wnd--2020-05-10--Stunner! Students now must be presumed innocent of sex-assault accusations

Federal rules for college campuses have been updated now to give students there due process rights , and a key promoter of student rights says it 's a major step in the right direction , but the war is not over .
The Department of Education announced the adoption of new Title IX regulations , which now guarantee `` critical due process protections that Americans recognize as essential to securing justice , but that have for too long been denied to students accused of sexual misconduct on college campuses , '' said a report from the Foundation for Individual Rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barack Obama administration that the federal bureaucracy issued a letter that `` denied students important due process protections in campus sexual misconduct proceedings . ''
For example , someone could be found guilty in a campus proceeding on no more than a `` preponderance of the evidence , '' the lowest standard possible which means nothing more than it 's more likely than not something happened .
And sometimes those accused were n't allowed to bring testimony in their own defense .
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That Obama-era instruction was rescinded in 2017 because the original `` sowed confusion among administrators and prompted more than 600 lawsuits from individuals who alleged they were denied a fair process , '' FIRE reported .
The new rules were proposed in 2018 and it took until now for their finalization .
FIRE noted that that was a victory for `` free speech and due process . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ led the charge to introduce fairness to campus proceedings , first nearly alone , then with a growing number of allies , '' said FIRE Executive Director Robert Shibley .
`` Today , we won an important victory .
But our work is not over .
We will continue to fight to ensure that students are afforded the rights now guaranteed to them when they return to campus this fall . ''
The new requirements include an express presumption of innocence , live hearings with cross-examination , time and information to prepare for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that all relevant evidence get an objective evaluation .
The standard for evidence also now must be `` clear and convincing , '' which is not as high as `` beyond a reasonable doubt '' but far more strict than a `` preponderance . ''
`` Finally , the regulations define “ sexual harassment ” as it was defined by the Supreme Court of the United States in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ( 1999 ) , '' FIRE reported .
`` This definition provides a clear path for institutions to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protecting students ’ expressive rights . ''
FIRE released a study only months ago that found `` college students are routinely denied even the most basic elements of a fair hearing .
Nearly three-quarters of America ’ s top universities do not even expressly guarantee students they will be presumed innocent until proven guilty , and just slightly more than half of schools explicitly require that fact-finders — the institution ’ s version of judge and/or jury — be impartial . ''
`` Students shouldn ’ t have to relinquish their basic rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campus , but at almost every top college in this country , that ’ s exactly what happens , '' said FIRE Senior Fellow Samantha Harris .
`` Sexual misconduct is a gravely serious offense for which the punishment must be substantial .
The department ’ s new regulations require schools to provide students with a fundamentally fair process before imposing these life-altering consequences . ''

Federal rules for college campuses have been updated now to give students their due process rights, and a key promoter of student rights says it's a major step in the right direction, but the war is not over.
The Department of Education announced the adoption of new Title IX regulations, which now guarantee "critical due process protections that Americans recognize as essential to securing justice, but that have for too long been denied to students accused of sexual misconduct on college campuses," said a report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
It was during the Barack Obama administration that the federal bureaucracy issued a letter that "denied students important due process protections in campus sexual misconduct proceedings."
For example, someone could be found guilty in a campus proceeding on no more than a "preponderance of the evidence," the lowest standard possible which means nothing more than it's more likely than not something happened. And sometimes those accused weren't allowed to bring testimony in their own defense.
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Conversely, during criminal proceedings regarding the same issues, defendants are not guilty unless there is evidence "beyond a reasonable doubt."
That Obama-era instruction was rescinded in 2017 because the original "sowed confusion among administrators and prompted more than 600 lawsuits from individuals who alleged they were denied a fair process," FIRE reported.
The new rules were proposed in 2018 and it took until now for their finalization.
FIRE noted that that was a victory for "free speech and due process."
"For nearly a decade, FIRE led the charge to introduce fairness to campus proceedings, first nearly alone, then with a growing number of allies," said FIRE Executive Director Robert Shibley. "Today, we won an important victory. But our work is not over. We will continue to fight to ensure that students are afforded the rights now guaranteed to them when they return to campus this fall."
The new requirements include an express presumption of innocence, live hearings with cross-examination, time and information to prepare for hearings, impartial investigators and a demand that all relevant evidence get an objective evaluation.
The standard for evidence also now must be "clear and convincing," which is not as high as "beyond a reasonable doubt" but far more strict than a "preponderance."
"Finally, the regulations define “sexual harassment” as it was defined by the Supreme Court of the United States in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (1999)," FIRE reported. "This definition provides a clear path for institutions to respond to allegations of misconduct while also protecting students’ expressive rights."
FIRE released a study only months ago that found "college students are routinely denied even the most basic elements of a fair hearing. Nearly three-quarters of America’s top universities do not even expressly guarantee students they will be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and just slightly more than half of schools explicitly require that fact-finders — the institution’s version of judge and/or jury — be impartial."
"Students shouldn’t have to relinquish their basic rights when they step foot on a college campus, but at almost every top college in this country, that’s exactly what happens," said FIRE Senior Fellow Samantha Harris. "Sexual misconduct is a gravely serious offense for which the punishment must be substantial. The department’s new regulations require schools to provide students with a fundamentally fair process before imposing these life-altering consequences."


wnd--2020-05-10--Judge: Accurate depiction of abortion is 'sickening' and 'horrific,' so it can be banned

A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that an accurate image depicting an abortion is `` sickening '' and `` horrific , '' and that 's why he says a city can ban it .
The ruling from Judge Jonathan Radway will be appealed , according to the U.K.-based charity Christian Concern .
Pro-life advocate Christian Hacking of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform UK was issued a legal notice that banned him from showing large images of unborn babies in the borough of Waltham Forest .
Police confiscated the images in an action authorities `` admitted was unlawful , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Christian Legal Centre , which has worked on the case , said : `` The judgment says that this case 'is not about the rights and wrongs of abortion . '
But it is impossible to disentangle this distressing image from the disturbing reality it shows . ''
Williams explained the ruling hinges on the idea that the image of the reality of abortion causes lasting emotional harm .
`` But however uncomfortable the truth , we must be free to make these distressing realities known – or the vastly more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticism , '' Williams said .
`` There is a high bar to restricting free speech .
Freedom of speech must include , and has been ruled in law to include , that which is shocking , provocative and offensive .
Political campaigns are often shocking and disturbing .
Graphic images of cancers are used in government advertising to persuade people not to smoke , for example .
Abortion is by its nature a graphic deed .
It is a bloody destruction of a human life .
This is what was being exposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city 's order against Hacking violated his rights to freedom of expression , but he said that was all right because `` some members '' of the public found the images offensive .
Hacking said , in a statement released by his lawyers : `` I am deeply disappointed that our appeal to show the reality of abortion to the people of Waltham Forest has not been successful .
The real victim of abortion is not MP Stella Creasy , or those negatively impacted by its visualization , but the unborn child .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ # StopStella campaign last year that targeted MP Stella Creasy 's campaign for election .
Her position is that abortion should be legal for any reason as late as 28 weeks .
In response , Creasy demanded police intervene to shut down the campaign .

A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that an accurate image depicting an abortion is "sickening" and "horrific," and that's why he says a city can ban it.
The ruling from Judge Jonathan Radway will be appealed, according to the U.K.-based charity Christian Concern.
Pro-life advocate Christian Hacking of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform UK was issued a legal notice that banned him from showing large images of unborn babies in the borough of Waltham Forest.
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Police confiscated the images in an action authorities "admitted was unlawful," Christian Concern said.
Andrea Williams of the Christian Legal Centre, which has worked on the case, said: "The judgment says that this case 'is not about the rights and wrongs of abortion.' But it is impossible to disentangle this distressing image from the disturbing reality it shows."
Williams explained the ruling hinges on the idea that the image of the reality of abortion causes lasting emotional harm.
"But however uncomfortable the truth, we must be free to make these distressing realities known – or the vastly more horrific truth of abortion becomes immune to criticism," Williams said.
"There is a high bar to restricting free speech. Freedom of speech must include, and has been ruled in law to include, that which is shocking, provocative and offensive. Political campaigns are often shocking and disturbing. Graphic images of cancers are used in government advertising to persuade people not to smoke, for example. Abortion is by its nature a graphic deed. It is a bloody destruction of a human life. This is what was being exposed."
The judge ruled that the city's order against Hacking violated his rights to freedom of expression, but he said that was all right because "some members" of the public found the images offensive.
Hacking said, in a statement released by his lawyers: "I am deeply disappointed that our appeal to show the reality of abortion to the people of Waltham Forest has not been successful. The real victim of abortion is not MP Stella Creasy, or those negatively impacted by its visualization, but the unborn child."
Hacking was taking part in a #StopStella campaign last year that targeted MP Stella Creasy's campaign for election.
Her position is that abortion should be legal for any reason as late as 28 weeks.
In response, Creasy demanded police intervene to shut down the campaign.


wnd--2020-05-10--Los Angeles to single out hotels not housing homeless, may 'commandeer' them

It 's not a great time to be a hotelier anywhere , but it 's especially bad in Los Angeles .
It is n't just that the city 's normally bustling tourist economy is taking a hit from the coronavirus crisis .
It 's also that there 's a major homeless problem there -- and that , due to the coronavirus pandemic , officials are looking for a solution from the hotel industry .
One of solutions is a program of the county and city of Los Angeles called Project Roomkey , where hotel rooms are used to house the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ website , the hotels `` provide temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness who are not COVID-19 positive or symptomatic , but are vulnerable to complications should they become infected with COVID-19 . ''
`` The County has partnered with hotel associations to identify sites that meet the operational needs of the program .
Hundreds of properties have been explored and contacted , '' the website states .
But not enough have said yes , apparently .
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So now , at least one city council member is looking to `` commandeer '' rooms from hotels that do n't willingly allow homeless individuals to stay there .
“ If hotels are making a distinction among people classifying housed and unhoused differently in terms of accommodations that they ’ re going to be repaid for , that the city and county will pay for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a potential civil rights violation , ” Councilman Mike Bonin said at a Wednesday meeting , KTTV reported .
“ If the problems are on the hotel end , the public should know why , and then we should consider commandeering as they ’ ve talked about in other cities.
” For right now , the city is n't going to do that .
Instead , the city council voted to identify any hotels that have refused to participate in the program and see if they 've received tax breaks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a complete justification that we expect something back , especially during an emergency , ” Councilman Mitch O ’ Farrel said , according to KTTV .
However , if Los Angeles decides it wants to go the way of `` commandeering '' private property , the dean of ( of course ) Berkeley Law at the University of California Berkeley says it 's legally feasible .
“ If the city decides it needs to take hotels to house the homeless , the city , I think , will be able to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KTTV .
“ The Constitution says that the government can take private property for public use so long as it pays just compensation , the city , therefore , could commandeer a hotel for the homeless , but I think that would be confiscating for a period of time , and the government would have to compensate the hotel owners.
” If the city council is playing the bad cop , meanwhile , Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is playing the good cop .
`` Each hotel brings new hope , each room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , according to KABC-TV .
`` Hotel and motel operators are ambassadors of the Angeleno spirit . ''
However , bad cop Councilman Bonin says that , you know , if you do n't want to be ambassadors of the Angeleno spirit , he 's willing to make you be an ambassador .
`` I do n't think fancy hotels should be exempt from Project Roomkey , '' Bonin said , according to KABC .
`` As we look to hotels to step up , those that have benefited from public investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first that we should be looking towards . ''
That includes the famous Ritz-Carlton -- a hotel that 's is part of L.A. LIVE , a complex that signed on to receive $ 270 million in financial incentives from the city over a 25-year period in 2005 , according to a 2018 report from the Los Angeles city controller .
The Ritz-Carlton is private property and demanding access to it in exchange for money is cronyism , plain and simple .
However , the city is also demanding access to rooms in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The homeowner 's association says it will be fighting participation in Project Roomkey based on concerns regarding safety , health and property values .
`` Aside from the logistical concerns , safety concerns , there are families that live down there with children , '' said John Satterfield , who owns two units in the building , according to KABC .
`` I do n't actually trust how they 're going to control it . ''
“ We were all shocked and offended when we found out this might be a possibility , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner of Re/Max in Downtown Los Angeles , according to KTTV .
“ In theory it ’ s a great idea , I support the program .
But in practice , specifically for this property , it just isn ’ t , because you want to house hundreds of homeless people in a structure that ’ s literally in the same building with 224 homeowners ?
Having it in your own home basically is just a little too much , in fact , it ’ s offensive.
” '' Average price for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Avaness said .
according to KABC .
`` Minimum , $ 1 million and goes all the way up to $ 40 , $ 42 million . ''
If Los Angeles provides proper remuneration for these units , it 'd be an incredible waste of taxpayer money and an infringement upon private property .
And keep in mind , this is n't just Los Angeles ' money ; the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be reimbursing the hotels for 75 percent of the cost , KABC reported .
If the city does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basically going to be forcing one of the most exclusive properties in the world to give it rooms at a massive discount because the city once gave tax breaks to the property 's owners .
And that 's what other property owners can expect , tax breaks or no tax breaks .
This is going to be on Los Angeles ' terms .
Anyone who thinks it wo n't be is a fool .
You can listen to good cop Garcetti about how this is about being better Angelenos or listen to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how , if you do n't cooperate , they 'll make you cooperate -- or else it 'll be termed a civil rights violation .
The homelessness in Los Angeles is , among other things , a failure of state and local government .
Shaming property owners because they wo n't solve the government 's problems is part of the problem in California , not part of the solution .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

It's not a great time to be a hotelier anywhere, but it's especially bad in Los Angeles.
It isn't just that the city's normally bustling tourist economy is taking a hit from the coronavirus crisis. It's also that there's a major homeless problem there -- and that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials are looking for a solution from the hotel industry.
One of solutions is a program of the county and city of Los Angeles called Project Roomkey, where hotel rooms are used to house the homeless. According to the county's website, the hotels "provide temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness who are not COVID-19 positive or symptomatic, but are vulnerable to complications should they become infected with COVID-19."
"The County has partnered with hotel associations to identify sites that meet the operational needs of the program. Hundreds of properties have been explored and contacted," the website states.
But not enough have said yes, apparently.
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According to KTTV-TV, while the city of Los Angeles has been looking to house 15,000 homeless through the partnerships, it's only been able to place 1,582 in Project Roomkey locations. So now, at least one city council member is looking to "commandeer" rooms from hotels that don't willingly allow homeless individuals to stay there.
“If hotels are making a distinction among people classifying housed and unhoused differently in terms of accommodations that they’re going to be repaid for, that the city and county will pay for with reimbursements, then I think there’s a potential civil rights violation,” Councilman Mike Bonin said at a Wednesday meeting, KTTV reported.
“If the problems are on the hotel end, the public should know why, and then we should consider commandeering as they’ve talked about in other cities.”
For right now, the city isn't going to do that. Instead, the city council voted to identify any hotels that have refused to participate in the program and see if they've received tax breaks.
“It would seem to me to be a complete justification that we expect something back, especially during an emergency,” Councilman Mitch O’ Farrel said, according to KTTV.
However, if Los Angeles decides it wants to go the way of "commandeering" private property, the dean of (of course) Berkeley Law at the University of California Berkeley says it's legally feasible.
“If the city decides it needs to take hotels to house the homeless, the city, I think, will be able to do that,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky told KTTV.
“The Constitution says that the government can take private property for public use so long as it pays just compensation, the city, therefore, could commandeer a hotel for the homeless, but I think that would be confiscating for a period of time, and the government would have to compensate the hotel owners.”
If the city council is playing the bad cop, meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is playing the good cop.
"Each hotel brings new hope, each room could save a life," Garcetti said, according to KABC-TV.
"Hotel and motel operators are ambassadors of the Angeleno spirit."
However, bad cop Councilman Bonin says that, you know, if you don't want to be ambassadors of the Angeleno spirit, he's willing to make you be an ambassador.
"I don't think fancy hotels should be exempt from Project Roomkey," Bonin said, according to KABC. "As we look to hotels to step up, those that have benefited from public investment and public largess -- those are the first that we should be looking towards."
That includes the famous Ritz-Carlton -- a hotel that's is part of L.A. LIVE, a complex that signed on to receive $270 million in financial incentives from the city over a 25-year period in 2005, according to a 2018 report from the Los Angeles city controller.
The Ritz-Carlton is private property and demanding access to it in exchange for money is cronyism, plain and simple. However, the city is also demanding access to rooms in a hotel that houses 224 condominium units.
The homeowner's association says it will be fighting participation in Project Roomkey based on concerns regarding safety, health and property values.
"Aside from the logistical concerns, safety concerns, there are families that live down there with children," said John Satterfield, who owns two units in the building, according to KABC. "I don't actually trust how they're going to control it."
“We were all shocked and offended when we found out this might be a possibility,” said Art Avaness, broker and owner of Re/Max in Downtown Los Angeles, according to KTTV.
“In theory it’s a great idea, I support the program. But in practice, specifically for this property, it just isn’t, because you want to house hundreds of homeless people in a structure that’s literally in the same building with 224 homeowners? Having it in your own home basically is just a little too much, in fact, it’s offensive.”
"Average price for a one-bedroom is about a million bucks," Avaness said. according to KABC. "Minimum, $1 million and goes all the way up to $40, $42 million."
"Imagine spending millions of dollars to buy one of the luxurious Ritz-Carlton residences in downtown Los Angeles only to learn you may soon be sharing space with the homeless."https://t.co/tLhewlqpD9
I just did and submitted it as a sitcom spec! — Kevin Dayton (@DaytonPubPolicy) May 5, 2020
If Los Angeles provides proper remuneration for these units, it'd be an incredible waste of taxpayer money and an infringement upon private property. And keep in mind, this isn't just Los Angeles' money; the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be reimbursing the hotels for 75 percent of the cost, KABC reported.
If the city doesn't provide proper remuneration, it's basically going to be forcing one of the most exclusive properties in the world to give it rooms at a massive discount because the city once gave tax breaks to the property's owners.
And that's what other property owners can expect, tax breaks or no tax breaks. This is going to be on Los Angeles' terms. Anyone who thinks it won't be is a fool. You can listen to good cop Garcetti about how this is about being better Angelenos or listen to the bad cops on the city council about how, if you don't cooperate, they'll make you cooperate -- or else it'll be termed a civil rights violation.
The homelessness in Los Angeles is, among other things, a failure of state and local government. Shaming property owners because they won't solve the government's problems is part of the problem in California, not part of the solution.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-05-10--'I want to 'f*** you': Watch Tara Reade spill Biden beans to Megyn Kelly, with transcript

( THE FEDERALIST ) -- Tara Reade defended her sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden in an @ @ @ @ @ Kelly posted Friday night on YouTube .
Taped earlier this week , the 40-minute interview @ @ @ @ @ ’ s background , covered the alleged assault in graphic detail , and pushed Reade @ @ @ @ @ her account .
A rush transcript of the full interview is below .

(THE FEDERALIST) -- Tara Reade defended her sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden in an extensive sit-down interview with Megyn Kelly posted Friday night on YouTube.
Taped earlier this week, the 40-minute interview began with questions about Reade’s background, covered the alleged assault in graphic detail, and pushed Reade to confront several criticisms of her account.
A rush transcript of the full interview is below.
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wnd--2020-05-11--Ice-cream shop closes 1 day after reopening as patrons harass workers

( FOX NEWS ) -- The owner of a Massachusetts ice cream parlor closed its doors just one day after @ @ @ @ @ in response to how angry customers mistreated a teenage employee .
Mark Lawrence , who @ @ @ @ @ Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee , a small town on Cape Cod , @ @ @ @ @ under the state ’ s restaurant guidelines until Mother ’ s Day weekend .
But @ @ @ @ @ turned into a harsh lesson for the small business , according to Lawrence , who @ @ @ @ @ frustrated with having to wait longer for their ice cream after the shop grew busy @ @ @ @ @ his staff .

(FOX NEWS) -- The owner of a Massachusetts ice cream parlor closed its doors just one day after reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic in response to how angry customers mistreated a teenage employee.
Mark Lawrence, who for 19 years has operated Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee, a small town on Cape Cod, waited to reopen his shop under the state’s restaurant guidelines until Mother’s Day weekend.
But Friday’s grand reopening turned into a harsh lesson for the small business, according to Lawrence, who told FOX25 Boston that customers frustrated with having to wait longer for their ice cream after the shop grew busy took their anger out on his staff.
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wnd--2020-05-11--1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden’s office

( SAN LUIS OBISPO TRIBUNE ) -- A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her @ @ @ @ @ while working for Joe Biden in 1993 .
The declaration — exclusively obtained by The @ @ @ @ @ , California — does not say Biden committed the harassment nor does it mention Reade @ @ @ @ @ of sexual assault .
Reade ’ s then-husband Theodore Dronen wrote the court declaration .
@ @ @ @ @ contesting a restraining order Reade filed against him days after he filed for divorce , @ @ @ @ @

(SAN LUIS OBISPO TRIBUNE) -- A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her ex-husband she was sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden in 1993.
The declaration — exclusively obtained by The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California — does not say Biden committed the harassment nor does it mention Reade’s more recent allegations of sexual assault.
Reade’s then-husband Theodore Dronen wrote the court declaration. Dronen at the time was contesting a restraining order Reade filed against him days after he filed for divorce, Superior Court records show.
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wnd--2020-05-10--Security footage in Arbery case leaks, videos back original 9-1-1 call

Georgia investigators are reviewing new video evidence as they try to piece together the events that led to the Feb. 23 killing of Ahmaud Arbery .
On Thursday , the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that it had arrested Gregory McMichael , 64 , and his 34-year-old son , Travis McMichael , and charged them with aggravated assault and the murder of Arbery .
Arbery , 25 , was jogging in Brunswick , Georgia , on Feb. 23 when the McMichaels confronted him .
Police have alleged that Travis McMichael shot and killed Arbery .
Gregory McMichael has said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to burglaries in the area , and claimed Arbery attacked them .
Cell phone video of Arbery being shot has made the case a national flashpoint .
The GBI is trying to piece together what took place before the shooting , and to do that has reviewed a home security video from the neighborhood .
“ We are using video to put the timeline together to fill in the blanks of what happened that afternoon , ” said Scott Dutton , GBI ’ s deputy director of investigations , according to the Atlanta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note that this footage was reviewed at the beginning of the GBI investigation and before the arrests of Gregory and Travis McMichael , '' the GBI said in a statement released Saturday .
Video leaked to the Journal-Constitution appears to back up 911 calls prior to the shooting , which reported that a man had entered the site of a home under construction .
Another video showed a man actually on the property where the construction was taking place .
Another 911 call reported a man running down the street .
Video taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the construction site shows a man wearing clothes that appear to match what Arbery was wearing at the time of the incident walk into house that was under construction .
The figure is small and appears first in the top right of the frame about the 13:30 mark of the video .
As the video continues , the man who appears to be Arbery reappears after several minutes ( a barely visible white flash about the 14:43 mark ) , and runs off of view in the direction of Travis McMichael 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On that day , the Glynn County 911 center received report from a man identified by George Public Broadcasting as Travis McMichael , who reported that a man was in the house under construction .
A recording of the call has been released .
“ And you said someone is breaking into it right now ? ''
a 911 dispatcher said .
“ No , ” the man said .
“ It ’ s all open , it ’ s under construction .
And he ’ s running right now !
There he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the dispatcher asked .
“ What is he doing ?
” “ He ’ s running down the street , '' the caller said .
`` OK. That 's fine .
I 'll get them out there .
I just need to know what he was doing wrong , '' the dispatcher said .
A second 911 call included a comment from a man who said , “ There ’ s a black male running down the street.
” Other video shows a man who appears to be Arbery walking around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family said the video shows the dead man did nothing wrong .
“ Ahmaud Arbery did not take part in any felony , had no illegal substances in his system , was not armed yet was shot three times with a shotgun at close range , '' the statement said .
Although the McMichaels said they were reacting to recent burglaries , Glynn County police records only show a Jan. 1 report of a gun stolen from an unlocked truck parked at McMichael ’ s house , according to the Journal-Constitution .
GBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge the father and son .
“ I can tell you there was more than sufficient probable cause in this case , ” he said .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Georgia investigators are reviewing new video evidence as they try to piece together the events that led to the Feb. 23 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
On Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that it had arrested Gregory McMichael, 64, and his 34-year-old son, Travis McMichael, and charged them with aggravated assault and the murder of Arbery.
Arbery, 25, was jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23 when the McMichaels confronted him. Police have alleged that Travis McMichael shot and killed Arbery. Gregory McMichael has said he and his son suspected Arbery was linked to burglaries in the area, and claimed Arbery attacked them.
Cell phone video of Arbery being shot has made the case a national flashpoint.
The GBI is trying to piece together what took place before the shooting, and to do that has reviewed a home security video from the neighborhood.
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“We are using video to put the timeline together to fill in the blanks of what happened that afternoon,” said Scott Dutton, GBI’s deputy director of investigations, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"It is important to note that this footage was reviewed at the beginning of the GBI investigation and before the arrests of Gregory and Travis McMichael," the GBI said in a statement released Saturday.
Video leaked to the Journal-Constitution appears to back up 911 calls prior to the shooting, which reported that a man had entered the site of a home under construction.
Another video showed a man actually on the property where the construction was taking place. Another 911 call reported a man running down the street.
Video taken from a home about a block away from the construction site shows a man wearing clothes that appear to match what Arbery was wearing at the time of the incident walk into house that was under construction.
The figure is small and appears first in the top right of the frame about the 13:30 mark of the video.
As the video continues, the man who appears to be Arbery reappears after several minutes (a barely visible white flash about the 14:43 mark), and runs off of view in the direction of Travis McMichael's home, according to the Journal-Constitution.
On that day, the Glynn County 911 center received report from a man identified by George Public Broadcasting as Travis McMichael, who reported that a man was in the house under construction. A recording of the call has been released.
“And you said someone is breaking into it right now?" a 911 dispatcher said.
“No,” the man said. “It’s all open, it’s under construction. And he’s running right now! There he goes right now.”
“OK,” the dispatcher asked. “What is he doing?”
“He’s running down the street," the caller said.
"OK. That's fine. I'll get them out there. I just need to know what he was doing wrong," the dispatcher said.
A second 911 call included a comment from a man who said, “There’s a black male running down the street.”
Other video shows a man who appears to be Arbery walking around the site.
Lawyers representing Arbery’s family said the video shows the dead man did nothing wrong.
“Ahmaud Arbery did not take part in any felony, had no illegal substances in his system, was not armed yet was shot three times with a shotgun at close range," the statement said.
Although the McMichaels said they were reacting to recent burglaries, Glynn County police records only show a Jan. 1 report of a gun stolen from an unlocked truck parked at McMichael’s house, according to the Journal-Constitution.
GBI Director Vic Reynolds defended the decision to charge the father and son.
“I can tell you there was more than sufficient probable cause in this case,” he said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-05-12--ABC News: DNI chief wants to unmask Obama officials who unmasked Flynn

Richard Grenell , the acting director of national intelligence , visited the Justice Department last week seeking to declassify documents related to Obama administration officials ’ s unmasking of Michael Flynn in transcripts of phone calls he had with Russia ’ s ambassador , ABC News is reporting .
Grenell is asking the Justice Department to declassify a list of names of officials involved in the unmasking process , a senior intelligence official told ABC .
Unmasking refers to a process where top U.S. government officials can request information on American citizens picked up during electronic surveillance of foreigners .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Dec. 29 , 2016 phone with Sergey Kislyak , the Russian ambassador .
It is not illegal for U.S. officials to make unmasking requests .
But the information on Flynn was leaked to the Washington Post , opening up the possibility that someone in the Obama administration illegally disclosed classified information .
An unidentified senior U.S. official provided details of the Flynn-Kislyak phone call to the Washington Post for a column published on Jan. 12 , 2017 .
The revelations set off a chain of events that led the FBI to interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 24 , 2017 .
Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements in that interview regarding the substance of his conversation with Kislyak .
But he retracted that admission of guilt on Jan. 29 .
The Justice Department filed a motion to withdraw charges against Flynn on Thursday , citing the discovery of FBI documents that showed that the bureau was about to shut down a counterintelligence investigation of Flynn just before he was unmasked in the phone call with Kislyak .
Attorney General William Barr defended the decision on Thursday , saying that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perjury trap ” for Flynn .
He also said that there was nothing illegal about Flynn ’ s call with Kislyak .
Grenell , who is also serving as ambassador to Germany , has led a push in recent weeks to declassify a trove of documents related to the FBI ’ s investigation of various Trump associates .
He took part in the process to declassify footnotes from a Justice Department inspector general ’ s report on the FBI ’ s Crossfire Hurricane investigation .
The footnotes , which were published on April @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence of possible Russian disinformation in the Steele dossier .
Grenell also pressured Rep. Adam Schiff into releasing 53 transcripts of interviews that the House Intelligence Committee conducted as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election .
The transcripts showed that multiple Obama administration officials testified that they had not seen evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government .
The transcripts also revealed that Obama administration officials James Clapper , Susan Rice , Ben Rhodes , and Samantha Power denied taking part in the Flynn leak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Intelligence did not respond to a request for comment .
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
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By Chuck Ross
Daily Caller News Foundation
Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence, visited the Justice Department last week seeking to declassify documents related to Obama administration officials’s unmasking of Michael Flynn in transcripts of phone calls he had with Russia’s ambassador, ABC News is reporting.
Grenell is asking the Justice Department to declassify a list of names of officials involved in the unmasking process, a senior intelligence official told ABC.
Unmasking refers to a process where top U.S. government officials can request information on American citizens picked up during electronic surveillance of foreigners. Flynn was unveiled as taking part in a Dec. 29, 2016 phone with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador.
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It is not illegal for U.S. officials to make unmasking requests. But the information on Flynn was leaked to the Washington Post, opening up the possibility that someone in the Obama administration illegally disclosed classified information.
An unidentified senior U.S. official provided details of the Flynn-Kislyak phone call to the Washington Post for a column published on Jan. 12, 2017.
The revelations set off a chain of events that led the FBI to interview Flynn at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017. Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements in that interview regarding the substance of his conversation with Kislyak. But he retracted that admission of guilt on Jan. 29.
The Justice Department filed a motion to withdraw charges against Flynn on Thursday, citing the discovery of FBI documents that showed that the bureau was about to shut down a counterintelligence investigation of Flynn just before he was unmasked in the phone call with Kislyak.
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Attorney General William Barr defended the decision on Thursday, saying that he believed the FBI set a “perjury trap” for Flynn. He also said that there was nothing illegal about Flynn’s call with Kislyak.
Grenell, who is also serving as ambassador to Germany, has led a push in recent weeks to declassify a trove of documents related to the FBI’s investigation of various Trump associates.
He took part in the process to declassify footnotes from a Justice Department inspector general’s report on the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The footnotes, which were published on April 10, revealed that the bureau had evidence of possible Russian disinformation in the Steele dossier.
Grenell also pressured Rep. Adam Schiff into releasing 53 transcripts of interviews that the House Intelligence Committee conducted as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The transcripts showed that multiple Obama administration officials testified that they had not seen evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
The transcripts also revealed that Obama administration officials James Clapper, Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes, and Samantha Power denied taking part in the Flynn leak.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not respond to a request for comment.
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].


wnd--2020-05-12--Look who's sorry after professor teaches about 'Islamic terrorism'

Nicholas Damask has taught for decades at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona .
Recently , in a political ideologies course with a module on Islamic terrorism , he included in a quiz some questions about … Islamic terrorism .
One student complained , saying the questions were `` in distaste of Islam . ''
College officials immediately drafted an apology to the student for the professor to sign .
They insisted Damask must promise to go through all his materials to make sure nothing else was `` offensive . ''
Enter the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is apologizing to the professor .
`` I 'm happy that the Maricopa Community College governing board has acknowledged the importance of the First Amendment and academic freedom , even into subjects that may be controversial – without that freedom of thought and inquiry , America just is n't America anymore , '' Damask said in a statement released by FIRE .
Scottsdale Community College is under the umbrella of Maricopa Community Colleges .
College officials even wanted Damask to meet with an Islamic leader to `` review '' the course content .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ context in which terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic religion , where in Islamic doctrine and law terrorism is encouraged by those who justify it , and who terrorists believe they are emulating , based on the material assigned in the course , '' FIRE said .
In a letter raising First Amendment concerns , the college changed course .
`` Colleges can ’ t take away a professor ’ s academic freedom rights because they want to stem criticism on social media , '' said Katlyn Patton , author of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apologize , personally , and on behalf of the Maricopa Community Colleges , for the uneven manner in which this was handled and for our lack of full consideration for our professor ’ s right of academic freedom , '' he said .
Gonzales said the initial response was to online posts about the questions .
`` The questions were taken out of context from a unit examining violent political and social movements , and the subject they addressed – the reliance of certain violent groups on religious texts as a justification for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the course . ''
People who commented on the controversy , who were not in the class , `` made threats against the faculty member , '' Gonzales said .
`` I am troubled by what appears to be a rush to judgment in how the college responded to the controversy and the apparent failure to follow policy and procedure in addressing both the student ’ s concerns and the faculty member ’ s rights . ''
Gonzales also announced an independent investigation and the formation of a committee `` to champion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resolve academic freedom disputes in the hope of ensuring this fundamental academic value is better understood and realized alongside our longstanding commitment to the value of inclusion . ''
The questions were : `` Who do terrorists strive to emulate ?
Mohammed .
Where is terrorism encouraged in Islamic doctrine and law ?
The Medina verses .
Terrorism is [ blank ] in Islam .
Justified within the context of jihad . ''
FIRE had warned the college that even the investigation of First Amendment-protected communications could itself be a violation of the @ @ @

Nicholas Damask has taught for decades at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.
Recently, in a political ideologies course with a module on Islamic terrorism, he included in a quiz some questions about … Islamic terrorism.
One student complained, saying the questions were "in distaste of Islam."
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College officials immediately drafted an apology to the student for the professor to sign. They insisted Damask must promise to go through all his materials to make sure nothing else was "offensive."
Enter the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and the U.S. Constitution, and the college now is apologizing to the professor.
"I'm happy that the Maricopa Community College governing board has acknowledged the importance of the First Amendment and academic freedom, even into subjects that may be controversial – without that freedom of thought and inquiry, America just isn't America anymore," Damask said in a statement released by FIRE.
Scottsdale Community College is under the umbrella of Maricopa Community Colleges.
College officials even wanted Damask to meet with an Islamic leader to "review" the course content.
"The quiz questions asked about the context in which terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic religion, where in Islamic doctrine and law terrorism is encouraged by those who justify it, and who terrorists believe they are emulating, based on the material assigned in the course," FIRE said.
In a letter raising First Amendment concerns, the college changed course.
"Colleges can’t take away a professor’s academic freedom rights because they want to stem criticism on social media," said Katlyn Patton, author of FIRE’s letter.
MCCCD interim Chancellor Steven R. Gonzales has issued an apology.
"I apologize, personally, and on behalf of the Maricopa Community Colleges, for the uneven manner in which this was handled and for our lack of full consideration for our professor’s right of academic freedom," he said.
Gonzales said the initial response was to online posts about the questions.
"The questions were taken out of context from a unit examining violent political and social movements, and the subject they addressed – the reliance of certain violent groups on religious texts as a justification for their actions – was within the scope of the course."
People who commented on the controversy, who were not in the class, "made threats against the faculty member," Gonzales said.
"I am troubled by what appears to be a rush to judgment in how the college responded to the controversy and the apparent failure to follow policy and procedure in addressing both the student’s concerns and the faculty member’s rights."
Gonzales also announced an independent investigation and the formation of a committee "to champion academic freedom education and training and to resolve academic freedom disputes in the hope of ensuring this fundamental academic value is better understood and realized alongside our longstanding commitment to the value of inclusion."
The questions were: "Who do terrorists strive to emulate? Mohammed. Where is terrorism encouraged in Islamic doctrine and law? The Medina verses. Terrorism is [blank] in Islam. Justified within the context of jihad."
FIRE had warned the college that even the investigation of First Amendment-protected communications could itself be a violation of the First Amendment.


wnd--2020-05-12--15 days after easing lockdown, Georgia sees fewest hospitalizations

Fifteen days after Republican Gov .
Brian Kemp loosened lockdown restrictions amid criticism from media and President Trump , Georgia recorded the fewest number of hospitalized coronavirus patients and the fewest ventilators in use .
Kemp touted the milestone in a tweet Saturday , the Daily Wire reported .
The website pointed out the signficance of the 15-day period .
According to the CDC , the respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 patients typically appear an average of five to six days after exposure .
Some may appear as few as two days or as long as 14 days after exposure .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 positive patients currently hospitalized statewide ( 1,203 ) since hospitals began reporting this data on April 8th , '' Kemp wrote on Twitter .
`` Today also marks the lowest total of ventilators in use ( 897 with 1,945 available ) .
We will win this fight together ! ''
Amid dire predictions from media , Kemp was in front of the rest of the nation in reopening large parts of his state 's economy on April 24 .
He added precautions such as screening workers for fever .
But CNN was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ An April 28 headline declared `` Georgia ’ s daily coronavirus deaths will nearly double by August with relaxed social distancing , model suggests . ''
In neighboring Florida , Republican Gov .
Ron DeSantis recently blasted media when he was asked why he did n't order a full lockdown early in the pandemic .
`` What have the results been ?
” he rhetorically asked , according to Fox News .
`` You look at some of the most draconian orders that have been issued in some of these states and compare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100,000 , in terms of our fatalities per 100,000 .
`` I mean , you go from D.C. , Maryland , New Jersey , New York , Connecticut , Massachusetts , Michigan , Indiana , Ohio , Illinois , you name it .
Florida has done better , '' the governor said .
`` And that has not happened because we understood we have a big , diverse state , we understood the outbreak was not uniform throughout the state , and we had a tailored and measured approach that not only helped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predicted , but also did less damage to our state going forward , '' explained DeSantis .
`` We ’ ve had people in the hospital , but I am now in a situation where I have less than 500 people at a state of 22 million on ventilators as of last night , ” he added .
“ And I have 6,500 ventilators that are sitting idle , unused throughout the state of Florida . ''
Talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh drew attention to the Daily Wire story on Monday .
`` So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of severe cases is plummeting , '' he noted .
Limbaugh recalled asking last week what happened to all of the kids who crowded South Florida beaches during spring break .
People , he said , `` were yelling bloody murder about it . ''
Limbaugh said he 's been `` waiting for the media follow up stories on the mass death of those kids . ''
And what about the people who voted in person in Wisconsin .
`` Did they all get sick and die ? ''
Limbaugh asked .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we 'd have been reading about it in the news , '' he said .
`` It 's been weeks and we haven ’ t gotten reports about any calamities , and now Georgia sees its lowest day of hospitalizations 15 days after reopening . ''

Fifteen days after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp loosened lockdown restrictions amid criticism from media and President Trump, Georgia recorded the fewest number of hospitalized coronavirus patients and the fewest ventilators in use.
Kemp touted the milestone in a tweet Saturday, the Daily Wire reported.
The website pointed out the signficance of the 15-day period. According to the CDC, the respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 patients typically appear an average of five to six days after exposure. Some may appear as few as two days or as long as 14 days after exposure.
"Today marks the lowest number of COVID-19 positive patients currently hospitalized statewide (1,203) since hospitals began reporting this data on April 8th," Kemp wrote on Twitter. "Today also marks the lowest total of ventilators in use (897 with 1,945 available). We will win this fight together!"
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Amid dire predictions from media, Kemp was in front of the rest of the nation in reopening large parts of his state's economy on April 24.
He added precautions such as screening workers for fever.
But CNN was among the news outlets forecasting doom. An April 28 headline declared "Georgia’s daily coronavirus deaths will nearly double by August with relaxed social distancing, model suggests."
In neighboring Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recently blasted media when he was asked why he didn't order a full lockdown early in the pandemic.
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"What have the results been?” he rhetorically asked, according to Fox News. "You look at some of the most draconian orders that have been issued in some of these states and compare Florida in terms of our hospitalizations per 100,000, in terms of our fatalities per 100,000.
"I mean, you go from D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, you name it. Florida has done better," the governor said.
"And that has not happened because we understood we have a big, diverse state, we understood the outbreak was not uniform throughout the state, and we had a tailored and measured approach that not only helped our numbers be way below what anyone predicted, but also did less damage to our state going forward," explained DeSantis.
"We’ve had people in the hospital, but I am now in a situation where I have less than 500 people at a state of 22 million on ventilators as of last night,” he added. “And I have 6,500 ventilators that are sitting idle, unused throughout the state of Florida."
Talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh drew attention to the Daily Wire story on Monday.
"So they end the lockdown, and the number of severe cases is plummeting," he noted.
Limbaugh recalled asking last week what happened to all of the kids who crowded South Florida beaches during spring break.
People, he said, "were yelling bloody murder about it."
Limbaugh said he's been "waiting for the media follow up stories on the mass death of those kids."
And what about the people who voted in person in Wisconsin.
"Did they all get sick and die?" Limbaugh asked.
"No, because if they had we'd have been reading about it in the news," he said. "It's been weeks and we haven’t gotten reports about any calamities, and now Georgia sees its lowest day of hospitalizations 15 days after reopening."


wnd--2020-05-11--CDC director on hot seat over his predictions and agency performance

Amid controversy over his agency 's tally of coronavirus deaths , his questionable claim that the second wave could be worse than the first , and problems with testing , the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the hot seat .
But it would n't be the first time for Robert Redfield , who was a driving force behind the AIDS hysteria in the 1980s and 1990s , points out Michael Fumento in an analysis for Just the News .
Fumento is the author of the 1990s book `` The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims about HIV .
The author pointed out that none other than White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Deborah Birx has challenged the CDC 's count of coronavirus cases and deaths , according to the Washington Post .
At a meeting , Birx and others expressed frustration with the CDC's system for tracking virus data , which they feared was inflating the mortality rate and case count by as much as 25 % .
Two sources , according to the Post , alleged Birx said , `` There is nothing from the CDC that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Redfield recently told the Washington Post in an interview that there 's a `` possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through . ''
`` We 're going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time , '' he said .
`` When I 've said this to others , they kind of put their head back , they don ’ t understand what I mean , '' he added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic also coincides with the flu season .
And he argues there will be key differences that will make it easier to cope with the virus this fall , such as the possibility of treatments and being better prepared with equipment .
`` Most importantly , a significant portion of the population will have already been exposed by then and either developed immunity ( as antibody tests are now showing ) or died , whereas during the first wave nobody was immune . ''
Fumento also took issue with Redfield 's claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public health crisis that has hit this nation in more than 100 years . ''
Fumento pointed out U.S. coronavirus deaths peaked some time ago , according to the European Centre for Disease Control , `` and even using the controversially expansive CDC definition of Covid-19 death requiring no test , we appear to be falling far below that figure , with a current death toll of 70,802 .
( Experience from Italy indicates that a subsequent evaluation for deaths actually caused by the virus should drop those numbers dramatically ; they found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' For one , the “ Asian flu ” of 1957-1958 killed an estimated 2 million people worldwide and about 70,000 in the United States .
Adjusted for the current population , the latter figure would be 140,000 .
`` Even with that expansive definition of death causality , 140,000 Covid-19 deaths seems highly unlikely , '' he said .
Fumento puts Redfield 's predictions in perspective by , among other things , recounting his claims about AIDS .
Citing his book , Fumento recalled that Redfield declared the chances of male-to-female vaginal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But data available at that time showed the odds of contracting AIDS was near zero if neither partner had genital sores or other openings .
The costliest failure of Redfield 's career , Fumento believes , could be the CDC 's mishandling of initiating COVID-19 testing .
Instead of deploying a widely used test developed in Germany for the World Health Organization , the CDC chose to develop one of its own .
In the process , it failed to follow appropriate manufacturing procedures , according to a Washington Post investigation , leading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used in the tests and further delay .
In 1983 , a scientist-doctor was the single author of a paper in the prestigious medical journal JAMA stating AIDS might be transmissible through `` routine close contact , as within a family household . ''
Nevertheless , months later the author became director of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases .
And he still holds that position today .
That 's right .
Dr. Anthony Fauci .

Amid controversy over his agency's tally of coronavirus deaths, his questionable claim that the second wave could be worse than the first, and problems with testing, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the hot seat.
But it wouldn't be the first time for Robert Redfield, who was a driving force behind the AIDS hysteria in the 1980s and 1990s, points out Michael Fumento in an analysis for Just the News.
Fumento is the author of the 1990s book "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS," which documented Redfield's wildly inaccurate claims about HIV.
The author pointed out that none other than White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Deborah Birx has challenged the CDC's count of coronavirus cases and deaths, according to the Washington Post.
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At a meeting, Birx and others expressed frustration with the CDC's
system for tracking virus data, which they feared was inflating the mortality rate and case count by as much as 25%.
Two sources, according to the Post, alleged Birx said, "There is nothing from the CDC that I can trust."
In addition, Redfield recently told the Washington Post in an interview that there's a "possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through."
"We're going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time," he said.
"When I've said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean," he added.
But Fumento points out the current pandemic also coincides with the flu season. And he argues there will be key differences that will make it easier to cope with the virus this fall, such as the possibility of treatments and being better prepared with equipment.
"Most importantly, a significant portion of the population will have already been exposed by then and either developed immunity (as antibody tests are now showing) or died, whereas during the first wave nobody was immune."
Fumento also took issue with Redfield's claim that the coronavirus pandemic is "the greatest public health crisis that has hit this nation in more than 100 years."
Fumento pointed out U.S. coronavirus deaths peaked some time ago, according to the European Centre for Disease Control, "and even using the controversially expansive CDC definition of Covid-19 death requiring no test, we appear to be falling far below that figure, with a current death toll of 70,802. (Experience from Italy indicates that a subsequent evaluation for deaths actually caused by the virus should drop those numbers dramatically; they found only 12% direct causation.)"
For one, the “Asian flu” of 1957-1958 killed an estimated 2 million people worldwide and about 70,000 in the United States. Adjusted for the current population, the latter figure would be 140,000.
"Even with that expansive definition of death causality, 140,000 Covid-19 deaths seems highly unlikely," he said.
Fumento puts Redfield's predictions in perspective by, among other things, recounting his claims about AIDS.
Citing his book, Fumento recalled that Redfield declared the chances of male-to-female vaginal HIV were 50% per contact. But data available at that time showed the odds of contracting AIDS was near zero if neither partner had genital sores or other openings.
The costliest failure of Redfield's career, Fumento believes, could be the CDC's mishandling of initiating COVID-19 testing.
Instead of deploying a widely used test developed in Germany for the World Health Organization, the CDC chose to develop one of its own.
In the process, it failed to follow appropriate manufacturing procedures, according to a Washington Post investigation, leading to contamination of one of the components used in the tests and further delay.
Fumento ended on an ironic note.
In 1983, a scientist-doctor was the single author of a paper in the prestigious medical journal JAMA stating AIDS might be transmissible through "routine close contact, as within a family household."
The media propagated the myth, spawning hysteria.
Nevertheless, months later the author became director of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.
And he still holds that position today. That's right. Dr. Anthony Fauci.


wnd--2020-05-11--Biden proposes new aid for terrorists' salaries

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden contends the United States should resume making aid payments to the Palestinian Authority , which directs millions of dollars to the salaries of imprisoned terrorists and the families of suicide bombers .
The Washington Free Beacon reported Biden called `` for a full resumption of U.S. aid to the Palestinian government , '' but there were new revelations that Palestinians still pay terrorists with donated money .
Congress froze aid to the PA in 2017 when the `` pay for slay '' program was confirmed .
Factions of the Democratic Party , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Palestinians .
`` I will reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem , find a way to reopen the PLO 's diplomatic mission in Washington , and resume the decades-long economic and security assistance efforts to the Palestinians that the Trump administration stopped , '' Biden said in a statement .
The Beacon said Biden inaccurately claimed the Trump administration spearheaded the aid freeze .
In fact , Congress mandated the freeze when it passed the Taylor Force Act , which required the Palestinian government to end compensation programs for terrorists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palestinian government has continued the payments in secret .
PMW told the Free Beacon financial statements for 2020 show the PA again is funding the terrorists and trying to hide it .
The organization said budgets for 2018 and 2019 listed salaries to terrorist prisoners .
The listing is missing from the 2020 budget .
But PMW found , after analyzing the PA reports , the salaries are hidden under a different category .
`` There is something that the Americans are telling us to stop -- the salaries of the martyrs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president Mahmoud Abbas said in 2018 .
`` Of course we categorically reject this .
We will not under any circumstances allow anyone to harm the families of the prisoners , the wounded , and the martyrs . ''
The Free Beacon said that instead of listing the salaries under the Ministry of Prisoners ' Affairs , the distribution is under `` PLO institutions . ''
However , a new Israeli law bans banks from accepting the salary funds or putting them in the accounts of people jailed for terrorism or the families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , banks , have begun closing down the accounts .

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden contends the United States should resume making aid payments to the Palestinian Authority, which directs millions of dollars to the salaries of imprisoned terrorists and the families of suicide bombers.
The Washington Free Beacon reported Biden called "for a full resumption of U.S. aid to the Palestinian government," but there were new revelations that Palestinians still pay terrorists with donated money.
Congress froze aid to the PA in 2017 when the "pay for slay" program was confirmed.
Factions of the Democratic Party, however, have continued to push for unrestricted funding to the Palestinians.
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"I will reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem, find a way to reopen the PLO's diplomatic mission in Washington, and resume the decades-long economic and security assistance efforts to the Palestinians that the Trump administration stopped," Biden said in a statement.
The Beacon said Biden inaccurately claimed the Trump administration spearheaded the aid freeze.
In fact, Congress mandated the freeze when it passed the Taylor Force Act, which required the Palestinian government to end compensation programs for terrorists.
Palestinian Media Watch confirmed recently the Palestinian government has continued the payments in secret.
PMW told the Free Beacon financial statements for 2020 show the PA again is funding the terrorists and trying to hide it.
The organization said budgets for 2018 and 2019 listed salaries to terrorist prisoners. The listing is missing from the 2020 budget. But PMW found, after analyzing the PA reports, the salaries are hidden under a different category.
"There is something that the Americans are telling us to stop -- the salaries of the martyrs and the martyrs' families," PA president Mahmoud Abbas said in 2018. "Of course we categorically reject this. We will not under any circumstances allow anyone to harm the families of the prisoners, the wounded, and the martyrs."
The Free Beacon said that instead of listing the salaries under the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, the distribution is under "PLO institutions."
However, a new Israeli law bans banks from accepting the salary funds or putting them in the accounts of people jailed for terrorism or the families of suicide bombers. As a result, banks, have begun closing down the accounts.


wnd--2020-05-11--The rising, ugly specter of this year's never-Trumpers

I 've supported Donald Trump for president from the very beginning .
I understood there would be instances he 'd make certain concessions I disagreed with so things could get done .
After all , he was fighting backstabbing RINOs and never-Trumper George Will types as well as Democrats .
For instance , I believe President Trump has taken bad advice , principally from Dr. Anthony Fauci , that has cost us dearly .
But , I in no way and at no time have questioned President Trump 's loyalty to America nor his truthfulness when it comes to his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best of his ability .
But , there are individuals , groups and PACs that are using the necessity for President Trump to alter certain plans as a cudgel to attack and undermine his presidency .
Their angst is disingenuous .
Their real complaint is that President Trump has n't conducted business as usual , and that means money out of their pockets .
Some of these PACs boast that they supported President Trump during his campaign , even making donations .
I submit that does n't make them President Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old establishment Republican way of doing business .
Think of Reince Priebus , Paul Ryan , Mitt Romney et al .
– all of whom are betrayers .
Betrayers are adept at masking their true motivations behind facades of falsity as they claim their attacks on President Trump are magnanimous and summum bonum .
I support the president and refuse to do anything to undermine his presidency because we have no alternatives to him .
I support President Trump because nothing , absolutely nothing , dissuades me that God 's hand does n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one anointed of God can withstand the rancor and relentless ad hominem attacks he 's suffered .
No man has accomplished what President Trump has heretofore , in the face of the luciferian attacks he 's endured from day one .
These fractious attackers are the vilest .
They want President Trump to fail .
The vitriol with which stealth never-Trumpers attack those who dare call them out and expose them is a damning indictment .
I recently had the head of ALIPAC ( Americans for Legal Immigration PAC ) attack me on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his Erebusic duplicity .
By definition , his remarks were bigoted , but apparently having only Google as a dictionary , the factual meaning of the word bigot escaped him .
When I referenced his attempted insults as tangential to the character of racists he stooped to a petulant diatribe that included calling me `` GOP Jesse '' ( as in Jesse Jackson ) ; I suspect because he lacks mastery of the English language .
His attempted insult , calling me `` the Jesse Jackson of the GOP , '' was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transpicuous .
His calling me Jesse Jackson is no different than liberals calling me a nigger .
His name-calling was a puerile attempt to smear me for daring to confront his never-Trumper dishonesty , and I receive same with honor .
My record of opposition to everything Jackson and his kind stand for is a matter of record .
I 'm the one who challenged Al Sharpton , Marc Morial of the National Urban League and Walter Fauntroy ( co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus ) to a three-on-one debate at the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegations against the tea party movement .
The crucial issue here is loyalty .
I 'm fiercely supportive of President Trump because he 's the absolute only man for the job .
Backstabbing RINO Repubs show their contempt for We the Voters .
We elected President Trump because we believed in him .
We understand that certain things wo n't be accomplished as planned because of the opposition stacked against him .
Self-proclaimed conservatives who are savaging President Trump are clandestine never-Trumpers committed to his defeat in November .
Their patriotism and loyalty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judas Iscariot exampled to Christ and Marcus Junius Brutus exhibited to Julius Caesar .
Reelecting President Trump is more critical than our electing him in 2016 .
We must defend and support President Trump because he 's the God-given aegis of We the People .
We can not fall prey to the Machiavellian machinations of those who are driven by their ophidian beliefs that contributing to President Trump being defeated will have them looked upon favorably .
Having a seat at the table does n't motivate me , nor am I motivated by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not popularity .
I 've had Barack Obama personally try to intimidate me , and I 've had a conservative I like and respect deliver me a message of warning for speaking against RINO politicians on Capitol Hill .
If President Trump warranted not being reelected , I 'd have no problem leading that charge .
But he does n't , and I wo n't .
That also means I wo n't sit passively on the sidelines as spoiled children with no real-life experiences front for the haters of President Trump .
Unlike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lifelong conservative Republican .
Those who claim they 're true conservatives must decide if seeing President Trump defeated in November , despite all that he has done to combat illegal aliens , is best for America .
His having to make certain concessions some find objectionable may not have been necessary if they had fought shoulder to shoulder in support of him when RINOs in Congress were fighting him at every turn .
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I've supported Donald Trump for president from the very beginning. I understood there would be instances he'd make certain concessions I disagreed with so things could get done. After all, he was fighting backstabbing RINOs and never-Trumper George Will types as well as Democrats.
For instance, I believe President Trump has taken bad advice, principally from Dr. Anthony Fauci, that has cost us dearly. But, I in no way and at no time have questioned President Trump's loyalty to America nor his truthfulness when it comes to his record of keeping his campaign promises to the best of his ability.
But, there are individuals, groups and PACs that are using the necessity for President Trump to alter certain plans as a cudgel to attack and undermine his presidency.
Their angst is disingenuous. Their real complaint is that President Trump hasn't conducted business as usual, and that means money out of their pockets.
Some of these PACs boast that they supported President Trump during his campaign, even making donations. I submit that doesn't make them President Trump supporters; it makes them participants in the old establishment Republican way of doing business. Think of Reince Priebus, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney et al. – all of whom are betrayers.
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Betrayers are adept at masking their true motivations behind facades of falsity as they claim their attacks on President Trump are magnanimous and summum bonum.
I support the president and refuse to do anything to undermine his presidency because we have no alternatives to him. I support President Trump because nothing, absolutely nothing, dissuades me that God's hand doesn't rest upon him. No man save one anointed of God can withstand the rancor and relentless ad hominem attacks he's suffered. No man has accomplished what President Trump has heretofore, in the face of the luciferian attacks he's endured from day one.
These fractious attackers are the vilest. They want President Trump to fail. The vitriol with which stealth never-Trumpers attack those who dare call them out and expose them is a damning indictment.
I recently had the head of ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC) attack me on Twitter because I dared call him out for his Erebusic duplicity. By definition, his remarks were bigoted, but apparently having only Google as a dictionary, the factual meaning of the word bigot escaped him. When I referenced his attempted insults as tangential to the character of racists he stooped to a petulant diatribe that included calling me "GOP Jesse" (as in Jesse Jackson); I suspect because he lacks mastery of the English language.
His attempted insult, calling me "the Jesse Jackson of the GOP," was as ignorant as his never-Trumper leanings are transpicuous. His calling me Jesse Jackson is no different than liberals calling me a nigger. His name-calling was a puerile attempt to smear me for daring to confront his never-Trumper dishonesty, and I receive same with honor.
My record of opposition to everything Jackson and his kind stand for is a matter of record. I'm the one who challenged Al Sharpton, Marc Morial of the National Urban League and Walter Fauntroy (co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus) to a three-on-one debate at the National Press Club, pursuant to their racist allegations against the tea party movement.
The crucial issue here is loyalty. I'm fiercely supportive of President Trump because he's the absolute only man for the job. Backstabbing RINO Repubs show their contempt for We the Voters. We elected President Trump because we believed in him. We understand that certain things won't be accomplished as planned because of the opposition stacked against him.
Self-proclaimed conservatives who are savaging President Trump are clandestine never-Trumpers committed to his defeat in November. Their patriotism and loyalty to America and President Trump is like Judas Iscariot exampled to Christ and Marcus Junius Brutus exhibited to Julius Caesar.
Reelecting President Trump is more critical than our electing him in 2016. We must defend and support President Trump because he's the God-given aegis of We the People.
We cannot fall prey to the Machiavellian machinations of those who are driven by their ophidian beliefs that contributing to President Trump being defeated will have them looked upon favorably.
Having a seat at the table doesn't motivate me, nor am I motivated by monetary gain. I care about America not popularity. I've had Barack Obama personally try to intimidate me, and I've had a conservative I like and respect deliver me a message of warning for speaking against RINO politicians on Capitol Hill.
If President Trump warranted not being reelected, I'd have no problem leading that charge. But he doesn't, and I won't. That also means I won't sit passively on the sidelines as spoiled children with no real-life experiences front for the haters of President Trump. Unlike the person I reference, I'm a lifelong conservative Republican.
Those who claim they're true conservatives must decide if seeing President Trump defeated in November, despite all that he has done to combat illegal aliens, is best for America. His having to make certain concessions some find objectionable may not have been necessary if they had fought shoulder to shoulder in support of him when RINOs in Congress were fighting him at every turn.
Order Mychal Massie's new book, "I Feel the Presence of the Lord," a collection of devotions intended to encourage the reader to seek and see the Lord in every aspect of life.


wnd--2020-05-11--Blue states subsidize red states? Here are the facts

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky. , touched a nerve recently by suggesting mismanaged blue states should n't be bailed out by the federal government ; they should be forced to file bankruptcy instead .
President Trump tweeted , `` Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states ( like Illinois , as example ) and cities , in all cases Democrat run and managed , when most of the other states are not looking for bailout help ?
I am open to discussing anything , but just asking ? ''
Democrats in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give states bailouts due to COVID-19 .
They claim that in general , their blue states give more to the federal government than they take back from it , in contrast to red states .
So they feel entitled to bailouts .
Now it 's true that the average taxpayer in blue states pays a higher per capita income tax than the average taxpayer in red states .
But that 's because those states – particularly Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Jersey , New York and California – have more rich people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ paying their fair share ?
As for blue states allegedly getting back less , what numbers are they looking at ?
It is true that red states receive 35.75 % on average of their budgets from the federal government , while blue states receive 30.80 % .
But this is because the blue states ' budgets are far larger due to all the bloat and waste .
The 10 states in the best fiscal condition are almost all red states .
The 10 states with the worst numbers in the red are almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taxes , the more mismanaged a state is .
CNBC examined the infrastructure of every state – roads , airports , water systems and ports – and found that the places with the worst-rated infrastructure are six Democratic states , which also rank among the highest in taxes collected per resident : Connecticut , Hawaii , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Jersey and New York .
Steven Malanga at City Journal looked at airports as an example of how blue states mismanage money .
He found that three of the worst airports , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a port authority that has `` enormous taxing power in the form of fees , tolls , fares , and rents that it collects everywhere from bridge and tunnel crossings to the airports themselves . ''
The authority uses this to `` to subsidize lavish salaries and benefits for workers and politically favored , but super-costly , money-losing building projects . ''
The Tax Foundation 's State Business Tax Climate Index analyzes how well states structure their tax systems .
As expected , the poorest performing states are generally the highest taxed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found that if you look at the amount of money the federal government gives to states on a per capita basis instead , blue states get more ; $ 2,124 per resident .
Red states receive just $ 1,879 on average .
Matt Palumbo writing at The Dan Bongino Show found that even if red states receive more in federal welfare , it 's not going to Republicans .
Those on public assistance , as well as long-term unemployment , are overwhelmingly Democrats .
To try and rectify some of the disparity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act ( TCJA ) in 2017 .
It put a cap of $ 10,000 on state and local tax deductions ( SALT ) .
Without it , rich people in blue states that had bloated , wasteful , high state and local taxes were able to deduct those ridiculously huge tax numbers from their federal taxes , resulting in those states sending far less money to the federal government .
It was very unfair to taxpayers living in sensible states without bloated taxes , who did n't get the huge deductions .
Adam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it `` forces people in lower-tax states to subsidize more expensive governments elsewhere . ''
He provided an example : `` The average millionaire living in New York or California deducted more than $ 450,000 worth of state and local taxes ; the average millionaire in Texas deducted only $ 50,000 and therefore paid close to $ 180,000 more per year in federal taxes . ''
So basically the reason the Democrats are protesting the SALT cap is to help rich Democrats in blue states avoid the consequences of their states ' wasteful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats always say they 're for the poor , but their actions show they favor the rich .
The only time they care to throw taxpayers ' money at the poor is if they think it will get the poor to vote for Democrats .
A lot of the blue states were already in fiscal trouble before COVID-19 .
Bailing them out also bails out their irresponsible policies .
Yes it 's unfair that a lot of people who are fiscally responsible in those states are going to be hurt without a bailout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the buck stop ?
I did n't like the liberal policies of my home state , Washington , so I moved to Arizona in my mid-20s .
Governors in red states are issuing public invitations to people in blue states to move to their states .
Moving companies report more people moving from blue states to red states than vice versa .
Americans are getting fed up with the high taxes and mismanagement in blue states .
So why should we reward it , continuing the miserable status quo ?
At a minimum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out states , there needs to be strict requirements placed on the funds so blue states ca n't squander it .
And Democrats and their comrades in the mainstream media need to stop the hypocritical rhetoric about blue states subsidizing red states .
You ca n't call for soaking the rich while complaining at the same time that they are paying more in taxes .

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., touched a nerve recently by suggesting mismanaged blue states shouldn't be bailed out by the federal government; they should be forced to file bankruptcy instead. President Trump tweeted, "Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states (like Illinois, as example) and cities, in all cases Democrat run and managed, when most of the other states are not looking for bailout help? I am open to discussing anything, but just asking?"
Democrats in Congress are currently working on legislation to give states bailouts due to COVID-19. They claim that in general, their blue states give more to the federal government than they take back from it, in contrast to red states. So they feel entitled to bailouts.
Now it's true that the average taxpayer in blue states pays a higher per capita income tax than the average taxpayer in red states. But that's because those states – particularly Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and California – have more rich people. Don't the Democrats want the rich paying their fair share?
As for blue states allegedly getting back less, what numbers are they looking at? It is true that red states receive 35.75% on average of their budgets from the federal government, while blue states receive 30.80%. But this is because the blue states' budgets are far larger due to all the bloat and waste. The 10 states in the best fiscal condition are almost all red states. The 10 states with the worst numbers in the red are almost all blue states.
The higher the taxes, the more mismanaged a state is. CNBC examined the infrastructure of every state – roads, airports, water systems and ports – and found that the places with the worst-rated infrastructure are six Democratic states, which also rank among the highest in taxes collected per resident: Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
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Steven Malanga at City Journal looked at airports as an example of how blue states mismanage money. He found that three of the worst airports, all located in NYC, are run by a port authority that has "enormous taxing power in the form of fees, tolls, fares, and rents that it collects everywhere from bridge and tunnel crossings to the airports themselves." The authority uses this to "to subsidize lavish salaries and benefits for workers and politically favored, but super-costly, money-losing building projects."
The Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index analyzes how well states structure their tax systems. As expected, the poorest performing states are generally the highest taxed states.
Kyle Sammin at The Federalist found that if you look at the amount of money the federal government gives to states on a per capita basis instead, blue states get more; $2,124 per resident. Red states receive just $1,879 on average.
Matt Palumbo writing at The Dan Bongino Show found that even if red states receive more in federal welfare, it's not going to Republicans. Those on public assistance, as well as long-term unemployment, are overwhelmingly Democrats.
To try and rectify some of the disparity, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017. It put a cap of $10,000 on state and local tax deductions (SALT). Without it, rich people in blue states that had bloated, wasteful, high state and local taxes were able to deduct those ridiculously huge tax numbers from their federal taxes, resulting in those states sending far less money to the federal government.
It was very unfair to taxpayers living in sensible states without bloated taxes, who didn't get the huge deductions. Adam Michel at The Heritage Foundation observed that it "forces people in lower-tax states to subsidize more expensive governments elsewhere." He provided an example: "The average millionaire living in New York or California deducted more than $450,000 worth of state and local taxes; the average millionaire in Texas deducted only $50,000 and therefore paid close to $180,000 more per year in federal taxes."
So basically the reason the Democrats are protesting the SALT cap is to help rich Democrats in blue states avoid the consequences of their states' wasteful spending. Does this surprise anyone? Democrats always say they're for the poor, but their actions show they favor the rich. The only time they care to throw taxpayers' money at the poor is if they think it will get the poor to vote for Democrats.
A lot of the blue states were already in fiscal trouble before COVID-19. Bailing them out also bails out their irresponsible policies. Yes it's unfair that a lot of people who are fiscally responsible in those states are going to be hurt without a bailout, including Republicans. But where does the buck stop? I didn't like the liberal policies of my home state, Washington, so I moved to Arizona in my mid-20s.
Governors in red states are issuing public invitations to people in blue states to move to their states. Moving companies report more people moving from blue states to red states than vice versa. Americans are getting fed up with the high taxes and mismanagement in blue states. So why should we reward it, continuing the miserable status quo? At a minimum, if Congress is going to bail out states, there needs to be strict requirements placed on the funds so blue states can't squander it.
And Democrats and their comrades in the mainstream media need to stop the hypocritical rhetoric about blue states subsidizing red states. You can't call for soaking the rich while complaining at the same time that they are paying more in taxes.