bonginoreport--2020-11-21--David Limbaugh: The Censorious Left Is Obliterating Free Speech

A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration , but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left 's disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech .
Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture , but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power , our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult .
As a result of structural and technological changes in our society , threats to free speech no longer come from government alone , and so , our constitutional guarantees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been such a consolidation of power in the media and social media that these two institutions pose a great danger to our speech apart from any state action .
As you know , the federal Constitution and state constitutions only restrict government abridgments of speech , not those emanating from privately owned entities .
But lately , these institutions have become increasingly powerful and alarmingly censorious toward conservative speech , and their actions clearly impacted the presidential election .
The mainstream media does n't even present both sides of issues anymore , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been entirely negative , despite the enormous successes of his administration .
The media conspiratorially shielded a cognitively failing Joe Biden and abdicated their reporting function concerning his condition and his unprecedented absence during the campaign .
They wholly ignored credible corruption allegations against his son Hunter Biden .
They invariably present their editorial views as straight news .
All of these practices and more deceive and poison their viewers .
Social media oligarchs Facebook , Twitter , Google and YouTube discriminate against conservatives and their viewpoints .
When questioned by senators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and invoke vague , bogus standards to obfuscate their censorship .
When asked to explain their censorship , they descend into postmodern psychobabble , such as Twitter 's Jack Dorsey 's saying , `` We 're simply linking to a broader conversation so that people have more information . ''
What ?
By limiting opposing views , you are broadening the conversation ?
Please .
As conservatives , we do n't want the government to suppress the biased liberal media , no matter how noxious , one-sided and unfair it has become .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ job competing , and elected officials must consider amending the Communications Decency Act and look into antitrust remedies to deter and prevent censorship by the emerging social media Big Brother .
What concerns me more than the current concentration of power in these various institutions and their censorship is that they and their Democratic allies would want to suppress opposing views in the first place .
But they do , and they are .
Leftists are brazenly hostile toward the publication of opinions with which they disagree .
This is unsurprising because , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means .
Their allegiance is not to liberty but to their agenda , which must be achieved at all costs , including the obliteration of our most fundamental freedoms .
Leftists no longer subscribe to the American tradition that the cure for erroneous or offensive speech is more speech , not the muzzling of objectionable speech .
Indeed , this censorious trend is so pervasive that its purveyors have become entirely irrational and totalitarian in their attitudes and practices .
This ominous assault on conservative speech is coming not only from media and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fringe groups but also from Democratic elected officials .
The rationalizations they use to justify their censorship are breathtaking .
They 've convinced themselves that certain political views are so toxic they 're not entitled to protection .
These days , that category of forbidden views has grown to include virtually all conservative speech , which the left regards as obnoxious , hateful , racist and violence-inducing .
Leftists do n't bat an eye when Twitter or Facebook removes conservative posts or bans conservative posters simply because they are conservative .
Sen. Dianne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more stringent warnings , not fewer or none , should be applied to Trump 's tweets alleging election fraud , as if the public is too stupid to make its own assessment .
Sen. Richard Blumenthal argued that Twitter and Facebook should be ratcheting up their censorship of certain conservative outlets , such as Breitbart , because of its `` incendiary '' content .
For Blumenthal , `` incendiary , '' of course , is just a synonym for `` conservative . ''
If you 're a Democrat , does n't it bother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to muzzle conservative expression instead of allowing it to be vetted in the marketplace of ideas ?
Do n't you see the `` 1984 '' -ish smell of their news-speak ?
Is advancing your policy agenda worth the suppression of opposing ideas ?
You 've effectively transported book burning into the digital age .
I dare say , you wo n't find many examples of conservatives suppressing liberal speech .
They 'll dispute and sometimes ridicule it , but they will not ban it from their platforms or their publications .
You do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their different political views .
You do n't see conservative institutions banning Democratic officials the way Harvard students advocate the banning of Trump officials from their campus .
The left will never run out of specious arguments to suppress conservative speech , but even if it were correct in its depictions of our speech , which it most emphatically is not , its move to silence its political opponents is far more dangerous to the republic than any ideas it seeks to suppress .
If this censorship train continues down the track , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not going to be protected from the tyrannical juggernaut they have enabled , and that the culture and society they 've unleashed will ultimately come for them , too , just like the French revolutionaries finally turned on Robespierre .
David Limbaugh is a writer , author and attorney .
His latest book is `` Guilty by Reason of Insanity : Why the Democrats Must Not Win . ''
Follow him on Twitter @ davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com .
To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @

A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left's disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech.
Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture, but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power, our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult.
As a result of structural and technological changes in our society, threats to free speech no longer come from government alone, and so, our constitutional guarantees against encroachments are now inadequate. There has been such a consolidation of power in the media and social media that these two institutions pose a great danger to our speech apart from any state action.
As you know, the federal Constitution and state constitutions only restrict government abridgments of speech, not those emanating from privately owned entities. But lately, these institutions have become increasingly powerful and alarmingly censorious toward conservative speech, and their actions clearly impacted the presidential election.
The mainstream media doesn't even present both sides of issues anymore, and its coverage of President Donald Trump has been entirely negative, despite the enormous successes of his administration. The media conspiratorially shielded a cognitively failing Joe Biden and abdicated their reporting function concerning his condition and his unprecedented absence during the campaign. They wholly ignored credible corruption allegations against his son Hunter Biden. They invariably present their editorial views as straight news. All of these practices and more deceive and poison their viewers.
Social media oligarchs Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube discriminate against conservatives and their viewpoints. When questioned by senators about their bias, they arrogantly scoff and invoke vague, bogus standards to obfuscate their censorship. When asked to explain their censorship, they descend into postmodern psychobabble, such as Twitter's Jack Dorsey's saying, "We're simply linking to a broader conversation so that people have more information." What? By limiting opposing views, you are broadening the conversation? Please.
As conservatives, we don't want the government to suppress the biased liberal media, no matter how noxious, one-sided and unfair it has become. But we need to do a better job competing, and elected officials must consider amending the Communications Decency Act and look into antitrust remedies to deter and prevent censorship by the emerging social media Big Brother.
What concerns me more than the current concentration of power in these various institutions and their censorship is that they and their Democratic allies would want to suppress opposing views in the first place. But they do, and they are. Leftists are brazenly hostile toward the publication of opinions with which they disagree. This is unsurprising because, for them, the end justifies the means. Their allegiance is not to liberty but to their agenda, which must be achieved at all costs, including the obliteration of our most fundamental freedoms.
Leftists no longer subscribe to the American tradition that the cure for erroneous or offensive speech is more speech, not the muzzling of objectionable speech. Indeed, this censorious trend is so pervasive that its purveyors have become entirely irrational and totalitarian in their attitudes and practices.
This ominous assault on conservative speech is coming not only from media and social media companies and other assorted leftist fringe groups but also from Democratic elected officials. The rationalizations they use to justify their censorship are breathtaking.
They've convinced themselves that certain political views are so toxic they're not entitled to protection. These days, that category of forbidden views has grown to include virtually all conservative speech, which the left regards as obnoxious, hateful, racist and violence-inducing. Leftists don't bat an eye when Twitter or Facebook removes conservative posts or bans conservative posters simply because they are conservative.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, for example, said that more stringent warnings, not fewer or none, should be applied to Trump's tweets alleging election fraud, as if the public is too stupid to make its own assessment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal argued that Twitter and Facebook should be ratcheting up their censorship of certain conservative outlets, such as Breitbart, because of its "incendiary" content. For Blumenthal, "incendiary," of course, is just a synonym for "conservative."
If you're a Democrat, doesn't it bother you that your party's leaders want to muzzle conservative expression instead of allowing it to be vetted in the marketplace of ideas? Don't you see the "1984"-ish smell of their news-speak? Is advancing your policy agenda worth the suppression of opposing ideas? You've effectively transported book burning into the digital age.
I dare say, you won't find many examples of conservatives suppressing liberal speech. They'll dispute and sometimes ridicule it, but they will not ban it from their platforms or their publications. You don't find conservatives canceling people because of their different political views. You don't see conservative institutions banning Democratic officials the way Harvard students advocate the banning of Trump officials from their campus.
The left will never run out of specious arguments to suppress conservative speech, but even if it were correct in its depictions of our speech, which it most emphatically is not, its move to silence its political opponents is far more dangerous to the republic than any ideas it seeks to suppress.
If this censorship train continues down the track, Democrats will eventually find that they're not going to be protected from the tyrannical juggernaut they have enabled, and that the culture and society they've unleashed will ultimately come for them, too, just like the French revolutionaries finally turned on Robespierre.
David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is "Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win." Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--FEC Chairman Says Trump Campaign’s Election Fraud Allegations Are Legitimate

The Trump campaign is bringing `` legitimate accusations '' to court through affidavits of credible witnesses and other evidence used in its challenges to electoral outcomes in various states , Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor said .
Trainor said his review of evidence , including numerous affidavits claiming voter fraud and a sworn statement by a prominent mathematician flagging up to 100,000 Pennsylvania ballots , met the first level of legal scrutiny under what 's known as motion to dismiss or `` Rule 12 ( b ) ( 6 ) '' of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Noting the subsequent legal threshold beyond a `` motion to dismiss '' is the `` summary judgment phase , '' Trainor said that under this phase , the credibility of witnesses is presumed to be accurate , especially given the caliber of the testimonies Trainor has observed to date .
`` When considering a motion for summary judgment , a judge will view all evidence in the light most favorable to the movant 's opponent , '' explains Cornell University Law School 's Legal Information Institute website .
`` What I would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other side of these election contests that are going on around the country , is that if you look at the level of evidence that has been provided by these affidavits — hundreds of affidavits that corroborate events that have happened on the ground — in a summary judgment phase of these cases , you have to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true , '' Trainor told `` Just the News AM '' television show Friday morning .
`` The court has to take the evidence of the plaintiff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the other side can make a case against it , '' added Trainor .
`` So , the massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact fraud that took place .
And the other side really needs to answer these questions . ''
On Thursday the Trump campaign , led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , presented what it called its `` opening statement '' in a press conference .
Members of the campaign 's legal team reiterated that it would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its sworn witnesses , waiting to sharing their identities with the court , to shield them from potential harassment .
With the Trump campaign 's lawsuits in targeted battleground states across the country in various phases of progress through the courts , Trainor said , `` At the end of the day , what I would say is that these are legitimate accusations that are going to be tried in court . ''
`` And we need to let this legal process play out , '' Trainor added , `` so that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this election that everybody believes to be legitimate . ''
In an interview with John Solomon on a Just the News election special , renowned legal scholar Alan Dershowitz said that Trump campaign legal challenges to 2020 presidential election results could rise to the Supreme Court , provided that plaintiffs demonstrate that sufficient numbers of votes were affected to influence outcomes in particular states .
Dershowitz also said it was an uphill battle for Trump to win the election , saying the constitutional questions raised by the possible lack of certifying election results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before in American history .
The national conservative legal group Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society on Friday announced that it will file federal and state lawsuits challenging the presidential election results in Wisconsin , Pennsylvania , Michigan , Nevada , Georgia and Arizona .
The Trump campaign is joining with the Amistad Project on the lawsuits on a case-by-case basis , Giuliani said .

The Trump campaign is bringing "legitimate accusations" to court through affidavits of credible witnesses and other evidence used in its challenges to electoral outcomes in various states, Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor said.
Trainor said his review of evidence, including numerous affidavits claiming voter fraud and a sworn statement by a prominent mathematician flagging up to 100,000 Pennsylvania ballots, met the first level of legal scrutiny under what's known as motion to dismiss or "Rule 12(b)(6)" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which would dismiss less credible claims.
Noting the subsequent legal threshold beyond a "motion to dismiss" is the "summary judgment phase," Trainor said that under this phase, the credibility of witnesses is presumed to be accurate, especially given the caliber of the testimonies Trainor has observed to date.
"When considering a motion for summary judgment, a judge will view all evidence in the light most favorable to the movant's opponent," explains Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute website.
"What I would be concerned with, if I were on the other side of these election contests that are going on around the country, is that if you look at the level of evidence that has been provided by these affidavits — hundreds of affidavits that corroborate events that have happened on the ground — in a summary judgment phase of these cases, you have to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true," Trainor told "Just the News AM" television show Friday morning.
"The court has to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true and see whether or not the other side can make a case against it," added Trainor. "So, the massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact fraud that took place. And the other side really needs to answer these questions."
On Thursday the Trump campaign, led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, presented what it called its "opening statement" in a press conference. Members of the campaign's legal team reiterated that it would seek to protect the privacy of many of its sworn witnesses, waiting to sharing their identities with the court, to shield them from potential harassment.
With the Trump campaign's lawsuits in targeted battleground states across the country in various phases of progress through the courts, Trainor said, "At the end of the day, what I would say is that these are legitimate accusations that are going to be tried in court."
"And we need to let this legal process play out," Trainor added, "so that we come to a valid conclusion to this election that everybody believes to be legitimate."
In an interview with John Solomon on a Just the News election special, renowned legal scholar Alan Dershowitz said that Trump campaign legal challenges to 2020 presidential election results could rise to the Supreme Court, provided that plaintiffs demonstrate that sufficient numbers of votes were affected to influence outcomes in particular states.
Dershowitz also said it was an uphill battle for Trump to win the election, saying the constitutional questions raised by the possible lack of certifying election results in certain states have never been asked before in American history.
The national conservative legal group Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society on Friday announced that it will file federal and state lawsuits challenging the presidential election results in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. The Trump campaign is joining with the Amistad Project on the lawsuits on a case-by-case basis, Giuliani said.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Gabriella Hoffman: Senator-Elect Lummis Discusses Her Return to Washington, Top Priorities

2020 is the “ Year of the Republican Woman.
” As of this writing , 30 Republican women—new and returning members—will serve in the House of Representatives .
There ’ s also another Republican woman to watch in the 117th Congress : Senator-elect Cynthia Lummis ( R-WY ) .
From 2009 to 2017 , Lummis was Wyoming 's At-Large Representative and served on several House Committees ( including Natural Resources and Appropriations ) .
Regarding her return to D.C. , the fourth-generation rancher remarked , “ I 'm really looking forward to being in the Senate because they take the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issues that I am interested in , require that long term.
” Tackling the Debt and Bitcoin Are Top Priorities A dedicated fiscal hawk , Senator-elect Lummis ’ top goal is to rein in federal spending .
“ I 'm interested in the debt and the deficit , ” she proclaimed .
“ We have to figure out how we 're going to pay it back , when we 're gon na pay it back .
None of that 's ever been discussed , to my knowledge .
It 's just managing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinking about paying it back.
” Another priority for Lummis ?
Getting her new colleagues interested in digital currency like Bitcoin .
“ I own Bitcoin , ” she said .
“ I want other people to understand the benefits of Bitcoin and how they can be part of a diversified asset allocation.
” “ The role of the federal government is to learn about Bitcoin and let states continue to innovate without interfering .
And sometimes the best thing [ the ] government can do—especially the federal government— is stand aside .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ robust .
And this is one of those spaces.
” Lummis , first elected to office in 1978 , won her Senate race with 73.1 % of the vote .
It ’ s not unusual to see Wyoming elect women—especially the Republican variety .
In 1869 , it became the first state to grant women the right to vote .
Hence , the “ Equality State ” nickname .
“ It is a great honor to get to ping that glass ceiling and to be the first woman from Wyoming elected to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a year when so many Republican women have been successful , ” Lummis said .
The political outsider is optimistic these fresh-faced House Republicans , over time , can matriculate to the Senate as she did .
“ I 'm delighted to see this cadre of really smart , strong , capable Republican women join the U.S. House of Representatives , ” she added .
“ I want to—early on in 2021—get together with them and have discussions about how and why they were so successful.
” Lummus won ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is certain she ’ ll serve on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee or the Environment and Public Works Committee .
At a minimum , she ’ ll join the Senate Western Caucus currently chaired by Senator Steve Daines ( R-MT ) .
Why ?
She told me conservation issues like forest management are “ near and dear ” to her heart .
“ When we see forests ignored when we see catastrophic wildfires pass through forests that have already been damaged by bark beetles ... the federal land is in the poorest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right next door you 'll see a steep forest that because conservation thinning of that forest occurred , it has a healthier understory .
It has healthier trees that are better able to withstand both disease and fire.
” “ We can avoid these kinds of extensive wildfires that produce loss of life of wildlife and loss of life of people .
It can be dealt with.
” With respect to the Green New Deal , Lummis said it would devastate her state ’ s economy and upend balanced use practices .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deal—when I look at the possibility of a Biden administration coming in and immediately trying to eliminate the production of oil and gas on federal lands— well , my gosh , half of my state is federal land .
And ... you 're cutting off half of the oil and gas that is necessary to fuel this country.
” As for President Trump ’ s conservation legacy , she believes his Interior Department has done yeoman ’ s work rebuilding trust with stakeholders out West .
She also heaped praises at Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helping to shape his father ’ s agenda .
“ The Trump administration ... did help with access to hunting , ” Lummis noted .
“ And a lot of that really had to do with the emphasis that Donald Trump Jr. , put on hunting and conservation .
And then the President— who 's not a hunter but who respects his children 's hunting prowess—and their knowledge of conservation .
A lot of those ideas really did filter through to the Department of the Interior .
I ca n't say enough good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he 's been a terrific administrator and steward ... ” With her new position , don ’ t expect Cynthia Lummis to sit on the sidelines .
She ’ s ready to get to work for her constituents .
“ Our very way of life as Americans— the freedoms we enjoy— are being threatened now , ” she stressed .
“ And I think we need to fight back in education , in churches , on the Main Streets , the public square.
” Listen to and watch my extended interview with Senator-elect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her website and connect with her on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube .

2020 is the “Year of the Republican Woman.”
As of this writing, 30 Republican women—new and returning members—will serve in the House of Representatives.
There’s also another Republican woman to watch in the 117th Congress: Senator-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).
From 2009 to 2017, Lummis was Wyoming's At-Large Representative and served on several House Committees (including Natural Resources and Appropriations).
Regarding her return to D.C., the fourth-generation rancher remarked, “I'm really looking forward to being in the Senate because they take the long-term view. And a lot of the issues that I am interested in, require that long term.”
Tackling the Debt and Bitcoin Are Top Priorities
A dedicated fiscal hawk, Senator-elect Lummis’ top goal is to rein in federal spending.
“I'm interested in the debt and the deficit,” she proclaimed. “We have to figure out how we're going to pay it back, when we're gonna pay it back. None of that's ever been discussed, to my knowledge. It's just managing the accumulation of debt rather than even thinking about paying it back.”
Another priority for Lummis? Getting her new colleagues interested in digital currency like Bitcoin.
“I own Bitcoin,” she said. “I want other people to understand the benefits of Bitcoin and how they can be part of a diversified asset allocation.”
“The role of the federal government is to learn about Bitcoin and let states continue to innovate without interfering. And sometimes the best thing [the] government can do—especially the federal government— is stand aside. Let innovation occur where it's most robust. And this is one of those spaces.”
Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Bolstering the GOP ‘Pink Wave’
Lummis, first elected to office in 1978, won her Senate race with 73.1% of the vote.
It’s not unusual to see Wyoming elect women—especially the Republican variety. In 1869, it became the first state to grant women the right to vote. Hence, the “Equality State” nickname.
“It is a great honor to get to ping that glass ceiling and to be the first woman from Wyoming elected to the U.S. Senate. And to do it in a year when so many Republican women have been successful,” Lummis said.
The political outsider is optimistic these fresh-faced House Republicans, over time, can matriculate to the Senate as she did.
“I'm delighted to see this cadre of really smart, strong, capable Republican women join the U.S. House of Representatives,” she added.
“I want to—early on in 2021—get together with them and have discussions about how and why they were so successful.”
Promoting a Conservative Conservationist Ethos
Lummus won’t know her Senate Committee assignments until January but is certain she’ll serve on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee or the Environment and Public Works Committee. At a minimum, she’ll join the Senate Western Caucus currently chaired by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT).
Why? She told me conservation issues like forest management are “near and dear” to her heart.
“When we see forests ignored when we see catastrophic wildfires pass through forests that have already been damaged by bark beetles...the federal land is in the poorest condition,” she noted. “Right next door you'll see a steep forest that because conservation thinning of that forest occurred, it has a healthier understory. It has healthier trees that are better able to withstand both disease and fire.”
“We can avoid these kinds of extensive wildfires that produce loss of life of wildlife and loss of life of people. It can be dealt with.”
With respect to the Green New Deal, Lummis said it would devastate her state’s economy and upend balanced use practices.
“When I look at the Green New Deal—when I look at the possibility of a Biden administration coming in and immediately trying to eliminate the production of oil and gas on federal lands— well, my gosh, half of my state is federal land. And...you're cutting off half of the oil and gas that is necessary to fuel this country.”
As for President Trump’s conservation legacy, she believes his Interior Department has done yeoman’s work rebuilding trust with stakeholders out West. She also heaped praises at Donald Trump Jr., an avid sportsman, for helping to shape his father’s agenda.
“The Trump administration...did help with access to hunting,” Lummis noted.
“And a lot of that really had to do with the emphasis that Donald Trump Jr., put on hunting and conservation. And then the President— who's not a hunter but who respects his children's hunting prowess—and their knowledge of conservation. A lot of those ideas really did filter through to the Department of the Interior. I can't say enough good things about David Bernhardt. I think he's been a terrific administrator and steward...”
Conclusion
With her new position, don’t expect Cynthia Lummis to sit on the sidelines. She’s ready to get to work for her constituents.
“Our very way of life as Americans— the freedoms we enjoy— are being threatened now,” she stressed. “And I think we need to fight back in education, in churches, on the Main Streets, the public square.”
Listen to and watch my extended interview with Senator-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). Visit her website and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Patrick Buchanan: Is Trump Exiting Afghanistan — to Attack Iran?

With the Pentagon 's announcement that U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be cut in half — to 2,500 — by inauguration day , after 19 years , it appears the end to America 's longest war may be in sight .
The Pentagon also announced a reduction of U.S. troop levels in Iraq to 2,500 by mid-January .
In 2003 , we invaded and occupied Iraq to remove a perceived threat from Saddam Hussein and to disarm that nation of weapons of mass destruction we discovered it did not have .
No WMD were ever found , and the war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroy them has been called the greatest strategic blunder in U.S. history .
These two wars , Iraq and Afghanistan , cost us some 7,000 dead , 50,000 wounded and trillions of dollars .
And as they preoccupied us for two decades , China rose to become a strategic , military and economic superpower to rival the United States .
Iraq and Afghanistan were the longest wars in U.S. history , and the most costly of the Mideast wars we have fought there , but there were others .
In 2011 , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the early days of Libya 's civil war .
We intervened on the side of the rebels in Syria 's civil war .
We assisted Saudi airstrikes in Yemen after Houthi rebels arose up in 2015 to dump over a Saudi-backed regime .
Over two decades , Arabs and Muslims have died in the hundreds of thousands from these wars .
But what have any of these wars availed the USA ?
Libya is split between a Turkish-backed government in Tripoli and Russian- and Egyptian-backed rebels under Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syrian regime of Bashar Assad has largely won its civil war , thanks to timely and decisive intervention by Russia , Iran and Hezbollah , which came to the regime 's rescue when it was on its last legs .
Today , Iran-backed militias in Iraq with ties to Tehran have far greater influence in Baghdad than Iran did before the Americans arrived in 2003 .
And the Americans are now going home .
In Afghanistan and Iraq , Trump is terminating the U.S. presence .
It is impossible to believe a President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and surge 100,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan in some new crisis to stave off a Taliban victory .
Thus , what we are looking at is not only the end of America 's war in Afghanistan but the possible , if not probable , eventual victory of the Taliban .
If the Afghan army and security forces could not put away the Taliban with 100,000 Americans fighting at their side in 2011 , they are unlikely to do so when all of the Americans are gone .
The outcome of this war could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what happened in Saigon in 1975 , two years after the Americans ended their role in the Vietnam War .
Yet , as Trump is halving U.S. forces in Afghanistan , The New York Times is reporting an Oval Office meeting with his national security inner circle to discuss a strike on Iran 's nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz .
According to the Times , Trump had to be persuaded not to order the attack by Vice President Mike Pence , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mark Milley .
Why Trump would order an attack on Natanz seems on its face inexplicable .
The facility is under regular U.N. inspection and has never enriched uranium to the 90 % level needed for a bomb .
Even today it is enriching uranium only to 4.5 % .
U.N. inspectors have regular access to the facility .
While the small stockpile of low-enriched uranium Iran has produced is in violation of the nuclear deal , Trump walked away from that deal in 2018 .
And Tehran could return to compliance easily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stockpile out of the country .
As America exits from the seemingly endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq , what strategic U.S. interest is imperiled by Iran 's enrichment of low-grade uranium to justify a new war with a nation larger , more populous and more powerful than any of those with which we have been involved in the last 20 years ?
As Trump is mulling over an attack on Iran , the Israelis are carrying out strikes in Syria on Iranian-backed militias and boasting about it .
Thus , if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most now expect , with Biden taking the oath on Jan. 20 , the new president could be faced in his first days with a crisis with Iran and the prospect of a collapse of the Afghan regime in Kabul in his first year in office .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of `` Nixon 's White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever . ''
To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists , visit @ @ @ @ @ @

With the Pentagon's announcement that U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be cut in half — to 2,500 — by inauguration day, after 19 years, it appears the end to America's longest war may be in sight.
The Pentagon also announced a reduction of U.S. troop levels in Iraq to 2,500 by mid-January. In 2003, we invaded and occupied Iraq to remove a perceived threat from Saddam Hussein and to disarm that nation of weapons of mass destruction we discovered it did not have.
No WMD were ever found, and the war George W. Bush launched to find and destroy them has been called the greatest strategic blunder in U.S. history.
These two wars, Iraq and Afghanistan, cost us some 7,000 dead, 50,000 wounded and trillions of dollars. And as they preoccupied us for two decades, China rose to become a strategic, military and economic superpower to rival the United States.
Iraq and Afghanistan were the longest wars in U.S. history, and the most costly of the Mideast wars we have fought there, but there were others.
In 2011, we attacked Col. Moammar Gadhafi's army in the early days of Libya's civil war. We intervened on the side of the rebels in Syria's civil war. We assisted Saudi airstrikes in Yemen after Houthi rebels arose up in 2015 to dump over a Saudi-backed regime.
Over two decades, Arabs and Muslims have died in the hundreds of thousands from these wars. But what have any of these wars availed the USA?
Libya is split between a Turkish-backed government in Tripoli and Russian- and Egyptian-backed rebels under Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi and the east of the country.
The Syrian regime of Bashar Assad has largely won its civil war, thanks to timely and decisive intervention by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, which came to the regime's rescue when it was on its last legs.
Today, Iran-backed militias in Iraq with ties to Tehran have far greater influence in Baghdad than Iran did before the Americans arrived in 2003.
And the Americans are now going home.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, Trump is terminating the U.S. presence. It is impossible to believe a President Joe Biden would emulate President Barack Obama and surge 100,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan in some new crisis to stave off a Taliban victory.
Thus, what we are looking at is not only the end of America's war in Afghanistan but the possible, if not probable, eventual victory of the Taliban.
If the Afghan army and security forces could not put away the Taliban with 100,000 Americans fighting at their side in 2011, they are unlikely to do so when all of the Americans are gone.
The outcome of this war could well be a reenactment in Kabul of what happened in Saigon in 1975, two years after the Americans ended their role in the Vietnam War.
Yet, as Trump is halving U.S. forces in Afghanistan, The New York Times is reporting an Oval Office meeting with his national security inner circle to discuss a strike on Iran's nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz.
According to the Times, Trump had to be persuaded not to order the attack by Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley.
Why Trump would order an attack on Natanz seems on its face inexplicable. The facility is under regular U.N. inspection and has never enriched uranium to the 90% level needed for a bomb.
Even today it is enriching uranium only to 4.5%.
U.N. inspectors have regular access to the facility. While the small stockpile of low-enriched uranium Iran has produced is in violation of the nuclear deal, Trump walked away from that deal in 2018.
And Tehran could return to compliance easily by halting production and shipping its small stockpile out of the country.
As America exits from the seemingly endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, what strategic U.S. interest is imperiled by Iran's enrichment of low-grade uranium to justify a new war with a nation larger, more populous and more powerful than any of those with which we have been involved in the last 20 years?
As Trump is mulling over an attack on Iran, the Israelis are carrying out strikes in Syria on Iranian-backed militias and boasting about it.
Thus, if the election of 2020 turns out the way most now expect, with Biden taking the oath on Jan. 20, the new president could be faced in his first days with a crisis with Iran and the prospect of a collapse of the Afghan regime in Kabul in his first year in office.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever." To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Tim Graham: Going Soft on Georgia’s Rev. Wright Acolyte

Secular liberals have a serious problem with any commingling of church and state ... at least when the church in question opposes their most precious and permissive causes , like the right to abort unborn babies , the right to subsidized contraceptives , and the right to invent your own genders and pronouns .
But when a church gives off a whiff of `` progressive '' ideology or theology , well , that 's a different matter entirely .
Religion then becomes a qualification , not a disqualification .
This was encapsulated in a tweet by Sam Stein of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warnock 's faith and sermons fair game for attack but Amy Coney Barrett 's religious views not ? ''
The Rev .
Raphael Warnock , now a Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia , is hailed by the secular media as an inheritor of not only Martin Luther King Jr. 's `` iconic '' Baptist church but also his leftist causes .
This is a curious stance for Stein , since he wrote an alarm-bells article last month in which he claimed Barrett had allowed her signature to appear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barbaric legacy '' of Roe v. Wade .
Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review found that this claim was inaccurate , that Barrett only signed a statement supporting an end to `` abortion on demand . ''
Stein surely feels other adjectives should be used for legal abortions , like `` therapeutic , '' and `` empowering '' and , for serious Orwellians , `` life-saving . ''
But with an election looming , Senate Democrats felt pressure to avoid their innate desires to perpetuate the florid press angle that the traditionally Catholic Barrett @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a creepy religious group .
Now that Georgia has only the Senate races left for the media to cover , our `` objective '' media firmly placed any criticism of Warnock in the `` Republicans Pounce '' category .
On Nov. 1 , before the fall campaign ended , New York Times reporter Richard Fausset calmly acknowledged the radical so-called social gospel of Warnock .
Warnock 's mentor was Rev .
Dr. James H. Cone , the Marxist father of black liberation theology .
And he publicly defended another Cone-head , the Rev @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` God damn America '' in his sermons and who preached after 9/11 that `` America 's chickens are coming home to roost . ''
On Fox News in March 2008 , Warnock proclaimed , `` We celebrate Rev .
Wright in the same way that we celebrate the truth-telling tradition of the black church . ''
A lot of media said silly things like that about Wright 's hateful `` truth-telling . ''
Republicans also `` pounced '' on Warnock 's hot take on President Donald Trump in 2016 : `` America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whiteness ! ''
And they pounced on Warnock 's 2011 sermon in which he said that `` nobody can serve God and the military . ''
If that 's about violence , he has n't claimed nobody can serve God and Planned Parenthood .
But ABC , CBS , and NBC have shown no interest in these extreme sermons .
The majority of the Senate hangs in the balance , and Martin Luther King 's supposed heir is granted the customary partisan protections .
These journalists hate it when white Baptists or Catholics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporting Donald Trump , but black churches ripping on the `` worship of whiteness '' and how America deserved 9/11 somehow never strains the bonds of Christian charity .
This only underlines that most reporters are not religious people and just see religion as something employed to manipulate voters .
Religion is considered virtuous if it manipulates voters toward the `` right side of history . ''

Secular liberals have a serious problem with any commingling of church and state ... at least when the church in question opposes their most precious and permissive causes, like the right to abort unborn babies, the right to subsidized contraceptives, and the right to invent your own genders and pronouns.
But when a church gives off a whiff of "progressive" ideology or theology, well, that's a different matter entirely. Religion then becomes a qualification, not a disqualification.
This was encapsulated in a tweet by Sam Stein of the Daily Beast: "Why are Raphael Warnock's faith and sermons fair game for attack but Amy Coney Barrett's religious views not?" The Rev. Raphael Warnock, now a Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia, is hailed by the secular media as an inheritor of not only Martin Luther King Jr.'s "iconic" Baptist church but also his leftist causes.
This is a curious stance for Stein, since he wrote an alarm-bells article last month in which he claimed Barrett had allowed her signature to appear on a local ad protesting the "barbaric legacy" of Roe v. Wade. Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review found that this claim was inaccurate, that Barrett only signed a statement supporting an end to "abortion on demand."
Stein surely feels other adjectives should be used for legal abortions, like "therapeutic," and "empowering" and, for serious Orwellians, "life-saving." But with an election looming, Senate Democrats felt pressure to avoid their innate desires to perpetuate the florid press angle that the traditionally Catholic Barrett is some kooky "handmaid" in a creepy religious group.
Now that Georgia has only the Senate races left for the media to cover, our "objective" media firmly placed any criticism of Warnock in the "Republicans Pounce" category. On Nov. 1, before the fall campaign ended, New York Times reporter Richard Fausset calmly acknowledged the radical so-called social gospel of Warnock.
Warnock's mentor was Rev. Dr. James H. Cone, the Marxist father of black liberation theology. And he publicly defended another Cone-head, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., who says "God damn America" in his sermons and who preached after 9/11 that "America's chickens are coming home to roost."
On Fox News in March 2008, Warnock proclaimed, "We celebrate Rev. Wright in the same way that we celebrate the truth-telling tradition of the black church." A lot of media said silly things like that about Wright's hateful "truth-telling."
Republicans also "pounced" on Warnock's hot take on President Donald Trump in 2016: "America needs to repent for its worship of whiteness!" And they pounced on Warnock's 2011 sermon in which he said that "nobody can serve God and the military." If that's about violence, he hasn't claimed nobody can serve God and Planned Parenthood.
But ABC, CBS, and NBC have shown no interest in these extreme sermons. The majority of the Senate hangs in the balance, and Martin Luther King's supposed heir is granted the customary partisan protections.
These journalists hate it when white Baptists or Catholics allegedly try the patience of God by supporting Donald Trump, but black churches ripping on the "worship of whiteness" and how America deserved 9/11 somehow never strains the bonds of Christian charity. This only underlines that most reporters are not religious people and just see religion as something employed to manipulate voters. Religion is considered virtuous if it manipulates voters toward the "right side of history."


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Brooke A. Rogers: You’re Not My Dad, Gov. Cuomo – and Please Stop Pretending

Gov .
Andrew Cuomo has a parenting problem .
Not with his own children , but with the 8 million incorrigible residents of Gotham , who refuse to bend to his will .
He has tried everything : groundings , lectures , threatening to send them to bed without supper ( at restaurants ) .
And yet these ungrateful brats continue to question the more ridiculous of his ever-changing and often-irrational COVID-19 guidelines .
And this is a problem for a man like Cuomo , who seems to fancy himself the Father of New York , much like a Central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as his children .
His most recent edict was implementing an early bedtime for New York City in response to spiking cases .
He ordered bars , restaurants and gyms to close their doors at 10 p.m. , sparking ire and confusion .
After all , it isn ’ t as though the virus becomes more dangerous after dark , and already-struggling eateries would have to shut down during prime late-night dinner hours .
The city that never sleeps must now turn in early , courtesy of Cuomo ’ s disciplinarian governance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ found something that felt a tiny bit like normalcy during quarantine — namely , drinking frosés on the sidewalk with friends they hadn ’ t seen since March — Cuomo ordered bars to serve a food item with every drink .
Pubs quickly responded with some good old-fashioned New York attitude , adding $ 1 “ Cuomo chips ” to the menu , making “ soup ” out of bouillon cubes and offering patrons a single corn tortilla sold as a “ vegan taco ” to enjoy with their frozen margaritas .
Exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases was unclear , since patrons could simply throw out their unwanted food and continue drinking normally .
But venues tried to follow the rules .
But like a parent making sure his children are eating their vegetables , the governor wouldn ’ t allow these establishments to get away with a cheap and easy fix .
He made the rules stricter , demanding that the food ordered be “ similar in quality and substance to sandwiches and soups ” ; a panini would fly , pretzel bites wouldn ’ t .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point : No , you couldn ’ t find loopholes around his silly edicts , you shouldn ’ t make jokes at his expense and you would be punished for attempting either .
Cuomo ’ s approach to leadership has all of the worst components of a nanny state — heavy-handed regulation , complicated rules and intrusions into private life — without any of the benefits .
The state , after all , isn ’ t bailing out businesses being asked to jump through hoops and follow restrictions that aren ’ t even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s enablers share some of the blame .
In the early days of the lockdown , when his coronavirus briefings were must-watch TV for many New Yorkers , some observers developed a sort of obsession with his domineering tone and mannerisms .
The internet dubbed him “ Daddy Cuomo.
” At Jezebel , Rebecca Fishbein summed up the emerging urban infatuation with the governor : “ In this time of crisis , with little concrete information available , I need Cuomo ’ s measured bullying , his love of circumventing the federal government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leadership.
” As the pandemic raged on , the governor seemed to take his role as “ Daddy Cuomo ” to heart .
His tweets became increasingly scolding .
In June , he responded to a video of New Yorkers gathered outside at St. Mark ’ s Place with : “ Don ’ t make me come down there ” — the kind of threat kids might expect when they ’ ve gotten into a particularly loud scuffle .
He brought his daughter to a press conference , frequently ragged on her boyfriend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as to put a “ boyfriend cliff ” on one of the several bizarre COVID-19 posters he commissioned to immortalize his leadership during the pandemic .
For Cuomo , the lines between child-rearing and governance are blurred , and New Yorkers are the ones who frequently pay the price .
In the middle of a crisis , New Yorkers don ’ t need a father , doling out snarky one-liners in white New Balance cross-trainers while implementing petty punishments .
They need a leader who makes smart and calculated choices that don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a living .
When he is acting as governor , Cuomo should take off his Dad hat and treat New Yorkers like adults .

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a parenting problem. Not with his own children, but with the 8 million incorrigible residents of Gotham, who refuse to bend to his will. He has tried everything: groundings, lectures, threatening to send them to bed without supper (at restaurants). And yet these ungrateful brats continue to question the more ridiculous of his ever-changing and often-irrational COVID-19 guidelines.
And this is a problem for a man like Cuomo, who seems to fancy himself the Father of New York, much like a Central Asian dictator might think of his nation as his children.
His most recent edict was implementing an early bedtime for New York City in response to spiking cases. He ordered bars, restaurants and gyms to close their doors at 10 p.m., sparking ire and confusion. After all, it isn’t as though the virus becomes more dangerous after dark, and already-struggling eateries would have to shut down during prime late-night dinner hours. The city that never sleeps must now turn in early, courtesy of Cuomo’s disciplinarian governance.
In July, when New Yorkers had found something that felt a tiny bit like normalcy during quarantine — namely, drinking frosés on the sidewalk with friends they hadn’t seen since March — Cuomo ordered bars to serve a food item with every drink. Pubs quickly responded with some good old-fashioned New York attitude, adding $1 “Cuomo chips” to the menu, making “soup” out of bouillon cubes and offering patrons a single corn tortilla sold as a “vegan taco” to enjoy with their frozen margaritas.
Exactly how this would cut down on positive cases was unclear, since patrons could simply throw out their unwanted food and continue drinking normally. But venues tried to follow the rules. But like a parent making sure his children are eating their vegetables, the governor wouldn’t allow these establishments to get away with a cheap and easy fix. He made the rules stricter, demanding that the food ordered be “similar in quality and substance to sandwiches and soups”; a panini would fly, pretzel bites wouldn’t.
In doing so, he was making a point: No, you couldn’t find loopholes around his silly edicts, you shouldn’t make jokes at his expense and you would be punished for attempting either.
Cuomo’s approach to leadership has all of the worst components of a nanny state — heavy-handed regulation, complicated rules and intrusions into private life — without any of the benefits. The state, after all, isn’t bailing out businesses being asked to jump through hoops and follow restrictions that aren’t even clearly curbing COVID.
The governor’s enablers share some of the blame. In the early days of the lockdown, when his coronavirus briefings were must-watch TV for many New Yorkers, some observers developed a sort of obsession with his domineering tone and mannerisms. The internet dubbed him “Daddy Cuomo.”
At Jezebel, Rebecca Fishbein summed up the emerging urban infatuation with the governor: “In this time of crisis, with little concrete information available, I need Cuomo’s measured bullying, his love of circumventing the federal government, his sparring with increasingly incompetent city leadership.”
As the pandemic raged on, the governor seemed to take his role as “Daddy Cuomo” to heart. His tweets became increasingly scolding. In June, he responded to a video of New Yorkers gathered outside at St. Mark’s Place with: “Don’t make me come down there” — the kind of threat kids might expect when they’ve gotten into a particularly loud scuffle.
He brought his daughter to a press conference, frequently ragged on her boyfriend during briefings and even went so far as to put a “boyfriend cliff” on one of the several bizarre COVID-19 posters he commissioned to immortalize his leadership during the pandemic. For Cuomo, the lines between child-rearing and governance are blurred, and New Yorkers are the ones who frequently pay the price.
In the middle of a crisis, New Yorkers don’t need a father, doling out snarky one-liners in white New Balance cross-trainers while implementing petty punishments. They need a leader who makes smart and calculated choices that don’t completely hamstring their ability to make a living. When he is acting as governor, Cuomo should take off his Dad hat and treat New Yorkers like adults.
Twitter: @bkerogers


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Michael Barone: Californians — and Americans — Reject Racial Quotas and Preferences

Among the most surprising of the multiple surprising results in this election was California 's rejection of Proposition 16 .
The ballot measure was supported by the Democratic supermajorities in the state legislature ; by long-established corporations and Silicon Valley tech firms ; by leaders of mainline churches and nonprofit organizations .
Some $ 20 million was spent on its behalf and only $ 1 million in opposition .
Yet it lost by a solid margin of 57 % to 43 % in a state that voted 64 % for Joe Biden .
Why ?
Because Californians , like most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discrimination .
Proposition 16 was put on the ballot to repeal Proposition 209 , which passed in 1996 and banned state government from discriminating `` on the basis of race , sex , color , ethnicity or national origin . ''
Most Californians thought then and think now that that 's a good idea .
Disagreeing emphatically are the people who run the state 's giant state colleges and universities .
Like their counterparts across the nation , they want to admit more black and Latino students than would qualify on non-race-based criteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as documented by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr. in their 2012 book , `` Mismatch , '' is that more black and Latino students are admitted , but since instruction is pitched to the median student , many opt out of rigorous STEM majors or drop out altogether .
Enforcement of Proposition 209 meant fewer black and Hispanic students at flagship campuses ( University of California , Berkeley , and UCLA ) but more — and more graduates — at other UC campuses and Cal State campuses .
Racial quotas and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than against Asians , who are denied places despite high test scores and rigorous preparation , much as Jews were denied by the Ivy Leagues from the 1920s to the 1950s .
Anti-Asian bias is made plain in lawsuits pending in federal courts against Yale and Harvard , whose admissions personnel are accused of suspiciously rating Asians low on `` positive personality . ''
The case for racial quotas and preferences got renewed attention after the death of George Floyd in May .
The suddenly famous author of `` How to Be an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argues that `` any racial balance not exactly representative of the population as a whole '' must be the result of `` systemic racism , '' to be rectified by quotas and preferences .
But as Andrew Sullivan writes in an elegant and withering refutation of Kendi , `` Any attempt to make a specific institution entirely representative of the demographics of its location will founder on the sheer complexity of America 's demographic story and the nature of the institution itself . ''
Which leads back to California and its voters ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and corporate elites ' determination to replicate its statewide ethnic proportions in the student body of each state college and university .
What I find most striking is that Proposition 16 was rejected by a wider margin — 57 % to 43 % — than the margin by which Proposition 209 was adopted 24 years ago — 55 % to 45 % .
Yet during that time , California has become strikingly more ethnically diverse and culturally liberal .
And more Democratic .
Bill Clinton carried California by 13 points , Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contrast here with the way California led the nation toward one major change of opinion : on same-sex marriage .
California voters rejected same-sex marriage in 2008 , but only by a margin of 52 % to 48 % , at a time when it was backed by ( according to Gallup ) 67 % percent nationally and resolutely opposed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton .
California was thus ahead of the nation on an issue that zoomed from 27 % support in 1996 to 67 % in 2020 .
But in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial quotas and preferences — which are , by definition , racial discrimination — has actually risen in Los Angeles County and Southern California , in the Central Valley and the Sierras , even in the San Francisco Bay area .
Americans embrace the Civil Rights Act of 1964 now more than ever .
The courts have lagged behind .
The Supreme Court allowed discrimination in the interest of `` diversity '' in 1978 and reaffirmed that in Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003 .
But then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor added that `` the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today . ''
We 're only eight years away from Justice O'Connor 's deadline .
The elites — and certainly the Biden administration — want to keep racial quotas and preferences in place .
The American people , speaking through the unlikely medium of California voters , have said they do n't .
Will the courts follow the lead of the people toward the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the elites ' embrace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner , resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics .

Among the most surprising of the multiple surprising results in this election was California's rejection of Proposition 16. The ballot measure was supported by the Democratic supermajorities in the state legislature; by long-established corporations and Silicon Valley tech firms; by leaders of mainline churches and nonprofit organizations. Some $20 million was spent on its behalf and only $1 million in opposition.
Yet it lost by a solid margin of 57% to 43% in a state that voted 64% for Joe Biden.
Why? Because Californians, like most other Americans, don't like racial discrimination. Proposition 16 was put on the ballot to repeal Proposition 209, which passed in 1996 and banned state government from discriminating "on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin." Most Californians thought then and think now that that's a good idea.
Disagreeing emphatically are the people who run the state's giant state colleges and universities. Like their counterparts across the nation, they want to admit more black and Latino students than would qualify on non-race-based criteria such as test scores. The result, as documented by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr. in their 2012 book, "Mismatch," is that more black and Latino students are admitted, but since instruction is pitched to the median student, many opt out of rigorous STEM majors or drop out altogether. Enforcement of Proposition 209 meant fewer black and Hispanic students at flagship campuses (University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA) but more — and more graduates — at other UC campuses and Cal State campuses.
Racial quotas and preferences these days discriminate less against whites than against Asians, who are denied places despite high test scores and rigorous preparation, much as Jews were denied by the Ivy Leagues from the 1920s to the 1950s. Anti-Asian bias is made plain in lawsuits pending in federal courts against Yale and Harvard, whose admissions personnel are accused of suspiciously rating Asians low on "positive personality."
The case for racial quotas and preferences got renewed attention after the death of George Floyd in May. The suddenly famous author of "How to Be an Antiracist," Ibram X. Kendi, argues that "any racial balance not exactly representative of the population as a whole" must be the result of "systemic racism," to be rectified by quotas and preferences. But as Andrew Sullivan writes in an elegant and withering refutation of Kendi, "Any attempt to make a specific institution entirely representative of the demographics of its location will founder on the sheer complexity of America's demographic story and the nature of the institution itself."
Which leads back to California and its voters' stark rejection of its Democratic politicians' and corporate elites' determination to replicate its statewide ethnic proportions in the student body of each state college and university.
What I find most striking is that Proposition 16 was rejected by a wider margin — 57% to 43% — than the margin by which Proposition 209 was adopted 24 years ago — 55% to 45%. Yet during that time, California has become strikingly more ethnically diverse and culturally liberal. And more Democratic. Bill Clinton carried California by 13 points, Joe Biden by 30.
There's a vivid contrast here with the way California led the nation toward one major change of opinion: on same-sex marriage. California voters rejected same-sex marriage in 2008, but only by a margin of 52% to 48%, at a time when it was backed by (according to Gallup) 67% percent nationally and resolutely opposed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
California was thus ahead of the nation on an issue that zoomed from 27% support in 1996 to 67% in 2020. But in that same 24-year period, opposition to racial quotas and preferences — which are, by definition, racial discrimination — has actually risen in Los Angeles County and Southern California, in the Central Valley and the Sierras, even in the San Francisco Bay area. Americans embrace the Civil Rights Act of 1964 now more than ever.
The courts have lagged behind. The Supreme Court allowed discrimination in the interest of "diversity" in 1978 and reaffirmed that in Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003. But then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor added that "the Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today."
We're only eight years away from Justice O'Connor's deadline. The elites — and certainly the Biden administration — want to keep racial quotas and preferences in place. The American people, speaking through the unlikely medium of California voters, have said they don't. Will the courts follow the lead of the people toward the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the elites' embrace of racial discrimination?
Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Georgia Governor Certifies Election Results – Then Calls for an Audit

After certifying his state 's election results , Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp is now urging his state to conduct an audit comparing the signatures of voter applications and mail-in ballot envelops to those on the approved voter file to determine if fraud occurred .
Kemp , a Republican , made the appeal to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during a news conference on Friday .
“ It ’ s important to note that this audit only looked at ballots , not the signatures on the absentee applications or the signatures on the ballot envelopes , '' the governor said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from are extremely concerned about this , so I encourage Secretary Raffensperger to consider addressing these concerns .
It seems simple enough to conduct a sample audit of signatures on the absentee ballot envelopes and compare those to the signatures on applications and on file at the Secretary of State ’ s Office . ''
The governor sharply criticized the failure of some county clerks after an audit of ballots found thousands that went uncounted .
`` It is important for Georgians to know that the vast majority of local election workers did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I thank them for their service , '' he said .
`` However , it ’ s quite honestly hard to believe that during the audit , thousands of uncounted ballots were found weeks after a razor-thin outcome in a presidential election .
This is simply unacceptable .
I have heard directly from countless Georgians .
They expect better , and they deserve better . ''
Kemp also rallied around emerging efforts to strengthen voter ID requirements in the aftermath of an election where the Trump campaign is disputing the results in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and misconduct .
“ Voters casting their ballots in person must show photo ID , and we should consider applying that same standard to mail-in balloting , '' he said .
Kemp certified his state results Friday showing Joe Biden with a narrow victory but he noted the action , required by the Constitution , `` paves the way for the Trump campaign to pursue other legal options and a separate recount if they choose . ''

After certifying his state's election results, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is now urging his state to conduct an audit comparing the signatures of voter applications and mail-in ballot envelopes to those on the approved voter file to determine if fraud occurred.
Kemp, a Republican, made the appeal to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during a news conference on Friday.
"It's important to note that this audit only looked at ballots, not the signatures on the absentee applications or the signatures on the ballot envelopes," the governor said. "The Georgians I have heard from are extremely concerned about this, so I encourage Secretary Raffensperger to consider addressing these concerns. It seems simple enough to conduct a sample audit of signatures on the absentee ballot envelopes and compare those to the signatures on applications and on file at the Secretary of State's Office."
The governor sharply criticized the failure of some county clerks after an audit of ballots found thousands that went uncounted.
"It is important for Georgians to know that the vast majority of local election workers did their job well under unprecedented circumstances, and I thank them for their service," he said. "However, it's quite honestly hard to believe that during the audit, thousands of uncounted ballots were found weeks after a razor-thin outcome in a presidential election. This is simply unacceptable. I have heard directly from countless Georgians. They expect better, and they deserve better."
Kemp also rallied around emerging efforts to strengthen voter ID requirements in the aftermath of an election where the Trump campaign is disputing the results in a half dozen states, alleging fraud and misconduct.
"Voters casting their ballots in person must show photo ID, and we should consider applying that same standard to mail-in balloting," he said.
Kemp certified his state results Friday showing Joe Biden with a narrow victory, but he noted the action, required by the Constitution, "paves the way for the Trump campaign to pursue other legal options and a separate recount if they choose."


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Hundreds Gather for Stop the Steal Rally in Georgia

Activists have gathered in Atlanta , Georgia , for a “ Stop the Steal ” rally in support of President Trump and his efforts to ensure election integrity after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ( R ) certified the Peach State ’ s election results .
Hundreds gathered at the rally at the Georgia State Capitol for a “ Stop the Steal ” rally featuring high-profile attendees , including the event ’ s organizer Ali Alexander , State Representative Vernon Jones ( R ) , Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin , and the # WalkAway movement ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of supporters demanding action , shouting “ stop the steal , ” “ special session , ” and “ hold the line ” : Counter-protesters have also gathered in the area , according to footage from Brendan Gutenschwager .
Police are reportedly on the scene : Rallygoers also shouted “ CNN sucks !
” outside the organization ’ s headquarters : The rally follows Raffensperger ’ s decision to certify the state ’ s election results , which showed Biden leading the president by fewer than 12,700 votes .
Trump ’ s campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Peach State , particularly highlighting their concerns over signature matching .
“ The recount being done in Georgia will tell us nothing because these fraudulent ballots will just be counted again because they wouldn ’ t provide the signatures to match the ballots .
So , it means nothing , ” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said during a Thursday press conference .
“ Almost ZERO ballots rejected in Georgia this election .
In years past , close to 4 % .
Not possible .
Must have signature check on envelopes now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they got caught .
Far more votes than needed for flip .
Republicans must get tough !
” President Trump said in a Thursday tweet , tagging Gov .
Brian Kemp ( R ) : The president urged supporters to “ stay tuned ” on Saturday morning , teasing “ big voter fraud information coming out concerning Georgia ” :

Activists have gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, for a “Stop the Steal” rally in support of President Trump and his efforts to ensure election integrity after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) certified the Peach State’s election results.
Watch above, courtesy of TeaPartyPatriots.org
Hundreds gathered at the rally at the Georgia State Capitol for a “Stop the Steal” rally featuring high-profile attendees, including the event’s organizer Ali Alexander, State Representative Vernon Jones (R), Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin, and the #WalkAway movement’s Brandon Straka.
Videos show the crowd of supporters demanding action, shouting “stop the steal,” “special session,” and “hold the line”:
HAPPENING 🚨🚨🚨 MAJOR PROTESTS IN ATLANTA GEORGIA AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING — PATRIOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY GATHER IN GEORGIA TO #STOPTHESTEAL — GUEST SPEAKERS PLAN ON ATTENDING EVENT SHORTLY pic.twitter.com/3wNUCNOAXD — Million Maga March (@MilionMagaMarch) November 21, 2020
“Four more years!” chants from the crowd of several hundred Trump supporters as they listen to speakers outside the Capitol #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/HI5q1tndrl — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Crowd erupts in chants of “SPECIAL SESSION” at the Georgia State Capitol #StopTheSteal pic.twitter.com/7jN74edhK3 — Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) November 21, 2020
Chants of “Stop The Steal” and “hold the line” erupt at the state Capitol in Georgia. pic.twitter.com/5UhlIJNjuB — Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) November 21, 2020
Incredible turnout here in Georgia to demand Governor Brian Kemp call a special session. We will not allow them to steal this election!#StopTheSteal pic.twitter.com/14qR0TgRXC — Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) November 21, 2020
Vernon Jones speaking from a ladder at today’s Stop the Steal rally in Georgia #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/tmo8l1Pf8m — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Counter-protesters have also gathered in the area, according to footage from Brendan Gutenschwager. Police are reportedly on the scene:
Police are moving barricades into place as a group of counter protesters is forming in front of Atlanta City Hall #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/GbAsEIuzu0 — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Black Lives Matter has taken up a line outside Atlanta City Hall #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/X70mLp9Tkk — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Significantly larger police presence today as countering groups are out at City Hall and the Georgia State Capitol #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/3L7ForKSjx — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Trump supporters cheer as riot police come out to the streets of Atlanta #Atlanta #Georgia #AtlantaProtest pic.twitter.com/Qo9IFO3S6u — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Rallygoers also shouted “CNN sucks!” outside the organization’s headquarters:
Brandon Straka leads one final round of “CNN sucks!” chants outside their headquarters as this protest wraps up ahead of the afternoon’s demonstration at the Capitol #Atlanta #CNN #Georgia pic.twitter.com/u7VEuoAvPP — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
Now at CNN Headquarters Atlanta pic.twitter.com/Y8w7JTbdvb — Michael Yon (@Michael_Yon) November 21, 2020
The rally follows Raffensperger’s decision to certify the state’s election results, which showed Biden leading the president by fewer than 12,700 votes. Trump’s campaign has publicly dismissed the recount efforts in the Peach State, particularly highlighting their concerns over signature matching.
“The recount being done in Georgia will tell us nothing because these fraudulent ballots will just be counted again because they wouldn’t provide the signatures to match the ballots. So, it means nothing,” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said during a Thursday press conference.
“Almost ZERO ballots rejected in Georgia this election. In years past, close to 4%. Not possible. Must have signature check on envelopes now. Very easy to do. Dems fighting because they got caught. Far more votes than needed for flip. Republicans must get tough!” President Trump said in a Thursday tweet, tagging Gov. Brian Kemp (R):
Almost ZERO ballots rejected in Georgia this election. In years past, close to 4%. Not possible. Must have signature check on envelopes now. Very easy to do. Dems fighting because they got caught. Far more votes than needed for flip. Republicans must get tough! @BrianKempGA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2020
The president urged supporters to “stay tuned” on Saturday morning, teasing “big voter fraud information coming out concerning Georgia”:


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--“CNN Sucks” Chant Breaks Out Outside Their Atlanta HQ

Hundreds of Trump supporters have gathered outside of CNN headquarters in Atlanta in protest for a # WalkAway `` Rescue America Rally . ''
Video captured by independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager shows the group chanting `` CNN Sucks '' and `` Shame on you , '' led by # WalkAway movement leader Brandon Straka .
The rally is advertised as a means of showing `` the radical left that they do not own America ’ s streets and that our country is filled with kind , loving , big-hearted Americans of every race , religion , background , and creed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , telling a story of a time when he was called `` scum '' by a CNN producer when he was `` homeless and sleeping on the streets .
`` The man said he had gotten badly beat up , and had stumbled and laid down in front of the building .
Security had come out to ask him to move , but when he asked for time to collect himself , the man says he heard a producer tell the security guard to `` get that scum away from here . ''

Hundreds of Trump supporters have gathered outside of CNN headquarters in Atlanta in protest for a #WalkAway "Rescue America Rally."
Video captured by independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager shows the group chanting "CNN Sucks" and "Shame on you," led by #WalkAway movement leader Brandon Straka.
The rally is advertised as a means of showing "the radical left that they do not own America’s streets and that our country is filled with kind, loving, big-hearted Americans of every race, religion, background, and creed."
“Shame on you!” Brandon Straka leads chants with the crowd of Trump supporters outside the CNN Center in Atlanta #Atlanta #CNN #WalkAway #Georgia pic.twitter.com/MkQbDJ1tDB — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
One man addressed the crowd, telling a story of a time when he was called "scum" by a CNN producer when he was "homeless and sleeping on the streets."The man said he had gotten badly beat up, and had stumbled and laid down in front of the building. Security had come out to ask him to move, but when he asked for time to collect himself, the man says he heard a producer tell the security guard to "get that scum away from here."
A man tells his story of being called “scum” by CNN security back when he was homeless in Atlanta #Atlanta #CNN #Georgia pic.twitter.com/CZo4rRQbbO — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Dominion/Smartmatic Noncompete Agreement Emerges Despite Claims Of Being “Fierce Competitors”

Despite the insistence between Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic – two of the tech firms embroiled in election glitch allegations – that the pair are “ fierce competitors , ” court documents analyzed by The National Pulse actually reveal the pair actually have a “ noncompetition ” agreement .
According to the summary of law firm Potter Anderson Corroon , in 2009 , Dominion was a defendant in a 2009 suit against Smartmatic : “ The license agreement contained a noncompetition provision , which , among other things , prohibited Smartmatic from “ develop [ ing ] , market [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any Licensed Product in the United States.
” In other words , it would be illegal for the two firms to compete – a direct contradiction with the claims by the firms as well as by media organizations as allegations of fraud swirl .
As a follow-up lawsuit notes : “ the agreement ’ s noncompetition provision prohibited the plaintiffs from selling the licensed products in the United States.
” This unearthed ruling discredits Dominion ’ s insistence it is a “ fierce competitor to Smartmatic.
” Media outlets have peddled similar narratives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” article sharing Smartmatic ’ s statement that “ the two companies are competitors in the marketplace , ” ostensibly without doing any actual fact-checking on the firm ’ s claim .
The two companies in question – Dominion and Smartmatic – have come under intense scrutiny following the 2020 election .
Democrat-heavy Dominion improperly counted ballots to create a fraudulent win for Joe Biden in Antrim County , Michigan and caused several other “ glitches ” that required extended voting hours and delayed results .
And Smartmatic has ties to the Venezuelan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dictator Hugo Chavez to provide voting machines in the country ’ s 2004 election .
Despite these credible claims on the shady nature of Smartmatic and Dominion , bolstered by the companies lying about their competition arrangement , establishment media outlets have fought to smear this criticism as a “ baseless conspiracy .
”

Despite the insistence between Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic – two of the tech firms embroiled in election glitch allegations – that the pair are “fierce competitors,” court documents analyzed by The National Pulse actually reveal the pair actually have a “noncompetition” agreement.
According to the summary of law firm Potter Anderson Corroon, in 2009, Dominion was a defendant in a 2009 suit against Smartmatic:
“The license agreement contained a noncompetition provision, which, among other things, prohibited Smartmatic from “develop[ing], market[ing] or sell[ing] any Licensed Product in the United States.”
In other words, it would be illegal for the two firms to compete – a direct contradiction with the claims by the firms as well as by media organizations as allegations of fraud swirl.
As a follow-up lawsuit notes: “the agreement’s noncompetition provision prohibited the plaintiffs from selling the licensed products in the United States.”
This unearthed ruling discredits Dominion’s insistence it is a “fierce competitor to Smartmatic.”
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Media outlets have peddled similar narratives, with an Associated Press “fact-check” article sharing Smartmatic’s statement that “the two companies are competitors in the marketplace,” ostensibly without doing any actual fact-checking on the firm’s claim.
The two companies in question – Dominion and Smartmatic – have come under intense scrutiny following the 2020 election.
Democrat-heavy Dominion improperly counted ballots to create a fraudulent win for Joe Biden in Antrim County, Michigan and caused several other “glitches” that required extended voting hours and delayed results.
And Smartmatic has ties to the Venezuelan government, having contracted on behalf of dictator Hugo Chavez to provide voting machines in the country’s 2004 election.
Despite these credible claims on the shady nature of Smartmatic and Dominion, bolstered by the companies lying about their competition arrangement, establishment media outlets have fought to smear this criticism as a “baseless conspiracy.”


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Tucker Carlson Responds to Critics – Says Sidney Powell Uncovered Greatest Crime in U.S. History If

Tucker Carlson Responds to Critics – Says Sidney Powell Uncovered Greatest Crime in U.S. History If She’s Right

Friday , Fox News Channel ’ s Tucker Carlson addressed the ongoing back-and-forth between him and Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell over allegations that millions of votes were changed by electronic vote machines in the presidential election earlier this month .
During his Thursday show , Carlson called into question Powell ’ s claim and said she had refused to offer evidence to him and his program .
Earlier on Friday , Powell responded to Carlson ’ s commentary and said the FNC host was “ insulting , demanding and rude ” in an interview on Fox Business Network ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he had said a night earlier , Carlson told viewers people in the White House and people close to the president had not seen Powell ’ s evidence .
He also said that Powell ’ s pledge during her FBN appearance that proof was coming “ within the next two weeks ” was “ great news ” and that if successful , she will have uncovered what he called the “ greatest crime in the history of the country.
” “ As far as we are concerned , that is great news , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Powell can prove that technology companies switched millions of votes and stole the presidential election , she will have almost single-handedly uncovered the greatest crime in the history of this country , and no one will be more grateful for that than us .
”

Friday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson addressed the ongoing back-and-forth between him and Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell over allegations that millions of votes were changed by electronic vote machines in the presidential election earlier this month.
During his Thursday show, Carlson called into question Powell’s claim and said she had refused to offer evidence to him and his program.
Earlier on Friday, Powell responded to Carlson’s commentary and said the FNC host was “insulting, demanding and rude” in an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria.”
As he had said a night earlier, Carlson told viewers people in the White House and people close to the president had not seen Powell’s evidence.
He also said that Powell’s pledge during her FBN appearance that proof was coming “within the next two weeks” was “great news” and that if successful, she will have uncovered what he called the “greatest crime in the history of the country.”
“As far as we are concerned, that is great news,” Carlson said. “If Sidney Powell can prove that technology companies switched millions of votes and stole the presidential election, she will have almost single-handedly uncovered the greatest crime in the history of this country, and no one will be more grateful for that than us.”
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bonginoreport--2020-11-21--YouTube Censors Candace Owens

YouTube Censors Candace Owens

Candace Owens blasted Google-owned YouTube yesterday for removing an episode of her show focused on the left ’ s attempt to distort the meaning of gender .
The episode featured author and commentator Michael J. Knowles , who pointed out that those who deny that men and women are inherently different are at odds with “ basic reality.
” PragerU , which hosts the Candace Owens show , confirmed that the video had been deleted by YouTube .
“ More censorship : today , YouTube completely removed our episode of the Candace Owens show featuring guest Michael J. Knowles for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PragerU ’ s official Twitter account .
“ BIG TECH IS OUT OF CONTROL.
” PragerU said that a second video by Owens , featuring Wall Street Journal writer Abigail Shrier , was also taken down by YouTube .
Shrier is the author of Irreversible Damage , a book criticizing the harms caused by the transgender movement .
The book was briefly removed from sale at Target at the behest of left-wing activists , although it was quickly reinstated .
Amazon , while it continues to sell the book , blocked the publisher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ad to promote it .
YouTube confirmed that the Knowles episode was removed because it violated the company ’ s hate speech policy .
Owens scathingly criticized the Silicon Valley tech giant in a comment .
YouTube removed an entire episode of the Candace Owens show because we said that men are not women , and women are not men .
I honestly can not even believe how absolutely batshit woke you have to be to believe basic truth to be “ hate speech , ” said Owens on Twitter .
“ YouTube @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Candace Owens show for “ hate speech , ” presumably because I mention in our conversation that men are not women , ” said Knowles .
“ Just imagine what Big Tech is getting ready to do if Joe Biden is named president.
” Candace Owens ’ full interview with Knowles can still be watched at PragerU .
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News .
His new book , # DELETED : Big Tech ’ s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election , which contains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook , and other tech companies , is currently available for purchase .

Candace Owens blasted Google-owned YouTube yesterday for removing an episode of her show focused on the left’s attempt to distort the meaning of gender.
The episode featured author and commentator Michael J. Knowles, who pointed out that those who deny that men and women are inherently different are at odds with “basic reality.”
PragerU, which hosts the Candace Owens show, confirmed that the video had been deleted by YouTube.
“More censorship: today, YouTube completely removed our episode of the Candace Owens show featuring guest Michael J. Knowles for ‘hate speech’,” said PragerU’s official Twitter account.
“BIG TECH IS OUT OF CONTROL.”
MORE CENSORSHIP: Today, @YouTube completely removed our episode of the @RealCandaceO Show featuring guest @michaeljknowles for "hate speech." BIG TECH IS OUT OF CONTROL. pic.twitter.com/vzoXkPDJ4R — PragerU (@prageru) November 20, 2020
PragerU said that a second video by Owens, featuring Wall Street Journal writer Abigail Shrier, was also taken down by YouTube. Shrier is the author of Irreversible Damage, a book criticizing the harms caused by the transgender movement.
The book was briefly removed from sale at Target at the behest of left-wing activists, although it was quickly reinstated. Amazon, while it continues to sell the book, blocked the publisher, Regnery, from running a paid ad to promote it.
ANOTHER VIDEO DELETED!!@YouTube has deleted a second Candace Owens Show @RealCandaceO video today – this time with @AbigailShrier. It’s now “hate speech” to discuss how transgenderism impacts the children who transition. pic.twitter.com/aTRUHkiMjM — PragerU (@prageru) November 20, 2020
YouTube confirmed that the Knowles episode was removed because it violated the company’s hate speech policy.
Owens scathingly criticized the Silicon Valley tech giant in a comment.
YouTube removed an entire episode of the Candace Owens show because we said that men are not women, and women are not men. I honestly cannot even believe how absolutely batshit woke you have to be to believe basic truth to be “hate speech,” said Owens on Twitter.
“YouTube, you are outrageous.”
YouTube removed an entire episode of the Candace Owens show because we said that men are not women, and women are not men. I honestly cannot even believe how absolutely batshit woke you have to be to believe basic truth to be “hate speech”. @YouTube, you are outrageous. https://t.co/DUfmrwVaii — Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 20, 2020
“YouTube just deleted my 16-month-old interview on the Candace Owens show for “hate speech,” presumably because I mention in our conversation that men are not women,” said Knowles.
“Just imagine what Big Tech is getting ready to do if Joe Biden is named president.”
Candace Owens’ full interview with Knowles can still be watched at PragerU.
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. His new book, #DELETED: Big Tech’s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election, which contains exclusive interviews with sources inside Google, Facebook, and other tech companies, is currently available for purchase.


bonginoreport--2020-11-21--Staten Island Councilman Joe Borellli Files Lawsuit to Reopen NYC Schools

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Staten Island City Councilman Joe Borelli joined parents in filing a second lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction to reopen public schools , he announced Saturday .
The Friday night filing in Manhattan federal court comes on the heels of Mayor de Blasio ’ s controversial decision to shutter all city schools due to rising COVID-19 cases .
“ Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza have continued to fail our children time and time again , ” Borelli said in a statement .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepare for this school year , they failed to do so and our children are forced to pay the price.
” He added , “ Remote learning has proven to be a failure and now they have taken the extra step of closing the schools completely .
This is utterly irresponsible and unacceptable.
” Borelli and a group of Staten Island parents filed a lawsuit last month in Richmond County Supreme Court to demand a full reopening of schools .
The suit complained that remote instruction is depriving students of an adequate education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mark Fonte , Lou Gelormino and James Mermigis .
“ Governor Cuomo said just two days ago that ‘ the infection rates in the schools are very low and the infections are not coming from the schools , ’ ” Mermigis said in a statement .
“ Why are we closing our schools ?
This is just another example of the random and arbitrary decisions that are being made in Albany and City Hall .
But now , we are hurting our children and this incompetence at the top is unacceptable.
” De @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to parents and teachers before opening schools that he would shut them as a safety precaution if the positivity rate hit 3 percent on a rolling seven-day average .

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Staten Island City Councilman Joe Borelli joined parents in filing a second lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction to reopen public schools, he announced Saturday.
The Friday night filing in Manhattan federal court comes on the heels of Mayor de Blasio’s controversial decision to shutter all city schools due to rising COVID-19 cases.
“Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza have continued to fail our children time and time again,” Borelli said in a statement. “Even though they had six months to prepare for this school year, they failed to do so and our children are forced to pay the price.”
He added, “Remote learning has proven to be a failure and now they have taken the extra step of closing the schools completely. This is utterly irresponsible and unacceptable.”
Borelli and a group of Staten Island parents filed a lawsuit last month in Richmond County Supreme Court to demand a full reopening of schools. The suit complained that remote instruction is depriving students of an adequate education.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Mark Fonte, Lou Gelormino and James Mermigis.
“Governor Cuomo said just two days ago that ‘the infection rates in the schools are very low and the infections are not coming from the schools,’” Mermigis said in a statement.
“Why are we closing our schools? This is just another example of the random and arbitrary decisions that are being made in Albany and City Hall. But now, we are hurting our children and this incompetence at the top is unacceptable.”
De Blasio said he stuck to a promise to parents and teachers before opening schools that he would shut them as a safety precaution if the positivity rate hit 3 percent on a rolling seven-day average.