bonginoreport--2020-10-30--ANOTHER Hunter Biden Laptop Was Taken Into Custody Earlier This Year

Another laptop tied to Hunter Biden was reportedly obtained by the Drug Enforcement Agency earlier this year .
Sources told NBC News that the device belonging to the 50-year-old son of former Vice President Joe Biden , who is now a presidential candidate , was taken into custody by the DEA in February while executing a search warrant in the Massachusetts office of a psychiatrist who was accused of professional misconduct .
That former celebrity psychiatrist , Keith Ablow , saw his license suspended after he faced allegations of sexually exploiting patients and illegally diverting prescription drugs .
Ablow has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charged with any crime .
The report from NBC on Friday said Hunter Biden was not a target of the search or the investigation , and his lawyer got the laptop back .
It remains unclear why the device was there in the first place .
A lawyer for Hunter Biden did not immediately return a request for comment .
The Washington Examiner also reached out to the DEA for comment .
Hunter Biden has struggled with substance abuse .
He was discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2013 after testing positive for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden was given to a computer shop owner in Delaware to repair last year .
The hardware was never retrieved , the owner said , and they were obtained by the FBI .
A copy was also given to Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani , who has shared the contents , which include emails , photos , and other data , with the media in recent weeks .
Joe Biden and his presidential campaign has denied claims that he was aware of any foreign business dealings by his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer materials .
But neither the former vice president nor his son Hunter have denied the authenticity of the computer materials .
Hunter Biden ’ s ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski told Tucker Carlson of Fox News this week that it was “ disgusting ” that his claims about Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter and brother James pursuing a lucrative Chinese business deal using the Biden family name were being associated with claims of “ Russian disinformation ” by Democrats such as Biden and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff .
During the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cited how 50 ex-intelligence officials , including former CIA Director John Brennan , signed on to a letter related to the Hunter Biden laptop story , claiming that it “ has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation ” while admitting that “ we do not have evidence of Russian involvement.
” “ There are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he ’ s accusing me of is a Russian plan .
They have said this is , has all the — four , five former heads of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s saying is a bunch of garbage , '' Biden said after President Trump brought up the `` laptop from hell . ''
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said earlier this month that he has not seen evidence showing the laptop and emails are connected to the Kremlin .
“ Let me be clear : The intelligence community doesn ’ t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that , and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian disinformation campaign .
It is simply not true , ” Ratcliffe said .
James Rosen , a reporter with Sinclair Broadcasting , also reported Thursday that a Justice Department official had confirmed with him that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into “ Hunter Biden and his associates ” in 2019 that was focused on allegations of money-laundering , and that the investigation was still open and active .
In an interview with Sinclair , Bobulinski said that he had spoken with the FBI for five hours last Friday and called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to an inquiry into members of the Biden family .
The Justice Department did not respond to the Washington Examiner ’ s request for comment on that matter .
“ The FBI ’ s standard practice is to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation , ” an FBI spokesperson told the Washington Examiner on Friday .
“ As a general matter when contacted , the FBI reviews information from the public for consideration of any violations of applicable federal laws .
Based on that review , the FBI determines whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Caller obtained a copy of Hunter Biden ’ s purported hard drive and reported on Thursday that Robert Graham , the founder of the cybersecurity firm Errata Security , said that at least one key email that had previously been published by the New York Post was “ absolutely verified beyond a shadow of a doubt ” after the outlet provided him with a copy of the email and its metadata for forensic analysis .
“ Dear Hunter , thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time together .
It ’ s realty [ sic ] an honor and pleasure , ” the email from Burma board member Vadym Pozharskyi dated April 17 , 2015 , reads , but there were no additional details about what the `` meet '' might entail or if it had occurred .
Joe Biden 's presidential campaign has denied that such a meeting took place based on `` Biden ’ s official schedules from the time '' but only as it was described in the New York Post .
Politico later reported that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while there was never an official meeting , it 's technically conceivable that Pozharskyi would have approached Biden on the sidelines of some broader U.S.-Ukraine event . ''
Amos Hochstein , was a longtime adviser to Biden on Ukrainian affairs , insisted to TIME that the meeting `` never '' took place .
Bobulinski also recently verified the authenticity of a May 13 , 2017 , email from investor James Gilliar to himself , Biden business associate Rob Walker , and James and Hunter Biden detailing a business deal between a Chinese company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reference to “ the big guy ” — who Bobulinski claims was Joe Biden .
The texts are part of a trove of hundreds of documents from Bobulinski obtained by the Washington Examiner .
The records show that James Biden planned outreach to a host of Democratic politicians and world leaders as the group pursued business deals with China in 2017 , and that Hunter Biden aimed to avoid having to register as a foreign agent .
`` Joe Biden has never even considered being involved in business with his family nor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told the Washington Examiner last week .
`` He has never held stock in any such business arrangements nor has any family member , or any other person ever held stock for him . ''
But Bobulinski said Tuesday that it was `` crystal clear '' that Biden was aware of the Chinese business efforts of his brother and son when Bobulinski met with him in 2017 .

Another laptop tied to Hunter Biden was reportedly obtained by the Drug Enforcement Administration earlier this year.
Sources told NBC News that the device belonging to the 50-year-old son of former Vice President Joe Biden, who is now a presidential candidate, was taken into custody by the DEA in February while executing a search warrant in the Massachusetts office of a psychiatrist who was accused of professional misconduct.
That former celebrity psychiatrist, Keith Ablow, saw his medical license suspended after he faced allegations of sexually exploiting patients and illegally diverting prescription drugs. Ablow has denied the allegations and has not been charged with any crime.
The report from NBC on Friday said Hunter Biden was not a target of the search or the investigation, and his lawyer got the laptop back. It remains unclear why the device was there in the first place.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden did not immediately return a request for comment. The Washington Examiner also reached out to the DEA for comment. Hunter Biden has struggled with substance abuse. He was discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2013 after testing positive for cocaine.
Another laptop and hard drive that purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden was given to a computer shop owner in Delaware to repair last year. The hardware was never retrieved, the owner said, and they were obtained by the FBI. A copy was also given to Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has shared the contents, which include emails, photos, and other data, with the media in recent weeks.
Joe Biden and his presidential campaign have denied claims that he was aware of any foreign business dealings by his son, as is suggested in the computer materials. But neither the former vice president nor his son Hunter has denied the authenticity of the computer materials.
Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski told Tucker Carlson of Fox News this week that it was “disgusting” that his claims about Hunter and Joe Biden's brother, James, pursuing a lucrative Chinese business deal using the Biden family name were being associated with claims of “Russian disinformation” by Democrats such as Joe Biden and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.
Keith Ablow in 2009. (AP Photo/CJ Gunther, Pool, File)
During the final presidential debate last week, Biden cited how 50 ex-intelligence officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan, signed on to a letter related to the Hunter Biden laptop story, claiming that it “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” while admitting that “we do not have evidence of Russian involvement.”
“There are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan. They have said this is, has all the — four, five former heads of the CIA, both parties say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage," Biden said after President Trump brought up the "laptop from hell."
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said earlier this month that he has not seen evidence showing the laptop and emails are connected to the Kremlin. “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said.
James Rosen, a reporter with Sinclair Broadcasting, also reported Thursday that a Justice Department official had confirmed with him that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into “Hunter Biden and his associates” in 2019 that was focused on allegations of money-laundering and that the investigation was still open and active. In an interview with Sinclair, Bobulinski said that he had spoken with the FBI for five hours last Friday and called himself a “material witness” related to an inquiry into members of the Biden family.
The Justice Department did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment on that matter.
“The FBI’s standard practice is to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation,” an FBI spokesman told the Washington Examiner on Friday. “As a general matter when contacted, the FBI reviews information from the public for consideration of any violations of applicable federal laws. Based on that review, the FBI determines whether investigative steps are warranted.”
The Daily Caller obtained a copy of Hunter Biden’s purported hard drive and reported on Thursday that Robert Graham, the founder of the cybersecurity firm Errata Security, said that at least one key email that had previously been published by the New York Post was “absolutely verified beyond a shadow of a doubt” after the outlet provided him with a copy of the email and its metadata for forensic analysis.
Hunter Biden. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure,” the email from Burisma board member Vadym Pozharskyi dated April 17, 2015, reads, but there were no additional details about what the "meet" might entail or if it had occurred.
Joe Biden's presidential campaign has denied that such a meeting took place based on "Biden’s official schedules from the time" but only as it was described in the New York Post. Politico later reported that former Biden senior advisers “said that while there was never an official meeting, it's technically conceivable that Pozharskyi would have approached Biden on the sidelines of some broader U.S.-Ukraine event."
Amos Hochstein, a longtime adviser to Joe Biden on Ukrainian affairs, insisted to TIME that the meeting "never" took place.
Bobulinski also recently verified the authenticity of a May 13, 2017, email from investor James Gilliar to himself, Hunter Biden's business associate Rob Walker, and James and Hunter Biden detailing a business deal between a Chinese company called CEFC and themselves, which included a reference to “the big guy” — who Bobulinski claims was Joe Biden.
Hunter Biden. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
The texts are part of a trove of hundreds of documents from Bobulinski obtained by the Washington Examiner. The records show that James Biden planned outreach to a host of Democratic politicians and world leaders as the group pursued business deals with China in 2017 and that Hunter Biden aimed to avoid having to register as a foreign agent.
"Joe Biden has never even considered being involved in business with his family nor in any overseas business whatsoever," Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told the Washington Examiner last week. "He has never held stock in any such business arrangements nor has any family member, or any other person ever held stock for him."
But Bobulinski said Tuesday that it was "crystal clear" that Biden was aware of the Chinese business efforts of his brother and son when Bobulinski met with him in 2017.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--NY Post Finally Regains Access to Twitter Following Hunter Biden Exposé

For all their talk of “ neutral platforms , ” the Big Shots ...

Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account after a two-week stalemate over the Hunter Biden exposé.
The move came after The Post refused Twitter’s demand that it delete six tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were based on hacked information.
The Post never budged, and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff — even as Twitter obscured them from view.
In a series of tweets, the social-media giant said it was revising its “Hacked Materials Policy” and “updating our practice of not retroactively overturning prior enforcement.”
“Our policies are living documents,” said one of the tweets from @TwitterSafety.
“We’re willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public.”
The Post immediately celebrated the victory with a tweet declaring “We’re baaaaaaack” and an image of the tabloid’s Saturday front page, with the headline “FREE BIRD!”
The message quickly went viral, racking up more than 17,000 retweets and close to 50,000 likes in about an hour.
Twitter arbitrarily cracked down on The Post and locked its account on Oct. 14.
The company claimed The Post violated a policy on sharing “hacked materials” by tweeting links to bombshell exclusives on Biden’s emails — without ever saying how it came to that conclusion and despite the fact that neither Hunter Biden or anyone else has claimed his emails were hacked.
The move sparked widespread outrage that led Twitter to revise its policy so other users could tweet the stories.
But it continued to hold The Post’s account hostage — demanding the six tweets about its own reporting be deleted. They never were.
“While we’ve updated the policy, we don’t change enforcement retroactively. You will still need to delete the Tweets to regain access to your account,” a Twitter representative told The Post on Oct. 16.
Twitter also made the six tweets at issue invisible to users by replacing them with messages saying, “This Tweet is no longer available.”
On Friday, the company said that under its latest policy revision, “Decisions made under policies that are subsequently changed & published can now be appealed if the account at issue is a driver of that change.”
“We believe this is fair and appropriate,” Twitter said.
“This means that because a specific @nypost enforcement led us to update the Hacked Materials Policy, we will no longer restrict their account under the terms of the previous policy and they can now Tweet again.”
News Corp called the move, “an important moment for journalism and for the freedom of the press.”
“There is no evidence whatsoever that the documents are not authentic, and the arbitrary blocking of the Post was a significant moment during a critical time in this election season. It also had a negative commercial impact, but the Post team was determined that principle should prevail and it has.
“Alexander Hamilton, the paper’s founder, looks down tonight with a broad smile and a sense of pride,” said Chief Communications Officer Jim Kennedy.
The Post gained about 190,000 followers while it was locked out of its account, a 10.6 percent increase in just about two weeks.
Meanwhile, Twitter’s stock price plunged more than 21 percent Friday, to $41.36 a share, down $11.09.
That compared to a drop of just 1.2 percent for the S&P 500 Index, which Twitter joined in 2018 when it replaced Monsanto, which was acquired by Bayer.
The company’s abrupt about-face regarding The Post and its grueling treatment by Wall Street traders followed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s problematic appearance before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.
Testifying via video about the company’s treatment of The Post’s Hunter Biden reports, Dorsey denied an accusation by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who said “You’re still blocking their posts, right now today you’re blocking their posts.”
“We’re not blocking The Post, anyone can tweet these articles,” Dorsey responded.
But a spokeswoman for President Trump’s campaign quickly posted a video that showed she was prevented from tweeting an Oct. 15 Post report about a 2017 business plan involving Hunter Biden in which 10 percent of a new company would be “held by H for the big guy?”
The ban on that story was lifted about two hours after Dorsey’s remark, with Twitter claiming it was the result of a technical glitch.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--Kyle Rittenhouse to be Extradited to Wisconsin to Face Homicide Charges

Kyle Rittenhouse , the 17-year-old who fatally shot and killed two men and wounded a third after being chased down and assaulted during the Kenosha riots in August , will be sent to Wisconsin to face charges , a Lake County , Illinois judge ruled on Friday .
Judge Paul Novak made the ruling after the defendant 's lawyer gave arguments on whether or not the paperwork in question was sufficient enough to send the Illinois-native to Kenosha County , where he is facing charges of murder , reports the Chicago Tribune .
The in-person hearing was not clear cut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's lawyers would appeal to ruling .
According to Michelle Malkin , members of Rittenhouse 's team have said that there will be an appeal filed `` ASAP . ''
Rittenhouse shot three men , killing two , with an AR-15 during the riots which took place after the shooting of Jacob Blake days before .
Rittenhouse has been held in Lake County , Illinois jail without bail for two months .
Rittenhouse 's lawyers have argued against the extradition , arguing that the teen shot in self-defense , and that he is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
John M. Pierce , one of Rittenhouse 's lawyers , said that he would not be expanding on previous arguments made that his client would have his constitutional rights violated by the transfer , as he would face a `` legion of hazards '' if put into adult jail .
His lawyer argued that the Illinois teen shouldn ’ t be sent back to Wisconsin to face homicide charges , because `` this is not a legitimate criminal prosecution ; it is a political prosecution . ''
Assistant Lake County Attorney General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguing that the teen committed a crime .
“ That is game , set match , your honor , ” said Scheller .

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who fatally shot and killed two men and wounded a third after being chased down and assaulted during the Kenosha riots in August, will be sent to Wisconsin to face charges, a Lake County, Illinois judge ruled on Friday.
Judge Paul Novak made the ruling after the defendant's lawyer gave arguments on whether or not the paperwork in question was sufficient enough to send the Illinois-native to Kenosha County, where he is facing charges of murder, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The in-person hearing was not clear cut, as it was unclear whether Rittenhouse's lawyers would appeal to ruling. According to Michelle Malkin, members of Rittenhouse's team have said that there will be an appeal filed "ASAP."
Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, with an AR-15 during the riots which took place after the shooting of Jacob Blake days before.
Rittenhouse has been held in Lake County, Illinois jail without bail for two months.
Rittenhouse's lawyers have argued against the extradition, arguing that the teen shot in self-defense, and that he is being made an example of, politically.
John M. Pierce, one of Rittenhouse's lawyers, said that he would not be expanding on previous arguments made that his client would have his constitutional rights violated by the transfer, as he would face a "legion of hazards" if put into adult jail.
His lawyer argued that the Illinois teen shouldn’t be sent back to Wisconsin to face homicide charges, because "this is not a legitimate criminal prosecution; it is a political prosecution."
Kyle Rittenhouse’s official extradition hearing scheduled for Oct 30th. Defense attorney described it as a “political prosecution” and said a “presidential candidate as inflamed the situation” (presumably he means the Biden campaign) where they intend to a pursue defamation case. pic.twitter.com/tycWZrCNsC — Mythinformed (@MythinformedMKE) October 9, 2020
Assistant Lake County Attorney General Stephen Scheller shot those notions down, arguing that the teen committed a crime.
“That is game, set match, your honor,” said Scheller.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--Here’s When to Expect Election Results in Every State

Here ’ s a general picture of how much of the vote we expect to be counted on election night in all 50 states and Washington , D.C .
If you click on a given state , it ’ ll take you to a more detailed description of when to expect results and whether to expect a red or blue shift in the vote count .
There ’ s a good chance we won ’ t know who won the presidential election on election night .
More people than ever are voting by mail this year due to the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ count than ballots cast at polling places .
But because each state has its own rules for how votes are counted and reported , some will report results sooner than others .
Those disparate rules may also make initial returns misleading : The margins in some states may shift toward Democrats as mail ballots ( which are overwhelmingly cast by Democrats ) are counted , while states that release mail ballots first may experience a shift toward Republicans as Election Day votes are tallied .
The upshot for the presidential race is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of where things are headed on election night , even if no candidate is able to clinch 270 electoral votes ( which is the threshold required to win ) until later in the week .
We should get near-complete results in Florida in a matter of hours ; Arizona and North Carolina will release the vast majority of their ballots very quickly , although if the race is too close to call they may not provide a final answer for days .
Georgia and Texas should tally most ballots on Nov. 3 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
We should know the winner in Wisconsin by Wednesday morning ; Michigan and Pennsylvania , by contrast , will probably take until the end of the week .
Of course , there are a lot more races on the ballot than just the presidential contest , so read on to get a more detailed picture of every state .
One last caveat before you dive in : These are just our best guesses based on what we know right now .
Things can always go sideways thanks to human error or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even the fastest-counting state may leave a race uncalled for days if the margin is close enough .

Some states may hold polls open longer if they run into issues like long lines or malfunctioning machines. To follow any changes announced on Election Day, check out our live blog
When To Expect Election Results In Every State A complete guide to poll closing times, vote counting and races to watch on election night 2020
There’s a good chance we won’t know who won the presidential election on election night. More people than ever are voting by mail this year due to the pandemic, and mail ballots take longer to count than ballots cast at polling places. But because each state has its own rules for how votes are counted and reported, some will report results sooner than others. Those disparate rules may also make initial returns misleading: The margins in some states may shift toward Democrats as mail ballots (which are overwhelmingly cast by Democrats) are counted, while states that release mail ballots first may experience a shift toward Republicans as Election Day votes are tallied. Here’s a general picture of how much of the vote we expect to be counted on election night in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. If you click on a given state, it’ll take you to a more detailed description of when to expect results and whether to expect a red or blue shift in the vote count.
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bonginoreport--2020-10-30--CNN Blames Censorship of NY Post on the NY Post

CNN 's Jake Tapper thinks the New York Post should accept their censorship , delete the tweets as they have been instructed to by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey , and move on .
But he does n't realize that the fate of western civilization hangs in the balance .
The New York Post has been blocked from Twitter .
Twitter said they would let the New York Post back onto the platform if the Post deletes six tweets , articles about the Bidens and their business dealings .
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey even testified before the US Senate that if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post can repost the same exact content , and that Twitter will not block it .
The Post has not deleted the tweets .
Anyone who knows anything about freedom of speech or freedom of the press and how paramount they are to a functioning democracy knows that rights can not be sacrificed for the convenience of authoritarians .
Yet CNN 's Jake Tapper thinks that 's absurd .
In fact , he thinks the Post should just delete their tweets , that it 's their fault they are still locked out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deleting six tweets would n't take very long , Tapper says , no big deal .
But the demand of a deletion of tweets is no small matter .
In fact , it is everything .
What Tapper misses is that it is not the time that it would take for the Post to delete their tweets , but the principle behind the request , and behind the proposed capitulation .
Tapper , it seems , has been neglecting his Tolstoy .
In the author 's preface to his 1898 work What is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described the process of dealing with the censors who had their hands in his words before publication .
He said that it started off simple enough .
`` First , '' he said , the censor `` softened my expressions , and in some cases weakened them .
For instance , he replaced the words 'always ' by 'sometimes , ' 'all ' by 'some , ' ... 'patriotism ' by 'pseudo-patriotism ' ... and I did not consider it necessary to protest . ''
`` ... the Censor required that whole sentences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` I agreed to this also , and to some further alterations .
It seemed not worth while to upset the whole affair for the sake of one sentence , and when one alteration had been agreed to it seemed not worth while to protest against a second and a third . ''
`` So , little by little , expressions crept into the book which altered the sense and attributed things to me that I could not have wished to say .
So that by the time the book was printed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its integrity and sincerity . ''
Sohrab Ahmari , opinion editor for the New York Post , knows that integrity is what is at stake .
The tweets were not sent in error , they were not incorrect , and they did not violate Twitter 's ever-shifting , dubious terms of service .
Twitter has a policy that they `` wo n't revisit past enforcement positions , '' as Tapper points out but the Post has a policy of not sacrificing its integrity or their rights to a free press .
These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter 's is , instead they are the backbone of democracy and Western civilization .
Without these freedoms , the west will not stand .
It may seem like a small matter .
As Chad Felix Greene pointed out , those who think the Post should just delete the tweets say `` It 's just Twitter , '' and commence `` rolling their eyes . ''
But a major corporation , that bows to progressive interests , limits freedoms , and censors the press , demanding that the a newspaper delete content simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Soviet-sounding nonsense .
Deletion of six tweets is only the beginning .
One capitulation , as Tolstoy warns , leads to many more .
`` A book has appeared under my name containing thoughts attributed to me which are not mine , '' Tolstoy wrote .
Would it be any different for the Post to issue deletions of their work under duress ?
And the obvious rejoinder to that , that the Post can simply reissue the tweets so they ought just do that , can easily be accompanied by question why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
What purpose does the deletion serve ?
The deletion would serve to show that the Post had bowed , willingly , to the censorship .
If they delete these six tweets , then why not others ?
Why not minor changes , and edits ?
Once the first capitulation is made , why not make so many others ?
This , as Tolstoy wrote , `` strikingly illustrates the indubitable truth that all compromise with institutions of which your conscience disapproves—compromises that are usually made for the sake of the general good—instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inevitably lead you ... to participate in the evil that institution produces . ''
Tolstoy 's book was published with the censors handiwork reversed , in the US , in 1960 .
It is now in the US where Jake Tapper is suggesting that censorship is not only permissible , but acceptable , and that the American press must submit to it .
Perhaps he will feel differently when the censors come for him .
Or perhaps he will take his own advice , and bow before his benevolent masters .

CNN's Jake Tapper thinks the New York Post should accept their censorship, delete the tweets as they have been instructed to by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and move on. But he doesn't realize that the fate of western civilization hangs in the balance.
The New York Post has been blocked from Twitter. Twitter said they would let the New York Post back onto the platform if the Post deletes six tweets, articles about the Bidens and their business dealings. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey even testified before the US Senate that if the Post deletes these six tweets the Post can repost the same exact content, and that Twitter will not block it.
The Post has not deleted the tweets. Anyone who knows anything about freedom of speech or freedom of the press and how paramount they are to a functioning democracy knows that rights cannot be sacrificed for the convenience of authoritarians.
Yet CNN's Jake Tapper thinks that's absurd. In fact, he thinks the Post should just delete their tweets, that it's their fault they are still locked out of Twitter because they will not comply. Deleting six tweets wouldn't take very long, Tapper says, no big deal. But the demand of a deletion of tweets is no small matter. In fact, it is everything.
2/ I asked a twitter exec if this was possible, he said yes and it would end the whole thing. Probably take 15 seconds. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 30, 2020
What Tapper misses is that it is not the time that it would take for the Post to delete their tweets, but the principle behind the request, and behind the proposed capitulation.
Tapper, it seems, has been neglecting his Tolstoy. In the author's preface to his 1898 work What is Art (translated 1960), Tolstoy described the process of dealing with the censors who had their hands in his words before publication.
He said that it started off simple enough. "First," he said, the censor "softened my expressions, and in some cases weakened them. For instance, he replaced the words 'always' by 'sometimes,' 'all' by 'some,'... 'patriotism' by 'pseudo-patriotism'... and I did not consider it necessary to protest."
"...the Censor required that whole sentences should be altered..." Tolstoy writes. "I agreed to this also, and to some further alterations. It seemed not worth while to upset the whole affair for the sake of one sentence, and when one alteration had been agreed to it seemed not worth while to protest against a second and a third."
"So, little by little, expressions crept into the book which altered the sense and attributed things to me that I could not have wished to say. So that by the time the book was printed it had been deprived of some part of its integrity and sincerity."
Sohrab Ahmari, opinion editor for the New York Post, knows that integrity is what is at stake. The tweets were not sent in error, they were not incorrect, and they did not violate Twitter's ever-shifting, dubious terms of service.
Jake: We have more honor and principle than others, I suppose.
Our reporting was never based on hacked material to begin with. https://t.co/QKzTOxITK3 — Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) October 30, 2020
Twitter has a policy that they "won't revisit past enforcement positions," as Tapper points out but the Post has a policy of not sacrificing its integrity or their rights to a free press. These latter policies are not arbitrary, as Twitter's is, instead they are the backbone of democracy and Western civilization. Without these freedoms, the west will not stand.
It may seem like a small matter. As Chad Felix Greene pointed out, those who think the Post should just delete the tweets say "It's just Twitter," and commence "rolling their eyes." But a major corporation, that bows to progressive interests, limits freedoms, and censors the press, demanding that the a newspaper delete content simply to comply with their terms of service is Soviet-sounding nonsense.
'Its just Twitter' they say, rolling their eyes as the most powerful political and information sharing platform in human history demands a journalist delete their work in exchange for continued participation. — Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 30, 2020
Deletion of six tweets is only the beginning. One capitulation, as Tolstoy warns, leads to many more. "A book has appeared under my name containing thoughts attributed to me which are not mine," Tolstoy wrote.
Would it be any different for the Post to issue deletions of their work under duress? And the obvious rejoinder to that, that the Post can simply reissue the tweets so they ought just do that, can easily be accompanied by question why delete something if reposting it is permissible? What purpose does the deletion serve?
The deletion would serve to show that the Post had bowed, willingly, to the censorship. If they delete these six tweets, then why not others? Why not minor changes, and edits? Once the first capitulation is made, why not make so many others?
This, as Tolstoy wrote, "strikingly illustrates the indubitable truth that all compromise with institutions of which your conscience disapproves—compromises that are usually made for the sake of the general good—instead of producing the good you expected, inevitably lead you... to participate in the evil that institution produces." Tolstoy's book was published with the censors handiwork reversed, in the US, in 1960.
It is now in the US where Jake Tapper is suggesting that censorship is not only permissible, but acceptable, and that the American press must submit to it. Perhaps he will feel differently when the censors come for him. Or perhaps he will take his own advice, and bow before his benevolent masters.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--A Bold Stance: Biden Pledges to Mobilize ‘True Ninternuvidupresher”

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden was on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and made a stop in Luzerne County for a drive-in rally .
At that rally , he said something , but it is entirely unclear what he said .
It seems like he said `` I 'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize trueninternuvidupresher , '' or as another Twitter user quipped `` trunalimunumaprzure . ''
It could also have been `` true inder nah ma preh zer . ''
But whatever it was , it was unclear .
Watching the full rally , it 's possible that Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since foreign policy was scrapped from the last debate it 's unclear as to what his intentions are in that area .
After he stated his intentions to mobilize `` trueninternuvidupresher , '' he said that he would `` isolate and punish China .
Folks ! ''
He did n't say what he wanted to isolate them from or punish them for , but it is notable that earlier in the pandemic , when Trump used his executive authority to stop people from coming to the US from China , he found this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ notable gaffs along the campaign trail , saying at one point that `` America is dead . ''
Regarding COVID-19 , Biden knows his numbers .
`` If Donald Trump has his way , the complications from COVID-19 , which are well beyond what they should be , it 's estimated that 200,000,000 have died , probably by the time I finish this talk , '' Biden said .
At one point , he said `` The good news is , for me , I 'm here , the bad for you is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I want to see these beautiful young ladies here dancing when they 're four years older , too . ''

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden was on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and made a stop in Luzerne County for a drive-in rally.
At that rally, he said something, but it is entirely unclear what he said. It seems like he said "I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize trueninternuvidupresher," or as another Twitter user quipped "trunalimunumaprzure." It could also have been "true inder nah ma preh zer." But whatever it was, it was unclear.
BIDEN: “I’ll lead an effective strategy to mobilize trunalimunumaprzure.”
pic.twitter.com/TAkj7bJndN — Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) October 30, 2020
Watching the full rally, it's possible that Biden means something about international relations? Although since foreign policy was scrapped from the last debate it's unclear as to what his intentions are in that area.
Ladies and gentleman, it's been fun on twitter these past few years but now it is time for me to announce truna innasha shuffa da prezza — Trunalimunumaprze Poso (@JackPosobiec) October 30, 2020
After he stated his intentions to mobilize "trueninternuvidupresher," he said that he would "isolate and punish China. Folks!" He didn't say what he wanted to isolate them from or punish them for, but it is notable that earlier in the pandemic, when Trump used his executive authority to stop people from coming to the US from China, he found this to be racist.
Biden has made notable gaffs along the campaign trail, saying at one point that "America is dead."
Regarding COVID-19, Biden knows his numbers. "If Donald Trump has his way, the complications from COVID-19, which are well beyond what they should be, it's estimated that 200,000,000 have died, probably by the time I finish this talk," Biden said.
Joe Biden: “It’s estimated that 200 million people will die, probably by the time I finish this talk.”
That’s nearly 2/3 of the U.S. population. pic.twitter.com/lp23K11K3o — Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) September 20, 2020
At one point, he said "The good news is, for me, I'm here, the bad for you is, I'm coming back. And I want to see these beautiful young ladies here dancing when they're four years older, too."
Bad news, indeed.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--President Trump Rallies in Michigan

President Trump Rallies in Michigan

President Trump opened his rally in Greenbay , Wisc .
by railing against an ABC News-Washington Post poll that showed him 17 points down in the Badger State .
`` I was up here two days ago , that was a great speech , that was a cold one , '' Trump said , noting his last-chance visits to the key swing state in the run-up to Election Day .
Both Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are criss-crossing the Midwest on Friday , with both candidates traveling to Minnesota and Wisconsin .
Trump visited Michigan earlier in the day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` The Washington Post , they say Trump is 17 points down in Wisconsin .
I say wait a minute , I just left a crowd of 25,000 or more . ''
`` They were going crazy .
That was not a second place crowd , '' Trump continued .
`` It 's called suppression polls .
You know what it does ?
It surpresses the vote . ''
He said U.S. media was `` among the most dishonest in the world . ''
`` They have a new thing where they do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden thing , '' Trump said , referring to lagging media coverage of a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden and containing emails proving a meeting between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Ukrainian executive at the energy firm , Burisma Holdings , where Hunter Biden sat on the board .
`` Fortunately we have people like Ron Johnson willing to say it like it is , '' Trump said of the Republican senator from Wisconsin , chair of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs .
Johnson 's committee has opened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` It 's a terrible thing , we have tremendous dishonesty , '' the president continued .
`` We call it freedom of the press , this is the opposite of freedom of the press .
They now suppress , its suppression of the press . ''
Trump continued with his pitch that Tuesday 's election would be the most important of all time .
`` I 'm not just running against Joe Biden , I 'm running against the left-wing media big tech giants and Washington swamp , and it 's deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earlier Friday , Trump told supporters in Michigan on Friday that Democratic rival Joe Biden would “ eradicate the economy ” while he would “ eradicate the virus , ” as he delivered his closing message in the remaining days of the election .
The presidential competitors are both crisscrossing the Midwest on Friday in a last-ditch battle for the vote before Tuesday .
Both candidates will visit Wisconsin and Minnesota , while Trump is visiting Michigan and Biden will visit Iowa .
“ Joe Biden is going to lock down your state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your jobs to China , punish your family with a $ 4 trillion tax hike , eliminate private healthcare , and send your state into a deep depression , ” Trump warned Michiganders in Waterford .
“ Joe Biden is promising a long , dark and painful winter .
I am delivering the great American comeback !
” he promised .
While Trump 's Michigan supporters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the 34-degree weather , Biden is holding socially-distanced events and drive-in rallies .
`` I 'm watching these Biden rallies , it 's like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to do it that way , of course , but the problem is nobody shows up .
At least he 's doing a rally , he got out of the basement , '' Trump said .
Trump has frequently pitched Tuesday 's election as a high-stakes choice between a `` socialist hellhole '' under Biden and the `` American Dream '' under him .
BIDEN AND TRUMP HOLD DUELING RALLIES IN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY “ Joe Biden 's plan will delay the vaccine , postpone therapies , crash the economy , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump said .
“ Biden wants to keep everyone locked up - even young Americans who are at extremely low risk from the virus.
” The Democratic nominee has not ruled out shuttering businesses again to slow the spread of coronavirus , instead pledging to `` let science drive our decisions.
” However , most lockdown decisions occur at the state level .
The president called on Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer to `` open up '' the state .
A `` lock her up '' chant broke out among the crowd .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ happens .
Every time I mention her name , '' he said .
The FBI intercepted a plot to kidnap the Michigan governor earlier this month , and Whitmer blamed Trump 's `` violent rhetoric '' for putting her in danger .
Trump turned to Biden 's running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris .
`` Kah-ma-la , you have to pronounce it exactly right otherwise she gets very upset , even though she ca n't pronounce it right , '' he said .
As civil unrest picked back up in Pennsylvania following the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump provided a contrast .
JOHN JAMES SLAMS MICHIGAN SENATE OPPONENT , SAYS DEMS 'FREAKING OUT ' AS BIDEN , OBAMA STORM STATE “ Biden is the candidate of rioters , looters , gun-grabbers , flag-burners , lobbyists , and special interests , ” he said .
“ I am the candidate of police officers , middle-class families , and law-abiding , hardworking American patriots.
” The president then warned that a Biden administration would turn Michigan into “ a refugee camp.
” The number of refugees coming into the state significantly dropped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refugees in fiscal year 2016 , President Obama ’ s last full fiscal year in office , compared to 647 in the 2018 fiscal year .
“ Biden has pledged a staggering 700 percent increase in refugees from the most dangerous terror hot spots on earth -- including Syria , Somalia and Yemen .
The Biden Plan will turn Michigan into a refugee camp , ” Trump said .
Turning to his record with African Americans , Trump said that Biden had “ betrayed African American community ” for the 47 years he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Platinum Plan we will create 3 million new jobs for Black Americans , restore safety to every neighborhood , and we will deliver school choice to every parent in America.
” Trump has frequently referred to school choice as the “ civil rights issue of all-time in this country.
” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Platinum Plan is a $ 500 billion plan that would aim to increase access to capital in Black communities , help to create 500,000 new Black-owned businesses , and help to create 3 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lil Wayne made waves on social media Thursday when he revealed he ’ d met with the president and supported the plan .

President Trump slammed Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz and "far-left" Attorney General Keith Ellison at a rally in Rochester, Minn., after the president was forced to limit his crowd attendance to 250 to comply with coronavirus restrictions.
"At least 25,000 people wanted to be here tonight," Trump said.
"They waited and waited then the governor did bad things," he continued.
The president was forced last-minute to comply with local coronavirus regulations.
"Your far-left Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison and your Democrat governor tired to shut down your rally, silence the people of Minnesota, take away your freedom and your rights," Trump told Minnesotans.
"They thought we would cancel, a word they are very familiar with cancel, cancel culture. I said no way, I would never abandon the people of Minnesota."
Trump said that when groups of rioters and vandals descended on cities in Minnesota, Ellison "did not ask them to submit a permit."
Ellison said in a Thursday statement that after consulting with state labor and health officials as well as city, county and airport officials, he and his partners asked the Republican National Committee and Trump campaign for a COVID-19 preparedness plan for the rally in writing but did not receive responses.
The Minnesota Department of Health recorded 2,872 positive tests on Thursday -- an all-time daily record for the state. Hospitalizations and deaths have also been rising.
"He treats you like second class citizens, he believes pro-America voters have fewer rights than anti-American rioters," Trump said.
"The Democratic Party wants you to be banned from peaceful assembly while they allow their supporters to burn down police precincts," he continued.
Trump then turned to opponent Joe Biden's record with African Americans, noting that the Democratic nominee called African Americans "superpredators" when writing the 1994 crime bill.
"Biden did everything in his power to wipe out the Black middle class," Trump continued.
The president's appearance was notably shorter than his earlier rallies, clocking in at under 30 minutes.
President Trump opened his much larger rally in Green Bay, Wis., by railing against an ABC News-Washington Post poll that showed him 17 points down in the Badger State.
"I was up here two days ago, that was a great speech, that was a cold one," Trump said, noting his last-chance visits to the key swing state in the run-up to Election Day.
Both Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are criss-crossing the Midwest on Friday, with both candidates traveling to Minnesota and Wisconsin. Trump visited Michigan earlier in the day and Biden is to visit Iowa.
"The Washington Post, they say Trump is 17 points down in Wisconsin. I say wait a minute, I just left a crowd of 25,000 or more."
"They were going crazy. That was not a second place crowd," Trump continued. "It's called suppression polls. You know what it does? It surpresses the vote."
He said U.S. media was "among the most dishonest in the world." "They have a new thing where they don't report, like with this Hunter Biden thing," Trump said, referring to lagging media coverage of a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden and containing emails proving a meeting between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Ukrainian executive at the energy firm, Burisma Holdings, where Hunter Biden sat on the board.
"Fortunately we have people like Ron Johnson willing to say it like it is," Trump said of the Republican senator from Wisconsin, chair of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Johnson's committee has opened an investigation into the alleged meeting.
"It's a terrible thing, we have tremendous dishonesty," the president continued. "We call it freedom of the press, this is the opposite of freedom of the press. They now suppress, its suppression of the press."
Trump continued with his pitch that Tuesday's election would be the most important of all time.
"I'm not just running against Joe Biden, I'm running against the left-wing media big tech giants and Washington swamp, and it's deep and vicious," he said.
Earlier Friday, Trump told supporters in Michigan on Friday that Democratic rival Joe Biden would “eradicate the economy” while he would “eradicate the virus,” as he delivered his closing message in the remaining days of the election.
The presidential competitors are both crisscrossing the Midwest on Friday in a last-ditch battle for the vote before Tuesday. Both candidates will visit Wisconsin and Minnesota, while Trump is visiting Michigan and Biden will visit Iowa.
“Joe Biden is going to lock down your state, wipe out your factories, ship your jobs to China, punish your family with a $4 trillion tax hike, eliminate private healthcare, and send your state into a deep depression,” Trump warned Michiganders in Waterford.
“Joe Biden is promising a long, dark and painful winter. I am delivering the great American comeback!” he promised.
While Trump's Michigan supporters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the 34-degree weather, Biden is holding socially-distanced events and drive-in rallies.
"I'm watching these Biden rallies, it's like there's nobody. They say they want to do it that way, of course, but the problem is nobody shows up. At least he's doing a rally, he got out of the basement," Trump said.
Trump has frequently pitched Tuesday's election as a high-stakes choice between a "socialist hellhole" under Biden and the "American Dream" under him.
BIDEN AND TRUMP HOLD DUELING RALLIES IN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY
“Joe Biden's plan will delay the vaccine, postpone therapies, crash the economy, and shut down our entire country,” Trump said. “Biden wants to keep everyone locked up - even young Americans who are at extremely low risk from the virus.”
The Democratic nominee has not ruled out shuttering businesses again to slow the spread of coronavirus, instead pledging to "let science drive our decisions.” However, most lockdown decisions occur at the state level.
The president called on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to "open up" the state. A "lock her up" chant broke out among the crowd.
"They blame me every time that happens. Every time I mention her name," he said.
The FBI intercepted a plot to kidnap the Michigan governor earlier this month, and Whitmer blamed Trump's "violent rhetoric" for putting her in danger.
Trump turned to Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. "Kah-ma-la, you have to pronounce it exactly right otherwise she gets very upset, even though she can't pronounce it right," he said.
As civil unrest picked back up in Pennsylvania following the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., Trump provided a contrast.
JOHN JAMES SLAMS MICHIGAN SENATE OPPONENT, SAYS DEMS 'FREAKING OUT' AS BIDEN, OBAMA STORM STATE
“Biden is the candidate of rioters, looters, gun-grabbers, flag-burners, lobbyists, and special interests,” he said. “I am the candidate of police officers, middle-class families, and law-abiding, hardworking American patriots.”
The president then warned that a Biden administration would turn Michigan into “a refugee camp.”
The number of refugees coming into the state significantly dropped under Trump. Michigan took in 4,258 refugees in fiscal year 2016, President Obama’s last full fiscal year in office, compared to 647 in the 2018 fiscal year.
“Biden has pledged a staggering 700 percent increase in refugees from the most dangerous terror hot spots on earth -- including Syria, Somalia and Yemen. The Biden Plan will turn Michigan into a refugee camp,” Trump said.
Turning to his record with African Americans, Trump said that Biden had “betrayed African American community” for the 47 years he held public office.
“Under our Platinum Plan we will create 3 million new jobs for Black Americans, restore safety to every neighborhood, and we will deliver school choice to every parent in America.” Trump has frequently referred to school choice as the “civil rights issue of all-time in this country.”
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The Platinum Plan is a $500 billion plan that would aim to increase access to capital in Black communities, help to create 500,000 new Black-owned businesses, and help to create 3 million new jobs for African Americans. Rapper Lil Wayne made waves on social media Thursday when he revealed he’d met with the president and supported the plan.


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--Trump And The Coming Red Wave

Trump And The Coming Red Wave

With only days left until the election , it is time for me to make my predictions .
In 2016 , I predicted a Trump win – accurately predicting he would flip Michigan – but even I didn ’ t see the magnitude of the President ’ s win , I incorrectly thought Hillary would prevail in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin .
The top-line for the Presidential race is that it ’ s going to be tight in several key battleground states .
But , when all is said and done President Donald J. Trump will be re-elected .
Here is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smallest margin of victory for Trump in a state he will carry will be in Michigan .
The smallest margin of victory for Biden in a state he will carry will be in Nevada .
The swing states I feel most comfortable that the President will win by several points in are Florida and Ohio .
Two states that the media have tried to convince us are swing states , Georgia and Texas , are not swing states .
The President will win easily ( by more than 5 % points ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money on both states .
Joe Biden will prevail in the popular vote , meaning that Democrats will spend the next four years crowing about how we need to change the rules so that their candidate will win .
Bonus prediction : It will be clear on election night that Trump has been re-elected .
Despite the fact that it will be absolutely clear , most of the major news networks will not call the race .
Joe Biden won ’ t concede , and Twitter and Facebook will censor posts from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country will spend the next month in a series of pointless court challenges from the Biden campaign , the media will breathlessly talk about how the election was stolen , and in the end Trump will have been right on election night and he will be sworn in again in January 2021 .
RELATED : CNN ’ s Don Lemon Says Trump Supporters Are Just Like Drug Addicts The good news for the Republican party won ’ t end at the top of the ticket .
Buoyed by massive rural and working class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retain control of the Senate .
Republicans will flip the Alabama Senate seat where Tommy Tuberville ( R ) will easily defeat the Senator who never should have been – Doug Jones ( D ) .
Republicans will hold on in Maine ( Collins ) , North Carolina ( Tillis ) , South Carolina ( Graham ) , Montana ( Daines ) , Iowa ( Ernst ) , Georgia ( Perdue ) and Arizona ( McSally ) .
Those holds will be especially close in Arizona and Maine .
All of the talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carolina will look absolutely silly after he wins by more than 5 % points .
However , it won ’ t be good news everywhere for Republicans in the Senate .
John James ( R-MI ) will come up just short in his quest to win in Michigan , while incumbent Cory Gardner ( R-CO ) will lose in increasingly blue Colorado .
The upset special of the night will come in Minnesota , where Rep. Jason Lewis ( R-MN ) will ride the Trump train wave in Minnesota to victory over incumbent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One race won ’ t be decided until January of 2021 – the special election in Georgia .
I predict that Rep. Doug Collins ( R-GA ) , a favorite of Trump supporters , will advance to the runoff prevailing over incumbent Kelly Loeffler ( R-GA ) to face Democrat Raphael Warnock .
Collins will prevail in the January runoff .
When all is said and done , Republicans will start next Congress with a 54 to 46 seat advantage in the upper chamber , defying the odds and adding one seat to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The red wave will have its limits , unfortunately .
I believe that the President will be re-elected and that Republicans will not only hold the Senate but add a seat .
However , I do not believe Republicans will be successful in retaking the House .
While there will be some Republican bright spots – like Matt Mowers ( R-NH ) picking up a seat in New Hampshire , Republicans picking up two seats in Virginia ( VA2 and VA7 ) and Republicans FINALLY knocking off Colin Peterson ( D-MN ) in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end I believe they will come up short .
I predict Republicans adding 3 to 5 seats in the House , but believe the Democrats will retain control .
That means another two years of Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) .
RELATED : Smug Nancy Pelosi Says She ’ s ‘ Very Confident That Joe Biden Will Be Elected President On Tuesday ’

With only days left until the election, it is time for me to make my predictions.
In 2016, I predicted a Trump win – accurately predicting he would flip Michigan – but even I didn’t see the magnitude of the President’s win, I incorrectly thought Hillary would prevail in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Presidential Race
Watch the Great Red Wave! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2020
The top-line for the Presidential race is that it’s going to be tight in several key battleground states. But, when all is said and done President Donald J. Trump will be re-elected.
Here is what my map looks like:
The smallest margin of victory for Trump in a state he will carry will be in Michigan.
The smallest margin of victory for Biden in a state he will carry will be in Nevada.
The swing states I feel most comfortable that the President will win by several points in are Florida and Ohio.
Two states that the media have tried to convince us are swing states, Georgia and Texas, are not swing states.
The President will win easily (by more than 5% points) and Democrats will thoroughly regret wasting time and money on both states.
Joe Biden will prevail in the popular vote, meaning that Democrats will spend the next four years crowing about how we need to change the rules so that their candidate will win.
Bonus prediction: It will be clear on election night that Trump has been re-elected. Despite the fact that it will be absolutely clear, most of the major news networks will not call the race.
Joe Biden won’t concede, and Twitter and Facebook will censor posts from the President after he declares victory.
The country will spend the next month in a series of pointless court challenges from the Biden campaign, the media will breathlessly talk about how the election was stolen, and in the end Trump will have been right on election night and he will be sworn in again in January 2021.
President Trump: "Gonna be a red wave like you've never seen before." pic.twitter.com/hKq1cPvtWK — The Hill (@thehill) October 25, 2020
RELATED: CNN’s Don Lemon Says Trump Supporters Are Just Like Drug Addicts
The Senate
The good news for the Republican party won’t end at the top of the ticket. Buoyed by massive rural and working class turnout for President Trump, Republicans will retain control of the Senate.
Republicans will flip the Alabama Senate seat where Tommy Tuberville (R) will easily defeat the Senator who never should have been – Doug Jones (D).
Republicans will hold on in Maine (Collins), North Carolina (Tillis), South Carolina (Graham), Montana (Daines), Iowa (Ernst), Georgia (Perdue) and Arizona (McSally).
Those holds will be especially close in Arizona and Maine. All of the talk about Democrats knocking off Graham in South Carolina will look absolutely silly after he wins by more than 5% points.
However, it won’t be good news everywhere for Republicans in the Senate. John James (R-MI) will come up just short in his quest to win in Michigan, while incumbent Cory Gardner (R-CO) will lose in increasingly blue Colorado.
The upset special of the night will come in Minnesota, where Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) will ride the Trump train wave in Minnesota to victory over incumbent Senator Tina Smith (D-MN).
One race won’t be decided until January of 2021 – the special election in Georgia.
I predict that Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), a favorite of Trump supporters, will advance to the runoff prevailing over incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) to face Democrat Raphael Warnock. Collins will prevail in the January runoff.
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When all is said and done, Republicans will start next Congress with a 54 to 46 seat advantage in the upper chamber, defying the odds and adding one seat to their current 53 to 47 majority.
BOLD PREDICTION: President Trump Says Election Day Will Be a ‘Red Wave’ Across the USA https://t.co/8HjNyZC81v — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 26, 2020
The House
The red wave will have its limits, unfortunately.
I believe that the President will be re-elected and that Republicans will not only hold the Senate but add a seat. However, I do not believe Republicans will be successful in retaking the House.
While there will be some Republican bright spots – like Matt Mowers (R-NH) picking up a seat in New Hampshire, Republicans picking up two seats in Virginia (VA2 and VA7) and Republicans FINALLY knocking off Colin Peterson (D-MN) in Minnesota’s 7th CD.
In the end I believe they will come up short. I predict Republicans adding 3 to 5 seats in the House, but believe the Democrats will retain control. That means another two years of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
RELATED: Smug Nancy Pelosi Says She’s ‘Very Confident That Joe Biden Will Be Elected President On Tuesday’


bonginoreport--2020-10-30--President Trump Meets Special Forces Team Who Took Out ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Awards Top Unit Citatio

President Trump Meets Special Forces Team Who Took Out ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Awards Top Unit Citation

President Donald Trump visited Fort Bragg , N.C. on Thursday to award the top U.S. military unit citation to the special operations team members who carried out the Oct. 26 , 2019 raid against the then-ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi .
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday tweeted , “ Today , President @ realDonaldTrump visited Army Special Operations Forces at Fort Bragg .
He presented the Presidential Unit Citation to these brave heroes who conducted the successful al-Baghdadi raid .
What an absolute honor to meet America ’ s best !
” The Presidential Unit Citation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. military .
McEnany told Fox News said Trump met with the members of the special operations unit for about an hour “ just having casual conversations , answering questions.
” She added that the opportunity to meet with the special operations unit “ meant a lot to the president.
” Trump ’ s visit came just after the one-year anniversary of the special operations raid that targeted Baghdadi ’ s compound in Idlib , Syria .
The raid was carried out by the U.S. Army ’ s 75th Ranger Regiment and members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and secretive 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta , also known as Delta Force .
The elite U.S. soldiers surrounded Baghdadi ’ s compound and killed multiple ISIS fighters , including five wearing suicide bomb vests .
Trump , describing the raid in 2019 , said the elite U.S. soldiers also blew open a wall in Baghdadi ’ s compound , avoiding potential enemies lying in wait near the doors and windows of the compound .
“ If you ’ re a normal person , you say , ‘ Knock , knock .
May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said at the time .
“ The fact is that they blasted their way into the house and a very heavy wall , and it took them literally seconds .
By the time those things went off , they had a beautiful , big hole , and they ran in and they got everybody by surprise.
” During the raid , Baghdadi attempted to flee with two of his children , but the Delta Force team trapped them in a dead-end tunnel .
The Delta Force team called for Baghdadi to surrender , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vest , killing himself and the two children .
The U.S. raid to take down Baghdadi was named Operation Kayla Mueller , in tribute to a U.S. hostage believed to have been held captive and killed by Baghdadi .
According to a U.S. Army fact sheet on the Presidential Unit Citation , the commendation “ is awarded to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and co-belligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy occurring on or after 7 December 1941 .
The unit must display such gallantry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set it apart and above other units participating in the same campaign.
” The Army further stated , “ The degree of heroism required is the same as that which would warrant award of a Distinguished Service Cross to an individual.
” The Distinguished Service Cross is the Army ’ s second-highest military honor , after the Medal of Honor .
The award is the equivalent of the Navy and Marine Corps ’ Navy Cross and the Air Force ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Army , the Presidential Unit Citation typically recognizes a single action or successive actions covering a brief time span .
“ It is not reasonable to presume those entire units can sustain Distinguished Service Cross performance for extended time periods except under the most unusual circumstances , ” the Army states .
“ Only on rare occasions will a unit larger than battalion qualify for award of this decoration .
”

President Donald Trump visited Fort Bragg, N.C. on Thursday to award the top U.S. military unit citation to the special operations team members who carried out the Oct. 26, 2019 raid against the then-ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday tweeted, “Today, President @realDonaldTrump visited Army Special Operations Forces at Fort Bragg. He presented the Presidential Unit Citation to these brave heroes who conducted the successful al-Baghdadi raid. What an absolute honor to meet America’s best!”
Today, President @realDonaldTrump visited Army Special Operations Forces at Fort Bragg. He presented the Presidential Unit Citation to these brave heroes who conducted the successful al-Baghdadi raid. What an absolute honor to meet America’s best! — Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) October 30, 2020
The Presidential Unit Citation is the top unit-level award in the U.S. military.
McEnany told Fox News said Trump met with the members of the special operations unit for about an hour “just having casual conversations, answering questions.” She added that the opportunity to meet with the special operations unit “meant a lot to the president.”
Trump’s visit came just after the one-year anniversary of the special operations raid that targeted Baghdadi’s compound in Idlib, Syria. The raid was carried out by the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment and members of the U.S. Army’s elite and secretive 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, also known as Delta Force. The elite U.S. soldiers surrounded Baghdadi’s compound and killed multiple ISIS fighters, including five wearing suicide bomb vests.
Trump, describing the raid in 2019, said the elite U.S. soldiers also blew open a wall in Baghdadi’s compound, avoiding potential enemies lying in wait near the doors and windows of the compound.
“If you’re a normal person, you say, ‘Knock, knock. May I come in?’” Trump said at the time. “The fact is that they blasted their way into the house and a very heavy wall, and it took them literally seconds. By the time those things went off, they had a beautiful, big hole, and they ran in and they got everybody by surprise.”
During the raid, Baghdadi attempted to flee with two of his children, but the Delta Force team trapped them in a dead-end tunnel. The Delta Force team called for Baghdadi to surrender, but he instead detonated his own suicide vest, killing himself and the two children.
The U.S. raid to take down Baghdadi was named Operation Kayla Mueller, in tribute to a U.S. hostage believed to have been held captive and killed by Baghdadi.
According to a U.S. Army fact sheet on the Presidential Unit Citation, the commendation “is awarded to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and co-belligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy occurring on or after 7 December 1941. The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set it apart and above other units participating in the same campaign.”
The Army further stated, “The degree of heroism required is the same as that which would warrant award of a Distinguished Service Cross to an individual.”
The Distinguished Service Cross is the Army’s second-highest military honor, after the Medal of Honor. The award is the equivalent of the Navy and Marine Corps’ Navy Cross and the Air Force’s Air Force Cross.
According to the Army, the Presidential Unit Citation typically recognizes a single action or successive actions covering a brief time span.
“It is not reasonable to presume those entire units can sustain Distinguished Service Cross performance for extended time periods except under the most unusual circumstances,” the Army states. “Only on rare occasions will a unit larger than battalion qualify for award of this decoration.”


bonginoreport--2020-10-31--New York to Require Coronavirus Test for All Travelers Entering State

New York 's quarantine list , which had most recently restricted travel from 41 U.S. hotspots , is no more .
Instead , Gov .
Andrew Cuomo says travelers coming into the state must take a coronavirus test before starting travel and again four days after entering the state .
As described by the governor , there are two classifications of travelers entering New York : residents who traveled outside the state for less than 24 hours , and everyone else .
Both kinds of travelers entering New York must now quarantine for at least a 3-day period before taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the test comes back negative , the governor says , the quarantine period can end .
New Yorkers returning from travel under 24 hours outside the state do not need to take a test before coming back , but must still take a test after re-entering .
Everyone else , in the general categorization , must take a test before traveling to New York , Cuomo said .
Within three days of traveling to the state , people must take a test before commuting via plane or other mode of travel .
Anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days after arrival must still complete a 14-day quarantine period .
`` They 'll be no quarantine list , they 'll be no metrics , '' Cuomo said on his daily press briefing Saturday .
New York 's quarantine list required travelers to the tri-state area from U.S. hotspots to self-isolate for 14 days before roaming freely in the region .
It also required residents of the tri-state area to self-isolate after returning home from an identified hotspot .
The newest testing mandate for people entering the state does not apply to neighboring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Massachusetts due to regional proximity .
While acknowledging rising virus positivity in nearby states , Cuomo said there is too much daily travel across their borders to regulate .
`` It would disrupt everything if you quarantined those states , '' he added .
Cuomo continues to urge New Yorkers , to the extent they can , to avoid nonessential travel between those nearby states for as long as they meet the quarantine threshold .
Govs .
Phil Murphy and Ned Lamont have issued similar pleas to the people of New Jersey and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's shift in policy comes as New York teetered on the edge of meeting its own standards for the tri-state quarantine list , reporting 9.98 new cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day rolling period as of Friday .
The threshold is 10 , which the neighboring states of Connecticut , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts and New Jersey have already topped .
That metric is driven by high numbers in the Southern Tier ( 24.17 per 100,000 ) and Mid-Hudson ( 12.77 per 100,000 ) regions .
Long Island 's rate of new cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last week is lower than the statewide average and New York City 's is even lower ( 9.03 ) , even as its mayor warned that he was concerned about the recent growth of the city 's rolling positivity rate .
New York City 's numbers had improved slightly Friday over Thursday , including the seven-day rolling positivity average ( 1.87 percent vs 1.92 percent ) , which Mayor Bill de Blasio describes as the `` most objective '' measure of standing in the COVID war .
And while the mayor breathed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jump , the city is still not in a position to relax yet .
`` So a little bit of stabilizing , a little bit of better news today , but we 've got a long way to go , '' de Blasio said .
Statewide , the numbers are going up across the board , even as New York continues to hold the third-lowest positivity rate in the nation , according to Johns Hopkins data .
Daily virus totals still range above 2,000 , although slightly down from the nearly 2,500 reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and another 2,049 on Saturday .
The state also saw more than 1,000 total hospitalizations Saturday for an ninth straight day , which it has n't done since it first came down off that 1,000 marker toward the end of June .
All hospitals in the state are supposed to keep at least a third of their regular beds and a third of their ICU beds open to handle any potential resurgence .
As of Saturday , the state was short on the regular bed goal ( 25 percent ) .
Long Island @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City only had 19 percent available .
Both areas were low on ICU beds , too .
Still , hospitals say they feel `` very confident '' in their ability to handle a resurgence , armed with hard-earned lessons from the spring .
Daily Percentage of Positive Tests by New York Region Gov .
Andrew Cuomo breaks the state into 10 regions for testing purposes and tracks positivity rates to identify potential hotspots .
Here 's the latest tracking data by region and for the five boroughs .
For the latest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York 's recent upticks , while anxiety-inducing for some who live there , are marginal -- for now -- compared with what the rest of the United States is seeing .
Cases are rising in virtually every state and deaths in most .
The United States smashed its daily case record for the fifth time since last week on Friday , surpassing 90,000 per day for the second time ( 98,583 to be exact ) as the case total continued past 9 million .
Across the Northeast , which seemed to have brought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many states are seeing record numbers of new infections , prompting some to weigh new restrictions as the colder months and holiday season loom .
The out-of-state threat only compounds the threat at home , as all three tri-state governors face varying increases of COVID cases and hospitalizations , along with overall positivity rates , in their respective states .
Cuomo 's micro-cluster strategy is ongoing in certain highly specific geographic areas of Brooklyn , Queens , Rockland , Orange and other counties .
The largest city in New Jersey has implemented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent case surge .
New Jersey is mulling drastic new measures to clamp down on rising COVID-19 cases .
Sarah Wallace reports .
New Jersey has n't implemented any new sweeping statewide restrictions or even geographically targeted ones as Cuomo has done , but Murphy told CNN Friday that he would impose more ranging shutdowns if it came to that .
`` We shut as aggressively as any American state in March .
We 've done it before , if we had to we would do it again , but , please , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to get to that , Murphy said Friday .
`` I mean , it 's not March , April , May , which was probably a 12 out of 10 , but it 's probably seven , eight .
And everything 's on the table . ''
A short time later , he reported 2,089 new COVID cases overnight , the first time New Jersey has seen single-day numbers of that volume since early May .
The months-long high in new daily cases came a day after Murphy declared that the long-feared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a theoretical .
`` It 's coming .
And it 's coming now , '' a somber Murphy said Thursday .

New York's quarantine list, which had most recently restricted travel from 41 U.S. hotspots, is no more. Instead, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says travelers coming into the state must take a coronavirus test before starting travel and again four days after entering the state.
As described by the governor, there are two classifications of travelers entering New York: residents who traveled outside the state for less than 24 hours, and everyone else. Both kinds of travelers entering New York must now quarantine for at least a 3-day period before taking a coronavirus test. As long as the test comes back negative, the governor says, the quarantine period can end.
New Yorkers returning from travel under 24 hours outside the state do not need to take a test before coming back, but must still take a test after re-entering. Everyone else, in the general categorization, must take a test before traveling to New York, Cuomo said. Within three days of traveling to the state, people must take a test before commuting via plane or other mode of travel.
New York changes its quarantine policy as the state faces its latest coronavirus test: enforcing COVID restrictions over the holiday weekend. Anjali Hemphill reports.
Anyone opting not to take a test four days after arrival must still complete a 14-day quarantine period.
"They'll be no quarantine list, they'll be no metrics," Cuomo said on his daily press briefing Saturday.
New York's quarantine list required travelers to the tri-state area from U.S. hotspots to self-isolate for 14 days before roaming freely in the region. It also required residents of the tri-state area to self-isolate after returning home from an identified hotspot.
The newest testing mandate for people entering the state does not apply to neighboring New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts due to regional proximity. While acknowledging rising virus positivity in nearby states, Cuomo said there is too much daily travel across their borders to regulate.
NEW: @NYGovCuomo announces NYS is shifting from a quarantine list to a testing policy.
➡ Get a negative test within 3 days BEFORE arriving in NYS.
➡ Once you arrive in NYS, wait 3 days and then take a test on the 4th day (or after).
✅ If both are negative, no quarantine. — Jack Sterne (@JRSterne) October 31, 2020
"It would disrupt everything if you quarantined those states," he added.
Cuomo continues to urge New Yorkers, to the extent they can, to avoid nonessential travel between those nearby states for as long as they meet the quarantine threshold. Govs. Phil Murphy and Ned Lamont have issued similar pleas to the people of New Jersey and Connecticut in recent weeks.
The state's shift in policy comes as New York teetered on the edge of meeting its own standards for the tri-state quarantine list, reporting 9.98 new cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day rolling period as of Friday. The threshold is 10, which the neighboring states of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey have already topped.
That metric is driven by high numbers in the Southern Tier (24.17 per 100,000) and Mid-Hudson (12.77 per 100,000) regions. Long Island's rate of new cases per 100,000 residents (8.98) over the last week is lower than the statewide average and New York City's is even lower (9.03), even as its mayor warned that he was concerned about the recent growth of the city's rolling positivity rate.
New York City's numbers had improved slightly Friday over Thursday, including the seven-day rolling positivity average (1.87 percent vs 1.92 percent), which Mayor Bill de Blasio describes as the "most objective" measure of standing in the COVID war. And while the mayor breathed a sigh of relief after Thursday's jump, the city is still not in a position to relax yet.
"So a little bit of stabilizing, a little bit of better news today, but we've got a long way to go," de Blasio said.
Statewide, the numbers are going up across the board, even as New York continues to hold the third-lowest positivity rate in the nation, according to Johns Hopkins data. Daily virus totals still range above 2,000, although slightly down from the nearly 2,500 reported Thursday. Cuomo reported 2,255 cases Friday and another 2,049 on Saturday. The state also saw more than 1,000 total hospitalizations Saturday for an ninth straight day, which it hasn't done since it first came down off that 1,000 marker toward the end of June.
All hospitals in the state are supposed to keep at least a third of their regular beds and a third of their ICU beds open to handle any potential resurgence. As of Saturday, the state was short on the regular bed goal (25 percent). Long Island had just 21 percent open, while New York City only had 19 percent available. Both areas were low on ICU beds, too. Still, hospitals say they feel "very confident" in their ability to handle a resurgence, armed with hard-earned lessons from the spring.
Daily Percentage of Positive Tests by New York Region
Gov. Andrew Cuomo breaks the state into 10 regions for testing purposes and tracks positivity rates to identify potential hotspots. Here's the latest tracking data by region and for the five boroughs. For the latest county-level results statewide, click here
New York's recent upticks, while anxiety-inducing for some who live there, are marginal -- for now -- compared with what the rest of the United States is seeing. Cases are rising in virtually every state and deaths in most. The United States smashed its daily case record for the fifth time since last week on Friday, surpassing 90,000 per day for the second time (98,583 to be exact) as the case total continued past 9 million.
Across the Northeast, which seemed to have brought the virus under control over the summer, many states are seeing record numbers of new infections, prompting some to weigh new restrictions as the colder months and holiday season loom.
The out-of-state threat only compounds the threat at home, as all three tri-state governors face varying increases of COVID cases and hospitalizations, along with overall positivity rates, in their respective states. Cuomo's micro-cluster strategy is ongoing in certain highly specific geographic areas of Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland, Orange and other counties. The largest city in New Jersey has implemented new virus control measures to curb its recent case surge.
New Jersey is mulling drastic new measures to clamp down on rising COVID-19 cases. Sarah Wallace reports.
New Jersey hasn't implemented any new sweeping statewide restrictions or even geographically targeted ones as Cuomo has done, but Murphy told CNN Friday that he would impose more ranging shutdowns if it came to that.
"We shut as aggressively as any American state in March. We've done it before, if we had to we would do it again, but, please, God, I hope we don't have to get to that, Murphy said Friday. "I mean, it's not March, April, May, which was probably a 12 out of 10, but it's probably seven, eight. And everything's on the table."
A short time later, he reported 2,089 new COVID cases overnight, the first time New Jersey has seen single-day numbers of that volume since early May. The months-long high in new daily cases came a day after Murphy declared that the long-feared second wave of coronavirus is no longer a theoretical.
"It's coming. And it's coming now," a somber Murphy said Thursday.


bonginoreport--2020-10-31--England Goes Back Into Lockdown

England Goes Back Into Lockdown

England will adopt a second national lockdown as coronavirus cases run rampant in the United Kingdom , closing all nonessential businesses but leaving schools open for the next four weeks as it tries to suppress the virus , Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday .
People will be ordered to stay at home unless it 's for essential purposes , including education , medical reasons , or to shop for groceries , Johnson said during a press conference in London .
Pubs , bars and restaurants must close except for takeaway and delivery .
Some industries that ca n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacturing , will continue .
The lockdown will take effect starting Thursday and will end on Dec. 2 , he said .
`` Now is the time to take action because there is no alternative , '' Johnson said .
The U.K. 's government program that financially assists furloughed employees will be extended during the lockdown , he said .
The move from Downing Street follows similar announcements from Germany and France this week , which also declared fresh nationwide lockdowns in an effort to gain control of the coronavirus ' worsening spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is reporting more than 22,600 Covid-19 cases based on a weekly average — far higher than its first peak in the spring when it reported an average of 4,800 new cases , according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University .
Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland impose their own pandemic policies .
For weeks , Johnson , who tested positive and was hospitalized with the coronavirus himself earlier this year , has urged against the `` misery of a national lockdown '' and instead adopted more localized restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently announced three-tiered reopening system that classifies regions based on the severity of their infection rate , with differing levels of restrictions for each level .
The World Health Organization cautioned in mid-October that Europe 's outbreaks was `` concerning '' as the number of available intensive-care beds continued to dwindle .
Now , it appears the level of hospitalizations and deaths in the U.K. could rise to a level never before seen during the pandemic .
The government 's chief scientific advisor Patrick Vallance said during the press conference Saturday that predictive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the country could be `` twice as bad or more '' compared with the first wave over the forthcoming winter months .
Models suggest that if actions are n't taken , the United Kingdom 's National Health Service , or NHS , could exceed peak usage in its hospitals by the end of November and extra bed capacity would be topped by December , Vallance said .
London School of Hygiene epidemiologist John Edmunds , a member of the government 's scientific advisory group , said Saturday that cases were running `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We will get through this , but we must act now to contain this Autumn surge .
We 're not going back to the full-scale lockdown of March and April , '' Johnson said .
`` The measures that I 've outlined are less prohibitive , less restrictive , but I 'm afraid from Thursday the basic message is the same : Stay at home , protect the NHS and save lives . ''
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the government 's decision to impose a second national lockdown `` delayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others urged Johnson to issue a `` circuit breaker '' measure weeks ago .
`` I am furious that the Government has dithered and delayed yet again .
Their indecision will have unimaginable consequences — both lives and livelihoods will be lost as a result , '' Khan said in a statement .

England will adopt a second national lockdown as coronavirus cases run rampant in the United Kingdom, closing all nonessential businesses but leaving schools open for the next four weeks as it tries to suppress the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday.
People will be ordered to stay at home unless it's for essential purposes, including education, medical reasons, or to shop for groceries, Johnson said during a press conference in London. Pubs, bars and restaurants must close except for takeaway and delivery.
Some industries that can't work from home, like construction and manufacturing, will continue. The lockdown will take effect starting Thursday and will end on Dec. 2, he said.
"Now is the time to take action because there is no alternative," Johnson said. The U.K.'s government program that financially assists furloughed employees will be extended during the lockdown, he said.
The move from Downing Street follows similar announcements from Germany and France this week, which also declared fresh nationwide lockdowns in an effort to gain control of the coronavirus' worsening spread ahead of the holidays.
The U.K. is reporting more than 22,600 Covid-19 cases based on a weekly average — far higher than its first peak in the spring when it reported an average of 4,800 new cases, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland impose their own pandemic policies.
For weeks, Johnson, who tested positive and was hospitalized with the coronavirus himself earlier this year, has urged against the "misery of a national lockdown" and instead adopted more localized restrictions.
England has been operating under a recently announced three-tiered reopening system that classifies regions based on the severity of their infection rate, with differing levels of restrictions for each level.
The World Health Organization cautioned in mid-October that Europe's outbreaks was "concerning" as the number of available intensive-care beds continued to dwindle. Now, it appears the level of hospitalizations and deaths in the U.K. could rise to a level never before seen during the pandemic.
The government's chief scientific advisor Patrick Vallance said during the press conference Saturday that predictive models suggest the number of Covid-19 deaths in the country could be "twice as bad or more" compared with the first wave over the forthcoming winter months.
Models suggest that if actions aren't taken, the United Kingdom's National Health Service, or NHS, could exceed peak usage in its hospitals by the end of November and extra bed capacity would be topped by December, Vallance said.
London School of Hygiene epidemiologist John Edmunds, a member of the government's scientific advisory group, said Saturday that cases were running "significantly above" a reasonable worst-case scenario.
"We will get through this, but we must act now to contain this Autumn surge. We're not going back to the full-scale lockdown of March and April," Johnson said. "The measures that I've outlined are less prohibitive, less restrictive, but I'm afraid from Thursday the basic message is the same: Stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the government's decision to impose a second national lockdown "delayed," saying that he and many others urged Johnson to issue a "circuit breaker" measure weeks ago.
"I am furious that the Government has dithered and delayed yet again. Their indecision will have unimaginable consequences — both lives and livelihoods will be lost as a result," Khan said in a statement.


bonginoreport--2020-10-31--New Book Reveals Obama Officials Were Concerned With Hunter Biden’s Burisma Job

President Obama ’ s White House was “ bothered ” by Hunter Biden ’ s ties to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and Obama officials found Hunter ’ s presence of the company board of directors while his father was vice president “ unseemly , ” according to a new book .
The revelations were first published by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos in “ Joe Biden : The Life , the Run , and What Matters Now , ” which hit bookstores earlier this month , the Daily Mail reported .
“ In the Spring of 2014 at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role in overseeing US policy in Ukraine , Hunter joined the board of Burisma , one of Ukraine ’ s largest natural gas producers , ” Osnos writes .
The situation , however , was allowed to persist by the administration even as “ distance was becoming harder to maintain ” between the two Bidens .
Obama veterans continue to insist Hunter ’ s business ties had no impact on US foreign policy .
The Osnos revelations come after GOP led Senate report in September concluded that at least two Obama White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work for the company and feared the creation of a perception of conflict of interest .
The report concluded that the Obama administration ignored “ glaring warning signs ” and that “ Hunter Biden ’ s role on Burisma ’ s board negatively impacted the efforts of dedicated career service individuals who were fighting to push for anticorruption measures in Ukraine.
” Democrats said the committee found no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden .
The Hunter Biden story again exploded into the news after bombshell revelations published in the New York Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden may have had with his son and various business partners .

President Obama’s White House was “bothered” by Hunter Biden’s ties to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and Obama officials found Hunter’s presence of the company board of directors while his father was vice president “unseemly,” according to a new book.
The revelations were first published by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos in “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now,” which hit bookstores earlier this month, the Daily Mail reported.
“In the Spring of 2014 at the same time Biden was playing a central role in overseeing US policy in Ukraine, Hunter joined the board of Burisma, one of Ukraine’s largest natural gas producers,” Osnos writes.
The situation, however, was allowed to persist by the administration even as “distance was becoming harder to maintain” between the two Bidens. Obama veterans continue to insist Hunter’s business ties had no impact on US foreign policy.
The Osnos revelations come after GOP led Senate report in September concluded that at least two Obama White House officials raised concerns about Hunter’s work for the company and feared the creation of a perception of conflict of interest.
The report concluded that the Obama administration ignored “glaring warning signs” and that “Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board negatively impacted the efforts of dedicated career service individuals who were fighting to push for anticorruption measures in Ukraine.”
Democrats said the committee found no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden.
The Hunter Biden story again exploded into the news after bombshell revelations published in the New York Post raised new questions about the potential involvement Joe Biden may have had with his son and various business partners.