wnd--2020-05-27--The 'intelligence bombshell' that never went off

There has been considerable talk about the Jan. 5 , 2017 , White House gathering of conspirators hoping to unseat Donald Trump .
Two weeks later National Security Adviser Susan Rice memorialized the meeting in a memo to self that has forever turned the phrase `` by the book '' into a punch line .
There has been considerably less talk about the meeting or series of meeting in the White House Situation Room in early August 2016 .
The primary source on these meetings is the Washington Post .
The Post reported on them in a breathless , 8,000-word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a testament to the willing gullibility of the Post and the media in general .
As late as June 2017 , the Post was still calling Russia 's alleged election interference `` the crime of the century , an unprecedented and largely successful destabilizing attack on American democracy . ''
The article opens melodramatically : `` An envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House .
Sent by courier from the CIA , it carried 'eyes only ' instructions that its contents be shown to just four people : President Barack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inside the envelope , the team of Post reporters assures us , was an `` intelligence bombshell . ''
Allegedly `` drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government , '' the report claimed that Vladimir Putin had `` direct involvement '' in a cyber campaign designed both to disrupt the 2016 election and to elect Donald Trump .
The report also claimed to have captured `` specific instructions '' on how Putin was to carry out this plot .
The report led to a series of meetings so sensitive the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the planning sessions for the Osama bin Laden raid .
At first , the Post insists , only four senior security officials were allowed to attend : James Clapper , James Comey , Loretta Lynch and John Brennan , who seems to have all but dictated the article .
The Inspector General 's Report lacked the clarity of the Post article , in part because Comey , when questioned , was evasive about any meetings at this time .
Comey told the Office of the Inspector General ( OIG ) he thought it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nature of the FBI 's efforts , '' but insisted he did not provide `` any specifics . ''
Well , hardly any specifics : Comey did implicate four individuals with , in his own words , `` some association or connection to the Trump campaign . ''
Comey also acknowledged that Brennan , Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and National Security Adviser Susan Rice were in attendance as well as Obama .
In short , Obama knew by early August 2016 that the FBI was investigating the Trump campaign 's possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gradually , the circle widened to include Vice President Biden and others , '' the Post reports .
One of those included seems to have been the FBI 's notorious Peter Strzok .
Although Strzok told the OIG `` he never attended any White House briefings about Crossfire Hurricane , '' he certainly gave his lover Lisa Page the impression he attended an early August 2016 meeting in the White House .
Late in the day on Aug. 5 , texting with Page , he quoted an unnamed bigwig , likely Brennan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is running this . ''
Curiously , the IG Report does not mention this text .
Strzok claimed to have pushed back not because of any perceived impropriety but because the White House was intruding on FBI turf .
The Post , however , does n't mention Strzok .
John Brennan was clearly the star of an article that also included an oversized photo of the surly former CIA director .
`` The intelligence on Putin was extraordinary on multiple levels , '' the Post gushes , `` including as a feat of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that proved `` far more worrisome '' than even Trump-Russia collusion was `` the prospect of a cyber-assault on voting systems before and on Election Day . ''
As the Post acknowledges , however , despite the Republicans ' refusal to allow Homeland Security to take over the election , `` there were no meltdowns in the United States ' voting infrastructure on Nov. 8 , no evidence of hacking-related fraud , crashing of electronic ballots or manipulation of vote counts . ''
There was also no collusion and still no proof that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years later , unless Brennan 's intelligence was some subset of the Christopher Steele 's memos , it has not otherwise surfaced .
No bombshell ever exploded .
A thing called `` the internet '' keeps articles like this permanently in play .
One would think the Post would beg its readers forgiveness for misleading them so badly .
One way to atone would be for the Post to go back to its two-dozen sources and find out who attended those early August meetings and what they really talked about .
Jack Cashill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' is available for pre-order at Amazon .

There has been considerable talk about the Jan. 5, 2017, White House gathering of conspirators hoping to unseat Donald Trump.
Two weeks later National Security Adviser Susan Rice memorialized the meeting in a memo to self that has forever turned the phrase "by the book" into a punch line.
There has been considerably less talk about the meeting or series of meeting in the White House Situation Room in early August 2016.
The primary source on these meetings is the Washington Post. The Post reported on them in a breathless, 8,000-word June 2017 article that today stands as a testament to the willing gullibility of the Post and the media in general.
As late as June 2017, the Post was still calling Russia's alleged election interference "the crime of the century, an unprecedented and largely successful destabilizing attack on American democracy."
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The article opens melodramatically: "An envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried 'eyes only' instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides."
Inside the envelope, the team of Post reporters assures us, was an "intelligence bombshell." Allegedly "drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government," the report claimed that Vladimir Putin had "direct involvement" in a cyber campaign designed both to disrupt the 2016 election and to elect Donald Trump.
The report also claimed to have captured "specific instructions" on how Putin was to carry out this plot.
The report led to a series of meetings so sensitive the White House used the same protocols allegedly used during the planning sessions for the Osama bin Laden raid.
At first, the Post insists, only four senior security officials were allowed to attend: James Clapper, James Comey, Loretta Lynch and John Brennan, who seems to have all but dictated the article.
The Inspector General's Report lacked the clarity of the Post article, in part because Comey, when questioned, was evasive about any meetings at this time.
Comey told the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) he thought it important that "the president know the nature of the FBI's efforts," but insisted he did not provide "any specifics."
Well, hardly any specifics: Comey did implicate four individuals with, in his own words, "some association or connection to the Trump campaign."
Comey also acknowledged that Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and National Security Adviser Susan Rice were in attendance as well as Obama.
In short, Obama knew by early August 2016 that the FBI was investigating the Trump campaign's possible involvement in a collusion plot.
"Gradually, the circle widened to include Vice President Biden and others," the Post reports. One of those included seems to have been the FBI's notorious Peter Strzok.
Although Strzok told the OIG "he never attended any White House briefings about Crossfire Hurricane," he certainly gave his lover Lisa Page the impression he attended an early August 2016 meeting in the White House.
Late in the day on Aug. 5, texting with Page, he quoted an unnamed bigwig, likely Brennan, as saying, "The White House is running this." Curiously, the IG Report does not mention this text.
Strzok claimed to have pushed back not because of any perceived impropriety but because the White House was intruding on FBI turf.
The Post, however, doesn't mention Strzok. John Brennan was clearly the star of an article that also included an oversized photo of the surly former CIA director.
"The intelligence on Putin was extraordinary on multiple levels," the Post gushes, "including as a feat of espionage."
The intelligence Brennan shared that proved "far more worrisome" than even Trump-Russia collusion was "the prospect of a cyber-assault on voting systems before and on Election Day."
As the Post acknowledges, however, despite the Republicans' refusal to allow Homeland Security to take over the election, "there were no meltdowns in the United States' voting infrastructure on Nov. 8, no evidence of hacking-related fraud, crashing of electronic ballots or manipulation of vote counts."
There was also no collusion and still no proof that Russia hacked the DNC servers.
Four years later, unless Brennan's intelligence was some subset of the Christopher Steele's memos, it has not otherwise surfaced. No bombshell ever exploded.
A thing called "the internet" keeps articles like this permanently in play. One would think the Post would beg its readers forgiveness for misleading them so badly.
One way to atone would be for the Post to go back to its two-dozen sources and find out who attended those early August meetings and what they really talked about.
Jack Cashill's forthcoming book, "Unmasking Obama," is available for pre-order at Amazon.


wnd--2020-05-27--Here's why 'Obamagate' scandals matter

Here's why 'Obamagate' scandals matter

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Amid the flurry of details about spying on Michael Flynn , lying to secret courts about Carter Page , leaking classified documents , and more , it ’ s easy to get lost in the muck .
It ’ s important to stand back , identify the worst abuses , and explain why they matter for American democracy .
These abuses didn ’ t simply follow each other ; their targets , goals , and principal players overlapped .
Taken together , they represent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ norms and legal protections in American history .
Whether you are Democrat or Republican , whether you like Donald Trump or loathe him , these violations matter .
Some call this debacle “ Obamagate ” since the key officials were his appointees and the White House was directly involved .
But they got plenty of help .
Some came from the permanent bureaucracy , especially in law enforcement and intelligence .
Still more came from the mainstream media , which served as conduits for classified leaks aimed at Trump , his campaign , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three years , the media ’ s top story was “ Trump colluded with Russia.
” When that imploded after the Mueller Report , they moved on to impeachment .
The entrenched elites behind these scandals are the Swamp at its most sulfurous .
They spied illegally on Americans and used powerful tools of government to damage the party-out-of-power , its outsider candidate , and then his new presidency .
It ’ s worse than a single surveillance scandal .
It ’ s three huge ones , intertwined .
All were abuses of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No .
1 : Massive , illegal surveillance of American citizens , using the database of the National Security Agency During the second term of President Obama , and perhaps earlier , private firms from outside the government were allowed to trawl through the massive NSA database of phone calls , emails , and text messages .
Without any warrants , they spied on vast numbers of American citizens .
The public still doesn ’ t know who did it , who authorized it , or how the metadata was used .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the agency ’ s head , Adm. Mike Rogers , learned about it .
He stopped it immediately and reported it to the Rosemary Collyer , chief judge of the FISA ( Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ) Court .
Judge Collyer issued a scathing , heavily redacted report about the illegal activity , but , so far , no one has been indicted .
Scandal No .
2 : Spying on the Trump campaign When NSA surveillance was halted , the Obama administration lost its secret eyes on domestic political activity and especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regain that vision , the CIA and FBI launched new surveillance efforts .
Three elements stand out .
First , the executive branch , then controlled by Democrats , was determined to spy on the opposition party .
Second , much of the spying was conducted by agencies that are limited , by law , to foreign operations .
Since their goal was actually domestic surveillance and since that was illegal , they apparently outsourced some of it to friendly foreign governments , who relayed the information back to Washington .
Third , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump aides who were not actually suspected of crimes , they couldn ’ t get regular warrants .
To work around that , the FBI ( under James Comey ) and Department of Justice ( under Loretta Lynch ) falsely claimed the targets were foreign spies , making them eligible for FISA warrants .
They also tried to entrap them ( with help from CIA assets abroad ) , hoping they would commit illegal acts or say their colleagues had done so .
We know the FBI and CIA did all that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the details .
We know , too , that the FBI and DoJ used opposition-party research and worthless gossip ( the “ Steele Dossier ” ) to gain the secret warrants on Carter Page .
The second-ranking official in Comey ’ s FBI , Andrew McCabe , testified the warrants would never had been issued without the Steele material .
Yet the FBI and DoJ never told the court it was unverified and never said who commissioned it .
Before the warrant was renewed , the FBI finally spoke with Steele ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the information was garbage .
Instead of telling the court immediately , the bureau simply said the sub-source was truthful and falsely implied he backed Steele .
This dunghill of deceit should lead to criminal indictments and major civil suits for damages .
Scandal No .
3 : Covering up this spying , continuing it during the new administration , charging that Trump was not legitimately elected , and impeding his presidency with major investigations , based on false charges After Trump was elected , top officials from the outgoing administration made two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hide the earlier spying and continue it during the new presidency , using holdover officials and friendly bureaucrats .
The second was to entangle the new administration in a series of sprawling investigations designed to prevent it from governing , even though Republicans had won the White House and both branches of Congress .
The Obama team did whatever it could to bring down the new administration , primarily with accusations Trump had won with Russia ’ s help .
They went even further , saying Trump ’ s campaign had actively worked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treason .
There was no evidence for it , but the mainstream media , led by the New York Times , Washington Post and all cable news channels except Fox , promoted it nonstop .
The implication was clear : Because Trump was elected with help from a foreign enemy , he was not a legitimate president .
This accusation has been the leitmotif of Democratic Party messaging and mainstream media coverage for the entire Trump presidency .
Proving these specious accusations was the main task of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller , appointed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI director told Congress his leaks were designed to force Mueller ’ s appointment .
Mueller ’ s deputy , Andrew Weissmann , appointed a team of virulently anti-Trump lawyers to investigate and prosecute .
From the beginning , the Mueller team should have known , as the FBI did , that the charge of “ Russian collusion ” was false .
Despite a massive , prolonged investigation , the Office of Special Counsel never charged any American ( inside or outside the Trump campaign ) with helping the Russians during the 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigation , hiding exculpatory evidence , trying to catch Trump officials in false statements , and using strong-arm tactics to force confessions .
The great prize would be nailing Trump himself .
That failed , of course , but , as long as Mueller ’ s investigation continued , the thunderclouds of legal peril and a fraudulent election hung over the presidency .
The House Intelligence Committee knew the truth , early on , after conducting classified interviews with top Obama officials .
The committee , controlled by Republicans in 2017-18 , asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement , intelligence , and national security if they had any evidence the Trump campaign actually colluded with Russia .
Every single one , testifying under oath , said they did not .
In public , however , they said the exact opposite .
Their false statements to the cameras carried weight because the public assumed , reasonably enough , that these former officials must have seen damning classified evidence .
They hadn ’ t .
Still , they spewed devastating anti-Trump messages the mainstream media was eager to broadcast .
“ Trump-Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three years .
And it wasn ’ t true .
The whole ruse would be exposed if the secret testimony were released .
That ’ s why Democrats blocked it after they won the House .
That ’ s why committee Chairman Adam Schiff could say , again and again , he had clear evidence Trump colluded with Russia .
Similar messages came from Comey , former CIA head John Brennan , former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper , National Security Adviser Susan Rice , and others .
Secretly , under oath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence of collusion , cooperation , or coordination.
” Publicly , they said the opposite .
Some called Trump a traitor , a Russian asset , or “ Putin ’ s puppet.
” All of them were media darlings .
All of them were lying .
Conclusion : What do these three scandals mean , individually and collectively ?
The first , accessing the NSA database , is the largest violation of basic constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in American history .
The second , surveillance of the Trump campaign , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s most powerful tools of national intelligence and law enforcement against an opposition political party .
These crimes directly attack two pillars of constitutional democracy : ( 1 ) elections should be free and fair , not corrupted by the party in power , and ( 2 ) law enforcement and intelligence should never be used as partisan instruments .
The third scandal attacks yet another pillar of constitutional democracy : the peaceful transfer of power to a new administration .
Handing government authority to the opposition party is a hallmark of stable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hated to see Hillary Clinton lose , it was obliged to transfer power seamlessly to Donald Trump .
On the surface it did so .
Beneath the surface , it erected every obstacle it could .
Obama officials worked especially hard to remove incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn .
Because Gen. Flynn was an experienced intelligence officer , he would surely uncover the surveillance of Trump ’ s campaign and transition and stop its continuation against the new administration .
He had to go .
Now we know just how low the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make that happen : spying , unmasking , leaking classified phone calls , discarding FBI protocols to set up an entrapment interview based on a meaningless “ legal violation , ” and telling Trump directly , as Obama did , not to hire Flynn .
Beyond this destructive mission , Brennan loyalists at the CIA burrowed into Trump ’ s National Security Council while the FBI tried to plant agents in the White House itself .
Most important of all , the Obama team and their congressional allies helped launch multiple , full-scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no solid basis , plenty of contrived “ evidence , ” and breathless media headlines .
It all failed , but not before it damaged Trump ’ s presidency and the basic tenets of liberal democracy .
It ’ s an ugly picture , one that goes beyond dirty tricks and the normal bounds of “ loyal opposition.
” We still have a lot to learn , but we already know a great deal .
We know how grave the three scandals were .
We know they fit together , forming something much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declassified documents , we see something big and hideous emerging from the Swamp , a political scandal of profound import .
Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago , where he founded the Program on International Politics , Economics , and Security .
He can be reached at [ email protected ] [ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Charles Lipson
Real Clear Politics
Amid the flurry of details about spying on Michael Flynn, lying to secret courts about Carter Page, leaking classified documents, and more, it’s easy to get lost in the muck. It’s important to stand back, identify the worst abuses, and explain why they matter for American democracy. These abuses didn’t simply follow each other; their targets, goals, and principal players overlapped. Taken together, they represent some of the gravest violations of constitutional norms and legal protections in American history. Whether you are Democrat or Republican, whether you like Donald Trump or loathe him, these violations matter.
Some call this debacle “Obamagate” since the key officials were his appointees and the White House was directly involved. But they got plenty of help. Some came from the permanent bureaucracy, especially in law enforcement and intelligence. Still more came from the mainstream media, which served as conduits for classified leaks aimed at Trump, his campaign, and then his presidency. For over three years, the media’s top story was “Trump colluded with Russia.” When that imploded after the Mueller Report, they moved on to impeachment.
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The entrenched elites behind these scandals are the Swamp at its most sulfurous. They spied illegally on Americans and used powerful tools of government to damage the party-out-of-power, its outsider candidate, and then his new presidency. It’s worse than a single surveillance scandal. It’s three huge ones, intertwined. All were abuses of power. Some were crimes.
Scandal No. 1: Massive, illegal surveillance of American citizens, using the database of the National Security Agency
During the second term of President Obama, and perhaps earlier, private firms from outside the government were allowed to trawl through the massive NSA database of phone calls, emails, and text messages. Without any warrants, they spied on vast numbers of American citizens. The public still doesn’t know who did it, who authorized it, or how the metadata was used.
This illegal practice ended in summer 2016 when the agency’s head, Adm. Mike Rogers, learned about it. He stopped it immediately and reported it to the Rosemary Collyer, chief judge of the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Court. Judge Collyer issued a scathing, heavily redacted report about the illegal activity, but, so far, no one has been indicted.
Scandal No. 2: Spying on the Trump campaign
When NSA surveillance was halted, the Obama administration lost its secret eyes on domestic political activity and especially on the rising Trump campaign. To regain that vision, the CIA and FBI launched new surveillance efforts. Three elements stand out. First, the executive branch, then controlled by Democrats, was determined to spy on the opposition party. Second, much of the spying was conducted by agencies that are limited, by law, to foreign operations. Since their goal was actually domestic surveillance and since that was illegal, they apparently outsourced some of it to friendly foreign governments, who relayed the information back to Washington. Third, since the FBI wanted to spy on Trump aides who were not actually suspected of crimes, they couldn’t get regular warrants. To work around that, the FBI (under James Comey) and Department of Justice (under Loretta Lynch) falsely claimed the targets were foreign spies, making them eligible for FISA warrants. They also tried to entrap them (with help from CIA assets abroad), hoping they would commit illegal acts or say their colleagues had done so.
We know the FBI and CIA did all that, though we still don’t know all the details. We know, too, that the FBI and DoJ used opposition-party research and worthless gossip (the “Steele Dossier”) to gain the secret warrants on Carter Page. The second-ranking official in Comey’s FBI, Andrew McCabe, testified the warrants would never had been issued without the Steele material. Yet the FBI and DoJ never told the court it was unverified and never said who commissioned it.
Before the warrant was renewed, the FBI finally spoke with Steele’s main source, who told them the information was garbage. Instead of telling the court immediately, the bureau simply said the sub-source was truthful and falsely implied he backed Steele. This dunghill of deceit should lead to criminal indictments and major civil suits for damages.
Scandal No. 3: Covering up this spying, continuing it during the new administration, charging that Trump was not legitimately elected, and impeding his presidency with major investigations, based on false charges
After Trump was elected, top officials from the outgoing administration made two fundamental decisions. The first was to hide the earlier spying and continue it during the new presidency, using holdover officials and friendly bureaucrats. The second was to entangle the new administration in a series of sprawling investigations designed to prevent it from governing, even though Republicans had won the White House and both branches of Congress.
The Obama team did whatever it could to bring down the new administration, primarily with accusations Trump had won with Russia’s help. They went even further, saying Trump’s campaign had actively worked with the Kremlin. That’s treason. There was no evidence for it, but the mainstream media, led by the New York Times, Washington Post and all cable news channels except Fox, promoted it nonstop. The implication was clear: Because Trump was elected with help from a foreign enemy, he was not a legitimate president. This accusation has been the leitmotif of Democratic Party messaging and mainstream media coverage for the entire Trump presidency.
Proving these specious accusations was the main task of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, appointed after leaks from Comey. The fired FBI director told Congress his leaks were designed to force Mueller’s appointment. Mueller’s deputy, Andrew Weissmann, appointed a team of virulently anti-Trump lawyers to investigate and prosecute.
From the beginning, the Mueller team should have known, as the FBI did, that the charge of “Russian collusion” was false. Despite a massive, prolonged investigation, the Office of Special Counsel never charged any American (inside or outside the Trump campaign) with helping the Russians during the 2016 campaign. Yet the OSC continued its investigation, hiding exculpatory evidence, trying to catch Trump officials in false statements, and using strong-arm tactics to force confessions. The great prize would be nailing Trump himself. That failed, of course, but, as long as Mueller’s investigation continued, the thunderclouds of legal peril and a fraudulent election hung over the presidency.
The House Intelligence Committee knew the truth, early on, after conducting classified interviews with top Obama officials. The committee, controlled by Republicans in 2017-18, asked Obama’s senior officials in law enforcement, intelligence, and national security if they had any evidence the Trump campaign actually colluded with Russia. Every single one, testifying under oath, said they did not. In public, however, they said the exact opposite. Their false statements to the cameras carried weight because the public assumed, reasonably enough, that these former officials must have seen damning classified evidence. They hadn’t. Still, they spewed devastating anti-Trump messages the mainstream media was eager to broadcast. “Trump-Russia Collusion” was their biggest story for three years. And it wasn’t true.
The whole ruse would be exposed if the secret testimony were released. That’s why Democrats blocked it after they won the House. That’s why committee Chairman Adam Schiff could say, again and again, he had clear evidence Trump colluded with Russia. Similar messages came from Comey, former CIA head John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, and others. Secretly, under oath, they acknowledged they had “no evidence of collusion, cooperation, or coordination.” Publicly, they said the opposite. Some called Trump a traitor, a Russian asset, or “Putin’s puppet.” All of them were media darlings. All of them were lying.
Conclusion: What do these three scandals mean, individually and collectively? The first, accessing the NSA database, is the largest violation of basic constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in American history.
The second, surveillance of the Trump campaign, involves illegally using of the government’s most powerful tools of national intelligence and law enforcement against an opposition political party. These crimes directly attack two pillars of constitutional democracy: (1) elections should be free and fair, not corrupted by the party in power, and (2) law enforcement and intelligence should never be used as partisan instruments.
The third scandal attacks yet another pillar of constitutional democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a new administration. Handing government authority to the opposition party is a hallmark of stable democracy. Much as the Obama administration hated to see Hillary Clinton lose, it was obliged to transfer power seamlessly to Donald Trump. On the surface it did so. Beneath the surface, it erected every obstacle it could.
Obama officials worked especially hard to remove incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Because Gen. Flynn was an experienced intelligence officer, he would surely uncover the surveillance of Trump’s campaign and transition and stop its continuation against the new administration. He had to go. Now we know just how low the Obama administration and Comey FBI sunk to make that happen: spying, unmasking, leaking classified phone calls, discarding FBI protocols to set up an entrapment interview based on a meaningless “legal violation,” and telling Trump directly, as Obama did, not to hire Flynn.
Beyond this destructive mission, Brennan loyalists at the CIA burrowed into Trump’s National Security Council while the FBI tried to plant agents in the White House itself. Most important of all, the Obama team and their congressional allies helped launch multiple, full-scale investigations of “Russian collusion” with no solid basis, plenty of contrived “evidence,” and breathless media headlines. It all failed, but not before it damaged Trump’s presidency and the basic tenets of liberal democracy.
It’s an ugly picture, one that goes beyond dirty tricks and the normal bounds of “loyal opposition.” We still have a lot to learn, but we already know a great deal. We know how grave the three scandals were. We know they fit together, forming something much larger. With each new tranche of declassified documents, we see something big and hideous emerging from the Swamp, a political scandal of profound import.
Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security. He can be reached at [email protected].
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]


wnd--2020-05-27--Biden's gaffe: Are black Americans waking up?

`` If you have a problem figuring out whether you 're for me or Trump , then you ai n't black . ''
It was a bit difficult for me to justify expounding upon the topic that follows .
It just seemed a little too much like low-hanging fruit .
I mean , former Vice President Joe Biden commits a ghastly and insulting gaffe with racist overtones on a radio show ?
In truth , the only newsworthiness in that is the fact that he 's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee , since we 're all quite accustomed to Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yes , Biden 's comment evidenced his opinion ( and that of most dedicated liberals and elected Democrats ) that Democrats ' so-called support of blacks ought to ensure reciprocity at the ballot box in perpetuity .
And yes , most readers of this column will be aware that Democrats ' rhetoric and ostensible support for blacks is all window dressing , because the political and socioeconomic disenfranchisement of blacks to the extent to which this has existed over the last 50 years falls completely on the doorstep of liberal Democrats .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does any of this really matter to black Americans at large ?
Let me explain .
For one thing , I found some of the blowback from Biden 's remark at least as deserving of analysis as the remark itself .
I 'm not talking about Biden 's attempts first to walk his comment back , then claiming that the show 's host had somehow provoked him .
While it 's a cinch that the incident is n't going to get much play in the establishment press , inasmuch as it took place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a young black host , the outrage of some blacks is rippling across the airwaves , cyberspace and the political landscape in the form of black politicos ' and commentators ' reactions .
This may be useful to some extent in the long run , since every black American who wakes up to the Democrats ' racialist agenda is a step in the right direction .
The responses of some blacks who elected to comment on Biden 's gaffe speak to how absolutely clueless they are of the dynamic at hand ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blacks are as to the environment we really ought to be trying to cultivate .
For example , the radio show 's host , Charlamagne tha God ( born Lenard McKelvey in 1978 ) got more than he bargained for in his on-air discussion with the former vice president .
I 'll dispense with an appraisal of the level of mind of a man who employs a moniker such as `` Charlamagne tha God '' and just get into it .
When news of the story broke , of course McKelvey was called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and on the following day , he did , in the form of an interview with The Hill .
`` I see black communities all across America catching hell regardless of who is in the White House , '' Mr. God said , `` because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been fixed . ''
I would literally bet everything I own on the fact that this individual has no idea whatsoever of the actual causes and conditions behind the `` systemic racism '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has the same perception as many blacks of a shadowy cabal of wealthy , cigar-chomping , brandy-swilling white bigots scheming in an ivory tower somewhere , as opposed to the eminently visible , entrenched Swamp Democrats whom blacks have been voting for in the 90-percents over the last 50 years .
In a pinch , it 's likely that in any attempts to rectify the situation , he 'd happily throw right back in with the latter .
But this should n't be surprising in light of Mr. God 's follow-up comment : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was , I heard him [ Biden ] talking about things that he did for black people back in the day .
But you know , 'What have you done for me lately ? '
is my motto . ''
OK , so the man is shallow and intellectually limited , but he probably ca n't help that .
The problem is that he was in no way equipped to counter Biden 's allusions to having served blacks `` back in the day '' with the duplicitous nature of that supposed service .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ some young black people can recognize they 're disenfranchised and that they 're beginning to look at their ostensible Democrat benefactors with a jaded eye , but let 's face it : The likelihood that McKelvey and his entire fan base still believe that Barack Obama is a righteous dude remains very , very high .
On Monday , Lawrence Jones ( a host on Fox News ' streaming service , Fox Nation ) commented on the Biden-McKelvey controversy : `` A lot of politicians have rightfully been running away from 'The Breakfast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they do n't have any agenda for black America , '' Jones , who is black , said .
Which is , in my view , as dispiriting as anything Biden or McKelvey said during their interview or since .
When I hear a young , black host for Fox throwing around phrases like `` black America '' with such alacrity ( and Jones did it several times ) , it becomes clear that the adversarial mentality and manifestly racist afrocentric worldview advanced by the left has insinuated itself into blacks ' thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just blacks in the far-left camp .
It may seem overly simplistic at this point , but people of my generation who grew up during the Civil Rights Movement had the hope that race could one day cease to be an issue for all Americans .
Yes , racism is still alive and well in America , but if those who would combat it do n't even know from whence it originates , then they 're in no position to speak on it , let alone take action to ameliorate same .

"If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."
– Joe Biden, May 22, 2020
It was a bit difficult for me to justify expounding upon the topic that follows. It just seemed a little too much like low-hanging fruit. I mean, former Vice President Joe Biden commits a ghastly and insulting gaffe with racist overtones on a radio show? In truth, the only newsworthiness in that is the fact that he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, since we're all quite accustomed to Biden being rhetorically clumsy and perennially stupid.
Yes, Biden's comment evidenced his opinion (and that of most dedicated liberals and elected Democrats) that Democrats' so-called support of blacks ought to ensure reciprocity at the ballot box in perpetuity. And yes, most readers of this column will be aware that Democrats' rhetoric and ostensible support for blacks is all window dressing, because the political and socioeconomic disenfranchisement of blacks to the extent to which this has existed over the last 50 years falls completely on the doorstep of liberal Democrats.
But at the end of the day, does any of this really matter to black Americans at large?
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Let me explain. For one thing, I found some of the blowback from Biden's remark at least as deserving of analysis as the remark itself. I'm not talking about Biden's attempts first to walk his comment back, then claiming that the show's host had somehow provoked him.
While it's a cinch that the incident isn't going to get much play in the establishment press, inasmuch as it took place on a popular, urban-themed radio show with a young black host, the outrage of some blacks is rippling across the airwaves, cyberspace and the political landscape in the form of black politicos' and commentators' reactions. This may be useful to some extent in the long run, since every black American who wakes up to the Democrats' racialist agenda is a step in the right direction.
The responses of some blacks who elected to comment on Biden's gaffe speak to how absolutely clueless they are of the dynamic at hand; further, they illustrate how tuned-out most blacks are as to the environment we really ought to be trying to cultivate.
For example, the radio show's host, Charlamagne tha God (born Lenard McKelvey in 1978) got more than he bargained for in his on-air discussion with the former vice president. I'll dispense with an appraisal of the level of mind of a man who employs a moniker such as "Charlamagne tha God" and just get into it.
When news of the story broke, of course McKelvey was called upon to respond to Biden's remark, and on the following day, he did, in the form of an interview with The Hill.
"I see black communities all across America catching hell regardless of who is in the White House," Mr. God said, "because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been fixed."
I would literally bet everything I own on the fact that this individual has no idea whatsoever of the actual causes and conditions behind the "systemic racism" he referenced. No doubt that he has the same perception as many blacks of a shadowy cabal of wealthy, cigar-chomping, brandy-swilling white bigots scheming in an ivory tower somewhere, as opposed to the eminently visible, entrenched Swamp Democrats whom blacks have been voting for in the 90-percents over the last 50 years. In a pinch, it's likely that in any attempts to rectify the situation, he'd happily throw right back in with the latter.
But this shouldn't be surprising in light of Mr. God's follow-up comment: "My take away from the conversation was, I heard him [Biden] talking about things that he did for black people back in the day. But you know, 'What have you done for me lately?' is my motto."
A Janet Jackson lyric as a core value?
OK, so the man is shallow and intellectually limited, but he probably can't help that. The problem is that he was in no way equipped to counter Biden's allusions to having served blacks "back in the day" with the duplicitous nature of that supposed service.
It's all well and good that some young black people can recognize they're disenfranchised and that they're beginning to look at their ostensible Democrat benefactors with a jaded eye, but let's face it: The likelihood that McKelvey and his entire fan base still believe that Barack Obama is a righteous dude remains very, very high.
On Monday, Lawrence Jones (a host on Fox News' streaming service, Fox Nation) commented on the Biden-McKelvey controversy: "A lot of politicians have rightfully been running away from 'The Breakfast Club' [radio show] because they don't have any agenda for black America," Jones, who is black, said.
Which is, in my view, as dispiriting as anything Biden or McKelvey said during their interview or since. When I hear a young, black host for Fox throwing around phrases like "black America" with such alacrity (and Jones did it several times), it becomes clear that the adversarial mentality and manifestly racist afrocentric worldview advanced by the left has insinuated itself into blacks' thinking to an alarming extent – and not just blacks in the far-left camp.
It may seem overly simplistic at this point, but people of my generation who grew up during the Civil Rights Movement had the hope that race could one day cease to be an issue for all Americans. Yes, racism is still alive and well in America, but if those who would combat it don't even know from whence it originates, then they're in no position to speak on it, let alone take action to ameliorate same.


wnd--2020-05-27--Fauci lied about AIDS, and now is lying about COVID-19

According to one expert , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) Director Robert Redfield are pulling a play out of their old HIV/AIDS playbook by exaggerating the seriousness of COVID-19 .
In a new interview on my `` Hidden Truth Show '' podcast released today , Michael Fumento , author of `` The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS '' and former AIDS analyst for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights , recounts how Fauci and Redfield were `` spectacularly wrong '' about the contagiousness of HIV .
He also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at risk of contracting the disease .
`` We were told AIDS does not discriminate , '' Fumento said .
`` It was all fake .
AIDS was always a disease of gay men , intravenous drug users and recipients of blood transfusions . ''
According to Fumento , they lied to attract more attention to the disease .
`` They decided that to the extent it was seen as a disease of undesirables it would not get the kind of attention and money it deserved , '' he said .
Fumento sees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now with COVID-19 , exaggerating its seriousness and its impact on groups other than the elderly and infirm .
Fauci recently told Congress , despite all of the evidence that it does not seriously impact children , `` We do n't know everything about this virus , and we really better be very careful – particularly when it comes to children . ''
The disease clearly is one that almost exclusively kills the elderly .
According to one state 's numbers ( Pennsylvania ) , more people over the age of 95 have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age of 60 !
Fumento notes that public health officials , such as Fauci and Redfield , and the media have consistently overestimated the impact of diseases .
He says they did it with Avian flu , SARS , Mad Cow disease , Zika virus and Ebola .
`` The more outrageous you are in your projections , the more you are rewarded , '' says Fumento .
`` They have learned this with each and every faux epidemic . ''
Fumento explains that progressives dominate the upper echelon of health care .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ protect the elderly and infirm fits nicely with their `` health care equity agenda . ''
Individual liberty is not of great concern to them , nor is a capitalist economy .
Fumento is highly critical of Redfield .
Under Redfield 's direction , he claims , the CDC turned down test kits from the World Health Organization in favor of making their own , but then screwed them up through contamination , delaying testing in the U.S. by 30 days .
The CDC has also been way off on its projections .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the actual COVID-19 death rate is only about a quarter percent ( 0.26 % ) , making it only twice as deadly as the flu , not 10 times as the CDC and Fauci had been maintaining , according to Fumento .
My full interview with Michael Fumento can be seen here :

According to one expert, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Robert Redfield are pulling a play out of their old HIV/AIDS playbook by exaggerating the seriousness of COVID-19.
In a new interview on my "Hidden Truth Show" podcast released today, Michael Fumento, author of "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS" and former AIDS analyst for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, recounts how Fauci and Redfield were "spectacularly wrong" about the contagiousness of HIV. He also accuses them of lying about who was at risk of contracting the disease.
"We were told AIDS does not discriminate," Fumento said. "It was all fake. AIDS was always a disease of gay men, intravenous drug users and recipients of blood transfusions." According to Fumento, they lied to attract more attention to the disease. "They decided that to the extent it was seen as a disease of undesirables it would not get the kind of attention and money it deserved," he said.
Fumento sees Fauci and Redfield doing the same thing now with COVID-19, exaggerating its seriousness and its impact on groups other than the elderly and infirm. Fauci recently told Congress, despite all of the evidence that it does not seriously impact children, "We don't know everything about this virus, and we really better be very careful – particularly when it comes to children." The disease clearly is one that almost exclusively kills the elderly. According to one state's numbers (Pennsylvania), more people over the age of 95 have died from the disease than under the age of 60!
Fumento notes that public health officials, such as Fauci and Redfield, and the media have consistently overestimated the impact of diseases. He says they did it with Avian flu, SARS, Mad Cow disease, Zika virus and Ebola. "The more outrageous you are in your projections, the more you are rewarded," says Fumento. "They have learned this with each and every faux epidemic."
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Fumento explains that progressives dominate the upper echelon of health care. For them, shutting everyone in to protect the elderly and infirm fits nicely with their "health care equity agenda." Individual liberty is not of great concern to them, nor is a capitalist economy.
Fumento is highly critical of Redfield. Under Redfield's direction, he claims, the CDC turned down test kits from the World Health Organization in favor of making their own, but then screwed them up through contamination, delaying testing in the U.S. by 30 days. The CDC has also been way off on its projections. Based upon the CDC's latest numbers, the actual COVID-19 death rate is only about a quarter percent (0.26%), making it only twice as deadly as the flu, not 10 times as the CDC and Fauci had been maintaining, according to Fumento.
My full interview with Michael Fumento can be seen here:


wnd--2020-05-29--Feds declare mandated transgender sports 'accommodations' illegal

The Department of Education 's Office for Civil Rights has issued a letter of `` Impending Enforcement Action '' against several public schools that have allowed boys who `` identify '' as girls to compete in girls ' athletic events .
The letter investigated claims that the `` Revised Transgender Participation Policy '' enacted by several Connecticut schools `` denied girls opportunities to compete , including in state and regional meets , and to receive public recognition critical to college recruiting and scholarship opportunities . ''
`` The actions of the CIAC , Glastonbury , Bloomfield , Hartford , Cromwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] resulted in the loss of athletic benefits and opportunities for female student-athletes , '' the letter concluded .
`` One complainant student-athlete explained to OCR that no matter how hard she trained , she felt that she could never be good enough to defeat Students A and B [ boys who had been allowed to compete in girls ' events ] . ''
The female students `` were denied the opportunities that Connecticut male student-athletes had of being able to compete , on a level playing field , for the benefits that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' the letter said .
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The letter comes in an ongoing fight over schools ' decisions to allow boys who say they are girls to compete in girls events .
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three female high school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DOE Office of Civil Rights investigation after the CIAC decided to allow male students who identify as female to compete on the girls ’ athletic teams , ADF said .
`` Since 2017 , males consistently deprived ADF clients Selina Soule , Alanna Smith , and Chelsea Mitchell and others of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels , '' the organization said .
`` Girls shouldn ’ t be reduced to spectators in their own sports , '' said ADF Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb .
`` We ’ re encouraged that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that allowing males to compete in the female category isn ’ t fair , destroys girls ’ athletic opportunities , and clearly violates federal law .
Males will always have inherent physical advantages over comparably talented and trained girls — that ’ s the reason we have girls ’ sports in the first place .
In light of the department ’ s letter , we ’ re asking Connecticut schools and the CIAC to update their problematic policies and comply with federal law . ''
The letter gives the state athletic association and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June 4 to align their policies with the requirements of the federal Title IX law .
`` The Department of Justice has already filed a brief supporting the position of ADF ’ s clients in the separate litigation challenging the same policy , '' ADF said .
`` I am extremely happy and relieved to learn that OCR found the CIAC and the school districts violated Title IX , '' said Chelsea Mitchell , one of the athletes represented by ADF .
`` It feels like we are finally headed in the right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to get justice for the countless girls along with myself that have faced discrimination for years .
It is liberating to know that my voice , my story , my loss , has been heard ; that those championships I lost mean something .
Finally , the government has recognized that women deserve the right to compete for victory , and nothing less . ''
The DOE investigation was requested a year ago , and ADF sued last winter .
That legal case argues CIAC ’ s policy and others like it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gains because `` inescapable biological facts of the human species [ are ] not stereotypes , ‘ social constructs , ’ or relics of past discrimination . '
'' The two male competitors have taken 15 state championship titles reserved for girls .
And they took more than 85 opportunities to participate in higher level competitions from female track athletes in the 2017 , 2018 and 2019 seasons alone , ADF said .
Connecticut is not the only state dealing with the controversy .
In Idaho , lawmakers passed a law barring males @ @ @ @ @ @ @

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has issued a letter of "Impending Enforcement Action" against several public schools that have allowed boys who "identify" as girls to compete in girls' athletic events.
The letter investigated claims that the "Revised Transgender Participation Policy" enacted by several Connecticut schools "denied girls opportunities to compete, including in state and regional meets, and to receive public recognition critical to college recruiting and scholarship opportunities."
"The actions of the CIAC, Glastonbury, Bloomfield, Hartford, Cromwell, Canton, and Danbury [schools] resulted in the loss of athletic benefits and opportunities for female student-athletes," the letter concluded. "One complainant student-athlete explained to OCR that no matter how hard she trained, she felt that she could never be good enough to defeat Students A and B [boys who had been allowed to compete in girls' events]."
The female students "were denied the opportunities that Connecticut male student-athletes had of being able to compete, on a level playing field, for the benefits that flow from success in competitive athletics," the letter said.
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The girls competing against boys lost "benefits and opportunities, including advancing to the finals in events, higher level competitions, awards, medals, recognition, and the possibility of greater visibility to colleges."
The letter comes in an ongoing fight over schools' decisions to allow boys who say they are girls to compete in girls events.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three female high school track competitors and their mothers requested the DOE Office of Civil Rights investigation after the CIAC decided to allow male students who identify as female to compete on the girls’ athletic teams, ADF said.
"Since 2017, males consistently deprived ADF clients Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, and Chelsea Mitchell and others of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels," the organization said.
"Girls shouldn’t be reduced to spectators in their own sports," said ADF Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb. "We’re encouraged that the Department of Education has officially clarified that allowing males to compete in the female category isn’t fair, destroys girls’ athletic opportunities, and clearly violates federal law. Males will always have inherent physical advantages over comparably talented and trained girls — that’s the reason we have girls’ sports in the first place. In light of the department’s letter, we’re asking Connecticut schools and the CIAC to update their problematic policies and comply with federal law."
The letter gives the state athletic association and the six schools identified as offenders until June 4 to align their policies with the requirements of the federal Title IX law.
"The Department of Justice has already filed a brief supporting the position of ADF’s clients in the separate litigation challenging the same policy," ADF said.
"I am extremely happy and relieved to learn that OCR found the CIAC and the school districts violated Title IX," said Chelsea Mitchell, one of the athletes represented by ADF. "It feels like we are finally headed in the right direction, and that we will be able to get justice for the countless girls along with myself that have faced discrimination for years. It is liberating to know that my voice, my story, my loss, has been heard; that those championships I lost mean something. Finally, the government has recognized that women deserve the right to compete for victory, and nothing less."
The DOE investigation was requested a year ago, and ADF sued last winter.
That legal case argues CIAC’s policy and others like it pose a concrete threat to Title IX gains because "inescapable biological facts of the human species [are] not stereotypes, ‘social constructs,’ or relics of past discrimination.'"
The two male competitors have taken 15 state championship titles reserved for girls.
And they took more than 85 opportunities to participate in higher level competitions from female track athletes in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons alone, ADF said.
Connecticut is not the only state dealing with the controversy. In Idaho, lawmakers passed a law barring males from competing in events for females.


wnd--2020-05-29--Biden teams with WaPo to urge masks worn outside, Trump campaign hits back

President Donald Trump ’ s re-election campaign is pointing out what it sees as a clear example of hypocrisy from former Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic .
The digital arm of the campaign came down hard on Biden on Thursday after Biden starred in a new public service announcement ad promoting face coverings .
Biden stars in a newly released 18-second TikTok video in which he reminds a man walking a dog to wear a mask while outdoors .
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Biden sat down with CNN ’ s Dana Bash Tuesday and while he and the CNN reporter were notably far apart , neither was wearing a mask .
The Trump campaign used the interview to note the inconsistent messaging from Biden on the issue .
In a meme , the campaign wrote , “ Joe Biden today : `` 'You need to wear your mask outside .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walking your dog . '
'' The meme punchline adds : “ Joe Biden 2 days ago : ” and shows the image of Biden not wearing a mask while sitting with Bash .
Biden ’ s new ad was a collaboration with The Washington Post , The Hill reported .
In the 18 second video , which attempts a comedic take on masks , Biden comes down on the newspaper ’ s Dave Jorgenson for being outdoors with his face exposed .
“ Dave , what the hell ?
I told you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden tells Jorgenson in the video short .
`` You need to wear your mask outside .
I don ’ t care if you ’ re just walking your dog.
” Jorgenson complies with Biden ’ s request , asking , “ Is that better ?
” The ad was released days after Biden updated his Twitter profile picture to one of him wearing a black face mask .
Biden , or someone in charge of his Twitter account , also tweeted a reminder for people to cover their faces in public .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day when he laid a wreath at a Delaware veterans cemetery .
Fox News analyst Brit Hume commented on Biden 's facial covering on Twitter , writing , `` This might help explain why Trump doesn ’ t like to wear a mask in public .
Biden today . ''
Biden 's Tik Tok video with The Washington Post is released as the issue of wearing masks has become a political one , with some people who are proponents of wearing facial coverings saying those who choose not to are irresponsible .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is pointing out what it sees as a clear example of hypocrisy from former Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The digital arm of the campaign came down hard on Biden on Thursday after Biden starred in a new public service announcement ad promoting face coverings.
Biden stars in a newly released 18-second TikTok video in which he reminds a man walking a dog to wear a mask while outdoors.
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The Trump campaign posted a response to the video short, pointing out that just this week, the presumptive Democratic nominee was filmed not wearing a mask.
Biden sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash Tuesday and while he and the CNN reporter were notably far apart, neither was wearing a mask.
The Trump campaign used the interview to note the inconsistent messaging from Biden on the issue.
In a meme, the campaign wrote, “Joe Biden today: "'You need to wear your mask outside. I don't care if you're just walking your dog.'"
The meme punchline adds: “Joe Biden 2 days ago:” and shows the image of Biden not wearing a mask while sitting with Bash.
Joe Biden today: "You need to wear your mask outside. I don't care if you're just walking your dog." Joe Biden 2 days ago: pic.twitter.com/eYw8hAJZin — Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 & get the APP (@TrumpWarRoom) May 28, 2020
Biden’s new ad was a collaboration with The Washington Post, The Hill reported.
In the 18 second video, which attempts a comedic take on masks, Biden comes down on the newspaper’s Dave Jorgenson for being outdoors with his face exposed.
“Dave, what the hell? I told you to wear your mask outside," Biden tells Jorgenson in the video short.
"You need to wear your mask outside. I don’t care if you’re just walking your dog.”
Jorgenson complies with Biden’s request, asking, “Is that better?”
Biden responds: “He’s never gonna learn.”
The ad was released days after Biden updated his Twitter profile picture to one of him wearing a black face mask.
Biden, or someone in charge of his Twitter account, also tweeted a reminder for people to cover their faces in public.
Wear a mask. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 27, 2020
Biden first unveiled his mask on Memorial Day when he laid a wreath at a Delaware veterans cemetery.
Fox News analyst Brit Hume commented on Biden's facial covering on Twitter, writing, "This might help explain why Trump doesn’t like to wear a mask in public. Biden today."
This might help explain why Trump doesn’t like to wear a mask in public. Biden today. pic.twitter.com/9l1gw1ljBE — Brit Hume (@brithume) May 25, 2020
Biden's Tik Tok video with The Washington Post is released as the issue of wearing masks has become a political one, with some people who are proponents of wearing facial coverings saying those who choose not to are irresponsible.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-05-28--Kaepernick calls for revolt in response to George Floyd death

Colin Kaepernick , the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback known for launching the national anthem protest , said Thursday that civility has run its course , and revolution is `` the only logical reaction '' to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis .
`` When civility leads to death , revolting is the only logical reaction , '' Kaepernick tweeted Thursday .
`` The cries for peace will rain down , and when they do , they will land on deaf ears , because your violence has brought this resistance .
We have the right to fight back !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he wrote .
Horrific video of the death of Floyd on Monday led to the firing of four Minneapolis police officers .
It showed one officer , Derek Chauvin , kneeling on Floyd 's neck as he cried for help , saying he could n't breath .
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He had been arrested for using a forged $ 20 bill at a deli .
Along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lane , Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng .
The FBI is investigating the death for a possible civil rights violation .
Wednesday night , a protest in Los Angeles shut down the 101 freeway , and a suspected looter was shot dead amid rioting in Minneapolis .
Stores such as Wendy 's , Target , Walmart and AutoZone were looted and ransacked and some were set on fire .
An apartment building burned down , and a woman in a wheelchair was punched in the head and sprayed with a fire extinguisher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are bodies in the street' NBA superstar LeBron James posted on Instagram a photo of Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 .
The Post , showing the Minneapolis officer with his knee on Floyd , said such incidents were why Kaepernick took a knee .
Kaepernick has said the anthem demonstrations were in protest of an alleged systematic , racially motivated campaign by white police officers to harass and kill African-Americans .
He began in the preseason of 2016 by sitting down during the national anthem before a game , later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color . ''
`` There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder , '' he told media .
The 49ers eventually released Kaepernick , whose performance had severely declined since leading his team to a Super Bowl in 2012 .
He and former teammate Eric Reid sued the NFL , alleging owners colluded to keep them out of the league .
The NFL settled for $ 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who criticized the flag protests , cited studies from mainstream sources showing , among others , a 75 % decline in police killings of blacks since 1968 and the rarity of police shooting of an unarmed black male .
African-American scholar Shelby Steele , who grew up in the segregated South , wrote in the Wall Street Journal that while there is still racism in America -- because it 's `` endemic to the human condition , just as stupidity is '' -- the U.S. has come to a point where racism `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''

Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback known for launching the national anthem protest, said Thursday that civility has run its course, and revolution is "the only logical reaction" to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
"When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction," Kaepernick tweeted Thursday.
"The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance. We have the right to fight back! Rest in Power George Floyd," he wrote.
Horrific video of the death of Floyd on Monday led to the firing of four Minneapolis police officers. It showed one officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on Floyd's neck as he cried for help, saying he couldn't breath.
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Floyd, 46, passed out and was declared dead at a hospital. He had been arrested for using a forged $20 bill at a deli.
Along with Chauvin, the fired officers were Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng.
The FBI is investigating the death for a possible civil rights violation.
Wednesday night, a protest in Los Angeles shut down the 101 freeway, and a suspected looter was shot dead amid rioting in Minneapolis. Stores such as Wendy's, Target, Walmart and AutoZone were looted and ransacked and some were set on fire. An apartment building burned down, and a woman in a wheelchair was punched in the head and sprayed with a fire extinguisher after trying to block protesters.
'There are bodies in the street'
NBA superstar LeBron James posted on Instagram a photo of Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem in 2016. The Post, showing the Minneapolis officer with his knee on Floyd, said such incidents were why Kaepernick took a knee.
Kaepernick has said the anthem demonstrations were in protest of an alleged systematic, racially motivated campaign by white police officers to harass and kill African-Americans.
He began in the preseason of 2016 by sitting down during the national anthem before a game, later explaining he was "not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color."
"There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder," he told media.
The 49ers eventually released Kaepernick, whose performance had severely declined since leading his team to a Super Bowl in 2012. He and former teammate Eric Reid sued the NFL, alleging owners colluded to keep them out of the league. The NFL settled for $10 million.
African-American columnist Larry Elder, who criticized the flag protests, cited studies from mainstream sources showing, among others, a 75% decline in police killings of blacks since 1968 and the rarity of police shooting of an unarmed black male.
African-American scholar Shelby Steele, who grew up in the segregated South, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that while there is still racism in America -- because it's "endemic to the human condition, just as stupidity is" -- the U.S. has come to a point where racism "has become anathema and freedom has expanded."


wnd--2020-05-28--MSNBC analyst's smear of Florida governor hasn't aged well

Claiming five Democratic governors were making decisions rooted in `` fact-based truth , '' MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle slammed Republican Florida Gov .
Ron DeSantis ' restrained approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic back in March .
But more than two months later , the `` facts '' vindicate DeSantis ' decision not to order a complete statewide lockdown .
The death rates in Florida from the virus , noted blogger Stacey McCain , were 93 % lower than in New York , 89 % lower than in Massachusetts , 80 % lower than in Michigan and 73 % lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a March 23 segment of `` Morning Joe , '' told host Joe Scarborough he had been talking to the `` experts '' in places such as Brigham and Women 's hospital in Boston , where he is a longtime columnist and radio host .
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`` The first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from public officials , '' he said .
`` That 's what they will tell you .
You get it here in Massachusetts from Charlie Baker , you 're getting it from Andrew Cuomo in New York , Gavin Newsom in California , the governors of Illinois and Michigan and you 're getting fact-based truth . ''
But McCain pointed out that the per-capita coronavirus death rates , in deaths per million residents , show Barnicle 's reliance on the `` experts '' was misplaced .
Florida 's rate is just 108 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Massachusetts ' is 950 , Michigan 's is 534 and Illinois ' is 400 .
Only California 's is lower , at 100 .
McCain recalled that on March 23 , `` when Barnicle was busy smearing Ron DeSantis and the MSNBC chyron declared that Florida 's coronavirus cases had passed the 1,000 mark , Massachusetts had only 777 known cases . ''
`` Two weeks later , however , the situation had reversed , with Massachusetts reporting 15,202 cases on April 7 , when Florida had 14,707 cases . ''
Now , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , compared to 52,634 cases and 2,320 deaths in Florida .
That 's almost twice as many cases and nearly three times as many deaths , McCain notes , despite the fact that Florida ’ s population of 21.5 million is more than three times larger than the population of Massachusetts , 6.9 million .

Claiming five Democratic governors were making decisions rooted in "fact-based truth," MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle slammed Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' restrained approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic back in March.
But more than two months later, the "facts" vindicate DeSantis' decision not to order a complete statewide lockdown.
The death rates in Florida from the virus, noted blogger Robert Stacy McCain, were 93% lower than in New York, 89% lower than in Massachusetts, 80% lower than in Michigan and 73% lower than in Illinois.
But Barnicle, in a March 23 segment of "Morning Joe," told host Joe Scarborough he had been talking to the "experts" in places such as
Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston, where he is a longtime columnist and radio host.
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Barnicle said DeSantis is "going exactly the opposite way from what the experts, the people on the front lines, indicate ought to be done."
"The first thing we need is the fact-based truth from public officials," he said. "That's what they will tell you. You get it here in Massachusetts from Charlie Baker, you're getting it from Andrew Cuomo in New York, Gavin Newsom in California, the governors of Illinois and Michigan and you're getting fact-based truth."
But McCain pointed out that the per-capita coronavirus death rates, in deaths per million residents, show Barnicle's reliance on the "experts" was misplaced.
Florida's rate is just 108, while New York's is 1,519, Massachusetts' is 950, Michigan's is 534 and Illinois' is 400.
Only California's is lower, at 100.
McCain recalled that on March 23, "when Barnicle was busy smearing Ron DeSantis and the MSNBC chyron declared that Florida's coronavirus cases had passed the 1,000 mark, Massachusetts had only 777 known cases."
"Two weeks later, however, the situation had reversed, with Massachusetts reporting 15,202 cases on April 7, when Florida had 14,707 cases."
Now, Massachusetts has 94,220 cases and 6,547 deaths, compared to 52,634 cases and 2,320 deaths in Florida. That's almost twice as many cases and nearly three times as many deaths, McCain notes, despite the fact that Florida’s population of 21.5 million is more than three times larger than the population of Massachusetts, 6.9 million.


wnd--2020-05-28--National Socialism (Nazism) was Socialist

Editor 's note : At the very pinnacle of economic crisis , bestselling author , historian and WND columnist Hanne Nabintu Herland is out with a new book , `` New Left Tyranny .
The Authoritarian Destruction of Our Way of Life . ''
`` New Left Tyranny '' shows how the neo-Marxist New Left turned their back on historical Western principles and became a destructive authoritarian force .
By systematically attacking traditional values and inciting hateful Identity Politics , along with abandoning the working class , they created a dysfunctional society characterized by social anarchy , selfishness and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WND is this excerpt from `` New Left Tyranny , '' chapter 6 , `` National Socialism was Socialist . ''
No system has been better at quenching diversity , plurality and respect for difference of opinion than socialism , a derivative of Marxism .
There is no better way for controlling the population than installing socialist group think and a totalitarian fear for the state .
It is the perfect tool for the globalist new world order when they are able to establish control over the nation-state income .
TRENDING : Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lie and scheme to defraud' It has been the very method to rule the population to the benefit of a radical elite who hates traditional Western values .
Just watch it unfold under the National Socialism in Germany pre-World War II .
Communism , Marxism , National Socialism and neo-Marxism as found in the 1960s New Left are all variations of the same ideology .
Somehow someone forgot to mention that National Socialism was socialist .
It was a leftwing ideology with very low tolerance for diversity .
Just read Hannah Arendt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Nazi party was an abbreviation for The National Socialist Labour Party in Germany .
At the time , Hitler fought Communist Russia , often referring to its ideology as the enemy , yet pure Marxist thinking influenced both ideologies .
Hitler steadily spoke about the importance of the Socialist approach in National Socialism , as the solution for Germany .
The work to feverishly erase the memory that intolerant Nazi Socialism was , in fact , left-wing , has been most successful .
This has been pointed out by many , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liberal Fascism . ''
The Nazi Party stood for a strong centralization of government and power , a rigid culture of consensus , few individual liberties and strong media indoctrination with heavy use of propaganda .
The Frankfurt School philosophers such as Theodor A. Adorno and Herbert Marcuse redefined fascism and Nazism as being right wing .
In fact , the New Left apostle , Theodor W. Adorno was , according to Dinesh D'Souza , the inventor of the repackaging of fascism as a form of capitalism and moral traditionalism .
By doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rightwing ideology that focused on `` free markets and support for the traditional moral order , '' the very two elements that true fascists hated .
In `` The Authoritarian Personality '' from 1950 , Adorno argues that fascism is developed in young people 's attachment to religious superstition and conventional middle-class values about family , sex , and society .
In his view , clearly , those who prefer traditional values and are happy about the middle-class and like to go to church are fascists in the same definition as Mussolini .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly embraced by radical American universities .
Until this day , for example in the work of sociologist Alan Wolfe , he praises `` The Authoritarian Personality '' as `` more relevant now '' because it `` seems to capture the way many Christian-right politicians view the world , '' writes Dinesh D'Souza .
Again , the allegation of fascism as a rightwing phenomenon , created by Adorno to hide its leftwing roots .
The leading political economist , Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was awarded the Treasury Department 's Meritorious Service Award for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States economic policy .
In a Herland Report TV interview on YouTube `` Totalitarianism in the West '' , he states that : `` Free speech is becoming associated with fascism because what free speech does is that it allows you to say something that challenges the ruling ideology .
And they do n't want to be challenged .
So , to protect the ideology from challenge , they call the people telling the truth for fascists .
That 's the way it works , and that 's what political correctness boils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , former president of PEN International , author John Ralston Saul writes that Capitalism was reasonably content under Hitler , happy under Mussolini , very happy under Franco and delirious under General Pinochet .
The implication being that Hitler and all the rest were Capitalists , not acknowledging the Socialist base .
All the while , it is true that Hitler worked with the Capitalist German owners , just like Socialists today work well with the global economic elite , as previously described .
The National Socialist German Workers ' Party ( Nationalsozialistische @ @ @ @ @ @ @ variety of ; it is stated in its name : socialism .
It asserted , to repeat , a fundamental disregard for traditional values and the historic Constitution , relied heavily on propaganda in the media in order to control the population and administered the rise of the police state .
It also implemented the racial policy of Social Darwinism , which means the application of biological Darwinism and the idea of the survival of the fittest into social sciences , rendering the German race the highest on the evolutionary ladder .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The elderly were to receive higher pensions , equal rights and duties for all citizens , the principle of self- determination of people , justice for all , and wage war on corrupt parliamentary administration .
Many in Germany supported Hitler for his ability to reinvent the country 's industries and bring wealth to many .
They did not sufficiently comprehend the totalitarian push in his socialism that later became so tragically prevalent .
In `` Mein Kampf , '' he further defined his racial doctrines and the need for mass psychology and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideas and have a willing population hail his efforts .
Hermann Rauschning , National Socialist President of the Danzig Senate in 1933-1934 , wrote in `` Hitler Speaks : A Series of Political Conversations with Adolf Hitler On His Real Aims , '' that Hitler said : `` Each activity and each need of the individual will thereby be regulated by the party as the representative of the general good .
There will be no license , no free space , in which the individual belongs to himself .
This is Socialism— not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the means of production .
Of what importance is that if I range men firmly within a discipline , they can not escape ?
Let them then own land or factories as much as they please .
The decisive factor is that the State , through the party , is supreme over them , regardless whether they are owners or workers .
All that , you see , is unessential .
Our Socialism goes far deeper . ''
Hermann Rauschning , who knew Hitler personally , wrote in `` Hitler Speaks , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1939 and has been thoroughly researched since , that Hitler felt profoundly indebted to the Marxist tradition .
Hitler said that his differences with Communists were more tactical than ideological .
Rauschning 's work has , of course , been discredited by the neo- Marxists , yet remains a documentation of a man 's reflections of breaking with the National Socialist Party in Germany and his reasons why .
The point here being simply to show that Hitler spoke of Socialism as the founding ideology for National Socialism .
Hitler also spoke , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend Otto Wagener `` Hitler : Memoires of a Confidant , '' of the importance of ending the age of individualism and transcending into a Socialist state without revolutions such as that of Lenin .
The route of revolution quenched the educated bourgeoisie , Hitler felt , thus the need to enforce a strong National Socialist state without removing the structures of the elite .
His slogan `` Crusade against Marxism '' may be understood in this light .
As pointed out by George Watson in The Independent , this early account of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initially believed in Socialism without civil war .
It has been quite an accomplishment by the European Left to cunningly hide the fact that Hitler belonged to the European left- wing .
Hitler also deviated from Marxism by accentuating the importance of racial and ethnic heritage .
He emphasized nationalism – the belief in the fatherland , rather than `` the internationalist proletariat , '' the classical Marxist ideal of a borderless , `` globalist '' society .
The German restructuring of its economy was characterized by the independent monetary policy of sovereign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which gave jobs to millions of Germans post the 1929 financial crisis .
This gave Hitler a good standing as business began booming for Germany .
The country had been torn to pieces economically during World War I .
During National Socialism in Germany , the industrial owners and banking system worked hand in hand with its socialist political leaders , perfecting capital gain for the rise of Germany .
Purchase a copy of Herland 's new book , `` New Left Tyranny .
The Authoritarian Destruction of Our Way of Life .
@

Editor's note: At the very pinnacle of economic crisis, bestselling author, historian and WND columnist Hanne Nabintu Herland is out with a new book, "New Left Tyranny. The Authoritarian Destruction of Our Way of Life."
"New Left Tyranny" shows how the neo-Marxist New Left turned their back on historical Western principles and became a destructive authoritarian force. By systematically attacking traditional values and inciting hateful Identity Politics, along with abandoning the working class, they created a dysfunctional society characterized by social anarchy, selfishness and a lack of personal responsibility.
Exclusive to WND is this excerpt from "New Left Tyranny," chapter 6, "National Socialism was Socialist."
No system has been better at quenching diversity, plurality and respect for difference of opinion than socialism, a derivative of Marxism. There is no better way for controlling the population than installing socialist group think and a totalitarian fear for the state. It is the perfect tool for the globalist new world order when they are able to establish control over the nation-state income.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
It has been the very method to rule the population to the benefit of a radical elite who hates traditional Western values. Just watch it unfold under the National Socialism in Germany pre-World War II.
Communism, Marxism, National Socialism and neo-Marxism as found in the 1960s New Left are all variations of the same ideology. Somehow someone forgot to mention that National Socialism was socialist. It was a leftwing ideology with very low tolerance for diversity. Just read Hannah Arendt, she and many others had first-hand experience.
The Nazi party was an abbreviation for The National Socialist Labour Party in Germany. At the time, Hitler fought Communist Russia, often referring to its ideology as the enemy, yet pure Marxist thinking influenced both ideologies. Hitler steadily spoke about the importance of the Socialist approach in National Socialism, as the solution for Germany.
The work to feverishly erase the memory that intolerant Nazi Socialism was, in fact, left-wing, has been most successful. This has been pointed out by many, among them author Jonah Goldberg in "Liberal Fascism." The Nazi Party stood for a strong centralization of government and power, a rigid culture of consensus, few individual liberties and strong media indoctrination with heavy use of propaganda.
The Frankfurt School philosophers such as Theodor A. Adorno and Herbert Marcuse redefined fascism and Nazism as being right wing. In fact, the New Left apostle, Theodor W. Adorno was, according to Dinesh D'Souza, the inventor of the repackaging of fascism as a form of capitalism and moral traditionalism. By doing so, fascism was reinvented as a rightwing ideology that focused on "free markets and support for the traditional moral order," the very two elements that true fascists hated.
In "The Authoritarian Personality" from 1950, Adorno argues that fascism is developed in young people's attachment to religious superstition and conventional middle-class values about family, sex, and society. In his view, clearly, those who prefer traditional values and are happy about the middle-class and like to go to church are fascists in the same definition as Mussolini.
Adorno's sly and deceitful work was quickly embraced by radical American universities. Until this day, for example in the work of sociologist Alan Wolfe, he praises "The Authoritarian Personality" as "more relevant now" because it "seems to capture the way many Christian-right politicians view the world," writes Dinesh D'Souza. Again, the allegation of fascism as a rightwing phenomenon, created by Adorno to hide its leftwing roots.
The leading political economist, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was awarded the Treasury Department's Meritorious Service Award for his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy. In a Herland Report TV interview on YouTube "Totalitarianism in the West", he states that: "Free speech is becoming associated with fascism because what free speech does is that it allows you to say something that challenges the ruling ideology. And they don't want to be challenged. So, to protect the ideology from challenge, they call the people telling the truth for fascists. That's the way it works, and that's what political correctness boils down to."
One small example, former president of PEN International, author John Ralston Saul writes that Capitalism was reasonably content under Hitler, happy under Mussolini, very happy under Franco and delirious under General Pinochet. The implication being that Hitler and all the rest were Capitalists, not acknowledging the Socialist base. All the while, it is true that Hitler worked with the Capitalist German owners, just like Socialists today work well with the global economic elite, as previously described.
The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP) was a variety of; it is stated in its name: socialism. It asserted, to repeat, a fundamental disregard for traditional
values and the historic Constitution, relied heavily on propaganda in the media in order to control the population and administered the rise of the police state.
It also implemented the racial policy of Social Darwinism, which means the application of biological Darwinism and the idea of the survival of the fittest into social sciences, rendering the German race the highest on the evolutionary ladder.
Yet, the stated intentions were wonderful. The elderly were to receive higher pensions, equal rights and duties for all citizens, the principle of self- determination of people, justice for all, and wage war on corrupt parliamentary administration.
Many in Germany supported Hitler for his ability to reinvent the country's industries and bring wealth to many. They did not sufficiently comprehend the totalitarian push in his socialism that later became so tragically prevalent. In "Mein Kampf," he further defined his racial doctrines and the need for mass psychology and media propaganda in order to implement his ideas and have a willing population hail his efforts.
Hermann Rauschning, National Socialist President of the Danzig Senate in 1933-1934, wrote in "Hitler Speaks: A Series of Political Conversations with Adolf Hitler On His Real Aims," that Hitler said: "Each activity and each need of the individual will thereby be regulated by the party as the representative of the general good. There will be no license, no free space, in which the individual belongs to himself. This is Socialism— not such trifles as the private possession of the means of production. Of what importance is that if I range men firmly within a discipline, they cannot escape? Let them then own land or factories as much as they please. The decisive factor is that the State, through the party, is supreme over them, regardless whether they are owners or workers. All that, you see, is unessential. Our Socialism goes far deeper."
Hermann Rauschning, who knew Hitler personally, wrote in "Hitler Speaks," a work that was first published in 1939 and has been thoroughly researched since, that Hitler felt profoundly indebted to the Marxist tradition. Hitler said that his differences with Communists were more tactical than ideological.
Rauschning's work has, of course, been discredited by the neo- Marxists, yet remains a documentation of a man's reflections of breaking with the National Socialist Party in Germany and his reasons why. The point here being simply to show that Hitler spoke of Socialism as the founding ideology for National Socialism.
Hitler also spoke, as stated in the memoirs of his friend Otto Wagener "Hitler: Memoires of a Confidant," of the importance of ending the age of individualism and transcending into a Socialist state without revolutions such as that of Lenin. The route of revolution quenched the educated bourgeoisie, Hitler felt, thus the need to enforce a strong National Socialist state without removing the structures of the elite. His slogan "Crusade against Marxism" may be understood in this light.
As pointed out by George Watson in The Independent, this early account of Hitler's opinions, show that he initially believed in Socialism without civil war. It has been quite an accomplishment by the European Left to cunningly hide the fact that Hitler belonged to the European left- wing. Hitler also deviated from Marxism by accentuating the importance of racial and ethnic heritage. He emphasized nationalism – the belief in the fatherland, rather than "the internationalist proletariat," the classical Marxist ideal of a borderless, "globalist" society.
The German restructuring of its economy was characterized by the independent monetary policy of sovereign credit and the workers' program, which gave jobs to millions of Germans post the 1929 financial crisis. This gave Hitler a good standing as business began booming for Germany. The country had been torn to pieces economically during World War I. During National Socialism in Germany, the industrial owners and banking system worked hand in hand with its socialist political leaders, perfecting capital gain for the rise of Germany.
Purchase a copy of Herland's new book, "New Left Tyranny. The Authoritarian Destruction of Our Way of Life."


wnd--2020-05-28--Floyd-case prosecutor warns of 'evidence that does not support criminal charge'

( LONDON DAILY MAIL ) Prosecutors have warned there is ‘ evidence that does not support criminal charges ’ in @ @ @ @ @ accused of killing George Floyd , as they say police can use a ‘ certain @ @ @ @ @ not excessive ’ .
Authorities dashed hopes that an arrest had been made over the @ @ @ @ @ of two when they called a press conference to announce a development in the investigation @ @ @ @ @ waiting two hours before finally announcing they had no new developments to share .
'We @ @ @ @ @ development to tell you about ... but we do n't , ' admitted US Attorney @ @ @ @ @ Erica MacDonald .

(LONDON DAILY MAIL) Prosecutors have warned there is ‘evidence that does not support criminal charges’ in the case of four cops accused of killing George Floyd, as they say police can use a ‘certain amount of force - but not excessive’.
Authorities dashed hopes that an arrest had been made over the death of the 46-year-old father of two when they called a press conference to announce a development in the investigation Thursday only to leave attendees waiting two hours before finally announcing they had no new developments to share.
'We thought we would have another development to tell you about... but we don't,' admitted US Attorney for the District of Minnesota Erica MacDonald.
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wnd--2020-05-28--Newsom guidelines say no more than 100 at California protests

( FOX NEWS ) California health officials on Tuesday released new criteria for political protest , restricting , among other @ @ @ @ @ attendees at a demonstration .
The new restrictions come as the state has slowly begun @ @ @ @ @ at least 47 of its 58 counties .
But frustration remains among many over the @ @ @ @ @ businesses and workers .

(FOX NEWS) California health officials on Tuesday released new criteria for political protest, restricting, among other things, the number of attendees at a demonstration.
The new restrictions come as the state has slowly begun to reopen its economy in at least 47 of its 58 counties. But frustration remains among many over the shutdown’s impact on businesses and workers.
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