wnd--2020-11-12--How Joe Biden 'won' the election

How Joe Biden 'won' the election

In the wake of Joe Biden 's alleged victory in the 2020 election , the pundit class has already produced scores of articles headlined something along the lines of `` How Joe Biden Won the Election . ''
What the authors of these articles have in common is that none of them has a clue or , if they do , they know better than to say what they know out loud .
Regardless of the final outcome , Biden will have gotten 10 million more popular votes than Hillary did in 2016 or Obama did in 2012 .
Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real or manufactured , because President Trump got nearly 9 million more votes than he did in 2016 , and Trump 's increase was grown organically .
In 2016 , many people voted for Trump to keep Hillary out of the White House .
After four years of observing his performance , they voted for Trump because he was Trump .
Yet in a match-up between the Republicans ' best candidate since Reagan and the Democrats ' worst candidate since forever , Biden got more popular votes and the illusion , at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the COVID-driven mechanics swelled the Democrats ' wholesale vote gathering , but what drove the Biden vote were two phenomena – hatred and ignorance .
Nothing else explains how a senile old pedophile who could not attract a thousand people to a rally could inspire 76 million people to vote for him .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of thousands of ballots are going to have to be discarded' The media and Big Tech deserve all credit here .
For the past five years , they have done their relentless best to imagine Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the American way of life .
As empty as that cliché is , googling `` Donald Trump '' and `` existential threat '' nets more than 1.7 million hits .
The aptly named Charles Blow of the New York Times set the tone in an editorial a week before the 2016 election titled , unimaginatively , `` Donald Trump is an Existential Threat . ''
More specifically , said Blow , Donald Trump was a `` bigot , '' a `` demagogue , '' a `` sexist , '' a `` misogynist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' a `` bully , '' a `` cheat , '' a `` pathological liar '' and a `` nativist . ''
For the next four years , in spite of ample evidence to the contrary , the media kept this hateful nonsense up .
So did Biden and other Democrats .
Street-level truths thwarted the media narrative .
In 2020 , Trump doubled Mitt Romney 's vote total among African Americans and did better among Hispanics than any Republican in memory .
Readers of the Times would have no way of knowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media did a brilliant job keeping their audiences ignorant .
Instead of reporting Trump 's actual accomplishments , the media filled the empty heads of their audience members with any number of conspiracy theories that the National Enquirer would have passed on .
And even after the Russia hoax blew up in their faces , the media gave themselves Pulitzers and adapted that story line to new circumstances .
Space prevents me from listing Trump 's accomplishments or the media 's many acts of malpractice , but this audience already knows them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ call in my new book , `` Unmasking Obama , '' the `` samizdat '' of which WND is a part .
In the old Soviet Union , the samizdat was the name given to a loose network of dissident media outlets that circumvented Soviet authorities and sabotaged Soviet lies .
For the four years of the Trump administration , the American samizdat of blogs , judicial watchdogs , online publications , talk radio and independent citizen journalists subverted the major media narrative with hard evidence .
We knew what Trump had done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that while Biden struggled to get 100 people at a rally , thousands were flocking to Trump rallies and staging spontaneous mobile rallies of their own .
Reality also worked on Trump 's behalf .
Even as the COVID stupid season lingered on , the majority of Americans were reporting that they were better off economically than they had been a year earlier .
Plus , we knew something that major media audiences did not .
Biden was a serial groper of little girls and a credibly accused sexual predator .
We also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fading fast .
The major media and the increasingly oppressive Big Tech shielded their audiences from the obvious .
Finally , in the closing weeks of the campaign , the major media-Big Tech combo spectacularly disgraced itself by ruthlessly suppressing the stories emanating from Hunter Biden 's laptop .
In a gesture that bordered on parody , they tried to pin the laptop story on – who else ?
– the Russians .
Driven by the fear and hatred the media generated , 70 million Democrats would have voted for an Anthony Weiner-Casey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
Blissfully preserved by the same media in their ignorance , the remaining few million went to the polls not even knowing just how corrupt and perverted was the man they hoped to elect president .
Had the media shared the truth about Trump and Biden , the election would not have been close enough to steal .
`` Analysts '' who explain the outcome in any other way are lying to themselves .
Jack Cashill 's new book , `` Unmasking Obama : The Fight to Tell the True Story of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available .
See also www.cashill.com .

In the wake of Joe Biden's alleged victory in the 2020 election, the pundit class has already produced scores of articles headlined something along the lines of "How Joe Biden Won the Election."
What the authors of these articles have in common is that none of them has a clue or, if they do, they know better than to say what they know out loud. Regardless of the final outcome, Biden will have gotten 10 million more popular votes than Hillary did in 2016 or Obama did in 2012.
Biden needed every one of those votes, real or manufactured, because President Trump got nearly 9 million more votes than he did in 2016, and Trump's increase was grown organically.
In 2016, many people voted for Trump to keep Hillary out of the White House. After four years of observing his performance, they voted for Trump because he was Trump. Yet in a match-up between the Republicans' best candidate since Reagan and the Democrats' worst candidate since forever, Biden got more popular votes and the illusion, at least, of more electoral votes.
Yes, the COVID-driven mechanics swelled the Democrats' wholesale vote gathering, but what drove the Biden vote were two phenomena – hatred and ignorance. Nothing else explains how a senile old pedophile who could not attract a thousand people to a rally could inspire 76 million people to vote for him.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
The media and Big Tech deserve all credit here. For the past five years, they have done their relentless best to imagine Donald Trump as an "existential threat" to the American way of life. As empty as that cliché is, googling "Donald Trump" and "existential threat" nets more than 1.7 million hits.
The aptly named Charles Blow of the New York Times set the tone in an editorial a week before the 2016 election titled, unimaginatively, "Donald Trump is an Existential Threat."
More specifically, said Blow, Donald Trump was a "bigot," a "demagogue," a "sexist," a "misogynist," a "chauvinist pig," a "bully," a "cheat," a "pathological liar" and a "nativist." For the next four years, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary, the media kept this hateful nonsense up. So did Biden and other Democrats.
Street-level truths thwarted the media narrative. In 2020, Trump doubled Mitt Romney's vote total among African Americans and did better among Hispanics than any Republican in memory. Readers of the Times would have no way of knowing why. The Times and their feeder media did a brilliant job keeping their audiences ignorant.
Instead of reporting Trump's actual accomplishments, the media filled the empty heads of their audience members with any number of conspiracy theories that the National Enquirer would have passed on. And even after the Russia hoax blew up in their faces, the media gave themselves Pulitzers and adapted that story line to new circumstances.
Space prevents me from listing Trump's accomplishments or the media's many acts of malpractice, but this audience already knows them. We know them thanks to what I call in my new book, "Unmasking Obama," the "samizdat" of which WND is a part.
In the old Soviet Union, the samizdat was the name given to a loose network of dissident media outlets that circumvented Soviet authorities and sabotaged Soviet lies.
For the four years of the Trump administration, the American samizdat of blogs, judicial watchdogs, online publications, talk radio and independent citizen journalists subverted the major media narrative with hard evidence.
We knew what Trump had done well. It was for this reason that while Biden struggled to get 100 people at a rally, thousands were flocking to Trump rallies and staging spontaneous mobile rallies of their own.
Reality also worked on Trump's behalf. Even as the COVID stupid season lingered on, the majority of Americans were reporting that they were better off economically than they had been a year earlier.
Plus, we knew something that major media audiences did not. Biden was a serial groper of little girls and a credibly accused sexual predator. We also knew that Biden's mental faculties were fading fast. The major media and the increasingly oppressive Big Tech shielded their audiences from the obvious.
Finally, in the closing weeks of the campaign, the major media-Big Tech combo spectacularly disgraced itself by ruthlessly suppressing the stories emanating from Hunter Biden's laptop. In a gesture that bordered on parody, they tried to pin the laptop story on – who else? – the Russians.
Driven by the fear and hatred the media generated, 70 million Democrats would have voted for an Anthony Weiner-Casey Anthony ticket had they been running against Trump.
Blissfully preserved by the same media in their ignorance, the remaining few million went to the polls not even knowing just how corrupt and perverted was the man they hoped to elect president.
Had the media shared the truth about Trump and Biden, the election would not have been close enough to steal. "Analysts" who explain the outcome in any other way are lying to themselves.
Jack Cashill's new book, "Unmasking Obama: The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency," is widely available. See also www.cashill.com.


wnd--2020-11-12--Requiem for America, Part 1

Requiem for America, Part 1

On March 11 , 2004 , terrorists representing the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group detonated 10 bombs on four separate commuter trains in Madrid , Spain .
The attacks killed 192 people and injured more than 2,000 .
Shortly thereafter , the Spanish government received a communiqué from the terrorist group stating that the attacks had been punishment for that nation 's participation in the U.S.-led coalition fighting terrorist elements in Iraq .
As the terrorists intended , these attacks changed the course of Spain 's upcoming election and led the Spanish government to withdraw troops from the U.S.-led coalition .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Spanish had already proved themselves to be a nation of simpering , intellectually indolent Euro-socialists .
People such as myself were nevertheless disgusted at seeing the entire nation reflexively abdicate its moral responsibility just because things had become somewhat uncomfortable .
For the last week , we 've witnessed the wrangling of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns both claiming victory in last week 's general election despite an apparent narrow electoral win for former Vice President Joe Biden .
At this point , there is overwhelming anecdotal evidence supporting the widespread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the part of certain states and localities .
In my view , this is n't at all surprising , considering Democrats ' unprincipled deportment over the last four years .
What 's far more disturbing than the specter of a Biden-Harris administration and the fact that our electoral system has been compromised to this degree are the raw numbers reflected in the election .
Even if voter fraud and illegal practices did take place , this election appeared to reflect the unaffiliated voters who voted for Trump in 2016 breaking for Biden in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I think the mistake people such as myself made in our appraisal of the 2016 general election is that we surmised that unaffiliated voters were voting their principles , when in fact they were voting their pocketbooks ( as many people do in presidential elections ) .
In 2020 , instead of voting their pocketbooks or their principles , these voters voted their fears .
A lot of voters were terrified , and terrified people generally do n't make good decisions .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of thousands of ballots are going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think we can underestimate the degree of national wounding that has taken place over the last eight months , nor the mental and emotional stresses to which citizens have been subjected during this period .
Most voters were n't savvy enough to accurately assess the political dynamics behind the coronavirus pandemic and the violent demonstrations of the last six months .
In light of Democrats ' ceaseless charges that President Trump handled the pandemic abysmally and that the domestic unrest was a product of his top-down racism , it appears that many voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it could all go away in the wake of a Biden victory .
In other words , they caved to the blackmail of socialists who merely exploited the above issues in order to bring about the very result we 're seeing .
In this climate of Americans desperately wishing to return to some semblance of normalcy , it is not likely that they will stand for legal battles to determine the legitimate president dragging on until hours before Inauguration Day .
With all of the major news outlets having declared Biden victorious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operating as though there was no controversy attendant to the election 's outcome , it is more than likely that President Trump will ultimately concede .
Should this occur , we will never see another disruptor like Donald Trump vying for high office again .
The Washington establishment ( read the deep state ) will never again allow anyone to threaten their preeminence in the way Trump did .
From this point forward , only party-approved , establishment hacks will pass muster for candidacy , whether Republican or Democrat , whether for state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the presidency – as well as several congressional seats – were stolen through voter fraud , but if this is true , then we must also look at how a political infrastructure sufficient to facilitate such fraud came about .
It did n't happen in a vacuum , and that 's on us .
After the last several years – and after the last year in particular – I no longer see the exceptional Americans so frequently lionized by the president and some of our more ebullient radio talk-show hosts .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinions , backgrounds and creeds who nevertheless came together time and again to battle common enemies and prevail for 244 years , stronger together for having done so .
Today , I see a nation of feckless morons .
I see morons who vote in the 50-percents .
I see morons who think that water-cooler conversation and an hour of TV news a day translates into being politically informed .
I see morons who voted on single issues for decades while their statehouses and city councils were being packed with radicals .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acquiring McMansions and luxury vehicles than with who was educating their children , and how .
I see morons who engaged in absentee parenting , plopping their kids in front of the TV with little regard for the messages they were receiving through that medium .
I see morons who allowed leftists to drive the narrative on every issue for decades , even adopting their politically correct , worldview-subverting verbiage , simply because liberals demanded it .
I see morons who continued to patronize big tech and media companies , knowing full well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to subvert our liberties .
I see morons who were so cowed by liberals ' sandbox invective that they not only capitulated to every demand made by the left , but they absolutely refused even to meet harsh rhetoric with harsh rhetoric for fear of being labeled potentially violent , or of being called an `` ist '' or `` phobe '' of some sort .
I see morons who failed to resist the pop culture spirit poison being purveyed by their schools and school boards because they did n't want to appear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who insisted upon playing fair with opponents who were making gain after dangerous gain playing dirty .
Like Spain in 2004 , I see a nation whose citizens reflexively abdicated their moral responsibility just because things had become somewhat uncomfortable .
The real tragedy is that they do n't know just uncomfortable things are likely to get moving forward .
In the next installment , I will discuss why it does n't matter in the long term if President Trump does manage to pull off a win , how bad things are likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and why it 's highly unlikely that I 'll be writing in this space for very much longer .

On March 11, 2004, terrorists representing the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group detonated 10 bombs on four separate commuter trains in Madrid, Spain. The attacks killed 192 people and injured more than 2,000. Shortly thereafter, the Spanish government received a communiqué from the terrorist group stating that the attacks had been punishment for that nation's participation in the U.S.-led coalition fighting terrorist elements in Iraq.
As the terrorists intended, these attacks changed the course of Spain's upcoming election and led the Spanish government to withdraw troops from the U.S.-led coalition. This wasn't entirely unexpected, since the Spanish had already proved themselves to be a nation of simpering, intellectually indolent Euro-socialists. People such as myself were nevertheless disgusted at seeing the entire nation reflexively abdicate its moral responsibility just because things had become somewhat uncomfortable.
For the last week, we've witnessed the wrangling of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns both claiming victory in last week's general election despite an apparent narrow electoral win for former Vice President Joe Biden. At this point, there is overwhelming anecdotal evidence supporting the widespread use of voter fraud and regulation-bending on the part of certain states and localities. In my view, this isn't at all surprising, considering Democrats' unprincipled deportment over the last four years.
What's far more disturbing than the specter of a Biden-Harris administration and the fact that our electoral system has been compromised to this degree are the raw numbers reflected in the election. Even if voter fraud and illegal practices did take place, this election appeared to reflect the unaffiliated voters who voted for Trump in 2016 breaking for Biden in 2020 in a major way.
Here, I think the mistake people such as myself made in our appraisal of the 2016 general election is that we surmised that unaffiliated voters were voting their principles, when in fact they were voting their pocketbooks (as many people do in presidential elections). In 2020, instead of voting their pocketbooks or their principles, these voters voted their fears. A lot of voters were terrified, and terrified people generally don't make good decisions.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
I don't think we can underestimate the degree of national wounding that has taken place over the last eight months, nor the mental and emotional stresses to which citizens have been subjected during this period. Most voters weren't savvy enough to accurately assess the political dynamics behind the coronavirus pandemic and the violent demonstrations of the last six months. In light of Democrats' ceaseless charges that President Trump handled the pandemic abysmally and that the domestic unrest was a product of his top-down racism, it appears that many voters succumbed to the admonitions of the left that it could all go away in the wake of a Biden victory.
In other words, they caved to the blackmail of socialists who merely exploited the above issues in order to bring about the very result we're seeing.
In this climate of Americans desperately wishing to return to some semblance of normalcy, it is not likely that they will stand for legal battles to determine the legitimate president dragging on until hours before Inauguration Day. With all of the major news outlets having declared Biden victorious, and with the Biden transition team operating as though there was no controversy attendant to the election's outcome, it is more than likely that President Trump will ultimately concede.
Should this occur, we will never see another disruptor like Donald Trump vying for high office again. The Washington establishment (read the deep state) will never again allow anyone to threaten their preeminence in the way Trump did. From this point forward, only party-approved, establishment hacks will pass muster for candidacy, whether Republican or Democrat, whether for state or federal offices.
Is this the beginning of the end for America? Yes No Completing this poll entitles you to WND news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use You're logged in to Facebook. Click here to log out. 85% (73 Votes) 15% (13 Votes)
One may say that the presidency – as well as several congressional seats – were stolen through voter fraud, but if this is true, then we must also look at how a political infrastructure sufficient to facilitate such fraud came about. It didn't happen in a vacuum, and that's on us.
After the last several years – and after the last year in particular – I no longer see the exceptional Americans so frequently lionized by the president and some of our more ebullient radio talk-show hosts. I no longer see the nation of differing opinions, backgrounds and creeds who nevertheless came together time and again to battle common enemies and prevail for 244 years, stronger together for having done so.
Today, I see a nation of feckless morons. I see morons who vote in the 50-percents. I see morons who think that water-cooler conversation and an hour of TV news a day translates into being politically informed. I see morons who voted on single issues for decades while their statehouses and city councils were being packed with radicals. I see morons who were more concerned with acquiring McMansions and luxury vehicles than with who was educating their children, and how. I see morons who engaged in absentee parenting, plopping their kids in front of the TV with little regard for the messages they were receiving through that medium. I see morons who allowed leftists to drive the narrative on every issue for decades, even adopting their politically correct, worldview-subverting verbiage, simply because liberals demanded it. I see morons who continued to patronize big tech and media companies, knowing full well that these agencies were using their wealth to subvert our liberties.
I see morons who were so cowed by liberals' sandbox invective that they not only capitulated to every demand made by the left, but they absolutely refused even to meet harsh rhetoric with harsh rhetoric for fear of being labeled potentially violent, or of being called an "ist" or "phobe" of some sort. I see morons who failed to resist the pop culture spirit poison being purveyed by their schools and school boards because they didn't want to appear bigoted. Finally, I see morons who insisted upon playing fair with opponents who were making gain after dangerous gain playing dirty.
Like Spain in 2004, I see a nation whose citizens reflexively abdicated their moral responsibility just because things had become somewhat uncomfortable.
The real tragedy is that they don't know just uncomfortable things are likely to get moving forward. In the next installment, I will discuss why it doesn't matter in the long term if President Trump does manage to pull off a win, how bad things are likely to get under a Biden presidency, and why it's highly unlikely that I'll be writing in this space for very much longer.


wnd--2020-11-12--The Democrats' predictable voter fraud defense playbook

We all knew the aftermath of the 2020 general election was going to be chaotic .
Democrats designed it that way .
New ways to vote , Election Day extended out for months in some places , counting of late ballots and patchworks of different enforcement of voting rules has turned the straightforward process of casting a ballot into a chaotic storm of confusion ripe for fraud .
So much so that businesses boarded up their storefronts in preparation for post-election rioting that never materialized .
At least not yet .
Significant fraud was predicted by many as a result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions of people through the postal service and the potential loss , theft or destruction that entailed , not to mention the virtual impossibility of resolving these inevitable problems .
Numerous reports of ballots mailed to dead people or residents who had moved , multiple ballots to the same person , ballots coded on the envelope with the recipient 's party affiliation , postal worker destruction of ballots and other problems set the stage for chaos well before Election Day .
Ironically , the Centers for Disease Control announced the day before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people going to polling places to vote .
The entire reason behind the mail-in ballot madness – that COVID-19 made in-person voting too dangerous – was declared not to be a problem , after all .
What can we expect in the next few weeks ?
Democrats have repeatedly used the same playbook for creating their narrative around every issue during President Trump 's first term .
It involves never-ending protests of outrage as they backpedal through an issue , like a liar who repeatedly changes his story as he finds out what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the steps we should expect from the left as evidence is revealed in court documents over the next few weeks .
The first protest from the left is complete dismissal .
`` That 's crazy !
Trump is a lunatic for suggesting such a thing ! ''
We saw this immediately after the 2016 election when Trump revealed the Obama administration spied on his campaign .
The howls of mocking laughter and media condemnation were the basis for calls from the left to immediately invoke the 25th Amendment because Donald Trump was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a suggestion .
Liberals began their attacks on the president 's coronavirus response in the same way when he announced restrictions on travel from China .
Democrats and media accused President Trump of racism , paranoia and unjustifiably stoking panic over something that was not a problem .
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Bill DeBlasio made a spectacle of going to Chinatown , encouraging people to go to large gatherings and dismissing President Trump as crazy for suggesting COVID was a problem anyone should worry about .
Now , as the president has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response was to dismiss and ridicule such claims as the rantings of a madman .
The next argument claims a lack of proof .
`` There is no evidence that anything like this happened ! ''
This is the stage where liberals pack cable news panels with so-called experts who all agree that , while plausible , there is no evidence to back up the president 's allegations ; therefore he is wrong .
This `` consensus '' argument is increasingly used by the left as a standalone position on any issue .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ panel agrees with Democrats , then that proves their position to be fact .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of thousands of ballots are going to have to be discarded' As evidence is revealed that verifies President Trump 's allegations , the left falls back to skirmishing arguments about alternate explanations for the evidence .
`` OK , something happened , but it does n't mean what he claims ! ''
This part of the process is made up of separate arguments over individual facts backing the president 's claims .
It continues until the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to deny what occurred .
Once forced to admit , the left falls back to claims that the president 's concerns are unwarranted because the problem is insignificant .
`` OK , so it did happen .
But it did n't affect anything . ''
As with Spygate , when substantial evidence of voter fraud is exposed , liberals will dig in with claims it is irrelevant to the outcome .
The final step in this process is admission that it occurred , but claims it is justified .
`` OK , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ! ''
With the Obama administration 's spying on the Trump campaign , Democrats ultimately argued the spying was justified by claiming Donald Trump was somehow working with Russians .
Look for liberals to deflect evidence of voter fraud by claiming their fraud was only in response to cheating or `` voter suppression '' by Trump supporters .
As the 2020 election results are litigated , look for Democrats to create chaos in the legal process .
Lincoln Project this week tweeted the names , addresses and pictures of individual attorneys on President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harass or terrorize .
Another Twitter user claims to have a client list of the law firms representing the Trump campaign and openly discussed ideas for mass harassment to force them to pressure the firms to quit work on the case .
Democrats also may demand one or more Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from election cases , claiming a conflict of interest , bias or some other reason to manipulate the court into a perceived Democratic advantage .
Democrats are also likely to file their own lawsuits in one or more states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruling results in President Trump winning that state .
More created chaos .
Sadly , the truth is never a concern in these national discussions , but rather what Democrats can get away with .
The left has transformed American life into an exhausting , never-ending courtroom drama where every fact of every news item is fiercely contested to manipulate the outcome to benefit Democrats .
As with every other interaction with Democrats during his first term , President Trump and his supporters must stay the course , ignore the rage from Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distracted or bullied into submission by the leftist smear machine .

We all knew the aftermath of the 2020 general election was going to be chaotic. Democrats designed it that way. New ways to vote, Election Day extended out for months in some places, counting of late ballots and patchworks of different enforcement of voting rules has turned the straightforward process of casting a ballot into a chaotic storm of confusion ripe for fraud. So much so that businesses boarded up their storefronts in preparation for post-election rioting that never materialized. At least not yet.
Significant fraud was predicted by many as a result of the unprecedented mass-mailing of ballots to millions of people through the postal service and the potential loss, theft or destruction that entailed, not to mention the virtual impossibility of resolving these inevitable problems. Numerous reports of ballots mailed to dead people or residents who had moved, multiple ballots to the same person, ballots coded on the envelope with the recipient's party affiliation, postal worker destruction of ballots and other problems set the stage for chaos well before Election Day. Ironically, the Centers for Disease Control announced the day before the election that breaking quarantine was acceptable for people going to polling places to vote. The entire reason behind the mail-in ballot madness – that COVID-19 made in-person voting too dangerous – was declared not to be a problem, after all.
What can we expect in the next few weeks? Democrats have repeatedly used the same playbook for creating their narrative around every issue during President Trump's first term. It involves never-ending protests of outrage as they backpedal through an issue, like a liar who repeatedly changes his story as he finds out what the other person already knows. These are the steps we should expect from the left as evidence is revealed in court documents over the next few weeks.
The first protest from the left is complete dismissal. "That's crazy! Trump is a lunatic for suggesting such a thing!" We saw this immediately after the 2016 election when Trump revealed the Obama administration spied on his campaign. The howls of mocking laughter and media condemnation were the basis for calls from the left to immediately invoke the 25th Amendment because Donald Trump was detached from reality for even making such a suggestion. Liberals began their attacks on the president's coronavirus response in the same way when he announced restrictions on travel from China. Democrats and media accused President Trump of racism, paranoia and unjustifiably stoking panic over something that was not a problem. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Bill DeBlasio made a spectacle of going to Chinatown, encouraging people to go to large gatherings and dismissing President Trump as crazy for suggesting COVID was a problem anyone should worry about. Now, as the president has protested voting irregularities, liberals' first response was to dismiss and ridicule such claims as the rantings of a madman.
The next argument claims a lack of proof. "There is no evidence that anything like this happened!" This is the stage where liberals pack cable news panels with so-called experts who all agree that, while plausible, there is no evidence to back up the president's allegations; therefore he is wrong. This "consensus" argument is increasingly used by the left as a standalone position on any issue. Basically, If everyone on a CNN panel agrees with Democrats, then that proves their position to be fact.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
As evidence is revealed that verifies President Trump's allegations, the left falls back to skirmishing arguments about alternate explanations for the evidence. "OK, something happened, but it doesn't mean what he claims!" This part of the process is made up of separate arguments over individual facts backing the president's claims. It continues until the collective evidence makes it impossible for them to deny what occurred.
Once forced to admit, the left falls back to claims that the president's concerns are unwarranted because the problem is insignificant. "OK, so it did happen. But it didn't affect anything." As with Spygate, when substantial evidence of voter fraud is exposed, liberals will dig in with claims it is irrelevant to the outcome.
The final step in this process is admission that it occurred, but claims it is justified. "OK, it was significant, but he deserved it!" With the Obama administration's spying on the Trump campaign, Democrats ultimately argued the spying was justified by claiming Donald Trump was somehow working with Russians. Look for liberals to deflect evidence of voter fraud by claiming their fraud was only in response to cheating or "voter suppression" by Trump supporters.
As the 2020 election results are litigated, look for Democrats to create chaos in the legal process. Lincoln Project this week tweeted the names, addresses and pictures of individual attorneys on President Trump's legal team for liberals to harass or terrorize. Another Twitter user claims to have a client list of the law firms representing the Trump campaign and openly discussed ideas for mass harassment to force them to pressure the firms to quit work on the case. Democrats also may demand one or more Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from election cases, claiming a conflict of interest, bias or some other reason to manipulate the court into a perceived Democratic advantage. Democrats are also likely to file their own lawsuits in one or more states if a recount, audit or court ruling results in President Trump winning that state. More created chaos.
Sadly, the truth is never a concern in these national discussions, but rather what Democrats can get away with. The left has transformed American life into an exhausting, never-ending courtroom drama where every fact of every news item is fiercely contested to manipulate the outcome to benefit Democrats. As with every other interaction with Democrats during his first term, President Trump and his supporters must stay the course, ignore the rage from Democrats, focus on facts and not be distracted or bullied into submission by the leftist smear machine.


wnd--2020-11-12--2020 election turned voters against mail-in ballots

As President Trump challenges the outcome of the election amid growing allegations of fraud , nearly 9-in-10 Republicans believe the increase in mail-in voting will lead to more vote fraud , according to a new Rasmussen poll .
It found that 86 % of Republican likely voters believe it will lead to bigger problems , including 44 % who said they are `` very concerned . ''
Overall , reports reports the Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard , 59 % said that they are concerned mail-in balloting will result in more fraud .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of thousands of ballots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Among Democrats , 36 % were concerned said they were concerned .
Bedard called the outcome of the poll a `` broad condemnation of the process currently under fire in vote counts around the nation . ''
Bedard noted that in several states , Democrats dominated the early voting , both in person and via mail .
Trump has been angered by several states accepting ballots after Election Day , including Pennsylvania , where the governor bypassed the will of the legislature and got a deadline extension in court .
Rasmussen said nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confident votes in their state will be correctly recorded .
Fifteen percent say they are `` not at all confident . ''

As President Trump challenges the outcome of the election amid growing allegations of fraud, nearly 9-in-10 Republicans believe the increase in mail-in voting will lead to more vote fraud, according to a new Rasmussen poll.
It found that 86% of Republican likely voters believe it will lead to bigger problems, including 44% who said they are "very concerned."
Overall, reports reports the Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard, 59% said that they are concerned mail-in balloting will result in more fraud.
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Among Democrats, 36% were concerned said they were concerned.
Bedard called the outcome of the poll a "broad condemnation of the process currently under fire in vote counts around the nation."
Bedard noted that in several states, Democrats dominated the early voting, both in person and via mail.
Trump has been angered by several states accepting ballots after Election Day, including Pennsylvania, where the governor bypassed the will of the legislature and got a deadline extension in court.
Do you support the widespread use of mail-in ballots? Yes No Completing this poll entitles you to WND news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use You're logged in to Facebook. Click here to log out. 1% (1 Votes) 99% (111 Votes)
Rasmussen said nearly 30% of the respondents are not confident votes in their state will be correctly recorded. Fifteen percent say they are "not at all confident."


wnd--2020-11-12--Californians rein in their far-left leaders – really!

California voters have again handed Democrats a super-majority in the state legislature , which will further empower them to pursue their radical progressive agenda .
Bizarrely , at the same time these voters rejected the very same progressive agenda by voting down five key progressive policies in statewide propositions .
Proposition 16 sought to repeal Proposition 209 , which implemented a ban on the use of affirmative action by the state , including in college admissions .
It was a landmark measure in 1996 , a very different time in California .
The governor and the State Assembly were Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the state .
Today , Democrats control every statewide office and hold super-majorities in both houses of the legislature , and Latinos now outnumber whites .
Surely , voters in the `` new '' California were ready to repeal the affirmative-action ban .
Nope .
It is going down to defeat by a 13-point margin , even though it was worded in a way to hide the proposed return of affirmative action .
It was entitled simply , `` Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment , Education , and Contracting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly in the face of new laws passed by the legislature this year , including mandating that California corporations have a specific number of minorities on their boards ( beyond affirmative action ; actual quotas ) and a law establishing a task force to investigate and report on slavery reparations .
Proposition 22 sought to repeal a law passed last year by the legislature which mandated that rideshare drivers be treated as employees rather than independent contractors .
The proposition is winning by a 17-point margin , meaning the voters are effectively vetoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governor .
Perhaps they were persuaded by the fact that the drivers themselves did not want to be employees .
State leaders ignored this inconvenient fact , persuaded instead by unions that the drivers would be much happier as union members .
( Joe Biden also supported mandating they be employees , but that did not seem to bother California voters who voted for him at a 2-1 clip . )
Proposition 21 sought to expand rent control , permitting local governments to have it apply not just to existing renters , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes hands .
Just last year the legislature passed and the governor signed a statewide rent-control mandate , becoming just the third state in the nation to do so .
It was meant to address the lack of `` affordable housing . ''
California voters , however , are voting down the rent-control measure by a 19-point margin .
They likely recognize that rent control acts as an impediment to building new housing and reduces turnover of properties .
These basic economic realities were lost on their leaders .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be discarded' Proposition 15 sought to overturn a portion of the landmark Proposition 13 measure , which placed limits on annual property tax increases .
Proposition 15 sought to remove the restriction only from commercial and industrial properties , allowing them to now , and suddenly , be taxed based upon the current market price .
This would result in dramatic tax increases for commercial and industrial buildings throughout the state , placing huge burdens on business owners , commercial real estate companies and investors .
Certainly , this was primed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a very different California back in 1978 .
The new proposition would only impact businesses and the wealthy , and it was entitled , `` Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools … '' After all , our legislature recently imposed new taxes on the wealthy , so voters should have followed suit .
Wrong .
Proposition 15 is going down to defeat .
Finally , Proposition 25 was a referendum on a new law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2018 , which eliminated the cash bail system .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` criminal justice reform . ''
The concept was that it was not fair that the wealthy can escape jail time while the poor can not ( never mind that judges set bail amounts that take into consideration the wealth of the defendant ) .
Certainly , on the heals of Black Lives Matter protests , defund the police campaigns and allegations of unequal application of and sentencing under criminal laws , California voters would support legislature and governor ending cash bail .
Not at all .
The Proposition is losing by 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why do California voters keep electing far-left progressives if they do not believe in what they stand for ?
It is all about branding .
Democrats have convinced California 's minority communities ( which now make up the majority ) that they are on their side .
They have convinced them that Republicans are racist , sexist homophobes who only care about rich people .
Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans by about a 43 % to 23 % margin .
Thus , an `` R '' next to your name as a candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This has handed Democrats a monopoly on control of the state with no checks and balances .
As a result , they run amok , free to pursue socialist policies far beyond their mandate .
California voters last week reigned them in .
Next time they need to vote them out .

California voters have again handed Democrats a super-majority in the state legislature, which will further empower them to pursue their radical progressive agenda. Bizarrely, at the same time these voters rejected the very same progressive agenda by voting down five key progressive policies in statewide propositions.
Proposition 16 sought to repeal Proposition 209, which implemented a ban on the use of affirmative action by the state, including in college admissions. It was a landmark measure in 1996, a very different time in California. The governor and the State Assembly were Republican, and whites were still the majority in the state. Today, Democrats control every statewide office and hold super-majorities in both houses of the legislature, and Latinos now outnumber whites. Surely, voters in the "new" California were ready to repeal the affirmative-action ban.
Nope. It is going down to defeat by a 13-point margin, even though it was worded in a way to hide the proposed return of affirmative action. It was entitled simply, "Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions." The vote also flies directly in the face of new laws passed by the legislature this year, including mandating that California corporations have a specific number of minorities on their boards (beyond affirmative action; actual quotas) and a law establishing a task force to investigate and report on slavery reparations.
Proposition 22 sought to repeal a law passed last year by the legislature which mandated that rideshare drivers be treated as employees rather than independent contractors. The proposition is winning by a 17-point margin, meaning the voters are effectively vetoing the law passed by the legislature and governor. Perhaps they were persuaded by the fact that the drivers themselves did not want to be employees. State leaders ignored this inconvenient fact, persuaded instead by unions that the drivers would be much happier as union members. (Joe Biden also supported mandating they be employees, but that did not seem to bother California voters who voted for him at a 2-1 clip.)
Proposition 21 sought to expand rent control, permitting local governments to have it apply not just to existing renters, but even to new renters after the property changes hands. Just last year the legislature passed and the governor signed a statewide rent-control mandate, becoming just the third state in the nation to do so. It was meant to address the lack of "affordable housing." California voters, however, are voting down the rent-control measure by a 19-point margin. They likely recognize that rent control acts as an impediment to building new housing and reduces turnover of properties. These basic economic realities were lost on their leaders.
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Proposition 15 sought to overturn a portion of the landmark Proposition 13 measure, which placed limits on annual property tax increases. Proposition 15 sought to remove the restriction only from commercial and industrial properties, allowing them to now, and suddenly, be taxed based upon the current market price. This would result in dramatic tax increases for commercial and industrial buildings throughout the state, placing huge burdens on business owners, commercial real estate companies and investors. Certainly, this was primed to pass considering that Proposition 13 passed in a very different California back in 1978. The new proposition would only impact businesses and the wealthy, and it was entitled, "Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools …" After all, our legislature recently imposed new taxes on the wealthy, so voters should have followed suit. Wrong. Proposition 15 is going down to defeat.
Finally, Proposition 25 was a referendum on a new law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2018, which eliminated the cash bail system. The law was passed as part of "criminal justice reform." The concept was that it was not fair that the wealthy can escape jail time while the poor cannot (never mind that judges set bail amounts that take into consideration the wealth of the defendant). Certainly, on the heals of Black Lives Matter protests, defund the police campaigns and allegations of unequal application of and sentencing under criminal laws, California voters would support legislature and governor ending cash bail. Not at all. The Proposition is losing by 15 points.
What is going on? Why do California voters keep electing far-left progressives if they do not believe in what they stand for? It is all about branding. Democrats have convinced California's minority communities (which now make up the majority) that they are on their side. They have convinced them that Republicans are racist, sexist homophobes who only care about rich people. Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans by about a 43% to 23% margin. Thus, an "R" next to your name as a candidate means you start in a 20-point hole. This has handed Democrats a monopoly on control of the state with no checks and balances. As a result, they run amok, free to pursue socialist policies far beyond their mandate.
California voters last week reigned them in. Next time they need to vote them out.


wnd--2020-11-12--To Trump-hating blacklisters: 'Have you no sense of decency?'

For students of history , the reaction of liberal politicians and journalists in the aftermath of the media 's premature declaration Joe Biden is now the president-elect is a sobering moment , triggering memories of late 1940s/early 1950s America .
While our history has had both its low points and highs , a former occurred during one of the most intense periods of the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union .
It was a time during which a perceived threat of communist influence in the U.S. generated a hysteria known as the `` Red Scare . ''
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 1917-1920 ) when the communists first came to power in Russia .
Fearing Russian immigrants might provoke a similar takeover here , we deported many .
While that Scare primarily targeted immigrants , the second focused mostly on American activists .
Leading the second Red Scare campaign to further his own political career was Sen. Joseph McCarthy , R-Wis .
The foundation for his career was built upon the broken lives of those he falsely accused of being communist sympathizers .
During this time frame , McCarthy 's `` Blacklist '' made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist sympathizers came from every sector of industry and the U.S. government .
Among those most negatively impacted were Hollywood 's elites – a list of 150-300 people , including beloved actor Charles Chaplin .
Among those challenging McCarthy at a Senate hearing about his Hollywood Blacklist was then-president of the Screen Actors Guild , and later U.S. president , Ronald Reagan .
Lives were ruined by the list as employers feared employing those on the list , lest they too be added to it .
In February 1950 , McCarthy claimed `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were in the U.S. State Department – their names too placed on a blacklist .
The ultimate impact was cleansing the State Department of its Southeast Asia experts – a fact that may well have contributed to our later entry into the Vietnam war .
Knowledgeable experts , aware of Hanoi 's commitment to unify the nation , might well have cautioned against our increasing involvement , were they around to do so .
It was only after McCarthy extended his witch-hunt to include allegations of communist infiltration into the U.S. Army that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end for him .
Army special counsel Joseph Welch , tired of McCarthy 's moral bankruptcy demonstrated by destroying the lives of so many people for purely self-serving reasons , lashed out at him in a dramatic confrontation concerning the matter : `` Have you no sense of decency , sir , at long last ?
Have you no sense of decency ? ''
A flustered McCarthy never answered the question .
TRENDING : 'Hundreds of thousands of ballots are going to have to be discarded' In 1957 , McCarthy died young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and alcoholic .
But his short senatorial tenure gave rise to the term `` McCarthyism , '' meaning one making demagogic , reckless and unsubstantiated accusations as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents .
Biden supporters – both governmental and civilian – have brought McCarthyism back into the 21st century .
In the wake of the claimed Biden win , they are calling for creation of their own blacklist of those who dared support Donald Trump and his agenda .
They are to be black-balled from consideration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targeted when necessary to do so .
The naive `` Never Trump '' and `` America bashing '' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. , – AOC – recently suggested , apparently believing Trump supporters look to fade into the night , the archiving of names of `` these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future .
I foresee decent probability of many deleted tweets , writings , photos in the future . ''
This is a hypocritical claim in view of AOC 's repeated habit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hide , such as one celebrating the destruction of the U.S. economy .
Also jumping on the Trump supporter harassment bandwagon – a journalist who is an embarrassment to her professional community – is a Washington Post and MSNBC contributor who sends her tweets out under the moniker `` Jennifer 'the people decide ' Rubin . ''
Revealing her `` tolerant '' side , she outrageously calls for burning down the Republican Party and eliminating all survivors .
Obviously not a First Amendment advocate , Rubin wrote , `` Any R now promoting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office , join a corporate board , find a faculty position or be accepted into 'polite ' society .
We have a list . ''
While hypocritically supporting `` the will of voters , '' Rubin ignores the fact `` the will of voters '' should only reflect the will of those legally casting ballots .
Additionally , Rubin fails to recognize that determining if fraud was involved is critical to restoring voter confidence .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Project '' has formed to maintain the list , while looking to add to it .
Interestingly , the word `` accountability '' is used in the organization 's name as its man of the hour , Joe Biden , has yet to accept accountability for the sins revealed on son Hunter 's computer , despite U.S. government confirmation it is no Russian hoax .
Nor do journalists such as Rubin accept accountability for her previous spreading of fake news .
During McCarthy 's Red Scare , no one from Hollywood sought out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , a shout out goes to Hollywood conservatives James Woods and Kirstie Alley who say they would be honored to be on the 21st century version .
As Trump starts presenting his case the 2020 presidential election was tainted with massive fraud , giving rise to the possibility Biden 's `` president-elect '' title is rescinded and Trump returned to the White House , one can rest assured no conservative blacklist will be created of Biden supporters .
Were Welch 's question to McCarthy 70 years ago – `` Have you no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AOC , Rubin and their fellow blacklisters , the answer , obviously , would be a resounding `` no . ''

Is it fair game for Democrats to compile a blacklist of Trump supporters?

For students of history, the reaction of liberal politicians and journalists in the aftermath of the media's premature declaration Joe Biden is now the president-elect is a sobering moment, triggering memories of late 1940s/early 1950s America. While our history has had both its low points and highs, a former occurred during one of the most intense periods of the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union. It was a time during which a perceived threat of communist influence in the U.S. generated a hysteria known as the "Red Scare."
There actually had been an earlier Red Scare (1917-1920) when the communists first came to power in Russia. Fearing Russian immigrants might provoke a similar takeover here, we deported many. While that Scare primarily targeted immigrants, the second focused mostly on American activists. Leading the second Red Scare campaign to further his own political career was Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis. The foundation for his career was built upon the broken lives of those he falsely accused of being communist sympathizers.
During this time frame, McCarthy's "Blacklist" made its debut. His list of suspected communist sympathizers came from every sector of industry and the U.S. government. Among those most negatively impacted were Hollywood's elites – a list of 150-300 people, including beloved actor Charles Chaplin. Among those challenging McCarthy at a Senate hearing about his Hollywood Blacklist was then-president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later U.S. president, Ronald Reagan. Lives were ruined by the list as employers feared employing those on the list, lest they too be added to it.
In February 1950, McCarthy claimed "hundreds" of "known communists" were in the U.S. State Department – their names too placed on a blacklist. The ultimate impact was cleansing the State Department of its Southeast Asia experts – a fact that may well have contributed to our later entry into the Vietnam war. Knowledgeable experts, aware of Hanoi's commitment to unify the nation, might well have cautioned against our increasing involvement, were they around to do so.
It was only after McCarthy extended his witch-hunt to include allegations of communist infiltration into the U.S. Army that a Senate hearing marked the beginning of the end for him. Army special counsel Joseph Welch, tired of McCarthy's moral bankruptcy demonstrated by destroying the lives of so many people for purely self-serving reasons, lashed out at him in a dramatic confrontation concerning the matter: "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you no sense of decency?" A flustered McCarthy never answered the question.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
In 1957, McCarthy died young, at 48, a broken man and alcoholic. But his short senatorial tenure gave rise to the term "McCarthyism," meaning one making demagogic, reckless and unsubstantiated accusations as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents.
Biden supporters – both governmental and civilian – have brought McCarthyism back into the 21st century. In the wake of the claimed Biden win, they are calling for creation of their own blacklist of those who dared support Donald Trump and his agenda. They are to be black-balled from consideration for any future governmental positions or otherwise targeted when necessary to do so.
The naive "Never Trump" and "America bashing" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., – AOC – recently suggested, apparently believing Trump supporters look to fade into the night, the archiving of names of "these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future. I foresee decent probability of many deleted tweets, writings, photos in the future." This is a hypocritical claim in view of AOC's repeated habit of deleting tweets she subsequently chose to hide, such as one celebrating the destruction of the U.S. economy.
Also jumping on the Trump supporter harassment bandwagon – a journalist who is an embarrassment to her professional community – is a Washington Post and MSNBC contributor who sends her tweets out under the moniker "Jennifer 'the people decide' Rubin." Revealing her "tolerant" side, she outrageously calls for burning down the Republican Party and eliminating all survivors. Obviously not a First Amendment advocate, Rubin wrote, "Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into 'polite' society. We have a list." While hypocritically supporting "the will of voters," Rubin ignores the fact "the will of voters" should only reflect the will of those legally casting ballots. Additionally, Rubin fails to recognize that determining if fraud was involved is critical to restoring voter confidence.
A group known as the "Trump Accountability Project" has formed to maintain the list, while looking to add to it. Interestingly, the word "accountability" is used in the organization's name as its man of the hour, Joe Biden, has yet to accept accountability for the sins revealed on son Hunter's computer, despite U.S. government confirmation it is no Russian hoax. Nor do journalists such as Rubin accept accountability for her previous spreading of fake news.
During McCarthy's Red Scare, no one from Hollywood sought out to be named on his Blacklist. However, a shout out goes to Hollywood conservatives James Woods and Kirstie Alley who say they would be honored to be on the 21st century version.
As Trump starts presenting his case the 2020 presidential election was tainted with massive fraud, giving rise to the possibility Biden's "president-elect" title is rescinded and Trump returned to the White House, one can rest assured no conservative blacklist will be created of Biden supporters.
Were Welch's question to McCarthy 70 years ago – "Have you no decency?" – put today to AOC, Rubin and their fellow blacklisters, the answer, obviously, would be a resounding "no."


wnd--2020-11-12--Jobless claims down to 709,000 as labor market heals

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- The number of new applications for unemployment benefits last week decreased to 709,000 , the @ @ @ @ @ The labor market is slowly healing even as a third surge of the coronavirus cause @ @ @ @ @ have been below a million for eleven straight weeks but have never dropped below 700,000 @ @ @ @ @ nation last spring .
This rate of initial unemployment claims is historically high as they @ @ @ @ @ virus infected the nation .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The number of new applications for unemployment benefits last week decreased to 709,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The labor market is slowly healing even as a third surge of the coronavirus cause disruptions.
Economists had projected 734,000 new claims.
Initial jobless claims have been below a million for eleven straight weeks but have never dropped below 700,000 since the pandemic hit the nation last spring. This rate of initial unemployment claims is historically high as they were roughly 200,000 before the virus infected the nation.
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wnd--2020-11-12--GOP poll watchers report 'intimidation'

GOP poll watchers report 'intimidation'

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- MADISON , Wisconsin — Republicans working as credentialed poll challengers in Michigan said in sworn @ @ @ @ @ and insults from poll workers and others while absentee votes were being tabulated .
The @ @ @ @ @ ’ s vote count are part of a lawsuit that President Trump ’ s reelection @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday evening .
The lawsuit contains several accusations of election fraud in Wayne County @ @ @ @ @ Detroit , Michigan ’ s biggest city and a Democratic stronghold .
The lawsuit was @ @ @ @ @ Court for the Western District of Michigan and seeks to keep the state from certifying @ @ @ @ @ process can be reviewed .
A poll challenger is like a poll watcher but is @ @ @ @ @ to challenge election procedures .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- MADISON, Wisconsin — Republicans working as credentialed poll challengers in Michigan said in sworn affidavits that they experienced intimidation and insults from poll workers and others while absentee votes were being tabulated.
The sworn accounts about the state’s vote count are part of a lawsuit that President Trump’s reelection campaign filed in federal court on Tuesday evening. The lawsuit contains several accusations of election fraud in Wayne County, the county that houses Detroit, Michigan’s biggest city and a Democratic stronghold. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan and seeks to keep the state from certifying its results until the voting process can be reviewed.
A poll challenger is like a poll watcher but is credentialed and has more rights to challenge election procedures.
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wnd--2020-11-13--John Brennan in 'panic mode' over what President Trump may reveal

Amid calls by Republicans for President Trump to declassify documents related to the Obama administration 's probe of debunked Trump-Russia collusion , former Obama CIA Director John Brennan once again is calling for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office .
Brennan , who has accused Trump of `` treason , '' discussed in an interview with Monday with CNN 's Chris Cuomo the president 's decision to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper .
`` It 's clear that Mark Esper was removed as secretary of defense because he rebuffed Donald Trump 's efforts to politicize the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I think it 's quite apparent from reporting that Mark Esper has stood up to Donald Trump repeatedly .
Who knows what else he has refused to do ? ''
He said Trump could do `` a lot of damage '' before leaving office , and he might carry out `` vendettas . ''
TRENDING : Lawsuit : Out-of-state vehicles brought tens of thousands of unsealed ballots to Michigan , all for Dems Brennan repeatedly expressed concern about what `` information '' Trump could release , urging officials to take immediate action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cabinet had an ounce of fortitude and spine and patriotism , I think they would seriously consider invoking the 25th Amendment and pushing Donald Trump out , because he is just very unpredictable now , '' Brennan said .
A report already declassified by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe shows Brennan `` briefed '' Obama in 2016 regarding intelligence indicating Hillary Clinton sought to `` spin '' a Russia- collusion narrative against then-candidate Trump .
Other documents indicate Brennan deliberately hid intelligence showing Russia favored Clinton .
Instead , he promoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
Brennan was reported to be a subject of John Durham 's criminal probe of the Obama administration 's Crossfire Hurricane investigation .
'One of the greatest travesties in American history' Brennan , now a CNN analyst , was probed for testifying falsely under oath before the House Intelligence Committee that the infamous anti-Trump dossier funded by the Democratic Party played no role in the intelligence community ’ s publicly released conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election .
Brennan further declared he did not know who commissioned the opposition-research document @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counter-intelligence officials at the Justice Department and FBI knew the previous year it was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee .
Also , Brennan falsely testified to the Senate that the CIA did not spy on senators .
However , a CIA inspector general 's report found the CIA was indeed spying on the Senate , and Brennan was forced to privately apologize to intelligence committee members .
Brennan also claimed in a 2011 speech that there had not been `` a single collateral death '' from U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proficiency [ and ] precision . '
'' However , the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that one U.S. drone strike alone had killed 42 Pakistanis , `` most of them civilians . ''
Former FBI counter-terrorism agent John Guandolo also has contended Brennan committed sedition and `` I would argue treason . ''
In an interview with Jamie Glazov on the `` Glazov Gang , '' Guandolo said , `` I think if you 're going to stand beside John Brennan like a number of people have and they 've officially put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putting yourself in the enemy camp . ''
Guandolo noted that Brennan admitted voting for the Communist Party candidate in the 1976 election , Gus Hall .
`` And then you look at the organizations he has supported , '' Guandolo said .
`` Numerous Muslim Brotherhood jihadi organizations in the U.S. that he 's supported , and his behavior toward our system and toward the leadership , specifically the president of the United States . ''

Amid calls by Republicans for President Trump to declassify documents related to the Obama administration's probe of debunked Trump-Russia collusion, former Obama CIA Director John Brennan once again is calling for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Brennan, who has accused Trump of "treason," discussed in an interview with Monday with CNN's Chris Cuomo the president's decision to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"It's clear that Mark Esper was removed as secretary of defense because he rebuffed Donald Trump's efforts to politicize the U.S. military," Brennan said. "And I think it's quite apparent from reporting that Mark Esper has stood up to Donald Trump repeatedly. Who knows what else he has refused to do?"
He said Trump could do "a lot of damage" before leaving office, and he might carry out "vendettas."
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
Brennan repeatedly expressed concern about what "information" Trump could release, urging officials to take immediate action.
"If Vice President Pence and the Cabinet had an ounce of fortitude and spine and patriotism, I think they would seriously consider invoking the 25th Amendment and pushing Donald Trump out, because he is just very unpredictable now," Brennan said.
Pres. Trump is "like a cornered cat…he's going to lash out and the fact...that he has the powers of the presidency in his hands is quite worrisome." Former CIA dir. John Brennan calls on VP Pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and strip Pres. Trump of his powers. pic.twitter.com/CyqFoSIoux — Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) November 10, 2020
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A report already declassified by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe shows Brennan "briefed" Obama in 2016 regarding intelligence indicating Hillary Clinton sought to "spin" a Russia- collusion narrative against then-candidate Trump.
Other documents indicate Brennan deliberately hid intelligence showing Russia favored Clinton. Instead, he promoted the unsupported claim that Russia was for Trump.
Brennan was reported to be a subject of John Durham's criminal probe of the Obama administration's Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
'One of the greatest travesties in American history'
Brennan, now a CNN analyst, was probed for testifying falsely under oath before the House Intelligence Committee that the infamous anti-Trump dossier funded by the Democratic Party played no role in the intelligence community’s publicly released conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
Brennan further declared he did not know who commissioned the opposition-research document, even though senior national security and counter-intelligence officials at the Justice Department and FBI knew the previous year it was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
Also, Brennan falsely testified to the Senate that the CIA did not spy on senators.
However, a CIA inspector general's report found the CIA was indeed spying on the Senate, and Brennan was forced to privately apologize to intelligence committee members.
Brennan also claimed in a 2011 speech that there had not been "a single collateral death" from U.S. drone strikes because of their "exceptional proficiency [and] precision.'" However, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that one U.S. drone strike alone had killed 42 Pakistanis, "most of them civilians."
Former FBI counter-terrorism agent John Guandolo also has contended Brennan committed sedition and "I would argue treason."
In an interview with Jamie Glazov on the "Glazov Gang," Guandolo said, "I think if you're going to stand beside John Brennan like a number of people have and they've officially put their names on a list, your putting yourself in the enemy camp."
Guandolo noted that Brennan admitted voting for the Communist Party candidate in the 1976 election, Gus Hall.
"And then you look at the organizations he has supported," Guandolo said. "Numerous Muslim Brotherhood jihadi organizations in the U.S. that he's supported, and his behavior toward our system and toward the leadership, specifically the president of the United States."


wnd--2020-11-13--2020 election media accused of living in 'parallel universe'

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Wednesday was Veterans Day , but in 2020 we all know who really deserves our thanks for preserving the American way of life -- the press .
“ The media never fully learned how to cover Trump .
But they still might have saved democracy , ” read a headline in the Washington Post earlier this week .
The column was authored by Margaret Sullivan , who is ostensibly a Post media critic , though any media criticism she offers lately seems to involve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on President Trump .
“ We constantly sought to normalize him , treating his deranged tweets like legitimate news , ” she wrote .
In this parallel universe , the media still managed to save democracy despite a supposed reticence to criticize Trump .
Back in the real world , Joe Biden may have eked out a victory , but if this was a referendum on the media ’ s performance – it lost .
Bigly .
Despite confident pundit predictions and skewed polls , it was a very close election .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gatekeepers of the Fourth Estate remain anxious to claim victory .
But they haven ’ t stopped to ask whether a Trump defeat was worth encouraging Michael Avenatti to run for president , smearing Brett Kavanaugh as a teenage gang rapist , allowing anonymously sourced bilge to define journalistic norms , and descending into a labyrinth of discredited Russia conspiracies .
It might be a generation before the media is trusted again , if ever .
TRENDING : Lawsuit : Out-of-state vehicles brought tens of thousands of unsealed ballots to Michigan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obvious there would soon come a time when the national press corps would regret squandering their remaining professional credibility to go to war with Trump .
It didn ’ t take long for that time to come .
The media is very unhappy that Trump hasn ’ t conceded the election to Biden and is instead vigorously pursuing claims of voter fraud , however unlikely it is for the results to be overturned .
The time when the media functioned as a trusted intermediary to tell us who won elections has passed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote fraud is to be expected , but major media figures are now making veiled threats directed at his supporters – and that ’ s something altogether different .
“ I truly sympathize with those dealing with losing -- it ’ s not easy -- but at a certain point one has to think not only about what ’ s best for the nation ( peaceful transfer of power ) but how any future employers might see your character defined during adversity , ” CNN ’ s Jake Tapper tweeted earlier this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wasn ’ t advocating blacklisting , but given CNN ’ s consistently hostile tone toward the president , why would any Trump supporter take Tapper ’ s sympathy at face value ?
Did he earn this moral authority to call out sore losers by publishing “ Down and Dirty : The Plot to Steal the Presidency ” barely a month after George W. Bush was inaugurated ?
Did CNN run its snarky chyrons when Hillary Clinton repeatedly claimed Trump ’ s election was illegitimate ?
Did anyone in the legacy media question Stacey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s gubernatorial election in 2018 ?
As for the media ’ s sudden concern about a “ peaceful transfer of power , ” part of the current angst over conceding the election is that Trump supporters feel , with good reason , that their guy was never extended that courtesy .
Here again , the media , specifically Jake Tapper ’ s network , played a role in that process .
Before Trump ’ s inauguration on Jan. 20 , 2017 , CNN reported on the existence of a briefing given to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ dossier ” detailing accusations that Trump had questionable dealings with Russia .
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper apparently leaked news of the briefing to Tapper in early January , who ran with the story without bothering to verify the claims in the dossier , many of which were farcical .
( Erik Wemple , The Post ’ s other media critic , has written a damning multi-part series on the mishandling of the dossier by the media generally , and CNN specifically . )
Nonetheless , if the goal was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t have worked out better – CNN ’ s story triggered years of dubious Russia reporting across the entire media landscape .
Certainly Trump ’ s own behavior in office did him no favors , but it ’ s worth asking how the 2020 election would have turned out if accusing Trump of stealing the 2016 election by colluding with Russia hadn ’ t been the dominant story of his first two years in office .
There was from the start a different set of journalistic rules when it came to Trump .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for example , how The New York Times made a high-level editorial decision to grossly misrepresent the identity of an unknown Department of Homeland Security underling as a “ senior White House official ” when writing his “ Anonymous ” screed .
One-term or not , Trump will prove to be a consequential president – if for no other reason than post-2020 it will be impossible to pretend major media outlets aren ’ t willing to put their thumbs on the scale .
Earlier this week , MSNBC fired contributor Jon Meacham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s victory speech and then went on air afterward to effusively praise his own handiwork .
Meacham is the former editor-in-chief of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer , so he can ’ t possibly claim to be ignorant of the ethical considerations .
If a journalist of Meacham ’ s credentials thought he could get away with this , it makes you wonder what kind of partisan favor-trading major media figures are routinely engaged in .
Perhaps there is some mitigating explanation for Meacham , but to paraphrase Jake Tapper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media dealing with winning .
But at a certain point one has to think not only about what ’ s best for the nation , but how any future employers might see your character defined during a news cycle of uninspiring Biden triumphalism .
All that is to say expect Meacham to be back on television in a few months .
After all , the media has to save democracy , and another presidential election is only four short years away .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Mark Hemingway
Real Clear Politics
Wednesday was Veterans Day, but in 2020 we all know who really deserves our thanks for preserving the American way of life -- the press. “The media never fully learned how to cover Trump. But they still might have saved democracy,” read a headline in the Washington Post earlier this week.
The column was authored by Margaret Sullivan, who is ostensibly a Post media critic, though any media criticism she offers lately seems to involve trolling her peers for not being tougher on President Trump. “We constantly sought to normalize him, treating his deranged tweets like legitimate news,” she wrote. In this parallel universe, the media still managed to save democracy despite a supposed reticence to criticize Trump.
Back in the real world, Joe Biden may have eked out a victory, but if this was a referendum on the media’s performance – it lost. Bigly. Despite confident pundit predictions and skewed polls, it was a very close election. And before all the votes are counted, the gatekeepers of the Fourth Estate remain anxious to claim victory. But they haven’t stopped to ask whether a Trump defeat was worth encouraging Michael Avenatti to run for president, smearing Brett Kavanaugh as a teenage gang rapist, allowing anonymously sourced bilge to define journalistic norms, and descending into a labyrinth of discredited Russia conspiracies. It might be a generation before the media is trusted again, if ever.
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It was all too obvious there would soon come a time when the national press corps would regret squandering their remaining professional credibility to go to war with Trump. It didn’t take long for that time to come. The media is very unhappy that Trump hasn’t conceded the election to Biden and is instead vigorously pursuing claims of voter fraud, however unlikely it is for the results to be overturned. The time when the media functioned as a trusted intermediary to tell us who won elections has passed.
Criticizing Trump for his loose talk about vote fraud is to be expected, but major media figures are now making veiled threats directed at his supporters – and that’s something altogether different.
“I truly sympathize with those dealing with losing -- it’s not easy -- but at a certain point one has to think not only about what’s best for the nation (peaceful transfer of power) but how any future employers might see your character defined during adversity,” CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted earlier this week.
Tapper would later insist that he wasn’t advocating blacklisting, but given CNN’s consistently hostile tone toward the president, why would any Trump supporter take Tapper’s sympathy at face value? Did he earn this moral authority to call out sore losers by publishing “Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency” barely a month after George W. Bush was inaugurated? Did CNN run its snarky chyrons when Hillary Clinton repeatedly claimed Trump’s election was illegitimate? Did anyone in the legacy media question Stacey Abrams’ continued insistence she won Georgia’s gubernatorial election in 2018?
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As for the media’s sudden concern about a “peaceful transfer of power,” part of the current angst over conceding the election is that Trump supporters feel, with good reason, that their guy was never extended that courtesy.
Here again, the media, specifically Jake Tapper’s network, played a role in that process. Before Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, CNN reported on the existence of a briefing given to President-elect Trump and President Obama about a “dossier” detailing accusations that Trump had questionable dealings with Russia.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper apparently leaked news of the briefing to Tapper in early January, who ran with the story without bothering to verify the claims in the dossier, many of which were farcical. (Erik Wemple, The Post’s other media critic, has written a damning multi-part series on the mishandling of the dossier by the media generally, and CNN specifically.) Nonetheless, if the goal was to get Trump, it couldn’t have worked out better – CNN’s story triggered years of dubious Russia reporting across the entire media landscape.
Certainly Trump’s own behavior in office did him no favors, but it’s worth asking how the 2020 election would have turned out if accusing Trump of stealing the 2016 election by colluding with Russia hadn’t been the dominant story of his first two years in office.
There was from the start a different set of journalistic rules when it came to Trump. It’s hard to even understand, for example, how The New York Times made a high-level editorial decision to grossly misrepresent the identity of an unknown Department of Homeland Security underling as a “senior White House official” when writing his “Anonymous” screed.
One-term or not, Trump will prove to be a consequential president – if for no other reason than post-2020 it will be impossible to pretend major media outlets aren’t willing to put their thumbs on the scale.
Earlier this week, MSNBC fired contributor Jon Meacham after it was revealed he drafted Joe Biden’s victory speech and then went on air afterward to effusively praise his own handiwork. Meacham is the former editor-in-chief of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, so he can’t possibly claim to be ignorant of the ethical considerations. If a journalist of Meacham’s credentials thought he could get away with this, it makes you wonder what kind of partisan favor-trading major media figures are routinely engaged in.
Perhaps there is some mitigating explanation for Meacham, but to paraphrase Jake Tapper, I truly sympathize with those in the media dealing with winning. But at a certain point one has to think not only about what’s best for the nation, but how any future employers might see your character defined during a news cycle of uninspiring Biden triumphalism.
All that is to say expect Meacham to be back on television in a few months. After all, the media has to save democracy, and another presidential election is only four short years away.


wnd--2020-11-13--The key to COVID recovery? 'Avoiding retail shutdowns'

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
While the exact division of power in the U.S. Senate is yet to be determined , we do know Democrats will control the House and that Joe Biden is on track to become the 46th president .
Throughout the campaign , the biggest issue looming in voters ’ minds was the continued threat of the COVID-19 pandemic , and it ’ s one that Biden has vowed to make a priority , having already named several members of his coronavirus response team .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to address new spikes in COVID-19 cases , it is vital that the next administration recognize what health experts have determined to be the leading source of new outbreaks – private household gatherings -- and plan accordingly .
Otherwise , they risk inflicting more harm on local economies and making it more difficult for Americans to navigate these challenging times .
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After state and local officials began implementing large-scale shutdowns , unemployment rose as businesses closed and the U.S. economy spiraled into a recession .
This downturn had a disproportionately significant impact on America ’ s most vulnerable , as low-wage workers and minority communities suffered more than others .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already pointed to household gatherings as the biggest contributor to new cases of COVID-19 , while there is currently no evidence pointing to indoor shopping centers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sources of new outbreaks .
In fact , shopping centers and retail businesses have been among the most assiduous in following experts ’ guidelines .
Early on , these businesses adopted rules requiring customers and employees to wear a mask at all times while in a store , and went to great lengths to encourage proper social distancing .
Employees work to enforce these rules , and signage on walls , floors and check-out lanes remind customers of the importance of standing at least six feet from others .
Thanks to this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goods they need to get through this pandemic , and employees can continue paying their bills and providing for their families .
Government leaders across the country have recognized these efforts , and many businesses have been able to safely resume operations without the threat of more shutdowns hanging over their heads .
For example , Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently gave permission to indoor shopping malls to begin reopening .
On the other side of the country , New York Gov .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill de Blasio have been taking gradually more targeted approaches in responding to outbreaks , en route to what hopefully will be a complete reopening for indoor businesses soon .
While some local leaders have allowed more businesses to reopen , others , unfortunately , are risking their local economies and the long-term sustainability of their communities by closing businesses again .
For example , El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego issued a sudden order recently which required businesses to shut down based on arbitrary government standards of what goods and services are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a dangerous move that could harm small businesses and workers .
As Biden and his team evaluate how best to handle the pandemic , I hope they will recognize the success that elected officials have had in allowing indoor retail businesses to reopen , and the lengths to which these businesses have gone to comply with all COVID-19 protocols .
America ’ s business community has long been the backbone of our economy , and I have no doubt it will similarly be the foundation for our economic recovery from this pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , if the president and those around him refrain from putting new , unnecessary restrictions on the businesses that are working hardest to keep us safe .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Savannah Shoemake
Real Clear Politics
While the exact division of power in the U.S. Senate is yet to be determined, we do know Democrats will control the House and that Joe Biden is on track to become the 46th president. Throughout the campaign, the biggest issue looming in voters’ minds was the continued threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s one that Biden has vowed to make a priority, having already named several members of his coronavirus response team.
As federal, state and local officials work to address new spikes in COVID-19 cases, it is vital that the next administration recognize what health experts have determined to be the leading source of new outbreaks – private household gatherings -- and plan accordingly. Otherwise, they risk inflicting more harm on local economies and making it more difficult for Americans to navigate these challenging times.
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Above all, the next administration must avoid advocating for the kinds of broad, indiscriminate shutdowns that were put in place across the country earlier this year. After state and local officials began implementing large-scale shutdowns, unemployment rose as businesses closed and the U.S. economy spiraled into a recession. This downturn had a disproportionately significant impact on America’s most vulnerable, as low-wage workers and minority communities suffered more than others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already pointed to household gatherings as the biggest contributor to new cases of COVID-19, while there is currently no evidence pointing to indoor shopping centers, retail businesses, and similar companies as the sources of new outbreaks.
In fact, shopping centers and retail businesses have been among the most assiduous in following experts’ guidelines. Early on, these businesses adopted rules requiring customers and employees to wear a mask at all times while in a store, and went to great lengths to encourage proper social distancing. Employees work to enforce these rules, and signage on walls, floors and check-out lanes remind customers of the importance of standing at least six feet from others. Thanks to this work, customers can safely shop for the goods they need to get through this pandemic, and employees can continue paying their bills and providing for their families.
Government leaders across the country have recognized these efforts, and many businesses have been able to safely resume operations without the threat of more shutdowns hanging over their heads. For example, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently gave permission to indoor shopping malls to begin reopening. On the other side of the country, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have been taking gradually more targeted approaches in responding to outbreaks, en route to what hopefully will be a complete reopening for indoor businesses soon.
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While some local leaders have allowed more businesses to reopen, others, unfortunately, are risking their local economies and the long-term sustainability of their communities by closing businesses again. For example, El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego issued a sudden order recently which required businesses to shut down based on arbitrary government standards of what goods and services are “essential” for families. This is a dangerous move that could harm small businesses and workers.
As Biden and his team evaluate how best to handle the pandemic, I hope they will recognize the success that elected officials have had in allowing indoor retail businesses to reopen, and the lengths to which these businesses have gone to comply with all COVID-19 protocols.
America’s business community has long been the backbone of our economy, and I have no doubt it will similarly be the foundation for our economic recovery from this pandemic. That will only be possible, however, if the president and those around him refrain from putting new, unnecessary restrictions on the businesses that are working hardest to keep us safe.