wnd--2020-09-03--Dr. Scott Atlas: Time to reopen schools, economy

`` The science '' supports Americans who are `` anxious to get back to work and to send their children to school , '' contends Dr. Scott Atlas , a new special adviser to President Trump and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force .
Atlas , a senior fellow at Stanford University 's Hoover Institution , wrote in an op-ed for The Hill on Thursday that it 's clear from medical science , the data and common sense that the economy should reopen .
`` While the lockdown may have been justified at the start , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far more about the virus today , '' he said .
`` It 's time we use all we have learned and all we have done to reopen our schools and our economy safely and get back to restoring America . ''
Atlas , former professor and chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center , emphasized that the true risk of the coronavirus is now known .
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He pointed out that just 0.2 % of U.S. deaths have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 80 % have been in people over 65 , with the average fatality age 78 .
In addition , the CDC now says COVID-19 is the lone cause of death in only 6 % of the coronavirus deaths it has recorded .
`` For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19 , on average , there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death , '' the CDC says on its website .
In June , the CDC listed as high-risk individuals for COVID-19 people with chronic kidney disease , COPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ artery disease , sickle cell disease and Type 2 diabetes .
Children can go back to school , Atlas asserted , citing a Journal of the American Medical Association study of North American pediatric hospitals .
The data `` indicate that children are at far greater risk of critical illness from influenza than from COVID-19 . ''
More cases may result as social interactions increase , he said , `` but the overwhelming majority of cases are now occurring in younger , low-risk people – decades younger , on average , than seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the vast majority of these people deal with the infection without consequence ; many don ’ t even know they have it . ''
He pointed out an analysis of CDC data shows that the case fatality rate has declined by approximately 85 % from its peak .
That is partly because of improvements in protecting the most vulnerable , particularly senior citizens .
Nevertheless , the economy has yet to fully reopen , he said , with at least 16 states maintaining travel warnings and quarantines that are not consistent with CDC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted , retail stores are limited to pick-up or reduced shopping capacity .
`` Even in states where cases are low , restaurants are often take-out only , and 42 states and territories have seating capacity limited to 25 percent or 50 percent .
Fitness centers and gyms have largely reopened , but at reduced capacity . ''
In addition , schools in many cities and states are opening on a delayed or limited basis .
The Department of Education 's tracking says that of 5,425 major school districts – about one-third of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operate on hybrid models and another 20 % plan to operate online only .
`` That not only harms children , it prevents many parents from working , '' he said .
Atlas said a `` flawed '' assumption driving these restrictions is that the number of cases is the most important metric to follow .
`` Yet , whatever effect these restrictions may have on cases , they don ’ t eliminate the virus , '' he said .
`` And they impose harms on the country and its citizens , particularly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ segments of the low-risk and healthy , working populations . ''
Instead , he said , the administration is focused on a `` three-pronged , data-driven strategy that is saving lives while safely reopening the economy and society , averting the disastrous calamities of continued lockdown . ''
First is protecting the high-risk group , providing resources to assist nursing homes and elderly individuals living in in-home care and senior centers .
Second is monitoring hospitals and ICUs to prevent overcrowding .
And third is guiding businesses and schools with common-sense mitigation measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Atlas was at a panel discussion in Tallahassee , Florida , with Republican Gov .
Ron DeSantis in which he pointed out that infections and deaths are declining in the Sun Belt states .
`` The American public should feel cautiously optimistic here about what ’ s going on , '' Atlas said .
`` There is no need for fear at this point . ''
Emphasizing that COVID-19 poses little risk to young people , he said college football should go on , and schools should be open to in-person classes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a point of controversy .
College football should be open .
It can be done safely , '' Atlas said .
`` College sports is a big part of America and it ’ s a big part of the economic engine . ''
Atlas said the U.S. is `` the only nation among our peer nations that are hysterical about opening schools ... the only country that seems to be willing to sacrifice our children out of our own fear . ''
He said testing people for coronavirus who do not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start a program of testing simply to detect positive cases among asymptomatic low-risk groups , the outcome from that is to close the schools , '' Atlas said .
`` And the goal of testing is not to close things .
The goal of testing is to protect the vulnerable while we open the schools and open the economy . ''
The left-leaning World Council of Churches also made a case for sending children back to the classroom , arguing the damage done by quarantines far outweighs any health risks from the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For children , the COVID-19 pandemic is more about the impact of containment measures than a health issue , as such , '' the WCC states on its website .
`` Confinement may put children at risk for domestic violence and affect their rights to education , care and protection . ''
The WCC cited Cornelius Williams , associate director and global chief of child protection for UNICEF 's program division , who called the lockdowns a `` crisis within a crisis , where containment measures pose a serious threat to basic rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection , decent living standards and even the right to play with other kids . ''
CNN published an article Friday titled `` 'Reassuring ' study finds children have small risk of death and severe illness from coronavirus . ''
It cited recent studies showing severe illness and death remain rare in children with COVID-19 .
The Centers for Disease Control indicates on its website that just 0.2 % of the recorded deaths were people less than 25 years old .
What happened to 'flatten the curve' In a Fox News interview in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lockdowns were implemented last spring in response to the pandemic , officials emphasized the objective was to `` flatten the curve , '' meaning to stretch out the number of cases over time to avoid overwhelming hospitals .
Somehow , the objective shifted to eliminating cases , which Atlas always has believed was the wrong approach .
Protecting the higher-risk populations and allowing the virus to burn out , or attenuate , through infecting people who are at low-risk of serious illness should be the aim , he said in a Fox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was guest-hosting `` The Story . ''
`` I think there is a huge disconnect here in what the goal of public policy is here , '' said Atlas .
`` The goal of stopping COVID-19 cases is not the appropriate goal .
The goal is simply twofold , to protect the people who are going to have a serious problem or die , that 's the high-risk population , and to stop hospital overcrowding . ''
Atlas argued against focusing on testing college students , for example , when the aim should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from getting infected . ''
He said there `` should never be and there is no goal to stop college students from getting an infection they have no problem with . ''
He pointed out that 99.8 % of deaths from COVID-19 are in people over 24 .
`` They can do things if they are still afraid from a distance but you don ’ t lock down healthy people , '' he said .
`` It 's just irrational , really . ''
Smith asked whether or not students who are asymptomatic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with whom they come in contact .
Atlas replied that targeting resources to the vulnerable is the best way to protect them .
He insisted that mass testing `` destroys the ability to get critical information on the tests from the people who are at high risk . ''
`` We need to keep them safe , '' Atlas said .
`` When we have testing delays because we are doing a million tests every day , it 's getting to be crazy already .
We need to be able to get the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one else . ''
A Danish professor has published a paper of his country-by-country analysis concluding the spring 2020 lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic had no effect on death rates .
Further , wrote Professor Christian Bjørnskov of Aarhus University , the unprecedented shutdown policies `` appear to be substantial long-run government failures . ''
His paper , `` Did Lockdown Work ?
An Economist 's Cross-Country Comparison , '' sought to `` explore the association between the severity of lockdown policies in the first half of 2020 and mortality rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two indices from the University of Oxford 's school of government as COVID-19 policy measures and compared weekly mortality rates from 24 European countries in the first halves of 2017-2020 .
`` I find no clear association between lockdown policies and mortality development , '' he wrote .
His paper reviewed two other studies that reached the same conclusion .
`` The lockdowns in most Western countries have thrown the world into the most severe recession since World War II and the most rapidly developing recession ever seen in mature market economies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also caused an erosion of fundamental rights and the separation of powers in large part of the world as both democratic and autocratic regimes have misused their emergency powers and ignored constitutional limits to policy-making . ''

"The science" supports Americans who are "anxious to get back to work and to send their children to school," contends Dr. Scott Atlas, a new special adviser to President Trump and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Atlas, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, wrote in an op-ed for The Hill on Thursday that it's clear from medical science, the data and common sense that the economy should reopen.
"While the lockdown may have been justified at the start, when little data was known, we know far more about the virus today," he said. "It's time we use all we have learned and all we have done to reopen our schools and our economy safely and get back to restoring America."
Atlas, former professor and chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center, emphasized that the true risk of the coronavirus is now known.
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He pointed out that just 0.2% of U.S. deaths have been people younger than 25, and 80% have been in people over 65, with the average fatality age 78.
In addition, the CDC now says COVID-19 is the lone cause of death in only 6% of the coronavirus deaths it has recorded.
"For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death," the CDC says on its website.
In June, the CDC listed as high-risk individuals for COVID-19 people with chronic kidney disease, COPD, obesity, heart failure, coronary artery disease, sickle cell disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Children can go back to school, Atlas asserted, citing a Journal of the American Medical Association study of North American pediatric hospitals. The data "indicate that children are at far greater risk of critical illness from influenza than from COVID-19."
More cases may result as social interactions increase, he said, "but the overwhelming majority of cases are now occurring in younger, low-risk people – decades younger, on average, than seen in the spring."
"And the vast majority of these people deal with the infection without consequence; many don’t even know they have it."
He pointed out an analysis of CDC data shows that the case fatality rate has declined by approximately 85% from its peak.
That is partly because of improvements in protecting the most vulnerable, particularly senior citizens.
Nevertheless, the economy has yet to fully reopen, he said, with at least 16 states maintaining travel warnings and quarantines that are not consistent with CDC guidelines.
In most states, he noted, retail stores are limited to pick-up or reduced shopping capacity.
"Even in states where cases are low, restaurants are often take-out only, and 42 states and territories have seating capacity limited to 25 percent or 50 percent. Fitness centers and gyms have largely reopened, but at reduced capacity."
In addition, schools in many cities and states are opening on a delayed or limited basis.
The Department of Education's tracking says that of 5,425 major school districts – about one-third of districts nationwide – nearly half plan to operate on hybrid models and another 20% plan to operate online only.
"That not only harms children, it prevents many parents from working," he said.
Atlas said a "flawed" assumption driving these restrictions is that the number of cases is the most important metric to follow.
"Yet, whatever effect these restrictions may have on cases, they don’t eliminate the virus," he said. "And they impose harms on the country and its citizens, particularly when they require the isolation of large segments of the low-risk and healthy, working populations."
Instead, he said, the administration is focused on a "three-pronged, data-driven strategy that is saving lives while safely reopening the economy and society, averting the disastrous calamities of continued lockdown."
First is protecting the high-risk group, providing resources to assist nursing homes and elderly individuals living in in-home care and senior centers. Second is monitoring hospitals and ICUs to prevent overcrowding. And third is guiding businesses and schools with common-sense mitigation measures.
'No need for fear'
On Monday, Atlas was at a panel discussion in Tallahassee, Florida, with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in which he pointed out that infections and deaths are declining in the Sun Belt states.
"The American public should feel cautiously optimistic here about what’s going on," Atlas said. "There is no need for fear at this point."
Emphasizing that COVID-19 poses little risk to young people, he said college football should go on, and schools should be open to in-person classes.
"This shouldn’t really be a point of controversy. College football should be open. It can be done safely," Atlas said. "College sports is a big part of America and it’s a big part of the economic engine."
Atlas said the U.S. is "the only nation among our peer nations that are hysterical about opening schools ... the only country that seems to be willing to sacrifice our children out of our own fear."
He said testing people for coronavirus who do not have symptoms is counter-productive.
"When you start a program of testing simply to detect positive cases among asymptomatic low-risk groups, the outcome from that is to close the schools," Atlas said. "And the goal of testing is not to close things. The goal of testing is to protect the vulnerable while we open the schools and open the economy."
See remarks by Atlas:
Dr. Scott Atlas: “We are the only nation among our peer nations that are hysterical about opening schools…the only country that seems to be willing to sacrifice our children out of our own fear” (this 8/31/20 FL presser https://t.co/SLvDKcLOJM) pic.twitter.com/8KIy2WmBpC — Andrew Bostom (@andrewbostom) August 31, 2020
The left-leaning World Council of Churches also made a case for sending children back to the classroom, arguing the damage done by quarantines far outweighs any health risks from the coronavirus itself, Breitbart News reported.
"For children, the COVID-19 pandemic is more about the impact of containment measures than a health issue, as such," the WCC states on its website. "Confinement may put children at risk for domestic violence and affect their rights to education, care and protection."
The WCC cited Cornelius Williams, associate director and global chief of child protection for UNICEF's program division, who called the lockdowns a "crisis within a crisis, where containment measures pose a serious threat to basic rights, such as education, care, protection, decent living standards and even the right to play with other kids."
CNN published an article Friday titled "'Reassuring' study finds children have small risk of death and severe illness from coronavirus."
It cited recent studies showing severe illness and death remain rare in children with COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control indicates on its website that just 0.2% of the recorded deaths were people less than 25 years old.
What happened to 'flatten the curve'
In a Fox News interview in early August, Atlas noted that when the lockdowns were implemented last spring in response to the pandemic, officials emphasized the objective was to "flatten the curve," meaning to stretch out the number of cases over time to avoid overwhelming hospitals.
Somehow, the objective shifted to eliminating cases, which Atlas always has believed was the wrong approach.
Protecting the higher-risk populations and allowing the virus to burn out, or attenuate, through infecting people who are at low-risk of serious illness should be the aim, he said in a Fox News interview with Sandra Smith, who was guest-hosting "The Story."
"I think there is a huge disconnect here in what the goal of public policy is here," said Atlas.
"The goal of stopping COVID-19 cases is not the appropriate goal. The goal is simply twofold, to protect the people who are going to have a serious problem or die, that's the high-risk population, and to stop hospital overcrowding."
Atlas argued against focusing on testing college students, for example, when the aim should be "to protect the high-risk group from getting infected."
He said there "should never be and there is no goal to stop college students from getting an infection they have no problem with."
He pointed out that 99.8% of deaths from COVID-19 are in people over 24.
"They can do things if they are still afraid from a distance but you don’t lock down healthy people," he said. "It's just irrational, really."
Smith asked whether or not students who are asymptomatic would pose a risk to vulnerable people with whom they come in contact.
Atlas replied that targeting resources to the vulnerable is the best way to protect them.
He insisted that mass testing "destroys the ability to get critical information on the tests from the people who are at high risk."
"We need to keep them safe," Atlas said. "When we have testing delays because we are doing a million tests every day, it's getting to be crazy already. We need to be able to get the results from the high-risk tests. No one else."
A Danish professor has published a paper of his country-by-country analysis concluding the spring 2020 lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic had no effect on death rates.
Further, wrote Professor Christian Bjørnskov of Aarhus University, the unprecedented shutdown policies "appear to be substantial long-run government failures."
His paper, "Did Lockdown Work? An Economist's Cross-Country Comparison," sought to "explore the association between the severity of lockdown policies in the first half of 2020 and mortality rates."
The professor of economics used two indices from the University of Oxford's school of government as COVID-19 policy measures and compared weekly mortality rates from 24 European countries in the first halves of 2017-2020.
"I find no clear association between lockdown policies and mortality development," he wrote.
His paper reviewed two other studies that reached the same conclusion.
"The lockdowns in most Western countries have thrown the world into the most severe recession since World War II and the most rapidly developing recession ever seen in mature market economies," Bjørnskov wrote. "They have also caused an erosion of fundamental rights and the separation of powers in large part of the world as both democratic and autocratic regimes have misused their emergency powers and ignored constitutional limits to policy-making."


wnd--2020-09-03--Rush Limbaugh: How did Russians convince Biden to act like he's losing mental acuity?

Rush Limbaugh wants to know how the Russians were able to persuade Joe Biden to give interviews in which he loses his train of thought , dropping words and sentences , and sometimes forgetting where he is .
`` How did the Russians convince Biden to act like he 's losing mental acuity ? ''
he asked his radio listeners Thursday .
Limbaugh was facetiously discussing a report from Jonathan Karl of ABC News that U.S. intelligence was warning `` the Russians are seeking to sow discord in American politics by casting doubt over former Vice President Joe Biden 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federalist reported Karl said , `` It was meant to be a warning , an intelligence bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security alerting local , state and federal law enforcement to a Russian scheme to damage Joe Biden 's presidential campaign . ''
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Limbaugh said : `` Well , I got ta tell you , if that ’ s true , they ’ ve been doing it for a long time .
We ’ ve had our doubts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April of 2019 .
Besides , how did the Russians get Biden to cooperate ?
By pretending he can ’ t put two sentences together half the time .
`` Really ?
The Russians are behind this ?
It was just yesterday that we were told the Russians are already doing it again , folks , they ’ re already meddling in the 2020 election .
And that has an obvious question .
You mean we haven ’ t done anything to fix this problem ?
We ’ ve known about it for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m being facetious .
I ’ m playing devil ’ s advocate here .
These guys , these Democrats , the media , they have claimed the Russians meddled .
They stole the election .
Should have been Hillary .
You know the drill .
It ’ s been four years .
We haven ’ t fixed this ?
We haven ’ t identified what the Russians did , we haven ’ t shut those things down ?
We haven ’ t put up roadblocks ?
We haven ’ t been able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decide they want to meddle in the 2020 election and there ’ s nothing we can do , they ’ re gon na do it ?
Well , that ’ s what we ’ re being asked to believe . ''
The Federalist reported the document Karl quoted was titled `` Russia likely to denigrate health of U.S. candidates to influence 2020 election . ''
The report said Biden 's `` cognitive decline '' is `` very real and becomes much more apparent with every rare interview when the campaign allows … Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One of his most recent blunders came in the televised address from Pittsburgh this week .
`` Covid has taken this year , just since the outbreak , has taken more than 100 year , look , here ’ s , the lives , it ’ s just , when you think about it .
More lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years , '' he said .
A recent survey found that four voters in 10 believe Biden is suffering from `` diminished mental capacity '' that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the far left .
Forty-one percent said they strongly agree , and another 6 % said they somewhat agree .
Only 37 % said they strongly disagree .
Commissioned by Heritage Action For America , the survey asked voters whether or not they believe that `` Biden suffers from some level of diminished mental capacity and because of this they fear that if he is elected president his administration will be staffed with the very liberal socialists given to him by Nancy Pelosi , Chuck Schumer and the Democratic National Committee . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's `` Washington Secrets '' column in the Washington Examiner .
Bedard noted Donald Trump Jr. has been raising the issue in his interviews and a new book , `` Liberal Privilege : Joe Biden and the Democrats ' Defense of the Indefensible . ''
Trump Jr. charged that the media is aiding the Democratic campaign .
`` The media loves Joe Biden because they know that Kamala Harris will be in charge and she is left of [ Sen. ] Bernie [ Sanders ] , '' he writes in his book .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ can sell him as a moderate . ''
Jackson said : `` The best way I can describe him every time I see him is that he ’ s just lost .
I won ’ t make any particular diagnosis about dementia .
...
But what I will say is that something is not right . ''
When Biden accepted his party 's nomination , his speech was praised widely by Democrats .
But CNN analyst Van Jones acknowledged in a panel covering the final night of the Democratic National Convention that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a terrible speech . ''
`` As long as he did n't embarrass himself , we were going to come out here and praise it ! ''
Jones was reflecting the concern about Biden 's declining cognitive abilities and frequent gaffes , even as his handlers have limited his appearances .
Biden has declared that black voters who do n't support him `` ai n't black , '' and Hispanics are diverse , `` unlike '' the black community .
He recently gave a confusing response to a question about what he would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outbreak .
`` My message is that the president has to move more rapidly .
You know , we know from experience that speed matters .
We know that you ca n't go too fast .
It 's about going too slow , '' he said .
`` And in order to avoid that – those very high ( death ) numbers , we have to do at least several things .
One , we have to depend on what the president is going to do right now .
And first of all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ till the cases – before anything happens – look , the whole idea is he 's got to get in place things that were shortages of . ''
Biden 's aides have cut him off mid-interview several times .
The latest blunders follow a career of mistakes by Biden , including once when he told a paralyzed supporter to stand up and let the crowd see him , and another when he said , `` Folks , I can tell you I 've known eight presidents , three of them intimately . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden said , `` If we do everything right , if we do it with absolute certainty , there 's still a 30 % chance we 're going to get it wrong . ''
He also identified a very important `` three-letter word : jobs .
J-O-B-S .
jobs . ''

Rush Limbaugh wants to know how the Russians were able to persuade Joe Biden to give interviews in which he loses his train of thought, dropping words and sentences, and sometimes forgetting where he is.
"How did the Russians convince Biden to act like he's losing mental acuity?" he asked his radio listeners Thursday.
Limbaugh was facetiously discussing a report from Jonathan Karl of ABC News that U.S. intelligence was warning "the Russians are seeking to sow discord in American politics by casting doubt over former Vice President Joe Biden's mental fitness for office."
The Federalist reported Karl said, "It was meant to be a warning, an intelligence bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security alerting local, state and federal law enforcement to a Russian scheme to damage Joe Biden's presidential campaign."
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Limbaugh said: "Well, I gotta tell you, if that’s true, they’ve been doing it for a long time. We’ve had our doubts since Biden announced he was running in April of 2019. Besides, how did the Russians get Biden to cooperate? By pretending he can’t put two sentences together half the time.
"Really? The Russians are behind this? It was just yesterday that we were told the Russians are already doing it again, folks, they’re already meddling in the 2020 election. And that has an obvious question. You mean we haven’t done anything to fix this problem? We’ve known about it for four years?
"Look, I’m being facetious. I’m playing devil’s advocate here. These guys, these Democrats, the media, they have claimed the Russians meddled. They stole the election. Should have been Hillary. You know the drill. It’s been four years. We haven’t fixed this? We haven’t identified what the Russians did, we haven’t shut those things down? We haven’t put up roadblocks? We haven’t been able to stop the Russians? They just decide they want to meddle in the 2020 election and there’s nothing we can do, they’re gonna do it? Well, that’s what we’re being asked to believe."
The Federalist reported the document Karl quoted was titled "Russia likely to denigrate health of U.S. candidates to influence 2020 election."
The report said Biden's "cognitive decline" is "very real and becomes much more apparent with every rare interview when the campaign allows … Biden to speak to friendly journalists."
One of his most recent blunders came in the televised address from Pittsburgh this week.
"Covid has taken this year, just since the outbreak, has taken more than 100 year, look, here’s, the lives, it’s just, when you think about it. More lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years," he said.
See Biden's comment:
A recent survey found that four voters in 10 believe Biden is suffering from "diminished mental capacity" that will allow him to be manipulated by the far left.
Forty-one percent said they strongly agree, and another 6% said they somewhat agree. Only 37% said they strongly disagree.
Commissioned by Heritage Action For America, the survey asked voters whether or not they believe that "Biden suffers from some level of diminished mental capacity and because of this they fear that if he is elected president his administration will be staffed with the very liberal socialists given to him by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the Democratic National Committee."
The results were reported by Paul Bedard's "Washington Secrets" column in the Washington Examiner. Bedard noted Donald Trump Jr. has been raising the issue in his interviews and a new book, "Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible."
Trump Jr. charged that the media is aiding the Democratic campaign.
"The media loves Joe Biden because they know that Kamala Harris will be in charge and she is left of [Sen.] Bernie [Sanders]," he writes in his book.
"The media loves him because they can sell him as a moderate."
Trump Jr. quotes Obama's White House doctor, Ronnie Jackson, a retired Navy officer, who has questioned Biden's mental capacity.
Jackson said: "The best way I can describe him every time I see him is that he’s just lost. I won’t make any particular diagnosis about dementia. ... But what I will say is that something is not right."
When Biden accepted his party's nomination, his speech was praised widely by Democrats.
But CNN analyst Van Jones acknowledged in a panel covering the final night of the Democratic National Convention that they "were prepared for it to be a terrible speech."
"As long as he didn't embarrass himself, we were going to come out here and praise it!"
The other analysts sat stone-faced.
Oops... CNN's Van Jones let the cat out the bag!
"And we were prepared for it to be a terrible speech. As long as he didn't embarrass himself, we were going to come out here and praise it!"
This is what the liberal media will be doing tonight, tomorrow, and the foreseeable future pic.twitter.com/UIfZbPhYVe — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 21, 2020
Jones was reflecting the concern about Biden's declining cognitive abilities and frequent gaffes, even as his handlers have limited his appearances.
Biden has declared that black voters who don't support him "ain't black," and Hispanics are diverse, "unlike" the black community.
He recently gave a confusing response to a question about what he would say to Americans terrified by the coronavirus outbreak.
"My message is that the president has to move more rapidly. You know, we know from experience that speed matters. We know that you can't go too fast. It's about going too slow," he said.
"And in order to avoid that – those very high (death) numbers, we have to do at least several things. One, we have to depend on what the president is going to do right now. And first of all, he has to tell – wait till the cases – before anything happens – look, the whole idea is he's got to get in place things that were shortages of."
Biden's aides have cut him off mid-interview several times.
The latest blunders follow a career of mistakes by Biden, including once when he told a paralyzed supporter to stand up and let the crowd see him, and another when he said, "Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately."
While vice president to Barack Obama, Biden said, "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
He also identified a very important "three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S. jobs."


wnd--2020-09-03--U.S. redirects $62 million intended for World Health Organization

The Trump administration this week made good on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization as part of its plan to drop out of the international group entirely .
The U.S. has pulled the $ 62 million in funding that the WHO still expected , reassigning it to other work in the United Nations or other international organizations , according to Nerissa Cook , a deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs .
The Washington Free Beacon reported the U.S. `` is on track to cut its funding and personnel from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump 's order earlier this year ending the U.S. relationship with WHO is set to begin , according to senior administration officials working on the matter . ''
Cook said the U.S. will consider rejoining only after the international body `` gets its act together . ''
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The report said U.S. officials informed WHO about the action this week and repeated their demands for reforms .
The organization became an issue at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese `` transparency '' on the pandemic .
The problems the U.S. cited included that China banned travel within its borders because of the virus but still allowed its citizens to travel abroad .
President Trump had charged : `` Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities .
Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted across the globe . ''
American Enterprise Institute scholars Nicholas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Post column , charged the WHO `` has acted as Beijing 's handmaid . ''
Trump has accused the WHO of being `` very China centric . ''
He previously pointed out the organization stated Feb. 3 there was no need for widespread travel restrictions to combat the virus , which originated in Wuhan , China .
Sen. Marthy McSally , R-Ariz. , has called for the resignation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for his defense of China 's actions and his close ties to the communist regime .
Eberstadt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of war obscures much about the novel coronavirus pandemic . ''
`` But two facts seem absolutely certain , '' they said .
`` First , China ’ s Communist authorities have lied , concealed and misled about the origins of the epidemic and the toll of the virus in China .
Second , the World Health Organization has acted as Beijing ’ s handmaid . ''
The writers concluded that , consequently , `` the global toll of the tragedy will be much greater than it need have been . ''
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well , everything . ''
First was the cover-up of the origin of the coronavirus and its ability to be transmitted from human to human .
Then the numbers of infections and deaths that followed `` obviously '' were undercounted .
And then there was the Chinese Communist Party 's disinformation campaig in which it claimed the virus came from America .
`` Which brings us to the WHO ’ s malfeasance in this affair , '' Eberstadt and Blumenthal said .
`` The WHO should have known at the outset that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beijing .
Yet -- instead of immediately insisting upon access , openness and transparency from China , WHO leadership followed the Chinese lead and at times even took the Chinese line . ''
The president earlier revealed plans to withdraw from the WHO and to halt U.S. funding .
Regarding the latest moves , Cook said : `` The position of the White House is that the WHO needs to reform , and that is starting with demonstrating its independence from the Chinese Communist Party .
And it needs to make improvements in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent , to detect , and to respond to outbreaks of dangerous pathogens . ''
For 2020 , the U.S. had budgeted $ 120 million for WHO , and $ 58 million had been dispersed before Trump called a halt .
`` The World Health Organization has failed badly ... not only in its response to COVID-19 , but to other health crises in recent decades , '' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Thursday .
`` In addition , WHO has declined to adopt urgently needed reforms , starting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communist Party . ''

The Trump administration this week made good on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization as part of its plan to drop out of the international group entirely.
The U.S. has pulled the $62 million in funding that the WHO still expected, reassigning it to other work in the United Nations or other international organizations, according to Nerissa Cook, a deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
The Washington Free Beacon reported the U.S. "is on track to cut its funding and personnel from the agency before July 2021, when President Donald Trump's order earlier this year ending the U.S. relationship with WHO is set to begin, according to senior administration officials working on the matter."
Cook said the U.S. will consider rejoining only after the international body "gets its act together."
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The report said U.S. officials informed WHO about the action this week and repeated their demands for reforms. The organization became an issue at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak when U.S. officials criticized it for praising Chinese "transparency" on the pandemic.
The problems the U.S. cited included that China banned travel within its borders because of the virus but still allowed its citizens to travel abroad.
President Trump had charged: "Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities. Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted across the globe."
American Enterprise Institute scholars Nicholas Eberstadt and Dan Blumenthal, in a New York Post column, charged the WHO "has acted as Beijing's handmaid."
Trump has accused the WHO of being "very China centric." He previously pointed out the organization stated Feb. 3 there was no need for widespread travel restrictions to combat the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China.
Sen. Marthy McSally, R-Ariz., has called for the resignation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for his defense of China's actions and his close ties to the communist regime.
Eberstadt and Blumenthal acknowledged that the "fog of war obscures much about the novel coronavirus pandemic."
"But two facts seem absolutely certain," they said. "First, China’s Communist authorities have lied, concealed and misled about the origins of the epidemic and the toll of the virus in China. Second, the World Health Organization has acted as Beijing’s handmaid."
The writers concluded that, consequently, "the global toll of the tragedy will be much greater than it need have been."
They noted that Beijing lies "about, well, everything."
First was the cover-up of the origin of the coronavirus and its ability to be transmitted from human to human. Then the numbers of infections and deaths that followed "obviously" were undercounted.
And then there was the Chinese Communist Party's disinformation campaig in which it claimed the virus came from America.
"Which brings us to the WHO’s malfeasance in this affair," Eberstadt and Blumenthal said. "The WHO should have known at the outset that it was dealing with a bad-faith actor in Beijing. Yet -- instead of immediately insisting upon access, openness and transparency from China, WHO leadership followed the Chinese lead and at times even took the Chinese line."
The president earlier revealed plans to withdraw from the WHO and to halt U.S. funding.
Regarding the latest moves, Cook said: "The position of the White House is that the WHO needs to reform, and that is starting with demonstrating its independence from the Chinese Communist Party. And it needs to make improvements in its ability to prepare for, to prevent, to detect, and to respond to outbreaks of dangerous pathogens."
For 2020, the U.S. had budgeted $120 million for WHO, and $58 million had been dispersed before Trump called a halt.
"The World Health Organization has failed badly ... not only in its response to COVID-19, but to other health crises in recent decades," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Thursday. "In addition, WHO has declined to adopt urgently needed reforms, starting with demonstrating its independence from the Chinese Communist Party."


wnd--2020-09-03--Kyle goes to Kenosha: A folk hero is born

Having done an about face against rioting , the sanctimonious Don Lemon , at CNN , giggled and smirked his way through a segment about `` racist '' white suburbanites , who imagined any decent rioter would bother with their ugly abodes .
Hey , racists , there is no Gucci merchandise where you bunk down , taunted CNN 's silly man .
Desperate , suddenly , to appear on the side of normies , the Fourth Estate is currently yearning for a Sister Souljah moment .
Sister Souljah had expressed sympathy for the 1992 , L.A. rioters .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whites instead of one another , lamented that eponymous rapper .
Back then , Bill Clinton – a master politician and a conservative by the standards of Democrats today – diffused her weasel words .
Candidate Clinton called the rapper a racist as bad as David Duke .
As a master of triangulation , he managed at once to appease whites ( who mattered back then ) without alienating black Americans .
Behold the puzzled look on Cooper 's bewildered face , as he is told by an ordinary , working American what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work to louts and looters .
The silver-haired Mr. Cooper , also a CNN celebrity anchor , is the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt .
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth .
Private property owners defending their modest residences and meager businesses is not something someone who grew up in a castle can comprehend .
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Not so Kyle Rittenhouse .
Young Kyle went to Kenosha , Wisconsin , because he was never confused .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police have refused to do .
As the city 's mayor and the state 's governor watched Kenosha burn , Kyle confronted the enemies of the commonweal .
Unlike the flaccid men of the media and in corridors of power , the 17-year-old rose to the challenge , firing only when he was prone and was being pounded by the feral fiends .
Intent on doing a Nick Sandmann on Rittenhouse , the media hounds have been pounding the airwaves with the `` right-wing vigilante '' pejorative , also calling Kyle a `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subliminal message for `` charge him as an adult . ''
Consequently , GoFundMe , a crowd-funding portal , removed efforts on Kyle 's behalf , directing visitors , instead , to the campaigns of the men he killed in self-defense .
The one had a history of domestic violence ; the other was a registered sex offender .
For his part , Jacob Blake , whose shooting unleashed the Kenosha peace parade , had sexually assaulted a woman and was being intercepted for violating a restraining order against his victim .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unit provided a blow-by-blow account of young Mr. Rittenhouse being hunted down by fellows who were foaming and fulminating about the need to `` cranium '' Kyle .
`` This is 100 percent self-defense , '' seconds Kyle 's attorney .
Seventeen-year-old Kyle 's recent history ?
Working as a community lifeguard – boy , can he swim in polluted waters – cleaning `` defaced storefronts , '' extinguishing dumpster fires lit by Democratic detritus and standing sentinel in front of storefronts in downtown Kenosha , actions the local police instructed him to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The police force , in 2020 , is a spent force , missing in action , flouting their constitutional obligation to protect innocents and their property .
But President Trump is still a fierce brawler .
He knows that the only time you reach across the aisle to the current crop of pyromania-enabling Democrats is to grab them by the proverbial throat .
With the president in the lead , I hazard that 50 % of the country is behind this remarkably composed young man .
( `` Never Trumpers '' are with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
) Currently , energetic attempts are underway by the media – a fifth column really – to frame murder , mayhem and riots across American cities as Trump 's doing .
Not even Democratic voters – vested in law-and-order like everyone else – believe that Trump 's tweets and patriotic convoys of his flag-waving supporters are destroying Seattle , Portland , Kenosha , Oakland , Minneapolis , Chicago , Albuquerque , Denver , Berkeley , Harrisburg , on and on .
In particular , a malevolently dissembling media accuse Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which , with mayoral imprimatur , has adopted permanent rioting status .
Why so ?
Because `` Patriotic Prayer , '' a `` dangerous '' pro-God group , dared venture into sin city .
Did n't the flag-waving faithful know that those with God and law-and-order on their minds were not welcome , that Mayor Ted Wheeler had consecrated the city for criminals alone ?
Wheeler has turned Portland into a sanctuary city for the kind of rabble that is reducing cities across America to rubble .
Enabler of the Portland riots , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has allowed criminals to homestead his city .
As Scott Jones , sheriff in Sacramento County , California , put it : These rioters are idiots .
They have no coherent platform .
Other than to destroy , they do n't know what they want .
They must be met with force .
Unlike Wheeler , Sheriff Jones would not be letting rioters gain a foothold on his turf .
Lo and behold , Portland 's Wheeler is now calling on the violence to cease and unity to prevail , after a member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by one of Wheeler 's protégés .
It seems the mayor and his police force intend to succor the man who , allegedly , executed Patriot Prayer 's Aaron `` Jay '' Danielson .
The killer , clearly visible on closed-circuit television , is still on the lam , though a man who says he 's `` 100 percent Antifa '' reportedly is under investigation .
One fractious group , Black Lives Matter and its white hangers-on , is the beneficiary of `` light-touch policing . ''
The other group , for Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' for daring to safeguard American civilizational markers : statues and storefronts , both symbolic of a history and a work ethic once shared .
Indeed , where are the charges against these bands of roving violent outlaws , for ongoing aggravated assault , arson and for crossing state lines in furtherance of their criminal enterprise ?
Only 300 arrests have been made nationwide .
A mere 75 have been charged federally .
By Chad Wolf 's telling ( he is acting secretary of homeland security ) , 100 of these are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destruction – this is not law enforcement .
Amid the chaos , some pettifoggers have found the wherewithal to throw the book at Kyle Rittenhouse and Steve Baca , of Albuquerque , New Mexico .
He , too , was chased down by a wilding pack , ran until he could no longer , and only then stood his ground .
Why is Baca being prosecuted and destroyed , rather than given the key to the city ?
T. Jefferson – hush , do n't say a Founding Father 's name out loud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If it was good enough for him , it 's good enough for me .
Bring It .
Some skulls need cracking .
Still better : Tired of waiting on a neutered , coopted , infiltrated and compromised police to come to the rescue ?
Let law-abiding taxpayers hire private protection of Kyle Rittenhouse 's caliber .

Having done an about face against rioting, the sanctimonious Don Lemon, at CNN, giggled and smirked his way through a segment about "racist" white suburbanites, who imagined any decent rioter would bother with their ugly abodes. Hey, racists, there is no Gucci merchandise where you bunk down, taunted CNN's silly man.
Desperate, suddenly, to appear on the side of normies, the Fourth Estate is currently yearning for a Sister Souljah moment. Sister Souljah had expressed sympathy for the 1992, L.A. rioters. If only black people would turn to killing whites instead of one another, lamented that eponymous rapper.
Back then, Bill Clinton – a master politician and a conservative by the standards of Democrats today – diffused her weasel words. Candidate Clinton called the rapper a racist as bad as David Duke. As a master of triangulation, he managed at once to appease whites (who mattered back then) without alienating black Americans.
And, unlike Anderson Cooper, Bill Clinton felt your pain.
Behold the puzzled look on Cooper's bewildered face, as he is told by an ordinary, working American what it means to lose your life's work to louts and looters. The silver-haired Mr. Cooper, also a CNN celebrity anchor, is the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Private property owners defending their modest residences and meager businesses is not something someone who grew up in a castle can comprehend.
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Not so Kyle Rittenhouse. Young Kyle went to Kenosha, Wisconsin, because he was never confused. He attempted to do the job politicians and police have refused to do. As the city's mayor and the state's governor watched Kenosha burn, Kyle confronted the enemies of the commonweal. Unlike the flaccid men of the media and in corridors of power, the 17-year-old rose to the challenge, firing only when he was prone and was being pounded by the feral fiends.
Intent on doing a Nick Sandmann on Rittenhouse, the media hounds have been pounding the airwaves with the "right-wing vigilante" pejorative, also calling Kyle a "17-year-old man." This is a subliminal message for "charge him as an adult."
Consequently, GoFundMe, a crowd-funding portal, removed efforts on Kyle's behalf, directing visitors, instead, to the campaigns of the men he killed in self-defense. The one had a history of domestic violence; the other was a registered sex offender. For his part, Jacob Blake, whose shooting unleashed the Kenosha peace parade, had sexually assaulted a woman and was being intercepted for violating a restraining order against his victim.
Even the New York Times' Visual Investigations unit provided a blow-by-blow account of young Mr. Rittenhouse being hunted down by fellows who were foaming and fulminating about the need to "cranium" Kyle. "This is 100 percent self-defense," seconds Kyle's attorney.
Seventeen-year-old Kyle's recent history? Working as a community lifeguard – boy, can he swim in polluted waters – cleaning "defaced storefronts," extinguishing dumpster fires lit by Democratic detritus and standing sentinel in front of storefronts in downtown Kenosha, actions the local police instructed him to cease. Well, of course: The police force, in 2020, is a spent force, missing in action, flouting their constitutional obligation to protect innocents and their property.
But President Trump is still a fierce brawler. He knows that the only time you reach across the aisle to the current crop of pyromania-enabling Democrats is to grab them by the proverbial throat. With the president in the lead, I hazard that 50% of the country is behind this remarkably composed young man. ("Never Trumpers" are with the "new and radicalized Democratic coalition.")
Currently, energetic attempts are underway by the media – a fifth column really – to frame murder, mayhem and riots across American cities as Trump's doing. Not even Democratic voters – vested in law-and-order like everyone else – believe that Trump's tweets and patriotic convoys of his flag-waving supporters are destroying Seattle, Portland, Kenosha, Oakland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Albuquerque, Denver, Berkeley, Harrisburg, on and on.
In particular, a malevolently dissembling media accuse Trump supporters of causing the conflagration in anarcho-Portland, which, with mayoral imprimatur, has adopted permanent rioting status. Why so? Because "Patriotic Prayer," a "dangerous" pro-God group, dared venture into sin city.
Didn't the flag-waving faithful know that those with God and law-and-order on their minds were not welcome, that Mayor Ted Wheeler had consecrated the city for criminals alone? Wheeler has turned Portland into a sanctuary city for the kind of rabble that is reducing cities across America to rubble.
Enabler of the Portland riots, you have to know that Mayor Wheeler has allowed criminals to homestead his city. As Scott Jones, sheriff in Sacramento County, California, put it: These rioters are idiots. They have no coherent platform. Other than to destroy, they don't know what they want. They must be met with force. Unlike Wheeler, Sheriff Jones would not be letting rioters gain a foothold on his turf.
Lo and behold, Portland's Wheeler is now calling on the violence to cease and unity to prevail, after a member of "Patriot Prayer" was murdered by one of Wheeler's protégés. It seems the mayor and his police force intend to succor the man who, allegedly, executed Patriot Prayer's Aaron "Jay" Danielson. The killer, clearly visible on closed-circuit television, is still on the lam, though a man who says he's "100 percent Antifa" reportedly is under investigation.
One fractious group, Black Lives Matter and its white hangers-on, is the beneficiary of "light-touch policing." The other group, for Trump and law-and-order, gets "heavy-handed policing" for daring to safeguard American civilizational markers: statues and storefronts, both symbolic of a history and a work ethic once shared.
Indeed, where are the charges against these bands of roving violent outlaws, for ongoing aggravated assault, arson and for crossing state lines in furtherance of their criminal enterprise? Only 300 arrests have been made nationwide. A mere 75 have been charged federally. By Chad Wolf's telling (he is acting secretary of homeland security), 100 of these are in Portland. Given the magnitude of the destruction – this is not law enforcement.
Amid the chaos, some pettifoggers have found the wherewithal to throw the book at Kyle Rittenhouse and Steve Baca, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He, too, was chased down by a wilding pack, ran until he could no longer, and only then stood his ground. Why is Baca being prosecuted and destroyed, rather than given the key to the city?
T. Jefferson – hush, don't say a Founding Father's name out loud – passed the 1807 Insurrection Act. If it was good enough for him, it's good enough for me. Bring It. Some skulls need cracking.
Still better: Tired of waiting on a neutered, coopted, infiltrated and compromised police to come to the rescue? Let law-abiding taxpayers hire private protection of Kyle Rittenhouse's caliber.


wnd--2020-09-03--Moderating the debates: Will we see the next Candy Crowley?

Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling on Joe Biden to refuse debating President Donald Trump , four moderators have been named for the vice-presidential and three presidential debates .
At times the journalists moderating such events have been far from moderate .
In October 2012 , left-of-center CNN 's Candy Crowley controlled the second debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov .
Mitt Romney .
When Romney said Obama had waited two weeks after a mob murdered our ambassador to Libyan before calling this terrorism , Crowley stepped in to defend Obama and declare Romney wrong .
Crowley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right in the main , '' but by then the debate was over , the vast TV audience gone , the damage done , and the election tilted to Obama .
Both Republican and Democrat officials said that Crowley violated terms of the pre-debate agreement signed by both parties – by her one-sided interference , her failure to give Romney the promised last word in one clash and giving Obama three minutes more speaking time than Romney .
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Crowley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be more aggressive than previous moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS .
She said , `` [ T ] here is … time for me to say 'Hey , wait a second , what about x , y , z ? '
'' She `` moderated '' the debate by inaccurate `` fact checking '' that influenced who won .
Crowley 's megalomaniacal behavior was shameful .
But her partisanship helped reelect Obama-Biden .
Will one or more of this year 's debate moderators be the next Candy Crowley ?
Sept. 29 's Cleveland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the most leftward anchor on center-right Fox News .
Son of famed broadcaster Mike Wallace , he is a veteran of NBC and ABC News who once asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin , `` Why do so many people who oppose you end up dead ? ''
Wallace occasionally acts like a `` Never Trumper , '' but Fox viewer outrage pulls this Democrat back into centrism .
October 15 's Miami debate moderator is C-SPAN 's Steve Scully , 60. the 14th of 16 children .
Now even-handed , Scully was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Joe Biden .
Oct. 22 's Nashville debate moderator is NBC weekend `` Today '' show co-anchor and longtime White House correspondent Kristen Welker , 44 .
Most on NBC and Marxist-Socialist NBC ( as MSNBC is known ) are left-of-center .
Welker described Biden 's leftist running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris of California , as having a `` moderate political reputation , '' and President Trump snidely as `` trying to show he is hard at work . ''
But in August Welker did a hard-hitting interview with Speaker Pelosi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NewsBusters described : `` WOW … It 's truly amazing to see Pelosi fold under real , tough questions , something she 's not accustomed to … from the leftist media .
… We have to give credit [ to ] a good interview by Welker . ''
The Oct. 7 Salt Lake City vice-presidential debate moderator is Susan Page , 69 , of center-left USA Today .
Page is liberal but professional .
She reportedly has a book contract to write a biography tentatively entitled `` Modern Speaker : Nancy Pelosi and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubtless would sell better if Pelosi and her party increase their power .
None of these moderators seems likely to be the next Candy Crowley .
But we should not be surprised if Biden , 77 , bails out of two or more debates , probably by claiming illness .
If he does , this proves his unfitness to be president .
Three important questions `` moderate '' moderators should ask : 1 ) Mr. Biden , the Obama-Biden administration invited Black Lives Matter into the White House , despite this Marxist-founded violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Dead cops . ''
Do you regret honoring this leftist terrorist organization ?
2 ) Mr. Biden , you now vaguely denounce `` needless '' violence , but have not named two leftist groups causing it .
Is your silence self-serving , because the BlackLivesMatter.com website `` Donate '' button goes directly to Democrat site ActBlue , which has given more than $ 120 million to your campaign , and the Marxist antifa.com website switches automatically to a Biden donation website ?
3 ) Mr. Biden , you planned to meet with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was shot by Kenosha police when he violently resisted arrest on a felony rape warrant .
Did you notice that Blake 's alleged rape is very similar to what a former staffer accuses you of committing on her ?
President Trump had recommended two dozen centrist moderators , including : Fox 's Maria Bartiromo , Bret Baier , Harris Faulkner and Charles Payne ; talk-radio stars Hugh Hewitt and Larry Elder ; The Hill 's Saager Enjeti ; CNBC 's Joe Kernen and Rick Santelli ; CBS 's Major Garrett ; and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swamp 's `` bipartisan '' Commission on Presidential Debates .
Is this fair , honest , and even-handed to President Trump ?
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader 's Digest Roving Editor .
His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times and other major publications .
His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith , `` The Secret War , '' shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats .
For a free , postpaid copy , @ @ @ @

Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling on Joe Biden to refuse debating President Donald Trump, four moderators have been named for the vice-presidential and three presidential debates.
At times the journalists moderating such events have been far from moderate. In October 2012, left-of-center CNN's Candy Crowley controlled the second debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
When Romney said Obama had waited two weeks after a mob murdered our ambassador to Libyan before calling this terrorism, Crowley stepped in to defend Obama and declare Romney wrong.
Crowley hours later admitted that Romney "was right in the main," but by then the debate was over, the vast TV audience gone, the damage done, and the election tilted to Obama.
Both Republican and Democrat officials said that Crowley violated terms of the pre-debate agreement signed by both parties – by her one-sided interference, her failure to give Romney the promised last word in one clash and giving Obama three minutes more speaking time than Romney.
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Crowley boasted before the debate that she would be more aggressive than previous moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS. She said, "[T]here is … time for me to say 'Hey, wait a second, what about x, y, z?'" She "moderated" the debate by inaccurate "fact checking" that influenced who won.
Crowley's megalomaniacal behavior was shameful. But her partisanship helped reelect Obama-Biden. Will one or more of this year's debate moderators be the next Candy Crowley?
Sept. 29's Cleveland debate moderator is Chris Wallace, 72, the most leftward anchor on center-right Fox News. Son of famed broadcaster Mike Wallace, he is a veteran of NBC and ABC News who once asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin, "Why do so many people who oppose you end up dead?"
Wallace occasionally acts like a "Never Trumper," but Fox viewer outrage pulls this Democrat back into centrism.
October 15's Miami debate moderator is C-SPAN's Steve Scully, 60. the 14th of 16 children. Now even-handed, Scully was an intern for Sens. Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden.
Oct. 22's Nashville debate moderator is NBC weekend "Today" show co-anchor and longtime White House correspondent Kristen Welker, 44. Most on NBC and Marxist-Socialist NBC (as MSNBC is known) are left-of-center.
Welker described Biden's leftist running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, as having a "moderate political reputation," and President Trump snidely as "trying to show he is hard at work."
But in August Welker did a hard-hitting interview with Speaker Pelosi that the conservative Media Research Center's NewsBusters described: "WOW … It's truly amazing to see Pelosi fold under real, tough questions, something she's not accustomed to … from the leftist media. … We have to give credit [to] a good interview by Welker."
The Oct. 7 Salt Lake City vice-presidential debate moderator is Susan Page, 69, of center-left USA Today. Page is liberal but professional. She reportedly has a book contract to write a biography tentatively entitled "Modern Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Arc of Power," which doubtless would sell better if Pelosi and her party increase their power.
None of these moderators seems likely to be the next Candy Crowley. But we should not be surprised if Biden, 77, bails out of two or more debates, probably by claiming illness. If he does, this proves his unfitness to be president.
Three important questions "moderate" moderators should ask:
1) Mr. Biden, the Obama-Biden administration invited Black Lives Matter into the White House, despite this Marxist-founded violent group chanting "What do we want? Dead cops." Do you regret honoring this leftist terrorist organization?
2) Mr. Biden, you now vaguely denounce "needless" violence, but have not named two leftist groups causing it. Is your silence self-serving, because the BlackLivesMatter.com website "Donate" button goes directly to Democrat site ActBlue, which has given more than $120 million to your campaign, and the Marxist antifa.com website switches automatically to a Biden donation website?
3) Mr. Biden, you planned to meet with Jacob Blake's parents, whose son was shot by Kenosha police when he violently resisted arrest on a felony rape warrant. Did you notice that Blake's alleged rape is very similar to what a former staffer accuses you of committing on her?
President Trump had recommended two dozen centrist moderators, including: Fox's Maria Bartiromo, Bret Baier, Harris Faulkner and Charles Payne; talk-radio stars Hugh Hewitt and Larry Elder; The Hill's Saager Enjeti; CNBC's Joe Kernen and Rick Santelli; CBS's Major Garrett; and more. All were rejected by the government swamp's "bipartisan" Commission on Presidential Debates. Is this fair, honest, and even-handed to President Trump?
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader's Digest Roving Editor. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other major publications. His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith, "The Secret War," shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats. For a free, postpaid copy, call toll-free 800-630-1492.


wnd--2020-09-03--BLM and the Witch of Endor

BLM and the Witch of Endor

I 've just finished Dr. Michael Brown 's must-read WND column `` Jezebelic : BLM leaders call on the spirits of the dead . ''
His articles are always excellent , but this one has special importance because it touches on the role of the demonic in spiritual warfare .
In particular , it describes conduct by the Marxist lesbian founders of Black Lives Matter that is specifically showcased in the Bible as a warning to humanity in the `` cautionary tale '' of King Saul 's visit to the `` Witch of Endor '' in 1 Samuel 28 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bible predicts is the social/spiritual context preceding the Antichrist kingdom and the second coming of Christ , has begun .
WND readers are all likely familiar with the recent dramatic growth of the Church of Satan , a cult especially favored by LGBTs since its founding in 1966 and one that has recently become very politically active .
Some will also recall that on April 19-21 , 2016 ( immediately preceding Passover on the 22nd ) , the `` Arch of Baal '' from Palmyra , Syria , began a world tour of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Washington D.C. , Dubai and numerous cities in the EU .
Demonic spiritual activity is clearly on the rise in the world today .
Dr. Brown reported that BLM co-founder `` Abdullah stated … 'we become very intimate with the spirits that we call on regularly .
Right , like , each of them seems to have a different presence and personality .
You know , I laugh a lot with Wakisha , you know , and I did n't meet her in her body .
Right , I met her through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recounted that when `` Abdullah met with a BLM group in front of the house of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti : 'She led the group in a ritual … reciting of names of those taken by state violence … `` George Floyd .
Asé .
Philandro Castille .
Asé .
Andrew Joseph .
Asé .
Michael Brown .
Asé .
Eric Garner .
Asé .
Harriet Tubman .
Asé .
Malcom X. Asé .
Martin Luther King .
Asé '' … while she `` poured libations on the ground as the group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term often used by practitioners of Ifa , a faith and divination system that originated in West Africa . '
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`` Now Samuel was dead , and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah , his own city .
… When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines , he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the LORD did not answer him , either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets .
Then Saul said to his servants , 'Seek for me a woman who is a medium , that I may go to her and inquire of her . '
And his servants said to him , 'Behold , there is a woman who is a medium at Endor . '
… Then Saul … came to the woman by night ; and he said , 'Conjure up for me , please , and bring up for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . '
… And he said , 'Bring up Samuel for me . '
… And the woman said to Saul , ' I see a divine being coming up out of the earth . '
He said to her , 'What is his form ? '
And she said , 'An old man is coming up , and he is wrapped with a robe . '
And Saul knew that it was Samuel , and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage . ''
Now , Samuel was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Bible offers no support for the notion that living humans can communicate with the dead .
We also know that Saul had already lost God 's anointing , and it was Samuel who pronounced this to him in 1 Samuel 13:13 ( note the numerological significance ) .
This is why God had not answered Saul 's prayer in the first place .
In fact God had assigned a `` Spirit of Distress '' to punish Saul ( 1 Samuel 16:14 , 18:10 ) , apparently for not abdicating his throne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For all these reasons , this `` Samuel '' conjured by the Witch of Endor was not the deceased prophet , but a demon posing as Samuel .
Back when I led the daily morning Bible study at our Holy Grounds Coffee House inner-city mission , there was a troubled young woman who occasionally attended , and one morning , when it was her turn to speak as we went around the table discussing the Scripture chapter of the day , she claimed she had been speaking the previous night with her dead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to discuss the story of Saul and the witch , she jumped to her feet in a demonic rage and began cursing the group for `` blaspheming Jesus Christ '' as she bolted for the door .
It was one of the clearest manifestations of demonic activity of several that occurred in those years .
Spiritual warfare is real , as is the army of many individual demons on that battlefield .
Also real is Holy Spirit blessing for believers who fight the spiritual war in a state of surrender to Christ and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believers are qualified to claim this blessing , which I know from personal experience is often unlocked in one 's life by perseverance through persecution in the cause of truth .
Persecution is the refiner 's fire .
This is the profound truth underlying James 1:2 's admonition to `` count it all joy '' when you face any form of tribulation in your life .
When , `` having done all to stand , you STAND ! ''
despite everything Hell can throw at you , God pours out such grace that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stephen , your awareness of His pleasure in your faithfulness so transcends all worldly considerations that your countenance shines like that of an angel .
God 's hand of guidance becomes more obvious the more you live in the surrendered state , which I wish I did more constantly than I do .
But today I recognize His providence in causing Dr. Brown to write his article just as I was preparing to release the fifth installment of my book `` Dynasty of Darkness , '' which segment `` just happens '' to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saul and the spiritual warfare aspects of David 's conquest of the Antichrist Goliath .
( If you 're not already on my list to get these installments automatically , email me at [ email protected ] for a free copy . )
God bless you , Doc Brown , for your perseverance in speaking hard truths other shrink from defending – especially in the verboten topic of recovery from same-sex attraction disorder – which most believers do n't realize is probably the hottest spot on America 's spiritual battlefield today , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonic chaos in our burning cities and the pervasive satanic deception of our fellow citizens , because `` the wicked prowl on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men '' ( Psalm 12:8 ) .

I've just finished Dr. Michael Brown's must-read WND column "Jezebelic: BLM leaders call on the spirits of the dead." His articles are always excellent, but this one has special importance because it touches on the role of the demonic in spiritual warfare. In particular, it describes conduct by the Marxist lesbian founders of Black Lives Matter that is specifically showcased in the Bible as a warning to humanity in the "cautionary tale" of King Saul's visit to the "Witch of Endor" in 1 Samuel 28.
The age of apostasy, which the Bible predicts is the social/spiritual context preceding the Antichrist kingdom and the second coming of Christ, has begun. WND readers are all likely familiar with the recent dramatic growth of the Church of Satan, a cult especially favored by LGBTs since its founding in 1966 and one that has recently become very politically active.
Some will also recall that on April 19-21, 2016 (immediately preceding Passover on the 22nd), the "Arch of Baal" from Palmyra, Syria, began a world tour of key cities that included London, NYC, Washington D.C., Dubai and numerous cities in the EU. Demonic spiritual activity is clearly on the rise in the world today.
Dr. Brown reported that BLM co-founder "Abdullah stated … 'we become very intimate with the spirits that we call on regularly. Right, like, each of them seems to have a different presence and personality. You know, I laugh a lot with Wakisha, you know, and I didn't meet her in her body. Right, I met her through this work.'" And he recounted that when "Abdullah met with a BLM group in front of the house of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: 'She led the group in a ritual … reciting of names of those taken by state violence … "George Floyd. Asé. Philandro Castille. Asé. Andrew Joseph. Asé. Michael Brown. Asé. Eric Garner. Asé. Harriet Tubman. Asé. Malcom X. Asé. Martin Luther King. Asé" … while she "poured libations on the ground as the group … chanted 'Asé,' a Yoruba term often used by practitioners of Ifa, a faith and divination system that originated in West Africa.'"
I instantly recognized the similarity to the system of conjuring demons described in 1 Samuel 28:
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"Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. … When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, 'Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him, 'Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at Endor.' … Then Saul … came to the woman by night; and he said, 'Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you.' … And he said, 'Bring up Samuel for me.' … And the woman said to Saul, 'I see a divine being coming up out of the earth.' He said to her, 'What is his form?' And she said, 'An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.' And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage."
Now, Samuel was NOT a "divine being," and the Bible offers no support for the notion that living humans can communicate with the dead. We also know that Saul had already lost God's anointing, and it was Samuel who pronounced this to him in 1 Samuel 13:13 (note the numerological significance). This is why God had not answered Saul's prayer in the first place. In fact God had assigned a "Spirit of Distress" to punish Saul (1 Samuel 16:14, 18:10), apparently for not abdicating his throne after God had removed His anointing. For all these reasons, this "Samuel" conjured by the Witch of Endor was not the deceased prophet, but a demon posing as Samuel.
Back when I led the daily morning Bible study at our Holy Grounds Coffee House inner-city mission, there was a troubled young woman who occasionally attended, and one morning, when it was her turn to speak as we went around the table discussing the Scripture chapter of the day, she claimed she had been speaking the previous night with her dead grandmother. When I diverted the study to discuss the story of Saul and the witch, she jumped to her feet in a demonic rage and began cursing the group for "blaspheming Jesus Christ" as she bolted for the door. It was one of the clearest manifestations of demonic activity of several that occurred in those years.
Spiritual warfare is real, as is the army of many individual demons on that battlefield. Also real is Holy Spirit blessing for believers who fight the spiritual war in a state of surrender to Christ and attentiveness to His guiding hand. All believers are qualified to claim this blessing, which I know from personal experience is often unlocked in one's life by perseverance through persecution in the cause of truth. Persecution is the refiner's fire. This is the profound truth underlying James 1:2's admonition to "count it all joy" when you face any form of tribulation in your life. When, "having done all to stand, you STAND!" despite everything Hell can throw at you, God pours out such grace that even when being stoned to death like Stephen, your awareness of His pleasure in your faithfulness so transcends all worldly considerations that your countenance shines like that of an angel.
God's hand of guidance becomes more obvious the more you live in the surrendered state, which I wish I did more constantly than I do. But today I recognize His providence in causing Dr. Brown to write his article just as I was preparing to release the fifth installment of my book "Dynasty of Darkness," which segment "just happens" to be on the demonic possession of King Saul and the spiritual warfare aspects of David's conquest of the Antichrist Goliath. (If you're not already on my list to get these installments automatically, email me at [email protected] for a free copy.)
God bless you, Doc Brown, for your perseverance in speaking hard truths other shrink from defending – especially in the verboten topic of recovery from same-sex attraction disorder – which most believers don't realize is probably the hottest spot on America's spiritual battlefield today, and is directly connected to the outpouring of demonic chaos in our burning cities and the pervasive satanic deception of our fellow citizens, because "the wicked prowl on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men" (Psalm 12:8).


wnd--2020-09-04--GOP asks Barr if Pelosi committed crime by ripping up State of the Union

Two Republicans in the House of Representatives have asked Attorney General William Barr to determine if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly ripped up an official copy of President Trump 's State of the Union address .
If her actions violated federal statutes , the letter to Barr explains , the law `` requires removal from office . ''
Pelosi made it more than clear what she thinks of the president as she literally tore up the commander in chief 's State of the Union address on national TV at the conclusion of his remarks in February .
When asked afterward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech , Pelosi responded , `` Because it was the courteous thing to do , considering the alternatives . ''
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`` What we saw today was the manifestation of hatred , '' said Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , at the time .
`` That hatred consumes any other sentiment they may have . ''
Now Rep. Gary Palmer , chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee , and Rep. Mike Johnson , chairman of the Republican Study Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an advisory opinion on whether that copy of the president 's speech was `` an official government document , subject to protection . ''
Secondly , they want to know if that is so , `` did Speaker Pelosi violate the law when she destroyed the House copy ? ''
Lastly , they note that if that also is so , federal law `` requires removal from office , '' and they ask Barr `` what actions are necessary to enforce the statute ? ''
They note that the federal law in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willfully and unlawfully conceals , removes , mutilates , obliterates , or destroys , or attempts to do so , or , with intent … any … document , or other thing , filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States , or in any public office , or with any judicial or public officer of the United States , shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years , or both . ''
It also states that someone who destroys `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States . ''
Fox News reported Pelosi `` famously '' destroyed the speech at the end of Trump 's address in the House chamber .
She stood up , in a position behind the president so she was on national TV at the time , and ripped the speech 's pages in half .
She was seen on video earlier clandestinely trying the paper to see how it would rip .
Fox noted , `` The calls come as Pelosi is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a California hair salon that has been closed due to coronavirus restrictions . ''
In a statement about the request , Palmer explained , `` Nancy Pelosi ’ s famous tantrum on the House floor was more than disgraceful ; she violated her responsibility to preserve official documents delivered to the House of Representatives .
`` We ask the attorney general to review this scandalous outburst , not simply because it offended every American , but because it set a precedent for radical politicians to hijack state events for partisan performance art and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far , no consequence . ''
There were , right after the stunt , comments about the possibility Pelosi broke the law .
But now the lawmakers say they want the issue resolved .
Leftist `` fact-checkers '' have explained of the situation that a copy of the speech `` is n't an official record , '' Fox reported .
At the time , Fox News host Sean Hannity called it `` one of the most classless things ever to be done in the history of the State of the Union .
... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech ] .
If anyone has it , I 'll pay for it . ''
Throughout the address , Pelosi was restless , not paying attention and scanning the room , even raising her hand to make gestures to fellow Democrats .
See President Trump 's entire 2020 State of the Union address :

Two House Republicans have asked Attorney General William Barr to determine if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke federal law when she ripped up President Trump's State of the Union speech.
Republican Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer, R-Ala., and Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote a letter to Barr on Tuesday to determine whether her actions violated federal statutes, Fox News reported.
If so, they argue, the law "requires removal from office."
Pelosi made it clear what she thinks of the president as she tore up his State of the Union address on national TV at the conclusion of his remarks in February.
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When asked afterward to explain her actions, Pelosi responded, "Because it was the courteous thing to do, considering the alternatives."
"What we saw today was the manifestation of hatred," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the time. "That hatred consumes any other sentiment they may have."
The Republican lawmakers noted to Barr that the federal law in question reads in part: "Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent … any … document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."
It also states that someone who destroys "such record" "shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States."
The request comes as Pelosi is being slammed for getting her hair done at a California hair salon that has been closed due to coronavirus restrictions.
Palmer said in a statement that Pelosi’s "famous tantrum on the House floor was more than disgraceful; she violated her responsibility to preserve official documents delivered to the House of Representatives."
"We ask the attorney general to review this scandalous outburst, not simply because it offended every American, but because it set a precedent for radical politicians to hijack state events for partisan performance art and possibly break the law with, thus far, no consequence," he said.
The possibility that Pelosi broke the law was raised back in February, but the lawmakers say they want the issue resolved.
"Fact-checkers" have argued a copy of the speech isn't an official record.
At the time, Fox News host Sean Hannity called it "one of the most classless things ever to be done in the history of the State of the Union."
"Is she genuinely perpetually frustrated?" asked Fox News analyst Brit Hume.
Throughout the address, Pelosi was restless, not paying attention and scanning the room, even raising her hand to make gestures to fellow Democrats.
See President Trump's entire 2020 State of the Union address:


wnd--2020-09-04--Antifa sympathizer draws gun on feds, gets shot

( FOX NEWS ) -- An Antifa sympathizer who was said to be a suspect in the fatal shooting of @ @ @ @ @ Portland , Ore. , last month was reportedly killed Thursday night as authorities moved in @ @ @ @ @ Forest Reinoehl , 48 , died in Lacey , Wash. , outside Seattle , during @ @ @ @ @ fugitive task force , The New York Times reported .
Reinoehl 's death was also @ @ @ @ @ Department official , according to The Associated Press .
The suspect was shot by law @ @ @ @ @ on officers , the AP report said .

(FOX NEWS) -- An Antifa sympathizer who was said to be a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Patriot Prayer supporter in Portland, Ore., last month was reportedly killed Thursday night as authorities moved in to arrest him.
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, died in Lacey, Wash., outside Seattle, during an operation by a federal fugitive task force, The New York Times reported.
Reinoehl's death was also confirmed by a senior Justice Department official, according to The Associated Press. The suspect was shot by law enforcement after drawing a gun on officers, the AP report said.
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wnd--2020-09-04--Unemployment drops to 8.4% as 1.4 million jobs added

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- The economy added 1.4 million jobs in August , and the unemployment rate fell to @ @ @ @ @ Department reported on Friday , as hiring has slowed from prior months .
Economists had @ @ @ @ @ jobs and an unemployment rate of 9.8 % .
After record job gains in June @ @ @ @ @ some of the massive job losses from the economic shutdown of the spring , hiring @ @ @ @ @ .
Employers have rehired only about half the 22 million workers laid off because of @ @ @

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The economy added 1.4 million jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, the Labor Department reported on Friday, as hiring has slowed from prior months.
Economists had expected about 1.3 million new jobs and an unemployment rate of 9.8%.
After record job gains in June as the economy clawed back some of the massive job losses from the economic shutdown of the spring, hiring slowed later in the summer. Employers have rehired only about half the 22 million workers laid off because of the pandemic.
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wnd--2020-09-04--The Democrats' dangerous delegitimization of the election

In a recent deep dive in The Washington Post 's Outlook section , `` What 's the Worst That Could Happen ? ''
exploring various potential outcomes of the 2020 presidential election , found that in `` every scenario except a Biden landslide , our simulation ended catastrophically . ''
According to the Post , any other outcome is destined to spark `` violence '' and a `` constitutional crisis . ''
Or , in other words , nice country you got there … Every assumption in the article , written by Rosa Brooks , a Georgetown University law professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is awash in the conspiratorial paranoia that 's infected the modern Democratic Party .
It 's a world where Trump officials – played , quite implausibly , by Joe Biden partisans Michael Steele and Bill Kristol – are `` ruthless and unconstrained right out of the gate , '' but the genteel statesmen of Team Biden `` struggled to get out of reaction mode . ''
It is a place where Republicans are n't only reflexively seditious and autocratic , but a `` highly politicized '' Supreme Court tries to steal the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' scenarios , however , it 's the Democrats who refuse to accept the will of courts to adhere to the constitutionally prescribed system rather than hysteria , and it 's the Democrats who wishcast the wholly imaginary `` popular vote '' into existence .
One of the scenarios , we learn , `` does n't look that different from 2016 '' – a contest in which , it must be pointed out , not one vote has been proven to be uncounted or altered .
In that outcome , America is confronted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Biden , and a narrow electoral defeat . ''
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In the real world , incidentally , that scenario is called a `` Trump victory . ''
In the fictional war game , however , John Podesta , playing the role of Biden , contends that his party wo n't let him concede the race , and instead alleges `` voter suppression '' – the catchall go-to every time a Democrat loses – and persuades the Democratic governors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College .
In the meantime , California , Oregon and Washington threaten to secede from the union if Trump takes office .
The Democratic House unilaterally names Biden president .
`` At that point in the scenario , '' The New York Times ' Ben Smith explains , `` the nation stopped looking to the media for cues , and waited to see what the military would do . ''
This scenario is what a real-life `` coup '' might resemble .
It is , needless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would destroy the nation 's longstanding and peaceful transition because they refuse to accept the mandated process of electing the president .
All of which is to say the proactive – and retroactive – delegitimization of the Trump presidency has been a successful four-year project .
It permeates the entire Democratic Party 's information complex .
First , Democrats convinced millions of Americans that a handful of inept and puerile social media ads were enough to overturn a presidential election in the most powerful nation on earth .
By 2017 , a majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been tampered with by Russians , somehow without a trace of evidence .
Since then , Democrats have been working to convince themselves there is no legitimate way in which Trump could win the election again .
A large number of high-profile left-wing columnists have laid the groundwork to make this case and high-profile politicians have joined them .
Hillary Clinton 's advice to Biden not long ago was to not concede defeat on the night of the Nov. 3 election no matter what happens .
In January , during the impeachment trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The president 's misconduct can not be decided at the ballot box , for we can not be assured that the vote will be fairly won . ''
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has noted that `` Let the election decide ' '' is a `` dangerous position '' position because Trump is already `` jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections . ''
It 's worth pointing out as well is that the dynamics of the presidential election would be completely different if the popular vote actually existed .
But candidates do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can neither `` win '' nor `` lose '' it .
If they did try to win the popular vote , they would cater to the largest population centers , and no one else , and elections would look very different .
I 'm not sure that that setup would work out for Democrats exactly as they imagine , but it does n't matter .
A popular vote undercuts federalism , one of the foundational ideas of the founding .
And that 's the point .
A recent USA Today poll found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say they are n't prepared to accept a Trump victory as `` fairly won , '' and 19 % of Trump 's supporters say the same about a potential Biden victory .
So a significant minority of American voters do n't believe the next election will be legitimate before it has even been conducted .
What happens when every long line at the polls and every Facebook meme and every delayed mail-in ballot is turned into a nefarious plot by the enemy to snatch democracy from the rightful winner ?
It 's going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their `` war games '' are to be believed , then that 's what Democrats are counting on .

In a recent deep dive in The Washington Post's Outlook section, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" exploring various potential outcomes of the 2020 presidential election, found that in "every scenario except a Biden landslide, our simulation ended catastrophically." According to the Post, any other outcome is destined to spark "violence" and a "constitutional crisis."
Or, in other words, nice country you got there …
Every assumption in the article, written by Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor and co-founder of the Transition Integrity Project, is awash in the conspiratorial paranoia that's infected the modern Democratic Party. It's a world where Trump officials – played, quite implausibly, by Joe Biden partisans Michael Steele and Bill Kristol – are "ruthless and unconstrained right out of the gate," but the genteel statesmen of Team Biden "struggled to get out of reaction mode." It is a place where Republicans aren't only reflexively seditious and autocratic, but a "highly politicized" Supreme Court tries to steal the election.
In their "war game" scenarios, however, it's the Democrats who refuse to accept the will of courts to adhere to the constitutionally prescribed system rather than hysteria, and it's the Democrats who wishcast the wholly imaginary "popular vote" into existence.
One of the scenarios, we learn, "doesn't look that different from 2016" – a contest in which, it must be pointed out, not one vote has been proven to be uncounted or altered. In that outcome, America is confronted with "a big popular win for Mr. Biden, and a narrow electoral defeat."
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In the real world, incidentally, that scenario is called a "Trump victory."
In the fictional war game, however, John Podesta, playing the role of Biden, contends that his party won't let him concede the race, and instead alleges "voter suppression" – the catchall go-to every time a Democrat loses – and persuades the Democratic governors of Trump-won states such as Wisconsin and Michigan to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College. In the meantime, California, Oregon and Washington threaten to secede from the union if Trump takes office. The Democratic House unilaterally names Biden president. "At that point in the scenario," The New York Times' Ben Smith explains, "the nation stopped looking to the media for cues, and waited to see what the military would do."
This scenario is what a real-life "coup" might resemble. It is, needless to say, utterly insane that Democrats would destroy the nation's longstanding and peaceful transition because they refuse to accept the mandated process of electing the president. All of which is to say the proactive – and retroactive – delegitimization of the Trump presidency has been a successful four-year project. It permeates the entire Democratic Party's information complex.
First, Democrats convinced millions of Americans that a handful of inept and puerile social media ads were enough to overturn a presidential election in the most powerful nation on earth. By 2017, a majority of Democrats believed that vote tallies had been tampered with by Russians, somehow without a trace of evidence.
Since then, Democrats have been working to convince themselves there is no legitimate way in which Trump could win the election again. A large number of high-profile left-wing columnists have laid the groundwork to make this case and high-profile politicians have joined them. Hillary Clinton's advice to Biden not long ago was to not concede defeat on the night of the Nov. 3 election no matter what happens. In January, during the impeachment trial, Rep. Adam Schiff said, "The president's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has noted that "Let the election decide'" is a "dangerous position" position because Trump is already "jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections."
It's worth pointing out as well is that the dynamics of the presidential election would be completely different if the popular vote actually existed. But candidates do not compete for the popular vote, so they can neither "win" nor "lose" it. If they did try to win the popular vote, they would cater to the largest population centers, and no one else, and elections would look very different. I'm not sure that that setup would work out for Democrats exactly as they imagine, but it doesn't matter. A popular vote undercuts federalism, one of the foundational ideas of the founding. And that's the point.
A recent USA Today poll found that 28% of Biden's supporters say they aren't prepared to accept a Trump victory as "fairly won," and 19% of Trump's supporters say the same about a potential Biden victory. So a significant minority of American voters don't believe the next election will be legitimate before it has even been conducted. What happens when every long line at the polls and every Facebook meme and every delayed mail-in ballot is turned into a nefarious plot by the enemy to snatch democracy from the rightful winner? It's going to be ugly, indeed. If their "war games" are to be believed, then that's what Democrats are counting on.