wnd--2020-08-30--New 'un-civil' war is putting bull's-eye on Christians

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor .
Americans united .
Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon .
Americans united .
Democrats and Republicans in Congress sang patriotic songs from the capitol steps .
George Floyd dies beneath Derek Chauvin ’ s knee .
Again , Americans unite in universal disgust .
But then Saint Hypocrisy arrived .
The media , political class , and educators had correctly championed the belief that we can not hold all Muslims responsible for the 9/11 attacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us to justify hurling epithets , spit , and bricks at completely innocent police because of “ systemic police racism.
” Life in America did not use to be like this .
What happened ?
The increased divisiveness is more than just tensions between Democrats and Republicans ; between progressives and conservatives ; capitalists and socialists .
It is more profound -- it ’ s Secularists versus Christians .
Democratic President Harry Truman said in 1946 , “ In this great country of ours has been demonstrated the fundamental unity of democracy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Princeton originated as seminaries .
Hospitals with names like St. Francis , St. John ’ s , and Saint Luke dotted the landscape .
But these days Secularists have successfully drowned out faith ’ s role in the founding of our freedom .
The Christian notion that God loves us , created us in His image , and sent His Son to die for us affects the kinds of governments people build .
That belief also gives us a sense of worth , of significance , even if we carry bedpans in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ derive their significance from the work of their own hands .
From how much power , prestige , status , or influence they attain .
Power is the biggest .
They don ’ t see as fundamentally equal the residents of elite neighborhoods and rural farmers , Big Tech executives and hotel maids , Ivy League professors and disadvantaged dropouts .
Secular totalitarian dictators claimed some 169 million victims in the last century .
Still , every day in lesser ways , ordinary people choose short-sighted , this-worldly satisfaction over the love of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always the same : broken relationships , civil discord , and violations of justice .
The Secularist quest for power fuels our increased divisiveness .
We each choose every day whether to be encouragers or denigrators .
To make the right choice , we need to carve in our hearts the fact that God considers us important , loves us , helps us overcome the fear of death , and offsets our weaknesses with His grace .
This truth was first revealed to the human race via Abraham and then continued with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when he quoted the Hebrew Bible , saying , “ Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind .
This is the first and great commandment .
And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself .
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
” ( Matthew 22:36-40 ) That ’ s the man whom true Christians make their role model .
He came “ not to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution was built to work with people who believed that to be true .
Can it keep working if we cease to have those beliefs ?
Our Founders didn ’ t think so .
Thomas Jefferson said , `` Of all the systems of morality , ancient or modern , which have come under my observation , none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus . ''
John Adams went further , “ Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people .
It is wholly inadequate to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend surmised that of the 22 candidates who sought the Democratic nomination , none possessed such a Biblical worldview .
The Christians in “ holy huddles ” and “ hymn-singing country clubs ” are waking up and finally responding to the Secularists ’ war against them .
The beheading of three statues of Mary and one of Jesus and the burning of Bibles in Portland is getting their attention .
Let ’ s each of us choose “ servanthood ” over “ power .
”

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Foster Friess
Real Clear Politics
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Americans united. Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Americans united. Democrats and Republicans in Congress sang patriotic songs from the capitol steps. George Floyd dies beneath Derek Chauvin’s knee. Again, Americans unite in universal disgust.
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But then Saint Hypocrisy arrived. The media, political class, and educators had correctly championed the belief that we cannot hold all Muslims responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Now, these same elites want us to justify hurling epithets, spit, and bricks at completely innocent police because of “systemic police racism.”
Life in America did not use to be like this. What happened?
The increased divisiveness is more than just tensions between Democrats and Republicans; between progressives and conservatives; capitalists and socialists. It is more profound -- it’s Secularists versus Christians.
Democratic President Harry Truman said in 1946, “In this great country of ours has been demonstrated the fundamental unity of democracy and Christianity.” Harvard, Yale, and Princeton originated as seminaries. Hospitals with names like St. Francis, St. John’s, and Saint Luke dotted the landscape. But these days Secularists have successfully drowned out faith’s role in the founding of our freedom.
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The Christian notion that God loves us, created us in His image, and sent His Son to die for us affects the kinds of governments people build. That belief also gives us a sense of worth, of significance, even if we carry bedpans in a nursing home.
Secularists, however, derive their significance from the work of their own hands. From how much power, prestige, status, or influence they attain. Power is the biggest. They don’t see as fundamentally equal the residents of elite neighborhoods and rural farmers, Big Tech executives and hotel maids, Ivy League professors and disadvantaged dropouts.
Secular totalitarian dictators claimed some 169 million victims in the last century. Still, every day in lesser ways, ordinary people choose short-sighted, this-worldly satisfaction over the love of their fellow man. The results are always the same: broken relationships, civil discord, and violations of justice. The Secularist quest for power fuels our increased divisiveness.
We each choose every day whether to be encouragers or denigrators. To make the right choice, we need to carve in our hearts the fact that God considers us important, loves us, helps us overcome the fear of death, and offsets our weaknesses with His grace.
This truth was first revealed to the human race via Abraham and then continued with the Christians – as summed up by Jesus when he quoted the Hebrew Bible, saying, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22:36-40)
That’s the man whom true Christians make their role model. He came “not to be served, but to serve.” Our Constitution was built to work with people who believed that to be true. Can it keep working if we cease to have those beliefs? Our Founders didn’t think so.
Thomas Jefferson said, "Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus."
John Adams went further, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
A pastor friend surmised that of the 22 candidates who sought the Democratic nomination, none possessed such a Biblical worldview. The Christians in “holy huddles” and “hymn-singing country clubs” are waking up and finally responding to the Secularists’ war against them. The beheading of three statues of Mary and one of Jesus and the burning of Bibles in Portland is getting their attention.
Let’s each of us choose “servanthood” over “power.”


wnd--2020-08-31--Ratcliffe: I filed 'crimes reports' over intel leaks

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says he has made multiple “ crimes reports ” @ @ @ @ @ information .
Ratcliffe , a former Texas congressman who has overseen the nation ’ s @ @ @ @ @ , also defended his decision to shift election security briefings from in-person to in writing @ @ @ @ @ politicization during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News .
@ @ @ @ @ into potentially illegal leaks and that “ I know that because I ’ ve made @ @ @ @ @ called crimes reports in connection since I ’ ve been the DNI , '' Ratcliffe @ @ @ @ @ become aware of intelligence community information that is disclosed unlawfully , I do what ’ @ @ @ @ @ — I ’ ve done that now on a number of occasions , and so @ @ @ @ @ .
”

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says he has made multiple “crimes reports” related to leaks of classified information.
Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman who has overseen the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies since May, also defended his decision to shift election security briefings from in-person to in writing over concerns about leaks and politicization during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News.
“There are investigations” into potentially illegal leaks and that “I know that because I’ve made a number of what are called crimes reports in connection since I’ve been the DNI," Ratcliffe said. "When I become aware of intelligence community information that is disclosed unlawfully, I do what’s called a crimes report — I’ve done that now on a number of occasions, and so those investigations are moving forward.”
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wnd--2020-08-31--Gingrich: Solution to violence is to arrest offenders

( FOX NEWS ) -- The only way to break violence is to `` keep arresting people until there 's @ @ @ @ @ former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday in the wake of unrest over the police-involved @ @ @ @ @ Kenosha , Wis. “ I think they need to take every video they can and @ @ @ @ @ whatever video you might have taken , they need to track these people down , @ @ @ @ @ with the highest possible crime , ” Gingrich told “ Fox & Friends.
” Gingrich @ @ @ @ @ needs to happen in order to “ break the fever by which people on the @ @ @ @ @ , have “ come to believe they have the right .
”

(FOX NEWS) -- The only way to break violence is to "keep arresting people until there's no one left,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday in the wake of unrest over the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.
“I think they need to take every video they can and ask people to send us whatever video you might have taken, they need to track these people down, they need to charge them with the highest possible crime,” Gingrich told “Fox & Friends.”
Gingrich said this “simply” needs to happen in order to “break the fever by which people on the left,” including Antifa, have “come to believe they have the right.”
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wnd--2020-09-01--WHO urges governments to engage with coronavirus protesters

( SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST ) -- The World Health Organisation urged governments on Monday to engage with people demonstrating @ @ @ @ @ to their concerns , but stressed protesters needed to understand the virus was dangerous .
@ @ @ @ @ a number of countries against coronavirus restrictions , WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it @ @ @ @ @ to what people are asking , what people are saying ” .
“ We should @ @ @ @ @ , ” he told reporters , stressing though that demonstrators have a responsibility to ensure @ @ @ @

(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST) -- The World Health Organisation urged governments on Monday to engage with people demonstrating against Covid-19 restrictions and listen to their concerns, but stressed protesters needed to understand the virus was dangerous.
Asked about recent demonstrations in a number of countries against coronavirus restrictions, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was important to “listen to what people are asking, what people are saying”.
“We should engage in an honest dialogue,” he told reporters, stressing though that demonstrators have a responsibility to ensure protests are safe.
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wnd--2020-09-01--Mayor who banned indoor dining gets caught dining inside neighboring state

( PENNLIVE ) -- Chefs and restaurant owners in Philadelphia are sizzling hot over a photo showing Mayor Jim Kenney @ @ @ @ @ in Philly due to COVID-19 , enjoying an indoor restaurant meal in Maryland .
The @ @ @ @ @ mayor ’ s friend ; but the chefs fume that the mayor is a job-killing @ @ @ @ @ reports the mayor ’ s office confirmed that he went to a friend ’ s @ @ @ @ @ .

(PENNLIVE) -- Chefs and restaurant owners in Philadelphia are sizzling hot over a photo showing Mayor Jim Kenney, who banned indoor dining in Philly due to COVID-19, enjoying an indoor restaurant meal in Maryland.
The restaurant is owned by the mayor’s friend; but the chefs fume that the mayor is a job-killing hypocrite.
6ABC in Philadelphia reports the mayor’s office confirmed that he went to a friend’s restaurant in Maryland on Sunday.
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wnd--2020-09-01--Suspect in killing of Trump supporter was arrested and released on weapons charge in July riot

The slaying of a man linked to a pro-Trump rally Saturday in Portland , Oregon , might have been prevented had the city ’ s leaders chosen to prosecute rioters and followed their own gun laws , according to reports .
After more than 90 consecutive nights of protesting and rioting , Portland has become a haven for leftist activists to hash out their grievances in the streets of the city .
Since May 25 , the day George Floyd died , mobs of leftist agitators half a country away from Minneapolis have set fires , attacked local and federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s largest city .
On Saturday , a group of supporters of President Donald Trump decided to make their presence known in the city .
One of them , a man identified by the group Patriot Prayer as Aaron “ Jay ” Danielson , was shot and killed on a street in downtown Portland , KATU-TV reported .
TRENDING : CDC now says 94 % of COVID deaths had an underlying condition , only 6 % were COVID alone The group identified Danielson as the victim on Sunday and tweeted a GoFundMe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As of Monday , it has over $ 30,000 of its $ 25,000 goal .
A man named Michael Forest Reinoehl , 48 , is a suspect in the killing of Danielson , The Oregonian reported .
But Reinoehl had an earlier run-in with Portland police that was highly publicized , according to a report from Andy Ngo writing in The Post Millennial .
Reinoehl was arrested in July for bringing a loaded gun and a knife to a riot on the night of July 4 , Ngo reported .
In a July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bureau reported a man was arrested during the dispersal of the riot .
“ During the dispersal , numerous business windows were shattered by members of the crowd .
Officers made several arrests , including one at Southwest Main Street and Broadway where a male fought with officers .
Officers were able to get him in custody and recovered an illegally possessed loaded firearm and a knife , ” police said at the time .
Police shared a photo of the arrest on Twitter : “ Officers arrested a male at SW Broadway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firearm on his person .
He fought with [ officers ] during the arrest , ” the police Twitter account reported .
According to Ngo , the man in the photo is Reinoehl , who wasn ’ t charged as part of the city ’ s blanket decision to not prosecute rioters .
“ The man being investigated by police in the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter in Portland identifies as Antifa and is an ardent Black Lives Matter supporter , '' Ngo wrote .
`` Michael Forest Reinoehl was previously arrested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charged with illegally possessing a loaded firearm and other crimes .
He was let go and the charges were never pursued . ''
Indeed , Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced just three weeks ago , on Aug. 11 , that protesters who had recently been arrested in the city would not be prosecuted .
“ As prosecutors , we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these demonstrations and support those who are civically engaged through peaceful protesting , ” Schmidt said of the decision , The Oregonian reported .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ promote it , if we do not take action to bring about immediate change , ” the DA added .
Less than three weeks after reportedly being cleared for allegedly bringing a loaded gun and a knife to a violent riot , Reinoehl has become a suspect in the investigation of Danielson ’ s shooting death .
It ’ s a tragic outcome and one that , if reports are true , could have been avoided .
Portland ’ s leaders might be among the worst in the country ; that much is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city ’ s very liberal leadership to selectively enforce their own gun control ordinances for people suspected of partaking in violent behavior is yet another stain on Portland 's terrible record regarding protecting its citizens from mayhem .
In Portland , it is illegal to possess a loaded firearm without a permit .
Police , in their news briefing , said the firearm was illegal .
Rather than being jailed or otherwise facing consequences for being arrested in possession of a firearm while allegedly rioting , Reinoehl was back on the street with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed .
There is a strong argument to be made that city officials are culpable in such a death , as -- if reports are accurate -- they essentially placed a criminal in a consequence-free environment in which he could again break the city ’ s liberal gun control laws during another riot .
While Oregon is an open-carry state , Portland does not allow the possession of any loaded firearm within city limits outside of the home unless the carrier holds a permit .
The Oregonian reported in 2019 that violations of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a $ 500 fine and up to six months in jail -- meaning if city leaders had chosen to prosecute rioters , the man now linked to Danielson ’ s shooting death may have been locked up at the time of the shooting .
But Reinoehl , according to the newspaper , was already wanted on another warrant for an earlier incident in June in which he allegedly was caught driving with a minor going 111 mph with a firearm and drugs in his possession .
The man , who identifies as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the group Black Lives Matter , was under the influence in that arrest , per the report .
Reinoehl had been arrested twice within 30 days on firearms charges , and yet he was out on the street when he was suspected of being involved in the apparent execution of a Trump supporter .
While the investigation into the killing is ongoing and Reinoehl has only been identified as a suspect , the tragic saga is another reminder of how ineffectual the leadership in Rip City has become .
Portland ’ s leadership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Saturday , it appears they failed not only Danielson but also every other person in the city by unleashing a reported repeat gun offender onto citizens .
Whether you agree or disagree with gun control laws , the city enacted them and did not enforce them for the suspect in Danielson 's slaying -- meaning Portland left everyone in the city defenseless , with the exception of those who chose to ignore the gun control ordinance .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

The slaying of a man linked to a pro-Trump rally Saturday in Portland, Oregon, might have been prevented had the city’s leaders chosen to prosecute rioters and followed their own gun laws, according to reports.
After more than 90 consecutive nights of protesting and rioting, Portland has become a haven for leftist activists to hash out their grievances in the streets of the city.
Since May 25, the day George Floyd died, mobs of leftist agitators half a country away from Minneapolis have set fires, attacked local and federal officers and defaced public property in Oregon’s largest city.
On Saturday, a group of supporters of President Donald Trump decided to make their presence known in the city.
One of them, a man identified by the group Patriot Prayer as Aaron “Jay” Danielson, was shot and killed on a street in downtown Portland, KATU-TV reported.
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The group identified Danielson as the victim on Sunday and tweeted a GoFundMe page to help Danielson's family. As of Monday, it has over $30,000 of its $25,000 goal.
Here is the official gofundme for Jay's family. Please help share. This needs to pick up traction with fake GoFundMe accounts out there.https://t.co/vFELN5o5nW pic.twitter.com/d750psYyNx — PatriotPrayerUSA (@PatriotPrayerUS) August 30, 2020
A man named Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, is a suspect in the killing of Danielson, The Oregonian reported.
But Reinoehl had an earlier run-in with Portland police that was highly publicized, according to a report from Andy Ngo writing in The Post Millennial.
Reinoehl was arrested in July for bringing a loaded gun and a knife to a riot on the night of July 4, Ngo reported.
The #antifa investigated for shooting the Portland Trump supporter is Michael Reinoehl. Last month he was arrested at another antifa riot for illegally carrying a loaded gun. He was let go. He then went on to allegedly kill Aaron Danielson. My latest:https://t.co/r6rFxqjZ4P — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 31, 2020
In a July 5 news release, the Portland Police Bureau reported a man was arrested during the dispersal of the riot.
“During the dispersal, numerous business windows were shattered by members of the crowd. Officers made several arrests, including one at Southwest Main Street and Broadway where a male fought with officers. Officers were able to get him in custody and recovered an illegally possessed loaded firearm and a knife,” police said at the time.
Police shared a photo of the arrest on Twitter:
Officers arrested a male at SW Broadway and Main St. who had a loaded firearm on his person. He fought with offices during the arrest. pic.twitter.com/RXgYHnB5ue — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) July 5, 2020
“Officers arrested a male at SW Broadway and Main St. who had a loaded firearm on his person. He fought with [officers] during the arrest,” the police Twitter account reported.
According to Ngo, the man in the photo is Reinoehl, who wasn’t charged as part of the city’s blanket decision to not prosecute rioters.
“The man being investigated by police in the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter in Portland identifies as Antifa and is an ardent Black Lives Matter supporter," Ngo wrote.
"Michael Forest Reinoehl was previously arrested at an Antifa riot in July and charged with illegally possessing a loaded firearm and other crimes. He was let go and the charges were never pursued."
Indeed, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced just three weeks ago, on Aug. 11, that protesters who had recently been arrested in the city would not be prosecuted.
“As prosecutors, we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these demonstrations and support those who are civically engaged through peaceful protesting,” Schmidt said of the decision, The Oregonian reported.
“We will undermine public safety, not promote it, if we do not take action to bring about immediate change,” the DA added.
Less than three weeks after reportedly being cleared for allegedly bringing a loaded gun and a knife to a violent riot, Reinoehl has become a suspect in the investigation of Danielson’s shooting death.
It’s a tragic outcome and one that, if reports are true, could have been avoided.
Portland’s leaders might be among the worst in the country; that much is established.
But the decision by the city’s very liberal leadership to selectively enforce their own gun control ordinances for people suspected of partaking in violent behavior is yet another stain on Portland's terrible record regarding protecting its citizens from mayhem.
In Portland, it is illegal to possess a loaded firearm without a permit.
Police, in their news briefing, said the firearm was illegal.
Rather than being jailed or otherwise facing consequences for being arrested in possession of a firearm while allegedly rioting, Reinoehl was back on the street with no charges when Danielson was shot and killed.
There is a strong argument to be made that city officials are culpable in such a death, as -- if reports are accurate -- they essentially placed a criminal in a consequence-free environment in which he could again break the city’s liberal gun control laws during another riot.
While Oregon is an open-carry state, Portland does not allow the possession of any loaded firearm within city limits outside of the home unless the carrier holds a permit.
The Oregonian reported in 2019 that violations of Portland’s gun ordinances can carry a $500 fine and up to six months in jail -- meaning if city leaders had chosen to prosecute rioters, the man now linked to Danielson’s shooting death may have been locked up at the time of the shooting.
But Reinoehl, according to the newspaper, was already wanted on another warrant for an earlier incident in June in which he allegedly was caught driving with a minor going 111 mph with a firearm and drugs in his possession.
The man, who identifies as a member of the leftist collective antifa and the group Black Lives Matter, was under the influence in that arrest, per the report.
Reinoehl had been arrested twice within 30 days on firearms charges, and yet he was out on the street when he was suspected of being involved in the apparent execution of a Trump supporter.
While the investigation into the killing is ongoing and Reinoehl has only been identified as a suspect, the tragic saga is another reminder of how ineffectual the leadership in Rip City has become.
Portland’s leadership has failed citizens every night since May.
Saturday, it appears they failed not only Danielson but also every other person in the city by unleashing a reported repeat gun offender onto citizens.
Whether you agree or disagree with gun control laws, the city enacted them and did not enforce them for the suspect in Danielson's slaying -- meaning Portland left everyone in the city defenseless, with the exception of those who chose to ignore the gun control ordinance.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-01--Half of U.S. Christians: Casual sex between consenting adults is acceptable

( PEW RESEARCH ) -- Many Christian traditions disapprove of premarital sex .
And even though Christians in the United States hold less permissive views than religiously unaffiliated Americans about dating and sex , most say it ’ s acceptable in at least some circumstances for consenting adults to have sex outside of marriage , according to a recent Pew Research Center survey .
Half of Christians say casual sex – defined in the survey as sex between consenting adults who are not in a committed romantic relationship – is sometimes or always acceptable .
Six-in-ten Catholics ( 62 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 56 % of Protestants in the historically Black tradition , 54 % of mainline Protestants and 36 % of evangelical Protestants .
Among those who are religiously unaffiliated , meanwhile , the vast majority ( 84 % ) say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable , including roughly nine-in-ten atheists ( 94 % ) and agnostics ( 95 % ) who say this .
The religiously unaffiliated , also known as “ nones , ” are those who describe themselves , religiously , as atheist , agnostic or as “ nothing in @ @ @

(PEW RESEARCH) -- Many Christian traditions disapprove of premarital sex. And even though Christians in the United States hold less permissive views than religiously unaffiliated Americans about dating and sex, most say it’s acceptable in at least some circumstances for consenting adults to have sex outside of marriage, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
Half of Christians say casual sex – defined in the survey as sex between consenting adults who are not in a committed romantic relationship – is sometimes or always acceptable. Six-in-ten Catholics (62%) take this view, as do 56% of Protestants in the historically Black tradition, 54% of mainline Protestants and 36% of evangelical Protestants.
Among those who are religiously unaffiliated, meanwhile, the vast majority (84%) say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable, including roughly nine-in-ten atheists (94%) and agnostics (95%) who say this. The religiously unaffiliated, also known as “nones,” are those who describe themselves, religiously, as atheist, agnostic or as “nothing in particular.”
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wnd--2020-09-01--Megapastor apologizes and discusses therapy for his marriage

( GREENVILLE ONLINE ) -- In an emotional videotaped confession posted online Sunday , Relentless Church Pastor John Gray apologized @ @ @ @ @ through entertainment blogs earlier this month .
Allegations of an extramarital relationship first spread on @ @ @ @ @ websites on Aug. 21 , when a woman who claimed to have been communicating with @ @ @ @ @ live video stream on YouTube .
Last week , Gray 's attorneys told The Greenville @ @ @ @ @ victim of extortion and blackmail , and they said that a physical affair was never @ @

(GREENVILLE ONLINE) -- In an emotional videotaped confession posted online Sunday, Relentless Church Pastor John Gray apologized and addressed rumors that spread through entertainment blogs earlier this month.
Allegations of an extramarital relationship first spread on social media and entertainment news websites on Aug. 21, when a woman who claimed to have been communicating with Gray was featured on a live video stream on YouTube.
Last week, Gray's attorneys told The Greenville News that Gray was the victim of extortion and blackmail, and they said that a physical affair was never alleged.
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wnd--2020-09-01--College pledges to end Big Brother COVID policy after legal warning

( THE COLLEGE FIX ) -- Authoritarian governments routinely demand that dissident organizations hand over their membership lists – or @ @ @ @ @ so that individuals can be tracked and intimidated .
Montana State University tried the same @ @ @ @ @ public safety , but is now pulling back after receiving a legal warning from a @ @ @ @ @ taxpayer-funded institution ordered student organizations in July to track attendance at their events , even @ @ @ @ @ apps maintained by Montana State , according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education @

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- Authoritarian governments routinely demand that dissident organizations hand over their membership lists – or just spy on them – so that individuals can be tracked and intimidated.
Montana State University tried the same thing under the guise of public safety, but is now pulling back after receiving a legal warning from a civil liberties group.
The taxpayer-funded institution ordered student organizations in July to track attendance at their events, even closed meetings, through two apps maintained by Montana State, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
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wnd--2020-09-01--Researcher suspected of transferring info to China arrested for destroying hard drive

( THE COLLEGE FIX ) -- UCLA researcher Guan Lei has been arrested for destroying a hard drive during an @ @ @ @ @ of sensitive software and technical data , according to the U.S. Department of Justice .
@ @ @ @ @ throwing a hard drive into a dumpster near his residence on July 25 , days @ @ @ @ @ investigators .
Later , Guan attempted to board a flight to China and was detained @ @ @ @ @ asked to see his computer .
When he refused , the hard drive was recovered @ @ @ @ @ , the drive was “ irreparably damaged ” and “ all previous data associated with @ @ @ @ @ have been removed deliberately and by force .
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(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- UCLA researcher Guan Lei has been arrested for destroying a hard drive during an FBI investigation into Chinese theft of sensitive software and technical data, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Lei is being charged with throwing a hard drive into a dumpster near his residence on July 25, days after initially being interviewed by investigators.
Later, Guan attempted to board a flight to China and was detained by the FBI, who asked to see his computer. When he refused, the hard drive was recovered. According to the complaint, the drive was “irreparably damaged” and “all previous data associated with the hard drive appears to have been removed deliberately and by force.”
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wnd--2020-09-01--Man allegedly stabs AutoZone employee because he 'felt the need to find a white male to kill'

A man was brutally stabbed simply because of the color of his skin , but there has been no media-fueled national outrage , nor has the attacker become a household name .
The reason is that the assault was allegedly perpetrated by Jayvon Hatchett , a 19-year-old black man who is now facing charges of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime for repeatedly stabbing a white AutoZone employee in Columbus , Georgia , on Tuesday , according to WRBL-TV .
The motive for the brutal attack ?
Police say Hatchett told investigators he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white male to kill . ''
`` SHOCK : Jayvon Hatchett stabbed Auto Zone employee 7 times after 'watching Facebook videos of police shootings , ' '' WLTZ-TV 's Robbie Watson wrote on Facebook as she shared photos of the young man in court .
`` Hatchett smiles telling Detective he chose white man at random and stabbed him in the neck , '' Watson wrote .
`` Victim ’ s critical and traumatized by attack according to court testimony . ''
TRENDING : CDC now says 94 % of COVID deaths had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were COVID alone According to Watson 's full WLTZ-TV report , Hatchett allegedly entered the auto parts store and asked a white male employee for a thermostat , which the worker said the store did n't have .
When the employee turned away , Hatchett ambushed the man and repeatedly stabbed him , according to police .
Police said the worker , who was n't identified , was in critical condition and was fortunate to have survived the savage assault .
The Columbus Police Department tracked Hatchett down after several tipsters identified him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the store on surveillance camera images the department released to the public , WTVY-TV reported .
According to police , when investigators showed up at his home near the crime scene , Hatchett admitted attacking the 51-year-old worker and gave officers the knife he used in the attack as well as the shirt he wore during the crime , which was in the backyard and partially burned .
Hatchett , who reportedly was involved in a separate crime in the area , was being held without bond .
The suspect might face additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislation Republican Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp signed into law in June .
`` On the AutoZone stabbing case , my thoughts are that if the allegations are true , then [ the ] defendant should be charged with aggravated battery with a hate crime sentencing enhancement if convicted beyond a reasonable doubt , '' Mark Jones , district attorney-elect for the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit , told WTVY .
`` The Hate Crime Bill imposes a mandatory imprisonment term as a sentencing enhancement on offenders who commit unjustified acts of violence solely on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sexual orientation , or physical disability , '' he added , qualifying his remarks by pointing out the incident is still under investigation .
`` Our community must categorically reject unjustified violence , of any type , and we must use the law fully to that end , '' Jones said .
`` A district attorney takes an oath to prosecute cases without fear , favor , or affection , and that ’ s what I intend to do come January 1 , 2021 when I take the oath . ''
The suspect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of national attention on this crime , speaks volumes about how the establishment media treat race and crime in America .
The attacker apparently was whipped into a murderous frenzy by the race-baiting coverage of recent police incidents , which lately have turned into a black and white issue -- literally -- as every death or injury of a black man in an encounter with law enforcement is considered unjustified and racially motivated .
Incidents such as the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks were immediately used to advance a narrative about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black victims despite any evidence that race was a factor at all .
( Mostly , police violence appears to be directly proportional to the degree to which a suspect resists arrest . )
Just last week , Jacob Blake , a man who was wanted on a felony sexual assault charge and who was ignoring officers ' commands and reaching for a knife when he was shot seven times in the back , was portrayed as another victim of racist police , which set off NBA protests in his name and sparked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kyle Rittenhouse , the teen who possibly killed two rioters in self-defense during the unrest in Kenosha , was portrayed by some in the media as a white supremacist out for blood without a shred of evidence other than his skin color .
Even if the media are n't directly responsible for Hatchett 's alleged stabbing , they obviously do n't treat actual racist crimes with the same gravity as imagined ones when the aggressor is black and the victim white .
These narratives about racist police , meant to advance leftists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minorities , have real-life consequences for people hearing them who might already be mentally unstable and have an ax to grind .
The left is putting people and especially police officers at risk while doing nothing for the minority communities it claims it wants to help .
Hatchett 's alleged violent reaction to the endless , incendiary narrative shows how irresponsible and dangerous it is for the establishment media to fan the flames of racial strife with their one-sided fake news .
Regardless of the color of the hand that commits it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to all of those with the guts to confront it -- even when it does n't fit their own narrative .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

A man was brutally stabbed simply because of the color of his skin, but there has been no media-fueled national outrage, nor has the attacker become a household name.
The reason is that the assault was allegedly perpetrated by Jayvon Hatchett, a 19-year-old black man who is now facing charges of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime for repeatedly stabbing a white AutoZone employee in Columbus, Georgia, on Tuesday, according to WRBL-TV.
The motive for the brutal attack? Police say Hatchett told investigators he "felt the need to find a white male to kill."
"SHOCK: Jayvon Hatchett stabbed Auto Zone employee 7 times after 'watching Facebook videos of police shootings,'" WLTZ-TV's Robbie Watson wrote on Facebook as she shared photos of the young man in court.
"Hatchett smiles telling Detective he chose white man at random and stabbed him in the neck," Watson wrote. "Victim’s critical and traumatized by attack according to court testimony."
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According to Watson's full WLTZ-TV report, Hatchett allegedly entered the auto parts store and asked a white male employee for a thermostat, which the worker said the store didn't have.
When the employee turned away, Hatchett ambushed the man and repeatedly stabbed him, according to police.
Police said the worker, who wasn't identified, was in critical condition and was fortunate to have survived the savage assault.
The Columbus Police Department tracked Hatchett down after several tipsters identified him as the man seen entering and leaving the store on surveillance camera images the department released to the public, WTVY-TV reported.
According to police, when investigators showed up at his home near the crime scene, Hatchett admitted attacking the 51-year-old worker and gave officers the knife he used in the attack as well as the shirt he wore during the crime, which was in the backyard and partially burned.
Hatchett, who reportedly was involved in a separate crime in the area, was being held without bond.
The suspect might face additional penalties for a hate crime stemming from legislation Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law in June.
"On the AutoZone stabbing case, my thoughts are that if the allegations are true, then [the] defendant should be charged with aggravated battery with a hate crime sentencing enhancement if convicted beyond a reasonable doubt," Mark Jones, district attorney-elect for the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, told WTVY.
"The Hate Crime Bill imposes a mandatory imprisonment term as a sentencing enhancement on offenders who commit unjustified acts of violence solely on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, or physical disability," he added, qualifying his remarks by pointing out the incident is still under investigation.
"Our community must categorically reject unjustified violence, of any type, and we must use the law fully to that end," Jones said. "A district attorney takes an oath to prosecute cases without fear, favor, or affection, and that’s what I intend to do come January 1, 2021 when I take the oath."
The suspect's motivation, coupled with the lack of national attention on this crime, speaks volumes about how the establishment media treat race and crime in America.
The attacker apparently was whipped into a murderous frenzy by the race-baiting coverage of recent police incidents, which lately have turned into a black and white issue -- literally -- as every death or injury of a black man in an encounter with law enforcement is considered unjustified and racially motivated.
Incidents such as the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks were immediately used to advance a narrative about rampant racially motivated police violence against innocent black victims despite any evidence that race was a factor at all. (Mostly, police violence appears to be directly proportional to the degree to which a suspect resists arrest.)
Just last week, Jacob Blake, a man who was wanted on a felony sexual assault charge and who was ignoring officers' commands and reaching for a knife when he was shot seven times in the back, was portrayed as another victim of racist police, which set off NBA protests in his name and sparked riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who possibly killed two rioters in self-defense during the unrest in Kenosha, was portrayed by some in the media as a white supremacist out for blood without a shred of evidence other than his skin color.
Even if the media aren't directly responsible for Hatchett's alleged stabbing, they obviously don't treat actual racist crimes with the same gravity as imagined ones when the aggressor is black and the victim white.
These narratives about racist police, meant to advance leftists' causes and garner Democratic loyalty among minorities, have real-life consequences for people hearing them who might already be mentally unstable and have an ax to grind.
The left is putting people and especially police officers at risk while doing nothing for the minority communities it claims it wants to help.
Hatchett's alleged violent reaction to the endless, incendiary narrative shows how irresponsible and dangerous it is for the establishment media to fan the flames of racial strife with their one-sided fake news.
Regardless of the color of the hand that commits it, racially motivated crime is abhorrent and ugly to all of those with the guts to confront it -- even when it doesn't fit their own narrative.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-08-31--The tip of the spear of today's Marxism: The LGBT movement

In its pre-election purge of conservative scholarship and inconvenient historical truths , Amazon has just banned my book `` The Pink Swastika : Homosexuality in the Nazi Party , '' which I co-authored in 1995 with Orthodox Jewish Holocaust researcher , Kevin Abrams .
I will discuss that below , but first a word about the `` cancel culture '' and where the American version of it started .
`` Cancel culture '' is a social-pressure based system of political transformation that relies heavily on malicious propaganda to `` educate '' and `` inspire '' hard-left activists who then carry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the term was coined , there were `` fringe '' conservatives like me for whom being `` canceled '' was just day-to-day life .
We were the ones who rose up during the Reagan Revolution to oppose Cultural Marxism before most conservatives even knew what it was .
In fact , even today , with the term `` Marxism '' on the lips of nearly every conservative , most still do n't realize that the point of the Marxist spear now stabbing through the heart of our constitutional republic has always been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the `` Father of the American Gay Movement , '' Harry Hay , ( who marched for NAMBLA in the early `` Gay Pride '' parades ) was a teacher of Marxist theory and tactics for 18 years before he founded America 's first lasting `` gay rights '' organization in 1953 , the Mattachine Society .
Fewer still remember that the Frankfurt School founder of Cultural Marxism ( and predecessor to Saul Alinsky ) , Herbert Marcuse , saw Hay 's growing network of `` gay '' activist cell groups as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality in America .
Who better to fight what Marcuse considered the primary barrier to Marxist utopia , `` the repressive order of procreative sexuality , '' by implementing his solution , `` the disintegration of the … monogamic and patriarchal society '' ?
And when the `` gays '' fully embraced Marcuse 's radicalism in the Stonewall Riot of June 28 , 1969 ( featuring an attempt to burn police alive in the Stonewall bar – just like today 's BLM/Antifa rioters in the Portland federal building ) , the outright dismantling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priority of the left , producing most of the social crises of the past 50 years , from the legalization of abortion in 1970 to the wholesale collapse of the nuclear family in the '90s , to the normalization of transgender mutilation of children happening today ; and all of their secondary effects including epidemic levels of crime , poverty , mental illness , cultural fragmentation and sexual deviance .
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It was a large gathering of `` gay '' power-brokers and major donors at the `` LGBT for Hillary '' fundraiser in New York .
It 's no mere coincidence that Trump 's most vicious attackers in the media are homosexuals , from Anderson Cooper , to Chris Johnson to Rachel Maddow , or that funding for the Steele Dossier is linked to LGBT mega-donor billionaire Paul Singer , whose son is an open homosexual .
I bring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one who funded the `` Export of Hate '' Dossier in 2012 naming me Public Enemy No .
1 of the global LGBT agenda .
That dossier was a milestone in my long sojourn through the `` cancel culture . ''
It was published by the world 's largest LGBT organization , the `` Human Rights Campaign , '' to bolster the six and a half year major federal lawsuit against me , alleging my non-hateful , non-violent preaching against homosexuality in Uganda constituted `` Crimes Against Humanity . ''
I only survived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` cancellation '' of my Biblical worldview ( driven by a Soros-funded Manhattan-based Marxist law firm ) by the intervention of Liberty Counsel , which spent over a million dollars to defend me .
The `` cancel culture '' got its start long before I became the spokesman for the Oregon `` No Special Rights Act '' in 1991 ( a version of which was passed in Colorado , and later struck down in the SCOTUS case of Romer v. Evans ) .
But in that Oregon campaign , the form of `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – a multi-layered conspiracy of media , politicians , corporations , non-profits and violent Brownshirt street activists – was born .
The `` Bigot-Buster Squads '' the LGBTs deployed in 1992 to intimidate our petition signers and destroy petition forms evolved over the next decade into the LGBT `` doxing '' of petition signers of Proposition 8 and other California pro-family ballot measures .
Today `` doxing '' is used against anyone opposed to any Marxist goal .
Likewise , the mob-pressured canceling of our Oregon pro-family speakers and venues was an LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Likewise , the widespread use of fake hate crimes to influence public opinion during political contests started with the Oregon LGBTs .
Cancellation efforts against me personally escalated when Kevin and I wrote `` The Pink Swastika , '' a thoroughly documented defense of Jewish history in rebuttal to cynical LGBT effort to fabricate a `` Gay Holocaust '' for political advantage .
That made me one of the very first pro-family targets of the Southern Poverty Law Center .
SPLC 's totally dishonest portrayal of the book as `` discredited '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' activist academics ) and Kevin and I as `` Holocaust revisionists '' – exactly the opposite of our role – has ever since been used by liberals of every stripe to smear and `` cancel '' me in every possible way .
I 'm surprised Amazon took so long to ban `` The Pink Swastika , '' perhaps because it had so few sales ( mostly because we give the book away for free in digital form to anyone who requests it [ email protected ] ) .
Nevertheless , it irks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make up `` Big Tech '' are getting away with such obvious politically motivated censorship .
If it were just me , I 'd likely turn the other cheek .
But since it now affects our entire nation and its future , I say it 's time we started canceling back – as soon as Trump gets re-elected .

In its pre-election purge of conservative scholarship and inconvenient historical truths, Amazon has just banned my book "The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party," which I co-authored in 1995 with Orthodox Jewish Holocaust researcher, Kevin Abrams. I will discuss that below, but first a word about the "cancel culture" and where the American version of it started.
"Cancel culture" is a social-pressure based system of political transformation that relies heavily on malicious propaganda to "educate" and "inspire" hard-left activists who then carry out attacks on designated targets. Long before the term was coined, there were "fringe" conservatives like me for whom being "canceled" was just day-to-day life. We were the ones who rose up during the Reagan Revolution to oppose Cultural Marxism before most conservatives even knew what it was. In fact, even today, with the term "Marxism" on the lips of nearly every conservative, most still don't realize that the point of the Marxist spear now stabbing through the heart of our constitutional republic has always been the LGBT movement.
Few remember that the "Father of the American Gay Movement," Harry Hay, (who marched for NAMBLA in the early "Gay Pride" parades) was a teacher of Marxist theory and tactics for 18 years before he founded America's first lasting "gay rights" organization in 1953, the Mattachine Society.
Fewer still remember that the Frankfurt School founder of Cultural Marxism (and predecessor to Saul Alinsky), Herbert Marcuse, saw Hay's growing network of "gay" activist cell groups as the army that would make his vision a reality in America. Who better to fight what Marcuse considered the primary barrier to Marxist utopia, "the repressive order of procreative sexuality," by implementing his solution, "the disintegration of the … monogamic and patriarchal society"?
And when the "gays" fully embraced Marcuse's radicalism in the Stonewall Riot of June 28, 1969 (featuring an attempt to burn police alive in the Stonewall bar – just like today's BLM/Antifa rioters in the Portland federal building), the outright dismantling of marriage and family-based society became a priority of the left, producing most of the social crises of the past 50 years, from the legalization of abortion in 1970 to the wholesale collapse of the nuclear family in the '90s, to the normalization of transgender mutilation of children happening today; and all of their secondary effects including epidemic levels of crime, poverty, mental illness, cultural fragmentation and sexual deviance.
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Heck, how many conservatives remember to whom Hillary Clinton was speechifying when she called Trump supporters "a Basket of Deplorables"? It was a large gathering of "gay" power-brokers and major donors at the "LGBT for Hillary" fundraiser in New York.
It's no mere coincidence that Trump's most vicious attackers in the media are homosexuals, from Anderson Cooper, to Chris Johnson to Rachel Maddow, or that funding for the Steele Dossier is linked to LGBT mega-donor billionaire Paul Singer, whose son is an open homosexual. I bring up Singer, because he's the one who funded the "Export of Hate" Dossier in 2012 naming me Public Enemy No. 1 of the global LGBT agenda.
That dossier was a milestone in my long sojourn through the "cancel culture." It was published by the world's largest LGBT organization, the "Human Rights Campaign," to bolster the six and a half year major federal lawsuit against me, alleging my non-hateful, non-violent preaching against homosexuality in Uganda constituted "Crimes Against Humanity." I only survived that legally frivolous and ethically outrageous attempted "cancellation" of my Biblical worldview (driven by a Soros-funded Manhattan-based Marxist law firm) by the intervention of Liberty Counsel, which spent over a million dollars to defend me.
The "cancel culture" got its start long before I became the spokesman for the Oregon "No Special Rights Act" in 1991 (a version of which was passed in Colorado, and later struck down in the SCOTUS case of Romer v. Evans). But in that Oregon campaign, the form of "cancel culture" we're seeing today – a multi-layered conspiracy of media, politicians, corporations, non-profits and violent Brownshirt street activists – was born.
The "Bigot-Buster Squads" the LGBTs deployed in 1992 to intimidate our petition signers and destroy petition forms evolved over the next decade into the LGBT "doxing" of petition signers of Proposition 8 and other California pro-family ballot measures. Today "doxing" is used against anyone opposed to any Marxist goal. Likewise, the mob-pressured canceling of our Oregon pro-family speakers and venues was an LGBT tactic later adopted against all conservative speakers. Likewise, the widespread use of fake hate crimes to influence public opinion during political contests started with the Oregon LGBTs.
Cancellation efforts against me personally escalated when Kevin and I wrote "The Pink Swastika," a thoroughly documented defense of Jewish history in rebuttal to cynical LGBT effort to fabricate a "Gay Holocaust" for political advantage. That made me one of the very first pro-family targets of the Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC's totally dishonest portrayal of the book as "discredited" (citing a small handful "gay" activist academics) and Kevin and I as "Holocaust revisionists" – exactly the opposite of our role – has ever since been used by liberals of every stripe to smear and "cancel" me in every possible way.
I'm surprised Amazon took so long to ban "The Pink Swastika," perhaps because it had so few sales (mostly because we give the book away for free in digital form to anyone who requests it [email protected]). Nevertheless, it irks me greatly that the virtual monopolies that make up "Big Tech" are getting away with such obvious politically motivated censorship.
If it were just me, I'd likely turn the other cheek. But since it now affects our entire nation and its future, I say it's time we started canceling back – as soon as Trump gets re-elected.


wnd--2020-08-31--Black Lives Matter got training from Muslim terrorists

Upon the NBA 's return this weekend every player knelt during the national anthem while wearing a `` Black Lives Matter '' T-shirt .
What is not clear is whether they intended to show their support for the idea that `` black lives matter '' ( relatively uncontroversial ) or the organization `` Black Lives Matter '' ( very controversial ) .
These athletes , as well as the leagues and corporations jumping on the `` Black Lives Matter '' bandwagon , should be asked to clarify which it is they are supporting in light of what we are learning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disturbing things to come to light is BLM 's connection to Muslim extremists .
Few know the Muslim extremist movement better than Robert Spencer , a prolific author on the subject and the director of Jihad Watch .
In an exclusive interview promoting his new book , `` Rating America 's Presidents , '' on my `` Hidden Truth Show '' podcast , Spencer revealed shocking details about how the two groups share ideology , strategy and objectives , and actively work together .
`` There is an alliance there and it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` A few years back during the Obama administration , Black Lives Matter operatives went to Gaza and got training from Palestinian terrorists as to how to carry out the kind of violence we have been seeing in America the last few months , '' he asserted .
`` Black Lives Matter is a Marxist movement that wants to destroy the U.S. as a free republic and establish an authoritarian state , '' he said .
`` That coincides 100 % with the desire to destroy the United States and establish the caliphate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Islam … lends itself to authoritarian rule . ''
He notes that the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) is closely linked with the Muslim Brotherhood and has expressed solidarity with BLM and encouraged Muslims to join in the demonstrations .
The Muslim Brotherhood 's own documents , Spencer reported , state it is dedicated in the U.S. to `` eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house so that it falls . ''
`` Now that , '' Spencer says , `` is an imperative that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mouths of the Marxists , Antifa and Black Lives Matter folks . ''
Spencer asserts that BLM is using racism in much the same way as have Muslim extremists and prior communist movement to discredit the U.S. `` In the 1940s , Marxism was presented as the only answer to systemic racism in America , '' he said .
`` [ BLM ] wants to exploit and worsen racial divisions and fan the flames of racial resentment to corrode the current societal and governmental arrangement so it will fall and they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is exactly the same strategy as that of the Muslim Brotherhood . ''
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`` Marxism is by its nature internationalist , so I am sure they are tied to groups outside the U.S. who wish the country ill. '' Spencer charges that corporations and sports leagues are supporting BLM 's ideology , which `` would destroy the U.S. if it were heeded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short term profits .
The league owners are of course not Marxists , `` they just want to play and make a lot of money .
But they know they can not do that in America today unless they show support for these groups ; otherwise their stadiums will be put on fire , they will be called racists and will be boycotted . ''
It is simple appeasement , according to Spencer : `` It was Churchill who said the appeaser will feed the crocodile hoping it will eat him last .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with these mega-corporations and sports leagues supporting Antifa and Black Lives Matter . ''
You can watch a clip of the interview with Spencer here .

Upon the NBA's return this weekend every player knelt during the national anthem while wearing a "Black Lives Matter" T-shirt. What is not clear is whether they intended to show their support for the idea that "black lives matter" (relatively uncontroversial) or the organization "Black Lives Matter" (very controversial). These athletes, as well as the leagues and corporations jumping on the "Black Lives Matter" bandwagon, should be asked to clarify which it is they are supporting in light of what we are learning about the organization.
Among the more disturbing things to come to light is BLM's connection to Muslim extremists. Few know the Muslim extremist movement better than Robert Spencer, a prolific author on the subject and the director of Jihad Watch. In an exclusive interview promoting his new book, "Rating America's Presidents," on my "Hidden Truth Show" podcast, Spencer revealed shocking details about how the two groups share ideology, strategy and objectives, and actively work together.
"There is an alliance there and it is very real," Spencer said. "A few years back during the Obama administration, Black Lives Matter operatives went to Gaza and got training from Palestinian terrorists as to how to carry out the kind of violence we have been seeing in America the last few months," he asserted. "Black Lives Matter is a Marxist movement that wants to destroy the U.S. as a free republic and establish an authoritarian state," he said. "That coincides 100% with the desire to destroy the United States and establish the caliphate, because they are both authoritarian states and Islam … lends itself to authoritarian rule."
He notes that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is closely linked with the Muslim Brotherhood and has expressed solidarity with BLM and encouraged Muslims to join in the demonstrations. The Muslim Brotherhood's own documents, Spencer reported, state it is dedicated in the U.S. to "eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house so that it falls." "Now that," Spencer says, "is an imperative that you could just as easily put in the mouths of the Marxists, Antifa and Black Lives Matter folks."
Spencer asserts that BLM is using racism in much the same way as have Muslim extremists and prior communist movement to discredit the U.S. "In the 1940s, Marxism was presented as the only answer to systemic racism in America," he said. "[BLM] wants to exploit and worsen racial divisions and fan the flames of racial resentment to corrode the current societal and governmental arrangement so it will fall and they can replace it with their own. It is exactly the same strategy as that of the Muslim Brotherhood."
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He also asserts that BLM is most certainly international. "Marxism is by its nature internationalist, so I am sure they are tied to groups outside the U.S. who wish the country ill."
Spencer charges that corporations and sports leagues are supporting BLM's ideology, which "would destroy the U.S. if it were heeded and implemented," solely to protect short term profits. The league owners are of course not Marxists, "they just want to play and make a lot of money. But they know they cannot do that in America today unless they show support for these groups; otherwise their stadiums will be put on fire, they will be called racists and will be boycotted."
It is simple appeasement, according to Spencer: "It was Churchill who said the appeaser will feed the crocodile hoping it will eat him last. And that is what we are seeing with these mega-corporations and sports leagues supporting Antifa and Black Lives Matter."
You can watch a clip of the interview with Spencer here.


wnd--2020-09-01--Lawyer for Kenosha shooter says client was hunted as 'prey'

( FOX NEWS ) -- An attorney for Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse -- who is facing first-degree murder charges in @ @ @ @ @ killed two people and wounded a third person in Kenosha , Wis. last week -- @ @ @ @ @ '' Monday his client acted in self-defense .
`` He was in imminent danger of @ @ @ @ @ , '' John Pierce told host Tucker Carlson .
`` This is 100 % self-defense @ @ @ @ @ good kid . ''
According to Pierce , Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha from his home @ @ @ @ @ help a friend who owns a business in Kenosha and feared for his property after @ @ @ @ @ followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake .

(FOX NEWS) -- An attorney for Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse -- who is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a shooting that killed two people and wounded a third person in Kenosha, Wis. last week -- told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday his client acted in self-defense.
"He was in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death," John Pierce told host Tucker Carlson. "This is 100% self-defense Tucker -- Kyle is a good kid."
According to Pierce, Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Ill. to help a friend who owns a business in Kenosha and feared for his property after two nights of rioting that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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wnd--2020-09-01--The lockdown has gone from a mistake to a crime

Four months ago , I wrote a column titled `` The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History . ''
I explained that `` 'mistake ' and 'evil ' are not synonyms .
The lockdown is a mistake ; the Holocaust , slavery , communism , fascism , etc.
, were evils .
Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools ; massive evils are committed by evil people . ''
Regarding the economic catastrophe in America and around the world – especially among the world 's poor who are dependent upon America and other first-world countries for their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrote , `` It is panic and hysteria , not the coronavirus , that created this catastrophe . ''
Unfortunately , I was right .
The world should have followed Sweden 's example .
That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time .
As Reuters reported on July 15 , the number of Swedish children between 1 and 19 years of age who have died of COVID-19 is zero .
And the percentage of children who contracted the illness was the exact same in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which locked down its schools .
As regards teachers , Sweden 's Public Health Agency reported that `` a comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 in different professions suggested no increased risk for teachers . ''
Nevertheless , with few exceptions , teachers in Los Angeles and elsewhere refuse to enter a classroom that has students in it .
Their disdain for their profession has been superseded only by that of the Los Angeles teachers union , which announced that teachers will not resume teaching until the police are defunded .
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But , needless to say , this has no bearing at all on the issue of whether Sweden was right to keep schools open or whether our country was wrong to close them , let alone keep them closed now .
The overwhelming majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden were among people over 70 years of age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 80 and with compromised immune systems .
Reuters reported that three separate studies , including one by UNICEF , `` showed that Swedish children fared better than children in other countries during the pandemic , both in terms of education and mental health . ''
For more than a month , Sweden has had almost no deaths from COVID-19 while the entire society remains open and almost no one wears masks .
( In Holland , too , almost no one wears masks . )
For all intents and purposes , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ live in California , a state governed by that most dangerous of leaders : a fool with unlimited power .
Despite the fact that California ranks 28th among the 50 states in deaths per million , Gov .
Gavin Newsom has destroyed and continues to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses and untold numbers of livelihoods .
His continuing to forbid – a half-year after the onset of the pandemic – indoor dining in restaurants is leading to a projected permanent closure of approximately 1 in every 3 restaurants in the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affect retail businesses and services such as hair and nail salons .
But all this human tragedy – not to mention increased depression and suicides among the young and increased abuse of children and partners – means nothing to Newsom , to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti or to the Los Angeles Times , whose editors and columnists continue to advocate for the lockdown while they receive their salaries .
Why can people eat with no mask in an airplane – inches , not six feet , from strangers – but can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is so much bigger than the inside of an airplane , while sitting 6 feet from others ?
Because Newsom ordered it , the Los Angeles Times supports it and , like sheep , Californians have accepted it .
According to the California Association of Museums , `` Museums are losing over $ 22 million a day due to the statewide quarantine .
As of Aug. 1 , 2020 , California museums have lost more than $ 2.9 billion in revenue .
Museums have a $ 6.55 billion financial impact on California 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generated $ 492 million in tax revenues for the State of California in 2017 and over $ 1 billion in federal taxes . ''
And the American Alliance of Museums issued results from a survey on July 22 , 2020 , that warned 1 out of every 3 museums may shutter forever as funding sources and financial reserves run dry .
On Aug. 3 , The Wall Street Journal wrote , `` In March … There was broad public support for the prudent goals of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed and buying scientists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left – the media and Democratic governors and mayors – immediately moved the goal posts to `` bending the curve '' and `` saving one life , '' enabling them to get away with destroying lives and livelihoods .
I conclude with the words of a Swedish medical doctor , Sebastian Rushworth : '' COVID is over in Sweden .
People have gone back to their normal lives and barely anyone is getting infected any more .
I am willing to bet that the countries that have shut down completely will see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If that is the case , then there wo n't have been any point in shutting down in the first place .
… Shutting down completely in order to decrease the total number of deaths only makes sense if you are willing to stay shut down until a vaccine is available .
That could take years .
No country is willing to wait that long . ''
The lockdown is a crime .
But even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans .
This country is unrecognizable to those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic , which killed , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , approximately 100,000 Americans – the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans .
Nothing shut down .
Not one mask was worn .

Four months ago, I wrote a column titled "The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History." I explained that "'mistake' and 'evil' are not synonyms. The lockdown is a mistake; the Holocaust, slavery, communism, fascism, etc., were evils. Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people."
Regarding the economic catastrophe in America and around the world – especially among the world's poor who are dependent upon America and other first-world countries for their income through exports and tourism – I wrote, "It is panic and hysteria, not the coronavirus, that created this catastrophe."
Unfortunately, I was right.
The world should have followed Sweden's example. That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time. As Reuters reported on July 15, the number of Swedish children between 1 and 19 years of age who have died of COVID-19 is zero. And the percentage of children who contracted the illness was the exact same in Sweden as it was in Finland, which locked down its schools.
As regards teachers, Sweden's Public Health Agency reported that "a comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 in different professions suggested no increased risk for teachers." Nevertheless, with few exceptions, teachers in Los Angeles and elsewhere refuse to enter a classroom that has students in it. Their disdain for their profession has been superseded only by that of the Los Angeles teachers union, which announced that teachers will not resume teaching until the police are defunded.
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People who defend lockdowns and closing schools point out that Sweden has the eighth-highest death rate per million in the Western world. But, needless to say, this has no bearing at all on the issue of whether Sweden was right to keep schools open or whether our country was wrong to close them, let alone keep them closed now. The overwhelming majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden were among people over 70 years of age, and most of those were people over 80 and with compromised immune systems.
Reuters reported that three separate studies, including one by UNICEF, "showed that Swedish children fared better than children in other countries during the pandemic, both in terms of education and mental health."
For more than a month, Sweden has had almost no deaths from COVID-19 while the entire society remains open and almost no one wears masks. (In Holland, too, almost no one wears masks.) For all intents and purposes, the virus is over in Sweden.
I live in California, a state governed by that most dangerous of leaders: a fool with unlimited power. Despite the fact that California ranks 28th among the 50 states in deaths per million, Gov. Gavin Newsom has destroyed and continues to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses and untold numbers of livelihoods. His continuing to forbid – a half-year after the onset of the pandemic – indoor dining in restaurants is leading to a projected permanent closure of approximately 1 in every 3 restaurants in the state. The same catastrophic destruction will likely affect retail businesses and services such as hair and nail salons. But all this human tragedy – not to mention increased depression and suicides among the young and increased abuse of children and partners – means nothing to Newsom, to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti or to the Los Angeles Times, whose editors and columnists continue to advocate for the lockdown while they receive their salaries.
Why can people eat with no mask in an airplane – inches, not six feet, from strangers – but cannot eat in a California restaurant, which is so much bigger than the inside of an airplane, while sitting 6 feet from others? Because Newsom ordered it, the Los Angeles Times supports it and, like sheep, Californians have accepted it.
According to the California Association of Museums, "Museums are losing over $22 million a day due to the statewide quarantine. As of Aug. 1, 2020, California museums have lost more than $2.9 billion in revenue. Museums have a $6.55 billion financial impact on California's economy, support 80,722 jobs, and generated $492 million in tax revenues for the State of California in 2017 and over $1 billion in federal taxes."
And the American Alliance of Museums issued results from a survey on July 22, 2020, that warned 1 out of every 3 museums may shutter forever as funding sources and financial reserves run dry.
On Aug. 3, The Wall Street Journal wrote, "In March … There was broad public support for the prudent goals of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed and buying scientists time to develop therapies." But the left – the media and Democratic governors and mayors – immediately moved the goal posts to "bending the curve" and "saving one life," enabling them to get away with destroying lives and livelihoods.
I conclude with the words of a Swedish medical doctor, Sebastian Rushworth:
"COVID is over in Sweden. People have gone back to their normal lives and barely anyone is getting infected any more. I am willing to bet that the countries that have shut down completely will see rates spike when they open up. If that is the case, then there won't have been any point in shutting down in the first place. … Shutting down completely in order to decrease the total number of deaths only makes sense if you are willing to stay shut down until a vaccine is available. That could take years. No country is willing to wait that long."
The lockdown is a crime. But even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans. This country is unrecognizable to those of us who lived through the 1968-1970 pandemic, which killed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 100,000 Americans – the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans. Nothing shut down. Not one mask was worn.


wnd--2020-09-02--D.C. panel targets Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial

( WHIO ) -- A local government advisory commission in Washington , D.C. has recommended sweeping name changes for schools @ @ @ @ @ public spaces in the nation ’ s capital , and is urging city ’ s @ @ @ @ @ federal government to possibly ‘ remove , relocate , or contextualize ’ a group of @ @ @ @ @ Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument .
“ The Working Group ’ s research revealed @ @ @ @ @ of assets named in the District of Columbia are named for white men , many @ @ @ @ @ residents , ” the ‘ DC Faces ’ report stated .
The review was started @ @ @ @ @ over the police killing of George Floyd , which included clashes between demonstrators and police @ @ @ @ @

(WHIO) -- A local government advisory commission in Washington, D.C. has recommended sweeping name changes for schools, government buildings, and public spaces in the nation’s capital, and is urging city’s Mayor to call on the federal government to possibly ‘remove, relocate, or contextualize’ a group of federal memorials - including the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument.
“The Working Group’s research revealed that more than 70% of assets named in the District of Columbia are named for white men, many of whom were not District residents,” the ‘DC Faces’ report stated.
The review was started in the wake of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, which included clashes between demonstrators and police near the White House.
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wnd--2020-09-02--ICE announces arrests of over 2,000 illegal immigrants, many convicted of violent crimes

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested over 2,000 `` at-large individuals living illegally in the U.S. , or who are removable from the U.S. due to their criminal histories , '' in July and August , the agency announced Tuesday .
The recent actions mostly targeted people who have been arrested for -- or have pending charges or convictions related to -- serious crimes involving victims , ICE reported .
“ The aliens targeted during this operation preyed on men , women and children in our communities , committing serious crimes and , at times , repeatedly hurting their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , senior official performing the duties of the ICE director .
According to ICE 's news release : `` Data captured from July 13 to Aug. 20 shows that ICE officers arrested more than 2,000 at-large individuals living illegally in the U.S. , or who are removable from the U.S. due to their criminal histories .
`` About 85 percent of those arrested by ICE on immigration charges also had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges , '' it added .
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`` Through our targeted enforcement efforts , we are eliminating the threat posed by these criminals , many of whom are repeat offenders . ''
The criminal convictions and charges associated with the individuals include assault , domestic violence , sexual offenses , kidnapping and arson .
Among the immigrants arrested , there were more than 1,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assault and 291 for domestic violence .
There were 14 convictions and 12 pending homicide charges for homicide among those arrested , as well as 71 convictions and 40 pending charges for sexual offenses involving a minor .
ICE reassured the public that the agency takes many different factors into account when targeting and arresting individuals .
The announcement comes days after the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department announced a permanent moratorium on transferring illegal immigrants who are under ICE detainer to the federal government “ based solely on a civil immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would n't transfer the illegal immigrants due to ICE detention facility conditions and a fear of deportation .
`` There is no greater threat to public safety than a million undocumented immigrants who are afraid to report crime , out of fear of deportation and having their families torn apart , '' Villanueva said in a statement .
`` As the Sheriff of Los Angeles County , I am responsible for everyone ’ s public safety , regardless of immigration status .
I will not allow an entire segment of the population to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement and be forced , again , back into the shadows . ''
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Directory Henry Lucero pushed back , arguing that the sheriff was appealing to local residents and misinforming them about ICE operations .
“ As a federal law enforcement agency , ICE supports all individuals reporting crimes regardless of immigration status in the United States , ” Lucero told the Washington Examiner .
He added that any illegal immigrant who is a victim of or witness to a crime is eligible to apply for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement agency fails to honor these immigration detainers and releases serious criminal offenders back onto the streets , it undermines our ability to protect public safety and carry out our national security mission , ” ICE 's ERO Los Angeles Office field director , Dave Marin , said in a statement last month .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested over 2,000 "at-large individuals living illegally in the U.S., or who are removable from the U.S. due to their criminal histories," in July and August, the agency announced Tuesday.
The recent actions mostly targeted people who have been arrested for -- or have pending charges or convictions related to -- serious crimes involving victims, ICE reported.
“The aliens targeted during this operation preyed on men, women and children in our communities, committing serious crimes and, at times, repeatedly hurting their victims," said Tony H. Pham, senior official performing the duties of the ICE director.
According to ICE's news release: "Data captured from July 13 to Aug. 20 shows that ICE officers arrested more than 2,000 at-large individuals living illegally in the U.S., or who are removable from the U.S. due to their criminal histories.
"About 85 percent of those arrested by ICE on immigration charges also had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges," it added.
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“By focusing our efforts on perpetrators of crimes against people, we’re able to remove these threats from our communities and prevent future victimization from occurring," Pham said.
"Through our targeted enforcement efforts, we are eliminating the threat posed by these criminals, many of whom are repeat offenders."
The criminal convictions and charges associated with the individuals include assault, domestic violence, sexual offenses, kidnapping and arson. Among the immigrants arrested, there were more than 1,000 criminal convictions, including 388 convictions for assault and 291 for domestic violence.
There were 14 convictions and 12 pending homicide charges for homicide among those arrested, as well as 71 convictions and 40 pending charges for sexual offenses involving a minor.
ICE reassured the public that the agency takes many different factors into account when targeting and arresting individuals.
The announcement comes days after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced a permanent moratorium on transferring illegal immigrants who are under ICE detainer to the federal government “based solely on a civil immigration detainer.”
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he wouldn't transfer the illegal immigrants due to ICE detention facility conditions and a fear of deportation.
"There is no greater threat to public safety than a million undocumented immigrants who are afraid to report crime, out of fear of deportation and having their families torn apart," Villanueva said in a statement. "As the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, I am responsible for everyone’s public safety, regardless of immigration status. I will not allow an entire segment of the population to be afraid to report crimes to law enforcement and be forced, again, back into the shadows."
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Directory Henry Lucero pushed back, arguing that the sheriff was appealing to local residents and misinforming them about ICE operations.
“As a federal law enforcement agency, ICE supports all individuals reporting crimes regardless of immigration status in the United States,” Lucero told the Washington Examiner.
He added that any illegal immigrant who is a victim of or witness to a crime is eligible to apply for a visa.
“When a law enforcement agency fails to honor these immigration detainers and releases serious criminal offenders back onto the streets, it undermines our ability to protect public safety and carry out our national security mission,” ICE's ERO Los Angeles Office field director, Dave Marin, said in a statement last month.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-02--Epidemiologist warns America 'ill-served' by debate over hydroxychloroquine

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
As an epidemiologist , I believe that America has been profoundly ill-served by the contribution of its public health authorities to the debate on the efficacy of treating vulnerable COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) .
It is a debate with a direct link to whether America ’ s schools should reopen next month .
Even those who reject the World Health Organization ’ s misleading comparison of COVID-19 with the horrendous 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and its presumption that humans lack any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our ability to treat patients with COVID-19 , in order to reduce the risk in reopening schools .
Distinguished Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch has written extensively on the meticulous research demonstrating the efficacy of the early administration of HCQ in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin and zinc .
Conclusions from this research are based on criteria developed by British epidemiologist Sir Bradford Hill and Sir Richard Doll , two of the first scientists to discover the causal link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer , criteria that laid the foundations of modern epidemiology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to determine whether an observed association can be ascribed to causation .
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Instead , these agencies state that the only permissible way to determine its efficacy and safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Virologist Steven Hatfill has described a circle of self-reinforcing media commentary based on flawed , fraudulent , and withdrawn studies and the FDA ’ s mistaken decision to withdraw its HCQ Emergency Use Authorization , costing thousands of American lives .
Demanding proof when time is short and when there is highly suggestive observational evidence has been condemned by Drs .
George Fareed , Michael Jacobs , and Donald Pompan in an open letter to Dr. Fauci .
They point out that the FDA has approved many drugs without RCTs—penicillin was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no need for RCTs .
Moreover , RCTs are not designed to test the efficacy of a therapy in high-risk outpatient settings before a patient is notified of the results of a test for COVID-19 .
It can not be ethical for public health bodies to demand impossible standards of proof for potential lifesaving therapies .
To require an RCT for the HCQ triple therapy is indeed unethical ; evidence supporting its use comes from large patient series , controlled trials , and even a natural experiment in the Brazilian state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , keep in mind that observations might be affected should the SARS-CoV-2 virus lose virulence .
Spanish authorities report that fatality rates have fallen , even among elderly patients , which would be consistent with reduced SARS-CoV-2 virulence .
This , too , should be considered by public authorities in assessing the risks associated with reopening schools .
Yet rather than engage in proper debate , Dr. Fauci has resorted to name-calling .
“ The pushback has been furious , ” Risch writes .
Dr. Fauci “ has implied that I am incompetent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , methodologically relevant publications in peer-reviewed scientific literature.
” Dr. Fauci ’ s position calls to mind that of English statistician Ronald A. Fisher , who in the 1950s vehemently argued against Hill and Doll and their finding that smoking causes lung cancer , on very similar grounds to those used by Dr. Fauci to dispute the efficacy of HCQ—that observational data can not prove causality .
This is an extraordinary position for America ’ s leading health official to adopt ; by the same logic , Dr. Fauci would deny the evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also waded into the debate on reopening schools , arguing that they should remain closed where the virus is circulating .
While the effect of reopening schools on community transmission is uncertain , we know that keeping them closed harms children , especially those in poorer communities .
This should not be a matter of politics , left or right .
In Britain , chief medical officers have issued a statement on the benefits of school to children and the “ exceptionally small risk ” of children dying from COVID-19 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanna Marin , a left-of-center Social Democrat , decided in May that Finnish children should return to school , despite opposition from the teachers ’ union .
It would be a needless calamity for America ’ s schools not to reopen at the start of the new school year—and a calamity not to protect the vulnerable with the most efficacious therapies we have .
Clinical evidence strongly supports the use of the HCQ triple therapy at an early stage for the elderly and those with comorbidities .
I earnestly hope that Dr. Fauci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his hitherto considerable reputation .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Mikko Paunio
Real Clear Politics
As an epidemiologist, I believe that America has been profoundly ill-served by the contribution of its public health authorities to the debate on the efficacy of treating vulnerable COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). It is a debate with a direct link to whether America’s schools should reopen next month. Even those who reject the World Health Organization’s misleading comparison of COVID-19 with the horrendous 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and its presumption that humans lack any immunity against SARS-CoV-2 would welcome improvements in our ability to treat patients with COVID-19, in order to reduce the risk in reopening schools.
Distinguished Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch has written extensively on the meticulous research demonstrating the efficacy of the early administration of HCQ in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin and zinc. Conclusions from this research are based on criteria developed by British epidemiologist Sir Bradford Hill and Sir Richard Doll, two of the first scientists to discover the causal link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, criteria that laid the foundations of modern epidemiology and that are used to this day to determine whether an observed association can be ascribed to causation.
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Far from exploring this potential breakthrough in the treatment of COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were both dismissive, condemning early outpatient treatment with the HCQ triple therapy as ineffective and dangerous. Instead, these agencies state that the only permissible way to determine its efficacy and safety is with randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Virologist Steven Hatfill has described a circle of self-reinforcing media commentary based on flawed, fraudulent, and withdrawn studies and the FDA’s mistaken decision to withdraw its HCQ Emergency Use Authorization, costing thousands of American lives.
Demanding proof when time is short and when there is highly suggestive observational evidence has been condemned by Drs. George Fareed, Michael Jacobs, and Donald Pompan in an open letter to Dr. Fauci. They point out that the FDA has approved many drugs without RCTs—penicillin was so efficacious in treating pneumonia that there was no need for RCTs. Moreover, RCTs are not designed to test the efficacy of a therapy in high-risk outpatient settings before a patient is notified of the results of a test for COVID-19. It cannot be ethical for public health bodies to demand impossible standards of proof for potential lifesaving therapies.
To require an RCT for the HCQ triple therapy is indeed unethical; evidence supporting its use comes from large patient series, controlled trials, and even a natural experiment in the Brazilian state of Pará. In assessing ongoing patient outcomes, keep in mind that observations might be affected should the SARS-CoV-2 virus lose virulence. Spanish authorities report that fatality rates have fallen, even among elderly patients, which would be consistent with reduced SARS-CoV-2 virulence. This, too, should be considered by public authorities in assessing the risks associated with reopening schools.
Yet rather than engage in proper debate, Dr. Fauci has resorted to name-calling. “The pushback has been furious,” Risch writes. Dr. Fauci “has implied that I am incompetent, notwithstanding my hundreds of highly regarded, methodologically relevant publications in peer-reviewed scientific literature.” Dr. Fauci’s position calls to mind that of English statistician Ronald A. Fisher, who in the 1950s vehemently argued against Hill and Doll and their finding that smoking causes lung cancer, on very similar grounds to those used by Dr. Fauci to dispute the efficacy of HCQ—that observational data cannot prove causality. This is an extraordinary position for America’s leading health official to adopt; by the same logic, Dr. Fauci would deny the evidence that tobacco smoking kills.
Dr. Fauci has also waded into the debate on reopening schools, arguing that they should remain closed where the virus is circulating. While the effect of reopening schools on community transmission is uncertain, we know that keeping them closed harms children, especially those in poorer communities. This should not be a matter of politics, left or right. In Britain, chief medical officers have issued a statement on the benefits of school to children and the “exceptionally small risk” of children dying from COVID-19. In my country, Finland, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, a left-of-center Social Democrat, decided in May that Finnish children should return to school, despite opposition from the teachers’ union.
It would be a needless calamity for America’s schools not to reopen at the start of the new school year—and a calamity not to protect the vulnerable with the most efficacious therapies we have. Clinical evidence strongly supports the use of the HCQ triple therapy at an early stage for the elderly and those with comorbidities. I earnestly hope that Dr. Fauci reconsiders his opposition to HCQ and restores his hitherto considerable reputation.