bonginoreport--2020-09-10--AG Barr Says Additional Charges in Durham Investigation Are Possible

Attorney General William Barr said there `` could be ” more charges in the criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation .
U.S. Attorney John Durham has secured one guilty plea so far , and pressure is building on the Justice Department not to break with policy and take any action that would disrupt the presidential contest with less than two months to go until Election Day .
Barr told NBC News 's Pete Williams on Wednesday that he 's `` not gon na characterize exactly where '' Durham is in his investigation , according to a transcript cited by CBS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When pressed on whether there will be further criminal charges , Barr replied , “ I would n't say that at all , no , '' adding , “ there could be.
” On the question of whether the public will hear anything about the Durham report before the election , Barr shot back , “ I 'm not gon na get into that either.
” This was Barr buttoned up like he rarely has been over the past few months , during which he has repeatedly shared his thoughts and teased developments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the investigators . ''
The attorney general has said the two main goals of Durham ’ s investigation are sussing out the truth and exploring possible criminal charges .
Only one person , Kevin Clinesmith , has been indicted in Durham ’ s inquiry so far .
The former FBI lawyer , who played a role in both the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 's improper private email server and into the Trump-Russia saga , pleaded guilty to a false statements charge for fraudulently altering a CIA email to state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ not a source , ” when he had , in fact , been an operational contact for the agency .
Last week , Barr denied that he is being pressured by President Trump in his handling of Durham ’ s inquiry and claimed that any actions taken wo n't affect the 2020 election .
During an interview on The Situation Room on CNN , Barr stressed that the Durham review will abide by Justice Department guidelines and reiterated that despite urging from Trump , former President Barack Obama and former Vice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee , are not under criminal investigation .
In what has been dubbed the `` Obamagate '' controversy , Trump 's supporters believe top officials in the Obama administration sought to sabotage Trump 's candidacy in 2016 and later his presidency , and many of them have called for indictments .
Democrats have raised concerns about the public release of Durham 's findings or indictments during an election and have warned of a possible politicized “ October surprise . ''
Former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed by Durham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to a longtime aide of his , while fired FBI special agent Peter Strzok says he has not been approached by the federal prosecutor .
Former FBI Director James Comey said last month he had no contact with Durham and `` ca n't imagine '' being a target of the inquiry .
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded in December that the investigation had “ sufficient factual predication.
” But Barr and Durham stated that they disagreed with Horowitz while conducting their own inquiries into the Russia investigation 's origins .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ date , and while our investigation is ongoing , last month we advised the inspector general that we do not agree with some of the report ’ s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened , '' Durham said in December statement .
Barr agreed , saying , `` The FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that , in my view , were insufficient to justify the steps taken . ''
The attorney general has made it clear that Durham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , code-named Crossfire Hurricane , was opened .
The FBI 's investigation was wrapped into special counsel Robert Mueller 's investigation , which , after roughly two years , concluded in April 2019 that Russia interfered in 2016 in a “ sweeping and systematic fashion '' but “ did not establish ” any criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump 's campaign .
Horowitz ’ s report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 “ significant errors and omissions ” related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against Page @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic-funded discredited dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele .

Attorney General William Barr said there "could be” more charges in the criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation.
U.S. Attorney John Durham has secured one guilty plea so far, and pressure is building on the Justice Department not to break with policy and take any action that would disrupt the presidential contest with less than two months to go until Election Day.
Barr told NBC News's Pete Williams on Wednesday that he's "not gonna characterize exactly where" Durham is in his investigation, according to a transcript cited by CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. When pressed on whether there will be further criminal charges, Barr replied, “I wouldn't say that at all, no," adding, “there could be.”
On the question of whether the public will hear anything about the Durham report before the election, Barr shot back, “I'm not gonna get into that either.”
This was Barr buttoned up like he rarely has been over the past few months, during which he has repeatedly shared his thoughts and teased developments related to the so-called "investigation into the investigators."
The attorney general has said the two main goals of Durham’s investigation are sussing out the truth and exploring possible criminal charges. Only one person, Kevin Clinesmith, has been indicted in Durham’s inquiry so far. The former FBI lawyer, who played a role in both the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's improper private email server and into the Trump-Russia saga, pleaded guilty to a false statements charge for fraudulently altering a CIA email to state that former Trump campaign associate Carter Page was “not a source,” when he had, in fact, been an operational contact for the agency.
Last week, Barr denied that he is being pressured by President Trump in his handling of Durham’s inquiry and claimed that any actions taken won't affect the 2020 election. During an interview on The Situation Room on CNN, Barr stressed that the Durham review will abide by Justice Department guidelines and reiterated that despite urging from Trump, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden, who is now the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, are not under criminal investigation.
In what has been dubbed the "Obamagate" controversy, Trump's supporters believe top officials in the Obama administration sought to sabotage Trump's candidacy in 2016 and later his presidency, and many of them have called for indictments. Democrats have raised concerns about the public release of Durham's findings or indictments during an election and have warned of a possible politicized “October surprise."
Former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed by Durham for eight hours in late August, according to a longtime aide of his, while fired FBI special agent Peter Strzok says he has not been approached by the federal prosecutor. Former FBI Director James Comey said last month he had no contact with Durham and "can't imagine" being a target of the inquiry.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded in December that the investigation had “sufficient factual predication.” But Barr and Durham stated that they disagreed with Horowitz while conducting their own inquiries into the Russia investigation's origins.
“Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the inspector general that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened," Durham said in December statement.
Barr agreed, saying, "The FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken."
The attorney general has made it clear that Durham is investigating how the FBI's inquiry, code-named Crossfire Hurricane, was opened. The FBI's investigation was wrapped into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, which, after roughly two years, concluded in April 2019 that Russia interfered in 2016 in a “sweeping and systematic fashion" but “did not establish” any criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump's campaign.
Horowitz’s report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 “significant errors and omissions” related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against Page and for the bureau's reliance on the Democratic-funded discredited dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele.


bonginoreport--2020-09-10--Gallup Poll Shows Massive Plummet in Americans’ Opinion of Sports Industry

Americans ' opinion of the sports industry has declined dramatically over the last year , plunging the sector deep into negative territory , according to a new Gallup poll .
The sports industry 's positive score in 2019 sat at 45 % , but fell by a third to just 30 % in 2020 .
Similarly , while 25 % held a negative view in 2019 , that number shot up to 40 % in 2020 .
The stark contrast is evident when examining the change in the net-positive scores , which are calculated by combining the positive and negative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the industry earned a +20 net-positive in 2019 , the number sank to -10 net-positive this year .
Among political groups the largest decline in net-positive views came from Republicans , as the figure tumbled from +11 in 2019 to -35 in 2020 .
Independents ' views had a steep drop from +26 last year to -10 this year .
Democrats ' views dropped slightly from a +16 net-positive in 2019 to +11 in 2020 .
Among both white and non-white Americans , the net-positive views of the sports industry have taken a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by non-whites in 2019 shrank to just +16 this year .
The +4 net-positive view of whites in 2019 fell to -22 this year .
Regular sports competitions have faced significant interruptions this year amid the global coronavirus crisis .
Additionally , the Black Lives Matter movement has been part of the public conversation , including in sports .

Americans' opinion of the sports industry has declined dramatically over the last year, plunging the sector deep into negative territory, according to a new Gallup poll.
The sports industry's positive score in 2019 sat at 45%, but fell by a third to just 30% in 2020. Similarly, while 25% held a negative view in 2019, that number shot up to 40% in 2020.
The stark contrast is evident when examining the change in the net-positive scores, which are calculated by combining the positive and negative score into a single number. While the industry earned a +20 net-positive in 2019, the number sank to -10 net-positive this year.
Among political groups the largest decline in net-positive views came from Republicans, as the figure tumbled from +11 in 2019 to -35 in 2020. Independents' views had a steep drop from +26 last year to -10 this year. Democrats' views dropped slightly from a +16 net-positive in 2019 to +11 in 2020.
Among both white and non-white Americans, the net-positive views of the sports industry have taken a nosedive. The +51 net-positive view held by non-whites in 2019 shrank to just +16 this year. The +4 net-positive view of whites in 2019 fell to -22 this year.
Regular sports competitions have faced significant interruptions this year amid the global coronavirus crisis. Additionally, the Black Lives Matter movement has been part of the public conversation, including in sports.


bonginoreport--2020-09-10--Netflix Faces Immense Backlash After Featuring Movie Sexualizing Young Girls

Netflix 's recently released Cuties film—which hyper-sexualizes 11-year-old children twerking in a dance crew—is facing a surge of subscription cancellations by disgusted viewers .
A clip of the movie is circulating on social media , depicting the pre-teens in booty shorts and crop tops while striking provocative poses on their hands and knees .
An adult audience watches as the young girls simulate sexual acts on stage and on camera .
This trailer is just a further glimpse into the film 's plot , but outraged individuals have taken to Twitter to express their outrage and document their actions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ shit on my timeline but my f**king God , '' The Daily Caller 's Greg Price tweeted .
`` Adults made this movie with all the choreography .
It won awards at Sundance .
@ netflix execs watched it and concluded it was acceptable to put on their platform .
Just absolutely disgusting in every way . ''
Then Price shared a screenshot of his Netflix account page confirming that he canceled his membership .
`` I am literally about to throw up .
God help us . ''
Ian Miles Cheong advised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Do not support the sexualization of children . ''
`` Netflix is comfortable with this .
Plenty of people will defend it .
This is where our culture is at , '' The Daily Caller 's Mary Margaret Olohan wrote .
OANN 's Jack Posobiec tweeted `` Cancel Netflix '' while revealing that the movie platform had blocked him .
Preceding the film 's debut on Netflix , members of the public preemptively pushed to cancel the movie 's launch altogether on the streaming platform .
`` If this show is still there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subscription and so should you , '' a Muslim actor tweeted , promoting a Change.org petition with almost 125,000 boycott signatures to date .
Another has a $ 2 donation option for signatories to fund the removal , pointing out that the content kindles the global spread of child sex trafficking in that age group .
And one fundraiser has reached half-a-million supporters , banning together as customers and halting their subscriptions in solidarity to prove to Netflix that `` our children are more valuable than our entertainment , and our money is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cernovich condemned men in media for writing fawning reviews of the film .
`` No man who isn ’ t a creeper would be able to sit through the entire film without being utterly disturbed , '' he tweeted .
Cuties follows the story of an 11-year-old Muslim Senegalese immigrant named Amy who relocates to the Parisian housing projects .
Amy befriends a troupe of twerking youths desperate to gain popularity while struggling through the throes of their childhood .
Netflix bought the film just before its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which featured the notorious dance scene .
Netflix publicly apologized for the imagery and reverted to the original French design that depicts the characters frolicking with shopping bags .
David Reaboi noted how Stanley Kubrick ’ s Lolita dealt with this topic differently without the `` wholesome '' or `` celebratory '' slant .
`` Some are defending it on artistic grounds , but these people actually thrill to these awful scenes , '' he tweeted .
Mainstream film critics still pounced to the movie 's defense .
The New Yorker tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the right '' as a `` target of a right-wing campaign '' when the story is about the `` defiance of a patriarchal order . ''
The Telegram accused detractors of being `` terrified of child sexuality '' as if promiscuity at that age should be normalised .
Bustle entertainment writer Casey Cipriani claimed that the controversy might disperse if `` you can watch it and decide for yourself . ''
Many have already swarmed to Rotten Tomatoes to leave scathing reviews and plummet the ratings .
The YouTube teaser trailer itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parental guide clarified that the one erotic dance scene where one of the female child dancers `` lifts up her cropped top to fully display her bare breast '' is `` lawfully defined as pedophilia . ''
`` A pair of tight leather pants on an 11 year old girl are forcefully pulled down in the midst of a scuffle ; the camera glances at her panty exposed bum , '' the warning continued .
Decider 's Anna Menta urged similar sentiments , even instructing the angry mob to apologise to the director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his movie is a thoughtful commentary on the way the hypersexualization of women in media affects girls at impressionable ages . ''
`` It ’ s a truth that girls who are too young to even understand what sex is are sexualizing themselves because they perceive sexuality as a way for women to achieve power and attention , '' Menta alleged .
The Daily Beast described the movie as `` this month 's must-watch . ''
The Independent 's Clémence Michallon asserted that Cuties `` is too clever a film to be subjected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experienced so far '' and `` too intelligent and moving to be marred by one bad-taste poster . ''
Rolling Stone 's senior editor David Fear called Cuties a `` coming-of-age movie caught in the culture wars '' and blamed the `` major marketing mistake '' for the film 's widespread hatred .
`` It ’ s actually a sensitive portrait of growing pains that deserves to be seen , '' Fear prefaced his vindication .
Fear attempted to justify the protagonist 's exploitation because she is just a little girl `` stuck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to find a place for herself in the world . ''
`` It ’ s a portrait of girls that decries how sexuality is force-fed to them and/or viewed as the only way to foster self-esteem at far too young an age , '' he argued .
However , the film on the `` family friendly '' streaming platform allegedly auditioned 650 vulnerable pre-adolescent actresses , ironically eager to gain fame and fortune as their portrayed characters , to hopefully dance on international screens in midriff-baring tops and short-shorts with their backs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over a six month period , the film ’ s producer Zangro stated in an exclusive interview to Variety .
Still , societal meta-commentators declare that the film is exploring femininity as a child defies her family 's orthodoxy in an outlandish mockery of Islam , all while distributing borderline child pornography and pushing to normalize pedophilia .

Netflix's recently released Cuties film—which hyper-sexualizes 11-year-old children twerking in a dance crew—is facing a surge of subscription cancellations by disgusted viewers.
A clip of the movie is circulating on social media, depicting the pre-teens in booty shorts and crop tops while striking provocative poses on their hands and knees. An adult audience watches as the young girls simulate sexual acts on stage and on camera. This trailer is just a further glimpse into the film's plot, but outraged individuals have taken to Twitter to express their outrage and document their actions.
"I really hate to put this shit on my timeline but my f**king God," The Daily Caller's Greg Price tweeted. "Adults made this movie with all the choreography. It won awards at Sundance. @netflix execs watched it and concluded it was acceptable to put on their platform. Just absolutely disgusting in every way."
I really hate to put this shit on my timeline but my fucking God. Adults made this movie with all the choreography. It won awards at Sundance. @netflix execs watched it and concluded it was acceptable to put on their platform. Just absolutely disgusting in every way https://t.co/ykdau7bqq4 — Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 10, 2020
Then Price shared a screenshot of his Netflix account page confirming that he canceled his membership. "I am literally about to throw up. God help us."
Just cancelled my @netflix subscription. Sorry I didn’t do it sooner. pic.twitter.com/kuXFrUcoOl — Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 10, 2020
Ian Miles Cheong advised the same to his followers. "Do not support the sexualization of children."
I’m canceling my Netflix subscription. You should, too. — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 10, 2020
Cancel your Netflix subscription. Do not support the sexualization of children. pic.twitter.com/JIQXRc1GFC — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 10, 2020
"Netflix is comfortable with this. Plenty of people will defend it. This is where our culture is at," The Daily Caller's Mary Margaret Olohan wrote.
Netflix is comfortable with this. Plenty of people will defend it. This is where our culture is at. pic.twitter.com/UlqEmXALmd — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) September 10, 2020
OANN's Jack Posobiec tweeted "Cancel Netflix" while revealing that the movie platform had blocked him.
Preceding the film's debut on Netflix, members of the public preemptively pushed to cancel the movie's launch altogether on the streaming platform.
"If this show is still there by next month..i am canceling my Netflix subscription and so should you," a Muslim actor tweeted, promoting a Change.org petition with almost 125,000 boycott signatures to date.
Its horrifying to see a show in the mainstream blatantly sexualising 11 yr old kids. If this show is still there by next month..i am canceling my Netflix subscription and so should you.
Netflix: Cancel CUTIES on Netflix! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/sk5eYbYRCX via @Change — Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) August 31, 2020
Another has a $2 donation option for signatories to fund the removal, pointing out that the content kindles the global spread of child sex trafficking in that age group. And one fundraiser has reached half-a-million supporters, banning together as customers and halting their subscriptions in solidarity to prove to Netflix that "our children are more valuable than our entertainment, and our money is better spent else where!"
Mike Cernovich condemned men in media for writing fawning reviews of the film. "No man who isn’t a creeper would be able to sit through the entire film without being utterly disturbed," he tweeted.
I’m not going to RT those Cuties clips, it’s unreal, and many many man men in media wrote fawning reviews of the film. No man who isn’t a creeper would be able to sit through the entire film without being utterly disturbed. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) September 10, 2020
Cuties follows the story of an 11-year-old Muslim Senegalese immigrant named Amy who relocates to the Parisian housing projects. Amy befriends a troupe of twerking youths desperate to gain popularity while struggling through the throes of their childhood.
Netflix bought the film just before its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival but contention surrounded the promotional poster, which featured the notorious dance scene. Netflix publicly apologized for the imagery and reverted to the original French design that depicts the characters frolicking with shopping bags.
We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description. — Netflix (@netflix) August 20, 2020
David Reaboi noted how Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita dealt with this topic differently without the "wholesome" or "celebratory" slant. "Some are defending it on artistic grounds, but these people actually thrill to these awful scenes," he tweeted.
Kubrick’s “Lolita” dealt with this topic differently—it wasn’t wholesome, but it was also not exploitative or celebratory. Some are defending it on artistic grounds, but these people actually thrill to these awful scenes. https://t.co/3JoDYhLu3b — David Reaboi (@davereaboi) September 10, 2020
Mainstream film critics still pounced to the movie's defense.
The New Yorker tweeted that the film has "angered scandal-mongers on the right" as a "target of a right-wing campaign" when the story is about the "defiance of a patriarchal order."
Interesting to see The New Yorker describe the sexualization of children as defiance of patriarchy. Cool story bro, tell it to the judge. pic.twitter.com/smbN0M6BTi — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 10, 2020
The Telegram accused detractors of being "terrified of child sexuality" as if promiscuity at that age should be normalised.
For the record: Yes. — Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) September 10, 2020
Bustle entertainment writer Casey Cipriani claimed that the controversy might disperse if "you can watch it and decide for yourself." Many have already swarmed to Rotten Tomatoes to leave scathing reviews and plummet the ratings. The YouTube teaser trailer itself received 1.6 million dislikes. IMDB's parental guide clarified that the one erotic dance scene where one of the female child dancers "lifts up her cropped top to fully display her bare breast" is "lawfully defined as pedophilia."
I just took this screenshot from the IMDb website. It straight up says it’s child pornography. I’m beyond appalled. Who would allow their child be filmed like this? I don’t care why they did it. It’s child pornography. #CancelNetflix pic.twitter.com/bKiV9mwd5u — Just Me. (@dazzlingblu) September 10, 2020
"A pair of tight leather pants on an 11 year old girl are forcefully pulled down in the midst of a scuffle; the camera glances at her panty exposed bum," the warning continued.
Decider's Anna Menta urged similar sentiments, even instructing the angry mob to apologise to the director Maïmouna Doucouré. "[T]his movie is a thoughtful commentary on the way the hypersexualization of women in media affects girls at impressionable ages."
"It’s a truth that girls who are too young to even understand what sex is are sexualizing themselves because they perceive sexuality as a way for women to achieve power and attention," Menta alleged.
The Daily Beast described the movie as "this month's must-watch."
The Daily Beast is promoting pro-child sexuality film Cuties as 'This Month's Must-Watch' pic.twitter.com/rm8f9gv8hW — Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) September 10, 2020
The Independent's Clémence Michallon asserted that Cuties "is too clever a film to be subjected to the kind of policing it has experienced so far" and "too intelligent and moving to be marred by one bad-taste poster."
Rolling Stone's senior editor David Fear called Cuties a "coming-of-age movie caught in the culture wars" and blamed the "major marketing mistake" for the film's widespread hatred.
"It’s actually a sensitive portrait of growing pains that deserves to be seen," Fear prefaced his vindication.
Fear attempted to justify the protagonist's exploitation because she is just a little girl "stuck watching her family fall apart and is trying to find a place for herself in the world."
"It’s a portrait of girls that decries how sexuality is force-fed to them and/or viewed as the only way to foster self-esteem at far too young an age," he argued.
However, the film on the "family friendly" streaming platform allegedly auditioned 650 vulnerable pre-adolescent actresses, ironically eager to gain fame and fortune as their portrayed characters, to hopefully dance on international screens in midriff-baring tops and short-shorts with their backs arched. The casting process took place over a six month period, the film’s producer Zangro stated in an exclusive interview to Variety.
Still, societal meta-commentators declare that the film is exploring femininity as a child defies her family's orthodoxy in an outlandish mockery of Islam, all while distributing borderline child pornography and pushing to normalize pedophilia.


bonginoreport--2020-09-11--Five Alleged 9/11 Conspirators to Go to Trial Next Year

After 19 years , justice has yet to be attained in the case against the plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and a year dominated by a global pandemic has pushed the start of the trial at Guantanamo Bay back even further .
Al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the World Trade Center buildings , the side of the Pentagon , and a field near Shanksville , Pennsylvania , killing nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11 , 2001 , but the five men believed to be responsible for the plot have yet to face a trial .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost a complete halt amid the pandemic due to travel and quarantine restrictions on the Caribbean island .
The war court permits the five alleged 9/11 plotters to meet with their lawyers only face to face and not by phone or video conference .
No hearings have been held since late February , and the trial , which had been slated to begin Jan. 11 , 2021 , has been postponed for a few months , if not longer , raising questions of whether jury selection will even begin before the 20th anniversary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KSM '' and described as “ the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks ” in the 9/11 Commission Report , was a close ally of Osama bin Laden and will be on trial alongside his nephew , Ammar al Baluchi , alleged hijacking trainer Walid bin Attash , facilitator Ramzi bin al Shibh , and al Qaeda money man Mustafa al Hawsawi .
Air Force Col. Shane Cohen , who had sent the January 2021 trial date , added to delays when he announced in March that he was retiring from the military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presiding over it for less than a year .
Cohen had taken over for Air Force Col. Vance Spath , whose undisclosed conflicts of interest led an appeals court to toss out many of his rulings .
“ Our client , this nation , deserves a reckoning , ” prosecutor Edward Ryan told the court last July in pushing for a trial , but the reckoning is yet delayed .
The judge handling the case since August , Army Col. Douglas Watkins , said last month that “ in response to the Pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Station Guantanamo Bay , Cuba and Joint Task Force , Guantanamo Bay , have instituted numerous health and welfare-related restrictions ( to include quarantine requirements for Commission participants ) that make it impracticable for this Commission to hold hearings at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay while these restrictions remain in place.
” The military commissions were initially suspended for 120 days beginning in late March , but the delays soon stretched longer .
Watkins recently canceled planned hearings for September but tentatively scheduled hearings to begin again in late October .
The U.S. government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ formulating a plan for the responsible resumption of hearings.
” Carol Rosenberg , a New York Times reporter who has spent years covering the Guantanamo hearings , wrote last week that the judge denied a prosecution proposal to “ send military commissions support staff to Guantanamo ” in late September “ to quarantine for two weeks.
” The proposal hoped that “ the first wave of war court workers would be Covid safe by the time the judge , lawyers , and other staff would arrive on a war court flight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks of quasi-quarantine at Camp Justice.
” But the “ potential hitches ” with the case moving forward include “ open questions on how testing would work and whether folks who test positive for the virus would be medically evacuated . ''
The prosecution ’ s proposal remains nonpublic , but Rosenberg said she was told “ their vision excludes 9/11 family members and other victims as well as legal observers ” from being able to view the proceedings in person , although a few members of the media might be allowed after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tents.
” James Harrington , who had served as the lead counsel for bin al Shibh since 2012 , also caused a possible delay when he left the case in March due to health reasons .
The accused terrorist ’ s new lawyer , David Bruck , told the court in July that he would need “ 30 months after resumption of normal working and travel conditions ” to “ develop an attorney-client relationship ” and “ be ready for trial.
” The trial will eventually be held at a unique national security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — a courtroom including a spectator gallery that has already featured dozens of pretrial hearing sessions .
Guantanamo Bay , home to thousands of military members , is still ill-equipped to accommodate dozens or hundreds of journalists along with large legal teams from both the prosecution and defense for what is expected to be a lengthy trial .
The case has been delayed multiple times , following unfavorable Supreme Court decisions under President George W. Bush and due to a controversial and aborted effort by President Barack Obama to try the men in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The military commissions are a hybrid between a military tribunal and civilian court , authorized by the Military Commissions Act of 2009 after a prior setup was found unconstitutional .
Other issues have plagued the court proceedings , including how to handle allegations of torture and the use of classified information during the trial .
The defense teams have sought to paint the CIA ’ s interrogation program as synonymous with torture and claim that the confessions obtained through “ clean ” interrogations conducted by the FBI after the detainees were transferred to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The defendants ' admissions to the FBI were thrown out by one previous judge but reinstated by another .
One of the men who waterboarded KSM in 2003 testified before the court in January .
KSM confessed to planning the 9/11 attacks in a March 2007 statement to the Combatant Status Review Tribunal .
“ I was responsible for the 9/11 operation , from A to Z , ” KSM said .
“ I was the operational director for Sheikh Osama bin Laden for the organizing , planning , follow-up , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @

After 19 years, justice has yet to be attained in the case against the plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and a year dominated by a global pandemic has pushed the start of the trial at Guantanamo Bay back even further.
Al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the World Trade Center buildings, the side of the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, but the five men believed to be responsible for the plot have yet to face a trial.
The case’s progress came to almost a complete halt amid the pandemic due to travel and quarantine restrictions on the Caribbean island. The war court permits the five alleged 9/11 plotters to meet with their lawyers face to face, and the military commission says that during the pandemic, some defense counsels have had the option to communicate with their clients through private, secure video teleconference transmissions. No hearings have been held since late February, and the trial, which had been slated to begin Jan. 11, 2021, has likely been postponed for a few months, if not longer, raising questions of whether jury selection will begin before the 20th anniversary.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, dubbed “KSM" and described as “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks” in the 9/11 Commission Report, was a close ally of Osama bin Laden and will be on trial alongside his nephew, Ammar al Baluchi, alleged hijacking trainer Walid bin Attash, facilitator Ramzi bin al Shibh, and al Qaeda money man Mustafa al Hawsawi.
Air Force Col. Shane Cohen, who had sent the January 2021 trial date, added to delays when he announced in March that he was retiring from the military and was thus leaving the case after presiding over it for less than a year. Cohen had taken over for Marine Col. Keith Parrella.
“Our client, this nation, deserves a reckoning,” prosecutor Edward Ryan told the court last July in pushing for a trial, but the reckoning is yet delayed.
The judge handling the case since August, Army Col. Douglas Watkins, said last month that “in response to the Pandemic, the Commanders of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Joint Task Force, Guantanamo Bay, have instituted numerous health and welfare-related restrictions (to include quarantine requirements for Commission participants) that make it impracticable for this Commission to hold hearings at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay while these restrictions remain in place.” The military commission filing deadlines were initially extended for 120 days beginning in late March, but the delays soon stretched longer. Filing requests are currently extended 180 days past the scheduled January trial date, suggesting jury selection would not begin before the summer of 2021. Watkins recently canceled planned hearings for September but tentatively scheduled hearings to begin again in late October. The U.S. government told the court in July that it was “formulating a plan for the responsible resumption of hearings.”
Carol Rosenberg, a New York Times reporter who has spent years covering the Guantanamo hearings, wrote last week that the judge denied a prosecution proposal to “send military commissions support staff to Guantanamo” in late September “to quarantine for two weeks.” The proposal hoped that “the first wave of war court workers would be Covid safe by the time the judge, lawyers, and other staff would arrive on a war court flight” in early October “for two weeks of quasi-quarantine at Camp Justice.” But the “potential hitches” with the case moving forward include “open questions on how testing would work and whether folks who test positive for the virus would be medically evacuated." The prosecution’s proposal remains nonpublic, but Rosenberg said she was told “their vision excludes 9/11 family members and other victims as well as legal observers” from being able to view the proceedings in person, although a few members of the media might be allowed after being “quarantined as well — in tents.”
James Harrington, who had served as the lead counsel for bin al Shibh since 2012, also caused a possible delay when he left the case in March due to health reasons. The accused terrorist’s new lawyer, David Bruck, told the court in July that he would need “30 months after resumption of normal working and travel conditions” to “develop an attorney-client relationship” and “be ready for trial.”
The trial will eventually be held at a unique national security courthouse known as the Expeditionary Legal Complex — a courtroom including a spectator gallery that has already featured dozens of pretrial hearing sessions. Guantanamo Bay, home to thousands of military members, is still ill-equipped to accommodate dozens or hundreds of journalists along with large legal teams from both the prosecution and defense for what is expected to be a lengthy trial.
The case has been delayed multiple times, following unfavorable Supreme Court decisions under President George W. Bush and due to a controversial and aborted effort by President Barack Obama to try the men in federal court in New York City. The military commissions are a hybrid between a military tribunal and civilian court, authorized by the Military Commissions Act of 2009 after a prior setup was found unconstitutional. Other issues have plagued the court proceedings, including how to handle allegations of torture and the use of classified information during the trial.
The defense teams have sought to paint the CIA’s interrogation program as synonymous with torture and claim that the confessions obtained through “clean” interrogations conducted by the FBI after the detainees were transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006 should be tossed. The defendants' admissions to the FBI were thrown out by one previous judge but reinstated by another. One of the men who waterboarded KSM in 2003 testified before the court in January.
KSM confessed to planning the 9/11 attacks in a March 2007 statement to the Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
“I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z,” KSM said. “I was the operational director for Sheikh Osama bin Laden for the organizing, planning, follow-up, and execution of the 9/11 operation.”


bonginoreport--2020-09-11--Chris Stigall: We’re Not Stupid

Chris Stigall: We’re Not Stupid

Bob Woodward has a new book out .
It ’ s supposedly bad for the sitting Republican president , released two months before the general election .
It ’ s deemed “ worse than Watergate.
” Wash. Repeat .
Are we seriously still doing this ?
Are we really going to treat this as some ordinary election cycle with some ordinary Republican in office ?
Does the media still think their ordinary reaction to a predictable , ordinary book will elicit an ordinary public reaction ?
Sincerely , I ’ m asking .
When you ’ re really forced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ live , the men from which to choose as candidates , and the hellscape our once-great American cities have become – to even consider Bob Woodward ’ s book as something upon which your vote would hinge is perhaps the dumbest thing one could ponder .
Everyone understands what this election is about .
The old , tired guy who ’ s been a public official for nearly 50 years is now used as a prop to allow the radicals hiding behind him a seat at the table without having to actually campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the sitting , bombastic president who ’ s way too open at times .
He doesn ’ t need this gig another year , never mind his opponent ’ s 47 already logged .
Nor does he care for the ways of Washington or levers of power .
He wants a second term to complete an agenda on which he ran .
Then , like career in real estate and development , he ’ ll move on to the next project .
He ’ ll likely never set foot back in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made his home for half a century .
Everyone understands the people who cling to power and the trappings of political office and the media who make their livings sniffing thrones hate the president ’ s guts as much today as they did four years ago .
We all understand America is still made up of two kinds of voters .
Those who believe their voices should matter when it comes to sending our men and women into harm ’ s way , keeping more of our disposable income in our pockets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our right to defend ourselves and to speak freely , and honoring our cops and our flag .
You know , “ deplorables.
” The rest vote for the geriatric guy from Delaware and the screeching lady who ran before him who coughed and fell a lot .
Seriously , their nominees aren ’ t well people .
We all understand where we ’ ve been as a country .
No one is unclear .
A roaring economy that put more minorities and women to work than at any time in history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ international terrorism .
We watched the country become energy independent and awash in our own resources .
Prison reform , tax reductions , school choice , celebrating and beefing up our military after it had been gutted .
The conventions covered it well a couple of weeks ago .
We understand the other side wants to “ build back better ” even though no one knows what that means including the guy saying it .
We understand the other side is furiously , deliriously angry every day their eyes open .
They hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but most can ’ t personally tell you why in a specific way .
So , many of them took to the streets this summer and burned and looted American cities and businesses .
The celebrity and athlete culture cheered the behavior and continued to remind their audiences America was largely comprised of rotten , racist , unjust devils , and that there could be no time for leisure , laughs , or love because “ justice , ” or something .
Before our cities descended into chaos , a virus swept the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a nation that lied and hid the severity of the outbreak with the help of the World Health Organization .
It shut down our economy .
It restricted our freedom of movement .
Media worked overtime to scare the hell out of every American until they were paralyzed with fear or their personal lives were ruined socially , economically , or both .
Today , many of the nation ’ s school kids are staring at screens from home instead of socializing with others , engaging in sports , and doing activities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they try to council the kids through the needless cyber void while trying to meet their own professional and personal obligations .
Restaurants and bars and small businesses are only allowed to be open some of the time with partial customer volume while following strict “ safety ” protocols from their respective dictatorial local governments .
Those who haven ’ t closed are hanging on for their financial lives .
Meanwhile we catch governors , congressional leaders , and mayors flouting the same rules .
Our urban city centers are sweeping up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses and homes while indiscriminate gun violence kills dozens weekly in cities like Chicago .
At the same time , a growing pop-culture movement makes it fashionable to attack and defund law enforcement officers while martyring criminals .
The American public isn ’ t stupid .
They see what ’ s going on and they ’ ve chosen a side .
We ’ ll see what that looks like in a few weeks .
But please shut up about Bob Woodward ’ s stupid book .
If that ’ s what you think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate is probably losing and you know it .

Bob Woodward has a new book out. It’s supposedly bad for the sitting Republican president, released two months before the general election. It’s deemed “worse than Watergate.” Wash. Repeat. Are we seriously still doing this?
Are we really going to treat this as some ordinary election cycle with some ordinary Republican in office? Does the media still think their ordinary reaction to a predictable, ordinary book will elicit an ordinary public reaction? Sincerely, I’m asking.
When you’re really forced to think about the time in which we live, the men from which to choose as candidates, and the hellscape our once-great American cities have become – to even consider Bob Woodward’s book as something upon which your vote would hinge is perhaps the dumbest thing one could ponder.
Everyone understands what this election is about. The old, tired guy who’s been a public official for nearly 50 years is now used as a prop to allow the radicals hiding behind him a seat at the table without having to actually campaign honestly and openly.
Then there’s the sitting, bombastic president who’s way too open at times. He doesn’t need this gig another year, never mind his opponent’s 47 already logged. Nor does he care for the ways of Washington or levers of power. He wants a second term to complete an agenda on which he ran. Then, like career in real estate and development, he’ll move on to the next project. He’ll likely never set foot back in that cesspool called Washington D.C. where his opponent has made his home for half a century.
Everyone understands the people who cling to power and the trappings of political office and the media who make their livings sniffing thrones hate the president’s guts as much today as they did four years ago.
We all understand America is still made up of two kinds of voters. Those who believe their voices should matter when it comes to sending our men and women into harm’s way, keeping more of our disposable income in our pockets, where our kids go to school, our right to defend ourselves and to speak freely, and honoring our cops and our flag. You know, “deplorables.”
The rest vote for the geriatric guy from Delaware and the screeching lady who ran before him who coughed and fell a lot. Seriously, their nominees aren’t well people.
We all understand where we’ve been as a country. No one is unclear. A roaring economy that put more minorities and women to work than at any time in history. We watched a crushing defeat of international terrorism. We watched the country become energy independent and awash in our own resources. Prison reform, tax reductions, school choice, celebrating and beefing up our military after it had been gutted. The conventions covered it well a couple of weeks ago.
We understand the other side wants to “build back better” even though no one knows what that means including the guy saying it. We understand the other side is furiously, deliriously angry every day their eyes open. They hate that guy in the White House, but most can’t personally tell you why in a specific way.
So, many of them took to the streets this summer and burned and looted American cities and businesses. The celebrity and athlete culture cheered the behavior and continued to remind their audiences America was largely comprised of rotten, racist, unjust devils, and that there could be no time for leisure, laughs, or love because “justice,” or something.
Before our cities descended into chaos, a virus swept the globe. It came from China, a nation that lied and hid the severity of the outbreak with the help of the World Health Organization. It shut down our economy. It restricted our freedom of movement. Media worked overtime to scare the hell out of every American until they were paralyzed with fear or their personal lives were ruined socially, economically, or both.
Today, many of the nation’s school kids are staring at screens from home instead of socializing with others, engaging in sports, and doing activities. Parents are literally in tears and desperation as they try to council the kids through the needless cyber void while trying to meet their own professional and personal obligations.
Restaurants and bars and small businesses are only allowed to be open some of the time with partial customer volume while following strict “safety” protocols from their respective dictatorial local governments. Those who haven’t closed are hanging on for their financial lives. Meanwhile we catch governors, congressional leaders, and mayors flouting the same rules.
Our urban city centers are sweeping up glass and charred remains of many minority-owned businesses and homes while indiscriminate gun violence kills dozens weekly in cities like Chicago. At the same time, a growing pop-culture movement makes it fashionable to attack and defund law enforcement officers while martyring criminals.
The American public isn’t stupid. They see what’s going on and they’ve chosen a side. We’ll see what that looks like in a few weeks. But please shut up about Bob Woodward’s stupid book.
If that’s what you think this election’s about, your candidate is probably losing and you know it.


bonginoreport--2020-09-11--Derek Hunter: Democrats Are Scared to Death of a Coronavirus Vaccine

I know there are lots of Americans who are weary of vaccines for any number of reasons that aren ’ t worth going into here .
Needless to say , most of those reasons are not grounded in reality .
( You ’ re free to disagree in the comments , if you simply can ’ t get past this point . )
But vaccines work .
How many people with polio do you know ?
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , the agreed-upon goal was to create a cure , a treatment , or a vaccine so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As we sit on the verge of a possible vaccine , Democrats are terrified…that it will work .
Imagine being so desperate for power that you ’ d rather more people die than a vaccine for a deadly virus be found .
You probably can ’ t imagine that because you ’ re likely not a monster .
But there are people out there despicable enough to be rooting for just that .
Worse , they are actively trying to turn people against any vaccine before one is even developed .
No one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work , but if one does it will save lives of millions around the world .
President Donald Trump has made developing one a priority .
Operation Warp-Speed ( OWS ) is a testament to the American spirit and leadership .
At its most basic level , OWS is a massive public-private project to simultaneously develop , test , and deploy a vaccine so that if one should prove to work , it would eliminate the lag time between its approval and people being able to get it .
With the final round @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if one or all prove to work and receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) , the companies behind them will have already created tens , if not hundreds of millions of doses ready to go .
OWS is a genius tactic in the face of an emergency .
Without it , if a vaccine were shown to work , it would take months to manufacture enough doses to get them to the public .
Yes , it ’ s a financial risk – to manufacture millions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s a testament to just how seriously the Trump administration takes the threat and the fight .
That this could work , and a vaccine could be developed before the election , has Democrats panicked .
That tells you a lot about them .
Democrats have been running on the lie that the pandemic is President Trump ’ s fault , even going out of their way to excuse China in their quest to blame him .
It ’ s disgusting , to be honest , but not surprising .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have left ?
Joe Biden , and who the hell would want that ?
But to encourage death in order the achieve a political victory is a level of progressive power-grabbing unseen in this country .
Biden ’ s running mate , California Sen. Kamala Harris , was asked by CNN if she would take a vaccine were the FDA to approve one or more before the election .
“ Well , I think that ’ s going to be an issue for all of us .
I will say that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris calculatingly responded .
“ I will not take his word for it , ” she disgustingly concluded .
It wouldn ’ t be the president ’ s word , it would be the word of thousands who would have worked on it and tested it .
Business leaders , bureaucrats , and the vaunted scientists Democrats belch out they would defer to on everything .
The president of the United States isn ’ t just going to declare a vaccine safe and effective over their objections .
But Democrats , in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are showing their willingness to declare one ineffective and dangerous to keep pandemic fear alive .
If a vaccine is shown to work , Democrats are willing to let people die to avoid giving the Trump administration any credit in its development .
In a rational world , everyone should be pulling for a vaccine that works .
If one is developed , Donald Trump should invite Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House so they can all get it at the same time on national TV .
That would show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that nothing is more important than protecting the American people .
It would instill a level of trust needed in this crazy time .
But Democrats wouldn ’ t accept that invitation .
They ’ d rather cast doubt on it , keep people in fear and sick people dying because they think it helps them , just look at how they ’ ve reacted to the prospect of Hydroxychloroquine working as a treatment .
A rejected invitation to that event from President Trump would expose more about Democrats than a trillion dollars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris implying she wouldn ’ t trust any vaccine developed under the Trump administration tells you everything you need to know about her and Joe Biden .
Democrats need the deaths to continue , they need the lockdowns to continue , they need schools to remain closed .
On the lockdowns and schools , Democrats can rely on their governors and teachers ’ unions to hold the line .
Since they can ’ t block the science , they have to rely on fear , and they ’ re doing all they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instill terror over government power being abused for electoral purposes while campaigning to run a government you want to make all-powerful .
Why in the hell would liberals want the government to have more control if every time a Republican wins all they talk about is how they ’ re abusing their power ?
The people who insist Donald Trump is a tyrant are advocating for tyrannical powers for the government .
Shouldn ’ t the opposite be true – that if you fear the people have elected the next Hitler , shouldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decentralized as possible ?
Of course , if you ’ re hoping more people will die , and are willing to encourage it so you can obtain that power , who ’ s the real tyrant ?
Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast ( subscribe ! )
, host of a daily radio show on WCBM in Maryland , and author of the book , Outrage , INC. , which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses .
Follow him on Twitter at @ DerekAHunter @

I know there are lots of Americans who are weary of vaccines for any number of reasons that aren’t worth going into here. Needless to say, most of those reasons are not grounded in reality. (You’re free to disagree in the comments, if you simply can’t get past this point.) But vaccines work. How many people with polio do you know? At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agreed-upon goal was to create a cure, a treatment, or a vaccine so we could resume life as normal. As we sit on the verge of a possible vaccine, Democrats are terrified…that it will work.
Imagine being so desperate for power that you’d rather more people die than a vaccine for a deadly virus be found. You probably can’t imagine that because you’re likely not a monster. But there are people out there despicable enough to be rooting for just that. Worse, they are actively trying to turn people against any vaccine before one is even developed.
No one has any idea if a vaccine will work, but if one does it will save lives of millions around the world. President Donald Trump has made developing one a priority. Operation Warp-Speed (OWS) is a testament to the American spirit and leadership.
At its most basic level, OWS is a massive public-private project to simultaneously develop, test, and deploy a vaccine so that if one should prove to work, it would eliminate the lag time between its approval and people being able to get it. With the final round of testing happening now on several candidates, if one or all prove to work and receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the companies behind them will have already created tens, if not hundreds of millions of doses ready to go.
OWS is a genius tactic in the face of an emergency. Without it, if a vaccine were shown to work, it would take months to manufacture enough doses to get them to the public. Yes, it’s a financial risk – to manufacture millions of shots that may not work – but it’s a testament to just how seriously the Trump administration takes the threat and the fight.
That this could work, and a vaccine could be developed before the election, has Democrats panicked. That tells you a lot about them.
Democrats have been running on the lie that the pandemic is President Trump’s fault, even going out of their way to excuse China in their quest to blame him. It’s disgusting, to be honest, but not surprising. If you remove the pandemic, what do they have left? Joe Biden, and who the hell would want that?
But to encourage death in order the achieve a political victory is a level of progressive power-grabbing unseen in this country.
Biden’s running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, was asked by CNN if she would take a vaccine were the FDA to approve one or more before the election. “Well, I think that’s going to be an issue for all of us. I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump,” Harris calculatingly responded. “I will not take his word for it,” she disgustingly concluded.
It wouldn’t be the president’s word, it would be the word of thousands who would have worked on it and tested it. Business leaders, bureaucrats, and the vaunted scientists Democrats belch out they would defer to on everything. The president of the United States isn’t just going to declare a vaccine safe and effective over their objections. But Democrats, in order to advantage themselves in the election, are showing their willingness to declare one ineffective and dangerous to keep pandemic fear alive. If a vaccine is shown to work, Democrats are willing to let people die to avoid giving the Trump administration any credit in its development.
In a rational world, everyone should be pulling for a vaccine that works. If one is developed, Donald Trump should invite Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House so they can all get it at the same time on national TV. That would show the country that it works, and that nothing is more important than protecting the American people. It would instill a level of trust needed in this crazy time.
But Democrats wouldn’t accept that invitation. They’d rather cast doubt on it, keep people in fear and sick people dying because they think it helps them, just look at how they’ve reacted to the prospect of Hydroxychloroquine working as a treatment. A rejected invitation to that event from President Trump would expose more about Democrats than a trillion dollars in advertising ever could, just as Harris implying she wouldn’t trust any vaccine developed under the Trump administration tells you everything you need to know about her and Joe Biden.
Democrats need the deaths to continue, they need the lockdowns to continue, they need schools to remain closed. On the lockdowns and schools, Democrats can rely on their governors and teachers’ unions to hold the line. Since they can’t block the science, they have to rely on fear, and they’re doing all they can to stoke it.
Imagine trying to instill terror over government power being abused for electoral purposes while campaigning to run a government you want to make all-powerful. Why in the hell would liberals want the government to have more control if every time a Republican wins all they talk about is how they’re abusing their power? The people who insist Donald Trump is a tyrant are advocating for tyrannical powers for the government. Shouldn’t the opposite be true – that if you fear the people have elected the next Hitler, shouldn’t you want as much power decentralized as possible?
Of course, if you’re hoping more people will die, and are willing to encourage it so you can obtain that power, who’s the real tyrant?
Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast (subscribe!), host of a daily radio show on WCBM in Maryland, and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.


bonginoreport--2020-09-11--Cal Thomas: The Anti-Trump Conspiracy

Cal Thomas: The Anti-Trump Conspiracy

The cable networks , including Fox News , could talk of little else Labor Day weekend but the Atlantic magazine piece by Jeffrey Goldberg alleging President Trump had said Americans who have died in wars are `` losers '' and `` suckers . ''
The comments allegedly were made two years ago during the president 's visit to France and have been denied by numerous current and former administration officials who say they were with the president and that he never said any of the things attributed to him .
So why are these allegations coming to light now ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the latest in a stream of political toxic waste being dumped into the campaign environment to harm the president 's re-election .
With less than two months to go before November 3 , opponents can be counted on to dump even more .
Too bad there is n't a political environmental protection agency .
So far , none of it has worked .
Most people have made their judgments about the president , his policies and character .
The piling on by his detractors seems to have moved the needle hardly at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which are the only states that truly matter .
According to Pew Research Center , the president 's approval ratings are `` unusually stable ... and deeply partisan . ''
In all of the `` reporting '' ( a word that has lost all meaning in contemporary opinion journalism ) , too many `` sources '' are anonymous .
None has the courage to step forward and tie their name to the allegations .
Are people who were the sources of Greenberg 's article and later those of Fox News reporter Jennifer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pentagon , or disgruntled former administration officials who did n't get their way ?
Are they part of the cabal to elect Joe Biden ?
Knowing the sources of these slanderous accusations would help the public judge their veracity .
What are the motives behind these and other anonymous quotes ?
If among them is to keep their jobs while undermining a president they are paid to serve , they should resign and go public .
Let them come out from hiding , join the debate and be held accountable instead of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wall of media protection .
In courts of law one has a constitutional right to face one 's accusers and to have them cross-examined .
In the political court one has no such rights .
Slander and innuendo are the norm .
At least some members of Trump 's family have spoken publicly , or written books about objections they have to their famous relative , allowing the president to respond .
Those who wo n't come forward are cowards , seeking to save their skin while burning his .
One does n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to achieve the same end .
Similar worldviews produce the same results , with or without coordination .
In fact , the definition of the word `` conspire '' fits : `` To act or work together toward the same result or goal . ''
Within journalism there has been a debate over the use of anonymous sources .
While on occasion it can provide information to the public that could not be obtained any other way , its overuse can add to the declining credibility of all media , which numerous surveys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent years .
If these latest anonymous sources believe they are trying to save the nation , rather than adding to its toxicity , there could be no better time for them to shed their cloak of anonymity so we might know their political associations and the target of their attacks and smears can confront his accusers .

The cable networks, including Fox News, could talk of little else Labor Day weekend but the Atlantic magazine piece by Jeffrey Goldberg alleging President Trump had said Americans who have died in wars are "losers" and "suckers." The comments allegedly were made two years ago during the president's visit to France and have been denied by numerous current and former administration officials who say they were with the president and that he never said any of the things attributed to him.
So why are these allegations coming to light now? Do you have to ask?
This is the latest in a stream of political toxic waste being dumped into the campaign environment to harm the president's re-election. With less than two months to go before November 3, opponents can be counted on to dump even more. Too bad there isn't a political environmental protection agency. So far, none of it has worked. Most people have made their judgments about the president, his policies and character. The piling on by his detractors seems to have moved the needle hardly at all, especially in the battleground states, which are the only states that truly matter. According to Pew Research Center, the president's approval ratings are "unusually stable ... and deeply partisan."
In all of the "reporting" (a word that has lost all meaning in contemporary opinion journalism), too many "sources" are anonymous. None has the courage to step forward and tie their name to the allegations. Are people who were the sources of Greenberg's article and later those of Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin holdovers from the Obama administration at the Pentagon, or disgruntled former administration officials who didn't get their way? Are they part of the cabal to elect Joe Biden? Knowing the sources of these slanderous accusations would help the public judge their veracity.
What are the motives behind these and other anonymous quotes? If among them is to keep their jobs while undermining a president they are paid to serve, they should resign and go public. Let them come out from hiding, join the debate and be held accountable instead of throwing mud balls from behind the high wall of media protection.
In courts of law one has a constitutional right to face one's accusers and to have them cross-examined. In the political court one has no such rights. Slander and innuendo are the norm.
At least some members of Trump's family have spoken publicly, or written books about objections they have to their famous relative, allowing the president to respond. Those who won't come forward are cowards, seeking to save their skin while burning his.
One doesn't have to be part of a conspiracy to achieve the same end. Similar worldviews produce the same results, with or without coordination.
In fact, the definition of the word "conspire" fits: "To act or work together toward the same result or goal."
Within journalism there has been a debate over the use of anonymous sources. While on occasion it can provide information to the public that could not be obtained any other way, its overuse can add to the declining credibility of all media, which numerous surveys have shown has been the trend in recent years.
If these latest anonymous sources believe they are trying to save the nation, rather than adding to its toxicity, there could be no better time for them to shed their cloak of anonymity so we might know their political associations and the target of their attacks and smears can confront his accusers.


bonginoreport--2020-09-11--Remembering the Heroes of Flight 93

Remembering the Heroes of Flight 93

ON SEPT. 11 , 400 miles from the collapsed World Trade Center towers , three dozen passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 remained in airborne purgatory .
Starting at 9:30 a.m. , for some 30 minutes , 14 of them managed to telephone either loved ones or operators on the ground .
Public relations man Mark Bingham got through to his aunt 's home in California .
`` This is Mark , '' he began .
`` I want to let you guys know that I love you , in case I do n't see you again . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Airlines , Flight 93 .
It 's being hijacked . ''
Two other callers from the plane not only provided information but also gleaned vital news from those they phoned .
Tom Burnett , chief operating officer for a medical-devices firm , made a number of brief calls to his wife , Deena .
Speaking quietly , he asked her to contact the authorities and told her that a male passenger had been stabbed — later that he had died .
A woman , perhaps a flight attendant , was being held at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a bomb .
Jeremy Glick , a salesman for an Internet services company , also managed to phone .
In a long conversation with his wife , Lyz , Glick said the hijackers had `` put on these red headbands .
They said they had a bomb ... they looked Iranian . ''
The `` bomb '' was in a red box , he said .
The couple told each other how much they loved each other .
Glick said , `` I do n't want to die , '' and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She urged him to keep a picture of her and their 11-week-old daughter in his head , to think good thoughts .
Burnett 's wife , who had been watching the news on television , told him that two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center .
`` My God , '' he responded , `` it 's a suicide mission . ''
By the time he phoned a third time , after news of the crash into the Pentagon , she told him about that , too .
Burnett seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and apparently relayed all this information to him .
Were they to do nothing , the two men must have agreed , they were sure to die anyway when the hijackers crashed the plane .
They resolved to fight for their lives .
`` A group of us , '' Burnett told his wife , `` are getting ready to do something . ''
`` I 'm going to take a vote , '' Glick said on his call .
`` There 's three other guys as big as me and we 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bomb . ''
So began the minutes of brave resistance , the clearly defined act of courage that has lived on in the national memory .
Glick and others were equipped in more ways than one to confront the hijackers .
He was 6-foot-1 and a former college judo champion .
Burnett , at 6-foot-2 , had played quarterback for his high school football team .
Mark Bingham was a huge man , 6-foot-4 , and at 31 still playing rugby .
A few years earlier , he had fended off a mugger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got the impression , as he talked from Flight 93 , that her son was talking `` confidentially '' with a fellow passenger .
She felt that `` maybe someone had organized a plan . ''
At 9:42 , a GTE-Verizon supervisor based near Chicago began handling a call from yet another powerfully built Flight 93 passenger .
Todd Beamer , a star Oracle software salesman , was married with two sons , and his wife was expecting again .
He first dialed his home number , but either failed to get through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , explaining that he did not want to upset his pregnant wife , he asked phone supervisor Lisa Jefferson to pass on a loving message .
As they talked , Beamer suddenly exclaimed , `` Shit !
... O my God , we 're going down ... Jesus help us . ''
From the passengers around Beamer came prolonged shrieks of terror .
Then he said , `` No , wait .
We 're coming back up .
I think we 're okay now . ''
Shaken , Beamer asked Jefferson to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Our Father , who art in heaven ... '' Just before Beamer and the operator had begun talking , Cleveland control lost Flight 93 's transponder , the signal that indicates an airplane 's location and altitude .
At 9:55 , the hijacker pilot set a navigational aid relating to the plane 's direction .
He was heading , it indicated , for Washington , D.C. Jeremy Glick , still on the phone to his wife , Lyz , said , `` I know I could take the guy with the bomb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had mentioned that the hijackers had knives — `` I still have my butter knife from breakfast . ''
Todd Beamer , continuing his conversation with GTE supervisor Jefferson , told her that he and a few others were getting together `` to jump the guy with the bomb . ''
Was he sure that was what he wanted to do ?
`` Yes , '' came the response .
`` I 'm going to have to go out on faith ...
I do n't have much of a choice . ''
THE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jefferson heard the sounds of an `` awful commotion '' : raised voices , more screams .
Then , `` Are you guys ready ? ''
and Todd Beamer 's voice saying , `` Let 's roll ! ''
— a phrase that , in family life , he liked to use to get his children moving .
`` Okay , '' Jeremy Glick told Lyz , `` I 'm going to do it . ''
His wife told him he was strong and brave , that she loved him .
`` Okay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I 'm going to put the phone down .
I 'm going to leave it here and I 'm going to come right back to it . ''
Lyz handed the phone to her father , ran to the bathroom , and gagged .
Flight attendant Sandra Bradshaw was in the galley , boiling water for the passengers to throw on the hijackers .
On the phone to her husband , she signed off quickly .
`` Everyone 's running up to first class .
I 've got to go .
Bye ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment the hijackers realized what was happening .
At just before 9:58 , a hijacker asks , `` Is there something ?
... A fight ? ''
There is a knock on the door , followed by sounds of fighting .
Then , in Arabic , `` Let 's go , guys !
Allah is greatest .
Allah is greatest .
O guys !
Allah is greatest ... O Allah !
O Allah !
O the most gracious ! ''
Then , loudly , `` Stay back ! ''
A male voice , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wife has recognized as that of her husband , is heard saying , `` In the cockpit .
In the cockpit . ''
Followed by a voice exclaiming , in Arabic , `` They want to get in there .
Hold , hold from the inside ...
Hold . ''
Then , from several English speakers in unison , `` Hold the door ... '' And from a single English speaker , `` Stop him , '' followed repeatedly by `` Sit down !
Sit down ! ''
Then , again from an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them ... '' Flight 93 , now down to 5,000 feet , had begun rolling left and right .
Jeremy Glick 's father-in-law , listening intently on the phone his daughter had handed him , now heard screams in the background .
On the cockpit voice recorder , there is the sound of combat continuing .
Then , in Arabic , `` There is nothing ... Shall we finish it off ? ''
`` No .
Not yet . ''
`` When they all come , we finish it off . ''
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am injured . ''
The flight data recorder indicates that the plane pitched up and down , climbed to 10,000 feet , turned .
Glick 's father-in-law , phone clapped to his ear , heard more shrieks , muffled now , like those of people `` riding on a roller coaster . ''
In Arabic , on the voice recorder , `` O Allah !
O Allah !
O gracious ! ''
In English , `` In the cockpit .
If we do n't , we 'll die ! ''
In Arabic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down ... Up , down ! ''
From a distance , perhaps from Todd Beamer , `` Roll it ! ''
Crashing sounds , then , in Arabic , `` Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
... Is that it ?
I mean , shall we pull it down ? ''
`` Yes , put it in it , and pull it down . ''
`` Cut off the oxygen !
Cut off the oxygen !
Cut off the oxygen !
... Up , down .
Up , down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent noises , for as long as a minute , and then — apparently from a native English speaker — `` Shut them off !
... Go !
... Go !
... Move !
... Move !
...
Turn it up . ''
In Arabic , `` Down , down ...
Pull it down !
Pull it down !
DOWN ! ''
Apparently from an English speaker , `` Down .
Push , push , push , push , push ... push . ''
In Arabic , `` Hey !
Hey !
Give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me ... Give it to me ... Give it to me ... Give it to me ... Give it to me ... Give it to me ... Give it to me . ''
Moments later , in Arabic , `` Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest ! ''
Sounds of further struggle , and a loud shout from a native English speaker , `` No ! ''
Two seconds later , in Arabic , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest !
Allah is the greatest ! ''
Jeremy Glick 's father-in-law , still listening on the ground , heard high-pitched screams coming over the line Glick had left open when he left to join the rush to the cockpit .
Then `` wind sounds '' followed by banging noises , as though the phone aboard the plane was repeatedly banging on a hard surface .
After that , silence on the phone .
Silence on the cockpit voice recorder .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recording ended .
NEAR THE LITTLE town of Shanksville , Pa. , a man working in a scrap yard saw an airliner , flying low but seemingly trying to climb , just clear a nearby ridge .
Half a mile away , another man saw the final plunge .
It was `` barely 50 feet above me , '' he said , `` rocking from side to side .
Then the nose suddenly dipped and it just crashed ...
There was this big fireball and then a huge cloud of smoke .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had passed since the hijackers struck , four minutes since the passengers counterattacked .
The grave of Flight 93 and the men and women it had carried was an open field bounded by woods on the site of a former strip mine .
The voice recorder , recovered days later , would be found buried 12 feet under the ground .
There were no bodies , it appeared , only shreds of clothing hanging from the trees .
For a while , a white cloud of `` sparkly , shiny stuff like confetti @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundred miles away , in the town of Cranbury , N.J. , Todd Beamer 's wife , Lisa , saw the first pictures of the crash site on television and knew her husband was dead .
In Windham , N.Y. , someone told Jeremy Glick 's wife , Lyz , that there might be survivors .
Then her father returned from the garden , where — at the request of the FBI — he had kept open the line on which Jeremy had called .
He had waited , waited , for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he came back in , Lyz saw that her father was weeping .
Hundreds of miles apart , the two wives , now widows , sank to their knees in grief .
Sudden , unforeseeable grief was invading homes across the country , across the world .
Excerpted from the book The Eleventh Day .
©2011 by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan .
Reprinted with permission of Ballantine Books .

ON SEPT. 11, 400 miles from the collapsed World Trade Center towers, three dozen passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 remained in airborne purgatory. Starting at 9:30 a.m., for some 30 minutes, 14 of them managed to telephone either loved ones or operators on the ground. Public relations man Mark Bingham got through to his aunt's home in California. "This is Mark," he began. "I want to let you guys know that I love you, in case I don't see you again." Then, "I'm on United Airlines, Flight 93. It's being hijacked." Skip advert Two other callers from the plane not only provided information but also gleaned vital news from those they phoned. Tom Burnett, chief operating officer for a medical-devices firm, made a number of brief calls to his wife, Deena. Speaking quietly, he asked her to contact the authorities and told her that a male passenger had been stabbed — later that he had died. A woman, perhaps a flight attendant, was being held at knifepoint, and the hijackers claimed they had a bomb. Jeremy Glick, a salesman for an Internet services company, also managed to phone. In a long conversation with his wife, Lyz, Glick said the hijackers had "put on these red headbands. They said they had a bomb...they looked Iranian." The "bomb" was in a red box, he said. The couple told each other how much they loved each other. Glick said, "I don't want to die," and his wife assured him that he would not. She urged him to keep a picture of her and their 11-week-old daughter in his head, to think good thoughts.
Burnett's wife, who had been watching the news on television, told him that two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center. "My God," he responded, "it's a suicide mission." By the time he phoned a third time, after news of the crash into the Pentagon, she told him about that, too. Burnett seems to have been seated beside Glick, and apparently relayed all this information to him. Were they to do nothing, the two men must have agreed, they were sure to die anyway when the hijackers crashed the plane. They resolved to fight for their lives. "A group of us," Burnett told his wife, "are getting ready to do something." "I'm going to take a vote," Glick said on his call. "There's three other guys as big as me and we're thinking of attacking the guy with the bomb." Skip advert So began the minutes of brave resistance, the clearly defined act of courage that has lived on in the national memory. Glick and others were equipped in more ways than one to confront the hijackers. He was 6-foot-1 and a former college judo champion. Burnett, at 6-foot-2, had played quarterback for his high school football team. Mark Bingham was a huge man, 6-foot-4, and at 31 still playing rugby. A few years earlier, he had fended off a mugger who had a gun. His mother got the impression, as he talked from Flight 93, that her son was talking "confidentially" with a fellow passenger. She felt that "maybe someone had organized a plan." At 9:42, a GTE-Verizon supervisor based near Chicago began handling a call from yet another powerfully built Flight 93 passenger. Todd Beamer, a star Oracle software salesman, was married with two sons, and his wife was expecting again. He first dialed his home number, but either failed to get through or thought better of it. Instead, explaining that he did not want to upset his pregnant wife, he asked phone supervisor Lisa Jefferson to pass on a loving message. As they talked, Beamer suddenly exclaimed, "Shit!...O my God, we're going down...Jesus help us." From the passengers around Beamer came prolonged shrieks of terror. Then he said, "No, wait. We're coming back up. I think we're okay now." Shaken, Beamer asked Jefferson to say the Lord's Prayer with him. "Our Father, who art in heaven..." Just before Beamer and the operator had begun talking, Cleveland control lost Flight 93's transponder, the signal that indicates an airplane's location and altitude. At 9:55, the hijacker pilot set a navigational aid relating to the plane's direction. He was heading, it indicated, for Washington, D.C. Skip advert Jeremy Glick, still on the phone to his wife, Lyz, said, "I know I could take the guy with the bomb." Then, joking — he had mentioned that the hijackers had knives — "I still have my butter knife from breakfast."
Todd Beamer, continuing his conversation with GTE supervisor Jefferson, told her that he and a few others were getting together "to jump the guy with the bomb." Was he sure that was what he wanted to do? "Yes," came the response. "I'm going to have to go out on faith...I don't have much of a choice." THE PLANE WAS flying erratically again. Operator Jefferson heard the sounds of an "awful commotion": raised voices, more screams. Then, "Are you guys ready?" and Todd Beamer's voice saying, "Let's roll!" — a phrase that, in family life, he liked to use to get his children moving. "Okay," Jeremy Glick told Lyz, "I'm going to do it." His wife told him he was strong and brave, that she loved him. "Okay," he said again. "I'm going to put the phone down. I'm going to leave it here and I'm going to come right back to it." Lyz handed the phone to her father, ran to the bathroom, and gagged. Flight attendant Sandra Bradshaw was in the galley, boiling water for the passengers to throw on the hijackers. On the phone to her husband, she signed off quickly. "Everyone's running up to first class. I've got to go. Bye..." The cockpit voice recorder registered the moment the hijackers realized what was happening. At just before 9:58, a hijacker asks, "Is there something?...A fight?" There is a knock on the door, followed by sounds of fighting. Then, in Arabic, "Let's go, guys! Allah is greatest. Allah is greatest. O guys! Allah is greatest...O Allah! O Allah! O the most gracious!" Then, loudly, "Stay back!" Skip advert A male voice, a native-English-speaking voice that Tom Burnett's wife has recognized as that of her husband, is heard saying, "In the cockpit. In the cockpit." Followed by a voice exclaiming, in Arabic, "They want to get in there. Hold, hold from the inside...Hold." Then, from several English speakers in unison, "Hold the door..." And from a single English speaker, "Stop him," followed repeatedly by "Sit down! Sit down!" Then, again from an English speaker, "Let's get them..." Flight 93, now down to 5,000 feet, had begun rolling left and right. Jeremy Glick's father-in-law, listening intently on the phone his daughter had handed him, now heard screams in the background. On the cockpit voice recorder, there is the sound of combat continuing. Then, in Arabic, "There is nothing...Shall we finish it off?" "No. Not yet." "When they all come, we finish it off." Then, from Tom Burnett, "I am injured." The flight data recorder indicates that the plane pitched up and down, climbed to 10,000 feet, turned. Glick's father-in-law, phone clapped to his ear, heard more shrieks, muffled now, like those of people "riding on a roller coaster."