bore , whose visceral dislike of her opponents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to her conscience into a well .
Since the summer of 2015 , the many acolytes of “ MAGA !
” have agreed to subordinate their true views to whatever expediency is required to sustain Donald Trump ’ s ego .
Out has gone their judgement , and in has come their fealty ; where once there were thriving minds , now there are just frayed red hats .
During the same period , Jennifer Rubin has done much the same thing .
If Trump likes something , Rubin doesn ’ t .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
If his agenda flits into alignment with hers—as anyone ’ s is wont to do from time to time—she either ignores it , or finds a way to downplay it .
The result is farcical and sad ; a comprehensive and self-inflicted airbrushing of the mind .
How , I have long wondered , could Trump ’ s unprincipled acolytes do what they do and still sleep at night ?
How can Jen Rubin ?
If Trump is indeed a tyrant , he is a tyrant of the mind .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over Rubin ’ s .
So sharp and so sudden are her reversals as to make effective parody impossible .
When President Obama agreed to the Paris Climate Accord , Rubin left her readers under no illusions as to the scale of her disapproval .
The deal , she proposed , was “ ephemeral , ” “ a piece of paper , ” “ a group wish , ” a “ nonsense ” that would achieve “ nothing.
” That the U.S. had been made a party to a covenant so “ devoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illustrated the “ fantasy world ” in which the Obama administration lived , and was reflective of Obama ’ s preference for “ phony accomplishments , ” his tendency to distract , and his base ’ s craven willingness to eat up any “ bill of goods ” they were served .
At least it did until President Trump took America out of it , at which point adhering to the position she had theretofore held became a “ senseless act , ” a “ political act , ” “ a dog whistle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a snub to ‘ elites ’ ” that had been calibrated to please the “ climate-change denial , right-wing base that revels in scientific illiteracy ” ( a base that presumably enjoyed Rubin ’ s blog until January 20th , 2017 ) .
To abandon the “ ephemeral ” “ piece of paper , ” Rubin submitted , would “ materially damage our credibility and our persuasiveness ” and represent conduct unbecoming of “ the leader of the free world.
” One is left wondering how , exactly , any president is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather , one is left concluding that Rubin doesn ’ t have policy positions so much as she has protean cheerleading instructions , the details of which are set by whoever happens at that moment to be her coach .
Take Jerusalem , a subject on which Rubin has rather run the gamut .
In 2010 , she praised Marco Rubio for arguing that “ Jerusalem is Israel ’ s capital , as the U.S. Congress has repeatedly recognized ” and lauded the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 as the concrete on which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in the midst of her self-appointed tenure as the president of Mitt Romney ’ s fan club , she reversed herself , hitting Newt Gingrich for holding precisely the view she had previously recommended , while endorsing Romney for his relative “ judgment , restraint and .
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good sense ” in opposing her .
“ It really is time , ” she submitted , “ to stop promising something that the U.S. can ’ t and shouldn ’ t deliver unilaterally.
” A few weeks later , when Romney began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his new position , too , holding it up as “ a blow to the Obama campaign ’ s frantic efforts to defend the president ’ s hostile stance toward the Jewish state… ” This stance lasted into the Trump era .
In June , Rubin complained angrily that the White House was “ delaying its move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem , ” a delay , Rubin wrote , that was not only pointless— “ presidents come to believe that the move would somehow prejudice peace talks ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or inflame Palestinians , perhaps causing an increase in violence , ” she caviled—but that was indicative of Trump ’ s tendency never “ to keep his word.
” There is no popcorn limit here .
It ’ s Trump derangement at its finest from someone who probably was never a conservative .
I know , she from The Washington Post—no kidding , right .
Still , she ’ s treated as one of us when she does a media hit .
Yikes .

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin calls herself a conservative blogger, but the Obama days are over. Now, Trump is president and she appears to be exhibiting symptoms of Trump derangement syndrome. It’s led to a lot of rake-stepping moments. Her tweets over Iran didn’t age well at all. And now, as we enter the final days of this Trump impeachment fiasco on the Hill, she mocks the president’s legal team. She chuckled at the notion of Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s attorneys, arguing a case before a real judge. Amy Swearer, Senior Legal Policy Analyst for the Heritage Foundation, had an answer and it was rather blistering.
“Can you imagine not bothering to do a basic Google search before tweeting this, only to find out from your ratio that [Pat] Cipollone [White House Counsel] spent two decades litigating complex cases for major law firms and Sekulow is something like 9 for 12 in front of the Supreme Court?,” she responded on Twitter.
can you imagine if Sekulow and Cipollone had to try a case in front of a real judge? bhahaahhahahahaha — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 28, 2020
Can you imagine not bothering to do a basic Google search before tweeting this, only to find out from your ratio that Cipollone spent two decades litigating complex cases for major law firms and Sekulow is something like 9 for 12 in front of the Supreme Court? https://t.co/zcbkYRjUG2 — Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) January 29, 2020
Can you imagine tweeting this without conducting a basic Google search, only to find out via Twitter that Cipollone spent twenty years litigating complex cases for some of the best law firms in the country and Sekulow is like 9 for 12 in front of SCOTUS? And then not deleting? — Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) January 29, 2020
Oh, she wasn’t done. Rubin didn’t even delete the tweet.
“Can you imagine tweeting this without conducting a basic Google search, only to find out via Twitter that Cipollone spent twenty years litigating complex cases for some of the best law firms in the country and Sekulow is like 9 for 12 in front of SCOTUS? And then not deleting?,” Swearer added.
At the same time, pretty fitting for a WaPo ‘conservative’ to say that the GOP should be burned to the ground. At National Review, Charles Cooke had a lengthy and brutal post that took Rubin to the woodshed for now opposing positions she had supported in the past. The only difference is that Trump is actually implementing them:
Rubin is not the only example of this president’s remarkable talent for corrupting his detractors as well as his devotees, but she is perhaps the best one. Since Donald Trump burst onto the political scene, Rubin has become precisely what she dislikes in others: a monomaniac and a bore, whose visceral dislike of her opponents has prompted her to drop the keys to her conscience into a well. Since the summer of 2015, the many acolytes of “MAGA!” have agreed to subordinate their true views to whatever expediency is required to sustain Donald Trump’s ego. Out has gone their judgement, and in has come their fealty; where once there were thriving minds, now there are just frayed red hats. During the same period, Jennifer Rubin has done much the same thing. If Trump likes something, Rubin doesn’t. If he does something, she opposes it. If his agenda flits into alignment with hers—as anyone’s is wont to do from time to time—she either ignores it, or finds a way to downplay it. The result is farcical and sad; a comprehensive and self-inflicted airbrushing of the mind. How, I have long wondered, could Trump’s unprincipled acolytes do what they do and still sleep at night? How can Jen Rubin? If Trump is indeed a tyrant, he is a tyrant of the mind. And how potent is the control he exerts over Rubin’s. So sharp and so sudden are her reversals as to make effective parody impossible. When President Obama agreed to the Paris Climate Accord, Rubin left her readers under no illusions as to the scale of her disapproval. The deal, she proposed, was “ephemeral,” “a piece of paper,” “a group wish,” a “nonsense” that would achieve “nothing.” That the U.S. had been made a party to a covenant so “devoid of substance,” she added, illustrated the “fantasy world” in which the Obama administration lived, and was reflective of Obama’s preference for “phony accomplishments,” his tendency to distract, and his base’s craven willingness to eat up any “bill of goods” they were served. At least it did until President Trump took America out of it, at which point adhering to the position she had theretofore held became a “senseless act,” a “political act,” “a dog whistle to the far right,” and “a snub to ‘elites’” that had been calibrated to please the “climate-change denial, right-wing base that revels in scientific illiteracy” (a base that presumably enjoyed Rubin’s blog until January 20th, 2017). To abandon the “ephemeral” “piece of paper,” Rubin submitted, would “materially damage our credibility and our persuasiveness” and represent conduct unbecoming of “the leader of the free world.” One is left wondering how, exactly, any president is supposed to please her. Or, rather, one is left concluding that Rubin doesn’t have policy positions so much as she has protean cheerleading instructions, the details of which are set by whoever happens at that moment to be her coach. Take Jerusalem, a subject on which Rubin has rather run the gamut. In 2010, she praised Marco Rubio for arguing that “Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, as the U.S. Congress has repeatedly recognized” and lauded the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 as the concrete on which Republicans should walk. Two years later, in the midst of her self-appointed tenure as the president of Mitt Romney’s fan club, she reversed herself, hitting Newt Gingrich for holding precisely the view she had previously recommended, while endorsing Romney for his relative “judgment, restraint and . . . good sense” in opposing her. “It really is time,” she submitted, “to stop promising something that the U.S. can’t and shouldn’t deliver unilaterally.” A few weeks later, when Romney began to sound more hawkish, she endorsed his new position, too, holding it up as “a blow to the Obama campaign’s frantic efforts to defend the president’s hostile stance toward the Jewish state…” […] This stance lasted into the Trump era. In June, Rubin complained angrily that the White House was “delaying its move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” a delay, Rubin wrote, that was not only pointless—“presidents come to believe that the move would somehow prejudice peace talks (of which there are none presently) or inflame Palestinians, perhaps causing an increase in violence,” she caviled—but that was indicative of Trump’s tendency never “to keep his word.”
There is no popcorn limit here. It’s Trump derangement at its finest from someone who probably was never a conservative. I know, she from The Washington Post—no kidding, right. Still, she’s treated as one of us when she does a media hit. Yikes.
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BRUH:
The GOP is now the pro-totalitarian party. It is a clear and present danger — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 30, 2020


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--Joe Biden: I’m Making Sure I Pick a Good VP Because “I’m An Old Guy”

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden admitted that his vice presidential running mate must be able to handle becoming President because he is “ an old guy.
” On the campaign trail in Iowa , Biden said yesterday , “ I can think of at least eight women , at least four or five people of color , that I think are totally qualified to be vice president of the United States , ” Biden said .
“ But for me , it has to be demonstrated that whoever I pick is two things : One , he ’ s capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m an old guy , ” he said , prompting laughter from the audience .
Biden went on to claim he was obviously in excellent health and told attendees that he works out every day .
“ No , I ’ m serious .
Look , thank God I ’ m in great health , I work out , no I ’ m serious , you know I work out every morning .
I ’ m in good shape , ” he said .
Biden also said yesterday he would consider former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mate .
“ I sure would like Michelle [ Obama ] to be the Vice President , ” he said after he was asked if he ’ d nominate former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court .
“ Yeah , I would , but I don ’ t think he ’ d do it .
He ’ d be a great Supreme Court Justice , ” he said .

Well, at least he’s being honest.
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden admitted that his vice presidential running mate must be able to handle becoming President because he is “an old guy.”
On the campaign trail in Iowa, Biden said yesterday, “I can think of at least eight women, at least four or five people of color, that I think are totally qualified to be vice president of the United States,” Biden said.
“But for me, it has to be demonstrated that whoever I pick is two things: One, he’s capable of immediately being a president because I’m an old guy,” he said, prompting laughter from the audience.
Biden went on to claim he was obviously in excellent health and told attendees that he works out every day.
“No, I’m serious. Look, thank God I’m in great health, I work out, no I’m serious, you know I work out every morning. I’m in good shape,” he said.
.@JoeBiden: "Whomever I pick” for VP, must “be capable of being president, because I’m an old guy — no I’m serious!” pic.twitter.com/WGnGkNnghI — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 29, 2020
Biden also said yesterday he would consider former First Lady Michelle Obama as his running mate.
“I sure would like Michelle [Obama] to be the Vice President,” he said after he was asked if he’d nominate former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court.
“Yeah, I would, but I don’t think he’d do it. He’d be a great Supreme Court Justice,” he said.


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--CDC Report: Suicide is Rising Most Among Working Class Men

Suicide rates of working Americans have skyrocketed nearly 40 percent over the last two decades prior according to a new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) .
In addition to this remarkable increase , another major finding was male , blue-collar workers experiencing considerably higher rates of suicide than their employed counterparts .
Compared with rates in the total study population , suicide rates were significantly higher in five major industry groups : A loss of manufacturing jobs , per the policies of the political establishment over the past few decades , is cited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spike .
Illegal immigration is a surefire way to depress the wages of American workers for the sake of big corporate profits .
In turn , this increases job insecurity , a potential cause highlighted by the CDC .
Prior to President Trump ’ s reversal of the Bush-Obama era China policy , blue-collar workers were collateral damage in the shifting of American industrial and manufacturing bases overseas .
Open borders and appeasement of China have allowed for drugs to flood the country and contribute to an epidemic of “ deaths of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the five categories mentioned above , only one included is not exclusively male .
This imbalance is also reflected in the average suicide rate for all industries : 27.4 men per 100,000 committed suicide , nearly four times greater than the female average of 7.7 .
The CDC ’ s cross-tabs show that in every industry female suicide rates are considerably lower than those of men .
In some industries such as construction and “ other services ( e.g.
, automotive repair ) ” male suicide rates are nearly five times higher than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can ’ t play the victim this time .
This report corroborates how establishment elites have not just forgotten about the working class but have been co-conspirators in their decades-long decline , damage President Trump ’ s economic and trade policies are finally beginning to reverse .

Suicide rates of working Americans have skyrocketed nearly 40 percent over the last two decades prior according to a new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In addition to this remarkable increase, another major finding was male, blue-collar workers experiencing considerably higher rates of suicide than their employed counterparts.
The study highlights industries with anomalously high suicide rates, chiefly blue collar:
Compared with rates in the total study population, suicide rates were significantly higher in five major industry groups:
1) Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (males);
2) Construction (males);
3) Other Services (e.g., automotive repair) (males);
4) Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting (males); and
5) Transportation and Warehousing (males and females).
A loss of manufacturing jobs, per the policies of the political establishment over the past few decades, is cited by many as a critical cause of the spike.
Illegal immigration is a surefire way to depress the wages of American workers for the sake of big corporate profits. In turn, this increases job insecurity, a potential cause highlighted by the CDC.
Prior to President Trump’s reversal of the Bush-Obama era China policy, blue-collar workers were collateral damage in the shifting of American industrial and manufacturing bases overseas.
Open borders and appeasement of China have allowed for drugs to flood the country and contribute to an epidemic of “deaths of despair.”
Also noteworthy is how of the five categories mentioned above, only one included is not exclusively male.
This imbalance is also reflected in the average suicide rate for all industries: 27.4 men per 100,000 committed suicide, nearly four times greater than the female average of 7.7.
The CDC’s cross-tabs show that in every industry female suicide rates are considerably lower than those of men. In some industries such as construction and “other services (e.g., automotive repair)” male suicide rates are nearly five times higher than for females.
Sorry feminists, but you can’t play the victim this time.
This report corroborates how establishment elites have not just forgotten about the working class but have been co-conspirators in their decades-long decline, damage President Trump’s economic and trade policies are finally beginning to reverse.
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE.


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--Oppression Olympics Update: Leftists Now Upset With Pete Buttigieg For Using  the Word “Heartland”

With billionaire Michael Bloomberg eclipsing him in national polling and Iowa less than a week away , Pete Buttigieg 's presidential dreams have reached their do-or-die moment .
In his last-ditch attempt to appeal to the early states he needs to continue his candidacy , the former South Bend , Indiana , mayor has continually reemphasized that , unlike the rest of the 2020 front-runners , he 's not a product of Washington .
In a manner unsurprising for our deeply dumb times , the outrage came for Mayor Pete for this milquetoast tweet , one almost surely written by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not jumping to join this ( and every other ) Stalinist purge of those with impure thoughts , the word `` heartland , '' in common parlance , has always included the cities in America 's interior — Chicago , Nashville , Des Moines , Kansas City , etc .
Buttigieg is obviously including his hometown of South Bend , which is actually a pretty diverse place .
It 's a city of more than 100,000 people , only about 60 % of whom are white .
It 's not exactly Hickory .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ heartland '' as anywhere in the nation removed from the Acela corridor ; and in this case , since he is pandering to Iowans , he surely means places where people drink Old Style .
I do n't know who got the idea that the word `` heartland '' is synonymous with `` rural , '' but he or she is probably not from the heartland .
This is n't complicated .
Buttigieg , the former mayor of the 306th largest city in the country , needs to frame his relative lack of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sizing up the front-runners ' combined 57 years in the Senate , 16 years in the House of Representatives , and eight years in the White House as evidence that they 're out of touch with the rest of the country .
You know who else thought this was important ?
Our first black president , you woke imbeciles .

With billionaire Michael Bloomberg eclipsing him in national polling and Iowa less than a week away, Pete Buttigieg's presidential dreams have reached their do-or-die moment. In his last-ditch attempt to appeal to the early states he needs to continue his candidacy, the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor has continually reemphasized that, unlike the rest of the 2020 front-runners, he's not a product of Washington.
In the face of unprecedented challenges, we need a president whose vision was shaped by the American Heartland rather than the ineffective Washington politics we’ve come to know and expect. — Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) January 29, 2020
In a manner unsurprising for our deeply dumb times, the outrage came for Mayor Pete for this milquetoast tweet, one almost surely written by some sleep-deprived campaign staffer.
A sampling:
Two things:
1. “Heartland” translates to white. Pete knows this.
2. Using this term implies other parts of the country DON’T have heart, which is just mean. https://t.co/BgF94H1nto — Sam Sanders (@samsanders) January 30, 2020
It is a dog whistle. And maybe Mayor Pete isn’t aware of that. There is nothing more virtuous about a vision honed in the Heartland. Again—he should sit with his staffers of color and have them explain this to him. (And yes, I’m tired of politicians pandering.) https://t.co/7GhGhlNzi6 — Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 30, 2020
I was not shaped by the American Heartland. I was born and raised in California, a state of nearly 40 million people. Thus, I am not a real American. I am a Replicant, a son of Pakistani immigrants. I drink elitist coffee because it is not from a coffee shop in the Rust Belt. — Wajahat "Shaped by the American Coastland" Ali (@WajahatAli) January 30, 2020
For those not jumping to join this (and every other) Stalinist purge of those with impure thoughts, the word "heartland," in common parlance, has always included the cities in America's interior — Chicago, Nashville, Des Moines, Kansas City, etc. Buttigieg is obviously including his hometown of South Bend, which is actually a pretty diverse place. It's a city of more than 100,000 people, only about 60% of whom are white. It's not exactly Hickory.
Buttigieg is clearly referring to the "heartland" as anywhere in the nation removed from the Acela corridor; and in this case, since he is pandering to Iowans, he surely means places where people drink Old Style. I don't know who got the idea that the word "heartland" is synonymous with "rural," but he or she is probably not from the heartland.
This isn't complicated. Buttigieg, the former mayor of the 306th largest city in the country, needs to frame his relative lack of experience as an asset. That means sizing up the front-runners' combined 57 years in the Senate, 16 years in the House of Representatives, and eight years in the White House as evidence that they're out of touch with the rest of the country.
You know who else thought this was important? Our first black president, you woke imbeciles.


bonginoreport--2020-01-30--Susan Collins Inundated by Threats Ahead of Witness Vote

Sen. Susan Collins has received multiple threatening voice messages as she prepares to vote on whether the Senate will call witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump .
The messages , some vulgar and profane , accuse Collins of being a shill for Trump and betraying her oath to uphold the Constitution .
`` What a vile piece of garbage you are , '' one caller said .
`` You 've seen exactly what the president did ...
If you do n't have the guts and the integrity , I sure hope you did n't breed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ children or grandchildren because their future is f -- -ed . ''
Collins , who represents Maine , is up for reelection this fall .
`` You 're going to lose Susan Collins , '' another caller said .
`` You 're just a little bitch for Trump . ''
Other critics mocked Collins and said she lacks morality .
`` Are you in some kind of satanic cult , '' one angry caller said .
`` I do n't understand why you 're doing the devil 's work . ''
Collins has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or against witnesses to be called in the trial , only saying that she assumes that having additional witnesses `` would be helpful . ''
Collins is one of four moderate Republicans whom Democrats are seeking to convince to break with Trump and support witness testimony in the trial .
A vote on the matter is expected Friday .
The top witness Democrats seek is John Bolton , Trump 's national security adviser .
In a new book set to be released later this year , Bolton claims the president discussed a freeze @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
House impeachment managers argue this is a clear example of Trump 's corrupt conduct .
Collins found herself at the center of a similar partisan battle in the runup to a razor-thin Senate vote late 2018 during the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh .
“ I mean , it ’ s not fun , ” Collins told the New York Times after she received death threats during that stretch of several days .
“ Death threats are not fun .
Protests are not fun .
Being mobbed — sorry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word — being mobbed when I go to vote .
I do not enjoy that at all .
I find that exhausting.
” Collins eventually sided with Trump and voted to confirm Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the bench .

Sen. Susan Collins has received multiple threatening voice messages as she prepares to vote on whether the Senate will call witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump.
The messages, some vulgar and profane, accuse Collins of being a shill for Trump and betraying her oath to uphold the Constitution.
"What a vile piece of garbage you are," one caller said. "You've seen exactly what the president did ... If you don't have the guts and the integrity, I sure hope you didn't breed. I sure hope you don't have children or grandchildren because their future is f---ed."
Collins, who represents Maine, is up for reelection this fall.
"You're going to lose Susan Collins," another caller said. "You're just a little bitch for Trump."
Other critics mocked Collins and said she lacks morality.
"Are you in some kind of satanic cult," one angry caller said. "I don't understand why you're doing the devil's work."
Collins has not indicated if she would vote for or against witnesses to be called in the trial, only saying that she assumes that having additional witnesses "would be helpful."
My statement on the start of the impeachment trial: https://t.co/oRp9jZ3CbR pic.twitter.com/QxDiCTzxub — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) January 21, 2020
Collins is one of four moderate Republicans whom Democrats are seeking to convince to break with Trump and support witness testimony in the trial. A vote on the matter is expected Friday.
The top witness Democrats seek is John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser. In a new book set to be released later this year, Bolton claims the president discussed a freeze on military aid to Ukraine with him.
House impeachment managers argue this is a clear example of Trump's corrupt conduct.
Collins found herself at the center of a similar partisan battle in the runup to a razor-thin Senate vote late 2018 during the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“I mean, it’s not fun,” Collins told the New York Times after she received death threats during that stretch of several days. “Death threats are not fun. Protests are not fun. Being mobbed — sorry, I know the media hates that word — being mobbed when I go to vote. I do not enjoy that at all. I find that exhausting.”
Collins eventually sided with Trump and voted to confirm Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the bench.