wnd--2020-06-23--Like Roe? Then you believe abortion has no limits

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Looking at certain polls , Roe v. Wade with its companion case Doe v. Bolton seems to have broad public support .
For example , an NPR , PBS Newshour , Marist poll concluded that 3 out of 4 Americans want Roe to remain in place , something that is being debated this month as the Supreme Court has another opportunity to allow states like Louisiana to keep health and safety standards in place , protecting women who go to an abortion vendor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ math is that people also support all kinds of abortion regulation .
What many don ’ t understand is that support for limiting abortion equals support for getting rid of Roe , returning the issue of the abortion to the states where voters would have a voice and a vote on abortion policy .
In 1973 , when Roe v. Wade was handed down by seven Supreme Court justices , the impact was an end to all abortion-related laws in a ruling that was “ a jurisprudential embarrassment.
” “ [ B ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberal legal scholar Laurence Tribe wrote , “ the substantive judgment on which it rests is nowhere to be found.
” TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself And when that smoke cleared , Roe and Doe allowed for abortion through all nine months , for any reason and sometimes with taxpayer funding .
Even though all abortion vendors don ’ t commit dangerous late-term abortion procedures , that doesn ’ t change the fact that in the U.S. such surgeries can be found .
Voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indicate that 7 in 10 Americans would limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy .
But that ’ s not what you get with Roe , which is used to push abortion much further by claiming laws cause an “ undue burden ” or reduce “ access.
” Rejecting those legal talking points , legislators have worked to both limit abortion and to pass laws that hold the abortion industry accountable for its practices .
It ’ s been slow going as the abortion industry , which rarely chooses to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly , uses the courts to block most efforts .
But that could change .
In the Louisiana June v. Russo case currently before the Supreme Court , pro-life advocates have argued that there are “ conflicts of interest ” for abortion vendors to fight health and safety standards , claiming to speak for the women who could be harmed without them .
In March , attorneys for the state noted that abortionists have little contact with women and only then briefly and when they are in a drugged state .
But in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Louisiana health statute designed to protect those very patients from unscrupulous and incompetent abortion providers.
” The Louisiana case also tests whether states can require the abortion industry to act like the medical care providers they claim to be by making an emergency plan with admitting privileges at local hospitals , to speed up life-saving care for a woman in danger .
A Kaiser poll shows people like this , too , as “ nearly 7 in 10 support laws that require abortions only be performed by doctors who have been granted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including 56 percent of Democrats and 82 percent of Republicans.
” But polls are basically irrelevant when it comes to the kind of policy allowed by the Supreme Court via Roe , a virtual “ get out of regulation free card ” for an industry that uses the language of health care but the tactics of politics to advance its agenda .
When Students for Life commissioned a poll of Millennials , we wanted to get past the Roe slogans to ask if young people understood just what was allowed , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they opposed Roe , when they understood it allows for abortion through all 9 months of pregnancy.
” While the Louisiana case has not been set up to overturn Roe , it does illustrate once again that abortion as an issue has been hijacked by the courts .
If you like laws that limit abortion in any way , you don ’ t actually like Roe , which allows the current legal framework of abortion to be practiced by an industry that so far has enjoyed unique legal protections for its deadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ customers in court .
Cases like June v. Russo provide Americans with another opportunity to understand what Roe v. Wade actually means for women and their preborn children and to remind them to vote for candidates who will appoint judges who respect the law .
Election day is the ultimate poll and one that actually gets attention .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Kristan Hawkins
Real Clear Politics
Looking at certain polls, Roe v. Wade with its companion case Doe v. Bolton seems to have broad public support. For example, an NPR, PBS Newshour, Marist poll concluded that 3 out of 4 Americans want Roe to remain in place, something that is being debated this month as the Supreme Court has another opportunity to allow states like Louisiana to keep health and safety standards in place, protecting women who go to an abortion vendor. But the problem with that kind of math is that people also support all kinds of abortion regulation. What many don’t understand is that support for limiting abortion equals support for getting rid of Roe, returning the issue of the abortion to the states where voters would have a voice and a vote on abortion policy.
In 1973, when Roe v. Wade was handed down by seven Supreme Court justices, the impact was an end to all abortion-related laws in a ruling that was “a jurisprudential embarrassment.”
“[B]ehind its own verbal smokescreen,” liberal legal scholar Laurence Tribe wrote, “the substantive judgment on which it rests is nowhere to be found.”
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And when that smoke cleared, Roe and Doe allowed for abortion through all nine months, for any reason and sometimes with taxpayer funding. Even though all abortion vendors don’t commit dangerous late-term abortion procedures, that doesn’t change the fact that in the U.S. such surgeries can be found.
Voters consistently oppose late-term abortion, and polls indicate that 7 in 10 Americans would limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy. But that’s not what you get with Roe, which is used to push abortion much further by claiming laws cause an “undue burden” or reduce “access.”
Rejecting those legal talking points, legislators have worked to both limit abortion and to pass laws that hold the abortion industry accountable for its practices. It’s been slow going as the abortion industry, which rarely chooses to make its case to the people of America directly, uses the courts to block most efforts.
But that could change. In the Louisiana June v. Russo case currently before the Supreme Court, pro-life advocates have argued that there are “conflicts of interest” for abortion vendors to fight health and safety standards, claiming to speak for the women who could be harmed without them. In March, attorneys for the state noted that abortionists have little contact with women and only then briefly and when they are in a drugged state. But in court, the abortion vendors “challenge a Louisiana health statute designed to protect those very patients from unscrupulous and incompetent abortion providers.”
The Louisiana case also tests whether states can require the abortion industry to act like the medical care providers they claim to be by making an emergency plan with admitting privileges at local hospitals, to speed up life-saving care for a woman in danger.
A Kaiser poll shows people like this, too, as “nearly 7 in 10 support laws that require abortions only be performed by doctors who have been granted the right to admit patients at hospitals, including 56 percent of Democrats and 82 percent of Republicans.”
But polls are basically irrelevant when it comes to the kind of policy allowed by the Supreme Court via Roe, a virtual “get out of regulation free card” for an industry that uses the language of health care but the tactics of politics to advance its agenda.
When Students for Life commissioned a poll of Millennials, we wanted to get past the Roe slogans to ask if young people understood just what was allowed, and we found that “51 percent said that they opposed Roe, when they understood it allows for abortion through all 9 months of pregnancy.”
While the Louisiana case has not been set up to overturn Roe, it does illustrate once again that abortion as an issue has been hijacked by the courts. If you like laws that limit abortion in any way, you don’t actually like Roe, which allows the current legal framework of abortion to be practiced by an industry that so far has enjoyed unique legal protections for its deadly business while claiming to speak for its customers in court.
Cases like June v. Russo provide Americans with another opportunity to understand what Roe v. Wade actually means for women and their preborn children and to remind them to vote for candidates who will appoint judges who respect the law. Election day is the ultimate poll and one that actually gets attention.


wnd--2020-06-23--All COVID vaccines using aborted-baby stem cells, group warns

As the Trump administration expresses optimism about the development of a vaccine for the coronvirus , a religious-liberty group is warning that the top vaccines under development are made with `` aborted baby cell lines . ''
The vaccines are not from aborted fetuses but from embryos used by researchers , says Liberty Counsel , which is running a campaign urging members of Congress and governors to oppose a government plan to force vaccinations .
`` As an American citizen who loves my country , my Constitution and my right to refuse forced vaccinations , I urge you to end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liberty Counsel says .
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`` What I thought was an aspirational goal 30 days ago when I was announced by the president , I have recently come to the conclusion that it is more and more likely to occur , '' he said .
President Trump said the Department of Defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hopes to deliver 300 million coronavirus vaccines by Jan. 1 , 2021 .
Vaccine development and testing programs by Johnson & Johnson , Moderna and AstraZeneca already are in trials or preparing to begin .
But Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver is concerned that the top five vaccine research companies are `` using aborted baby cell lines to fuel their research and build their vaccines . ''
And several states , he said , already are working to remove religious exemptions from vaccination requirements , including Connecticut and Illinois .
The Liberty Counsel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for pharmaceutical companies .
`` Big Pharma reportedly constitutes approximately 1/6 of the U.S. economy .
Additionally , the pharmaceutical industry spends more money on lobbying at both the state and federal levels than any other sector of the U.S. economy .
In 2019 , for example , Big Pharma spent a massive $ 295 million on federal lobbying – more than double the nearest runner-up , electronics manufacturing . ''
Liberty Counsel said vaccines developed using aborted baby cells are easier to research and therefore cheaper to develop , increasing profitability for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` And what better opportunity to make those profits skyrocket than to demand mass vaccination of the entire population … even though COVID-19 is now known to have just a 0.26 % death rate , roughly the same as the average annual flu , '' the group said .
`` It is absolutely imperative that we stop this push for mandatory vaccinations before it goes any further .
Religious exemptions for vaccinations MUST stand .
ALL people must be free to decide for themselves whether to take a vaccine – without the heavy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system to remove those choices . ''
Meanwhile , some experts , arguing the coronavirus has weakened over time , believe it could die out without the need for a vaccine .
A leading Italian infectious disease specialist , Matteo Bassetti , noted in an interview with The Telegraph of London that COVID-19 patients once needed ventilation and oxygen .
`` Now , in the past four weeks , the picture has completely changed in terms of patterns .
There could be a lower viral load in the respiratory tract , probably due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which has not yet been demonstrated scientifically .
Also , we are now more aware of the disease and able to manage it , '' said Bassetti , head of the infectious diseases clinic at Italy 's Policlinico San Martino Hospital .
`` It was like an aggressive tiger in March and April , but now it 's like a wild cat .
Even elderly patients , aged 80 or 90 , are now sitting up in bed , and they are breathing without help .
The same patients would have died in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the professor said .
He concluded it `` probably it could go away completely without a vaccine . ''
`` We have fewer and fewer people infected and it could end up with the virus dying out . ''

As the Trump administration expresses optimism about the development of a vaccine for the coronvirus, a religious-liberty group is warning that the top vaccines under development are made with "aborted baby cell lines."
The vaccines are not from aborted fetuses but from aborted baby cell lines used by researchers, says Liberty Counsel, which is running a campaign urging members of Congress and governors to oppose a government plan to force vaccinations.
"As an American citizen who loves my country, my Constitution and my right to refuse forced vaccinations, I urge you to end all consideration of mandatory vaccinations," Liberty Counsel says.
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Meanwhile, U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna, a top official in the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, reported progress, according to the Washington Examiner.
"What I thought was an aspirational goal 30 days ago when I was announced by the president, I have recently come to the conclusion that it is more and more likely to occur," he said.
President Trump said the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services hopes to deliver 300 million coronavirus vaccines by Jan. 1, 2021. Vaccine development and testing programs by Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and AstraZeneca already are in trials or preparing to begin.
But Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver is concerned that the top five vaccine research companies are "using aborted baby cell lines to fuel their research and build their vaccines."
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And several states, he said, already are working to remove religious exemptions from vaccination requirements, including Connecticut and Illinois.
The Liberty Counsel campaign points out vaccinations are big money for pharmaceutical companies.
"Big Pharma reportedly constitutes approximately 1/6 of the U.S. economy. Additionally, the pharmaceutical industry spends more money on lobbying at both the state and federal levels than any other sector of the U.S. economy. In 2019, for example, Big Pharma spent a massive $295 million on federal lobbying – more than double the nearest runner-up, electronics manufacturing."
Liberty Counsel said vaccines developed using aborted baby cells are easier to research and therefore cheaper to develop, increasing profitability for the pharmaceutical companies and their investors.
"And what better opportunity to make those profits skyrocket than to demand mass vaccination of the entire population … even though COVID-19 is now known to have just a 0.26% death rate, roughly the same as the average annual flu," the group said.
"It is absolutely imperative that we stop this push for mandatory vaccinations before it goes any further. Religious exemptions for vaccinations MUST stand. ALL people must be free to decide for themselves whether to take a vaccine – without the heavy pushing of multi-billion-dollar profiteers abusing our political system to remove those choices."
Meanwhile, some experts, arguing the coronavirus has weakened over time, believe it could die out without the need for a vaccine.
A leading Italian infectious disease specialist, Matteo Bassetti, noted in an interview with The Telegraph of London that COVID-19 patients once needed ventilation and oxygen.
"Now, in the past four weeks, the picture has completely changed in terms of patterns. There could be a lower viral load in the respiratory tract, probably due to a genetic mutation in the virus which has not yet been demonstrated scientifically. Also, we are now more aware of the disease and able to manage it," said Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at Italy's Policlinico San Martino Hospital.
"It was like an aggressive tiger in March and April, but now it's like a wild cat. Even elderly patients, aged 80 or 90, are now sitting up in bed, and they are breathing without help. The same patients would have died in two or three days before," the professor said.
He concluded it "probably it could go away completely without a vaccine."
"We have fewer and fewer people infected and it could end up with the virus dying out."


wnd--2020-06-23--Reporter: Democrats privately say Biden is lacking 'mental acuity'

The timing couldn ’ t have been better .
On the same day the Joe Biden presidential campaign made a show of announcing it had accepted the idea of three debates with President Donald Trump in the fall , a Washington-based media reporter was interviewed by Fox News explaining that Biden seems to lack the mental wherewithal even to handle questions at a news conference .
Considering it ’ s a safe bet that virtually the entire national news corps is secretly – and not-so-secretly – rooting for a Biden victory over Trump in November , that ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a media reporter for The Hill , told Steve Doocy on “ Fox & Friends ” Monday that Democrats are well aware of the fact that the former vice president is no longer at the top of his game in the smarts department .
“ A lot of Democrats will tell you , at least privately , that he does not have the mental acuity that he even had a couple of years ago and this is a candidate that simply would not able to withstand the type of press conferences that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them going on for an hour , an hour and a half , taking questions with multiple outlets with no ground rules attached , ” Concha said .
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( Jim Acosta is n't the only one by any stretch . )
No one who has an even passing familiarity with what passes for journalism at the national level in 2020 would expect Biden to face anything like the hostility Trump does on a regular basis .
Still , as Concha noted , Biden is unwilling to face an actual news conference made up of reporters who aren ’ t chosen for their friendliness to the candidate , honoring limits that have been established in advance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... to have , say , a handpicked interview , where you have ground rules for interviews , with certain outlets that may be friendly to your candidate , as opposed to having a press conference which Mr. Biden has not done for 80 days , ” Concha said .
Actually , even with presumably liberal interviewers , Biden has shown himself eminently capable of creating embarrassing moments – like when he instructed a black radio host ’ s overwhelmingly black audience that if any black person has trouble deciding whether to support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t black.
” Going back to the Democratic primary campaign , Biden ’ s media appearances were a seemingly never-ending series of gaffes , including apparently forgetting what state he was in and what president he served in the White House .
Yet , according to a Fox News report Monday , Biden ’ s campaign was using its acceptance of three proposed presidential debates to attack Trump ’ s campaign for suggesting even more head-to-head clashes to see who will be being sworn in on Jan. 20 , 2021 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Debates , Biden campaign manager Jen O ’ Malley Dillon said her candidate was ready .
“ While I know no formal debate invitation will be issued to Joe Biden or Donald Trump until after the Party Conventions and the CPD ’ s invitation process , I wanted to set forth our views on how the Commission should proceed with planning for the fall debates , ” Dillon wrote , according to Fox .
`` First , once formally invited , Vice President Biden will accept and participate in the Commission ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 , October 15 , and October 22 ; his running mate will participate in the Vice Presidential candidates ’ debate set for October 7 . ''
“ We hope that President Trump and Vice President Pence will similarly indicate their willingness to participate.
” Let ’ s assume it ’ s a good bet that Trump is just as ready as Biden is for the meetings .
In fact , given that last week , according to Fox , Trump campaign chairman Brad Parscale and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed the commission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s a safe bet Trump is raring to go .
And considering that Trump hasn ’ t forgotten what state he ’ s in lately , or spouted off incongruous insults like calling a young woman a “ lying , dog-faced pony soldier , ” and that he has publicly told journalist Sharyl Attkisson that Biden is “ not mentally sharp enough to be president , ” it ’ s practically a given that Trump is better than ready to handle Biden on a national debate stage .
What the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the course of three debates , is what Concha was talking about : A Democratic candidate who , Concha says , even Democrats know isn ’ t the man he was even a few years ago .
Of course , with concentration , coaching and effort , Biden could make his debate appearances better than expectations .
But given his tendency to make a fool of himself in public , and the fact that he ’ s been hiding from the media for almost three months , Biden would probably beat expectations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the length of any debate without spilling oatmeal down his shirt .
That doesn ’ t and wo n't change the widespread perception , even among members of his own party , that Biden doesn ’ t have the fastball he used to have – and won ’ t ever have again .
A country that has watched Donald Trump deal daily with viperous attacks from the mainstream media knows he ’ s got it upstairs .
He has to , or he would have been cooked a long time ago .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to light on the same day the Biden campaign is essentially boasting about its willingness for Biden to take on Trump one-one-one is beyond perfect timing .
It couldn ’ t have been better .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

The timing couldn’t have been better.
On the same day the Joe Biden presidential campaign made a show of announcing it had accepted the idea of three debates with President Donald Trump in the fall, a Washington-based media reporter was interviewed by Fox News explaining that Biden seems to lack the mental wherewithal even to handle questions at a news conference.
Considering it’s a safe bet that virtually the entire national news corps is secretly -- and not-so-secretly -- rooting for a Biden victory over Trump in November, that’s a damning statement itself.
Joe Concha, a media reporter for The Hill, told Steve Doocy on “Fox & Friends” Monday that Democrats are well aware of the fact that the former vice president is no longer at the top of his game in the smarts department.
“A lot of Democrats will tell you, at least privately, that he does not have the mental acuity that he even had a couple of years ago and this is a candidate that simply would not able to withstand the type of press conferences that the current president has, as far as them going on for an hour, an hour and a half, taking questions with multiple outlets with no ground rules attached,” Concha said.
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As even Trump-loathing Americans know, the president has put in extensive hours facing openly hostile questioning from the national news media – his daily coronavirus briefings alone gave even those who don’t follow politics a look at how many national “news reporters” treat their coverage of the White House like it’s a personal cable commentary segment. (Jim Acosta isn't the only one by any stretch.)
No one who has an even passing familiarity with what passes for journalism at the national level in 2020 would expect Biden to face anything like the hostility Trump does on a regular basis.
Still, as Concha noted, Biden is unwilling to face an actual news conference made up of reporters who aren’t chosen for their friendliness to the candidate, honoring limits that have been established in advance.
“It’s a lot easier ... to have, say, a handpicked interview, where you have ground rules for interviews, with certain outlets that may be friendly to your candidate, as opposed to having a press conference which Mr. Biden has not done for 80 days,” Concha said.
Actually, even with presumably liberal interviewers, Biden has shown himself eminently capable of creating embarrassing moments -- like when he instructed a black radio host’s overwhelmingly black audience that if any black person has trouble deciding whether to support Biden or Trump, “you ain’t black.”
Going back to the Democratic primary campaign, Biden’s media appearances were a seemingly never-ending series of gaffes, including apparently forgetting what state he was in and what president he served in the White House.
Yet, according to a Fox News report Monday, Biden’s campaign was using its acceptance of three proposed presidential debates to attack Trump’s campaign for suggesting even more head-to-head clashes to see who will be being sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021.
In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said her candidate was ready.
“While I know no formal debate invitation will be issued to Joe Biden or Donald Trump until after the Party Conventions and the CPD’s invitation process, I wanted to set forth our views on how the Commission should proceed with planning for the fall debates,” Dillon wrote, according to Fox.
"First, once formally invited, Vice President Biden will accept and participate in the Commission’s planned Presidential candidates’ debates for September 29, October 15, and October 22; his running mate will participate in the Vice Presidential candidates’ debate set for October 7."
“We hope that President Trump and Vice President Pence will similarly indicate their willingness to participate.”
Let’s assume it’s a good bet that Trump is just as ready as Biden is for the meetings.
In fact, given that last week, according to Fox, Trump campaign chairman Brad Parscale and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed the commission for more debates that start earlier, it’s a safe bet Trump is raring to go.
And considering that Trump hasn’t forgotten what state he’s in lately, or spouted off incongruous insults like calling a young woman a “lying, dog-faced pony soldier,” and that he has publicly told journalist Sharyl Attkisson that Biden is “not mentally sharp enough to be president,” it’s practically a given that Trump is better than ready to handle Biden on a national debate stage.
What the country is likely to see then, especially over the course of three debates, is what Concha was talking about: A Democratic candidate who, Concha says, even Democrats know isn’t the man he was even a few years ago.
Of course, with concentration, coaching and effort, Biden could make his debate appearances better than expectations. But given his tendency to make a fool of himself in public, and the fact that he’s been hiding from the media for almost three months, Biden would probably beat expectations just by managing to stay upright for the length of any debate without spilling oatmeal down his shirt.
That doesn’t and won't change the widespread perception, even among members of his own party, that Biden doesn’t have the fastball he used to have – and won’t ever have again.
A country that has watched Donald Trump deal daily with viperous attacks from the mainstream media knows he’s got it upstairs. He has to, or he would have been cooked a long time ago.
For Concha to bring Biden’s weakness to light on the same day the Biden campaign is essentially boasting about its willingness for Biden to take on Trump one-on-one is beyond perfect timing.
It couldn’t have been better.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-06-22--2 precedents say Big Tech must honor 1st Amendment

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
The current rules regulating free speech and the `` monopoly social media ” ( Facebook/Instagram , Twitter , Google/YouTube -- together , the MOSM ) are a mess , but the basic principles should be obvious .
They should be treated as the new public square , and subject to First Amendment requirements .
Ideally , Congress would establish a `` public square trust '' on each of the MOSM properties -- a section for political speech sites that would be clearly protected from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owners , or from an employee revolt .
The MOSM have become such a dominant location for political speech that they deserve to fall under the First Amendment , even though they are private companies .
The Supreme Court has itself pointed the way under two key precedents : Packingham and Marsh .
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In this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was not allowed to preclude free speech on its sidewalks .
Justice Hugo Black wrote , `` When we balance the constitutional rights of owners of property against those of the people to enjoy freedom of press and religion , as we must here , we remain mindful of the fact that the latter occupy a preferred position .
As we have stated before , the right to exercise the liberties safeguarded by the First Amendment 'lies at the foundation of free government by free men . '
`` In essence , private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' and must be governed accordingly .
In a 2017 case , Packingham v. North Carolina , the justices unanimously found that the MOSM have become the `` company town '' or `` public square '' of our own day , as the court ruled that the State of North Carolina could not block registered sex offenders from the use of social media such as Facebook .
“ A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more , ” wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy .
“ A basic rule , for example , is that a street or a park is a quintessential forum for the exercise of First Amendment rights.
” Kennedy noted that while in the past it wasn ’ t always easy to identify the most important places for free speech to be protected , in the 21st century it is clear .
“ It is cyberspace , ” he wrote , “ the vast democratic forums of the Internet in general , and social media in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the high court before he retired in 2018 , Kennedy noted that seven in 10 Americans use at least one Internet social networking service and that governors in all 50 states and nearly every member of Congress communicate with their constituents via social media .
Given these court precedents , it is inconceivable under our Constitution that the MOSM could decide , for example , that only Democrats could speak on their sites while censoring Republicans , or that only Republicans could speak while censoring Democrats .
Even as private companies , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power and importance as our stage for political speech that they fall under the Marsh and Packingham standards .
As the MOSM act under these First Amendment standards , they should not create their own rules and rulings , but should follow the set of rules and rulings that already exist from over 200 years of law , jurisprudence and precedent .
Pursuant to the First Amendment , an orator setting up his virtual soapbox in their cyberspace ( today 's de facto `` public square '' ) should be allowed to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soapbox in the physical town square .
There are some limits on free speech : for example , even in the public square , a speaker can not slander or libel without consequence ; can not incite imminent violence ; can not give away military secrets or troop movements ; can not spread certain forms of pornography .
And there are criminal and civil remedies for such speech in a court of law .
The rules , remedies and paths to adjudication should be identical to the public square , and law and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ -- should control .
At the same time , if the MOSM is merely the location for the speech and not amplifying or promoting it beyond the speaker ’ s own efforts , the MOSM should not be considered liable for this speech , any more than the public square is liable .
To ensure this result , Congress might be wise to mandate a `` public square trust '' on the MOSM : a section on each MOSM property where political speakers can speak , and remain explicitly outside the comment or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Twitter and Facebook would have a section where President Trump and President Trump 's greatest opponent can each present as they choose , clear and unfiltered by Jack Dorsey or Mark Zuckerberg .
All other political speakers could have guaranteed access as well , so long as they properly identify themselves , and remain subject to remedies or penalties from the U.S. legal system .
Thus , `` anonymous Russian bots spreading mayhem '' would not be included , but any elected official , political candidate , or identified political speaker ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be included .
Speakers using the great American tradition of pen names would be allowed , so long as their true identity could be traced if a legal remedy was mandated .
Again , the MOSM company would have no liability for this speech and no control over it .
Parties injured by the speech would have action against the speaker through the courts , not through the companies .
Political debates are hard and unpleasant ; they are likely to offend many people even when they are legal and protected under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power that the three `` monopoly social media '' companies have acquired as America 's de facto location for political speech , we can not afford to let the sensibilities of three CEOs , boards or employee teams determine free speech for all .
Nor can we expect these executives and companies to always successfully withstand political and commercial pressures , and protect free speech properly , even if they are well intended .
A system of First Amendment law already exists , determined through a long series of hard-fought legislative debates and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continues to evolve .
We should use this system ; not ask the MOSM to invent their own .
A `` public square trust '' could help ensure free speech , in line with past laws and Supreme Court opinions , and so help ensure a free nation .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By K.S. Bruce
Real Clear Politics
The current rules regulating free speech and the "monopoly social media” (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Google/YouTube -- together, the MOSM) are a mess, but the basic principles should be obvious. They should be treated as the new public square, and subject to First Amendment requirements. Ideally, Congress would establish a "public square trust" on each of the MOSM properties -- a section for political speech sites that would be clearly protected from the censorship whims of the private company owners, or from an employee revolt.
The MOSM have become such a dominant location for political speech that they deserve to fall under the First Amendment, even though they are private companies. The Supreme Court has itself pointed the way under two key precedents: Packingham and Marsh.
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In the 1946 case of Marsh v. Alabama, the court ruled that the First and 14th Amendments can apply to private parties. In this case, a "company town" was not allowed to preclude free speech on its sidewalks. Justice Hugo Black wrote, "When we balance the constitutional rights of owners of property against those of the people to enjoy freedom of press and religion, as we must here, we remain mindful of the fact that the latter occupy a preferred position. As we have stated before, the right to exercise the liberties safeguarded by the First Amendment 'lies at the foundation of free government by free men.' " In essence, private property had become the "public square," and must be governed accordingly.
In a 2017 case, Packingham v. North Carolina, the justices unanimously found that the MOSM have become the "company town" or "public square" of our own day, as the court ruled that the State of North Carolina could not block registered sex offenders from the use of social media such as Facebook.
“A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then after reflection, speak and listen once more,” wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy. “A basic rule, for example, is that a street or a park is a quintessential forum for the exercise of First Amendment rights.”
Kennedy noted that while in the past it wasn’t always easy to identify the most important places for free speech to be protected, in the 21st century it is clear. “It is cyberspace,” he wrote, “the vast democratic forums of the Internet in general, and social media in particular.”
A respected swing vote on the high court before he retired in 2018, Kennedy noted that seven in 10 Americans use at least one Internet social networking service and that governors in all 50 states and nearly every member of Congress communicate with their constituents via social media.
Given these court precedents, it is inconceivable under our Constitution that the MOSM could decide, for example, that only Democrats could speak on their sites while censoring Republicans, or that only Republicans could speak while censoring Democrats. Even as private companies, they have reached such an extreme level of power and importance as our stage for political speech that they fall under the Marsh and Packingham standards.
As the MOSM act under these First Amendment standards, they should not create their own rules and rulings, but should follow the set of rules and rulings that already exist from over 200 years of law, jurisprudence and precedent.
Pursuant to the First Amendment, an orator setting up his virtual soapbox in their cyberspace (today's de facto "public square") should be allowed to say whatever he could say on a real soapbox in the physical town square. There are some limits on free speech: for example, even in the public square, a speaker cannot slander or libel without consequence; cannot incite imminent violence; cannot give away military secrets or troop movements; cannot spread certain forms of pornography. And there are criminal and civil remedies for such speech in a court of law. The rules, remedies and paths to adjudication should be identical to the public square, and law and court precedent -- not the MOSM executives -- should control. At the same time, if the MOSM is merely the location for the speech and not amplifying or promoting it beyond the speaker’s own efforts, the MOSM should not be considered liable for this speech, any more than the public square is liable.
To ensure this result, Congress might be wise to mandate a "public square trust" on the MOSM: a section on each MOSM property where political speakers can speak, and remain explicitly outside the comment or control of the forum owner. Hence, Twitter and Facebook would have a section where President Trump and President Trump's greatest opponent can each present as they choose, clear and unfiltered by Jack Dorsey or Mark Zuckerberg. All other political speakers could have guaranteed access as well, so long as they properly identify themselves, and remain subject to remedies or penalties from the U.S. legal system. Thus, "anonymous Russian bots spreading mayhem" would not be included, but any elected official, political candidate, or identified political speaker (say, the local environmental society) would be included. Speakers using the great American tradition of pen names would be allowed, so long as their true identity could be traced if a legal remedy was mandated. Again, the MOSM company would have no liability for this speech and no control over it. Parties injured by the speech would have action against the speaker through the courts, not through the companies.
Political debates are hard and unpleasant; they are likely to offend many people even when they are legal and protected under the First Amendment. Given the exceptional power that the three "monopoly social media" companies have acquired as America's de facto location for political speech, we cannot afford to let the sensibilities of three CEOs, boards or employee teams determine free speech for all. Nor can we expect these executives and companies to always successfully withstand political and commercial pressures, and protect free speech properly, even if they are well intended.
A system of First Amendment law already exists, determined through a long series of hard-fought legislative debates and cases over many years, and which continues to evolve. We should use this system; not ask the MOSM to invent their own. A "public square trust" could help ensure free speech, in line with past laws and Supreme Court opinions, and so help ensure a free nation.


wnd--2020-06-22--Be careful who you call a 'white supremacist'

This past Saturday , after President Trump 's Tulsa rally did not draw the expected capacity crowd , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted , `` Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID .
`` Shout out to Zoomers .
Y'all make me so proud .
☺ '' Ocasio-Cortez was responding to claims that TikTok , with apparent help from within China , flooded the Trump campaign with fake reservation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But what was most telling in her tweet was the reference to Trump 's `` white supremacist open mic . ''
This dangerous and ugly accusation is now standard fare for the left : Trump is a white supremacist , as are his white supporters .
Of course , you could see this building for several years now .
TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself First , the left-wing media branded candidate Trump a white supremacist , based especially on his comments about Mexican immigrants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found when men like David Duke endorsed him .
Then , there was the misrepresentation of his words about Charlottesville , where he allegedly said that there were some `` very fine people '' among the neo-Nazi demonstrators .
To the contrary , he categorically condemned those very people , saying , `` Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs , including the KKK , neo-Nazis , white supremacists , and other hate groups . ''
But the misrepresentation continues to this day , repeated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The next step in the left-wing media 's strategy was to brand you a white supremacist if you were white and supported Trump .
In fact , in some circles , it is assumed that , for white supporters of Trump , MAGA really means , `` Make America White Again . ''
( House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made this very claim . )
For people like Ocasio-Cortez , this is simply taken for granted .
I documented these accusations in my new book `` Evangelicals At the Crossroads : Will We Pass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book , I meticulously lay out the case against Trump , including the charges that he is an unashamed racist .
And I do this , not to whitewash such charges but to examine them carefully and fairly .
Is Donald Trump a white supremacist and racist ?
Some of Trump 's statements have certainly lacked precision , leading to further misunderstanding and confusion .
And I recognize that , in many ways , he has been highly divisive .
I have no desire to defend those aspects of his speech or conduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my book , the charges of `` white supremacy '' have no substance at all .
( According to Merriam-Webster , a white supremacist is `` a person who believes that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races . ''
) White supremacists do not go out of their way to meet regularly with black leaders for input and wisdom .
White supremacists do not pass major criminal justice bills that largely affect non-whites .
White supremacists are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York Times like this one , from Sept. 10 , 2019 , headlined , `` Trump Focuses on Black Economic Gains and Support for Historically Black Colleges . ''
As the Times reported , `` Since the beginning of Mr. Trump 's presidency , the administration has , in fact , made an effort to support historically black schools , increasing investment in their programs by 14.3 percent . ''
( For further documentation of these points , see `` Evangelicals at the Crossroads . ''
) White supremacists do not immediately call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice to look into the death of a black man , George Floyd , at the hands of a white cop , Derek Chauvin .
And white supremacists do not call for special forums titled `` transition to greatness , '' where the focus is on listening to black leaders address the problem of racism in America .
Cynics would say , `` He 's a politician .
He 's just doing this for votes . ''
But real white supremacists do no such things , especially white supremacist politicians , whose very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When it comes to politicians doing things for votes , which politician does not do things for votes ? )
Yet , as bogus as the charge of `` white supremacist '' is when it comes to Trump , it is even more bogus for the vast majority of his white supporters .
Many of them would have voted for Ben Carson in a heartbeat had the elections been between Dr. Carson and Hillary Clinton .
White supremacists would not do this .
( Of course , white Trump supporters would have voted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marco Rubio had they run against Hillary . )
And the vast majority of white Trump supporters opposed President Obama because of his policies , not because of the color of his skin .
( The last I checked , both Hillary and Biden are white , so our rejection of them has nothing to do with skin color . )
Not only so , but some of Trump 's most prominent white evangelical supporters have been involved in interracial ministry for decades , with a long history of opposing racism .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I know , not a single one of them fits the definition of `` white supremacist '' cited above .
Let us , then , call out this ugly accusation for what it is : slanderous , libelous , and dangerous .
Shame on those who use such ugly words as a political and ideological tool .

This past Saturday, after President Trump's Tulsa rally did not draw the expected capacity crowd, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID.
"Shout out to Zoomers. Y'all make me so proud. ☺"
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to claims that TikTok, with apparent help from within China, flooded the Trump campaign with fake reservation requests, discouraging others from attending.
But what was most telling in her tweet was the reference to Trump's "white supremacist open mic." This dangerous and ugly accusation is now standard fare for the left: Trump is a white supremacist, as are his white supporters.
Of course, you could see this building for several years now.
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First, the left-wing media branded candidate Trump a white supremacist, based especially on his comments about Mexican immigrants and Muslims.
Confirmation for this was found when men like David Duke endorsed him.
Then, there was the misrepresentation of his words about Charlottesville, where he allegedly said that there were some "very fine people" among the neo-Nazi demonstrators.
To the contrary, he categorically condemned those very people, saying, "Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups."
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But the misrepresentation continues to this day, repeated regularly by presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The next step in the left-wing media's strategy was to brand you a white supremacist if you were white and supported Trump. In fact, in some circles, it is assumed that, for white supporters of Trump, MAGA really means, "Make America White Again." (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made this very claim.)
For people like Ocasio-Cortez, this is simply taken for granted.
I documented these accusations in my new book "Evangelicals At the Crossroads: Will We Pass the Trump Test?"
In the book, I meticulously lay out the case against Trump, including the charges that he is an unashamed racist. And I do this, not to whitewash such charges but to examine them carefully and fairly. Is Donald Trump a white supremacist and racist?
Some of Trump's statements have certainly lacked precision, leading to further misunderstanding and confusion. And I recognize that, in many ways, he has been highly divisive. I have no desire to defend those aspects of his speech or conduct.
Still, as I demonstrate in my book, the charges of "white supremacy" have no substance at all. (According to Merriam-Webster, a white supremacist is "a person who believes that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races.")
White supremacists do not go out of their way to meet regularly with black leaders for input and wisdom.
White supremacists do not pass major criminal justice bills that largely affect non-whites.
White supremacists are not the focus of stories in the New York Times like this one, from Sept. 10, 2019, headlined, "Trump Focuses on Black Economic Gains and Support for Historically Black Colleges." As the Times reported, "Since the beginning of Mr. Trump's presidency, the administration has, in fact, made an effort to support historically black schools, increasing investment in their programs by 14.3 percent." (For further documentation of these points, see "Evangelicals at the Crossroads.")
White supremacists do not immediately call for the FBI and the Department of Justice to look into the death of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white cop, Derek Chauvin.
And white supremacists do not call for special forums titled "transition to greatness," where the focus is on listening to black leaders address the problem of racism in America.
Cynics would say, "He's a politician. He's just doing this for votes."
But real white supremacists do no such things, especially white supremacist politicians, whose very reputation depends on their racism. (When it comes to politicians doing things for votes, which politician does not do things for votes?)
Yet, as bogus as the charge of "white supremacist" is when it comes to Trump, it is even more bogus for the vast majority of his white supporters.
Many of them would have voted for Ben Carson in a heartbeat had the elections been between Dr. Carson and Hillary Clinton. White supremacists would not do this. (Of course, white Trump supporters would have voted for Hispanic candidates like Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio had they run against Hillary.)
And the vast majority of white Trump supporters opposed President Obama because of his policies, not because of the color of his skin. (The last I checked, both Hillary and Biden are white, so our rejection of them has nothing to do with skin color.)
Not only so, but some of Trump's most prominent white evangelical supporters have been involved in interracial ministry for decades, with a long history of opposing racism. And of the many, white Trump supporters I know, not a single one of them fits the definition of "white supremacist" cited above.
Let us, then, call out this ugly accusation for what it is: slanderous, libelous, and dangerous. Shame on those who use such ugly words as a political and ideological tool.


wnd--2020-06-22--The left Jussie Smolletted me

The left Jussie Smolletted me

The name Jussie Smollett has become a verb , used to refer to incidents where the left pretends there was a racist hate crime when there was n't .
Now there is a Facebook group set up to create these incidents .
They just did it to me .
I 'm not that well-known , or as those who came after me characterize it , `` You 're a nobody , no one cares enough about you to bother doing this . ''
But that does n't mean anything ; as we already know , they try to get relatively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time now .
It all started when I complained to a good friend of mine on the left about how sick and tired I am of being called a white supremacist simply because I 'm a conservative .
It 's especially irritating considering my last boyfriend was black .
This friend responded and said it was racist of me to point out that I had a black boyfriend !
Shocked , I posted a rant about the exchange on Facebook .
I may as well have had a boyfriend from the KKK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been the same .
One of my Facebook friends , a lefty atheist from my state who I 've been friends with on Facebook for years , left a rude comment .
After that , people I am not friends with on Facebook – but who were coincidentally friends with him – started leaving a photoshopped screenshot of my Facebook page everywhere on my account .
The doctored image had me saying `` F*** Black Lives Matters ! ''
repeatedly , and the profile photo was a badge that said `` Support Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had as a profile photo .
The comments they left were horrific ; I had to report most of them to Facebook for profanity and threats , and block them .
A friend of mine told me she 'd heard about the doctored image from a friend who was a member of a new group that had just popped up called `` Expose Your Local Racist . ''
These people viciously attacked me for days .
They made it very clear : A conservative is not allowed to date outside of their race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mantra that we 're all white supremacists .
They were going to make me pay by faking that I was a racist .
If they ca n't catch a conservative saying something racist , then they expand the definition of what racism is .
If they still ca n't get you on that , they photoshop words into your mouth to falsely make you look like a racist .
TRENDING : Principal gets booted after posting comments critical of Black Lives Matter The Facebook group is full of attempts to destroy people and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many of them appear photoshopped like what they did to me .
One of their admins admits that they 've been exposed for bullying and harassing and that people are trying to get Facebook to shut them down .
There are over 18,000 members in the group , so when they target someone , it is a lot of hate .
There is a new post every few minutes , and several times a day they go over doxxing details of someone to get people fired from their job and triumphantly report their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they 've targeted may have really done racist things , how many have they falsely smeared , like me ?
Unfortunately for them , they picked the wrong person to destroy as a pretend racist .
I hold myself out on Facebook as an evangelical Christian .
I started the website Intellectual Conservative in 2002 .
I have never uttered a profane word on Facebook , and I 've been on it since 2008 .
In fact , my former lead writer for Intellectual Conservative in the early 2000s quit writing for me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ articles , and my younger brother , who edited our articles back then , got tired of editing them out .
I do n't even hate Black Lives Matter .
The last couple of articles I 've written about them did n't attack them .
My beef is with Antifa , which I believe has co-opted the BLM movement with violence .
I 've written a couple of articles recently about police shootings involving black men , and I took a middle-of-the-road approach , here and here .
A few of the more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ page to accost me for allegedly being a racist were willing to listen to my response and ended up changing their minds about me .
It probably helped that they saw many photos of me with my ex-boyfriend .
But for the ones who hate me because I 'm a conservative , I 'm sure this photo of my ex and me wearing MAGA hats ( right ) just made them madder .
The irony is my ex is descended from a freed slave .
But they do n't care about that ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he 's black and conservative .
They want to pretend he does n't exist , and they will destroy me in order to shut me up about his existence .
I wrote an article about what it 's like being in an interracial relationship two years ago .
Do I sound like someone who hates blacks ?
Two of the radical activists actually admitted it was a photoshop job .
One said I had been `` catfished . ''
Another one ridiculed me for thinking the image was me , posting an image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman with my same name .
Eerily , I wrote about this same exact thing happening to another conservative woman back in 2014 .
The left photoshopped her Facebook page to make it look like she had said racist things while working at a credit union .
She was n't even working for the credit union anymore , but her current employer fired her over the incident .
Sadly , my article exposing the incident was n't enough to save her job .
So far I 've had no luck getting Facebook to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since it 's not an actual profile , there 's no one to report .
But I 'm sure they can find out who first added the image to Facebook , and they can certainly go back and look at my profile – including things I 've deleted – to demonstrate that I never posted those rude statements .
The lesson here is the left will destroy you with photoshopped screenshots if you are on the right and do n't fit their nasty racist stereotype of a conservative .
Sorry , lefties , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only within my own race .

The name Jussie Smollett has become a verb, used to refer to incidents where the left pretends there was a racist hate crime when there wasn't. Now there is a Facebook group set up to create these incidents.
They just did it to me. I'm not that well-known, or as those who came after me characterize it, "You're a nobody, no one cares enough about you to bother doing this." But that doesn't mean anything; as we already know, they try to get relatively unknown conservatives fired from their jobs all the time now.
It all started when I complained to a good friend of mine on the left about how sick and tired I am of being called a white supremacist simply because I'm a conservative. It's especially irritating considering my last boyfriend was black. This friend responded and said it was racist of me to point out that I had a black boyfriend! Shocked, I posted a rant about the exchange on Facebook. I may as well have had a boyfriend from the KKK; the left's reaction would have been the same.
One of my Facebook friends, a lefty atheist from my state who I've been friends with on Facebook for years, left a rude comment. After that, people I am not friends with on Facebook – but who were coincidentally friends with him – started leaving a photoshopped screenshot of my Facebook page everywhere on my account. The doctored image had me saying "F*** Black Lives Matters!" repeatedly, and the profile photo was a badge that said "Support Law Enforcement," something I've never had as a profile photo. The comments they left were horrific; I had to report most of them to Facebook for profanity and threats, and block them.
A friend of mine told me she'd heard about the doctored image from a friend who was a member of a new group that had just popped up called "Expose Your Local Racist." These people viciously attacked me for days. They made it very clear: A conservative is not allowed to date outside of their race because it destroys the left's false mantra that we're all white supremacists. They were going to make me pay by faking that I was a racist. If they can't catch a conservative saying something racist, then they expand the definition of what racism is. If they still can't get you on that, they photoshop words into your mouth to falsely make you look like a racist.
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The Facebook group is full of attempts to destroy people and get them fired from their jobs. Many of them appear photoshopped like what they did to me. One of their admins admits that they've been exposed for bullying and harassing and that people are trying to get Facebook to shut them down. There are over 18,000 members in the group, so when they target someone, it is a lot of hate. There is a new post every few minutes, and several times a day they go over doxxing details of someone to get people fired from their job and triumphantly report their success. While some of these people they've targeted may have really done racist things, how many have they falsely smeared, like me?
Unfortunately for them, they picked the wrong person to destroy as a pretend racist. I hold myself out on Facebook as an evangelical Christian. I started the website Intellectual Conservative in 2002. I have never uttered a profane word on Facebook, and I've been on it since 2008. In fact, my former lead writer for Intellectual Conservative in the early 2000s quit writing for me because he kept dropping profanity in his articles, and my younger brother, who edited our articles back then, got tired of editing them out.
I don't even hate Black Lives Matter. The last couple of articles I've written about them didn't attack them. My beef is with Antifa, which I believe has co-opted the BLM movement with violence. I've written a couple of articles recently about police shootings involving black men, and I took a middle-of-the-road approach, here and here.
A few of the more reasonable people who came onto my Facebook page to accost me for allegedly being a racist were willing to listen to my response and ended up changing their minds about me. It probably helped that they saw many photos of me with my ex-boyfriend. But for the ones who hate me because I'm a conservative, I'm sure this photo of my ex and me wearing MAGA hats (right) just made them madder. The irony is my ex is descended from a freed slave. But they don't care about that; he's a non-person to them because he's black and conservative. They want to pretend he doesn't exist, and they will destroy me in order to shut me up about his existence. I wrote an article about what it's like being in an interracial relationship two years ago. Do I sound like someone who hates blacks?
Two of the radical activists actually admitted it was a photoshop job. One said I had been "catfished." Another one ridiculed me for thinking the image was me, posting an image of the profanity coming from a different woman with my same name.
Eerily, I wrote about this same exact thing happening to another conservative woman back in 2014. The left photoshopped her Facebook page to make it look like she had said racist things while working at a credit union. She wasn't even working for the credit union anymore, but her current employer fired her over the incident. Sadly, my article exposing the incident wasn't enough to save her job.
So far I've had no luck getting Facebook to get rid of the manipulated image. Since it's not an actual profile, there's no one to report. But I'm sure they can find out who first added the image to Facebook, and they can certainly go back and look at my profile – including things I've deleted – to demonstrate that I never posted those rude statements.
The lesson here is the left will destroy you with photoshopped screenshots if you are on the right and don't fit their nasty racist stereotype of a conservative. Sorry, lefties, you will never force me to date only within my own race.


wnd--2020-06-22--'Lockdown Queen' Whitmer wants Trump to bail out her state from COVID damage

Michigan Democratic Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer banned the in-person sale of seeds during the coronavirus pandemic because they were deemed non-essential .
She also required home supply stories to close sections , such as flooring , for the same reason .
She restricted doctors from prescribing the lifesaving drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 patients .
She sent coronavirus patients to nursing homes , and she banned the use of motorboats and jet skis while allowing canoes and sailboats .
Last week , she marched with Black Lives Matter while Michigan was still under a coronavirus lockdown order .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's taxpayers to fix the damage to her state from the pandemic and her response to it .
TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself She held a press conference to explain the state 's needs , reported WILX in Lansing , Michigan .
`` She said the state has more than $ 436 million fighting COVID-19 in the past 10 weeks , which is money the state was n't planning on spending when the budget was set a year ago , on top of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost in tax revenue , '' the report said .
`` The governor said there is no way to cut spending enough to fill the estimated $ 6 billion hole over the next two years . ''
So she wants the federal government to bail her out .
`` Under the current federal Cares Act , states ca n't use federal aid money to pay for things that were in the budget before the pandemic started , '' the report said .
`` Our enemy now is not one another , our enemy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the governor said .
`` We ca n't do it on our own . ''
She said she 's taken a 10 % pay cut , but she wants help so she can fund education programs , law enforcement , first responders , the unemployed and vaccine research .
Whitmer also wants money for the Futures for Frontliners program , which allows people who work in hospitals , nursing homes and the like to get training from colleges .
She faced criticism last month when her husband reportedly dropped her name to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Memorial Day amid her coronavirus lockdown .
The Gateway Pundit blog noted she encouraged left-wing protests in the streets while insisting small businesses and churches remain closed because of the coronavirus .
Earlier this month , she joined the radical call to `` defund the police . ''

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer banned the in-person sale of seeds during the coronavirus pandemic because they were deemed non-essential. She also required home supply stories to close sections, such as flooring, for the same reason.
She restricted doctors from prescribing the lifesaving drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 patients. She sent coronavirus patients to nursing homes, and she banned the use of motorboats and jet skis while allowing canoes and sailboats.
Last week, she marched with Black Lives Matter while Michigan was still under a coronavirus lockdown order.
Now she wants a bailout from the nation's taxpayers to fix the damage to her state from the pandemic and her response to it.
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She held a press conference to explain the state's needs, reported WILX in Lansing, Michigan.
"She said the state has more than $436 million fighting COVID-19 in the past 10 weeks, which is money the state wasn't planning on spending when the budget was set a year ago, on top of the $3 billion the state has already lost in tax revenue," the report said.
"The governor said there is no way to cut spending enough to fill the estimated $6 billion hole over the next two years."
So she wants the federal government to bail her out.
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"Under the current federal Cares Act, states can't use federal aid money to pay for things that were in the budget before the pandemic started," the report said.
"Our enemy now is not one another, our enemy is a virus called COVID-19," the governor said. "We can't do it on our own."
She said she's taken a 10% pay cut, but she wants help so she can fund education programs, law enforcement, first responders, the unemployed and vaccine research.
Whitmer also wants money for the Futures for Frontliners program, which allows people who work in hospitals, nursing homes and the like to get training from colleges.
She faced criticism last month when her husband reportedly dropped her name to get the family boat in the water before Memorial Day amid her coronavirus lockdown.
The Gateway Pundit blog noted she encouraged left-wing protests in the streets while insisting small businesses and churches remain closed because of the coronavirus.
Earlier this month, she joined the radical call to "defund the police."


wnd--2020-06-23--Americans putting off goals like marriage, having kids for financial security

( STUDY FINDS ) -- NEW YORK — For many people , the most important moments of adulthood often center @ @ @ @ @ kids .
And who can forget that white picket fence ?
Well , a new @ @ @ @ @ be the case anymore .
It seems Americans are trading in their dreams of a @ @ @ @ @ focused on personal finances in 2020 and beyond .
A poll of 2,000 Americans , @ @ @ @ @ finds that a majority of adults are putting off traditional life milestones like marriage , @ @ @ @ @ saving for retirement .
Sixty-one percent of respondents say those goals were no longer important @ @ @ @ @ biggest reason being money .
“ While traditional milestones are no longer making or breaking @ @ @ @ @ life , our study shows our hearts are still an important driver to achieving financial @ @ @ @ @ matter your life path , ” Life Happens CEO Faisa Stafford says in a statement @

(STUDY FINDS) -- NEW YORK — For many people, the most important moments of adulthood often center around getting married and having kids. And who can forget that white picket fence? Well, a new survey shows that may not be the case anymore. It seems Americans are trading in their dreams of a happy home and instead are focused on personal finances in 2020 and beyond.
A poll of 2,000 Americans, commissioned by Life Happens, finds that a majority of adults are putting off traditional life milestones like marriage, starting a family, and saving for retirement. Sixty-one percent of respondents say those goals were no longer important to them, with the biggest reason being money.
“While traditional milestones are no longer making or breaking what’s important in life, our study shows our hearts are still an important driver to achieving financial peace of mind, no matter your life path,” Life Happens CEO Faisa Stafford says in a statement.
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wnd--2020-06-23--Scientists perplexed as to why men, minorities have higher rates of severe COVID-19

( STUDY FINDS ) -- LONDON – Growing evidence suggests that men and Black , Asian , and Minority Ethnic ( BAME ) populations suffer more severe COVID-19 infections with poorer outcomes .
Yet , scientists to this point are unable to figure out why .
A new study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London sheds some light on the mystery by revealing what doesn ’ t play a role .
Researchers say that the severity of COVID-19 infection among males and BAME populations is not related to other commonly blamed health factors .
For example , risk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are often linked to infections .
Similarly , socio-economic status or behavioral factors don ’ t seem to be the major factor , thus leaving scientists baffled .
In the study , published in the Journal of Public Health , researchers examined data from the United Kingdom ’ s Biobank .
The Biobank is a longterm research study that includes health and genetic information on 500,000 people in the UK .
The study uses a subset of this dataset , comprised of 4,510 Biobank participants who were tested for COVID-19 , including 1,326 @ @ @ @

(STUDY FINDS) -- LONDON – Growing evidence suggests that men and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations suffer more severe COVID-19 infections with poorer outcomes. Yet, scientists to this point are unable to figure out why. A new study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London sheds some light on the mystery by revealing what doesn’t play a role.
Researchers say that the severity of COVID-19 infection among males and BAME populations is not related to other commonly blamed health factors. For example, risk of cardiovascular disease or vitamin D levels are often linked to infections. Similarly, socio-economic status or behavioral factors don’t seem to be the major factor, thus leaving scientists baffled.
In the study, published in the Journal of Public Health, researchers examined data from the United Kingdom’s Biobank. The Biobank is a longterm research study that includes health and genetic information on 500,000 people in the UK. The study uses a subset of this dataset, comprised of 4,510 Biobank participants who were tested for COVID-19, including 1,326 who tested positive.
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wnd--2020-06-23--'NASCAR needs to respond' to new images of Bubba Wallace 'noose'

The NASCAR community was outraged this week by a report that a `` noose '' was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace , a black driver .
An investigation was launched , the FBI was called in and the perpetrator was threatened with being `` eliminated from the sport . ''
TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself One Twitter user posted a comment on the NASCAR announcement : `` No way anyone would do that with all the security cameras and people with camera phones all around .
They would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , said he was offended that anyone would suggest there is no controversy .
`` It offends me that people would go to those measures but again , I 'm not shocked , '' he said .
But NASCAR `` needs to respond to these photos suggesting the Bubba Wallace 'noose ' was really just a rope used to close the garage door , '' challenged Twitchy , which aggregates news on Twitter .
The photos were posted by Twitter user James E. Beatty : '' NASCAR , what say you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been released .
Another Twitter user said : `` I truly hope this is not true .
We are n't this stupid as a society .
Please tell me it has n't gotten this bad .
Do we have a 100 % denial from NASCAR on this ?
? ''
Another wrote : `` If the Bubba Wallace noose story is real , it is appalling , of course .
But without a photo , I 'd give it a 5 % chance of being real . ''
Newsweek said `` right-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smollett , the actor who apparently faked an attack on himself in Chicago .
`` How much u wan na bet we never see a single security tape of the garage , while the garage contains MILLIONS OF DOLLARS worth of equipment , '' No Mercy podcast host Tommy G wrote on Twitter .
`` This has Jussie Smollet [ sic ] written all over it .
Just stop using the same playbook please .
Can u switch it up ?
I 'm not buying this .
Sorry . ''
Washington Times columnist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meanwhile , said it would be `` super easy '' for NASCAR to prove whether the incident was real .
He explained one needs credentials to get into the garages at the Talladega Superspeedway .
`` There are cameras everywhere , he said .
CBS reported NASCAR drivers and crew members `` sent a powerful message '' by rallying around Wallace .
`` A massive crowd pushed and followed Wallace 's No .
43 car as he sat in the driver 's seat during pre-race activities .
Wallace , NASCAR 's only full-time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and embraced Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty , who owns the team Wallace races for and had not attended a race during the coronavirus pandemic , '' the network reported .

The NASCAR community was outraged this week by a report that a "noose" was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, a black driver.
An investigation was launched, the FBI was called in and the perpetrator was threatened with being "eliminated from the sport."
Wallace's fellow NASCAR drivers rallied behind him.
But doubts arose immediately.
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One Twitter user posted a comment on the NASCAR announcement: "No way anyone would do that with all the security cameras and people with camera phones all around. They would be fired and canceled immediately."
Wallace, however, said he was offended that anyone would suggest there is no controversy.
"It offends me that people would go to those measures but again, I'm not shocked," he said.
But NASCAR "needs to respond to these photos suggesting the Bubba Wallace 'noose' was really just a rope used to close the garage door," challenged Twitchy, which aggregates news on Twitter.
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The photos were posted by Twitter user James E. Beatty:
#nascarnoose solved. These images are all from the garages at Talladega SuperSpeedway. Image 1 shows rope “nooses” are affixed to every garage bay door as a pull down. Image 2 shows Bubba’s bay 4 in Nov. 2019. Image 3 is of bay 4 after the incident. Notice the rope is cut. pic.twitter.com/2rHdSdgtOo — James (@JamesEBeatty) June 23, 2020
"NASCAR, what say you?" Twitchy asked.
No evidence has been released.
But Fox News reported late Tuesday the FBI said that while it found a "noose" in Wallace's garage, it had been there since at least last year.
U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town said no federal crime was committed.
"The FBI learned that garage number 4, where the noose was found, was assigned to Bubba Wallace last week. The investigation also revealed evidence, including authentic video confirmed by NASCAR, that the noose found in garage number 4 was in that garage as early as October 2019," said the FBI. "Although the noose is now known to have been in garage number 4 in 2019, nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number 4 last week."
One Twitter user said: "I truly hope this is not true. We aren't this stupid as a society. Please tell me it hasn't gotten this bad. Do we have a 100% denial from NASCAR on this??"
Another wrote: "If the Bubba Wallace noose story is real, it is appalling, of course. But without a photo, I'd give it a 5% chance of being real."
Newsweek said "right-wing activists" were comparing Wallace to Jussie Smollett, the actor who apparently faked an attack on himself in Chicago.
"How much u wanna bet we never see a single security tape of the garage, while the garage contains MILLIONS OF DOLLARS worth of equipment," No Mercy podcast host Tommy G wrote on Twitter. "This has Jussie Smollet [sic] written all over it. Just stop using the same playbook please. Can u switch it up? I'm not buying this. Sorry."
Washington Times columnist and FOX 5 contributor Tim Young, meanwhile, said it would be "super easy" for NASCAR to prove whether the incident was real.
He explained one needs credentials to get into the garages at the Talladega Superspeedway.
"There are cameras everywhere, he said.
CBS reported NASCAR drivers and crew members "sent a powerful message" by rallying around Wallace.
"A massive crowd pushed and followed Wallace's No. 43 car as he sat in the driver's seat during pre-race activities. Wallace, NASCAR's only full-time black driver, then exited the car and embraced Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty, who owns the team Wallace races for and had not attended a race during the coronavirus pandemic," the network reported.
See the drivers rallying:
.@BubbaWallace tells us his fellow NASCAR drivers and their teams rallying around him before yesterday’s race shows “that love is way stronger than hate.” “We always show the utmost respect off the racetrack and in times of need, in times of support.” https://t.co/pJXFzthykA pic.twitter.com/QSom7iG3wt — The View (@TheView) June 23, 2020
Wallace's comments on "The View":


wnd--2020-06-23--Dem governor: Tearing down American statues is a 'healthy expression'

Democratic Gov .
Andrew Cuomo of New York said he supports tearing down statues Tuesday , noting that it is a powerful statement about equality and anti-racism .
“ People are making a statement about equality , about community , to be against racism , against slavery .
I think those are good statements , ” Cuomo said Tuesday on “ Today.
” “ It ’ s a healthy expression of people saying , ‘ Let ’ s get some priorities here , and let ’ s remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added .
TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself Cuomo ’ s comments came a day after he publicly supported the removal of the Theodore Roosevelt statue , located outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City .
The museum requested the removal of the city-owned statue on Sunday in a statement .
The depictions of a Native American and African person walking along Roosevelt ’ s horse are racist , according to the museum ’ s statement .
“ While the Statue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Museum recognizes the importance of taking a position at this time .
We believe that the Statue should no longer remain and have requested that it be moved , ” the statement reads .
Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio granted the museum ’ s request Monday , according to The New York Times .
“ The statue has representations that clearly do not represent today ’ s values , ” de Blasio said at a press conference Monday .
“ The statue clearly presents a white man as superior to people of color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acceptable in this day and age.
” Statues and monuments have been under scrutiny across the country in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd .
Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25 after an officer knelt on his neck , video showed .
Rioters attempted to tear down the monument of former President Andrew Jackson monument outside the White House on Monday night .
Protesters toppled a Christopher Columbus statue Richmond , Virginia , and beheaded a Columbus statue in Boston on June 9 .
The Columbus statue outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on June 10 .
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond , a former President George Washington statue in Chicago and a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Montgomery , Alabama , have also been attacked in the weeks following Floyd ’ s death .
“ Can you overdo it ?
Of course you can , ” Cuomo said Tuesday morning .
Cuomo has come out in support of keeping the Columbus monument in New York City because of its importance to the Italian-American community in New York , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
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By Thomas Catenacci
Daily Caller News Foundation
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York said he supports tearing down statues Tuesday, noting that it is a powerful statement about equality and anti-racism.
“People are making a statement about equality, about community, to be against racism, against slavery. I think those are good statements,” Cuomo said Tuesday on “Today.”
“It’s a healthy expression of people saying, ‘Let’s get some priorities here, and let’s remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let’s not celebrate it,’” he added.
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Cuomo’s comments came a day after he publicly supported the removal of the Theodore Roosevelt statue, located outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
The museum requested the removal of the city-owned statue on Sunday in a statement. The depictions of a Native American and African person walking along Roosevelt’s horse are racist, according to the museum’s statement.
“While the Statue is owned by the City, the Museum recognizes the importance of taking a position at this time. We believe that the Statue should no longer remain and have requested that it be moved,” the statement reads.
Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio granted the museum’s request Monday, according to The New York Times.
“The statue has representations that clearly do not represent today’s values,” de Blasio said at a press conference Monday. “The statue clearly presents a white man as superior to people of color. And that’s just not acceptable in this day and age.”
Statues and monuments have been under scrutiny across the country in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25 after an officer knelt on his neck, video showed.
Rioters attempted to tear down the monument of former President Andrew Jackson monument outside the White House on Monday night.
Protesters toppled a Christopher Columbus statue Richmond, Virginia, and beheaded a Columbus statue in Boston on June 9. The Columbus statue outside Minnesota’s Capitol was torn down on June 10.
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, a former President George Washington statue in Chicago and a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Montgomery, Alabama, have also been attacked in the weeks following Floyd’s death.
“Can you overdo it? Of course you can,” Cuomo said Tuesday morning. Cuomo has come out in support of keeping the Columbus monument in New York City because of its importance to the Italian-American community in New York, NPR reported earlier in June.
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--2020-06-23--Rock legend: Israel is teaching U.S. how to kill blacks

Roger Waters , the legendary star of the rock group Pink Floyd , already is known to make anti-Semitic rants .
But he has a new one : The IDF is sending soldiers to the U.S. to teach police how to kill blacks by kneeling on their necks .
The Middle East Media Research Institute noted Waters ' recent interview with Hamas-affiliated Shehab News Agency from Gaza .
He was addressing the recent death of George Floyd , a black man , at the hands of Minneapolis police .
An officer kneeled on his neck until he passed out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TRENDING : Same DA charging cop who shot Rayshard Brooks is under investigation himself That , Waters claimed , is `` a technique invented by the [ Israel Defense Forces ] . ''
`` The Israelis invented ( the method ) , 'let 's kill people by kneeling on their necks ' , '' he claimed .
`` That is an Israeli technique taught to the militarized police forces of the USA by Israeli experts who the Americans have been flying over to the United States to teach them how to murder blacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Israelis have been at murdering Palestinians in the occupied territories by using those techniques , and they are proud of it .
The Israelis are proud of it . ''
The Times of Israel has reported Waters , a bassist and vocalist , `` is known for publicly harassing artists scheduled to visit Israel or perform here . ''
He was branded in 2013 an anti-Semite by the Anti-Defamation League .
He 's compared Israeli treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany , and the ADL found his `` anti-Semitic conspiracy theories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' of his views .
`` Judging by his remarks , Roger Waters has absorbed classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories , and these have now seeped into the totality of his views , '' Abraham H. Foxman , the then-national director of the ADL , said to the Times .
`` His comments about Jews and Israel have gotten progressively worse over time .
It started with anti-Israel invective , and has now morphed into conspiratorial anti-Semitism . ''
`` How sad that a creative genius could become so perverted by his own narrow-minded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported Waters claimed American businessman Sheldon Adelson is `` the puppet master pulling the strings of Donald Trump , Mike Pompeo , and what 's his name . ''
`` The ambassador [ to Israel ] , Greenberg [ sic ] I think his name is , '' Waters said .
`` Sheldon Adelson is the puppet master pulling all of the strings .
And Sheldon Adelson is a right-wing fascist racist bigot who does n't understand the first thing about the idea that human beings might have rights .
Sheldon Adelson believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - are completely human .
That they are attached in some way . ''
His rant went on : `` [ He believes that ] everybody else on Earth is there to serve them .
Sheldon Adelson believe this .
I 'm not saying Jewish people believe this .
I am saying that he does , and he is pulling the strings .
So he has this strange - he thinks - biblical construct in his head , that somehow everything will be all right in the world if there is a Greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historic Palestine and the Kingdom of Jordan — puts it all together and calls it Israel and gives it only to the Chosen People ...
He is crazy .
This is a crazy , crazy , crazy guy .
Unfortunately .
This crazy , crazy , crazy guy is also incredibly rich and has the tiny little - I nearly said the P-word that is used to describe the male genitals – p -- -- of Donald Trump in his pocket . ''
`` Zionism is an ugly stain , and it needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ''

Roger Waters, the legendary star of the rock group Pink Floyd, already is known to make anti-Semitic rants.
But he has a new one: The IDF is sending soldiers to the U.S. to teach police how to kill blacks by kneeling on their necks.
The Middle East Media Research Institute noted Waters' recent interview with Hamas-affiliated Shehab News Agency from Gaza.
He was addressing the recent death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police. An officer kneeled on his neck until he passed out, and he later was pronounced dead.
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That, Waters claimed, is "a technique invented by the [Israel Defense Forces]."
"The Israelis invented (the method), 'let's kill people by kneeling on their necks'," he claimed. "That is an Israeli technique taught to the militarized police forces of the USA by Israeli experts who the Americans have been flying over to the United States to teach them how to murder blacks because they’ve seen how efficient the Israelis have been at murdering Palestinians in the occupied territories by using those techniques, and they are proud of it. The Israelis are proud of it."
The Times of Israel has reported Waters, a bassist and vocalist, "is known for publicly harassing artists scheduled to visit Israel or perform here."
He was branded in 2013 an anti-Semite by the Anti-Defamation League.
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He's compared Israeli treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany, and the ADL found his "anti-Semitic conspiracy theories" have "seeped into the totality" of his views.
"Judging by his remarks, Roger Waters has absorbed classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and these have now seeped into the totality of his views," Abraham H. Foxman, the then-national director of the ADL, said to the Times. "His comments about Jews and Israel have gotten progressively worse over time. It started with anti-Israel invective, and has now morphed into conspiratorial anti-Semitism."
"How sad that a creative genius could become so perverted by his own narrow-minded bigotry," Foxman said.
MEMRI reported Waters claimed American businessman Sheldon Adelson is "the puppet master pulling the strings of Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, and what's his name."
"The ambassador [to Israel], Greenberg [sic] I think his name is," Waters said. "Sheldon Adelson is the puppet master pulling all of the strings. And Sheldon Adelson is a right-wing fascist racist bigot who doesn't understand the first thing about the idea that human beings might have rights. Sheldon Adelson believes that only Jews - only Jewish people - are completely human. That they are attached in some way."
His rant went on: "[He believes that] everybody else on Earth is there to serve them. Sheldon Adelson believe this. I'm not saying Jewish people believe this. I am saying that he does, and he is pulling the strings. So he has this strange - he thinks - biblical construct in his head, that somehow everything will be all right in the world if there is a Greater Israel, which takes up the whole historic Palestine and the Kingdom of Jordan — puts it all together and calls it Israel and gives it only to the Chosen People... He is crazy. This is a crazy, crazy, crazy guy. Unfortunately. This crazy, crazy, crazy guy is also incredibly rich and has the tiny little - I nearly said the P-word that is used to describe the male genitals – p---- of Donald Trump in his pocket."
His conclusion?
"Zionism is an ugly stain, and it needs to be gently removed by us."