bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Hours After Awkward MSNBC Interview, Biden Requests for Sec. of Senate to Locate Any Complaint Made

Hours After Awkward MSNBC Interview, Biden Requests for Sec. of Senate to Locate Any Complaint Made by Accuser

• 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden requested Friday that the secretary of the Senate locate any complaint made by his accuser Tara Reade .
• His request comes after he incorrectly said on MSNBC that any such complaint would be held by the National Archives .
The National Archives refuted this Friday and said that any such records would be under the control of the Senate .
• “ I am writing to request your assistance in determining whether 27 years ago a staff member in my United States office filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment , ” Biden wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden requested Friday that the secretary of the Senate locate any complaint made by his accuser Tara Reade .
The former vice president issued a letter to Secretary Julie Adams asking for her to find out whether Reade ever issued a sexual harassment complaint against him .
Biden ’ s request follows his Friday morning appearance on MSNBC where he denied Reade ’ s allegations and said that if any such complaint existed , it would be in the National Archives .
But the National Archives told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incorrect information : “ any records of Senate personnel complaints from 1993 would have remained under the control of the Senate.
” ( RELATED : National Archives Debunks Biden ’ s Claim , Says Senate Docs Related To Tara Reade Are Kept Elsewhere ) Biden notes in his letter to Adams that he previously understood that such a complaint would be in the possession of the National Archives but has been since informed that it would be under the control of the Senate .
“ I am writing to request your assistance in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member in my United States office filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment , ” Biden wrote in the letter .
“ According to public reports , the staff member , Ms. Tara Reade , has stated that in 1993 she filed such a complaint with the office responsible for enforcing the Senate employees ’ rights in the workplace , ” Biden states in the letter .
Biden asks Adams to “ take or direct ” any necessary steps to find the complaint and to make its results public .
“ I would ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a complaint if one exists , but any and all other documents in the records that relate to the allegation , ” he concludes .
( RELATED : Here ’ s Everything You Need To Know About Biden Accuser Tara Reade And Her Sexual Assault Allegation , All In One Place ) Reade worked as a Senate staffer for Biden in 1993 and has accused the then-senator of kissing her , touching her and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent .
After the alleged assault , Reade told the DCNF , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden staffers : Marianne Baker , Biden ’ s executive assistant , and Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman , who were both top Biden aides at the time .
But Kaufman , Baker and Toner would not take action when Reade complained to them about sexual harassment , Reade said , so she filed a written complaint with an office she called the “ Senate Personnel Office.
” She was told that someone would call her in for a full discussion and meeting — but “ that never happened , ” she told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not have the complaint form .
Reade attempted to track the complaint down in 2019 .
She said she was told that “ it would have gone back to Joe Biden ’ s office , to the chief of staff.
” She is unsure who told her this , but believes it might have been OWCR .
If this complaint were located , she said , it would show that Biden ’ s staff members lied on the record when they said they did not have meetings with her , noting that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informal and formal — with these staff members .
It would also show the approximate dates of when some of the events she has mentioned happened , she told the DCNF .
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2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden requested Friday that the secretary of the Senate locate any complaint made by his accuser Tara Reade.
His request comes after he incorrectly said on MSNBC that any such complaint would be held by the National Archives. The National Archives refuted this Friday and said that any such records would be under the control of the Senate.
“I am writing to request your assistance in determining whether 27 years ago a staff member in my United States office filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment,” Biden wrote in a letter to the Senate secretary.
2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden requested Friday that the secretary of the Senate locate any complaint made by his accuser Tara Reade.
The former vice president issued a letter to Secretary Julie Adams asking for her to find out whether Reade ever issued a sexual harassment complaint against him.
Biden’s request follows his Friday morning appearance on MSNBC where he denied Reade’s allegations and said that if any such complaint existed, it would be in the National Archives.
But the National Archives told the Daily Caller News Foundation that this is incorrect information: “any records of Senate personnel complaints from 1993 would have remained under the control of the Senate.” (RELATED: National Archives Debunks Biden’s Claim, Says Senate Docs Related To Tara Reade Are Kept Elsewhere)
Biden notes in his letter to Adams that he previously understood that such a complaint would be in the possession of the National Archives but has been since informed that it would be under the control of the Senate.
“I am writing to request your assistance in determining whether 27 years ago a staff member in my United States office filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment,” Biden wrote in the letter.
And Friday concludes with a request from @JoeBiden to the Secretary of the Senate to locate any complaint by Tara Reade pic.twitter.com/3V15k2R7i6 — Dave Catanese (@davecatanese) May 1, 2020
“According to public reports, the staff member, Ms. Tara Reade, has stated that in 1993 she filed such a complaint with the office responsible for enforcing the Senate employees’ rights in the workplace,” Biden states in the letter.
Biden asks Adams to “take or direct” any necessary steps to find the complaint and to make its results public.
“I would ask that the public release include not only a complaint if one exists, but any and all other documents in the records that relate to the allegation,” he concludes. (RELATED: Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Biden Accuser Tara Reade And Her Sexual Assault Allegation, All In One Place)
Reade worked as a Senate staffer for Biden in 1993 and has accused the then-senator of kissing her, touching her and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent.
After the alleged assault, Reade told the DCNF, she complained about sexual harassment to three Biden staffers: Marianne Baker, Biden’s executive assistant, and Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman, who were both top Biden aides at the time.
But Kaufman, Baker and Toner would not take action when Reade complained to them about sexual harassment, Reade said, so she filed a written complaint with an office she called the “Senate Personnel Office.”
She was told that someone would call her in for a full discussion and meeting — but “that never happened,” she told the DCNF. She said she does not have the complaint form.
Reade attempted to track the complaint down in 2019. She said she was told that “it would have gone back to Joe Biden’s office, to the chief of staff.” She is unsure who told her this, but believes it might have been OWCR.
If this complaint were located, she said, it would show that Biden’s staff members lied on the record when they said they did not have meetings with her, noting that she had more than five meetings total — informal and formal — with these staff members.
It would also show the approximate dates of when some of the events she has mentioned happened, she told the DCNF.
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bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Another Biden Accuser Comes Forward Alleging Sexual Harassment

A woman says she was sexually harassed by presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden when she was 14 years old .
The woman , Eva Murry , told Law & Crime that Biden complimented her on the size of her breasts at the First State Gridiron Dinner & Show in 2008 , a long-running roast of and party for politicians , journalists and prominent business figures held each year in Delaware .
Murry says she remembers the event occurring sometime around May of that year .
One friend and her sister said that Murry told her details of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it happened .
Four other friends of Murry ’ s said they were told about the incident , with the same details , between two and three years after it originally occurred .
Law & Crime interviewed Murry , her sister , and those friends over the course of multiple days .
Murry is the niece of former Republican Senate candidate Christine O ’ Donnell and said she occasionally received school credit for attending such political events .
O ’ Donnell was running a long-shot campaign against Biden at the time that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment .
Biden is currently under fire over allegations that he sexually assaulted former Senate staffer Tara Reade in 1993 by penetrating her with his fingers without her consent .
Biden ’ s campaign has denied it and Biden went on MSNBC Friday morning to strongly refute that allegation himself .
According to Gridiron Dinner Secretary Cathy Klocko , the roast is held the first Saturday of every May , which would place the 2008 event on May 3 of that year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently the event was secretive and did not release information such as guest lists or photographs of the event .
“ I remember walking into the lobby and being in awe of all the people in such fancy clothes , ” Murry said in an interview .
“ Our two parties of people gravitated towards each other and everyone started saying their hellos .
When it was Biden and my aunt ’ s turn to say hello he quickly turned to me and asked how old I was .
I replied with my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Fourteen ?
You ’ re very well endowed for 14 !
’ I was confused but it was definitely weird , he looked me up and down and hovered his eyes on my chest so I had some clue [ about ] the notion of his comment but didn ’ t fully understand at the time .
We quickly separated from his area after the encounter.
” Murry , who is 26 now and engaged with a son and daughter , was in middle school at the time Biden allegedly made the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that she attended a few additional campaign events with her aunt after Biden made the alleged remarks and she described being anxious and feeling sick to her stomach around him or upon learning that he would also be attending any such future events .
“ I feel his comments were verbal sexual harassment , ” Murry told Law & Crime .
“ I think I was too naive to realize exactly what it meant at the time but I vividly remember the uncomfortable feeling I had in the pit of my stomach during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t Biden ’ s words alone that made me so uncomfortable , it was the look , the tone , the whole general vibe was off.
” Murry acknowledged the timing of her allegation would likely invite accusations that she was acting politically but she insisted that was not the case .
Murry said that she was personally motivated to speak out because she began seeing Biden ’ s name and face appearing all over Facebook in early April after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic primary .
She said that many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Biden .
So , Murry started off by telling each of those friends her story .
She says she did this over and over .
“ It got overwhelming repeating myself on everyone ’ s post , ” she said .
“ So I made a master thread with the intentions of informing my friends and family who I care very much about , just what kind of man Biden is.
” Murry told Law & Crime she was upset about what Biden said to her rather than anything having to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or woman should get away with acting that way and that is what this boils down to , ” she said .
Four of Murry ’ s friends say that they were told about the incident .
One said she was told about it around the time it happened .
Two more said they were told about it in 2010 .
Three of those friends agreed to speak on the record .
“ She was telling me about the event and explained what happened , ” Murry ’ s friend Victoria Anstey told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being so shocked .
I didn ’ t know who Biden was or anything .
Just [ that ] she said he was an ‘ older man ’ was enough for me to not like the situation.
” Law & Crime verified Murry ’ s and Anstey ’ s identities by obtaining their driver ’ s licenses .
“ Eva is telling the truth , ” she added .
Anstey , 25 , describes herself as a feminist , animal lover and a Democrat .
She confirmed that Murry told her about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teens .
Anstey said Murry identified the man as Biden and said that hearing about the incident left her feeling angry .
“ She told me he looked at her chest and she was well endowed , ” Anstey said .
“ She looked very uncomfortable .
I asked how old he was .
She said like an older man .
I said like old like a teacher or elderly and she said old like a teacher .
I remember myself getting mad.
” Anstey also commented on the political dimensions of Murry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t stand Trump , ” she said .
“ This isn ’ t politically motivated .
This is about men in power using their status to silence victims.
” “ She was 14 and any man to think that those comments are appropriate are on the wrong side of history , ” Anstey continued .
“ We can ’ t let men ( and females ) keep getting away with these sexual comments .
It ’ s past due that society stop turning a blind eye .
People seem to only care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is ridiculous .
I want the next president to be a Democrat more than anyone but I can ’ t overlook this .
It ’ s not justice for 14-year-old Eva .
It would be doing her a disservice.
” A second friend , Katielynn Weaver , told Law & Crime that Murry first told her about it “ over ten years ago when we were younger.
” “ I started going to Delaware with her and her family so it was pretty fresh for her dealing with it , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010 because I was 17 and just graduated and got my first car and that ’ s what we would take back and forth trips to Delaware , ” she told Law & Crime .
“ The incident happened before I met Eva but she told me about it prior to our first time arriving in Delaware.
” Eva Murry ’ s older sister , Jenna Murry , also says she was told about the alleged incident “ within a week or so of the dinner.
” The elder Murry said she previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ O ’ Donnell , “ going around with her to political events ” when she was also 14 .
Jenna said she kept up with Eva though the two didn ’ t talk much at the time because she was attending The College of New Jersey ( TCNJ ) .
“ I remember my mom mentioning at some point soon after that that Eva had met Biden and he ’ d made a weird comment , ” Murry told Law & Crime .
“ The next time I was home from TCNJ Eva @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from her perspective , specifically that he looked her up and down and stared right at her chest and made her feel really uncomfortable .
I remember being really pissed off on her behalf and thinking that she was probably more upset than she was letting on and trying to be light hearted by that point , but seemed shook .
I told basically all my friends about it at the time.
” Aileen Callaghan , another friend , said she first heard about the incident when she and Murry were teenagers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ told me , ” she told Law & Crime .
“ She mentioned that he was at an event she was with with her aunt and that he was a creep and was looking at her chest the whole time.
” “ I remember she said that Biden was a pervy old man , and was like laughing but looking down when she told us , ” Callaghan continued .
“ When she got to the details , she was clearly pissed that it had happened , and clearly hadn ’ t known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A fourth friend said that Murry told her about the alleged sexual harassment incident in 2010 or 2011 when both attended high school at the New Hope Academy in Yardley , Pennsylvania .
The friend recalled Murry telling her Biden had made the comment about her body and that the two had nervously described the incident as “ creepy ” and wrong .
The fourth friend spoke to Law & Crime on the condition of anonymity to protect her safety and career .
Murry originally detailed her accusations in a Facebook post on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t know the meaning of this ” she wrote about Biden ’ s alleged comments .
“ [ F ] or those of you that still don ’ t [ know ] , it means Biden was telling me I had very large breasts for a 14-year-old .
I learned shortly after what he meant and felt uncomfortable every time I met him afterwards .
Several additional friends of Murry ’ s commented on the post noting that they recalled hearing about the incident and said Murry was courageous for speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those additional friends by Law & Crime were unsuccessful at the time of publication .
Murry addressed the support she received for speaking out in a later comment on the thread to that initial post .
“ I ’ ve told friends [ and ] family for years but I ’ ve never publicly put it out there , ” Murry wrote .
“ I vividly remember the anxiety I would feel going to these types of functions after that encounter , it sucked the excitement right out of it for me.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internet bullies so I never put it out there but I went on to Facebook after putting my daughter down for a nap and Joe Biden ’ s name was everywhere !
” she continued–describing the events of early April .
“ I had to say something.
” Murry also noted that she encountered Biden “ about three times after that ” at similar such events and that “ his eyes never were on my face .
”

A woman says she was sexually harassed by presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden when she was 14 years old.
The woman, Eva Murry, told Law&Crime that Biden complimented her on the size of her breasts at the First State Gridiron Dinner & Show in 2008, a long-running roast of and party for politicians, journalists and prominent business figures held each year in Delaware. Murry says she remembers the event occurring sometime around May of that year.
The Biden campaign has called Murry’s story “absolutely false.”
A day-and-a-half after this piece was originally published, the Biden campaign provided Law&Crime with documents that cast doubt on the timeline of Murry’s allegation.
An email from Biden 2020 Rapid Response Director Andrew Bates contained two news articles which strongly suggest Biden would not have been able to attend the event in question as well as a copy of then-senator Biden’s schedule which also supports the claim that he did not attend the dinner. Finally, the Biden campaign also provided a letter from a man who identified himself as the former vice-president of the Gridiron Dinner which categorically denied Biden’s attendance that year.
Law&Crime has a full accounting of the Biden campaign’s documentary evidence here.
The new revelations cast doubt on a significant piece of a story originally reported here based on seven original sources; six of whom agreed to go on the record and one of whom did not. Despite the evidence from the Biden campaign, Murry and several of her original corroborating sources maintain that she is telling the truth (others we were not able to contact again by the time of publication).
“I don’t think Eva would have gotten the person wrong,” Murry’s older sister Jenna Murphy told Law&Crime when asked if her sister had a case of mistaken identity at the dinner that year. “She named him really specifically at the time and saw him several times after and recognized him as the person who made the comment. If anything, maybe she could have confused the date, but I really don’t think she could have gotten the person wrong.”
The elder Murry insisted that her sister wasn’t mistaken.
“To provide context for my certainty, my aunt Chris got our whole family involved in her work, so both my grandparents, my aunt Jenny, Jenny’s wife, and even on one notable occasion our entire extended family, went to campaign events with her from well before 2008 up through 2010,” she continued. “All of those people were aware of the story of the Biden comment told by both my aunt and sister so a case of mistaken identity doesn’t seem likely.”
One friend and her sister said that Murry told her details of the alleged incident more or less immediately after it happened. Four other friends of Murry’s said they were told about the incident, with the same details, between two and three years after it originally occurred.
Law&Crime interviewed Murry, her sister, and those friends over the course of multiple days. Murry is the niece of former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell and said she occasionally received school credit for attending such political events. O’Donnell was running a long-shot campaign against Biden at the time that the alleged sexual harassment incident occurred.
As noted above, the Biden campaign did not originally respond to a request for comment. Biden is currently under fire over allegations that he sexually assaulted former Senate staffer Tara Reade in 1993 by penetrating her with his fingers without her consent. Biden’s campaign has denied it and Biden went on MSNBC Friday morning to strongly refute that allegation himself.
According to Gridiron Dinner Secretary Cathy Klocko, the roast is held the first Saturday of every May, which would place the 2008 event on May 3 of that year. Klocko went on to note that until recently the event was secretive and did not release information such as guest lists or photographs of the event.
“I remember walking into the lobby and being in awe of all the people in such fancy clothes,” Murry said in an interview. “Our two parties of people gravitated towards each other and everyone started saying their hellos. When it was Biden and my aunt’s turn to say hello he quickly turned to me and asked how old I was. I replied with my age and he replied with the comment ‘Fourteen? You’re very well endowed for 14!’ I was confused but it was definitely weird, he looked me up and down and hovered his eyes on my chest so I had some clue [about] the notion of his comment but didn’t fully understand at the time. We quickly separated from his area after the encounter.”
Murry, who is 26 now and engaged with a son and daughter, was in middle school at the time Biden allegedly made the comments about her breasts. She said that she attended a few additional campaign events with her aunt after Biden made the alleged remarks and she described being anxious and feeling sick to her stomach around him or upon learning that he would also be attending any such future events.
“I feel his comments were verbal sexual harassment,” Murry told Law&Crime. “I think I was too naive to realize exactly what it meant at the time but I vividly remember the uncomfortable feeling I had in the pit of my stomach during the whole encounter. It wasn’t Biden’s words alone that made me so uncomfortable, it was the look, the tone, the whole general vibe was off.”
Murry acknowledged the timing of her allegation would likely invite accusations that she was acting politically but she insisted that was not the case.
Murry said that she was personally motivated to speak out because she began seeing Biden’s name and face appearing all over Facebook in early April after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic primary. She said that many of her friends started posting about voting for Biden. So, Murry started off by telling each of those friends her story. She says she did this over and over.
“It got overwhelming repeating myself on everyone’s post,” she said. “So I made a master thread with the intentions of informing my friends and family who I care very much about, just what kind of man Biden is.”
Murry told Law&Crime she was upset about what Biden said to her rather than anything having to do with his politics.
“No man or woman should get away with acting that way and that is what this boils down to,” she said.
Four of Murry’s friends say that they were told about the incident. One said she was told about it around the time it happened. Two more said they were told about it in 2010. Three of those friends agreed to speak on the record.
“She was telling me about the event and explained what happened,” Murry’s friend Victoria Anstey told Law&Crime. “I remember being so shocked. I didn’t know who Biden was or anything. Just [that] she said he was an ‘older man’ was enough for me to not like the situation.”
Law&Crime verified Murry’s and Anstey’s identities by obtaining their driver’s licenses.
“Eva is telling the truth,” she added.
Anstey, 25, describes herself as a feminist, animal lover and a Democrat. She confirmed that Murry told her about the comments in 2008 when they were both teens. Anstey said Murry identified the man as Biden and said that hearing about the incident left her feeling angry.
“She told me he looked at her chest and she was well endowed,” Anstey said. “She looked very uncomfortable. I asked how old he was. She said like an older man. I said like old like a teacher or elderly and she said old like a teacher. I remember myself getting mad.”
Anstey also commented on the political dimensions of Murry’s allegation.
“I can’t stand Trump,” she said. “This isn’t politically motivated. This is about men in power using their status to silence victims.”
“She was 14 and any man to think that those comments are appropriate are on the wrong side of history,” Anstey continued. “We can’t let men (and females) keep getting away with these sexual comments. It’s past due that society stop turning a blind eye. People seem to only care when it’s someone they know, which is ridiculous. I want the next president to be a Democrat more than anyone but I can’t overlook this. It’s not justice for 14-year-old Eva. It would be doing her a disservice.”
A second friend, Katielynn Weaver, told Law&Crime that Murry first told her about it “over ten years ago when we were younger.”
“I started going to Delaware with her and her family so it was pretty fresh for her dealing with it,” Weaver said.
“The year was 2010 because I was 17 and just graduated and got my first car and that’s what we would take back and forth trips to Delaware,” she told Law&Crime. “The incident happened before I met Eva but she told me about it prior to our first time arriving in Delaware.”
Eva Murry’s older sister, Jenna Murry, also says she was told about the alleged incident “within a week or so of the dinner.”
The elder Murry said she previously had “a similar arrangement” with O’Donnell, “going around with her to political events” when she was also 14. Jenna said she kept up with Eva though the two didn’t talk much at the time because she was attending The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).
“I remember my mom mentioning at some point soon after that that Eva had met Biden and he’d made a weird comment,” Murry told Law&Crime. “The next time I was home from TCNJ Eva told me about the comment in detail from her perspective, specifically that he looked her up and down and stared right at her chest and made her feel really uncomfortable. I remember being really pissed off on her behalf and thinking that she was probably more upset than she was letting on and trying to be light hearted by that point, but seemed shook. I told basically all my friends about it at the time.”
Aileen Callaghan, another friend, said she first heard about the incident when she and Murry were teenagers. “It was probably 2010 when she told me,” she told Law&Crime. “She mentioned that he was at an event she was with with her aunt and that he was a creep and was looking at her chest the whole time.”
“I remember she said that Biden was a pervy old man, and was like laughing but looking down when she told us,” Callaghan continued. “When she got to the details, she was clearly pissed that it had happened, and clearly hadn’t known how to do anything about it.”
A fourth friend said that Murry told her about the alleged sexual harassment incident in 2010 or 2011 when both attended high school at the New Hope Academy in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The friend recalled Murry telling her Biden had made the comment about her body and that the two had nervously described the incident as “creepy” and wrong. The fourth friend spoke to Law&Crime on the condition of anonymity to protect her safety and career.
Murry originally detailed her accusations in a Facebook post on April 8.
“Back then I didn’t know the meaning of this” she wrote about Biden’s alleged comments. “[F]or those of you that still don’t [know], it means Biden was telling me I had very large breasts for a 14-year-old. I learned shortly after what he meant and felt uncomfortable every time I met him afterwards.
Several additional friends of Murry’s commented on the post noting that they recalled hearing about the incident and said Murry was courageous for speaking out. Attempts to reach one of those additional friends by Law&Crime were unsuccessful at the time of publication.
Murry addressed the support she received for speaking out in a later comment on the thread to that initial post.
“I’ve told friends [and] family for years but I’ve never publicly put it out there,” Murry wrote. “I vividly remember the anxiety I would feel going to these types of functions after that encounter, it sucked the excitement right out of it for me.”
“I’m worried about the internet bullies so I never put it out there but I went on to Facebook after putting my daughter down for a nap and Joe Biden’s name was everywhere!” she continued–describing the events of early April. “I had to say something.”
Murry also noted that she encountered Biden “about three times after that” at similar such events and that “his eyes never were on my face.”
[featured image via Drew Angerer/Getty Images; inline image Eva Murry with permission]
Editor’s note: this article has been amended post-publication to include a strong disavowal from Biden’s campaign as well as references to documentary evidence which seem to verify Biden did not attend the event originally cited by Murry and a response from Murry’s older sister about the new revelations.
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bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Will CBS’ Comey Miniseries “A Higher Loyalty” Survive the Truth?

Hollywood productions , like so much of modern life , are shut down due to the pandemic .
No one is yelling “ Cut !
” or “ that ’ s a wrap ” across La La Land .
That doesn ’ t mean current projects are necessarily dead .
Most are in hibernation , waiting for the all-clear sign to start anew .
The CBS miniseries , based on the 2018 memoir of former FBI Director James Comey , got the greenlight last year .
The series stars Jeff Daniels as Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure whether the miniseries will end up on Showtime , CBS All Access or both , according to The Hollywood Reporter .
That shouldn ’ t be the biggest issue facing the production , which purportedly began in November .
So much of what we were told about Comey ’ s tenure , from the RussiaGate scandal to the conviction of Michael Flynn , proved to be fictitious .
Will “ A Higher Loyalty ” touch on the criminal prosecution of Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn , for example ?
In recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ details from that case , material that not only could exonerate Flynn but casts Comey ’ s FBI tenure in a disgraceful light .
Handwritten notes from the FBI obtained by The Federalist reveal that the agents investigating Flynn under Comey ’ s direction sought “ to get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired.
” As Comey admitted , Flynn was questioned by federal prosecutors in 2017 without being told what he was being interrogated for and without an attorney present about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Comey assistant published a book accusing the FBI chief of abusing his power to flout protocols in order to create a perjury trap for the White House security advisor .
“ We just decided , you know , screw it , ” Comey said according to Josh Campbell .
Need more ?
It turns out Flynn should have been cleared long before the FBI tightened the noose around him .
New unsealed FBI memos show that the Bureau found “ no derogatory information ” on former national security adviser Michael Flynn while investigating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to close their investigation of him in early January 2017 before former FBI agent Peter Strzok intervened , asking to keep the case open .
That ’ s damning enough all but itself .
What about Comey ’ s role in the Russia collusion hoax ?
…it turns out that the original FBI investigation into the Trump campaign that morphed into the Mueller probe may have been instigated , in part , by Russian disinformation .
We already know there was no Trump-Russia collusion despite endless “ the walls are closing in ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not the only problem for Comey apologists .
Shortly after he was fired , ex-FBI Director James Comey told the Senate there was not yet evidence to justify investigating Trump for colluding with Russia .
“ When I left , we did not have an investigation focused on President Trump , ” Comey testified .
And [ Peter ] Strzok , the counterintelligence boss and leader of the Russia probe , texted [ FBI agent Lisa ] Page in May 2017 that he was reluctant to join Mueller ’ s probe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he feared “ there ’ s no big there , there….
” Strzok said he wasn ’ t certain there was a “ broad , coordinated effort ” to hijack the election and that the evidence of Trump campaign aides talking about getting dirt on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton from Russians might have been just a “ bunch of opportunists ” talking to heighten their importance .
We haven ’ t even touched on the Steele Dossier , the document which helped star the Russia collusion hoax .
We ’ re now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2016 .
That ’ s just part of the misinformation tied to the dossier , which provided so much false information over the last three-plus years .
Consider this as one glaring example : Steele also admitted in March that his claim of secret communications between a Russian bank and the Trump presidential campaign was based on a tip from lawyer Michael Sussman , whose firm Perkins Coie represented the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign .
Other elements of Comey ’ s memoir have proven more certain , even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sizable role in Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ’ s email scandal .
Still , the latest news suggests entire swaths of the project need to be re-written .
That ’ s assuming the production team cares about the truth over Comey-approved narratives .
Screenwriter Billy Ray of “ Captain Phillips ” fame , who purportedly spent a year researching the project , is serving as the series ’ writer/director .
Ray recently wrote Clint Eastwood ’ s “ Richard Jewell , ” a film capturing the FBI abuses that led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ray ’ s “ A Higher Loyalty ” embrace recent updates to Comey ’ s story ?
Or will the film stick to the memoir , which we ’ re realizing offered little in the way of the whole truth ?

Hollywood productions, like so much of modern life, are shut down due to the pandemic.
No one is yelling “Cut!” or “that’s a wrap” across La La Land. That doesn’t mean current projects are necessarily dead. Most are in hibernation, waiting for the all-clear sign to start anew.
“A Higher Loyalty” faces a different challenge.
Comey's star turn: Jeff Daniels to play fired FBI director
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The CBS miniseries, based on the 2018 memoir of former FBI Director James Comey, got the greenlight last year. The series stars Jeff Daniels as Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump.
CBS Television Studios isn’t sure whether the miniseries will end up on Showtime, CBS All Access or both, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
That shouldn’t be the biggest issue facing the production, which purportedly began in November. So much of what we were told about Comey’s tenure, from the RussiaGate scandal to the conviction of Michael Flynn, proved to be fictitious.
Or worse.
Will “A Higher Loyalty” touch on the criminal prosecution of Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, for example?
In recent days we’ve learned some shocking details from that case, material that not only could exonerate Flynn but casts Comey’s FBI tenure in a disgraceful light.
Handwritten notes from the FBI obtained by The Federalist reveal that the agents investigating Flynn under Comey’s direction sought “to get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”
As Comey admitted, Flynn was questioned by federal prosecutors in 2017 without being told what he was being interrogated for and without an attorney present about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
It gets worse.
Last fall, a former Comey assistant published a book accusing the FBI chief of abusing his power to flout protocols in order to create a perjury trap for the White House security advisor.
“We just decided, you know, screw it,” Comey said according to Josh Campbell.
Need more? It turns out Flynn should have been cleared long before the FBI tightened the noose around him.
New unsealed FBI memos show that the Bureau found “no derogatory information” on former national security adviser Michael Flynn while investigating his alleged Russian contacts, and moved to close their investigation of him in early January 2017 before former FBI agent Peter Strzok intervened, asking to keep the case open.
That’s damning enough all but itself. What about Comey’s role in the Russia collusion hoax?
…it turns out that the original FBI investigation into the Trump campaign that morphed into the Mueller probe may have been instigated, in part, by Russian disinformation.
We already know there was no Trump-Russia collusion despite endless “the walls are closing in” admonishments from the mainstream media. That’s not the only problem for Comey apologists.
Shortly after he was fired, ex-FBI Director James Comey told the Senate there was not yet evidence to justify investigating Trump for colluding with Russia. “When I left, we did not have an investigation focused on President Trump,” Comey testified.
And [Peter] Strzok, the counterintelligence boss and leader of the Russia probe, texted [FBI agent Lisa] Page in May 2017 that he was reluctant to join Mueller’s probe and leave his senior FBI post because he feared “there’s no big there, there….”
Strzok said he wasn’t certain there was a “broad, coordinated effort” to hijack the election and that the evidence of Trump campaign aides talking about getting dirt on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton from Russians might have been just a “bunch of opportunists” talking to heighten their importance.
We haven’t even touched on the Steele Dossier, the document which helped star the Russia collusion hoax.
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Mueller report debunked many claims made by Steele dossier
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We’re now learning Christopher Steele had contact with Democrats in 2016. That’s just part of the misinformation tied to the dossier, which provided so much false information over the last three-plus years.
Consider this as one glaring example:
Steele also admitted in March that his claim of secret communications between a Russian bank and the Trump presidential campaign was based on a tip from lawyer Michael Sussman, whose firm Perkins Coie represented the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign.
Other elements of Comey’s memoir have proven more certain, even if they still provoke debate. Comey played a sizable role in Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.
Still, the latest news suggests entire swaths of the project need to be re-written. That’s assuming the production team cares about the truth over Comey-approved narratives.
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Screenwriter Billy Ray of “Captain Phillips” fame, who purportedly spent a year researching the project, is serving as the series’ writer/director. Ray recently wrote Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell,” a film capturing the FBI abuses that led to Jewell’s months-long persecution.
Will Ray’s “A Higher Loyalty” embrace recent updates to Comey’s story? Or will the film stick to the memoir, which we’re realizing offered little in the way of the whole truth?


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--President Trump’s Approval Hits Record High as Support Surges Among Independents

President Trump ’ s roller coaster approval ratings are back to their all-time high , this time thanks to the record support of independents , a group he needs to win reelection but has struggled with .
The latest Gallup survey found that 49 % of adults approve of the president ’ s job , up from 43 % two weeks ago .
Trump has never crossed 49 % in the Gallup survey .
The pop came despite crushing media criticism of his fight against the coronavirus and push to reopen the economy .
But it also came as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many in the United States joined with his call to get the country back to work .
Trump campaign deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews told Secrets , `` Americans want to see their president out front and leading in a time of crisis , and that ’ s exactly what President Trump is doing .
He understands these are challenging times for the American people , which is why he has left no stone unturned and unleashed an unprecedented , whole of America approach to defeat this virus . ''
Helping Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independents .
“ Most of the variation in Trump 's recent job approval rating is among independents .
In the current poll , 47 % of independents approve of the job he is doing as president , the highest Gallup has measured for the group to date .
93 % of Republicans and 8 % of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing , ” said Gallup .
The polling outfit put the Trump approval rating turnaround in a story about America ’ s split opinion on his handling of the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approve , 48 % disapprove .

President Trump’s roller coaster approval ratings are back to their all-time high, this time thanks to the record support of independents, a group he needs to win reelection but has struggled with.
The latest Gallup survey found that 49% of adults approve of the president’s job, up from 43% two weeks ago. Trump has never crossed 49% in the Gallup survey.
The pop came despite crushing media criticism of his fight against the coronavirus and push to reopen the economy.
But it also came as the stock market was signaling support, and many in the United States joined with his call to get the country back to work.
Trump campaign deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews told Secrets, "Americans want to see their president out front and leading in a time of crisis, and that’s exactly what President Trump is doing. He understands these are challenging times for the American people, which is why he has left no stone unturned and unleashed an unprecedented, whole of America approach to defeat this virus."
Helping Trump, said Gallup, was the support of independents. “Most of the variation in Trump's recent job approval rating is among independents. In the current poll, 47% of independents approve of the job he is doing as president, the highest Gallup has measured for the group to date. 93% of Republicans and 8% of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing,” said Gallup.
The polling outfit put the Trump approval rating turnaround in a story about America’s split opinion on his handling of the coronavirus effort. For that, 50% approve, 48% disapprove.


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Biden Accuser Cancels Interview With Fox News Sunday, Citing Threats

The woman who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual assault reportedly canceled a planned interview with Fox News Sunday .
Tara Reade , a former Biden staffer who accused the presidential candidate of sexually assaulting her in 1993 , reportedly canceled a tentative interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace , which was scheduled to be recorded on Friday and aired on Sunday .
`` We never confirmed the interview or the New York Times story , and we don ’ t provide details on the booking process , '' a Fox News representative told Edward-Isaac Dovere , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Fox News had been very excited about booking Reade , given that it would have been her first network television interview .
Wallace was getting ready for the conversation .
There ’ s consternation internally that it isn ’ t happening , '' Dovere reported in a series of tweets .
Reade told a New York Times reporter that she canceled the interview because of death threats both she and her daughter are facing because of their willingness to speak out .
Reade , 56 , has voiced concerns about the potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issue of sexual assault .
“ What I would say about Republicans using this story is please do n't politicize it , ” Reade told the Washington Examiner in an interview Monday .
“ There are many people who identify with Republican politics that have that are also survivors and have also been silenced.
” “ If they want to talk about sexual assault , sexual harassment in a general way , then this would be the time to have a general conversation .
That has nothing to do with being Democrat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women to be safer in their workplaces and safer in general , '' Reade also said .
Reade , who was a lifelong Democrat , says she has never been a supporter of President Trump , but that she is no longer a Democrat .
According to Reade , Biden forced himself upon her in the spring of 1993 , kissing her and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent .
Biden , along with his three office staffers , has denied the claim .

The woman who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual assault reportedly canceled a planned interview with Fox News Sunday.
Tara Reade, a former Biden staffer who accused the presidential candidate of sexually assaulting her in 1993, reportedly canceled a tentative interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, which was scheduled to be recorded on Friday and aired on Sunday.
"We never confirmed the interview or the New York Times story, and we don’t provide details on the booking process," a Fox News representative told Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer at the Atlantic.
"Fox News had been very excited about booking Reade, given that it would have been her first network television interview. Wallace was getting ready for the conversation. There’s consternation internally that it isn’t happening," Dovere reported in a series of tweets.
news that Wallace was set to do the interview had been reported by @benyt.
Fox News spokesperson tells me:
"We never confirmed the interview or the New York Times story and we don’t provide details on the booking process.” — Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 2, 2020
Fox News had been very excited about booking Reade, given that it would have been her first network television interview. Wallace was getting ready for the conversation. There’s consternation internally that it isn’t happening. — Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 2, 2020
Reade told a New York Times reporter that she canceled the interview because of death threats both she and her daughter are facing because of their willingness to speak out.
Tara Reade tells me she canceled the interview with Fox News because death threats received by her and her child made her nervous about being in the public eye. https://t.co/HtuxI9dJXC — Lisa Lerer (@llerer) May 2, 2020
Reade, 56, has voiced concerns about the potential of Republicans using her story to politicize the issue of sexual assault. “What I would say about Republicans using this story is please don't politicize it,” Reade told the Washington Examiner in an interview Monday. “There are many people who identify with Republican politics that have that are also survivors and have also been silenced.”
“If they want to talk about sexual assault, sexual harassment in a general way, then this would be the time to have a general conversation. That has nothing to do with being Democrat or Republican, but just to empower women to be safer in their workplaces and safer in general," Reade also said.
Reade, who was a lifelong Democrat, says she has never been a supporter of President Trump, but that she is no longer a Democrat.
According to Reade, Biden forced himself upon her in the spring of 1993, kissing her and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent. Biden, along with his three office staffers, has denied the claim.


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Twitter Suspends Candace Owens for Telling People to “Stand Up” to Michigan Governor

Conservative firebrand and BLEXIT founder Candace Owens was suspended from Twitter on Saturday after tweeting that people in Michigan should open their businesses and “ go to work ” despite the draconian measures implemented by Governor Gretchen Whitmer ( D ) in response to the Chinese virus .
“ Apparently [ Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer ] believes she is a duly elected dictator of a socialist country , ” Owens had tweeted .
“ The people of Michigan need to stand up to her .
Open your businesses .
Go to work.
” “ The police think she ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ They are not going to arrest 10,000,000 people for going to work.
” On Saturday , Owens received a notification from Twitter informing her that her account was suspended over the aforementioned tweet .
“ We determined this Tweet violated the Twitter Rules , specifically for : ” read the notification , but did not further clarify which specific rules Owens had violated on the social media platform .
Lockdown measures established roughly one month ago in response to the Wuhan coronavirus have already upended businesses across the country , and have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial devastation .
Owens told Breitbart News that her options were to either go through a series of admitting that her tweet was in violation of the platform ’ s Terms of Service [ TOS ] , or appeal her suspension .
Owens has chosen to appeal the suspension .
“ I refuse to admit to a violation , because none were committed , ” Owens told Breitbart News .
“ Hence the reason they did not list a rule that was violated.
” “ I unequivocally stand by every single word of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can use Twitter ’ s platform to encourage workers to walk out and boycott — I should be allowed to encourage lawful citizens to resume work.
” “ The only person breaking any laws is Governor turned Dictator Gretchen Whitmer who is impoverishing millions , ignoring the votes of her state legislature , and as a result , rolling over the constitutionally protected rights of Michigan citizens , ” she added .
“ Twitter was unable or unwilling to provide me with any specific rule that I violated , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decision , ” said Owens .
“ While I am not an expert on twitter TOS , I can not see how suggesting people ought to work would be a violation of anything other than socialist reverie.
” Twitter did not immediately respond to Breitbart News ’ request for comment .
You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on Twitter at @ ARmastrangelo , and on Instagram .

Conservative firebrand and BLEXIT founder Candace Owens was suspended from Twitter on Saturday after tweeting that people in Michigan should open their businesses and “go to work” despite the draconian measures implemented by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) in response to the Chinese virus.
“Apparently [Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer] believes she is a duly elected dictator of a socialist country,” Owens had tweeted. “The people of Michigan need to stand up to her. Open your businesses. Go to work.”
“The police think she’s crazy too,” she added. “They are not going to arrest 10,000,000 people for going to work.”
On Saturday, Owens received a notification from Twitter informing her that her account was suspended over the aforementioned tweet.
“We determined this Tweet violated the Twitter Rules, specifically for:” read the notification, but did not further clarify which specific rules Owens had violated on the social media platform.
Lockdown measures established roughly one month ago in response to the Wuhan coronavirus have already upended businesses across the country, and have plunged millions of Americans into unemployment and financial devastation.
Owens told Breitbart News that her options were to either go through a series of admitting that her tweet was in violation of the platform’s Terms of Service [TOS], or appeal her suspension. Owens has chosen to appeal the suspension.
“I refuse to admit to a violation, because none were committed,” Owens told Breitbart News. “Hence the reason they did not list a rule that was violated.”
“I unequivocally stand by every single word of my tweet,” Owens continued. “If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can use Twitter’s platform to encourage workers to walk out and boycott — I should be allowed to encourage lawful citizens to resume work.”
“The only person breaking any laws is Governor turned Dictator Gretchen Whitmer who is impoverishing millions, ignoring the votes of her state legislature, and as a result, rolling over the constitutionally protected rights of Michigan citizens,” she added.
“Twitter was unable or unwilling to provide me with any specific rule that I violated, which is why I have appealed their decision,” said Owens. “While I am not an expert on twitter TOS, I cannot see how suggesting people ought to work would be a violation of anything other than socialist reverie.”
Twitter did not immediately respond to Breitbart News’ request for comment.
You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on Twitter at @ARmastrangelo, and on Instagram.


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Judge Dismisses U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s Equal Pay Lawsuit

On Friday , sanity prevailed in federal court after a judge finally soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Women ’ s National Team ’ s sham `` equal pay '' lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation .
The decision has sparked widespread backlash , but when you set all the identity politics and outrage-mongering aside , it ’ s clearly correct based on the facts .
Federal Judge R. Gary Klausner considered the USWNT ’ s “ equal pay ” claim alleging that the women 's team faces sex-based pay discrimination compared to the U.S. men ’ s soccer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he dismissed it without allowing it to proceed to trial .
He did allow a few claims related to travel conditions to proceed , but the equal pay claim was the heart of the lawsuit , and it was rejected out of hand .
“ The statements offered by Plaintiff [ USWNT ] are insufficient to establish a genuine dispute that [ female players ] are paid at a rate less than the rate paid to [ male players ] , ” the judge .
“ Defendant [ U.S. Soccer ] has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was paid more on both a cumulative and an average per-game basis than the [ men ’ s team ] .
” True to her faux-victim style , Rapinoe , “ We will never stop fighting for EQUALITY ” in response to the decision .
Teammate Ali Krieger , “ We will continue to fight like hell and get what we deserve.
’ “ We are shocked and disappointed with today 's decision , but we will not give up our hard work for equal pay , ” a spokesperson for the USWNT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women who play this sport will not be valued as lesser just because of their gender .
We have learned that there are tremendous obstacles to change .
We know that it takes bravery and courage and perseverance to stand up to them . ''
The only “ obstacle to change ” here is the facts , which do not support the fake feminist outrage from Rapinoe and others .
For one , the USWNT , while admirably accomplished for a women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near an “ equal level ” of actual soccer ability compared to the men ’ s team .
The simple fact is that men and women are biologically different and that top male athletes compete on an entirely different level .
For reference , the USWNT lost by a in an informal match against an under-15 men ’ s academy team .
That ’ s right ; they lost to teenage boys .
But even considering this stark difference , the entity which the USWNT sued , U.S. Soccer , actually pays them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro : It ’ s true that FIFA , the body which hosts the men ’ s and women ’ s World Cup competitions , offers the men substantially higher prize figures than the women .
But this is based on the huge differences in TV ratings between the competitions , not sexism , and more importantly , FIFA isn ’ t the defendant named in the USWNT ’ s lawsuit !
This entire thing from Rapinoe and her feminist friends has been a sham all along .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have contorted the facts to play the victim .
Thankfully , sanity has now prevailed over fake outrage in federal court .

On Friday, sanity prevailed in federal court after a judge finally slapped down soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Women’s National Team’s sham "equal pay" lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The decision has sparked widespread backlash, but when you set all the identity politics and outrage-mongering aside, it’s clearly correct based on the facts.
Federal Judge R. Gary Klausner considered the USWNT’s “equal pay” claim alleging that the women's team faces sex-based pay discrimination compared to the U.S. men’s soccer team. He found it so baseless that he dismissed it without allowing it to proceed to trial . He did allow a few claims related to travel conditions to proceed, but the equal pay claim was the heart of the lawsuit, and it was rejected out of hand.
“The statements offered by Plaintiff [USWNT] are insufficient to establish a genuine dispute that [female players] are paid at a rate less than the rate paid to [male players],” the judge wrote in his decision . “Defendant [U.S. Soccer] has presented evidence that the [USWNT] was paid more on both a cumulative and an average per-game basis than the [men’s team].”
Cue the hysterical outrage.
True to her faux-victim style, Rapinoe tweeted , “We will never stop fighting for EQUALITY” in response to the decision. Teammate Ali Krieger said , “We will continue to fight like hell and get what we deserve.’
“We are shocked and disappointed with today's decision, but we will not give up our hard work for equal pay,” a spokesperson for the USWNT said . “We are confident in our case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women who play this sport will not be valued as lesser just because of their gender. We have learned that there are tremendous obstacles to change. We know that it takes bravery and courage and perseverance to stand up to them."
The only “obstacle to change” here is the facts, which do not support the fake feminist outrage from Rapinoe and others.
For one, the USWNT, while admirably accomplished for a women’s soccer team, is nowhere near an “equal level” of actual soccer ability compared to the men’s team. The simple fact is that men and women are biologically different and that top male athletes compete on an entirely different level. For reference, the USWNT lost by a humiliating 5-2 scoreline in an informal match against an under-15 men’s academy team. That’s right; they lost to teenage boys.
But even considering this stark difference, the entity which the USWNT sued, U.S. Soccer, actually pays them more than the men. Former U.S. Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro wrote :
Over the past decade, U.S. Soccer has paid our Women’s National Team more than our Men’s National Team. From 2010 through 2018, U.S. Soccer paid our women $34.1 million in salaries and game bonuses, and we paid our men $26.4 million — not counting the significant additional value of various benefits that our women’s players receive but which our men do not.
It’s true that FIFA, the body which hosts the men’s and women’s World Cup competitions, offers the men substantially higher prize figures than the women. But this is based on the huge differences in TV ratings between the competitions, not sexism, and more importantly, FIFA isn’t the defendant named in the USWNT’s lawsuit!


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Dr. Fauci Announces Coronavirus Vaccine to Possibly Be Available by January

Dr. Anthony Fauci , the nation ’ s top infectious disease expert , believes that the government could develop a vaccine and have it in mass production by January .
“ We want to go quickly , but we want to make sure it ’ s safe and it ’ s effective , ” Fauci said on NBC ’ s “ Today ” show on Thursday .
“ I think that is doable if things fall in the right place.
” Asked by host Savannah Guthrie whether hundreds of millions of doses could be ready by January , Fauci said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Competition across the research community in the western world is as intense as anything that ’ s gone before it .
A vaccine to innoculate billions of people ?
One can imagine that companies sponsoring much of that research know they ’ re in a race , the rewards for the winner , incalculable .
The competition is pushing innovation forward .
That ’ s how it ’ s supposed to work .
There is still the question of government approval , but that , too , will be on the fast track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be accelerated to come up with a vaccine .
“ If so , we ’ re going to start ramping up production with the companies involved , and you do that at risk , ” he said .
“ In other words , you don ’ t wait until you get an answer before you start manufacturing .
You , at risk , proactively start making it , assuming that it ’ s gon na work .
And if it does , then you can scale up and hopefully get to that timeline.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Speed ” is to have 300 million doses of a vaccine ready by January , Bloomberg reported .
The process to develop and make the vaccine may be inefficient and wasteful , but if you ’ re not worried about the billions of misspent dollars on dry holes and wrong turns , it makes a lot of sense .
The Bloomberg report said that to get around the typical slow developmental process , government resources will quickly test experimental vaccines in animals before beginning clinical trials on humans .
The most promising vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their production would escalate .
A vaccine usually has to be 95 percent effective with minimal side effects before the FDA approves it .
They will probably accept less than that number for the coronavirus .
The first to get inoculated will be those most at risk ; the elderly , the sick , and those whose immune systems have been compromised .
Beyond that , it will be an individual ’ s decision whether to get vaccinated .
Eventually , we ’ ll know a lot more about the coronavirus .
Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others show no symptoms at all ?
Can you be reinfected ?
How exactly does it spread ?
But we don ’ t need answers to those questions to defeat the virus .
We just need a vaccine that will help our bodies kill it if it infects us .
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, believes that the government could develop a vaccine and have it in mass production by January.
New York Post:
“We want to go quickly, but we want to make sure it’s safe and it’s effective,” Fauci said on NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday. “I think that is doable if things fall in the right place.” Asked by host Savannah Guthrie whether hundreds of millions of doses could be ready by January, Fauci said that’s a possible timeline.
Competition across the research community in the western world is as intense as anything that’s gone before it. A vaccine to innoculate billions of people? One can imagine that companies sponsoring much of that research know they’re in a race, the rewards for the winner, incalculable.
The competition is pushing innovation forward. That’s how it’s supposed to work.
There is still the question of government approval, but that, too, will be on the fast track.
Fauci said the developmental timeline would be accelerated to come up with a vaccine. “If so, we’re going to start ramping up production with the companies involved, and you do that at risk,” he said. “In other words, you don’t wait until you get an answer before you start manufacturing. You, at risk, proactively start making it, assuming that it’s gonna work. And if it does, then you can scale up and hopefully get to that timeline.” The goal of “Operation Warp Speed” is to have 300 million doses of a vaccine ready by January, Bloomberg reported.
The process to develop and make the vaccine may be inefficient and wasteful, but if you’re not worried about the billions of misspent dollars on dry holes and wrong turns, it makes a lot of sense.
The Bloomberg report said that to get around the typical slow developmental process, government resources will quickly test experimental vaccines in animals before beginning clinical trials on humans. The most promising vaccines would go into wider trials even as their production would escalate.
A vaccine usually has to be 95 percent effective with minimal side effects before the FDA approves it. They will probably accept less than that number for the coronavirus. The first to get inoculated will be those most at risk; the elderly, the sick, and those whose immune systems have been compromised.
Beyond that, it will be an individual’s decision whether to get vaccinated.
Eventually, we’ll know a lot more about the coronavirus. Why do some people sicken and die while others show no symptoms at all? Can you be reinfected? How exactly does it spread?
But we don’t need answers to those questions to defeat the virus. We just need a vaccine that will help our bodies kill it if it infects us.
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bonginoreport--2020-05-02--Department of Education Investigates University of Texas’ Financial Ties to Wuhan Lab

The Department of Education revealed that it is scrutinizing the University of Texas ’ s financial ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as part of its broadening investigation of foreign funding by China and other countries on U.S. campuses .
Reed Rubinstein , the Education Department ’ s acting general counsel , sent a seven-page letter to University of Texas Chancellor James Milliken on April 24 , as first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday , with the government saying it did not have confidence that the school had reported all of its foreign contracts , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 .
The letter said the University of Texas ’ s Medical Branch is responsible for the operation of the Galveston National Laboratory , which , in turn , has “ substantial contractual relations ” with a maximum biocontainment laboratory , or MCL , in Wuhan , China .
That lab is owned by the Chinese government ’ s Chinese Academy of Sciences .
State Department cables in 2018 warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab .
The U.S. intelligence community is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a wet market or through an accidental release from the lab .
The Education Department noted that from 2014 through 2019 , the University of Texas “ reported approximately twenty-four contracts with various Chinese state-owned universities and ten contracts with Huawei Technologies , all purportedly worth a reported total of $ 12,987,896.
” But “ it is not clear , however , whether UT has in fact reported all gifts from or contracts with or relating to the Wuhan MCL , the Wuhan Institute of Virology , and/or all other foreign sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government of the Peoples ’ Republic of China , '' the agency said .
To verify the school ’ s compliance with the law , the government asked it to hand over within 30 days a tranche of China-related records from 2012 through the present , including copies of each donation agreement and contract reached by the University of Texas with the Wuhan lab or the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
The Education Department also asked for a complete list identifying anyone at the school who had been involved “ in any capacity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the school to provide the contact information of those people .
“ The Department recognizes that the COVID-19 virus may have a significant impact on certain University of Texas operations , ” the letter said .
“ Nonetheless , the critical importance of the Department ’ s investigation into the accuracy of UT ’ s foreign source reporting with respect to the Wuhan MCL and other Chinese Communist Party-related persons and entities is not diminished .
Accordingly , the Department expects UT ’ s timely response to this investigation.
” Investigators also asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wuhan lab , the Chinese Academy of Sciences , or Wuhan lab researcher Shi Zhengli , who has been dubbed “ Bat Woman ” for her years of work with bats and bat coronaviruses .
The government asked the University of Texas to search its emails , mobile devices , hard drives , computers , network drives , cloud storage , and archives , as well as warned the school not to modify the content or scrub the metadata .
The University of Texas did not respond to the Washington Examiner 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Street Journal reported that the school `` said it plans to respond to the department in a timely manner and declined to provide information about any potential links to the entities mentioned in the letter . ''
In April , a small political firestorm erupted when it was revealed that between $ 3.4 and $ 3.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health had gone to EcoHealth Alliance , which provided U.S. grants to the Wuhan lab .
“ I ’ ve been hearing about that , ” President Trump said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will end that grant very quickly . ''
GOP Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida sent a letter to House and Senate leadership on April 21 “ to urge you to ensure that no stimulus funding is sent — directly or indirectly — to China ’ s controversial bio-agent laboratory the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
” NIH Deputy Director Michael Lauer sent a letter obtained by Breitbart to EcoHealth Alliance that said , “ It is our understanding that WIV studies the interaction between corona viruses and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegations that the current crisis was precipitated by the release from WIV of the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 , '' he said , adding , “ given these concerns , we are pursuing suspension of WIV from participation in federal programs.
” EcoHealth Alliance insisted that “ international collaboration with countries where viruses emerge is absolutely vital to our own public health and national security here in the USA ” and “ we stand by our work and by our mission.
” The group ’ s spokesman told Politifact that , of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ received just under $ 600,000 .
The Education Department warned in its University of Texas letter that “ whenever it appears an institution of higher education has failed to fully comply with the law , the Secretary of Education may , among other things , request that the Attorney General commence an enforcement action.
” The Department of Education ’ s Foreign Gift and Contract Report website shows that the University of Texas System received $ 429.1 million in foreign funding between 2014 and 2019 , including $ 60.9 million from China .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 1 million in gifts from Confucius Institutes Headquarters and tens of millions in contracts from numerous Chinese universities .
Across all universities , those figures totaled $ 15.76 billion in foreign funding , including $ 1.17 billion from China .
The Education Department asked the University of Texas for copies of every gift agreement or contract between the university and 23 different China-linked entities , including Huawei , 15 Chinese universities , and the Communist Party of China itself as well as “ its agents , employees , representatives , and instrumentalities.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not respond to a request for comment .
Investigators also asked the school to turn over any information about gifts or contracts tied to Zoom or to Zoom ’ s CEO , Eric Yuan .
Zoom told the Washington Examiner that Yuan hasn ’ t given any gifts to the school , and said , `` If Zoom is on such a list , it is in error and indicates the authors did not do their homework.
” The spokesperson said , “ Zoom is an American company , publicly traded on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a founder and CEO who is an American citizen.
” The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations , led by Sen .
Rob Portman , released a 109-page bipartisan report in November concluding foreign countries “ seek to exploit America ’ s openness to advance their own national interests ” and “ the most aggressive of them has been China.
” It found China used its Thousand Talents Program over the past two decades to exploit access to U.S. research labs and academic institutions .
“ China unfairly uses the American research and expertise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military gain , '' they said , criticizing the federal government 's failure to combat the problem .
The subcommittee released an initial report last February warning about foreign funding and Chinese influence both in K-12 classrooms and university campuses nationwide , noting that “ foreign government spending on U.S. schools is effectively a black hole.
” These reports spurred the Education Department into action .
A November letter from the agency to Portman stated that Secretary Betsy DeVos “ is correcting this historically lax oversight and under her leadership this Department is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This is about transparency , ” DeVos said in February .
“ If colleges and universities are accepting foreign money and gifts , their students , donors , and taxpayers deserve to know how much and from whom .
Moreover , it ’ s what the law requires .
Unfortunately , the more we dig , the more we find that too many are underreporting or not reporting at all .
We will continue to hold colleges and universities accountable and work with them to ensure their reporting is full , accurate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the law.
” Some of the universities currently under review are Georgetown , Texas A & M , Cornell , Rutgers , the University of Maryland , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Harvard University , Yale University , and the University of Texas .
Earlier this year , the government opened investigations into Harvard and Yale as part of a review that it says has found U.S. universities failed to report at least $ 6.5 billion in foreign funding from countries such as China , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , @ @ @

The Department of Education revealed that it is scrutinizing the University of Texas’s financial ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as part of its broadening investigation of foreign funding by China and other countries on U.S. campuses.
Reed Rubinstein, the Education Department’s acting general counsel, sent a seven-page letter to University of Texas Chancellor James Milliken on April 24, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, with the government saying it did not have confidence that the school had reported all of its foreign contracts, including with the Wuhan lab, as required by Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
The letter said the University of Texas’s Medical Branch is responsible for the operation of the Galveston National Laboratory, which, in turn, has “substantial contractual relations” with a maximum biocontainment laboratory, or MCL, in Wuhan, China. That lab is owned by the Chinese government’s Chinese Academy of Sciences.
State Department cables in 2018 warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab. The U.S. intelligence community is currently investigating whether the novel coronavirus originated in a wet market or through an accidental release from the lab.
The Education Department noted that from 2014 through 2019, the University of Texas “reported approximately twenty-four contracts with various Chinese state-owned universities and ten contracts with Huawei Technologies, all purportedly worth a reported total of $12,987,896.” But “it is not clear, however, whether UT has in fact reported all gifts from or contracts with or relating to the Wuhan MCL, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and/or all other foreign sources, including agents and instrumentalities of the government of the Peoples’ Republic of China," the agency said.
To verify the school’s compliance with the law, the government asked it to hand over within 30 days a tranche of China-related records from 2012 through the present, including copies of each donation agreement and contract reached by the University of Texas with the Wuhan lab or the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Education Department also asked for a complete list identifying anyone at the school who had been involved “in any capacity” with the Wuhan lab and asked the school to provide the contact information of those people.
“The Department recognizes that the COVID-19 virus may have a significant impact on certain University of Texas operations,” the letter said. “Nonetheless, the critical importance of the Department’s investigation into the accuracy of UT’s foreign source reporting with respect to the Wuhan MCL and other Chinese Communist Party-related persons and entities is not diminished. Accordingly, the Department expects UT’s timely response to this investigation.”
Investigators also asked for “all records” related to the Wuhan lab, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, or Wuhan lab researcher Shi Zhengli, who has been dubbed “Bat Woman” for her years of work with bats and bat coronaviruses.
The government asked the University of Texas to search its emails, mobile devices, hard drives, computers, network drives, cloud storage, and archives, as well as warned the school not to modify the content or scrub the metadata.
The University of Texas did not respond to the Washington Examiner's request for comment, but the Wall Street Journal reported that the school "said it plans to respond to the department in a timely manner and declined to provide information about any potential links to the entities mentioned in the letter."
In April, a small political firestorm erupted when it was revealed that between $3.4 and $3.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health had gone to EcoHealth Alliance, which provided U.S. grants to the Wuhan lab. “I’ve been hearing about that,” President Trump said on April 17, adding, “we will end that grant very quickly." GOP Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida sent a letter to House and Senate leadership on April 21 “to urge you to ensure that no stimulus funding is sent — directly or indirectly — to China’s controversial bio-agent laboratory the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”
NIH Deputy Director Michael Lauer sent a letter obtained by Breitbart to EcoHealth Alliance that said, “It is our understanding that WIV studies the interaction between corona viruses and bats."
“There are now allegations that the current crisis was precipitated by the release from WIV of the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19," he said, adding, “given these concerns, we are pursuing suspension of WIV from participation in federal programs.”
EcoHealth Alliance insisted that “international collaboration with countries where viruses emerge is absolutely vital to our own public health and national security here in the USA” and “we stand by our work and by our mission.” The group’s spokesman told Politifact that, of the $3.4 million, the Wuhan lab received just under $600,000.
The Education Department warned in its University of Texas letter that “whenever it appears an institution of higher education has failed to fully comply with the law, the Secretary of Education may, among other things, request that the Attorney General commence an enforcement action.”
The Department of Education’s Foreign Gift and Contract Report website shows that the University of Texas System received $429.1 million in foreign funding between 2014 and 2019, including $60.9 million from China. From that amount, there was nearly $1 million in gifts from Confucius Institutes Headquarters and tens of millions in contracts from numerous Chinese universities. Across all universities, those figures totaled $15.76 billion in foreign funding, including $1.17 billion from China.
The Education Department asked the University of Texas for copies of every gift agreement or contract between the university and 23 different China-linked entities, including Huawei, 15 Chinese universities, and the Communist Party of China itself as well as “its agents, employees, representatives, and instrumentalities.”
Huawei and the Wuhan lab did not respond to a request for comment.
Investigators also asked the school to turn over any information about gifts or contracts tied to Zoom or to Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan.
Zoom told the Washington Examiner that Yuan hasn’t given any gifts to the school, and said, "If Zoom is on such a list, it is in error and indicates the authors did not do their homework.” The spokesperson said, “Zoom is an American company, publicly traded on the NASDAQ, with headquarters in California and a founder and CEO who is an American citizen.”
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led by Sen. Rob Portman, released a 109-page bipartisan report in November concluding foreign countries “seek to exploit America’s openness to advance their own national interests” and “the most aggressive of them has been China.” It found China used its Thousand Talents Program over the past two decades to exploit access to U.S. research labs and academic institutions. “China unfairly uses the American research and expertise it obtains for its own economic and military gain," they said, criticizing the federal government's failure to combat the problem.
The subcommittee released an initial report last February warning about foreign funding and Chinese influence both in K-12 classrooms and university campuses nationwide, noting that “foreign government spending on U.S. schools is effectively a black hole.”
These reports spurred the Education Department into action.
A November letter from the agency to Portman stated that Secretary Betsy DeVos “is correcting this historically lax oversight and under her leadership this Department is moving aggressively to remedy past failings.”
“This is about transparency,” DeVos said in February. “If colleges and universities are accepting foreign money and gifts, their students, donors, and taxpayers deserve to know how much and from whom. Moreover, it’s what the law requires. Unfortunately, the more we dig, the more we find that too many are underreporting or not reporting at all. We will continue to hold colleges and universities accountable and work with them to ensure their reporting is full, accurate, and transparent, as required by the law.”
Some of the universities currently under review are Georgetown, Texas A&M, Cornell, Rutgers, the University of Maryland, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Texas.
Earlier this year, the government opened investigations into Harvard and Yale as part of a review that it says has found U.S. universities failed to report at least $6.5 billion in foreign funding from countries such as China, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.


bonginoreport--2020-05-02--CA Governor Newsom Releases ‘Ridiculous’ List of Allowed Outdoor Activities

On Thursday , California ’ s Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom released a list of outdoor activities citizens are “ allowed ” to participate in during the statewide shutdown .
“ We want you to see sunsets , ” said Newsom , as reported by SF Gate .
“ We want you to enjoy activities outdoors .
What they don ’ t want is people congregating outside in large groups.
” The list included a wide variety of activities , some of which raised more than a few eyebrows on social media for either being so specific or painstakingly obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to avoid gardening in groups or giving permission for people to wash the car .
— Athletics — Badminton ( singles ) — Throwing a baseball or softball — BMX biking — Canoeing ( singles ) — Crabbing — Cycling — Exploring rock pools — Gardening ( not in groups ) — Golf ( singles , walking – no cart ) — Hiking ( on trails and paths allowing distancing ) — Horseback riding ( singles ) — Jogging and running — Kite boarding and kitesurfing — Meditation — Outdoor photography — Picnics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) — Quad Biking — Rock Climbing — Roller Skating and Roller Blading — Rowing ( singles ) — Scootering ( not in groups ) — Skateboarding ( not in groups ) — Soft martial arts – Tai Chi , Chi Kung ( not in groups ) — Table tennis ( singles ) — Throw and catch an American mini football , Frisbee or Frisbee golf ( not in groups ) — Trail running — Trampolining — Tree climbing — Volleyball ( singles ) — Walk the dog — Wash the car — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People on social media mercilessly trolled the list for going to the excessive lengths that it did .
“ CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS ?
?
?
THIS IS REAL !
California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown , ” tweeted radio show hosts Jon and Ken .
“ A list of restricted activities was necessary .
A list of permitted activities is chilling , ” tweeted California legislator Kevin Kiley .
“ Big Daddy # thugboy decided to ease your restriction .
Be good little boys and girls and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else [ Gavin Newsom ] is going to put you in time out , with misdemeanor , possible fine , possible jail time , ” tweeted congressional candidate Erin Cruz .
“ Meanwhile , in CA , Gov .
Gavin Newsom announced the activities we peasants are allowed during the lockdown , ” tweeted one frustrated user .
“ I ’ ll see you at the State Capitol protest tomorrow while the governor sits atop his throne and whittles away at this list of allowable activities.
” As reported by The Daily Wire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week , cities in Orange County sued the governor for ordering a statewide beach closure against the authority of local municipalities who voted to keep the beaches open .
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said that law enforcement will not take a heavy-handed approach toward citizens in violation of the order .
“ To date , we have not had to take any enforcement action on any components of the governor ’ s order , ” said the sheriff .
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On Thursday, California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom released a list of outdoor activities citizens are “allowed” to participate in during the statewide shutdown.
“We want you to see sunsets,” said Newsom, as reported by SF Gate. “We want you to enjoy activities outdoors. What they don’t want is people congregating outside in large groups.”
The list included a wide variety of activities, some of which raised more than a few eyebrows on social media for either being so specific or painstakingly obvious, such as the suggestion for people to avoid gardening in groups or giving permission for people to wash the car.
The list in full:
— Athletics
— Badminton (singles)
— Throwing a baseball or softball
— BMX biking
— Canoeing (singles)
— Crabbing
— Cycling
— Exploring rock pools
— Gardening (not in groups)
— Golf (singles, walking – no cart)
— Hiking (on trails and paths allowing distancing)
— Horseback riding (singles)
— Jogging and running
— Kite boarding and kitesurfing
— Meditation
— Outdoor photography
— Picnics (with your stay-home household members only)
— Quad Biking
— Rock Climbing
— Roller Skating and Roller Blading
— Rowing (singles)
— Scootering (not in groups)
— Skateboarding (not in groups)
— Soft martial arts – Tai Chi, Chi Kung (not in groups)
— Table tennis (singles)
— Throw and catch an American mini football, Frisbee or Frisbee golf (not in groups)
— Trail running
— Trampolining
— Tree climbing
— Volleyball (singles)
— Walk the dog
— Wash the car
— Watch the sunrise or sunset
— Yoga
People on social media mercilessly trolled the list for going to the excessive lengths that it did.
“Good news, California! We’re allowed to watch sunsets!” tweeted GOP congressional candidate Buzz Patterson.
Good news, California! We’re allowed to watch sunsets! California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown – SFGate https://t.co/jHYKzWH3t8 — Buzz Patterson for Congress (CA-7) (@BuzzPatterson) May 1, 2020
“CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS??? THIS IS REAL! California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown,” tweeted radio show hosts Jon and Ken.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS??? THIS IS REAL ! California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown https://t.co/2uOiTeCvPx via @SFGate — John and Ken (@johnandkenshow) May 1, 2020
“A list of restricted activities was necessary. A list of permitted activities is chilling,” tweeted California legislator Kevin Kiley.
A list of restricted activities was necessary. A list of permitted activities is chilling.https://t.co/XwwQnn34OJ — Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) May 1, 2020
“Big Daddy #thugboy decided to ease your restriction. Be good little boys and girls and they and them. Follow the rules or else [Gavin Newsom] is going to put you in time out, with misdemeanor, possible fine, possible jail time,” tweeted congressional candidate Erin Cruz.
Big Daddy #thugboy decided to ease your restriction. Be good little boys and girls and they and them. Follow the rules or else @GavinNewsom is going to put you in time out, with misdemeanor, possible fine, possible jail time#PoliceState #endthelockdownhttps://t.co/nmITbET65j — CRUZ FOR THE PEOPLE (CA) (@RealErinCruz) May 1, 2020
“Meanwhile, in CA, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the activities we peasants are allowed during the lockdown,” tweeted one frustrated user. “I’ll see you at the State Capitol protest tomorrow while the governor sits atop his throne and whittles away at this list of allowable activities.”
As reported by The Daily Wire’s Eric Quintanar, earlier this week, cities in Orange County sued the governor for ordering a statewide beach closure against the authority of local municipalities who voted to keep the beaches open. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said that law enforcement will not take a heavy-handed approach toward citizens in violation of the order.
“To date, we have not had to take any enforcement action on any components of the governor’s order,” said the sheriff.
The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media’s rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.