bonginoreport--2020-10-09--President Trump to Hold First In-Person Event Since Coronavirus Diagnosis at White House Saturday

President Trump plans to hold his first in-person event at the White House on Saturday since getting coronavirus , Fox News has confirmed .
It comes a day after White House physician Dr. Sean Conley sent out a memorandum on Thursday stating that Trump will be able to return to public engagements this weekend .
The event on `` law and order '' will be held at the White House South Lawn , White House sources familiar said .
The gathering will be held in conjunction with a previously planned event with conservative activist Candace Owens ' group `` Blexit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave the Democrat Party , ABC News reported .
Noting that it will be ten days since Trump was first diagnosed with the novel coronavirus , Conley anticipated that Trump can return to his usual schedule by Saturday .
`` Today the President has completed his course of therapy for COVID-19 as prescribed by his team of physicians , '' Conley said in his memo .
`` Saturday will be day 10 since Thursday 's diagnosis , and based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting , I fully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public engagements at that time , '' he added .
TRUMP CAN RETURN TO 'PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS ' THIS WEEKEND , WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN SAYS '' Based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting , '' Conley continued , `` I fully anticipate the president 's safe return to public engagements at that time . ''
The president and first lady Melania Trump announced they tested positive for COVID-19 last week .
The Centers for Disease Control says people “ with mild to moderate COVID-19 remain infectious no longer than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with more severe symptoms can remain infectious for longer , it says .
TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGES HE WAS 'VERY SICK ' WHEN HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID Meanwhile , Trump adviser Stephen Miller announced that he 'd tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday , following White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany 's announcement she had contracted the virus on Monday .
Other White House staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 at this point include senior adviser Hope Hicks and director of Oval Office operations Nick Luna .
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president Kellyanne Conway has also tested positive and former New Jersey Gov .
Chris Christie , who participated in debate prep with the president recently , did too and was admitted to the hospital over the weekend .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP More than 30 staffers , allies of the administration , senators and journalists have now tested positive for COVID-19 .
Many of them attended a Rose Garden ceremony to announce Judge Amy Coney Barrett 's nomination to the Supreme Court last Saturday .

President Trump plans to hold his first in-person event at the White House on Saturday since getting coronavirus, Fox News has confirmed.
It comes a day after White House physician Dr. Sean Conley sent out a memorandum on Thursday stating that Trump will be able to return to public engagements this weekend.
The event on "law and order" will be held at the White House South Lawn, White House sources familiar said. The gathering will be held in conjunction with a previously planned event with conservative activist Candace Owens' group "Blexit," which urges black voters to leave the Democrat Party, ABC News reported.
Noting that it will be ten days since Trump was first diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, Conley anticipated that Trump can return to his usual schedule by Saturday.
"Today the President has completed his course of therapy for COVID-19 as prescribed by his team of physicians," Conley said in his memo.
"Saturday will be day 10 since Thursday's diagnosis, and based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the President's safe return to public engagements at that time," he added.
TRUMP CAN RETURN TO 'PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS' THIS WEEKEND, WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN SAYS
"Based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting," Conley continued, "I fully anticipate the president's safe return to public engagements at that time."
The president and first lady Melania Trump announced they tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
The Centers for Disease Control says people “with mild to moderate COVID-19 remain infectious no longer than 10 days after symptom onset. People with more severe symptoms can remain infectious for longer, it says.
TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGES HE WAS 'VERY SICK' WHEN HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID
White House officials said Trump started exhibiting symptoms about a week ago.
Meanwhile, Trump adviser Stephen Miller announced that he'd tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday, following White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's announcement she had contracted the virus on Monday.
Other White House staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 at this point include senior adviser Hope Hicks and director of Oval Office operations Nick Luna. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested positive for COVID-19.
Former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway has also tested positive and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who participated in debate prep with the president recently, did too and was admitted to the hospital over the weekend.
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More than 30 staffers, allies of the administration, senators and journalists have now tested positive for COVID-19. Many of them attended a Rose Garden ceremony to announce Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court last Saturday.
Fox News’ Kellianne Jones contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-10-09--President Trump Tells Rush Limbaugh It’s a “Disgrace” Durham Probe Won’t End Before Election

President Trump found out the Durham probe wo n't end before the election live on Rush Limbaugh 's radio program @ @ @ @ @ 'We caught them cold and we have people that do n't know how to do @ @ @ @ @ 's horrible '

President Donald Trump on Friday called news that U.S. Attorney John Durham's report on the investigation into the FBI's Russia probe won't be released before the election a "disgrace" and an "embarrassment."
Trump, who had apparently not been told about the news, reacted in real time as radio host Rush Limbaugh informed him of the Axios report.
"It was announced by the attorney general that his investigator, the attorney looking into the coup run against you will not have any announcements, any results before the election. This is disappointing, I can not tell you," Limbaugh said.
"When was this announced Rush?" Trump asked. "I think it's terrible."
"It is because this is the biggest political scandal in the history of this country, certainly our lifetimes," Limbaugh said.
"Yeah, if that's the case I'm very disappointed. I think it's a terrible thing, and I'll say it to his face," Trump said, referring to the attorney general.
"I think it's a disgrace, it's an embarrassment." Trump added.
The president criticized Republicans for not fighting as "tough" as Democrats.
"See, this is what I mean with the Republicans, they don't play the tough game. If this were the other side, you would've had 25 people in jail for the rest of their lives with what we found," he said.
Trump expressed frustration that his administration had been repeatedly targeted by investigations from special counsel Robert Mueller's team, congressional inquiries, impeachment, and a New York investigation into his personal finances, while Durham's probe will reportedly not wrap up before the election.
"So, it's OK for me to have to go through investigations during the election, but for them we don't want to upset the apple cart. The Republicans don't play the same game," Trump fumed.
"We caught them cold and we have people that don't know how to do anything about it, it's horrible," he continued. "If that's the case, I have to check that. I find it hard to believe because you know what? I went through two elections, you don't think that affected [the 2018 midterm elections]? Now I wasn't running in '18 but the whole Russia witch hunt affected the '18 outcome of the election.
"Nobody said let's hold it back until after the election. But the Republicans don't play the same game."
Trump told Limbaugh the DOJ should have made indictments a year ago.
"Look, if they hold it because of the election ... I've gone through two elections now. They started investigating me before I even won the election. They started investigating me when I was coming down the escalator," he joked, laughing.
"I was under investigation illegally by these thieves and [former FBI Director James] Comey and crooks — we caught them in the act!" the president continued. "They were spying on my campaign and then they went for a coup. Nobody said, 'Well gee, you know, let's hold off the investigation.' But with them they do, the Republicans don't play it the same way. It's very disappointing."
Earlier Friday, Axios reported that Attorney General Bill Barr has begun informing top Republicans in Congress that the Department of Justice's review of the origins of the Russia investigation would not be released before the election on Nov. 3.
According to Axios, Barr told Republicans that Durham is focused on winning prosecutions, taking his investigation seriously and waiting until he has all the evidence he needs to convict those he indicts. A source reportedly told Axios that Durham is "not preoccupied with completing his probe by a certain deadline for political purposes."
Trump interrupted Limbaugh as he read from Axios' story.
"Oh yeah, great, let's let everybody get elected to office and then let's worry about it," Trump said. "First of all, if we don't win this election that whole thing is going to end, OK?"
"That's another thing I'm fighting for because these people have to be brought to justice, but they should've been brought to justice before the election," he added. "But if we don't win this election, if we don't win that whole thing is going to be dismissed."


bonginoreport--2020-10-09--CCP Identified as Chief Aggressor In Foreign Influence Ops Targeting U.S. Congress

While Russia and Iran were also named , the Chinese Communist Party was identified as the chief aggressor : “ @ @ @ @ @ officials in separately briefing the House and Senate Intelligence panels behind closed doors on the @ @ @ @ @ the burgeoning foreign influence threat is being perpetrated by the usual suspects : China , @ @ @ @ @ he indicated that Beijing was the primary aggressor .
Ratcliffe gave ballpark estimates of how @ @ @ @ @ , suggesting it is from the dozens to roughly 50 .
But in the briefings @ @ @ @ @ which members of Congress were the targets and he did not indicate if one party @ @ @ @ @ than the other .
Asked about the briefings , an intelligence official said China is @ @ @ @ @ election influence operations.
” The [ intelligence community ] has become aware of Chinese influence @ @ @ @ @ at a rate of approximately six times that of Russia , and 12 times that @ @ @ @ @ intelligence official told The Hill .
”

While Russia and Iran were also named, the Chinese Communist Party was identified as the chief aggressor:
“Director of National Intelligenceled intelligence officials in separately briefing the House and Senate Intelligence panels behind closed doors on the threats, informing lawmakers that the burgeoning foreign influence threat is being perpetrated by the usual suspects: China, Russia and Iran, though he indicated that Beijing was the primary aggressor. Ratcliffe gave ballpark estimates of how many lawmakers have been targeted, suggesting it is from the dozens to roughly 50. But in the briefings, he declined to identify which members of Congress were the targets and he did not indicate if one party was being more heavily targeted than the other. Asked about the briefings, an intelligence official said China is leading Russia and Iran in election influence operations.” The [intelligence community] has become aware of Chinese influence operations targeting members of Congress at a rate of approximately six times that of Russia, and 12 times that of Iran,” the intelligence official told The Hill.”


bonginoreport--2020-10-09--President Trump Cautions Iran: “Don’t F*** Around With Us”

President Trump on Friday said Iran knows not to “ f–k around with us ” during a two hour “ virtual rally ” with radio host Rush Limbaugh .
The remark was censored by producers on some radio stations that air Limbaugh ’ s nationally syndicated show .
In the uncensored version , Trump said : “ Iran knows that and they ’ ve been put on notice : If you f–k around with us , if you do something bad to us , we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.
” Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a new nuclear deal with the US if he wins the Nov. 3 election .
“ If I win , we ’ ll have a great deal with Iran within one month , ” he said .
“ I hate to say it on an important show like this , but I ’ ll say it , you don ’ t see the terror the way you used to see the terror .
And they know if they do anything against us , they ’ ll pay 1,000-fold.
” Trump withdrew in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Iran nuclear deal and escalated sanctions , saying there weren ’ t enough restrictions on the theocracy ’ s nuclear program .
In January , Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq — an operation he repeatedly hails for eliminating a “ terrorist ” leader .

President Trump on Friday said Iran knows not to “f–k around with us” during a two hour “virtual rally” with radio host Rush Limbaugh.
The remark was censored by producers on some radio stations that air Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated show.
In the uncensored version, Trump said: “Iran knows that and they’ve been put on notice: If you f–k around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”
Trump predicted during the program that Iran would make a new nuclear deal with the US if he wins the Nov. 3 election.
“If I win, we’ll have a great deal with Iran within one month,” he said.
“I hate to say it on an important show like this, but I’ll say it, you don’t see the terror the way you used to see the terror. And they know if they do anything against us, they’ll pay 1,000-fold.”
Trump withdrew in 2018 from former President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal and escalated sanctions, saying there weren’t enough restrictions on the theocracy’s nuclear program.
In January, Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq — an operation he repeatedly hails for eliminating a “terrorist” leader.


bonginoreport--2020-10-09--(Video) Mike Pompeo on Hillary’s Emails: We’ve Got the Emails, We’re Getting Them Out

But will they be out before the election ?

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bonginoreport--2020-10-09--“Antifa Mayor” Candidate Praises Biden

“Antifa Mayor” Candidate Praises Biden

The Antifa challenger running for Portland mayor regurgitated the Biden-coined phrase : `` Antifa is not anything more than an idea . ''
Sarah Iannarone leads incumbent Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler by double digits in a recent poll that surveyed likely voters .
The two mayoral candidates faced off Thursday night at the first televised mayoral debate hosted by The Oregonian .
KGW News anchor and moderator Laural Porter asked Iannarone : `` You 've been called the 'Antifa Mayor . '
Are you Antifa and how would that guide how you would handle protests as mayor ? ''
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question before me , because being opposed to fascism in 2020 is not something to be embarrassed about , '' Iannarone answered defensively .
`` I have a bumper sticker from the beginning of my campaign that says # EverydayAntifascist .
And what I have tried to do is normalize peaceful responses to the rise of white nationalism by organizing in my community . ''
The contender went on to recount how she orchestrated a menstrual product drive for her neighbors when the Proud Boys arrived , `` because the answer to toxic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all backgrounds feel welcome . ''
`` Is being anti-fascist the same thing as being Antifa ?
Are you Antifa ? ''
Porter asked Iannarone point blank .
`` Antifa is not anything more than an idea , '' Iannarone echoed Biden 's evasive response that downplayed a connected network of far-left militants mobilized on social media with arms insidiously planted in major Democratic-led cities .
During last Tuesday night 's first presidential debate , Democratic nominee Joe Biden claimed that `` Antifa is an idea not an organization . ''
`` That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us .
It 's people who oppose anti-fascism , '' Iannarone continued , mirroring leftist talking points that often hijack the textbook definition of an expression .
`` I strongly oppose anti-fascism and I adopt and implement peaceful responses to that .
And that is how I describe my position on this issue . ''
Iannarone continued this drawn-out euphemism for the left-wing terrorist organization : `` Donald Trump has decided to make the enemy of groups of people who oppose his bullies and his militia forces .
But I 'm not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it 's false .
It creates division in our society .
It creates division in our city .
What we need is every single Portlander faced in the right direction , saying 'Hate is not welcome here . '
'' In late 2019 , Iannarone was accused of inciting violence for a tweet directed at far-right and fascist groups that were supposedly present in Portland .
`` There should be no safe haven for people affiliated with domestic terrorists and white nationalist extremists in our # SanctuaryCity , period , '' she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after more than 100 days of continued civil unrest in Wheeler 's town since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis .
President Donald Trump has attempted numerous efforts to send in the National Guard to quell the violence ravaging both the downtown and residential areas , but the sitting mayor has consistently turned down the opportunity without alternative action .
Wheeler had even moved to bar law enforcement from using tear gas as a commonly-used crowd control agent , declaring that `` we need something different .
We need it now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ joined rioters and ended the night bathed in tear gas .
As Wheeler approached the scene , he was immediately surrounded and interrogated about his intentions on defunding police .
Enraged voices cried for his resignation , chanting `` Tear Gas Ted has got to go . ''
Then a month later , the Portland mayor 's pandering to the mob surmounted when he promoted a staggering $ 62 million coronavirus relief fund exclusively for `` Black relief and resiliency '' amid the Black Lives Matter-incited race riots that have relentlessly destroyed local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an indulging city leader by launching illegal commercial-grade fireworks at his apartment complex in September to `` celebrate '' Wheeler 's birthday .
While sporting party hats , protestors sung `` Happy tear gas to you '' to the tune of `` Happy Birthday . ''
Others danced the `` Macarena . ''
A beating of drums and a pounding of pots and pans chimed in to a whistling cacophony of disgruntled Portlanders ever-dissatisfied with their mayor .
Wheeler is seeking to become the first Portland mayor to serve consecutive terms since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the 1990s and early 2000s .
An Iannarone win would dub her the fourth woman to nab the mayoral seat of Oregon ’ s largest city .

The Antifa challenger running for Portland mayor regurgitated the Biden-coined phrase: "Antifa is not anything more than an idea."
Leading contender in Portland mayor race asked, “Are you Antifa?” Look how she answers. (Spoiler: YES) pic.twitter.com/YMDxbiAFLA — David Reaboi (@davereaboi) October 9, 2020
Sarah Iannarone leads incumbent Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler by double digits in a recent poll that surveyed likely voters. The two mayoral candidates faced off Thursday night at the first televised mayoral debate hosted by The Oregonian.
KGW News anchor and moderator Laural Porter asked Iannarone: "You've been called the 'Antifa Mayor.' Are you Antifa and how would that guide how you would handle protests as mayor?"
"I love that Joe Biden answered this question before me, because being opposed to fascism in 2020 is not something to be embarrassed about," Iannarone answered defensively. "I have a bumper sticker from the beginning of my campaign that says #EverydayAntifascist. And what I have tried to do is normalize peaceful responses to the rise of white nationalism by organizing in my community."
The contender went on to recount how she orchestrated a menstrual product drive for her neighbors when the Proud Boys arrived, "because the answer to toxic masculinity is an inclusive pluralist society where all backgrounds feel welcome."
"Is being anti-fascist the same thing as being Antifa? Are you Antifa?" Porter asked Iannarone point blank.
"Antifa is not anything more than an idea," Iannarone echoed Biden's evasive response that downplayed a connected network of far-left militants mobilized on social media with arms insidiously planted in major Democratic-led cities.
During last Tuesday night's first presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden claimed that "Antifa is an idea not an organization."
"That's what Vice President Biden explained to us. It's people who oppose anti-fascism," Iannarone continued, mirroring leftist talking points that often hijack the textbook definition of an expression. "I strongly oppose anti-fascism and I adopt and implement peaceful responses to that. And that is how I describe my position on this issue."
Iannarone continued this drawn-out euphemism for the left-wing terrorist organization: "Donald Trump has decided to make the enemy of groups of people who oppose his bullies and his militia forces. But I'm not going to be caught up in that rhetoric because it's false. It creates division in our society. It creates division in our city. What we need is every single Portlander faced in the right direction, saying 'Hate is not welcome here.'"
In late 2019, Iannarone was accused of inciting violence for a tweet directed at far-right and fascist groups that were supposedly present in Portland. "There should be no safe haven for people affiliated with domestic terrorists and white nationalist extremists in our #SanctuaryCity, period," she wrote at the time.
There should be no safe haven for people affiliated with domestic terrorists and white nationalist extremists in our #SanctuaryCity, period.
Thanks for your leadership @PopMobPDX ?? for covering this @BlairStenvick ?? https://t.co/pCK3g84GjS — sarah iannarone (she/her) (@sarahforpdx) November 5, 2019
This comes after more than 100 days of continued civil unrest in Wheeler's town since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. President Donald Trump has attempted numerous efforts to send in the National Guard to quell the violence ravaging both the downtown and residential areas, but the sitting mayor has consistently turned down the opportunity without alternative action.
Wheeler had even moved to bar law enforcement from using tear gas as a commonly-used crowd control agent, declaring that "we need something different. We need it now." In July, the city official joined rioters and ended the night bathed in tear gas. As Wheeler approached the scene, he was immediately surrounded and interrogated about his intentions on defunding police. Enraged voices cried for his resignation, chanting "Tear Gas Ted has got to go."
Then a month later, the Portland mayor's pandering to the mob surmounted when he promoted a staggering $62 million coronavirus relief fund exclusively for "Black relief and resiliency" amid the Black Lives Matter-incited race riots that have relentlessly destroyed local businesses.
Leftists militants expressed their gratitude for an indulging city leader by launching illegal commercial-grade fireworks at his apartment complex in September to "celebrate" Wheeler's birthday. While sporting party hats, protestors sung "Happy tear gas to you" to the tune of "Happy Birthday." Others danced the "Macarena." A beating of drums and a pounding of pots and pans chimed in to a whistling cacophony of disgruntled Portlanders ever-dissatisfied with their mayor.
Wheeler is seeking to become the first Portland mayor to serve consecutive terms since Vera Katz’s three election wins in the 1990s and early 2000s. An Iannarone win would dub her the fourth woman to nab the mayoral seat of Oregon’s largest city.


bonginoreport--2020-10-09--Man Accused in Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot Called Trump a “Tyrant”

One of the militiamen accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer railed that President Trump was a “ tyrant ” and called all government workers “ your enemy.
” Video circulating on social media appears to show Brandon Caserta expressing his anti-government — and anti-Trump — views .
“ Trump is not your friend , dude , ” Caserta says , with an anarchist flag hanging behind him .
“ It amazes me that people actually , like , believe that when he ’ s shown over and over and over again that he ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for government is your enemy , dude.
” He also ranted about “ getting robbed by government thugs for some made-up traffic violation ” after receiving a traffic ticket .
Caserta ’ s alleged views surface amid Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Whitmer both blaming Trump for inspiring the sick scheme , as they claim he failed to denounce white supremacy and extremism in the US .
Caserta was among 13 men busted by the feds Thursday who planned to kidnap Whitmer and storm the Capitol building in Michigan in hopes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the defendants were linked to a militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen .

One of the militiamen accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer railed that President Trump was a “tyrant” and called all government workers “your enemy.”
Video circulating on social media appears to show Brandon Caserta expressing his anti-government — and anti-Trump — views.
“Trump is not your friend, dude,” Caserta says, with an anarchist flag hanging behind him. “It amazes me that people actually, like, believe that when he’s shown over and over and over again that he’s a tyrant. Every single person that works for government is your enemy, dude.”
He also ranted about “getting robbed by government thugs for some made-up traffic violation” after receiving a traffic ticket.
Caserta’s alleged views surface amid Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Whitmer both blaming Trump for inspiring the sick scheme, as they claim he failed to denounce white supremacy and extremism in the US.
Caserta was among 13 men busted by the feds Thursday who planned to kidnap Whitmer and storm the Capitol building in Michigan in hopes of sparking a civil war. Seven of the defendants were linked to a militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--VP Pence Rallies in Florida

VP Pence Rallies in Florida

ORLANDO , Florida—Vice President Mike Pence rallied at a Latinos for Trump event here on Saturday as President Donald Trump now leads his Democrat opponent former Vice President Joe Biden in the Sunshine State .
“ It ’ s great to be back in the Sunshine State with some great Americans who are going to drive a victory here in Florida and all across America , ” Pence said as he took the stage here at Central Christian University .
“ Thank you , Latinos for Trump .
I ’ m here for one reason , and one reason only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need four more years of Donald Trump in the White House .
The road to victory runs right through Florida.
” Pence ’ s campaign swing through central Florida during which Breitbart News is traveling with him and is scheduled to interview him—he is also leading a Make America Great Again rally in the Villages later in the day—comes as the vice president has emerged as the Trump-Pence ticket ’ s top campaigner while the president continues his recovery from the coronavirus in the White House .
Other Trump campaign leaders and first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activities as part of what the team calls “ Operation MAGA.
” Donald Trump Jr. , the president ’ s eldest son , for instance is hitting the trail aggressively this coming week with more than two dozen scheduled events crisscrossing the nation .
Trump is scheduled to later on Saturday hold his first public event , at the White House , since contracting the virus .
Trump was diagnosed a little over a week ago—last Thursday—and then later was transferred last weekend to Walter Reed hospital to begin his recovery .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Regeneron ’ s antibody cocktail medication , and treatment with remdesivir and the steroid dexamethosone , Trump returned to the White House earlier this week to continue his recovery .
He began working again mid-week , visiting the Oval Office , and has also now started conducting interviews again as Friday he appeared on Rush Limbaugh ’ s and Mark Levin ’ s respective nationally broadcast radio programs as well as giving his first on-camera interview to Fox News ’ s Dr. Marc Siegel , which aired Friday evening on Tucker Carlson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday with a rally nearby here , in Sanford , Florida , his first time back on the trail since the infection .
But in the meantime , Pence—who earlier this week debated Democrat vice presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) in Salt Lake City , Utah—is the top dog out there for the Trump campaign .
This weekend Florida swing comes after a Thursday post-debate campaign trip to Arizona and Nevada , western states the president split with Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016 .
Trump won the former , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t know if you all got to see it , but I was just in Utah the other night—we had a little debate with Kamala Harris , ” Pence told the cheering crowd here in Orlando .
“ Some people think we did alright .
But I want to clear : From where I was sitting , that debate was not just a debate between two candidates for vice president .
It was a debate between two visions for America .
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want higher taxes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to abolish fossil fuels , and use taxpayer funding to pay for abortion .
They want to defund the police .
President Donald Trump ’ s vision is a little bit different .
President Trump says rebuild our military .
We cut taxes ; we rolled back regulations , unleashed American energy , secured our border , supported law enforcement , life and liberty and the Constitution of the United States .
When you compare the Biden-Harris agenda with our agenda , the choice is clear .
If you cherish faith and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then we need four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House.
” Pence ’ s team is riding high into the Sunshine State , too , as the latest public polling here shows Trump leading Biden in the final weeks by three points .
That poll , from Fox35 , correctly predicted the 2008 and 2016 elections .
It show Trump performing strongly among Hispanic and black voters , but like other surveys it shows the president ’ s ticket underperforming 2016 numbers among seniors—a demographic that Biden is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working to hit both key demographics—Hispanics and seniors—with his pair of campaign events here on Saturday .
Helping energize Hispanic voters for the president are multiple factors , including a key endorsement in recent weeks from Puerto Rico ’ s Gov .
Wanda Vazquez Garced—an endorsement Pence hyped here—and strong support in the Cuban community in the state .
Pence also made a key point to hype Trump ’ s word against Nicolas Maduro ’ s regime in Venezuela , and standing up the communists in Cuba .
“ Under President Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this hemisphere for all freedom-loving people , ” Pence told the Latinos for Trump rally-goers here .
“ Under President Trump ’ s leadership , the United States was the first nation on earth to recognize President Juan Guaido as the only legitimate president of Venezuela .
Under this president , America has been clear : Maduro must go and America will stand with the people of Venezuela .
Under Joe Biden as vice president , he served at a time when America was appeasing the communist regime in Havana .
President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Cuban Americans when he reversed the failed policies of the last administration toward Cuba .
In this White House , it will always be Que Viva Cuba Libre.
” He also hyped economic successes the Trump administration has delivered for Hispanics .
“ Nearly half of the jobs that were created in our first three years went to Hispanic Americans , ” Pence said .
“ That ’ s what we call promises made and promises kept .
So I ’ m excited to talk to you about that and see the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breezy day in Florida .
President Trump is keeping his promises .
It ’ s why Puerto Rico Gov .
Wanda Vazquez Garced just endorsed President Donald Trump for re-election as President of the United States .
This week , the governor of Puerto Rico asked people in that territory to vote for who ’ s been there for Puerto Rico in its most difficult moments .
She said very plainly it is Donald Trump .
She thanked the president for rebuilding Puerto Rico not just with words but with actions .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leadership , pharmaceutical manufacturing is coming back to the island .
China is fired and Puerto Rico is hired.
” These events along the I-4 corridor , which stretches from Daytona through Orlando down to Tampa , are key to the Trump team wooing seniors back from clutches of Biden and the Democrats .
A key focus from Pence ’ s messaging on the trail is zoning in on just how radical the left truly is , and what that would mean for the general public if Biden and Harris were to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s something Pence focused on in Wednesday ’ s debate with Harris , putting her on the hot seat on court-packing , fracking , China , and her questionable-at-best record as a prosecutor in San Francisco and in California .
The vice president ’ s trip here also comes less than two days before Judge Amy Coney Barrett is set to begin her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday morning , after Trump nominated her a couple weeks ago to be the next Associate Justice of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ establishment media have unleashed a barrage of vicious attacks against Barrett , targeting her faith and even her adopted children , in what is expected to be a fierce showdown in the Senate and in the public eye just before the election .
“ Last month as a nation we paused to honor the life and service of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , ” Pence told the cheering crowd here .
“ When the memorials were over , President Trump fulfilled his duty under the Constitution of the United States and he nominated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who believes in the Constitution to the Supreme Court .
He nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
” As “ Fill That Seat ” chants broke out among the crowd , Pence turned and promised them that Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate will get it done .
“ Let me make you a promise : After the Senate gets done with the advisement and consent , we ’ re going to fill that seat , ” Pence told the crowd which erupted in applause .
“ I got to tell you , I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coney Barrett—not just because she ’ s from Indiana , but she ’ s a truly remarkable person , ” Pence continued .
“ She deserves a dignified hearing , a dignified and respectful hearing in the United States Senate .
But , men and women , we have reason to be concerned .
You all remember when she was appointed to the court of appeals just two years ago , the Democrat chairman of the Judiciary Committee criticized her Catholic faith .
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said ‘ the dogma lives loudly within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to criticize Judge Barrett and her family for their faith .
Well , I got news for the Democrats and their friends in Hollywood : That dogma lives loudly in me .
That dogma lives loudly in you .
That ’ s the right to live and to worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the Constitution of the United States.
” The president has the lead in Florida—and its 29 electoral votes are crucial to his path to re-election .
Assuming the president can keep Georgia , Texas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ red states that Biden and Democrats hope to flip—and hold onto Iowa , Ohio , North Carolina , and here in Florida , along with Maine ’ s Second District , he would be one state away from locking down a second term in the White House .
Public polling out of Georgia and Texas show those two states firmly back in the president ’ s column , after months of concern on both , and Arizona seems to be trending back that way too with a recent Trafalgar Group poll this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Trump campaign feels so confident about Iowa and Ohio , too , that they pulled down television ad buys in both states to focus resources more effectively elsewhere .
North Carolina ’ s public polling has been shifting back Trump ’ s way , too , all while the Democrats ’ U.S. Senate candidate there Cal Cunningham is rocked by a serious sexting scandal that has found him under investigation by the U.S. Army Reserves for the inappropriate relationship with an enlisted serviceman ’ s wife .
Public polling out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Bangor Daily News , shows the president with a healthy 8 percent lead over Biden .
If Trump holds all those plus all the other traditional red states together , he would be at 260 electoral votes and winning just any one of the upper rust belt states—Pennsylvania , Michigan , Wisconsin , or Minnesota—would put him over the top of the required 270 electoral votes necessary to win re-election .
Despite establishment media whining to the contrary , Biden ’ s campaign seems to understand this predicament—if Trump holds that core @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the upper rust belt to win—as evidenced by the former vice president ’ s campaign schedule .
While he spent a large chunk of September not actually campaigning—Biden regularly calls a lid for the day well before lunchtime on the east coast—where he is spending his time when he does decide to campaign is indicative of what his campaign is concerned about .
Biden , for instance , is again campaigning on Saturday in Pennsylvania—the state he has spent most of his time in .
He also has traveled for events in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and has only made one trip—the day after the vice presidential debate—to Arizona , where he joined his running mate Harris to counter Pence on the ground on Thursday , and barely spent any time here in Florida either .
Republicans feel very confident about Florida , given a voter registration advantage in the state this year as Republicans have outpaced Democrats about two-to-one in ground game efforts .
Recent trends in the state , too , show it shifting redder as in recent years the GOP has won most statewide contests since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 2018 in the midterm elections , despite a shellacking nationwide elsewhere when Democrats retook the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives , the GOP held the governor ’ s mansion as now Gov .
Ron DeSantis fended off Democrat Andrew Gillum in a hard-fought battle and Republicans wiped out incumbent Democrat then-Sen. Bill Nelson ( D-FL ) as now-Sen. Rick Scott ( R-FL ) emerged victorious from that fight .
With the election just weeks away , and people nationwide already voting , surely anything can happen—especially in a state like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is still closely contested every go-around—but the Trump team believes this one is moving their way in the final days , a sigh of relief and a burst of energy for the president as he battles brutal national polls and an onslaught of attacks from his political opponents in the Democrat Party and the media .
What ’ s more , emerging signs of Trump ’ s strength—according to the RealClearPolitics breakdown of battleground state polling the president is doing nearly a full percent better than this day in 2016 , all while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 56 percent of Americans who believe they are better off today than four years ago—are a shot in the arm for the campaign in the home stretch .
With sweltering heat in the high 80s beating down on the crowd outside , Pence mid-speech joked that he didn ’ t know who set up this event outdoors .
“ But I ’ m ready to take the heat to drive a victory , ” Pence said .

ORLANDO, Florida—Vice President Mike Pence rallied at a Latinos for Trump event here on Saturday as President Donald Trump now leads his Democrat opponent former Vice President Joe Biden in the Sunshine State.
“It’s great to be back in the Sunshine State with some great Americans who are going to drive a victory here in Florida and all across America,” Pence said as he took the stage here at Central Christian University. “Thank you, Latinos for Trump. I’m here for one reason, and one reason only: because Florida, and America, need four more years of Donald Trump in the White House. The road to victory runs right through Florida.”
Under President @realDonaldTrump we have stood for FREEDOM across this Hemisphere and we’re going keep standing for freedom loving people everywhere for four more years! #LatinosForTrump pic.twitter.com/mPucHpcBLo — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) October 10, 2020
Pence’s campaign swing through central Florida during which Breitbart News is traveling with him and is scheduled to interview him—he is also leading a Make America Great Again rally in the Villages later in the day—comes as the vice president has emerged as the Trump-Pence ticket’s top campaigner while the president continues his recovery from the coronavirus in the White House. Other Trump campaign leaders and first family surrogates have also stepped up campaign activities as part of what the team calls “Operation MAGA.” Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, for instance is hitting the trail aggressively this coming week with more than two dozen scheduled events crisscrossing the nation.
Trump is scheduled to later on Saturday hold his first public event, at the White House, since contracting the virus. Trump was diagnosed a little over a week ago—last Thursday—and then later was transferred last weekend to Walter Reed hospital to begin his recovery. After beginning his treatment there with a dose of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail medication, and treatment with remdesivir and the steroid dexamethosone, Trump returned to the White House earlier this week to continue his recovery. He began working again mid-week, visiting the Oval Office, and has also now started conducting interviews again as Friday he appeared on Rush Limbaugh’s and Mark Levin’s respective nationally broadcast radio programs as well as giving his first on-camera interview to Fox News’s Dr. Marc Siegel, which aired Friday evening on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Trump will resume campaigning on Monday with a rally nearby here, in Sanford, Florida, his first time back on the trail since the infection.
But in the meantime, Pence—who earlier this week debated Democrat vice presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) in Salt Lake City, Utah—is the top dog out there for the Trump campaign. This weekend Florida swing comes after a Thursday post-debate campaign trip to Arizona and Nevada, western states the president split with Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016. Trump won the former, and Clinton won the latter.
“I don’t know if you all got to see it, but I was just in Utah the other night—we had a little debate with Kamala Harris,” Pence told the cheering crowd here in Orlando. “Some people think we did alright. But I want to clear: From where I was sitting, that debate was not just a debate between two candidates for vice president. It was a debate between two visions for America. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want higher taxes, open borders, socialized medicine; they want to abolish fossil fuels, and use taxpayer funding to pay for abortion. They want to defund the police. President Donald Trump’s vision is a little bit different. President Trump says rebuild our military. We cut taxes; we rolled back regulations, unleashed American energy, secured our border, supported law enforcement, life and liberty and the Constitution of the United States. When you compare the Biden-Harris agenda with our agenda, the choice is clear. If you cherish faith and freedom and law and order and life, then we need four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House.”
Pence’s team is riding high into the Sunshine State, too, as the latest public polling here shows Trump leading Biden in the final weeks by three points. That poll, from Fox35, correctly predicted the 2008 and 2016 elections. It show Trump performing strongly among Hispanic and black voters, but like other surveys it shows the president’s ticket underperforming 2016 numbers among seniors—a demographic that Biden is making a push for. Pence is working to hit both key demographics—Hispanics and seniors—with his pair of campaign events here on Saturday.
Helping energize Hispanic voters for the president are multiple factors, including a key endorsement in recent weeks from Puerto Rico’s Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced—an endorsement Pence hyped here—and strong support in the Cuban community in the state. Pence also made a key point to hype Trump’s word against Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, and standing up the communists in Cuba.
“Under President Donald Trump, we have stood for freedom across this hemisphere for all freedom-loving people,” Pence told the Latinos for Trump rally-goers here. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States was the first nation on earth to recognize President Juan Guaido as the only legitimate president of Venezuela. Under this president, America has been clear: Maduro must go and America will stand with the people of Venezuela. Under Joe Biden as vice president, he served at a time when America was appeasing the communist regime in Havana. President Donald Trump kept the promise that he made to Cuban Americans when he reversed the failed policies of the last administration toward Cuba. In this White House, it will always be Que Viva Cuba Libre.”
When Joe Biden was Vice President, America appeased the communist regime in Havana. President @realDonaldTrump kept his promise to Cuban Americans when he reversed the failed policies of the last administration. In this @WhiteHouse, it will always be que viva Cuba libre! — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) October 10, 2020
He also hyped economic successes the Trump administration has delivered for Hispanics.
“Nearly half of the jobs that were created in our first three years went to Hispanic Americans,” Pence said. “That’s what we call promises made and promises kept. So I’m excited to talk to you about that and see the enthusiasm here today on this cool and breezy day in Florida. President Trump is keeping his promises. It’s why Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced just endorsed President Donald Trump for re-election as President of the United States. This week, the governor of Puerto Rico asked people in that territory to vote for who’s been there for Puerto Rico in its most difficult moments. She said very plainly it is Donald Trump. She thanked the president for rebuilding Puerto Rico not just with words but with actions. She said thanks to the president’s leadership, pharmaceutical manufacturing is coming back to the island. China is fired and Puerto Rico is hired.”
These events along the I-4 corridor, which stretches from Daytona through Orlando down to Tampa, are key to the Trump team wooing seniors back from clutches of Biden and the Democrats. A key focus from Pence’s messaging on the trail is zoning in on just how radical the left truly is, and what that would mean for the general public if Biden and Harris were to win and be able to implement their agenda. That’s something Pence focused on in Wednesday’s debate with Harris, putting her on the hot seat on court-packing, fracking, China, and her questionable-at-best record as a prosecutor in San Francisco and in California.
The vice president’s trip here also comes less than two days before Judge Amy Coney Barrett is set to begin her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday morning, after Trump nominated her a couple weeks ago to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats and the establishment media have unleashed a barrage of vicious attacks against Barrett, targeting her faith and even her adopted children, in what is expected to be a fierce showdown in the Senate and in the public eye just before the election.
“Last month as a nation we paused to honor the life and service of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” Pence told the cheering crowd here. “When the memorials were over, President Trump fulfilled his duty under the Constitution of the United States and he nominated a principled, brilliant, conservative woman who believes in the Constitution to the Supreme Court. He nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett.”
As “Fill That Seat” chants broke out among the crowd, Pence turned and promised them that Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate will get it done. “Let me make you a promise: After the Senate gets done with the advisement and consent, we’re going to fill that seat,” Pence told the crowd which erupted in applause.
“I got to tell you, I’m a big fan of Judge Amy Coney Barrett—not just because she’s from Indiana, but she’s a truly remarkable person,” Pence continued. “She deserves a dignified hearing, a dignified and respectful hearing in the United States Senate. But, men and women, we have reason to be concerned. You all remember when she was appointed to the court of appeals just two years ago, the Democrat chairman of the Judiciary Committee criticized her Catholic faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said ‘the dogma lives loudly within you.’ Hollywood elites have already begun to criticize Judge Barrett and her family for their faith. Well, I got news for the Democrats and their friends in Hollywood: That dogma lives loudly in me. That dogma lives loudly in you. That’s the right to live and to worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the Constitution of the United States.”
The president has the lead in Florida—and its 29 electoral votes are crucial to his path to re-election. Assuming the president can keep Georgia, Texas, and Arizona red—those are three traditionally red states that Biden and Democrats hope to flip—and hold onto Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, and here in Florida, along with Maine’s Second District, he would be one state away from locking down a second term in the White House.
Public polling out of Georgia and Texas show those two states firmly back in the president’s column, after months of concern on both, and Arizona seems to be trending back that way too with a recent Trafalgar Group poll this week showing Trump back in the lead there. The Trump campaign feels so confident about Iowa and Ohio, too, that they pulled down television ad buys in both states to focus resources more effectively elsewhere. North Carolina’s public polling has been shifting back Trump’s way, too, all while the Democrats’ U.S. Senate candidate there Cal Cunningham is rocked by a serious sexting scandal that has found him under investigation by the U.S. Army Reserves for the inappropriate relationship with an enlisted serviceman’s wife. Public polling out of Maine’s Second District, from the Bangor Daily News, shows the president with a healthy 8 percent lead over Biden. If Trump holds all those plus all the other traditional red states together, he would be at 260 electoral votes and winning just any one of the upper rust belt states—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota—would put him over the top of the required 270 electoral votes necessary to win re-election.
Despite establishment media whining to the contrary, Biden’s campaign seems to understand this predicament—if Trump holds that core together, he would need to four-for-four in the upper rust belt to win—as evidenced by the former vice president’s campaign schedule. While he spent a large chunk of September not actually campaigning—Biden regularly calls a lid for the day well before lunchtime on the east coast—where he is spending his time when he does decide to campaign is indicative of what his campaign is concerned about. Biden, for instance, is again campaigning on Saturday in Pennsylvania—the state he has spent most of his time in. He also has traveled for events in recent weeks to Minnesota and Wisconsin, and has only made one trip—the day after the vice presidential debate—to Arizona, where he joined his running mate Harris to counter Pence on the ground on Thursday, and barely spent any time here in Florida either.
Republicans feel very confident about Florida, given a voter registration advantage in the state this year as Republicans have outpaced Democrats about two-to-one in ground game efforts. Recent trends in the state, too, show it shifting redder as in recent years the GOP has won most statewide contests since Trump’s 2016 panhandle-fueled victory. In 2018 in the midterm elections, despite a shellacking nationwide elsewhere when Democrats retook the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the GOP held the governor’s mansion as now Gov. Ron DeSantis fended off Democrat Andrew Gillum in a hard-fought battle and Republicans wiped out incumbent Democrat then-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) as now-Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) emerged victorious from that fight.
With the election just weeks away, and people nationwide already voting, surely anything can happen—especially in a state like Florida which despite its recent red-ward trend is still closely contested every go-around—but the Trump team believes this one is moving their way in the final days, a sigh of relief and a burst of energy for the president as he battles brutal national polls and an onslaught of attacks from his political opponents in the Democrat Party and the media. What’s more, emerging signs of Trump’s strength—according to the RealClearPolitics breakdown of battleground state polling the president is doing nearly a full percent better than this day in 2016, all while Gallup has recorded a record-high level at 56 percent of Americans who believe they are better off today than four years ago—are a shot in the arm for the campaign in the home stretch. With sweltering heat in the high 80s beating down on the crowd outside, Pence mid-speech joked that he didn’t know who set up this event outdoors.
“But I’m ready to take the heat to drive a victory,” Pence said.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--House Dems and Senate GOP Shoot Down $1.8 Trillion Relief Proposal

The White House 's latest coronavirus relief deal offer got shot down by both House Democratic leadership and Senate Republicans Saturday .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the White House 's roughly $ 1.8 trillion coronavirus relief offer as `` insufficient '' and said the Trump administration 's proposal on state and local aid , unemployment benefits and measures to fight the virus still falls short .
`` This proposal amounted to one step forward , two steps back , '' Pelosi said in a letter to her Democratic colleagues Saturday .
But in a sign of hope Pelosi said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House on finding a breakthrough deal to help American workers and businesses still reeling from the pandemic .
`` At this point , we still have disagreement on many priorities , and Democrats are awaiting language from the Administration on several provisions as the negotiations on the overall funding amount continue , '' Pelosi wrote .
TRUMP PREPARING NEW $ 1.8T CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE , URGES CONGRESS TO 'GO BIG' Meanwhile , several Senate Republicans rejected the framework for a big spending bill right before an election during a conference call Saturday with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin .
“ There ’ s no appetite right now to spend the White House number or the House number , ” said Sen. Lamar Alexander , R-Tenn. , two sources briefed on the call told Politico .
The senators made clear to the White House they want a targeted plan that addresses the needs of families , small businesses and schools , and would reject a `` Pelosi wish list , '' a source familiar with the call told Fox News .
Mnuchin on Friday made the biggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 1.8 and $ 1.9 trillion , according to Tyler Goodspeed , acting chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers .
It included a reload of the Paycheck Protection Program , an employee retention tax credit , a second round of direct stimulus payments , and support for the airlines and school reopenings , Goodspeed told Fox Business Friday .
It marks an increase from the $ 1.6 trillion the administration had previously proposed .
`` We think that this was a very solid offer , and it 's up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Goodspeed said .
Pelosi outlined in her letter the faults with the White House 's latest offer : • `` absence of any response on a strategic plan to crush the virus '' • $ 200 billion less than what Democrats want for expanded unemployment benefits • the inclusion of coronavirus lawsuit liability protections for businesses and not including stronger new worker safety standards • a $ 25 billion offer on child case assistance when Democrats want $ 57 billion '' At this point , the Trump proposal is insufficient in meeting families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Heroes Act , which secured tens of billions for direct relief and refundable credits , '' Pelosi wrote in reference to the $ 2.2 trillion legislation the House passed .
FED 'S POWELL URGES MORE FEDERAL STIMULUS TO HELP ECONOMY RECOVER FROM PANDEMIC For months , Congress has struggled to reach an agreement on additional stimulus .
Negotiations first collapsed in early August , prompting Trump to sign four executive measures intended to provide relief to families still reeling from the virus-induced crisis , including temporarily extending supplemental jobless aid at $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is beginning to expire , and lifelines that propped up the economy in the early weeks of the pandemic — like the $ 670 billion Paycheck Protection Program , a one-time $ 1,200 stimulus check and sweetened unemployment benefits — lapsed weeks ago .
Although Democrats and Republicans broadly agree that another bill is necessary to aid the economy 's recovery , they sharply disagree over the size and scope of it .
House Democrats passed a $ 2.2 trillion aid package last week , and the Trump administration countered with a $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as `` inadequate '' before the White House came back with the higher offer .
Talks appeared to hit a dead end on Tuesday when Trump tweeted that he had instructed Republicans to halt negotiations until after the election , jolting Wall Street and sending stocks tumbling .
But he swiftly reversed course , initially calling for piecemeal legislation , then renewing a push for a broader deal .
`` The president wants to do a deal , '' White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said during an interview with FOX Business ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get through the Democratic-controlled House and the GOP-controlled Senate , where Republicans are expressing concern about another massive spending initiative amid the nation 's ballooning deficit , which is projected to hit a record-shattering $ 3.3 trillion this year , according to the Congressional Budget Office .
TRUMP REJECTS DEMS ' CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PROPOSAL , CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS 'UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION '

The White House's latest coronavirus relief deal offer got shot down by both House Democratic leadership and Senate Republicans Saturday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the White House's roughly $1.8 trillion coronavirus relief offer as "insufficient" and said the Trump administration's proposal on state and local aid, unemployment benefits and measures to fight the virus still falls short.
"This proposal amounted to one step forward, two steps back," Pelosi said in a letter to her Democratic colleagues Saturday.
But in a sign of hope Pelosi said she's still communicating with the White House on finding a breakthrough deal to help American workers and businesses still reeling from the pandemic.
"At this point, we still have disagreement on many priorities, and Democrats are awaiting language from the Administration on several provisions as the negotiations on the overall funding amount continue," Pelosi wrote.
TRUMP PREPARING NEW $1.8T CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE, URGES CONGRESS TO 'GO BIG'
Meanwhile, several Senate Republicans rejected the framework for a big spending bill right before an election during a conference call Saturday with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
“There’s no appetite right now to spend the White House number or the House number,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., two sources briefed on the call told Politico.
The senators made clear to the White House they want a targeted plan that addresses the needs of families, small businesses and schools, and would reject a "Pelosi wish list," a source familiar with the call told Fox News.
Mnuchin on Friday made the biggest offer yet to Pelosi, at between $1.8 and $1.9 trillion, according to Tyler Goodspeed, acting chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
It included a reload of the Paycheck Protection Program, an employee retention tax credit, a second round of direct stimulus payments, and support for the airlines and school reopenings, Goodspeed told Fox Business Friday.
It marks an increase from the $1.6 trillion the administration had previously proposed.
"We think that this was a very solid offer, and it's up to the speaker to be reasonable," Goodspeed said.
Pelosi outlined in her letter the faults with the White House's latest offer:
"absence of any response on a strategic plan to crush the virus"
funding for state and local governments "remains sadly inadequate"
$200 billion less than what Democrats want for expanded unemployment benefits
the inclusion of coronavirus lawsuit liability protections for businesses and not including stronger new worker safety standards
plan doesn't include additional refundable tax credits: Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Child Dependent Care Tax Credit
a $25 billion offer on child case assistance when Democrats want $57 billion
"At this point, the Trump proposal is insufficient in meeting families’ needs, in stark contrast to the Heroes Act, which secured tens of billions for direct relief and refundable credits," Pelosi wrote in reference to the $2.2 trillion legislation the House passed.
FED'S POWELL URGES MORE FEDERAL STIMULUS TO HELP ECONOMY RECOVER FROM PANDEMIC
For months, Congress has struggled to reach an agreement on additional stimulus. Negotiations first collapsed in early August, prompting Trump to sign four executive measures intended to provide relief to families still reeling from the virus-induced crisis, including temporarily extending supplemental jobless aid at $300 a week.
But that aid is beginning to expire, and lifelines that propped up the economy in the early weeks of the pandemic — like the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program, a one-time $1,200 stimulus check and sweetened unemployment benefits — lapsed weeks ago.
PELOSI REJECTS STAND-ALONE AIRLINE VIRUS RELIEF BILL WITHOUT BROADER AID DEAL
Although Democrats and Republicans broadly agree that another bill is necessary to aid the economy's recovery, they sharply disagree over the size and scope of it. House Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion aid package last week, and the Trump administration countered with a $1.6 trillion plan. Pelosi rejected that as "inadequate" before the White House came back with the higher offer.
Talks appeared to hit a dead end on Tuesday when Trump tweeted that he had instructed Republicans to halt negotiations until after the election, jolting Wall Street and sending stocks tumbling. But he swiftly reversed course, initially calling for piecemeal legislation, then renewing a push for a broader deal.
"The president wants to do a deal," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said during an interview with FOX Business' Stuart Varney.
Any bill still needs to get through the Democratic-controlled House and the GOP-controlled Senate, where Republicans are expressing concern about another massive spending initiative amid the nation's ballooning deficit, which is projected to hit a record-shattering $3.3 trillion this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
TRUMP REJECTS DEMS' CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PROPOSAL, CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS 'UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION'
Fox Business' Megan Henney contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--President Trump Speaks at “Peaceful Protest for Law & Order”

President Trump on Saturday made his first public appearance at the White House since returning from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier this week -- paying tribute to law enforcement and warning of socialism if Democrats win in November .
“ We support you , we honor you , it ’ s a dangerous profession , ” he said of law enforcement in what the administration described as a “ peaceful protest for law and order .
“ They ’ ve been doing an incredible job and I just want to thank them on behalf of everyone here today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re safe .
TRUMP SAYS HE 'S 'MEDICATION FREE , ' DETAILS COVID-19 RECOVERY IN FIRST ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW SINCE DIAGNOSIS Trump tested positive Oct. 1 and was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with serious symptoms the next day .
He returned to the White House Monday , and has since made a number of virtual appearances on TV and radio , and in videos .
Trump spoke to hundreds of supporters from the White House balcony , during a speech in which he encouraged the crowd them to vote , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a calamitous approach to crime and poverty .
He warned of disaster , both in cities and on issues such as fracking , energy and school choice , if Democrats win the White House in November .
“ We can not allow our country to become a socialist nation , we can not let that happen , and that 's what would happen ... or worse , ” he said .
The event is likely to be scrutinized over whether it adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines .
It was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebration for Trump 's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court - now considered a “ superspreader ” event after a number of attendees tested postive .
Attendees for the balcony speech were required to bring masks to the event , or were given one .
They also had to fill out a health questionnaire and have their temperatures checked .
They were encouraged to follow CDC guidelines , including wearing masks and keeping social distance .
In Washington , restrictions prohibit gatherings of more than 50 people and masks are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apply on federal land .
Trump thanked the crowd for its support during his hospitalization and made reference to the controversail drive-by visit he made to those gathered near Walter Reed .
“ In that hospital I was watching down over so many people , and I went out to say hello to those people and I took a little heat for it , but I ’ d do it again , let me tell you ” The event is in line with one of Trump ’ s central messages to voters : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who will protect police and restore order where there have been riots and a rise in violent crime .
ORGANIZERS SCRAP NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AFTER TRUMP SAID HE WOULD N'T AGREE TO VIRTUAL FORMAT He has attempted to paint Democratic opponent Joe Biden as beholden to calls to defund police coming from the far left of the party -- a claim denied by Biden , who has instead accused Trump of pulling resources away from police .
Saturday ’ s event marks the beginning of a return to public events for Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away .
Trump plans to follow the White House event with a Monday rally in Florida , originally scheduled for last week .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP However , not everything is back on schedule .
A debate next week between Trump and Biden was canceled after the Commission on Presidential Debates said it would shift to a virtual format -- a proposal Trump described as a “ waste of time.
” Both candidates have agreed to participate at an Oct. 22 in-person debate at Belmont University in Nashville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Associated Press contributed to this report .

President Trump on Saturday made his first public appearance at the White House since returning from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier this week -- paying tribute to law enforcement and warning of socialism if Democrats win in November.
“We support you, we honor you, it’s a dangerous profession,” he said of law enforcement in what the administration described as a “peaceful protest for law and order. “They’ve been doing an incredible job and I just want to thank them on behalf of everyone here today because that’s why we’re safe.
TRUMP SAYS HE'S 'MEDICATION FREE,' DETAILS COVID-19 RECOVERY IN FIRST ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW SINCE DIAGNOSIS
Trump tested positive Oct. 1 and was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with serious symptoms the next day. He returned to the White House Monday, and has since made a number of virtual appearances on TV and radio, and in videos.
Trump spoke to hundreds of supporters from the White House balcony, during a speech in which he encouraged the crowd them to vote, while hitting Democrats on what he called a calamitous approach to crime and poverty.
He warned of disaster, both in cities and on issues such as fracking, energy and school choice, if Democrats win the White House in November.
“We cannot allow our country to become a socialist nation, we cannot let that happen, and that's what would happen...or worse,” he said.
The event is likely to be scrutinized over whether it adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. It was near the location of the Sept. 26 celebration for Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court - now considered a “superspreader” event after a number of attendees tested postive.
Attendees for the balcony speech were required to bring masks to the event, or were given one. They also had to fill out a health questionnaire and have their temperatures checked. They were encouraged to follow CDC guidelines, including wearing masks and keeping social distance.
In Washington, restrictions prohibit gatherings of more than 50 people and masks are mandatory -- but such rules do not apply on federal land.
Trump thanked the crowd for its support during his hospitalization and made reference to the controversail drive-by visit he made to those gathered near Walter Reed.
“In that hospital I was watching down over so many people, and I went out to say hello to those people and I took a little heat for it, but I’d do it again, let me tell you”
The event is in line with one of Trump’s central messages to voters: He is a law and order candidate who will protect police and restore order where there have been riots and a rise in violent crime.
ORGANIZERS SCRAP NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AFTER TRUMP SAID HE WOULDN'T AGREE TO VIRTUAL FORMAT
He has attempted to paint Democratic opponent Joe Biden as beholden to calls to defund police coming from the far left of the party -- a claim denied by Biden, who has instead accused Trump of pulling resources away from police.
Saturday’s event marks the beginning of a return to public events for Trump, with Election Day just over three weeks away. Trump plans to follow the White House event with a Monday rally in Florida, originally scheduled for last week.
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However, not everything is back on schedule. A debate next week between Trump and Biden was canceled after the Commission on Presidential Debates said it would shift to a virtual format -- a proposal Trump described as a “waste of time.”
Both candidates have agreed to participate at an Oct. 22 in-person debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., the commission said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--Yale Discriminates Based on Race, Data Reveals

Black applicants to Yale University are up to eight times more likely to be admitted than Asian applicants with the same level of academic skill , a disparity that the Department of Justice says violates federal law .
In a lawsuit filed Thursday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut , the DOJ alleged that Yale was in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act , which prohibits racial discrimination by institutions that receive federal funds .
In its 32-page complaint , the department documents Yale 's use of race as a factor at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ details statistical evidence that students of similar academic skill but different racial groups face wildly divergent admissions chances .
The suit follows DOJ 's official request that Yale cease its use of race as an admissions factor , itself the result of a multi-year investigation into Yale 's admissions practices .
Although the two institutions negotiated extensively since that request was made in August , a DOJ official told the Washington Free Beacon , Yale has refused to alter its admissions process , necessitating legal action .
Yale president Peter Salovey contested the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community , writing that they were claimed on `` inaccurate statistics and unfounded conclusions , '' and reiterated his view that `` Yale does not discriminate against applicants of any race or ethnicity . ''
If accurate , DOJ 's allegations provide new evidence of systematic racial discrimination against Asian and white applicants within the Ivy League .
As with other pending lawsuits , the charges could give the most conservative Supreme Court in a generation the chance to upend a 40-year-old system of affirmative action .
But the election of Democratic presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case gutted , putting the fate of thousands of higher education applicants on the line in the coming election .
Current Supreme Court precedent carves a narrow path for schools to engage in affirmative action , permitting the use of race as one of many factors in a holistic judgment of a candidate but prohibiting the systematic use of racial quotas .
DOJ maintains that Yale is engaged in the latter , citing data the school released to the department and as part of annual reporting to the Department of Education .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DOJ argues , Yale has consistently ensured that its freshman class is between roughly 6 and 8 percent black , an illegal `` racial balancing . ''
Salovey claimed that over the same period the racial composition of admitted applicants `` fluctuated significantly for all groups '' but did not address the concerns about black students specifically .
Data on the 2017 and 2018 applicant pools , released by Yale to DOJ , show bigger signs of discrimination .
In those classes , about 6.4 percent of white and Asian applicants were admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 9.5 percent of black applicants .
But those numbers mask gaping disparities that become apparent when comparing applicants ' academic achievement , as measured by an `` academic index '' in use across the Ivy League .
By that measure , the admissions chances of students of similar academic achievement vary wildly based on race .
Black applicants above the second decile of academic skill are consistently five to eight times more likely to be admitted compared with their Asian counterparts ; Hispanic applicants are two to four times more likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argues , are driven by Yale 's use of race at every step of the admissions process .
According to the complaint , application readers are encouraged to use race as an explicit factor in grading the quality of an applicant ; Yale also regularly `` bops '' white and Asian applicants , replacing them with black or Hispanic applicants to maintain the class 's racial composition .
Yale may now move to dismiss or file an answer to the DOJ 's complaint .
A motion for dismissal will result in a brief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if Yale answers the complaint , then DOJ expects to begin the process of discovery , using the power of the courts to extract the admissions data that Yale has thus far not released .
At present , the DOJ official said , the department expects that this case could go all the way to the Supreme Court , giving a more sympathetic body the chance to revisit affirmative action rulings and the first opportunity to consider how the Civil Rights Act governs affirmative action at private institutions .
That makes Thursday 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to challenge universities ' engagement with race .
In September , the Department of Education announced it would investigate Princeton University for violation of Title VI after the school 's president claimed that `` racism '' persists at Princeton .
And a coterie of Asian students and parents under the banner of Students for Fair Admissions are continuing their legal battle against Harvard University , alleging the same unfair treatment that Asian applicants to Yale face .
`` We are grateful the U.S. Justice Department has filed this important civil rights lawsuit against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blum told the Free Beacon .
`` For too long , agencies of the federal government have turned a blind eye to the blatant discrimination directed against Asian Americans and whites in college admissions policies .
It is our hope that this lawsuit eventually will contribute to the end of racial classifications and preferences at all U.S. colleges and universities . ''
One thing , however , could stand between DOJ and successful litigation against Yale : the November election .
Democrats have been broadly critical of President Donald Trump 's prosecutorial focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a partisan attack .
The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment as to whether or not Biden would continue the lawsuit against Yale if elected .

Black applicants to Yale University are up to eight times more likely to be admitted than Asian applicants with the same level of academic skill, a disparity that the Department of Justice says violates federal law.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the DOJ alleged that Yale was in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination by institutions that receive federal funds. In its 32-page complaint, the department documents Yale's use of race as a factor at every step of its admissions process and details statistical evidence that students of similar academic skill but different racial groups face wildly divergent admissions chances.
The suit follows DOJ's official request that Yale cease its use of race as an admissions factor, itself the result of a multi-year investigation into Yale's admissions practices. Although the two institutions negotiated extensively since that request was made in August, a DOJ official told the Washington Free Beacon, Yale has refused to alter its admissions process, necessitating legal action.
Yale president Peter Salovey contested the charges in a letter to the Yale community, writing that they were claimed on "inaccurate statistics and unfounded conclusions," and reiterated his view that "Yale does not discriminate against applicants of any race or ethnicity."
If accurate, DOJ's allegations provide new evidence of systematic racial discrimination against Asian and white applicants within the Ivy League. As with other pending lawsuits, the charges could give the most conservative Supreme Court in a generation the chance to upend a 40-year-old system of affirmative action. But the election of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden could also see the case gutted, putting the fate of thousands of higher education applicants on the line in the coming election.
Current Supreme Court precedent carves a narrow path for schools to engage in affirmative action, permitting the use of race as one of many factors in a holistic judgment of a candidate but prohibiting the systematic use of racial quotas. DOJ maintains that Yale is engaged in the latter, citing data the school released to the department and as part of annual reporting to the Department of Education.
For at least the past two decades, DOJ argues, Yale has consistently ensured that its freshman class is between roughly 6 and 8 percent black, an illegal "racial balancing." Salovey claimed that over the same period the racial composition of admitted applicants "fluctuated significantly for all groups" but did not address the concerns about black students specifically.
Data on the 2017 and 2018 applicant pools, released by Yale to DOJ, show bigger signs of discrimination. In those classes, about 6.4 percent of white and Asian applicants were admitted, compared with 8.3 percent of Hispanic and 9.5 percent of black applicants. But those numbers mask gaping disparities that become apparent when comparing applicants' academic achievement, as measured by an "academic index" in use across the Ivy League.
By that measure, the admissions chances of students of similar academic achievement vary wildly based on race. Black applicants above the second decile of academic skill are consistently five to eight times more likely to be admitted compared with their Asian counterparts; Hispanic applicants are two to four times more likely to be admitted.
These disparities, DOJ argues, are driven by Yale's use of race at every step of the admissions process. According to the complaint, application readers are encouraged to use race as an explicit factor in grading the quality of an applicant; Yale also regularly "bops" white and Asian applicants, replacing them with black or Hispanic applicants to maintain the class's racial composition.
Yale may now move to dismiss or file an answer to the DOJ's complaint. A motion for dismissal will result in a brief before a judge by both sides; if Yale answers the complaint, then DOJ expects to begin the process of discovery, using the power of the courts to extract the admissions data that Yale has thus far not released.
At present, the DOJ official said, the department expects that this case could go all the way to the Supreme Court, giving a more sympathetic body the chance to revisit affirmative action rulings and the first opportunity to consider how the Civil Rights Act governs affirmative action at private institutions.
That makes Thursday's lawsuit one of several legal actions seeking to challenge universities' engagement with race. In September, the Department of Education announced it would investigate Princeton University for violation of Title VI after the school's president claimed that "racism" persists at Princeton. And a coterie of Asian students and parents under the banner of Students for Fair Admissions are continuing their legal battle against Harvard University, alleging the same unfair treatment that Asian applicants to Yale face.
"We are grateful the U.S. Justice Department has filed this important civil rights lawsuit against Yale University," SFFA president Edward Blum told the Free Beacon. "For too long, agencies of the federal government have turned a blind eye to the blatant discrimination directed against Asian Americans and whites in college admissions policies. It is our hope that this lawsuit eventually will contribute to the end of racial classifications and preferences at all U.S. colleges and universities."
One thing, however, could stand between DOJ and successful litigation against Yale: the November election. Democrats have been broadly critical of President Donald Trump's prosecutorial focus on higher education, dismissing it as a partisan attack. The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment as to whether or not Biden would continue the lawsuit against Yale if elected.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--Minneapolis Business Owner Threatens to Sue Mayor For Failing to Reign in Violence in Area

A Minneapolis business owner is threatening to sue Mayor Jacob Frey ( D. ) and the city council for creating a `` lawless '' zone near his establishment .
Mark Thompson , a lawyer representing the owner of grocery store Cup Foods , sent a letter to city officials last week demanding they remove barricades blocking off the area—which some are calling an `` autonomous zone '' —around where George Floyd was killed in May .
Floyd died in a police confrontation after a Cup Foods employee reported him for allegedly using a counterfeit $ 20 bill at the store @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area has become `` too dangerous to conduct business '' at night due to the barricades and the city ’ s failure to provide adequate policing .
`` After dark , the area is basically a lawless zone that is too dangerous to conduct business , '' the letter says .
`` In fact , due to the City ’ s barricades and refusal to provide law enforcement in the area , the City has created and is maintaining this lawless zone .
This is unacceptable . ''
Jamar Nelson , a spokesman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an ABC affiliate , that crime has `` absolutely '' increased in the area as a result of the city ’ s actions .
`` Absolutely crime has increased , '' Nelson said .
`` And I think that other businesses have also talked about how they ’ re losing tens of thousands of dollars a month because people can ’ t come in .
Businesses suffer because of what ’ s going on , and that ’ s a darn shame . ''
Nelson added that it would be `` dangerous '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action to reduce crime in the area .
`` We can not sit idly by and watch crime increase , with our eyes wide shut , '' Nelson said .
`` That is just dangerous . ''
Floyd ’ s death sparked a wave of protests and riots across the country this summer .
In response , Minneapolis City Council at one point voted to abolish the city ’ s police department—though they later complained that police were not doing enough to address the uptick in crime .
The Star Tribune reported in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neighborhoods `` suffered the most '' from the crime increase that corresponded with this summer ’ s riots .
Violent crimes in Minneapolis are up more than 20 percent this year , according to the Minneapolis police department ’ s most recent crime data .

A Minneapolis business owner is threatening to sue Mayor Jacob Frey (D.) and the city council for creating a "lawless" zone near his establishment.
Mark Thompson, a lawyer representing the owner of grocery store Cup Foods, sent a letter to city officials last week demanding they remove barricades blocking off the area—which some are calling an "autonomous zone"—around where George Floyd was killed in May. Floyd died in a police confrontation after a Cup Foods employee reported him for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at the store. According to the letter, the area has become "too dangerous to conduct business" at night due to the barricades and the city’s failure to provide adequate policing.
"After dark, the area is basically a lawless zone that is too dangerous to conduct business," the letter says. "In fact, due to the City’s barricades and refusal to provide law enforcement in the area, the City has created and is maintaining this lawless zone. This is unacceptable."
Jamar Nelson, a spokesman for Cup Foods, told KSTP-TV, an ABC affiliate, that crime has "absolutely" increased in the area as a result of the city’s actions.
"Absolutely crime has increased," Nelson said. "And I think that other businesses have also talked about how they’re losing tens of thousands of dollars a month because people can’t come in. Businesses suffer because of what’s going on, and that’s a darn shame."
Nelson added that it would be "dangerous" for the city to refrain from taking action to reduce crime in the area.
"We cannot sit idly by and watch crime increase, with our eyes wide shut," Nelson said. "That is just dangerous."
Floyd’s death sparked a wave of protests and riots across the country this summer. In response, Minneapolis City Council at one point voted to abolish the city’s police department—though they later complained that police were not doing enough to address the uptick in crime. The Star Tribune reported in September that the city’s poorest neighborhoods "suffered the most" from the crime increase that corresponded with this summer’s riots. Violent crimes in Minneapolis are up more than 20 percent this year, according to the Minneapolis police department’s most recent crime data.


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--Adam Schiff Favors Doing Away With the Electoral College

On Friday ’ s broadcast of HBO ’ s “ Real Time , ” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam @ @ @ @ @ that he would support amending the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College .
Schiff responded @ @ @ @ @ Bill Maher on what changes he would support making to the Constitution by saying , @ @ @ @ @ re better off focusing on discrete amendments to the Constitution to overturn Citizens United and @ @ @ @ @ have elections untampered or uninfluenced by excessive expenditures and dark money .
And I would @ @ @ @ @ Electoral College system , which I think is – .
”

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he would support amending the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College.
Schiff responded to a question from host Bill Maher on what changes he would support making to the Constitution by saying, “I think we’re better off focusing on discrete amendments to the Constitution to overturn Citizens United and make sure that we can have elections untampered or uninfluenced by excessive expenditures and dark money. And I would favor doing away with the Electoral College system, which I think is –.”
Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett


bonginoreport--2020-10-10--NY Times Quietly Scrubs Bizarre Trump Conspiracy Theory From Its Site

It should not be this easy for a conspiracy theory to make its way into the pages of the most powerful newspaper in the United States .
Yet it is .
The New York Times this week promoted a deranged , easily debunked rumor that President Trump ’ s Oct. 8 video address to senior citizens was shot inside a studio and digitally manipulated to make it appear as if it was recorded on the White House lawn .
The paper then stealth-edited the article to remove its initial attempt to legitimize this bizarre rumor .
There is no editor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And don ’ t hold your breath waiting for an apology or even a concession from the New York Times .
In fact , the way things are going over there , the since-amended report will probably win a Pulitzer Prize .
The White House released Trump ’ s address to senior citizens at 1:13 pm on Oct. 8 .
Political commentators , including MSNBC ’ s Chris Hayes , and other assorted anti-Trump “ resistance ” types , immediately pounced , claiming the footage obviously was shot in front of a green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theory-mongering suggested , is trying to make Trump , who was diagnosed last week with COVID-19 , appear healthier and peppier than he really is .
But Trump clearly appeared in-person on the White House lawn , said multiple individuals with knowledge of audio and video editing .
At a little past 5:30 pm on Oct. 8 , BuzzFeed News published a definitive conspiracy theory debunker titled , “ No , That Trump Video Isn ’ t Green-Screened.
” “ Trump is actually standing outside the White House in his latest video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reads .
Yet , somehow , despite the widespread debunking of the stupid green screen idiocy , the conspiracy theory appeared later that evening in a New York Times report titled , “ Trump Lashes Out at His Aides With Calls to Indict Political Rivals.
” The article , authored by reporters Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman , published at around 9:00 pm .
It claimed originally : This is complete nonsense , according to BuzzFeed News and those who understand audio and video editing , including Washington Examiner commentator and video editor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a video loop or green screen , ” said Hashmi , “ it 's from lossy video compression .
Basically , each individual frame got a bit distorted , and so the frames sorta bleed together.
” Almost as disturbing as the fact that the New York Times promoted some grade-A grassy knoll nonsense is that all references to the green screen conspiracy theory were removed from the report at around 11:18 pm , according to NewsDiffs .
There has been no explanation , no apology , and no public acknowledgment whatsoever from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dive into Alex Jones-style misinformation .
Nothing .
Now is the part where we mention that New York Times journalists Gina Kolata , Roni Caryn Rabin , Katie Thomas , and Katherine J. Wu also contributed to the since-amended report .
Six people worked on this story , and not even one of them ( or their editors ) caught the already debunked green screen nonsense .
Truly , we live in a golden age of journalism .

It should not be this easy for a conspiracy theory to make its way into the pages of the most powerful newspaper in the United States.
Yet it is.
The New York Times this week promoted a deranged, easily debunked rumor that President Trump’s Oct. 8 video address to senior citizens was shot inside a studio and digitally manipulated to make it appear as if it was recorded on the White House lawn.
The paper then stealth-edited the article to remove its initial attempt to legitimize this bizarre rumor. There is no editor’s note explaining the changes. And don’t hold your breath waiting for an apology or even a concession from the New York Times. In fact, the way things are going over there, the since-amended report will probably win a Pulitzer Prize.
The White House released Trump’s address to senior citizens at 1:13 pm on Oct. 8.
Political commentators, including MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, and other assorted anti-Trump “resistance” types, immediately pounced, claiming the footage obviously was shot in front of a green screen. The White House, their conspiracy theory-mongering suggested, is trying to make Trump, who was diagnosed last week with COVID-19, appear healthier and peppier than he really is.
But Trump clearly appeared in-person on the White House lawn, said multiple individuals with knowledge of audio and video editing.
At a little past 5:30 pm on Oct. 8, BuzzFeed News published a definitive conspiracy theory debunker titled, “No, That Trump Video Isn’t Green-Screened.”
“Trump is actually standing outside the White House in his latest video,” the article’s subhead reads.
Yet, somehow, despite the widespread debunking of the stupid green screen idiocy, the conspiracy theory appeared later that evening in a New York Times report titled, “Trump Lashes Out at His Aides With Calls to Indict Political Rivals.”
The article, authored by reporters Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, published at around 9:00 pm. It claimed originally:
In the video, Mr. Trump was shown on the South Lawn of the White House hundreds of feet away from the mansion, but it appeared to be a digital backdrop as leaves blowing in the wind behind him could be seen repeating on a loop. Judd Deere, a White House spokesman, insisted that ‘he was definitely outside.’ Mr. Trump has not appeared before news cameras since his return from Walter Reed on Monday evening.
This is complete nonsense, according to BuzzFeed News and those who understand audio and video editing, including Washington Examiner commentator and video editor Siraj Hashmi.
“It's not a video loop or green screen,” said Hashmi, “it's from lossy video compression. Basically, each individual frame got a bit distorted, and so the frames sorta bleed together.”
Almost as disturbing as the fact that the New York Times promoted some grade-A grassy knoll nonsense is that all references to the green screen conspiracy theory were removed from the report at around 11:18 pm, according to NewsDiffs.
There has been no explanation, no apology, and no public acknowledgment whatsoever from the New York Times for its humiliating dive into Alex Jones-style misinformation. Nothing.
Now is the part where we mention that New York Times journalists Gina Kolata, Roni Caryn Rabin, Katie Thomas, and Katherine J. Wu also contributed to the since-amended report.
Six people worked on this story, and not even one of them (or their editors) caught the already debunked green screen nonsense.
Truly, we live in a golden age of journalism.