wnd--2020-09-11--Biden stays silent on short list for judges

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Last fall , during the crowded Democratic primary , liberal judicial advocacy groups were pressing the entire field of 2020 candidates to lay out the type of judges they would appoint to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as a whole .
They didn ’ t get very far .
For instance , Joe Biden only pledged not to pack the Supreme Court and to make support for abortion rights a litmus test for his court picks ; South Bend , Ind.
, @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expanding the number of high court justices from nine to 15 ; and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro offered up the idea of term limits instead of lifetime judgeships .
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day It was hardly the sweeping commitments on judicial nominations that progressive groups such as Demand Justice had sought .
After Biden won the nomination , the makeup of the Supreme Court largely died down as a campaign issue — that is , until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 additions to the existing list of names from which he pledged he would choose his high court nominees back in 2016 .
But now that the presidential race is tightening in its final two months , especially in the critical battleground states , left-leaning groups aren ’ t pushing the Democratic nominee for judicial transparency , choosing instead to train their fire on Trump and his newly expanded shortlist .
Four years ago , Trump took the unusual step of pledging to choose his Supreme Court nominees from a roster vetted and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adviser to the campaign on the courts while he was on leave from the Federalist Society .
The move assured Republicans wary of how Trump would govern that a vote for him would help tilt the court to the right .
The move was risky and unprecedented , but 2016 Election Day exit polls showed it paid off , with one out of every five voters saying that the makeup of the Supreme Court was their top issue .
Trump ended up winning 57 % of those voters .
The president ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Tom Cotton of Arkansas , Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri — as well as several lawyers who have worked in the current administration and for previous Republican presidents , including former Trump Solicitor General Noel Francisco and fellow former Solicitor General Paul Clement , who worked under President George W. Bush .
The president also underscored his continued support for two judges on his previous list : Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Thomas Hardiman of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kennedy ’ s seat following his retirement in 2018 and have even stronger support from conservative advocacy groups now .
Overall , Trump has appointed 205 federal judges throughout his presidency , which his supporters often cite as a major achievement of his term in office .
During a news cycle consumed by inconsistencies in Trump ’ s coronavirus messaging as laid out in Bob Woodward ’ s latest book , the president was eager to turn the page and inject the issue of judicial appointments into the final reelection sprint .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called Supreme Court appointments “ the most important decision an American president can make.
” If given a second term , Trump said he could possibly be called upon to name up to four justices .
“ For this reason , candidates for president owe the American people a specific lists of individuals they consider for the United States Supreme Court , ” he said .
There ’ s no current Supreme Court vacancy , but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , considered the court ’ s liberal core , is 87 and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Breyer is 82 , while conservative Justice Clarence Thomas , the high court ’ s longest serving member , is 72 .
Biden didn ’ t immediately take the bait , opting instead to stay on message by hitting Trump over his early downplaying of the coronavirus in the first weeks of 2020 while telling Woodward that he was worried about its lethality .
“ Donald Trump knew , ” Biden said in a tweet .
“ He lied to us for months .
And while a deadly disease ripped through our nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — on purpose.
” Biden deemed it a “ life or death betrayal of the American people.
” On the issue of judicial appointments and whether he would release his own shortlist , Biden and his campaign were mum .
A campaign spokesman did not respond to a RealClearPolitics ’ request for comment .
Liberal advocacy groups , meanwhile , did not use the occasion to press Biden to disclose more about the types of judges he would name .
Demand Justice last fall released a list of 32 possible nominees to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic candidates to start making commitments .
“ Democrats running for president should tell primary voters who they might appoint to the Supreme Court , ” the group ’ s executive director , Brian Fallon , tweeted at the time .
“ And they should be bold enough to pick someone who ’ s worked to defend civil rights , workers ’ rights or reproductive rights.
” Republican attorneys general on Wednesday applauded Trump ’ s announcement and accused Biden of hiding on the issue .
“ Unlike President Trump , Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of judges he would appoint to the federal circuit and appeals courts , as well as the United States Supreme Court , ” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a statement .
“ …Could it be that his list includes radical activists who have failed at achieving their liberal agenda through Congress , and are now planning to do so through the courts ?
” After Trump announced the additions on Wednesday , Fallon didn ’ t call for the same from Biden .
Instead , Demand Justice likened all of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court justice .
“ Donald Trump ’ s Supreme Court shortlist : More Far-Right Justices like Brett Kavanaugh , more votes to end health care for millions , ” the group tweeted .
Fallon specifically criticized the inclusion of well-known conservative GOP senators on the list , accusing Trump of doubling-down on extreme candidates .
“ By including [ the ] likes of Cruz and Hawley on the list , Trump is putting it in neon lights what another Trump justice will mean , ” he tweeted .
Last year , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that spearheaded the successful fight to derail Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork ’ s confirmation in 1987 -- which led to tougher Senate confirmation fights for many justices who followed -- began its own judicial appointments push .
The group launched Building the Bench , an effort to identify progressive judges it and other liberal groups believe are best suited to fill likely vacancies .
Democrats are anticipating scores of lower court openings -- seats held by senior judges appointed by Presidents Obama , Clinton and Carter who are waiting out the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Oval Office .
But unlike Trump ’ s transparent 2016 move , the 40-year-old AFJ has kept its lists of judges secret , and during the Democratic primary , only Sen. Amy Klobuchar was willing to say she would reveal a full slate of potential nominees on the first day of her presidency , though she too refused to name any names beforehand .
AFJ President Nan Aron argued that the new additions are going to do more to turn off rather than win swing voters in the final weeks of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one thing this president doesn ’ t lie about , it ’ s his eagerness to stack the courts with extremists to carry out Republicans ’ conservative agenda , overturning access to health care and abortion , ” she tweeted .
“ …This is a last-ditch effort by the president to energize his base .
… If Trump is allowed to fill another Supreme Court seat , it would be a disaster for our democracy.
” While Trump ’ s shortlist worked for him in 2016 , Fallon argues the politics are different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate battle over Kavanaugh ’ s confirmation remains a bad memory for many Democratic voters , and concerns over Bader Ginsburg ’ s health resurfaced this summer , he argued that more Democratic voters are prioritizing the Supreme Court makeup than are Republican voters .
In early August , after Bader Ginsburg disclosed her pancreatic cancer had recurred and spread to her liver , a Morning Consult-Politico poll found that 57 % of registered Democrats are saying the courts will play a role in how they vote in November , a nine-point increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also view the Supreme Court as “ very important ” with 53 % saying it will loom large in their voting decision , a figure that has remained unchanged since the spring .
Conservatives judicial groups have been equally critical of the judicial candidates ’ that liberal groups have been pushing over the last year , arguing they will alienate mainstream voters .
Demand Justice ’ s lists includes top Trump foe and legal sparring partner Xavier Becerra , California ’ s attorney general ( and a former congressman ) , as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Supreme Court justices , along with freshman Rep. Katie Porter , a California Democrat who was a student of Elizabeth Warren ’ s at Harvard Law School .
It also cited Nicole Berner , general counsel of the Service Employees International Union , and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP ’ s Legal Defense and Educational Fund .
Conservative media outlets were quick to point out that the list includes U.S. District Judge Carlton Wayne Reeves , who in April compared President Trump ’ s criticisms of the judiciary to those of segregationist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Teachout of Fordham University School of Law , called for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency during a 2018 campaign for New York attorney general .
Carrie Severino , who runs the conservative Judicial Crisis Network , argued that the roster provides a blueprint to return the Supreme Court to “ 1960s-style judicial activist ” and “ left-wing judicial tyranny.
” On Wednesday , she applauded Trump for keeping his promise “ to prioritize the appointment of judges ” and accused Biden of continuing “ to duck the issue @ @ @ @ @ @

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Susan Crabtree
Real Clear Politics
Last fall, during the crowded Democratic primary, liberal judicial advocacy groups were pressing the entire field of 2020 candidates to lay out the type of judges they would appoint to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as a whole.
They didn’t get very far. For instance, Joe Biden only pledged not to pack the Supreme Court and to make support for abortion rights a litmus test for his court picks; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg embraced the idea of expanding the number of high court justices from nine to 15; and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro offered up the idea of term limits instead of lifetime judgeships.
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It was hardly the sweeping commitments on judicial nominations that progressive groups such as Demand Justice had sought.
After Biden won the nomination, the makeup of the Supreme Court largely died down as a campaign issue — that is, until President Trump revitalized it Wednesday by announcing 20 additions to the existing list of names from which he pledged he would choose his high court nominees back in 2016.
But now that the presidential race is tightening in its final two months, especially in the critical battleground states, left-leaning groups aren’t pushing the Democratic nominee for judicial transparency, choosing instead to train their fire on Trump and his newly expanded shortlist.
Four years ago, Trump took the unusual step of pledging to choose his Supreme Court nominees from a roster vetted and compiled by Leonard Leo, an outside adviser to the campaign on the courts while he was on leave from the Federalist Society. The move assured Republicans wary of how Trump would govern that a vote for him would help tilt the court to the right. The move was risky and unprecedented, but 2016 Election Day exit polls showed it paid off, with one out of every five voters saying that the makeup of the Supreme Court was their top issue. Trump ended up winning 57% of those voters.
The president’s expanded list includes three sitting GOP senators – Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri — as well as several lawyers who have worked in the current administration and for previous Republican presidents, including former Trump Solicitor General Noel Francisco and fellow former Solicitor General Paul Clement, who worked under President George W. Bush.
The president also underscored his continued support for two judges on his previous list: Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Thomas Hardiman of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Both were considered to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat following his retirement in 2018 and have even stronger support from conservative advocacy groups now.
Overall, Trump has appointed 205 federal judges throughout his presidency, which his supporters often cite as a major achievement of his term in office.
During a news cycle consumed by inconsistencies in Trump’s coronavirus messaging as laid out in Bob Woodward’s latest book, the president was eager to turn the page and inject the issue of judicial appointments into the final reelection sprint. During remarks at the White House, he called Supreme Court appointments “the most important decision an American president can make.” If given a second term, Trump said he could possibly be called upon to name up to four justices.
“For this reason, candidates for president owe the American people a specific lists of individuals they consider for the United States Supreme Court,” he said.
There’s no current Supreme Court vacancy, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, considered the court’s liberal core, is 87 and has experienced recent health challenges. Justin Stephen Breyer is 82, while conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, the high court’s longest serving member, is 72.
Biden didn’t immediately take the bait, opting instead to stay on message by hitting Trump over his early downplaying of the coronavirus in the first weeks of 2020 while telling Woodward that he was worried about its lethality.
“Donald Trump knew,” Biden said in a tweet. “He lied to us for months. And while a deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job — on purpose.” Biden deemed it a “life or death betrayal of the American people.”
On the issue of judicial appointments and whether he would release his own shortlist, Biden and his campaign were mum. A campaign spokesman did not respond to a RealClearPolitics’ request for comment.
Liberal advocacy groups, meanwhile, did not use the occasion to press Biden to disclose more about the types of judges he would name. Demand Justice last fall released a list of 32 possible nominees to the high court as a way of prodding the Democratic candidates to start making commitments.
“Democrats running for president should tell primary voters who they might appoint to the Supreme Court,” the group’s executive director, Brian Fallon, tweeted at the time. “And they should be bold enough to pick someone who’s worked to defend civil rights, workers’ rights or reproductive rights.”
Republican attorneys general on Wednesday applauded Trump’s announcement and accused Biden of hiding on the issue.
“Unlike President Trump, Joe Biden has been silent on the type of judges he would appoint to the federal circuit and appeals courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court,” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a statement. “…Could it be that his list includes radical activists who have failed at achieving their liberal agenda through Congress, and are now planning to do so through the courts?”
After Trump announced the additions on Wednesday, Fallon didn’t call for the same from Biden. Instead, Demand Justice likened all of the judges on the list to the newest Supreme Court justice. “Donald Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist: More Far-Right Justices like Brett Kavanaugh, more votes to end health care for millions,” the group tweeted.
Fallon specifically criticized the inclusion of well-known conservative GOP senators on the list, accusing Trump of doubling-down on extreme candidates. “By including [the] likes of Cruz and Hawley on the list, Trump is putting it in neon lights what another Trump justice will mean,” he tweeted.
Last year, the Alliance for Justice, the liberal group that spearheaded the successful fight to derail Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s confirmation in 1987 -- which led to tougher Senate confirmation fights for many justices who followed -- began its own judicial appointments push. The group launched Building the Bench, an effort to identify progressive judges it and other liberal groups believe are best suited to fill likely vacancies.
Democrats are anticipating scores of lower court openings -- seats held by senior judges appointed by Presidents Obama, Clinton and Carter who are waiting out the Trump administration to retire if a Democrat wins the Oval Office.
But unlike Trump’s transparent 2016 move, the 40-year-old AFJ has kept its lists of judges secret, and during the Democratic primary, only Sen. Amy Klobuchar was willing to say she would reveal a full slate of potential nominees on the first day of her presidency, though she too refused to name any names beforehand.
AFJ President Nan Aron argued that the new additions are going to do more to turn off rather than win swing voters in the final weeks of the campaign.
“If there’s one thing this president doesn’t lie about, it’s his eagerness to stack the courts with extremists to carry out Republicans’ conservative agenda, overturning access to health care and abortion,” she tweeted. “…This is a last-ditch effort by the president to energize his base. … If Trump is allowed to fill another Supreme Court seat, it would be a disaster for our democracy.”
While Trump’s shortlist worked for him in 2016, Fallon argues the politics are different this time around. Because the ugly Senate battle over Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains a bad memory for many Democratic voters, and concerns over Bader Ginsburg’s health resurfaced this summer, he argued that more Democratic voters are prioritizing the Supreme Court makeup than are Republican voters.
In early August, after Bader Ginsburg disclosed her pancreatic cancer had recurred and spread to her liver, a Morning Consult-Politico poll found that 57% of registered Democrats are saying the courts will play a role in how they vote in November, a nine-point increase since May. Republicans, however, also view the Supreme Court as “very important” with 53% saying it will loom large in their voting decision, a figure that has remained unchanged since the spring.
Conservatives judicial groups have been equally critical of the judicial candidates’ that liberal groups have been pushing over the last year, arguing they will alienate mainstream voters. Demand Justice’s lists includes top Trump foe and legal sparring partner Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general (and a former congressman), as well as several of the Golden State’s Supreme Court justices, along with freshman Rep. Katie Porter, a California Democrat who was a student of Elizabeth Warren’s at Harvard Law School. It also cited Nicole Berner, general counsel of the Service Employees International Union, and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Conservative media outlets were quick to point out that the list includes U.S. District Judge Carlton Wayne Reeves, who in April compared President Trump’s criticisms of the judiciary to those of segregationist George Wallace.
Another, professor Zephyr Teachout of Fordham University School of Law, called for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency during a 2018 campaign for New York attorney general.
Carrie Severino, who runs the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, argued that the roster provides a blueprint to return the Supreme Court to “1960s-style judicial activist” and “left-wing judicial tyranny.” On Wednesday, she applauded Trump for keeping his promise “to prioritize the appointment of judges” and accused Biden of continuing “to duck the issue and hide his list.”


wnd--2020-09-11--Washington Post commentator: Dems may not accept Trump victory!

Many prominent Democrats never have accepted President Trump 's 2016 election victory .
Hillary Clinton continues to insist it was stolen from her , and Democrats in Congress , who tried to remove him from office through impeachment , continue their `` resistance . ''
Now , a University of California at Irvine professor is warning that Democrats may not accept the Nov. 3 results as legitimate if Trump is declared the winner .
Richard L. Hasen wrote in the Washington Post that it 's `` easy to come up with a scenario where Trump ekes out a narrow victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats blame Georgia voter suppression and the fight to keep former felons from voting in Florida as the reason for Trump 's victory . ''
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day '' A democracy depends upon the losers believing the election was mostly fair and agreeing to fight another day , rather than engage in protest and attempts to stop an unfairly chosen leader from serving , '' he said .
`` If one side sees the other side as consistently cheating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermined . ''
Hasen , in a recent interview with Bloomberg Opinion , charged that the president `` is seeking to delegitimize the voting process through tactics like attacks on mail-in ballots . ''
However , mass mail-in balloting has been subject to fraud .
In Georgia , for example , officials said this month that up to 1,000 people were being investigated for allegedly voting by mail and then voting again in person .
Hasen told Bloomberg he 's never `` been more worried about our ability to conduct a fair election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as fair . ''
In his Post op-ed , he said the `` grounds for Democrats to fear an illegitimate election have only increased . ''
`` The coronavirus pandemic has upended normal voting plans .
Election officials have faced delays in running primaries and been forced to close or consolidate polling places because of lack of available space and adequate workers – who are often older Americans , the people most susceptible to the novel coronavirus , '' he said .
Hasen blamed the president for not taking `` the steps necessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the confidence of all voters in the fairness and integrity of the process . ''
The Washington Post reported an analysis from Georgetown University professor Rose Brooks of the Transition Integrity Project concluding that the only way to avoid violence after the election was for Biden to win in a landslide .
`` A landslide for Joe Biden resulted in a relatively orderly transfer of power , '' she said her models showed .
`` Every other scenario we looked at involved street-level violence and political crisis . ''

Many prominent Democrats never have accepted President Trump's 2016 election victory.
Hillary Clinton continues to insist it was stolen from her, and Democrats in Congress, who tried to remove him from office through impeachment, continue their "resistance."
Now, a University of California at Irvine professor is warning that Democrats may not accept the Nov. 3 results as legitimate if Trump is declared the winner.
Richard L. Hasen wrote in the Washington Post that it's "easy to come up with a scenario where Trump ekes out a narrow victory in states like Georgia and Florida but Democrats blame Georgia voter suppression and the fight to keep former felons from voting in Florida as the reason for Trump's victory."
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"A democracy depends upon the losers believing the election was mostly fair and agreeing to fight another day, rather than engage in protest and attempts to stop an unfairly chosen leader from serving," he said. "If one side sees the other side as consistently cheating, the very premise of democracy is undermined."
Hasen, in a recent interview with Bloomberg Opinion, charged that the president "is seeking to delegitimize the voting process through tactics like attacks on mail-in ballots."
However, mass mail-in balloting has been subject to fraud. In Georgia, for example, officials said this month that up to 1,000 people were being investigated for allegedly voting by mail and then voting again in person.
Hasen told Bloomberg he's never "been more worried about our ability to conduct a fair election that's also accepted by most people as fair."
In his Post op-ed, he said the "grounds for Democrats to fear an illegitimate election have only increased."
"The coronavirus pandemic has upended normal voting plans. Election officials have faced delays in running primaries and been forced to close or consolidate polling places because of lack of available space and adequate workers – who are often older Americans, the people most susceptible to the novel coronavirus," he said.
Hasen blamed the president for not taking "the steps necessary in the next two months to bolster the confidence of all voters in the fairness and integrity of the process."
The Washington Post reported an analysis from Georgetown University professor Rose Brooks of the Transition Integrity Project concluding that the only way to avoid violence after the election was for Biden to win in a landslide.
"A landslide for Joe Biden resulted in a relatively orderly transfer of power," she said her models showed. "Every other scenario we looked at involved street-level violence and political crisis."


wnd--2020-09-11--Venture capitalist says Big Tech should be buying media outlets

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should purchase as many media outlets as possible to stave off criticism from lawmakers and regulators who target Silicon Valley , one former Democratic operative who invests in tech startups argued Wednesday .
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos showed what is possible when a Silicon Valley executive buys a major American newspaper , according to Bradley Tusk , a venture capitalist who invests in the tech industry .
Tusk , a former Democratic operative who worked as a communications director for Sen. Chuck Schumer , was referring to Bezos ’ s 2013 purchase of The Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day Tusk wrote an editorial for business magazine FastCompany Wednesday listing three of the main reasons why he believes Bezos ’ s $ 250 million purchase of the newspaper was a solid move .
“ For what now constitutes around .1 % of his net worth , Bezos purchased 1 ) the grudging respect of veteran journalists who appreciate his deep-pocketed but hands-off management style ; 2 ) honorary statesman status in Washington ; and 3 ) the ability to help shape political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Tusk wrote .
He added : “ With the Silicon Valley elite facing more criticism than ever , the more armor you have , the better.
” Tusk , who helped defend ride sharing company Uber in 2015 after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted unsuccessfully to cap how many vehicles the company could operate in the city , went on to suggest Zuckerberg do the same .
“ If Mark Zuckerberg were truly ruthless , he would buy every mainstream media outlet he can get his hands on , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believes the Facebook CEO is ruthless .
“ Any acquisition would be seen for what it is , a naked political play for protection , but it could still hold real value , so long as he treated his new toys with respect.
” Google , Facebook , Twitter and other major tech platforms have received scrutiny over the past several years for supposedly monopolizing digital media .
Democrats and Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee questioned Zuckerberg alongside CEOs Tim Cook of Apple , Bezos , and Sundar Pichai of Google @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether their companies violate federal antitrust laws .
Leading up to the hearing , Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal argued that there ’ s ample evidence showing Bezos and the other executives are guilty of using anti-competitive practices .
Evidence shows they used a “ copy-acquire-kill ” strategy , Jayapal told the Washington Post in July .
The committee has seen “ very specific language from top-level executives about that , ” the Jayapal added without providing more details .
Google consistently accounts for roughly 90 % of online information searches , Vox reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Daily Caller News Foundation reported in 2018 that the company ’ s employees have expressed willingness to artificially manipulate search results on the platform .
The Wall Street Journal reported in April that Amazon used data from independent sellers to develop competing products .
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should purchase as many media outlets as possible to stave off criticism from lawmakers and regulators who target Silicon Valley, one former Democratic operative who invests in tech startups argued Wednesday.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos showed what is possible when a Silicon Valley executive buys a major American newspaper, according to Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist who invests in the tech industry. Tusk, a former Democratic operative who worked as a communications director for Sen. Chuck Schumer, was referring to Bezos’s 2013 purchase of The Washington Post.
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Tusk wrote an editorial for business magazine FastCompany Wednesday listing three of the main reasons why he believes Bezos’s $250 million purchase of the newspaper was a solid move.
“For what now constitutes around .1% of his net worth, Bezos purchased 1) the grudging respect of veteran journalists who appreciate his deep-pocketed but hands-off management style; 2) honorary statesman status in Washington; and 3) the ability to help shape political narratives around his friends and enemies,” Tusk wrote.
He added: “With the Silicon Valley elite facing more criticism than ever, the more armor you have, the better.”
Tusk, who helped defend ride sharing company Uber in 2015 after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted unsuccessfully to cap how many vehicles the company could operate in the city, went on to suggest Zuckerberg do the same.
“If Mark Zuckerberg were truly ruthless, he would buy every mainstream media outlet he can get his hands on,” he wrote, emphasizing that he believes the Facebook CEO is ruthless. “Any acquisition would be seen for what it is, a naked political play for protection, but it could still hold real value, so long as he treated his new toys with respect.”
Google, Facebook, Twitter and other major tech platforms have received scrutiny over the past several years for supposedly monopolizing digital media.
Democrats and Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee questioned Zuckerberg alongside CEOs Tim Cook of Apple, Bezos, and Sundar Pichai of Google during an antitrust hearing in July on whether their companies violate federal antitrust laws.
Leading up to the hearing, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal argued that there’s ample evidence showing Bezos and the other executives are guilty of using anti-competitive practices. Evidence shows they used a “copy-acquire-kill” strategy, Jayapal told the Washington Post in July.
The committee has seen “very specific language from top-level executives about that,” the Jayapal added without providing more details.
Google consistently accounts for roughly 90% of online information searches, Vox reported in May, citing Google Trends. The Daily Caller News Foundation reported in 2018 that the company’s employees have expressed willingness to artificially manipulate search results on the platform.
The Wall Street Journal reported in April that Amazon used data from independent sellers to develop competing products.
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].


wnd--2020-09-10--Rush Limbaugh: Trump's aim not 'unity' but 'overwhelming' defeat of left

`` Overwhelming '' defeat of the left should be President Trump 's objective at the moment rather than national `` unity , '' contends ralk-radio host Rush Limbaugh .
He highlighted to his listeners Thursday a focus group in which a woman who said she had voted for Trump in 2016 doubted she would do the same in 2020 .
It was because Trump `` has not brought the people [ of ] the country together . ''
That , Limbaugh said , is not going to happen any time soon .
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every day '' Now , I happen to be aware of Trump 's personal desire to be able to unify the country , but I ’ m also aware that he is well aware now that it ’ s beyond his abilities right now , '' he said .
Limbaugh explained that from the president 's perspective , `` his opposition has to be defeated . ''
`` It ’ s too late to try to find a way to get along with these people .
Maybe that can come later .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defeated , '' he said .
`` They have to be overwhelmingly defeated .
These people are gon na have to be defeated in a massive landslide .
The landslide is going to have to be huge . ''
Limbaugh pointed out that Trump , in fact , was `` elected as an outsider '' to `` drain the swamp . ''
`` Everybody knew that was not gon na be pretty .
The swamp ’ s just not gon na sit there and let themselves be drained , '' he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ na watch themselves go down the drain with the Drano and not put up a stink about it .
The idea that somehow ?
See , this is why I don ’ t believe that that woman actually thinks that was Trump ’ s objective .
`` 'Bipartisanship . '
Bipartisanship ?
The only way that ’ s ever gon na happen is if we cave on our core beliefs .
They ’ re not going to , and the left isn ’ t even interested in bipartisanship .
The left doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ objective is to eliminate it and to wipe it out , and it ought to be ours .
In a political sense , it damn well ought to be ours . ''
Limbaugh said the reality is that the left wants to `` permanently transform this country away from its founding principles . ''
`` And as I say , there ’ s just one guy standing in the way of them succeeding at this , and that ’ s Trump . ''

"Overwhelming" defeat of the left should be President Trump's objective at the moment rather than national "unity," contends ralk-radio host Rush Limbaugh.
He highlighted to his listeners Thursday a focus group in which a woman who said she had voted for Trump in 2016 doubted she would do the same in 2020.
It was because Trump "has not brought the people [of] the country together."
That, Limbaugh said, is not going to happen any time soon.
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"Now, I happen to be aware of Trump's personal desire to be able to unify the country, but I’m also aware that he is well aware now that it’s beyond his abilities right now," he said.
Limbaugh explained that from the president's perspective, "his opposition has to be defeated."
"It’s too late to try to find a way to get along with these people. Maybe that can come later. But right now, they have to be defeated," he said. "They have to be overwhelmingly defeated. These people are gonna have to be defeated in a massive landslide. The landslide is going to have to be huge."
Limbaugh pointed out that Trump, in fact, was "elected as an outsider" to "drain the swamp."
"Everybody knew that was not gonna be pretty. The swamp’s just not gonna sit there and let themselves be drained," he said. "They’re not just gonna watch themselves go down the drain with the Drano and not put up a stink about it. The idea that somehow? See, this is why I don’t believe that that woman actually thinks that was Trump’s objective.
"'Bipartisanship.' Bipartisanship? The only way that’s ever gonna happen is if we cave on our core beliefs. They’re not going to, and the left isn’t even interested in bipartisanship. The left doesn’t even believe in opposition. Their objective is to eliminate it and to wipe it out, and it ought to be ours. In a political sense, it damn well ought to be ours."
Limbaugh said the reality is that the left wants to "permanently transform this country away from its founding principles."
"And as I say, there’s just one guy standing in the way of them succeeding at this, and that’s Trump."


wnd--2020-09-10--McConnell warns Dem control would change country forever

If they regain control of the Senate this year , Democrats would take just two years to permanently alter the nation , stacking the courts with left-wing judges and ruining the economy , contends Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .
Democrats , the Kentucky Republican said , `` would get rid of the filibuster in the Senate , thereby eliminating the potential for any serious opposition .
They ’ ll admit the District of Columbia as a state and Puerto Rico as a state , giving them four new Democratic senators in perpetuity , '' he said in a Fox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported .
Democrats would `` pack the Supreme Court , the circuit courts , the district courts , and then they 'll turn to the economy .
They ’ ll overregulate and overtax like they always do , and America won ’ t look two years later like it does today . ''
The GOP has 53 seats in the Senate to 45 for Democrats , with two independents caucusing with the Democrats .
Up for reelection this year are 23 Republican senators and just 12 Democrats .
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burning the flag every day Washington and Puerto Rico likely would regularly send Democrats to the U.S. House and Senate , making it an even tougher climb for the GOP to hold a majority .
McConnell said the GOP majority in the Senate is the line of defense against the Democrats ' progressive , or even Marxist , agenda .
`` They need to be stopped , '' McConnell said .
`` The Senate is the firewall against that sort of thing .
That ’ s what is at stake for the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other direction and give the Democrats the entire government . ''

If they regain control of the Senate this year, Democrats would take just two years to permanently alter the nation, stacking the courts with left-wing judges and ruining the economy, contends Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Democrats, the Kentucky Republican said, "would get rid of the filibuster in the Senate, thereby eliminating the potential for any serious opposition. They’ll admit the District of Columbia as a state and Puerto Rico as a state, giving them four new Democratic senators in perpetuity," he said in a Fox News interview Thursday, the Washington Examiner reported.
Democrats would "pack the Supreme Court, the circuit courts, the district courts, and then they'll turn to the economy. They’ll overregulate and overtax like they always do, and America won’t look two years later like it does today."
The GOP has 53 seats in the Senate to 45 for Democrats, with two independents caucusing with the Democrats. Up for reelection this year are 23 Republican senators and just 12 Democrats.
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Washington and Puerto Rico likely would regularly send Democrats to the U.S. House and Senate, making it an even tougher climb for the GOP to hold a majority.
Stacking the courts would dilute conservative influence.
McConnell said the GOP majority in the Senate is the line of defense against the Democrats' progressive, or even Marxist, agenda.
"They need to be stopped," McConnell said. "The Senate is the firewall against that sort of thing. That’s what is at stake for the American people if they choose to go in the other direction and give the Democrats the entire government."


wnd--2020-09-10--Mueller investigators 'wiped' government phones

Newly obtained Justice Department records show that more than two dozen government phones used by members of special counsel Robert Mueller 's team were wiped of data before being returned to the inspector general .
Just the News reported the documents were obtained by the Washington watchdog Judical Watch .
Some phones were said to have been `` mistakenly '' wiped while others were `` reassigned '' prior to the inspector general 's review .
The report explained that many cellular telephones have features that automatically remove data should the password to be entered too many times .
TRENDING : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says Dems are burning the flag every day That happened on numerous occasions , the documents show .
A phone belonging to FBI lawyer Lisa Page had simply been `` restored to factory settings . ''
A phone used by Andrew Weissmann , the Mueller probe 's chief investigator , was among the phones wiped .
Weissmann `` entered [ the phone 's ] password too many times and wiped the phone , '' a DOJ document said .
The claim that the actions were accidental was not given much credence on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There 's nothing shady about Team Mueller wiping at least 15 phones ( other reports say it was 27 ! )
before the Department of Justice could examine them .
Nope .
Nothing shady at all . ''
U.S. Attorney John Durham currently is leading a criminal investigation into the Obama administration 's now-debunked claims of `` Russia collusion . ''
A former FBI employee has pleaded guilty to altering evidence in the case .
Attorney General William Barr said this week that other charges could come .

Newly obtained Justice Department records show that more than two dozen government phones used by members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team were wiped of data before being returned to the inspector general.
Just the News reported the documents were obtained by the Washington watchdog Judical Watch.
Some phones were said to have been "mistakenly" wiped while others were "reassigned" prior to the inspector general's review.
The report explained that many cellular telephones have features that automatically remove data should the password to be entered too many times.
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That happened on numerous occasions, the documents show.
A phone belonging to FBI lawyer Lisa Page had simply been "restored to factory settings."
A phone used by Andrew Weissmann, the Mueller probe's chief investigator, was among the phones wiped. Weissmann "entered [the phone's] password too many times and wiped the phone," a DOJ document said.
The claim that the actions were accidental was not given much credence on Twitter.
A Twitchy blogpost said: "There's nothing shady about Team Mueller wiping at least 15 phones (other reports say it was 27!) before the Department of Justice could examine them. Nope. Nothing shady at all."
U.S. Attorney John Durham currently is leading a criminal investigation into the Obama administration's now-debunked claims of "Russia collusion." A former FBI employee has pleaded guilty to altering evidence in the case.
Attorney General William Barr said this week that other charges could come.


wnd--2020-09-10--New book: Vindman, not whistleblower, driving force behind Trump impeachment

The original source of the Trump-Ukraine impeachment drive was not the anonymous whistleblower , contends investigative reporter Byron York in a new book .
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman , a key impeachment witness , was one of several people who listened to Trump 's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky .
`` But [ Vindman ] was the only one who was disturbed by what took place .
He was the only one who thought there was a problem there , '' York said in an interview Wednesday with Fox News ' Laura Ingraham .
York 's new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Establishment 's Never-Ending War on Trump . ''
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day '' It did n't take a real rocket scientist that the source of this , the original source of this , was Lt. Col. Vindman , '' York said .
`` If you remember early on in the Ukraine matter , the Democrats said they wanted the whistleblower to testify , and then they changed their mind and they did n't want the whistleblower to testify and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempts to find out who the whistleblower was , '' he said .
York said the question was `` if the whistleblower was n't in the White House , how did he learn what was going on ? ''
Vindman told the Intelligence Committee he told only two people outside the White House , State Department Ukraine specialist George Kent and a member of the intelligence community .
`` At that point , '' York said , `` Adam Schiff , other Democrats interrupted , you can not say , you can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Republicans said well , why ca n't we ask about that ?
And they said because it would tend to identify the whistleblower . ''
Republicans had a `` very difficult time handling '' Vindman because , although they felt he was the `` origin of all this , '' he was a decorated military officer , York said .
Trump reacted Thursday on Twitter to an excerpt in York 's book .
“ No , Vindman knew the call itself to the Ukrainian President was ‘ perfect ’ , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call incorrectly , way off .
Why didn ’ t Vindman say so ?
That ’ s why Shifty didn ’ t want the whistleblower to testify .
A big scam !
” Trump tweeted .
York also claimed Robert Mueller 's special counsel team knew early in its investigation there was n't evidence for Trump-Russia collusion but continued nevertheless .
Mueller `` looked into everything , but what was happening was Trump lawyers could see that Mueller was n't getting anywhere and by the fall and certainly by the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a dry hole for Mueller , '' York said .
`` He had not come up with what he was supposed to find . ''

The original source of the Trump-Ukraine impeachment drive was not the anonymous whistleblower, contends investigative reporter Byron York in a new book.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key impeachment witness, was one of several people who listened to Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"But [Vindman] was the only one who was disturbed by what took place. He was the only one who thought there was a problem there," York said in an interview Wednesday with Fox News' Laura Ingraham.
York's new book is "Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment's Never-Ending War on Trump."
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"It didn't take a real rocket scientist that the source of this, the original source of this, was Lt. Col. Vindman," York said.
"If you remember early on in the Ukraine matter, the Democrats said they wanted the whistleblower to testify, and then they changed their mind and they didn't want the whistleblower to testify and they began to shut off any Republican attempts to find out who the whistleblower was," he said.
York said the question was "if the whistleblower wasn't in the White House, how did he learn what was going on?"
Vindman told the Intelligence Committee he told only two people outside the White House, State Department Ukraine specialist George Kent and a member of the intelligence community.
"At that point," York said, "Adam Schiff, other Democrats interrupted, you cannot say, you cannot ask the other person he spoke to, and Republicans said well, why can't we ask about that? And they said because it would tend to identify the whistleblower."
Republicans had a "very difficult time handling" Vindman because, although they felt he was the "origin of all this," he was a decorated military officer, York said.
Trump reacted Thursday on Twitter to an excerpt in York's book.
“No, Vindman knew the call itself to the Ukrainian President was ‘perfect’, but also knew the whistleblower report described the call incorrectly, way off. Why didn’t Vindman say so? That’s why Shifty didn’t want the whistleblower to testify. A big scam!” Trump tweeted.
York also claimed Robert Mueller's special counsel team knew early in its investigation there wasn't evidence for Trump-Russia collusion but continued nevertheless.
Mueller "looked into everything, but what was happening was Trump lawyers could see that Mueller wasn't getting anywhere and by the fall and certainly by the end of the year, they knew that collusion was a dry hole for Mueller," York said.
"He had not come up with what he was supposed to find."


wnd--2020-09-11--Flag display honors victims of 9/11 on anniversary

( FOX NEWS ) -- An upstate New York town came up with a creative and moving way to commemorate @ @ @ @ @ , honoring the civilians and first responders who died that day .
The Stanford Fire @ @ @ @ @ put 2,978 flags outside Stanford 's town hall , representing each life lost that day @ @ @ @ @ 343 red flags are arranged to look like the Twin Towers and represent each firefighter @ @ @ @ @ effort .

(FOX NEWS) -- An upstate New York town came up with a creative and moving way to commemorate the 19th anniversary of 9/11, honoring the civilians and first responders who died that day.
The Stanford Fire Company spearheaded a project to put 2,978 flags outside Stanford's town hall, representing each life lost that day.
In the middle, 343 red flags are arranged to look like the Twin Towers and represent each firefighter who died during the rescue effort.
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wnd--2020-09-11--NFL fans appear to boo players' protests

( FOX NEWS ) -- NFL fans who were able to attend the opening game between the Kansas City Chiefs @ @ @ @ @ the 2020 season on Thursday appeared to boo the teams ’ moment of unity at @ @ @ @ @ toss .
Both teams lined up in the middle of the field after the national @ @ @ @ @ before shaking hands to get ready for the coin toss .
Fans on social media @ @ @ @ @ of fans who were in attendance appeared to let their own voices be heard during @ @ @ @ @ through the prism of social media were apparently bewildered by the reaction .

(FOX NEWS) -- NFL fans who were able to attend the opening game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans to start the 2020 season on Thursday appeared to boo the teams’ moment of unity at midfield prior to the coin toss.
Both teams lined up in the middle of the field after the national anthem and locked arms briefly before shaking hands to get ready for the coin toss. Fans on social media noticed that the limited number of fans who were in attendance appeared to let their own voices be heard during the moment.
Those watching through the prism of social media were apparently bewildered by the reaction.
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wnd--2020-09-11--Biden inflates military COVID death tally to 873 times higher than reality during speech

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was `` wrong -- and not just by a little '' during a Wednesday campaign stop in Michigan when he tried to claim COVID-19 was devastating America 's military , according to CNN .
Biden said there had been 6,114 `` military COVID deaths '' and 118,984 service members infected with the coronavirus .
`` This is wrong -- and not just by a little , '' CNN reported in its fact check of the claim .
The true number of military deaths from COVID-19 was seven as of Wednesday , the Department of Defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day That means Biden 's estimate was 873 times the actual fact .
The number of service members infected stood at 40,026 , the DOD said , almost 79,000 cases lower than what Biden reported .
Biden 's comment raised more than a few eyebrows on Twitter : The Biden campaign later said the former vice president used the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Michigan rather than those in the military .
`` Vice President Biden has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women of the armed services and believes it 's the sacred duty of our country to properly equip them , look after their families when they 're deployed , and care for them when they return , ” Biden campaign Deputy Rapid Response Director Michael Gwin told Fox News .
“ To honor their service , the Vice President carries with him each day a card detailing the number of Americans who have given their lives for our country in Iraq and Afghanistan , and frequently cites that number to recognize their sacrifice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Biden has overstated the impact of COVID-19 before .
In June , he claimed that 120 million Americans had died from the disease .
As of Thursday , 191,702 Americans had died , according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center .
The Trump campaign has often seized upon Biden 's flubs : Biden 's gaffes might not be fatal , one commentator said .
“ I think the circumstances of 2020 are well-suited to Biden ’ s strengths and weaknesses , '' Stephen Farnsworth , director of the Center for Leadership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mary Washington , told the Sinclair Broadcast Group .
`` Because of COVID , Biden is not as visible as many candidates would have been in the past , and that means that the limited number of public appearances can be carefully choreographed , minimizing the risk of missteps . ''
Farnsworth said that given the number of Americans who will either support or oppose President Donald Trump no matter what , “ Of all the elections in the last 50 years , this may be the one in which the smallest number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidates do . ''
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was "wrong -- and not just by a little" during a Wednesday campaign stop in Michigan when he tried to claim COVID-19 was devastating America's military, according to CNN.
Biden said there had been 6,114 "military COVID deaths" and 118,984 service members infected with the coronavirus.
"This is wrong -- and not just by a little," CNN reported in its fact check of the claim.
The true number of military deaths from COVID-19 was seven as of Wednesday, the Department of Defense said on its website.
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That means Biden's estimate was 873 times the actual fact.
The number of service members infected stood at 40,026, the DOD said, almost 79,000 cases lower than what Biden reported.
Biden's comment raised more than a few eyebrows on Twitter:
Was wondering whose "wild claims" he got confused with. 😉https://t.co/KwFJkRGAu5 — _mzishi_ (@_mzishi_) September 9, 2020
This is just sad. Not only does @JoeBiden get the number of military COVID deaths disastrously wrong (a factor of 1,000) but he also struggles to read basic numbers. And the search for his notes is too jarring to be funny. Joe ain’t all there. https://t.co/fDyET1U0cp via @YouTube — Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) September 10, 2020
Biden looks down at paper: “Military covid infected: 118,984. Military covid deaths: 6,114. Folks, everyone of these lives matter. Everyone of these lives left someone behind, grieving.” DOD says there have been 40,026 military cases & 7 military deaths.https://t.co/xcjZymOACQ https://t.co/fBd54zaBwG — JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) September 9, 2020
The Biden campaign later said the former vice president used the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Michigan rather than those in the military.
"Vice President Biden has the utmost respect for the men and women of the armed services and believes it's the sacred duty of our country to properly equip them, look after their families when they're deployed, and care for them when they return,” Biden campaign Deputy Rapid Response Director Michael Gwin told Fox News.
“To honor their service, the Vice President carries with him each day a card detailing the number of Americans who have given their lives for our country in Iraq and Afghanistan, and frequently cites that number to recognize their sacrifice," he said in a statement.
Biden has overstated the impact of COVID-19 before.
In June, he claimed that 120 million Americans had died from the disease. As of Thursday, 191,702 Americans had died, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
The Trump campaign has often seized upon Biden's flubs:
Joe Biden: "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." pic.twitter.com/D3dDY6njfD — Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) August 31, 2020
Biden's gaffes might not be fatal, one commentator said.
“I think the circumstances of 2020 are well-suited to Biden’s strengths and weaknesses," Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, told the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
"Because of COVID, Biden is not as visible as many candidates would have been in the past, and that means that the limited number of public appearances can be carefully choreographed, minimizing the risk of missteps."
Farnsworth said that given the number of Americans who will either support or oppose President Donald Trump no matter what, “Of all the elections in the last 50 years, this may be the one in which the smallest number of minds are changed by what the candidates do."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-11--16,941 people reportedly commit to Christ after watching new film 'A Rush of Hope'

The Harvest Crusade is one of the single largest annual Christian outreach events .
For those living in California , the flyers , bumper stickers and billboards are a constant reminder of the modern-day revival efforts .
In a world where information is available at the press of a button , it seems strange that people would still not know about God -- but there is a key difference between knowing about God and actually knowing God , a gap that the Harvest Crusade seeks to bridge every year .
Started in 1990 by Pastor Greg Laurie , Harvest sprang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as part of a Bible study .
It has since grown into a huge yearly event that many people look forward to .
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day “ Looking back , I can see God ’ s hand at work from the very beginning , '' Laurie said , according to Harvest.org .
`` It has always been a part of God ’ s plan for us to know Him and make Him known . ''
Considering the state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crusade had to pivot to continue online for its 2020 event .
What could have been a crutch ( missing that vital in-person experience and person-to-person contact ) became a strength , and this year 's Harvest Crusade broke all attendance records .
According to the Harvest website , the previous largest event was in 2016 , with a record-breaking 350,000 in attendance .
This year , as a streaming event , Harvest saw 1.8 million remote attendees , and according to Greg Laurie 's Twitter account , 16,941 professions of faith have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ film that was the crux of the event , `` A Rush of Hope , '' offers `` answers to life 's questions '' -- something many people are considering these days .
Questions such as `` Why am I here , '' `` What happens after I die '' and `` Is there hope for today ? ''
are addressed , according to CBN .
`` A Rush of Hope '' features scenes from Christian movies as well as music from Christian artists Jeremy Camp , For King & Country and MercyMe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have ever set in our history , '' Laurie said in a video posted to social media Monday .
`` In a year of never-ending bad news , this is the best news we have heard , '' he said , according to CBN .
`` It 's a reminder that God is greater than a pandemic or any other challenge we are facing .
`` He can do above and beyond anything we can dream , and he is still transforming lives . ''
This article appeared originally on The Western @ @

The Harvest Crusade is one of the single largest annual Christian outreach events.
For those living in California, the flyers, bumper stickers and billboards are a constant reminder of the modern-day revival efforts.
In a world where information is available at the press of a button, it seems strange that people would still not know about God -- but there is a key difference between knowing about God and actually knowing God, a gap that the Harvest Crusade seeks to bridge every year.
Started in 1990 by Pastor Greg Laurie, Harvest sprang out of a small gathering of Christians as part of a Bible study. It has since grown into a huge yearly event that many people look forward to.
Today is the day we've all been waiting for! We're so excited for the premiere of "A Rush of Hope!" Join us online right now at https://t.co/cHdjU30K3v. pic.twitter.com/GDrOgSbARO — Greg Laurie (@greglaurie) September 4, 2020
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“Looking back, I can see God’s hand at work from the very beginning," Laurie said, according to Harvest.org. "It has always been a part of God’s plan for us to know Him and make Him known."
Considering the state of the world this year, the Harvest Crusade had to pivot to continue online for its 2020 event.
What could have been a crutch (missing that vital in-person experience and person-to-person contact) became a strength, and this year's Harvest Crusade broke all attendance records.
This event will be on-demand exclusively on Youtube for a limited time only! Join us for a cinematic experience unlike any other from September 4 through September 7 until midnight (PST)! https://t.co/bhnCbr5ySn pic.twitter.com/6ZN0Pt1iie — Greg Laurie (@greglaurie) September 7, 2020
According to the Harvest website, the previous largest event was in 2016, with a record-breaking 350,000 in attendance. This year, as a streaming event, Harvest saw 1.8 million remote attendees, and according to Greg Laurie's Twitter account, 16,941 professions of faith have been made as a result.
The film that was the crux of the event, "A Rush of Hope," offers "answers to life's questions" -- something many people are considering these days.
Questions such as "Why am I here," "What happens after I die" and "Is there hope for today?" are addressed, according to CBN.
"A Rush of Hope" features scenes from Christian movies as well as music from Christian artists Jeremy Camp, For King & Country and MercyMe.
Over Labor Day weekend, we saw 1.8 million people tune in to our very first “cinematic crusade.” And more importantly, we saw 16,941 professions of faith. Praise God! pic.twitter.com/2DfQ27Dumc — Greg Laurie (@greglaurie) September 9, 2020
"We are breaking every record we have ever set in our history," Laurie said in a video posted to social media Monday.
"In a year of never-ending bad news, this is the best news we have heard," he said, according to CBN. "It's a reminder that God is greater than a pandemic or any other challenge we are facing.
"He can do above and beyond anything we can dream, and he is still transforming lives."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-11--NFL season kicks off with 1 team refusing to take the field for the anthem

The 2020-2021 NFL season has officially begun , and scores of football fans could n't be more excited .
Well ... maybe some fans could be more excited .
The inaugural game of the new NFL season has begun with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans , but somehow , even before a single second of actual on-field play occurred , there already appeared to be controversy afoot .
First , the Chiefs revealed social justice messages -- `` End Racism '' and `` It Takes All of Us '' -- that were prominently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day Perhaps more controversially , the Chiefs and Texans each partook in their own respective form of protest during the playing of the national anthem .
The Texans opted not to come out for the national anthem at all .
They instead chose to stay in the locker room during the playing of `` The Star-Spangled Banner . ''
When they did come out , there were audible boos .
Several Chiefs players , including the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ linked arms .
One Chiefs player , Alex Okafor , knelt during the anthem and raised his right fist .
Further adding to the controversial pregame ceremonies , the Chiefs and Texans chose to have a `` moment of silence '' for the sake of equality .
And yes , that very much sounds like booing in the background during this demonstration .
Speaking of pregame ceremonies , COVID-19 restrictions made them strange enough with or without the social justice demonstrations .
The national anthem was prerecorded , instead of being sung live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Singers Chloe x Halle wore shirts very clearly featuring George Floyd and Breonna Taylor .
Alicia Keys sang `` Lift Every Voice and Sing , '' sometimes referred to as the `` black national anthem . ''
And it was obviously jarring to see the vastly reduced capacity of fans , all required to masks , not unlike Chiefs head coach Andy Reid .
Of course , the NFL is hardly the only major sports league to dive headfirst into the social justice arena .
The National Basketball Association , despite a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kowtow , has featured virtually all of its players kneeling during the national anthem .
That trend has continued despite outrage and lagging ratings .
Major League Baseball , while not nearly in as widespread a manner as the NBA , has featured its fair share of kneeling and other protests : The NFL very clearly has the support of its fellow sports leagues when it comes to social justice protests .
But will the audience support it ?
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

And they're off!
The 2020-2021 NFL season has officially begun, and scores of football fans couldn't be more excited.
Well ... maybe some fans could be more excited.
The inaugural game of the new NFL season has begun with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans, but somehow, even before a single second of actual on-field play occurred, there already appeared to be controversy afoot.
First, the Chiefs revealed social justice messages -- "End Racism" and "It Takes All of Us" -- that were prominently featured in their stadium's end zones:
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A look at Kansas City's end zones for Week 1 pic.twitter.com/Tn9AAu1Aui — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 10, 2020
Perhaps more controversially, the Chiefs and Texans each partook in their own respective form of protest during the playing of the national anthem.
The Texans opted not to come out for the national anthem at all. They instead chose to stay in the locker room during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." When they did come out, there were audible boos.
Several Chiefs players, including the reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, linked arms. One Chiefs player, Alex Okafor, knelt during the anthem and raised his right fist.
Chiefs Alex Okafor only player who took a knee during the anthem pic.twitter.com/SwQsuF4RS3 — gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 11, 2020
Texans decided to NOT even take the field for the Star-Spangled Banner. Chiefs ALL stood except for DE Alex Okafor, who kneeled #NFLKickoff #HOUvsKC pic.twitter.com/xvG2aAapUp — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2020
Further adding to the controversial pregame ceremonies, the Chiefs and Texans chose to have a "moment of silence" for the sake of equality. And yes, that very much sounds like booing in the background during this demonstration.
A moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country. #ItTakesAllOfUs pic.twitter.com/srC0SlnWdh — NFL (@NFL) September 11, 2020
Speaking of pregame ceremonies, COVID-19 restrictions made them strange enough with or without the social justice demonstrations.
The national anthem was prerecorded, instead of being sung live as it usually is before NFL games.
Singers Chloe x Halle wore shirts very clearly featuring George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Alicia Keys sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," sometimes referred to as the "black national anthem."
And it was obviously jarring to see the vastly reduced capacity of fans, all required to masks, not unlike Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
We are all here for Andy Reid foggy face mask 🤣🤣🤣@BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/lbMIzeJ3Un — Hogg (@HoggNFL) September 11, 2020
Of course, the NFL is hardly the only major sports league to dive headfirst into the social justice arena.
The National Basketball Association, despite a couple of players who've refused to kowtow, has featured virtually all of its players kneeling during the national anthem.
That trend has continued despite outrage and lagging ratings.
Major League Baseball, while not nearly in as widespread a manner as the NBA, has featured its fair share of kneeling and other protests:
Today, and every day, we come together as brothers. As equals, all with the same goal - to level the playing field. To change the injustices. Equality is not just a word. It’s our right! Today we stand as men from 25 nations on 6 continents. Today, we are one. pic.twitter.com/vKUGdRfwgQ — MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2020
The NFL very clearly has the support of its fellow sports leagues when it comes to social justice protests.
But will the audience support it?
That's a completely different matter.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-11--Ivanka Trump calls Joy Behar's bluff, offers to take COVID vaccine on 'The View'

Ivanka Trump responded to Joy Behar on Twitter this week , saying she would take a coronavirus vaccine on “ The View ” after the show ’ s liberal co-host questioned the safety of a hypothetical vaccine .
Behar asserted Wednesday on `` The View '' that any vaccine approved by President Donald Trump 's administration might not be safe .
“ He will push anything to get re-elected .
Don ’ t fall for it , ” Behar said .
“ And by the way , I will take the vaccine after Ivanka takes it . ''
The comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were disparaging work to create a vaccine and criticizing Trump for championing the potential for such a vaccine to bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic .
TRENDING : Twice-elected Dem sheriff switches to GOP , says Dems are burning the flag every day On Thursday , Ivanka Trump , the president ’ s eldest daughter and one of his senior advisers , responded to Behar on Twitter .
Tagging the TV host in a tweet , Ivanka Trump agreed to take a coronavirus vaccine in public .
“ Deal @ JoyVBehar .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ do so , ” the first daughter tweeted .
She added : “ I trust the FDA and so should all Americans .
Vanquishing this virus should be our collective top priority.
” Behar is not the first high-profile liberal woman to challenge the safety of a potentially life-saving Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccine in recent days .
In an interview that aired Sunday , California Sen. Kamala Harris , Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 's running mate , suggested to CNN 's Dana Bash she would be hesitant to take a coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president .
Bash asked Harris : “ Do you trust that , in the situation where we ’ re in now , that the public health experts and the scientists will get the last word on the efficacy of a vaccine ?
” “ If past is prologue that they will not , they ’ ll be muzzled , they ’ ll be suppressed , they will be sidelined , ” Harris said .
“ Because [ Trump is ] looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get to pretend he has been a leader on this issue when he is not.
” Asked if she would take a vaccine prior to the election , Harris responded : “ I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he ’ s talking about.
” This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Ivanka Trump responded to Joy Behar on Twitter this week, saying she would take a coronavirus vaccine on “The View” after the show’s liberal co-host questioned the safety of a hypothetical vaccine.
Behar asserted Wednesday on "The View" that any vaccine approved by President Donald Trump's administration might not be safe.
“He will push anything to get re-elected. Don’t fall for it,” Behar said. “And by the way, I will take the vaccine after Ivanka takes it."
The comments came as the women on the show were disparaging work to create a vaccine and criticizing Trump for championing the potential for such a vaccine to bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
AMERICA’S DISTRUST IN COVID VACCINES? After a vaccine trial halted following an unexplained illness, the co-hosts discuss their thoughts on getting vaccinated for the novel coronavirus once one becomes publicly available. https://t.co/nKZl5plPXC pic.twitter.com/H5f3jLMAs8 — The View (@TheView) September 9, 2020
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On Thursday, Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and one of his senior advisers, responded to Behar on Twitter.
Tagging the TV host in a tweet, Ivanka Trump agreed to take a coronavirus vaccine in public.
“Deal @JoyVBehar. I would come on your show to do so,” the first daughter tweeted.
She added: “I trust the FDA and so should all Americans. Vanquishing this virus should be our collective top priority.”
Deal @JoyVBehar. I would come on your show to do so. I trust the FDA and so should all Americans. Vanquishing this virus should be our collective top priority. https://t.co/FXb0Dqjdio — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) September 10, 2020
Behar is not the first high-profile liberal woman to challenge the safety of a potentially life-saving Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccine in recent days.
In an interview that aired Sunday, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate, suggested to CNN's Dana Bash she would be hesitant to take a coronavirus vaccine if it were touted by the president.
Bash asked Harris: “Do you trust that, in the situation where we’re in now, that the public health experts and the scientists will get the last word on the efficacy of a vaccine?”
“If past is prologue that they will not, they’ll be muzzled, they’ll be suppressed, they will be sidelined,” Harris said.
“Because [Trump is] looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days and he’s grasping for whatever he can get to pretend he has been a leader on this issue when he is not.”
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said that she would not trust President Trump alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine. "I will not take his word for it,” she told @DanaBashCNN. https://t.co/jHEDMSTF6L pic.twitter.com/uiypClzRFr — CNN (@CNN) September 5, 2020
Asked if she would take a vaccine prior to the election, Harris responded: “I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he’s talking about.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-12--Trump labels Biden 'the worst candidate ever put up' while blasting his spotty trade history

President Donald Trump labeled Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden `` the worst candidate ever put up '' during a Thursday campaign rally in Michigan .
`` I have the distinct pleasure of running against the worst presidential candidate in the history of presidential politics , '' Trump said .
`` Can you imagine if I lost to him ?
I 'd have to say I lost to the worst candidate ever put up .
Do n't do that to me , Michigan . ''
During the rally , Trump pointed to Biden 's recent interview with Jake Tapper when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether the North American Free Trade Agreement or the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was better .
The USMCA is Trump 's renegotiation of NAFTA .
It `` created new labor and environmental standards for the United States , Mexico , and Canada regarding farmers ' access to North American markets and a requirement that car manufacturers use more parts that are made in North America , '' the Washington Free Beacon reported .
Tapper asked Biden if Trump deserves credit for renegotiating the trade agreement , something that former President Barack Obama promised to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he deserve some credit for that ? ''
Tapper asked .
`` It 's better , USMCA is better than NAFTA . ''
Biden acknowledged `` it is better than NAFTA .
But look at what the overall trade policy has been , even with NAFTA .
`` We now have this gigantic deficit in trade with Mexico , '' he said .
`` Not because NAFTA was n't made better , because his overall trade policy and how he deals with it made everything worse . ''
Biden said that he and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a Republican Congress that would n't work with them .
During a campaign stop in Michigan this week , Biden criticized NAFTA but blamed the Bush administration for its problems .
`` Number one , the Bush administration did not keep a commitment on NAFTA , that 's number one , '' Biden said , according to WJBK-TV .
`` Number two , I 'd also point out that the auto industry in the state , Trump has lost tens of thousands of jobs .
I was in charge of the recovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of jobs brought back here , they were made out of the proposal that Barack and I put together . ''
`` He made a mistake , because he does n't know what 's going on , '' Trump said in response to Biden 's interview with Tapper .
Trump criticized the former vice president for `` offshoring Michigan 's jobs , outsourcing Michigan 's factories , throwing open your borders , dragging us into endless foreign wars , and surrendering our children 's future to China , '' Fox News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Michigan lying about his lifetime of cold-hearted globalist betrayals , '' Trump said , citing the fact that his opponent used to support NAFTA .
`` Joe Biden supported NAFTA , perhaps the worst trade deal in history .
Biden supported China 's entry into the World Trade Organziation .
At every opportunity , Joe Biden twisted his blade into the heart of Michigan workers . ''
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

President Donald Trump labeled Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden "the worst candidate ever put up" during a Thursday campaign rally in Michigan.
"I have the distinct pleasure of running against the worst presidential candidate in the history of presidential politics," Trump said.
"Can you imagine if I lost to him? I'd have to say I lost to the worst candidate ever put up. Don't do that to me, Michigan."
During the rally, Trump pointed to Biden's recent interview with Jake Tapper when the CNN host asked the former vice president whether the North American Free Trade Agreement or the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was better.
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The USMCA is Trump's renegotiation of NAFTA.
It "created new labor and environmental standards for the United States, Mexico, and Canada regarding farmers' access to North American markets and a requirement that car manufacturers use more parts that are made in North America," the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Tapper asked Biden if Trump deserves credit for renegotiating the trade agreement, something that former President Barack Obama promised to do but didn't.
"Doesn't he deserve some credit for that?" Tapper asked. "It's better, USMCA is better than NAFTA."
Biden acknowledged "it is better than NAFTA. But look at what the overall trade policy has been, even with NAFTA.
"We now have this gigantic deficit in trade with Mexico," he said.
"Not because NAFTA wasn't made better, because his overall trade policy and how he deals with it made everything worse."
Biden said that he and Obama were unable to renegotiate NAFTA because of a Republican Congress that wouldn't work with them.
During a campaign stop in Michigan this week, Biden criticized NAFTA but blamed the Bush administration for its problems.
"Number one, the Bush administration did not keep a commitment on NAFTA, that's number one," Biden said, according to WJBK-TV.
"Number two, I'd also point out that the auto industry in the state, Trump has lost tens of thousands of jobs. I was in charge of the recovery act which brought back hundreds and thousands of thousands of jobs brought back here, they were made out of the proposal that Barack and I put together."
"He made a mistake, because he doesn't know what's going on," Trump said in response to Biden's interview with Tapper.
Trump criticized the former vice president for "offshoring Michigan's jobs, outsourcing Michigan's factories, throwing open your borders, dragging us into endless foreign wars, and surrendering our children's future to China," Fox News reported.
"Joe Biden was here in Michigan lying about his lifetime of cold-hearted globalist betrayals," Trump said, citing the fact that his opponent used to support NAFTA.
"Joe Biden supported NAFTA, perhaps the worst trade deal in history. Biden supported China's entry into the World Trade Organziation. At every opportunity, Joe Biden twisted his blade into the heart of Michigan workers."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-12--See white, privileged Antifa-BLM rioters arrested by NYPD

The New York Police Department 's release this week of the mugshots and bios of seven Antifa-BLM rioters was revealing .
Six of the seven white young people have privileged backgrounds , noted Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday night .
They were arrested smashing the windows of a small business in Manhattan .
Among them were Clara Kraebber , a student at Rice University , where the tuition is about $ 65,000 a year , while the median black household income is 41,511 .
Frank Fuhrmeister is a 30-year-old ad man who , Ingraham said , who `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill neighborhood . ''
Adi Sragovich is a student at the $ 72,000-a-year Sarah Lawrence College .
After she lost her phone rioting , her mother quickly bought her a new one .
`` Got ta make sure she can Instagram all the storefronts she 's smashed , '' Ingraham quipped .
Claire Severine is a fashion model , and Etkar Surette used to summer in Europe .
Elliott Rucka is the son of famous comic book writers who both have TV deals .
`` Do these sound like revolutionaries to you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privileged , poorly educated kids hellbent on punishing the rest of the country over this concept they learned of white guilt ? ''
Ingraham said it 's clear `` they did n't get this way on their own .
They 're the products of bad parenting , bad schooling and a poisonous ideology that has been propagated by the left for decades . ''

The New York Police Department's release this week of the mugshots and bios of seven Antifa-BLM rioters was revealing.
Six of the seven white young people have privileged backgrounds, noted Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday night.
They were arrested smashing the windows of a small business in Manhattan.
Among them were Clara Kraebber, a student at Rice University, where the tuition is about $65,000 a year, while the median black household income is 41,511.
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See the segment:
Frank Fuhrmeister is a 30-year-old ad man who, Ingraham said, who "owns a stately home in the Beacon Hill neighborhood."
Adi Sragovich is a student at the $72,000-a-year Sarah Lawrence College. After she lost her phone rioting, her mother quickly bought her a new one.
"Gotta make sure she can Instagram all the storefronts she's smashed," Ingraham quipped.
Claire Severine is a fashion model, and Etkar Surette used to summer in Europe.
Elliott Rucka is the son of famous comic book writers who both have TV deals.
"Do these sound like revolutionaries to you," Ingraham asked. "Or just privileged, poorly educated kids hellbent on punishing the rest of the country over this concept they learned of white guilt?"
Ingraham said it's clear "they didn't get this way on their own. They're the products of bad parenting, bad schooling and a poisonous ideology that has been propagated by the left for decades."


wnd--2020-09-11--Here's why I believe Trump will win

Here's why I believe Trump will win

As a Trump supporter , I do n't casually dismiss the polls that consistently show he 's behind .
But I am cautiously optimistic he 's going to win , for many reasons .
Trump won in 2016 against overwhelming odds , the formidable Hillary Clinton machine and almost-unanimous predictions of his defeat .
Though Trump was a well-known public figure , people did n't know whether he would fulfill his campaign promises and govern as a conservative .
Many were skeptical , especially on social issues , based on some of his past positions .
Sure , his outsider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeal , and , yes , Clinton 's unlikability helped , but I 'm unimpressed with the theory that Joe Biden will defeat Trump because Trump has baggage and Biden does n't have Clinton 's negatives .
Biden has plenty of negatives thus far strenuously shielded by the media , and they 're becoming more apparent daily .
His main negative , of course , is that he is not even a candidate but a hapless placeholder , a puppet in the Democrats ' sinister scheme to implement a Bernie Sanders agenda under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , we 've never seen a Republican president generate more enthusiasm .
He has an electric bond with his supporters , who rightly recognize that he is uniquely situated for these turbulent times .
Conservative , patriotic Americans and everything they hold dear have been under relentless bombardment by the militant left in all sectors of our society – culture , academia , Hollywood , the media .
Everywhere they turn , they 're told that America sucks ; that they are racist ; that they are uncompassionate Christian bigots , homophobes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intolerant by the most intolerant of people and censored by those waving the banner of free speech .
Most people have no way to respond to the bullying .
They 're often too intimidated to share their opinions for fear of being demonized .
They have their talk radio and television defenders , but they 've had no one in elective office to stand up for them and their essential goodness and dignity .
No prominent public official has stood athwart this fraudulent , toxic narrative and said , `` Enough is enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found their fearless , tireless advocate .
What other Republican president would have had the guts to stand against this high tide of political correctness and challenge the left 's divisive ideas , as when he recently banned federal sensitivity training on so-called white supremacy and Critical Race Theory ?
Trump has given freedom-loving patriots a voice , and they will never forget it .
Despite efforts to portray him as a carnival barker , he has proven his sincerity on the things that matter to his supporters .
They see his genuine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their shared agenda .
Trump has n't just paid lip service to his ideas , which is as far as many politicians ever go .
While Trump 's opponents cast him as an inveterate liar , he has kept his campaign promises perhaps more than any modern president .
He has produced : on the economy , rebuilding the military , defending life and religious liberty , his stellar judicial appointments , his restoration of America 's energy independence ( which Biden wants to reverse through his quixotically reckless promise to eliminate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Democrats ' nationally suicidal Green New Deal agenda .
Indeed , Trump has vigorously resisted enormous pressure from radical environmentalists to surrender our sovereignty to international bodies guided by pseudo-science and a Marxist worldview , hellbent on returning us to the horse and buggy .
He has also kept his promise to secure more favorable trade deals for the United States , and even Joe Biden recently admitted that the USMCA is better than NAFTA .
He has studiously protected American manufacturing jobs , which is not lost on American workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem .
Granted , some single-issue border-enforcement Trump supporters were frustrated for a time when he was unable to secure Democratic approval for even modest improvements to the southern border wall .
But despite gratuitous Democratic obstruction , Trump is proceeding with the wall and has made substantial progress .
Though the Democrats and media have savaged this president every day for four years , falsely accused him of unspeakable acts , mounted ceaseless investigations and impeachment proceedings against him , and given him no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presses forward .
On top of all this , America is under siege by leftist street radicals who are fomenting racial tension and turning our cities into hellish war zones , not to advance the cause of racial justice but to dismantle America root and branch and fundamentally convert it into a Marxist state .
Do n't tell anyone , but minorities also care about law and order and jobs and are slowly awakening to Democrats ' taking them for granted .
President Trump stands as a towering figure against this lawlessness condoned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mayors .
Some polls ( e.g.
, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler 's tanking approval ratings ) have begun to reflect even Democrats ' outrage at this anarchy and their recognition that Biden and the Democrats own it .
The public ca n't help but notice that a man the left depicts as erratic , unpredictable and unstable has been a steady hand throughout the pandemic ( notwithstanding Democratic propaganda to the contrary ) , the riots and the endless personal onslaught against him .
Democrats are so confident they have irreversibly tarnished Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a candidate who 's already ripe for the 25th Amendment .
They are brazenly hiding Biden in the closet with the media 's reprehensible complicity .
Dubious polls reinforce their arrogance , though it 's not hard to imagine that when prudent people are afraid to wear their Trump hats in public , they may not answer polls forthrightly .
So , take heart , Trump supporters .
We have a strong candidate with a remarkably successful record , running against a Democratic Party that bears little resemblance to the party of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real candidate , no constructive solutions , and a stubborn insistence on dividing Americans based on their group identities and tearing America down .
There are surely enough patriots left to ensure President Trump 's reelection .

As a Trump supporter, I don't casually dismiss the polls that consistently show he's behind. But I am cautiously optimistic he's going to win, for many reasons.
Trump won in 2016 against overwhelming odds, the formidable Hillary Clinton machine and almost-unanimous predictions of his defeat.
Though Trump was a well-known public figure, people didn't know whether he would fulfill his campaign promises and govern as a conservative. Many were skeptical, especially on social issues, based on some of his past positions.
Sure, his outsider status was a major part of his appeal, and, yes, Clinton's unlikability helped, but I'm unimpressed with the theory that Joe Biden will defeat Trump because Trump has baggage and Biden doesn't have Clinton's negatives. Biden has plenty of negatives thus far strenuously shielded by the media, and they're becoming more apparent daily. His main negative, of course, is that he is not even a candidate but a hapless placeholder, a puppet in the Democrats' sinister scheme to implement a Bernie Sanders agenda under cover of "centrist" Biden.
Meanwhile, we've never seen a Republican president generate more enthusiasm. He has an electric bond with his supporters, who rightly recognize that he is uniquely situated for these turbulent times.
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Conservative, patriotic Americans and everything they hold dear have been under relentless bombardment by the militant left in all sectors of our society – culture, academia, Hollywood, the media. Everywhere they turn, they're told that America sucks; that they are racist; that they are uncompassionate Christian bigots, homophobes and sexists. They are vilified as intolerant by the most intolerant of people and censored by those waving the banner of free speech.
Most people have no way to respond to the bullying. They're often too intimidated to share their opinions for fear of being demonized. They have their talk radio and television defenders, but they've had no one in elective office to stand up for them and their essential goodness and dignity. No prominent public official has stood athwart this fraudulent, toxic narrative and said, "Enough is enough." But in Trump they've found their fearless, tireless advocate. What other Republican president would have had the guts to stand against this high tide of political correctness and challenge the left's divisive ideas, as when he recently banned federal sensitivity training on so-called white supremacy and Critical Race Theory?
Trump has given freedom-loving patriots a voice, and they will never forget it. Despite efforts to portray him as a carnival barker, he has proven his sincerity on the things that matter to his supporters. They see his genuine love for America and his steadfast commitment to their shared agenda.
Trump hasn't just paid lip service to his ideas, which is as far as many politicians ever go. While Trump's opponents cast him as an inveterate liar, he has kept his campaign promises perhaps more than any modern president. He has produced: on the economy, rebuilding the military, defending life and religious liberty, his stellar judicial appointments, his restoration of America's energy independence (which Biden wants to reverse through his quixotically reckless promise to eliminate fossil fuels) and his decisive rejection of the Democrats' nationally suicidal Green New Deal agenda. Indeed, Trump has vigorously resisted enormous pressure from radical environmentalists to surrender our sovereignty to international bodies guided by pseudo-science and a Marxist worldview, hellbent on returning us to the horse and buggy.
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He has also kept his promise to secure more favorable trade deals for the United States, and even Joe Biden recently admitted that the USMCA is better than NAFTA. He has studiously protected American manufacturing jobs, which is not lost on American workers. Unlike his predecessors, he honored his promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.
Granted, some single-issue border-enforcement Trump supporters were frustrated for a time when he was unable to secure Democratic approval for even modest improvements to the southern border wall. But despite gratuitous Democratic obstruction, Trump is proceeding with the wall and has made substantial progress.
Though the Democrats and media have savaged this president every day for four years, falsely accused him of unspeakable acts, mounted ceaseless investigations and impeachment proceedings against him, and given him no favorable coverage, he remains undaunted and presses forward.
On top of all this, America is under siege by leftist street radicals who are fomenting racial tension and turning our cities into hellish war zones, not to advance the cause of racial justice but to dismantle America root and branch and fundamentally convert it into a Marxist state. Don't tell anyone, but minorities also care about law and order and jobs and are slowly awakening to Democrats' taking them for granted.
President Trump stands as a towering figure against this lawlessness condoned and often enabled by Democratic governors and mayors. Some polls (e.g., Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's tanking approval ratings) have begun to reflect even Democrats' outrage at this anarchy and their recognition that Biden and the Democrats own it.
The public can't help but notice that a man the left depicts as erratic, unpredictable and unstable has been a steady hand throughout the pandemic (notwithstanding Democratic propaganda to the contrary), the riots and the endless personal onslaught against him.
Democrats are so confident they have irreversibly tarnished Trump that they believe they can defeat him with a candidate who's already ripe for the 25th Amendment. They are brazenly hiding Biden in the closet with the media's reprehensible complicity.
Dubious polls reinforce their arrogance, though it's not hard to imagine that when prudent people are afraid to wear their Trump hats in public, they may not answer polls forthrightly.
So, take heart, Trump supporters. We have a strong candidate with a remarkably successful record, running against a Democratic Party that bears little resemblance to the party of JFK. This new party has no real candidate, no constructive solutions, and a stubborn insistence on dividing Americans based on their group identities and tearing America down. There are surely enough patriots left to ensure President Trump's reelection.