thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--Behind The White House Move To Stop Ugly Federal Buildings (And The Architects Who Stand In The Way)

Although it remains at great risk of being torpedoed until the moment Donald Trump signs it , this order would do more than any move in recent history to undo the 1960s and '70s blight every person passing through a major city is subjected to .
As the Second World War came to a rumbling close , the architects gazed out upon a shattered Europe utterly convinced of a series of new things : First , they , the architects , are in charge of architecture , and the only valid experts on the aesthetics of architecture .
Therefore , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every day must view and live among their work , have no opinion that counts .
Elites as judge , jury , and , ultimately , executioner .
Sound familiar ?
It ’ s all over the art world and much of politics .
But recent moves in Washington might finally end the tyranny of high-minded ugliness that rules federal architecture .
An executive order drafted for the president ’ s signature is simply called Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again .
Although it remains at great risk of being torpedoed until the moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would do more than any move in recent history to undo the 1960s and ’ 70s blight every person passing through a major city is subjected to .
…and the Oregon Federal Courthouse , whose architect reportedly created guillotine shapes over the benches the public is expected to sit in .
It wasn ’ t always like this .
For the first 150 years of the republic , the executive order reads , “ America ’ s Federal architecture produced beautiful and beloved buildings.
” The traditional buildings of our capital city , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have become an important part of our civic life.
” And in 1901 , the Department of the Treasury , which then oversaw federal architecture , issued an order that required classical architecture “ for all [ government ] buildings as far as it was practicable to do so , ” adding that , “ The experience of centuries has demonstrated that no form of architecture is so pleasing to the great mass of mankind as the classic , or some modified form of the classic.
” But then in 1962 , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Federal Architecture , an order that enshrined the new architectural elite ’ s belief that it is they who rule the people and their government .
“ The development of an official style must be avoided , ” it decrees , undoing Pierre L ’ Enfant ’ s careful plan for Washington .
“ Design must flow from the architectural profession to the government , and not vice versa.
” Since that day , architects , untethered from the responsibility of designing buildings that the people like to see , live in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public ugliness .
Shall we take a tour ?
Begun in 1965 , the Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) building deserves special , bipartisan note.
” With its ‘ brutalist ’ architecture and exposed concrete… the building itself is among the most reviled in all of Washington , and with good reason , ” Obama HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan told incoming interns on their way to serve the public .
Years earlier , Republican HUD Secretary Jack Kemp compared it to “ 10 floors of basement.
” The East Wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another example .
Construction of the modernist East Wing was begun in the 1970s , adding to the stunning West Wing , built in the 1930s .
The Washington Post ’ s former architecture critic held up the differences between the two wings as “ an example of why we need contemporary thought in architecture , ” which is hysterical because the modern wing ’ s shoddy construction cost taxpayers and donors nearly $ 70 million in renovations and rebuilds just 40 years after it was built .
Across the mall , sits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dedicated in 2004 , its bewildering and curvaceous walls are a demonstration of how not to use stone in construction .
The National Air and Space Museum is next door .
Less than 40 years after it first opened its doors , its terrible construction led to what one reporter called “ a stunning number of problems facing the building.
” It is currently undergoing a $ 365 million renovation and reconstruction to fix broken systems , collapsing marble , and its “ glass curtain wall [ , which ] allows in too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historic exhibits .
Behind that , architect Frank Gehry is near completing a monument to himself under the auspices of honoring Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower .
The U.S. Department of Education , just behind the memorial , is so ugly even Ghery felt compelled to conceal its facade by erecting somehow-uglier six-story posts with steel screens stretched between them .
The derivative , modernist elevator-lobby called the U.S. Institute for Peace ; the brutalist Department of Energy complex ; the Kennedy Center in all its thoroughly numbing banality .
The list of what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subjected us to goes on and on .
None of these buildings are defensible .
The American people are correct in their documented contempt for them , and for the architects who design and defend them .
Compare any of the above federal buildings to the U.S. Capitol , Supreme Court , the White House , the Washington Monument , the Smithsonian Castle , the Library of Congress , the Lincoln , the Jefferson .
There ’ s no need to include their pictures because we know what all or most of them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conceived by George Washington , they are its symbols , firmly established in our hearts and minds from when we were children hoping to someday visit .
Play a game and pick the best modernist building .
Now compare it to your choice of the worst classical building .
This sort of comparison is not merely rhetorical : It ’ s the landscape and symbols of our country , and it is the very comparison that people make as they tour their nation ’ s capital .
Indeed , it is the very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not capable of making .
They , of course , are mistaken .
There is good reason to believe that Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan , who was behind the General Guidelines , would condemn their result today .
Moynihan had classicist sympathies , and advocated for the classical-if-derivative Ronald Reagan Building .
“ Twentieth Century America has seen a steady , persistent decline in the visual and emotional power of its public buildings , ” he lamented just eight years after his ’ 62 guidelines , “ and this has been accompanied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the authority of its public order.
” So how has it been perverted ?
While the Guiding Principles declared federal architecture “ must provide visual testimony to the dignity , enterprise , vigor , and stability of the American government , ” the architects those guidelines place in complete control decided that stability means sustainability , and words like democratic and transparent can be used to justify whatever they fancy .
Is the American Institute of Architects , City Journal asks , “ using the word ‘ democratic ’ as cover for its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Transparency , ’ for example , ” Catesby Leigh continued , “ would appear to serve as specious justification for the glassy buildings that modernist architects like to build but that don ’ t necessarily make sense in practical , let alone symbolic , terms.
” Architects of Ugliness Are Of Course Angry These very modern architects , of course , up in arms about the order , decrying the White House team for daring to question their wisdom .
The Washington Post ’ s architecture critic is just mortified the public or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public architecture : “ We ’ ve seen how people with thin resumes and overweening ambition can insert themselves into institutional chaos , ” he writes , “ and prevail by turning up the volume until all the quiet , sober , serious professionals leave in disgust.
” Tellingly , his oped also defends the beauty of the East Wing and Air and Space Museum .
That ’ s not shocking : When a Dutch architecture firm upset decent people everywhere by trying to build an obvious ode to the exploding Twin Towers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they just don ’ t understand architecture , and derided the “ larger cultural effort to make the events of September 11 , 2001 somehow sacred.
” The firm , for its part , denied that ghoulish intent because they really do think we ’ re stupid .
Amazingly , this dismissal of tragedy is not an isolated feeling in modern architecture .
Thom Mayne , who ’ s designed three federal buildings in the past three years and consulted on the Sept. 11 Memorial , actually told an interviewer on the project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it doesn ’ t make me weep .
I could make a better case for justifying the terror than the other way around .
I ’ m completely out of sync with America.
” This is the same fellow who in 2005 , The New York Times called “ the government ’ s favorite architect.
” Mayne also famously designed this building , meant to be a federal court house for San Francisco — a city that ’ s notable spikes in crime demonstrate the building “ has been accompanied by a not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its public order.
” But there ’ s more !
Another writer tried to tie classicism to white supremacists , specifically the Nazis .
No mention is made of the famed modernists who worked “ feverishly ” for Adolf Hitler in the hope of becoming “ an official architect in the Third Reich.
” So what does this order say to deserve such a backlash ?
“ Architectural styles –with special regard for the classical architectural style– that value beauty , respect regional architectural heritage , and command admiration by the public , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preferred styles for applicable federal public buildings.
” “ Where applicable , ” it continues , “ federal public buildings are built in a style other than a preferred architectural style … great care and consideration must be taken to choose a beautiful design that conveys the dignity , enterprise , vigor , and stability of America ’ s system of self-government.
” Finally , the public must be allowed to comment on designs .
Giving preference for our government ’ s architecture to the public over the architects , The Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a breathtaking assault on freedom of expression , packaged as sop to members of the public who feel they aren ’ t regularly heard or given deference in public discourse.
” Let that sit with you a moment .
Because it ’ s exactly how the architecture elite , laid bare , think of you .

As the Second World War came to a rumbling close, the architects gazed out upon a shattered Europe utterly convinced of a series of new things: First, they, the architects, are in charge of architecture, and the only valid experts on the aesthetics of architecture. Therefore, the public and its leaders, who every day must view and live among their work, have no opinion that counts.
Elites as judge, jury, and, ultimately, executioner. Sound familiar? It’s all over the art world and much of politics. But recent moves in Washington might finally end the tyranny of high-minded ugliness that rules federal architecture.
An executive order drafted for the president’s signature is simply called Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again. Although it remains at great risk of being torpedoed until the moment Donald Trump signs it, this order would do more than any move in recent history to undo the 1960s and ’70s blight every person passing through a major city is subjected to.
Buildings like the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building…
…the Department of Health and Human Services…
…and the Oregon Federal Courthouse, whose architect reportedly created guillotine shapes over the benches the public is expected to sit in.
It wasn’t always like this. For the first 150 years of the republic, the executive order reads, “America’s Federal architecture produced beautiful and beloved buildings.” The traditional buildings of our capital city, “built to endure for centuries, have become an important part of our civic life.”
And in 1901, the Department of the Treasury, which then oversaw federal architecture, issued an order that required classical architecture “for all [government] buildings as far as it was practicable to do so,” adding that, “The experience of centuries has demonstrated that no form of architecture is so pleasing to the great mass of mankind as the classic, or some modified form of the classic.”
But then in 1962, it was all undone by the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture, an order that enshrined the new architectural elite’s belief that it is they who rule the people and their government. “The development of an official style must be avoided,” it decrees, undoing Pierre L’Enfant’s careful plan for Washington. “Design must flow from the architectural profession to the government, and not vice versa.”
Since that day, architects, untethered from the responsibility of designing buildings that the people like to see, live in and work in, have relentlessly force-fed the public ugliness. Shall we take a tour?
Begun in 1965, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building deserves special, bipartisan note.”With its ‘brutalist’ architecture and exposed concrete… the building itself is among the most reviled in all of Washington, and with good reason,” Obama HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan told incoming interns on their way to serve the public. Years earlier, Republican HUD Secretary Jack Kemp compared it to “10 floors of basement.”
The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art is another example. Construction of the modernist East Wing was begun in the 1970s, adding to the stunning West Wing, built in the 1930s.
The Washington Post’s former architecture critic held up the differences between the two wings as “an example of why we need contemporary thought in architecture,” which is hysterical because the modern wing’s shoddy construction cost taxpayers and donors nearly $70 million in renovations and rebuilds just 40 years after it was built.
Across the mall, sits the Museum of the American Indian. Dedicated in 2004, its bewildering and curvaceous walls are a demonstration of how not to use stone in construction.
The National Air and Space Museum is next door. Less than 40 years after it first opened its doors, its terrible construction led to what one reporter called “a stunning number of problems facing the building.” It is currently undergoing a $365 million renovation and reconstruction to fix broken systems, collapsing marble, and its “glass curtain wall[, which] allows in too much UV radiation” and is damaging historic exhibits.
Behind that, architect Frank Gehry is near completing a monument to himself under the auspices of honoring Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The U.S. Department of Education, just behind the memorial, is so ugly even Ghery felt compelled to conceal its facade by erecting somehow-uglier six-story posts with steel screens stretched between them.
The derivative, modernist elevator-lobby called the U.S. Institute for Peace; the brutalist Department of Energy complex; the Kennedy Center in all its thoroughly numbing banality. The list of what architects, in their vanity, have subjected us to goes on and on.
None of these buildings are defensible. The American people are correct in their documented contempt for them, and for the architects who design and defend them.
Compare any of the above federal buildings to the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, the White House, the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Castle, the Library of Congress, the Lincoln, the Jefferson. There’s no need to include their pictures because we know what all or most of them look like. Built in the city conceived by George Washington, they are its symbols, firmly established in our hearts and minds from when we were children hoping to someday visit.
Play a game and pick the best modernist building. Now compare it to your choice of the worst classical building. This sort of comparison is not merely rhetorical: It’s the landscape and symbols of our country, and it is the very comparison that people make as they tour their nation’s capital. Indeed, it is the very kind of comparison that architects believe we are not capable of making. They, of course, are mistaken.
There is good reason to believe that Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who was behind the General Guidelines, would condemn their result today. Moynihan had classicist sympathies, and advocated for the classical-if-derivative Ronald Reagan Building. “Twentieth Century America has seen a steady, persistent decline in the visual and emotional power of its public buildings,” he lamented just eight years after his ’62 guidelines, “and this has been accompanied by a not less persistent decline in the authority of its public order.”
So how has it been perverted? While the Guiding Principles declared federal architecture “must provide visual testimony to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American government,” the architects those guidelines place in complete control decided that stability means sustainability, and words like democratic and transparent can be used to justify whatever they fancy. Is the American Institute of Architects, City Journal asks, “using the word ‘democratic’ as cover for its elitist architectural pieties?”
“‘Transparency,’ for example,” Catesby Leigh continued, “would appear to serve as specious justification for the glassy buildings that modernist architects like to build but that don’t necessarily make sense in practical, let alone symbolic, terms.”
Architects of Ugliness Are Of Course Angry
These very modern architects, of course, up in arms about the order, decrying the White House team for daring to question their wisdom. The Washington Post’s architecture critic is just mortified the public or their government should weigh in on their public architecture: “We’ve seen how people with thin resumes and overweening ambition can insert themselves into institutional chaos,” he writes, “and prevail by turning up the volume until all the quiet, sober, serious professionals leave in disgust.”
Tellingly, his oped also defends the beauty of the East Wing and Air and Space Museum. That’s not shocking: When a Dutch architecture firm upset decent people everywhere by trying to build an obvious ode to the exploding Twin Towers, this same critic informed his readers they just don’t understand architecture, and derided the “larger cultural effort to make the events of September 11, 2001 somehow sacred.”
The firm, for its part, denied that ghoulish intent because they really do think we’re stupid.
Amazingly, this dismissal of tragedy is not an isolated feeling in modern architecture. Thom Mayne, who’s designed three federal buildings in the past three years and consulted on the Sept. 11 Memorial, actually told an interviewer on the project, “I have no empathy; it doesn’t make me weep. I could make a better case for justifying the terror than the other way around. I’m completely out of sync with America.”
This is the same fellow who in 2005, The New York Times called “the government’s favorite architect.”
Mayne also famously designed this building, meant to be a federal court house for San Francisco — a city that’s notable spikes in crime demonstrate the building “has been accompanied by a not less persistent decline in the authority of its public order.”
But there’s more! Another writer tried to tie classicism to white supremacists, specifically the Nazis. No mention is made of the famed modernists who worked “feverishly” for Adolf Hitler in the hope of becoming “an official architect in the Third Reich.”
So what does this order say to deserve such a backlash? “Architectural styles –with special regard for the classical architectural style– that value beauty, respect regional architectural heritage, and command admiration by the public,” it reads, “are the preferred styles for applicable federal public buildings.”
“Where applicable,” it continues, “federal public buildings are built in a style other than a preferred architectural style … great care and consideration must be taken to choose a beautiful design that conveys the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of America’s system of self-government.”
Finally, the public must be allowed to comment on designs.
Giving preference for our government’s architecture to the public over the architects, The Washington Post’s critic gasps, “is a breathtaking assault on freedom of expression, packaged as sop to members of the public who feel they aren’t regularly heard or given deference in public discourse.”
Let that sit with you a moment. Because it’s exactly how the architecture elite, laid bare, think of you.
Christopher Bedford is the executive editor of the upcoming Common Sense magazine, from the Common Sense Society. From December 2019 through October 2022, he was a senior editor at The Federalist. He is vice chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, a board member at The Daily Caller News Foundation and National Journalism Center, and the author of "The Art of the Donald." His work has been featured in The American Mind, National Review, the New York Post and the Daily Caller, where he led the Daily Caller News Foundation and spent eight years. A frequent guest on Fox News and Fox Business, he was raised in Massachusetts and lives across the river from D.C. Follow him on Twitter


thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--Preachy Pete Buttplug’s Lies About His Knowledge Of Guns

Pete Buttigieg has frequently called on his military training in making points on gun control .
For example this is something that we wrote up after the Miami Democratic Presidential Debate last year .
No self-respecting military in the world uses semi-automatic weapons .
South Bend , Indiana , Mayor Pete Buttigieg knows that , but he ’ d rather give people the impression that military weapons are pervasive .
“ As someone who trained on weapons of war , I can tell you that there are weapons that have absolutely no place in American cities or neighborhoods ever , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In an interview on CNN in August 2019 , there is this : “ I think the weapons of war can do no good in American neighborhoods , ” Buttigieg , an Afghanistan War veteran , said on “ New Day.
” “ I trained on weapons that are similar to these , and they have one purpose , which is to destroy as much as possible as quickly as possible .
They have tactical uses in war zones .
Since when are American cities and neighborhoods supposed to be war zones ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ speaking to a crowd in Des Moine , Iowa on Wednesday , April 17 , 2019 .
But a new article in the Wall Street Journal indicates that he completely skipped being trained on “ weapons of war ” ( emphasis added ) .
Mr. Buttigieg ’ s stint in the Navy isn ’ t as impressive as he makes it out to be .
His 2019 memoir is called “ Shortest Way Home , ” an apt description of his military service .
He entered the military through a little-used shortcut : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usual route to an officer ’ s commission includes four years at Annapolis or another military academy or months of intense training at Officer Candidate School .
ROTC programs send prospective officers to far-flung summer training programs and require military drills during the academic year .
Mr. Buttigieg skipped all that—no obstacle courses , no weapons training , no evaluation of his ability or willingness to lead .
Paperwork , a health exam and a background check were all it took to make him a naval officer .
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Pete Buttigieg has frequently called on his military training in making points on gun control. For example this is something that we wrote up after the Miami Democratic Presidential Debate in June last year.
No self-respecting military in the world uses semi-automatic weapons. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg knows that, but he’d rather give people the impression that military weapons are pervasive. “As someone who trained on weapons of war, I can tell you that there are weapons that have absolutely no place in American cities or neighborhoods ever,” he said on Thursday night.
In an interview on CNN in August 2019, there is this:
“I think the weapons of war can do no good in American neighborhoods,” Buttigieg, an Afghanistan War veteran, said on “New Day.” “I trained on weapons that are similar to these, and they have one purpose, which is to destroy as much as possible as quickly as possible. They have tactical uses in war zones. Since when are American cities and neighborhoods supposed to be war zones?”
The above clip is from Buttigieg speaking to a crowd in Des Moine, Iowa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
As someone who is very familiar with my military training with weapons of war, someone who carried a rifle and a pistol around a foreign land as a war was present, there are some weapons that just don’t belong in our neighborhoods in peace time in America.
But a new article in the Wall Street Journal indicates that he completely skipped being trained on “weapons of war” (emphasis added).
Mr. Buttigieg’s stint in the Navy isn’t as impressive as he makes it out to be. His 2019 memoir is called “Shortest Way Home,” an apt description of his military service. He entered the military through a little-used shortcut: direct commission in the reserves. The usual route to an officer’s commission includes four years at Annapolis or another military academy or months of intense training at Officer Candidate School. ROTC programs send prospective officers to far-flung summer training programs and require military drills during the academic year. Mr. Buttigieg skipped all that—no obstacle courses, no weapons training, no evaluation of his ability or willingness to lead. Paperwork, a health exam and a background check were all it took to make him a naval officer. . . .
Democratic candidates continually promise to ban semi-automatic rifles such as AR-15s, even though they function just like small-game hunting rifles. They fire the same small caliber bullets, and do so with the same velocity and rapidity (one bullet per pull of the trigger). Democrats may label it a “weapon of war,” but no self-respecting military in the world would use these semi-automatic rifles.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--WATCH LIVE: President Trump Trolls Dems With NH Rally

President Trump continues trolling the Democrats as he holds a rally in Manchester , New Hampshire for a massive Keep @ @ @ @ @ Arena .
The New Hampshire primary election is tomorrow and so President Trump is showing @ @ @ @ @ to contrast against the Democrat field .
President Trump is expected to speak at 7:00 @ @ @ @ @ think of the speech ?
We ’ d like to know !
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President Trump continues trolling the Democrats as he holds a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire for a massive Keep America Great rally at SNHU Arena.
The New Hampshire primary election is tomorrow and so President Trump is showing off the huge MAGA movement to contrast against the Democrat field.
President Trump is expected to speak at 7:00 pm EST
What do you think of the speech? We’d like to know!
The crowd is huge:
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thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Murdered Under Pete Buttplug’s Watch in Sound Bend, Indiana, 2,411 Slaughtered Babies Abortionist Ho

Murdered Under Pete Buttplug’s Watch in Sound Bend, Indiana, 2,411 Slaughtered Babies Abortionist Hoarded Will be Buried Wednesday, Finally Given Proper Burial

Indiana authorities plan to bury the remains of 2,411 aborted babies Wednesday in South Bend after they were discovered last fall on the property of the late abortionist Ulrich Klopfer .
WANE News 15 reports Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill ’ s Office announced plans to hold a memorial and graveside service at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Southlawn Cemetery and Palmer Funeral Home in South Bend .
Hill plans to speak at the service and provide an update about the investigation .
In January , his office announced that poor record-keeping and the disintegration of the babies ’ bodies made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified .
The babies are believed to be from abortions between 2000 and 2003 .
In September , authorities found 2,246 medically preserved remains of aborted babies stored in boxes in the former Indiana abortionist ’ s garage in Illinois .
A few weeks later , they found 165 more babies ’ remains in a vehicle stored on one of his properties .
Klopfer ’ s family reported finding the remains shortly after he died Sept. 3 .
Indiana and Illinois authorities have been working together to investigate the gruesome discovery .
From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pro-life , said he would make sure the babies were given a proper burial .
Eric Scheidler , executive director of the Pro-Life Action League , said the babies would have been young adults by now .
“ Had they not been aborted , the 2,411 children whose tiny bodies will be laid to rest on Wednesday would now be in their late teens , ” Scheidler said .
“ They ’ d be finishing high school , starting college , entering careers , planning for their futures .
Instead , they will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only act of justice we can offer them.
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Scheidler mourned that thousands of unborn babies continue to be aborted every day in America , and “ every one of them is a fellow human being ” who deserves to live .
Indiana Right to Life President and CEO Mike Fichter said the gruesome discovery is one reason why Indiana ’ s burial law is so important .
Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bury or cremate the remains of aborted babies .
“ This is a heartbreaking reminder that the world lost something of enormous value when these little lives were cut short by abortion , ” Fichter said .
“ We pray that the dignified and humane burial of these children is not the end of their story , but will serve as a constant reminder why we must always speak up when the God-given value of human life is denied.
” Recently , U.S. Sen. Mike Braun introduced the Dignity for Aborted Children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all 50 states .
Right to Life of Michiana Executive Director Jackie Appleman said they plan to hold a memorial service on Feb. 23 as well if people can not attend this week .
It will be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at Southlawn Cemetery .
Right to Life Michiana , Right to Life Northeast Indiana and Lake County Right to Life are hosting the service .
“ We are grateful but saddened for this opportunity to mourn for the lives lost and the families broken by the violence of abortion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tangible reminder of the inhumanity and horror of the abortion industry .
Abortion is the ultimate form of dehumanization ; it poisons , dismembers , and kills the most innocent among us.
” Klopfer worked as an abortionist for decades in South Bend , Gary and Fort Wayne , Indiana .
The state revoked his license in 2016 for failing to report the rape of a 13-year-old patient and other health violations .
Authorities believe the babies ’ bodies are from abortions performed between 2000 and 2003 in Indiana .
Authorities also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klopfer ’ s things .
No one knows why Klopfer kept the aborted babies in his garage .
Many of his former patients have been re-traumatized by the discovery , including one woman who said she was forced to abort her unborn child .
Now , they will never know if their baby was one of the bodies Klopfer kept .

Indiana authorities plan to bury the remains of 2,411 aborted babies Wednesday in South Bend after they were discovered last fall on the property of the late abortionist Ulrich Klopfer.
WANE News 15 reports Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s Office announced plans to hold a memorial and graveside service at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Southlawn Cemetery and Palmer Funeral Home in South Bend.
Hill plans to speak at the service and provide an update about the investigation. In January, his office announced that poor record-keeping and the disintegration of the babies’ bodies made it impossible for each baby to be identified. The babies are believed to be from abortions between 2000 and 2003.
In September, authorities found 2,246 medically preserved remains of aborted babies stored in boxes in the former Indiana abortionist’s garage in Illinois. A few weeks later, they found 165 more babies’ remains in a vehicle stored on one of his properties. Klopfer’s family reported finding the remains shortly after he died Sept. 3. Indiana and Illinois authorities have been working together to investigate the gruesome discovery.
From the beginning, Hill, who is pro-life, said he would make sure the babies were given a proper burial.
Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, said the babies would have been young adults by now.
“Had they not been aborted, the 2,411 children whose tiny bodies will be laid to rest on Wednesday would now be in their late teens,” Scheidler said. “They’d be finishing high school, starting college, entering careers, planning for their futures. Instead, they will be buried, nameless and unknown — the only act of justice we can offer them.”
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Scheidler mourned that thousands of unborn babies continue to be aborted every day in America, and “every one of them is a fellow human being” who deserves to live.
Indiana Right to Life President and CEO Mike Fichter said the gruesome discovery is one reason why Indiana’s burial law is so important. Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019, the law requires abortion facilities to bury or cremate the remains of aborted babies.
“This is a heartbreaking reminder that the world lost something of enormous value when these little lives were cut short by abortion,” Fichter said. “We pray that the dignified and humane burial of these children is not the end of their story, but will serve as a constant reminder why we must always speak up when the God-given value of human life is denied.”
Recently, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun introduced the Dignity for Aborted Children Act to extend the cremation/burial requirement to all 50 states.
Right to Life of Michiana Executive Director Jackie Appleman said they plan to hold a memorial service on Feb. 23 as well if people cannot attend this week. It will be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at Southlawn Cemetery. Right to Life Michiana, Right to Life Northeast Indiana and Lake County Right to Life are hosting the service.
“We are grateful but saddened for this opportunity to mourn for the lives lost and the families broken by the violence of abortion,” Appleman said. “This is a tangible reminder of the inhumanity and horror of the abortion industry. Abortion is the ultimate form of dehumanization; it poisons, dismembers, and kills the most innocent among us.”
Klopfer worked as an abortionist for decades in South Bend, Gary and Fort Wayne, Indiana. The state revoked his license in 2016 for failing to report the rape of a 13-year-old patient and other health violations.
Authorities believe the babies’ bodies are from abortions performed between 2000 and 2003 in Indiana. Authorities also said they found medical records abandoned among Klopfer’s things.
No one knows why Klopfer kept the aborted babies in his garage. Many of his former patients have been re-traumatized by the discovery, including one woman who said she was forced to abort her unborn child. Now, they will never know if their baby was one of the bodies Klopfer kept.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Democrat War on Women: 24 Women Have Died After Using the Abortion Pill and 3,000 Have Been Hospital

Democrat War on Women: 24 Women Have Died After Using the Abortion Pill and 3,000 Have Been Hospitalized

A new website has launched which is teaching women how to perform their own abortions at home using abortion drugs .
John Deighan , SPUC Deputy Chief Executive said : “ Pro-abortion advocates are so eager to normalise abortion that they show a callous disregard for women ’ s health.
” The website , how to use abortion pill , has collaborated with Doctors Without Borders , a self-styled ‘ humanitarian aid group.
’ The website informs readers that its purpose is to provide women with online information on how to end a pregnancy by themselves and how to ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The website provides step by step guides on how to purchase and self-administer abortion drugs without medical supervision .
It informs women that they may “ pass blood clots up to the size of lemons.
” Click here to sign up for pro-life news alerts from LifeNews.com Mr Deighan said : “ The use of abortion drugs can cause serious health complications .
It is shocking to see the health of women being neglected in such a cavalier manner for the sake of satisfying the radical pro-abortion agenda.
” In 2019 , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Surgeons uncovered how abortion drugs were four times more dangerous than surgical abortions .
To date , 24 women have died following the consumption of abortion drugs and over 3000 women have been hospitalised .
LifeNews Note : Courtesy of SPUC .
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is a leading pro-life organization in the United Kingdom .

A new website has launched which is teaching women how to perform their own abortions at home using abortion drugs.
John Deighan, SPUC Deputy Chief Executive said: “Pro-abortion advocates are so eager to normalise abortion that they show a callous disregard for women’s health.”
The website, how to use abortion pill, has collaborated with Doctors Without Borders, a self-styled ‘humanitarian aid group.’ The website informs readers that its purpose is to provide women with online information on how to end a pregnancy by themselves and how to ‘navigate abortion on their own terms.’
The website provides step by step guides on how to purchase and self-administer abortion drugs without medical supervision. It informs women that they may “pass blood clots up to the size of lemons.”
Click here to sign up for pro-life news alerts from LifeNews.com
Mr Deighan said: “The use of abortion drugs can cause serious health complications. It is shocking to see the health of women being neglected in such a cavalier manner for the sake of satisfying the radical pro-abortion agenda.”
In 2019, a report by the American Journal of Physicians and Surgeons uncovered how abortion drugs were four times more dangerous than surgical abortions. To date, 24 women have died following the consumption of abortion drugs and over 3000 women have been hospitalised.
LifeNews Note: Courtesy of SPUC. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is a leading pro-life organization in the United Kingdom.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Elon Musk: Facebook is ‘Lame’; Delete It

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Elon Musk took a swipe at Facebook, calling on his Twitter followers to delete it. "It's lame," he said.The business magnate and investor replied to a tweet by actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who had earlier posted a picture of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a Roman Emperor."We don't let 1 person control the electricity [or] water for 2.5 billion people [so] why do we let 1 man control the information seen by 2.5 billion people?" Baron Cohen asked, adding, "Facebook needs to be regulated by governments, not ruled by an emperor!"Musk replied: #DeleteFacebook It’s lame.
Baron Cohen has been an outspoken critic of social media platforms including Twitter, Google and YouTube, calling them "the greatest propaganda machine in history" at the Anti Defamation League's International Leadership summit in November.His particular concern is that the platforms lead to a proliferation of antisemitic material.“It’s no surprise that the greatest propaganda machine in history has spread the oldest conspiracy theory in history – the lie that Jews are somehow dangerous. As one headline put it, ‘Just Think What Goebbels Could Have Done with Facebook,'” he said at the summit.Musk has also long been a critic of the sites. In 2018, he removed the Facebook pages for his companies Tesla and Space X in response to a widely shared tweet circulating at the time, calling on people to remove their pages. "What's Facebook?" Musk sniped.By midday, both pages had been taken down. They each had more than 2 million likes."I don't use [Facebook] & never have, so don't think I'm some kind of martyr or my companies are taking a huge blow," Musk later Tweeted, according to CNN. "Also, we don't advertise or pay for endorsements, so... don't care."The companies do maintain pages on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, as does Musk himself. He has previously said that the site is "probably ok," as long as it maintains a distance from Facebook.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--Jokes Write Themselves as Sign Falls Off Podium While Iowa Democrat Party Chairman Speaks About Cauc

Jokes Write Themselves as Sign Falls Off Podium While Iowa Democrat Party Chairman Speaks About Caucus Chaos

It ’ s been a rough week for the Iowa Democratic Party .
The last thing they need is people @ @ @ @ @ we don ’ t care what they need .
Check out this magic moment from @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party Chair Troy Price : Oh man … could it get any worse ?
@ @ @ @ @ for them is better for us .
Ask and you shall receive : You hate @ @ @ @ @ you really love it .
We ’ re just doing what any good American would @ @

It’s been a rough week for the Iowa Democratic Party. The last thing they need is people piling on.
Too bad we don’t care what they need.
Check out this magic moment from a presser held by Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price:
Now we take you live to the Iowa Democratic Party Chair… pic.twitter.com/ko0aTw2YFE — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 10, 2020
Oh man … could it get any worse? Actually yes, though worse for them is better for us.
Could someone please add the Curb music to the end of that? — Gary (@gfigg42) February 10, 2020
Ask and you shall receive:
One bad *sign* after another from the Iowa Democrats. Sound on. pic.twitter.com/QZ6i9sg1Eg — The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 10, 2020
You hate to see it. Except you really love it.
At some point it is just kicking someone who is already on the ground with their head decapitated — Faulkner ☠ (@chrisfaulkner) February 10, 2020
We’re just doing what any good American would do.
Chefs kiss — Jeff Stewart (@StewartRealty) February 10, 2020
There’s nothing wrong with appreciating symbolism.
Metaphors galore — NotoriousRBF (@NotoriousRBF) February 10, 2020
Love me a good metaphor https://t.co/T8KHBpZ3q3 — Siraj Hashmi ? (@SirajAHashmi) February 10, 2020
Welp, that pretty much sums it all up for Iowa. — ATX Libertarian (@libertyinatx) February 10, 2020
Wah-waaaaaah.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--Even De Blasio Admits Democrats’ Bail Reform Law Linked to Increased NYC Crime

New York was dubbed the safest big city in the world for many years , but a recent surge in crime threatens to change that .
In the 1990s and early 2000s , under the leadership of Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his successor , Michael Bloomberg , the city had a tough stance on crime , and it paid dividends .
But now even de Blasio has had to admit that a left-wing policy is causing a spike in crime .
As of Jan. 1 , the city implemented a law that allows many criminals to go free with no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nearly 3 Years Later , FBI Director Admits Surveillance of Carter Page Was Illegal De Blasio conceded in an interview with WNYC-FM ’ s Brian Lehrer that the new law has fostered a new era of crime in the city .
“ We had , for six years , steady decreases in crime across the board .
There ’ s not a whole lot of other environmental things that have changed recently , ” he said , according to the New York Post .
“ It sort of stands out like a sore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new thing in the equation and we saw an extraordinary jump , ” the mayor said .
The Post said CompStat data showed that crime has skyrocketed since the bail law took effect .
“ Of course there ’ s always a possibility this is plain statistical variation , that happens sometimes , ” the mayor said .
“ But I think it ’ s pretty clear that there ’ s only one new major piece in the equation , ” he told Lehrer .
De Blasio has backed giving judges the discretion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trial if they are believed to be a danger .
That is something the sponsor of the bail law , Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie , is against , the Post reported .
“ I think judicial discretion should be clarified so that there are very clear checks and balances , so that we avoid any inkling of bias entering into the process , but I think a system predicated only on the question of flight risk misses the fact that there are some individuals who are just consistently , by their own actions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process , consistently creat [ ing ] a threat to their neighbors , ” de Blasio said .
RELATED : Report : Ex-Inmates Using de Blasio Handouts To Buy Booze and Nicotine The mayor has previously avoided answering questions about the increases in felony assaults , grand larcenies and burglaries since the law ’ s implementation .
But he is no longer running from the obvious truth .
“ We saw things emanating from this law starting [ to ] take effect months ago and obviously now it ’ s in full effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one , we ’ ve been 100 percent clear and we are unified on what we feel .
Two , we want to act on this productively , ” he said .
“ We ’ re in dialogue with leaders in Albany about those concerns , and we want to move forward .
In the meantime , this police force can handle anything thrown at them , ” de Blasio said .
In one recent case , a woman , Tiffany Harris , who allegedly committed an anti-Semitic attack by slapping three Orthodox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and punched a woman the next day .
And all of that came after two previous arrests that same week in assault cases .
In another case , a three-time convicted bank robber , Christopher Seamans , was released with no bail after being accused of doing a fourth bank job .
In still another , six men — Jaslin Baldera , Livo Valdez , Frandi Ledema , Frederick Baldera , Parfraimy Antonio and Diego Tejada — were let out of jail with no bail after being accused of having $ 7 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the case of Jordan Randolph , who police say is responsible for the death of another man because he was driving drunk .
According to officers , Randolph attempted to flee the scene before being arrested , showing he is both a danger and a flight risk , but he too was let go with no bail .
Between this new law and its sanctuary policy , New York is about to become the safest big city in the world , all right — the safest , that is , for illegal aliens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policies that progressives want to have in effect nationwide .
Is it any wonder that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont wants convicts to be able to vote from their prison cells ?
Democrats would win the criminal vote in a landslide .
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New York was dubbed the safest big city in the world for many years, but a recent surge in crime threatens to change that.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, under the leadership of Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his successor, Michael Bloomberg, the city had a tough stance on crime, and it paid dividends.
Things changed when progressive Bill de Blasio was elected mayor.
But now even de Blasio has had to admit that a left-wing policy is causing a spike in crime.
As of Jan. 1, the city implemented a law that allows many criminals to go free with no bail after their arrest.
De Blasio conceded in an interview with WNYC-FM’s Brian Lehrer that the new law has fostered a new era of crime in the city.
“We had, for six years, steady decreases in crime across the board. There’s not a whole lot of other environmental things that have changed recently,” he said, according to the New York Post.
“It sort of stands out like a sore thumb that this is the single biggest new thing in the equation and we saw an extraordinary jump,” the mayor said.
The Post said CompStat data showed that crime has skyrocketed since the bail law took effect.
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“Of course there’s always a possibility this is plain statistical variation, that happens sometimes,” the mayor said.
“But I think it’s pretty clear that there’s only one new major piece in the equation,” he told Lehrer.
De Blasio has backed giving judges the discretion to hold some defendants while they await trial if they are believed to be a danger.
That is something the sponsor of the bail law, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, is against, the Post reported.
“I think judicial discretion should be clarified so that there are very clear checks and balances, so that we avoid any inkling of bias entering into the process, but I think a system predicated only on the question of flight risk misses the fact that there are some individuals who are just consistently, by their own actions, and by the proof of due process, consistently creat[ing] a threat to their neighbors,” de Blasio said.
The mayor has previously avoided answering questions about the increases in felony assaults, grand larcenies and burglaries since the law’s implementation. But he is no longer running from the obvious truth.
“We saw things emanating from this law starting [to] take effect months ago and obviously now it’s in full effect. But the bottom line is, one, we’ve been 100 percent clear and we are unified on what we feel. Two, we want to act on this productively,” he said.
“We’re in dialogue with leaders in Albany about those concerns, and we want to move forward. In the meantime, this police force can handle anything thrown at them,” de Blasio said.
In one recent case, a woman, Tiffany Harris, who allegedly committed an anti-Semitic attack by slapping three Orthodox Jewish women was released with no bail and punched a woman the next day. And all of that came after two previous arrests that same week in assault cases.
In another case, a three-time convicted bank robber, Christopher Seamans, was released with no bail after being accused of doing a fourth bank job.
In still another, six men — Jaslin Baldera, Livo Valdez, Frandi Ledema, Frederick Baldera, Parfraimy Antonio and Diego Tejada — were let out of jail with no bail after being accused of having $7 million of fentanyl.
And then there is the case of Jordan Randolph, who police say is responsible for the death of another man because he was driving drunk.
According to officers, Randolph attempted to flee the scene before being arrested, showing he is both a danger and a flight risk, but he too was let go with no bail.
Between this new law and its sanctuary policy, New York is about to become the safest big city in the world, all right — the safest, that is, for illegal aliens and criminals.
These are the insane policies that progressives want to have in effect nationwide.
Is it any wonder that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont wants convicts to be able to vote from their prison cells? Democrats would win the criminal vote in a landslide.
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thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--11 Million See SOTU Speach-Shredding Video That Petty Pelosi Wants Removed From Twitter

The viral video that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Twitter and Facebook to remove , featuring her ripping apart a copy of President Trump 's State of the Union address , has surpassed 11 million views .
TRENDING : Pelosi fires off on reporter asking about SOTU tantrum : ' I do n't need any lessons from anybody' The Gateway Pundit ran the headline `` SORRY NANCY !
… Amazing TPUSA Video that Pelosi Demanded Twitter to Take Down PASS THE 10 MILLION VIEWS MARK ! ''
The blog noted the video shows `` Pelosi ripping up Trump 's SOTU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powerful American story . ''
`` Pelosi pre-ripped the speech as Trump mentioned Rush Limbaugh ’ s lung cancer diagnosis , proving she pre-planned the theatrical stunt , '' the Gateway Pundit said .
`` Pelosi is an evil , calculating , witch and lashed out at reporters who suggested her ripping up the SOTU speech backfired . ''
The Western Journal noted some of the moving stories included `` a Tuskegee Airman , the family of a fallen police officer and a young girl who wanted to escape a failing school .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the video , juxtaposed the images with Pelosi ripping up the speech .
`` Anyone who would see this would logically know there were only so many times she ripped up the speech – namely , one – and that the occasion probably did n't happen after Trump saluted a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman .
It was obviously an attempt to synthesize the two differing visions of the speech in a short video , something no one looking at it would have thought was happening in real time , '' the Western Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chief of staff , Drew Hammill , went on Facebook to demand the removal of the video .
He called it a `` fake video '' that would `` mislead and lie to the American people . ''
But Facebook policy communications manager Andy Stone said : `` Sorry , are you suggesting the president did n't make those remarks and the speaker did n't rip the speech ? ''
He pointed out that the events in the video `` actually happened . ''
A spokesman for TPUSA wrote : `` First : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we made it : We took real lines from the president 's State of the Union speech and then used a real footage of Speaker Pelosi tearing up Trump 's speech as a transition for each clip .
`` That 's it .
Real events that really happened , in a timeline . ''

The viral video that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Twitter and Facebook to remove, featuring her ripping apart a copy of President Trump's State of the Union address, has surpassed 11 million views.
The video:
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
The Gateway Pundit ran the headline "SORRY NANCY! … Amazing TPUSA Video that Pelosi Demanded Twitter to Take Down PASS THE 10 MILLION VIEWS MARK!"
The blog noted the video shows "Pelosi ripping up Trump's SOTU speech every time President Trump honored a powerful American story."
"Pelosi pre-ripped the speech as Trump mentioned Rush Limbaugh’s lung cancer diagnosis, proving she pre-planned the theatrical stunt," the Gateway Pundit said. "Pelosi is an evil, calculating, witch and lashed out at reporters who suggested her ripping up the SOTU speech backfired."
The Western Journal noted some of the moving stories included "a Tuskegee Airman, the family of a fallen police officer and a young girl who wanted to escape a failing school."
Turning Point USA, the producer of the video, juxtaposed the images with Pelosi ripping up the speech.
"Anyone who would see this would logically know there were only so many times she ripped up the speech – namely, one – and that the occasion probably didn't happen after Trump saluted a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman. It was obviously an attempt to synthesize the two differing visions of the speech in a short video, something no one looking at it would have thought was happening in real time," the Western Journal said.
The Journal reported Pelosi's chief of staff, Drew Hammill, went on Facebook to demand the removal of the video.
He called it a "fake video" that would "mislead and lie to the American people."
But Facebook policy communications manager Andy Stone said: "Sorry, are you suggesting the president didn't make those remarks and the speaker didn't rip the speech?"
He pointed out that the events in the video "actually happened."
A spokesman for TPUSA wrote: "First: watch the video. Here is how we made it: We took real lines from the president's State of the Union speech and then used a real footage of Speaker Pelosi tearing up Trump's speech as a transition for each clip.
"That's it. Real events that really happened, in a timeline."


thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--‘No. 1 Target of Obama’s Deep State’ Michael Flynn has Sentencing Put Off ‘Indefinitely’

The government 's sentencing of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on his guilty plea to a Robert Mueller-orchestrated charge in 2017 of lying to investigators about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in 2016 has been indefinitely postponed .
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Monday canceled a sentencing hearing that was planned for Feb. 27 `` until further order of the court . ''
In the process of withdrawing his guilty plea , Flynn has accused federal prosecutors of `` egregious government misconduct . ''
Already , prosecutors have been waffling on whether they want probation or jail for him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporter asking about SOTU tantrum : ' I do n't need any lessons from anybody' The government has asked for an extension of time to consider Flynn 's motion to withdraw his plea , but Flynn 's lawyer , Sidney Powell , said the Department of Justice should agree to the withdrawal .
`` Accordingly we oppose any further extension of the briefing schedule , '' she said .
The Gateway Pundit said the `` Obama Deep State '' has spied on Flynn since 2015 because he turned against President Obama and spoke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rise of ISIS in Iraq .
`` So the Obama , Comey , McCabe , Strzok , Page , Brennan , Clapper Deep State set him up and ambushed him during the Trump transition by leaking his calls to then-Russian Ambassador Kislyak to the Washington Post ’ s David Ignatius . ''
Flynn 's counsel has accused the government of `` bad faith , vindictiveness and breach of the plea deal . ''
`` The prosecution has shown abject bad faith in pure retaliation against Mr. Flynn since he retained new counsel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` This can only be because with new , unconflicted counsel , Mr. Flynn refused to lie for the prosecution .
`` Justice is not a game , and there should be no room for such gamesmanship in the Department of Justice , '' they wrote .
Flynn hired Powell in 2019 , a former federal prosecutor , who filed a motion for dismissal in October .
The motion alleged the Justice Department manipulated Flynn 's FBI interview transcript , known as a 302 , to charge him with lying and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former FBI lawyer Lisa Page edited Flynn 's 302 report then lied to the Justice Department about the edits .
Powell contended the case should be thrown out `` for outrageous government misconduct . ''
In November , a federal judge granted Flynn 's request to delay his criminal sentencing until after the release of the Justice Department inspector general 's report on alleged government surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016 .
But on Dec. 18 , D.C. federal court Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected Flynn 's claim that he was pressured @ @ @ @

The government's sentencing of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on his guilty plea to a Robert Mueller-orchestrated charge in 2017 of lying to investigators about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in 2016 has been indefinitely postponed.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Monday canceled a sentencing hearing that was planned for Feb. 27 "until further order of the court."
In the process of withdrawing his guilty plea, Flynn has accused federal prosecutors of "egregious government misconduct."
Already, prosecutors have been waffling on whether they want probation or jail for him.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
The government has asked for an extension of time to consider Flynn's motion to withdraw his plea, but Flynn's lawyer, Sidney Powell, said the Department of Justice should agree to the withdrawal.
"Accordingly we oppose any further extension of the briefing schedule," she said.
Politico reported the move indefinitely postponed the scheduled hearing.
The Gateway Pundit said the "Obama Deep State" has spied on Flynn since 2015 because he turned against President Obama and spoke honestly about his failed strategy that caused the rise of ISIS in Iraq.
"So the Obama, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Brennan, Clapper Deep State set him up and ambushed him during the Trump transition by leaking his calls to then-Russian Ambassador Kislyak to the Washington Post’s David Ignatius."
Flynn's counsel has accused the government of "bad faith, vindictiveness and breach of the plea deal."
"The prosecution has shown abject bad faith in pure retaliation against Mr. Flynn since he retained new counsel," Flynn's attorneys wrote earlier. "This can only be because with new, unconflicted counsel, Mr. Flynn refused to lie for the prosecution.
"Justice is not a game, and there should be no room for such gamesmanship in the Department of Justice," they wrote.
Flynn hired Powell in 2019, a former federal prosecutor, who filed a motion for dismissal in October. The motion alleged the Justice Department manipulated Flynn's FBI interview transcript, known as a 302, to charge him with lying and was withholding exculpatory evidence.
Powell presented evidence former FBI lawyer Lisa Page edited Flynn's 302 report then lied to the Justice Department about the edits.
Powell contended the case should be thrown out "for outrageous government misconduct."
In November, a federal judge granted Flynn's request to delay his criminal sentencing until after the release of the Justice Department inspector general's report on alleged government surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016.
But on Dec. 18, D.C. federal court Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected Flynn's claim that he was pressured to plead guilty.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-10--Devin Nunes: Democrats are Likely to ‘Concoct a New Hoax’ Against President Trump

In his first two years in office , President Trump battled the Democrats ' charge of `` Russia collusion , '' which he dismissed as a hoax .
Turns out he was right , as special counsel Robert Mueller concluded after spending as much as $ 42 million in taxpayer funds .
The most recent charge that his phone call with Ukraine 's president was impeachable was rejected last week by the Senate .
But there will be more coming .
TRENDING : Pelosi fires off on reporter asking about SOTU tantrum : ' I do n't need any lessons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Devin Nunes , R-Calif. , a lead investigator of the origins of the Obama administration 's probe of the Trump campaign .
In an interview Monday on `` Fox & Friends , '' he said Democrats who have absolutely no tolerance for Trump could come up with another hoax .
`` I 'd say that old habits die hard , '' Nunes said .
`` They 've done nothing else for their entire time that they 've controlled Congress and do n't forget the Democrats on the intelligence committee started this right after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going over three years . ''
He suggested the Democrats ' next move may be to target former National Security Adviser John Bolton .
`` They may concoct a new hoax , I 'm not sure that the American people will believe it , but you can be sure of one thing , the mainstream media will support whatever it is the narrative is that they want to build , '' he continued .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi already has promised to continue investigating him .
`` We will continue to do our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions would be made as `` opportunities '' rise .
Nunes said he was n't sure Democrats knew `` how to do anything else . ''

In his first two years in office, President Trump battled the Democrats' charge of "Russia collusion," which he dismissed as a hoax.
Turns out he was right, as special counsel Robert Mueller concluded after spending as much as $42 million in taxpayer funds.
The most recent charge that his phone call with Ukraine's president was impeachable was rejected last week by the Senate.
But there will be more coming.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
That's according to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a lead investigator of the origins of the Obama administration's probe of the Trump campaign.
In an interview Monday on "Fox & Friends," he said Democrats who have absolutely no tolerance for Trump could come up with another hoax.
"I'd say that old habits die hard," Nunes said. "They've done nothing else for their entire time that they've controlled Congress and don't forget the Democrats on the intelligence committee started this right after Trump was elected so that’s going over three years."
He suggested the Democrats' next move may be to target former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
"They may concoct a new hoax, I'm not sure that the American people will believe it, but you can be sure of one thing, the mainstream media will support whatever it is the narrative is that they want to build," he continued.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi already has promised to continue investigating him.
"We will continue to do our oversight," she said, and decisions would be made as "opportunities" rise.
Nunes said he wasn't sure Democrats knew "how to do anything else."


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Jewish Democrats’ Thrown Out Of Rashida Tlaib Event For Confronting Her Anti-Semitism

Former New York State Democrat Assemblyman Dov Hikind was thrown out of an event over the weekend for confronting far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D-MN ) over her extensive history of promoting anti-Semitism .
The event , hosted by ‘ Muslims4Peace , ’ was held on Sunday at Rutgers University and was titled : “ A Global Crisis : Refugees , Migrants , and Asylum Seekers – Lessons from the Prophet Muhammad ” Hikind told The Daily Wire that the head presenter for Muslims4Peace introduced Tlaib by saying “ I don ’ t agree with her politically , but we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ As [ Tlaib ] started to speak about ‘ showing up for allies , ’ I decided it was time to take her to task for her recent promotion of an anti-Jewish blood libel , ” Hikind said .
“ I stood up and asked her ‘ what about your antisemitism ?
What about your spreading of a blood libel ? '
” “ And before I could finish my question , one man jumped at me and grabbed me , ” Hikind continued .
“ I warned him to immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The police were waiting on the sidelines and jumped in a second later and forcibly removed me .
They did their job , and I have no qualms with them .
But Rashida couldn ’ t answer me to my face.
” “ I stood ten feet away from her , and all she could do was play the victim , ” Hikind continued .
“ I was told that after I was escorted out she claimed that my question was part of a pattern of discrimination against people like her grandmother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a shameless anti-Semite who hides her hate behind the guise of victimhood although she ’ s the only one consistently guilty of perpetuating hate .
She ’ s the one guilty of promoting libelous lies that lead directly to violence !
At the end of it all , Rashida showed us again that she has no backbone and has no real defense or justification for her abhorrent statements.
” Hikind said that he challenged her because “ if we tolerate an anti-Semite on a college campus with one of the largest Jewish student @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to spew her vile hatred unopposed , then we are losing the battle against antisemitism .
Then we ’ re sending the wrong message to our Jewish students that hateful lies can flow freely within the walls of academia .
Instead , we showed the contrary .
That just as she has the right to her hate speech , we have the same right , but more so an obligation , to counter it on the spot.
” Hikind calling out Tlaib for the false blood libel accusation that she promoted stemmed from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she retweeted last month who responded to the death of a Palestinian boy by writing , “ The heart just shatters .
The pain is unbearable .
No words.
” The official was commenting on a tweet that falsely stated : “ KIDNAPPED & EXECUTED 7 year old # Palestinian child Qusai was kidnapped by a Herd of violent # Israeli settlers , assaulted & thrown in a water well was found this morning frozen to death in Beit Hanina , # Jerusalem after # Israeli forces assaulted search teams.
” Rashida Tlaib @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 900,000 Twitter and never apologized despite repeated calls to do so .

Former New York State Democrat Assemblyman Dov Hikind was thrown out of an event over the weekend for confronting far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) over her extensive history of promoting anti-Semitism.
The event, hosted by ‘Muslims4Peace,’ was held on Sunday at Rutgers University and was titled: “A Global Crisis: Refugees, Migrants, and Asylum Seekers – Lessons from the Prophet Muhammad”
Hikind told The Daily Wire that the head presenter for Muslims4Peace introduced Tlaib by saying “I don’t agree with her politically, but we should hear what she has to say.”
“As [Tlaib] started to speak about ‘showing up for allies,’ I decided it was time to take her to task for her recent promotion of an anti-Jewish blood libel,” Hikind said. “I stood up and asked her ‘what about your antisemitism? What about your spreading of a blood libel?'”
“And before I could finish my question, one man jumped at me and grabbed me,” Hikind continued. “I warned him to immediately get his hands off and he complied. The police were waiting on the sidelines and jumped in a second later and forcibly removed me. They did their job, and I have no qualms with them. But Rashida couldn’t answer me to my face.”
WATCH:
Police just ejected me from an event of @Muslims4Peace at @RutgersU which was a fine event until @RashidaTlaib showed up. I challenged her about her antisemitism and spreading of an anti-Jewish blood libel! She had no answer for me. They will never silence us! Cc @IlhanMN pic.twitter.com/vyMGCGGxlX — Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) February 9, 2020
“I stood ten feet away from her, and all she could do was play the victim,” Hikind continued. “I was told that after I was escorted out she claimed that my question was part of a pattern of discrimination against people like her grandmother. In reality, she’s a shameless anti-Semite who hides her hate behind the guise of victimhood although she’s the only one consistently guilty of perpetuating hate. She’s the one guilty of promoting libelous lies that lead directly to violence! At the end of it all, Rashida showed us again that she has no backbone and has no real defense or justification for her abhorrent statements.”
Hikind said that he challenged her because “if we tolerate an anti-Semite on a college campus with one of the largest Jewish student populations in the country, allowing her to spew her vile hatred unopposed, then we are losing the battle against antisemitism. Then we’re sending the wrong message to our Jewish students that hateful lies can flow freely within the walls of academia. Instead, we showed the contrary. That just as she has the right to her hate speech, we have the same right, but more so an obligation, to counter it on the spot.”
Hikind calling out Tlaib for the false blood libel accusation that she promoted stemmed from a tweet from a Palestinian official that she retweeted last month who responded to the death of a Palestinian boy by writing, “The heart just shatters. The pain is unbearable. No words.”
The official was commenting on a tweet that falsely stated: “KIDNAPPED & EXECUTED 7 year old #Palestinian child Qusai was kidnapped by a Herd of violent #Israeli settlers, assaulted & thrown in a water well was found this morning frozen to death in Beit Hanina, #Jerusalem after #Israeli forces assaulted search teams.”
Rashida Tlaib promoted all of it to her over 900,000 Twitter and never apologized despite repeated calls to do so.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--President Trump at New Hampshire Rally: DC Swamp ‘Worse Than I Thought’

President Donald Trump admitted at a political rally Monday night that the swamp in Washington , DC , was worse @ @ @ @ @ for president in 2016 .
The president spoke about the “ swamp ” during a @ @ @ @ @ New Hampshire .
“ That swamp is much worse than I thought , when I @ @ @ @ @ , ” Trump says .
“ That swamp is a dirty swamp … you have @ @ @ @ @ horrible , people.
” Trump spoke at the rally prior to the Democrat presidential primary @ @ @ @ @ , his first campaign rally since he was acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial .
@ @ @ @ @ continue fighting to drain the swamp , as he promised to do when campaigning in @ @ @ @ @ draining that sucker , slowly but surely , with your help , ” he said @

President Donald Trump admitted at a political rally Monday night that the swamp in Washington, DC, was worse than he imagined while running for president in 2016.
The president spoke about the “swamp” during a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.
“That swamp is much worse than I thought, when I was out here innocently campaigning,” Trump says. “That swamp is a dirty swamp … you have some evil, dirty, horrible, people.”
Trump spoke at the rally prior to the Democrat presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, his first campaign rally since he was acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial.
The president said he would continue fighting to drain the swamp, as he promised to do when campaigning in 2016.
“We are draining that sucker, slowly but surely, with your help,” he said.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Awkward: Pocahontas Interrupts People Eating in a Diner—Who Clearly Want Her to Leave Them Alone

Every presidential primary campaign is full of photo ops where candidates wander aimlessly into cafes and harass people trying to eat lunch or dinner .
It 's inexplicable why anyone does this , and yet every four years , there they go again .
This time it 's Elizabeth Warren insisting on talking to strangers who would rather continue chewing in peace .
The body language these people are giving off is ice cold and yet Warren does n't seem to notice , nor do all the cameramen angling for a great shot of Warren being a regular person doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do .
One time , my family and I were eating at Portillo 's and we ordered an entire chocolate cake , which we could n't eat .
My sister and I got the great idea to slice it up and offer it to people eating near us .
Even with free cake , interrupting people 's dinners did n't go so well .
Warren did n't have any cake , just weird old-lady chatter and awkward hand gestures .
Hardly anyone wanted to make eye contact with her .
I do n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking forward to many more of these cringeworthy moments on this never-ending slog to November .
Is it over yet ?
Megan Fox is the author of “ Believe Evidence ; The Death of Due Process from Salome to # MeToo , ” and host of The Fringe podcast .
Follow on Twitter @ MeganFoxWriter

Every presidential primary campaign is full of photo ops where candidates wander aimlessly into cafes and harass people trying to eat lunch or dinner. It’s inexplicable why anyone does this, and yet every four years, there they go again. This time it’s Elizabeth Warren insisting on talking to strangers who would rather continue chewing in peace. The body language these people are giving off is ice cold and yet Warren doesn’t seem to notice, nor do all the cameramen angling for a great shot of Warren being a regular person doing a thing no regular person would ever do.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren stops by a local diner in Manchester, NH. pic.twitter.com/gP41EA6jKk — The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2020
One time, my family and I were eating at Portillo’s and we ordered an entire chocolate cake, which we couldn’t eat. My sister and I got the great idea to slice it up and offer it to people eating near us. Even with free cake, interrupting people’s dinners didn’t go so well. Warren didn’t have any cake, just weird old-lady chatter and awkward hand gestures. Hardly anyone wanted to make eye contact with her. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to many more of these cringeworthy moments on this never-ending slog to November. Is it over yet?
Megan Fox is the author of “Believe Evidence; The Death of Due Process from Salome to #MeToo,” and host of The Fringe podcast. Follow on Twitter @MeganFoxWriter


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--YUGE Overflow Crowd Braves Frigid Temps to Cheer for Trump Outside NH Rally

Trump 's rallies are always jam-packed and oversold .
The overflow crowds are always there , watching on big screens that the president 's team sets up for the ones who do n't make it in .
The rally on Monday night in NH was no different and some great footage was captured showing thousands of people , happy and cheering—and out in the cold .
Meanwhile , in a New Hampshire high school cafetorium ( or possibly DMV ) , Biden spoke to a crowd of about 47 people and one very determined heckler .
Are we still pretending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't be a Trump rally without some jabs at Crazy Bernie and the bumbling Democrats who screwed up their own caucuses .
It 's amazing to me that the Democrats are even running against this man .
None of them can draw a crowd like this .
Look at this overhead view of the line stretching for blocks .
If any of the Democrat candidates could get this kind of excitement and participation we would hear about it twenty-four hours a day .
Hey , wait a minute !
Bernie has a decent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DNC is n't going to let him get the nomination .
Instead , they 're trying to sell us Joe Biden , who ca n't pack a high school gym .
As the election nears , expect bigger crowds at Democrat events .
But it 's worth noting that even when Trump is n't running for office , he can pack a stadium and still have thousands of people waiting outside .
Megan Fox is the author of “ Believe Evidence ; The Death of Due Process from Salome to # MeToo , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Follow on Twitter @ MeganFoxWriter

Trump’s rallies are always jam-packed and oversold. The overflow crowds are always there, watching on big screens that the president’s team sets up for the ones who don’t make it in. The rally on Monday night in NH was no different and some great footage was captured showing thousands of people, happy and cheering—and out in the cold.
Meanwhile, in a New Hampshire high school cafetorium (or possibly DMV), Biden spoke to a crowd of about 47 people and one very determined heckler. Are we still pretending he can win?
Even @JoeBiden is tired. He knows it’s over. He’s shook. He feels something coming. When you look at this compared to the @realDonaldTrump rally it’s almost satire. Who are these people? They can’t be serious. https://t.co/0foKAFVqgV — We Hold These Truths ⭐⭐⭐ (@SchwabStrong) February 11, 2020
Back to the Trump rally…
I have never witnessed a movement like this in my lifetime. Honored to be on the right side of history as a lifelong Democrat supporting OUR president! Packed to the rafters for @realDonaldTrump's #TrumpRallyNH. @DonaldJTrumpJr @DanScavino @LaraLeaTrump pic.twitter.com/3pMG2p2rIM — Scott Ford (@ScottFordTVGuy) February 10, 2020
And it wouldn’t be a Trump rally without some jabs at Crazy Bernie and the bumbling Democrats who screwed up their own caucuses.
"Democrats want to run your health care and they can't even run a caucus in Iowa." #TrumpRallyNH pic.twitter.com/utZnmfRDKU — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 11, 2020
It’s amazing to me that the Democrats are even running against this man. None of them can draw a crowd like this. Look at this overhead view of the line stretching for blocks. If any of the Democrat candidates could get this kind of excitement and participation we would hear about it twenty-four hours a day.
Air Force One is wheels down at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (@flymanchester). Next stop, SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire! #TrumpRallyNH #KeepAmericaGreat2020🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/l3VMToKGOX — Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) February 10, 2020
Hey, wait a minute! Bernie has a decent crowd, but we all know the DNC isn’t going to let him get the nomination. Instead, they’re trying to sell us Joe Biden, who can’t pack a high school gym.
No other candidate is going to get you a crowd like this! @thestrokes #BernieInNH pic.twitter.com/bR3emHYaLy — Harvard College Students for Bernie (@Harvard4Bernie) February 11, 2020
As the election nears, expect bigger crowds at Democrat events. But it’s worth noting that even when Trump isn’t running for office, he can pack a stadium and still have thousands of people waiting outside.
Megan Fox is the author of “Believe Evidence; The Death of Due Process from Salome to #MeToo,” and host of The Fringe podcast. Follow on Twitter @MeganFoxWriter


thelibertydaily--2020-02-11--Officials Investigating After Man Seen Slapping Monk Seal’s Rump on Social Media

Federal and state officers are investigating after video of a man slapping a Hawaiian monk seal resting on a West Oahu beach was widely circulated on social media .
The video , originally posted on TikTok by Eric Mustevoy , was shared on Instagram by @ hungryhungryhawaiian , an account which has 276,000 followers .
The man , dressed in black shorts , a dark baseball cap and pink , short-sleeved shirt , appears to approach the monk seal from behind , lean over , and slap it in the hindquarters before running off .
Over the weekend , Mauinow.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ users who saw the video .
Mustevoy told Mauinow.com that he recorded the video over a month ago while visiting Hawaii .
Officers from the state Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’ s Office of Law Enforcement are aware of the incident , and have seen the social media post , but can not comment on an ongoing investigation .
“ We encourage people to report violations immediately , ” said DOCARE Chief Jason Redulla in a news release .
“ Far too often we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve been posted to social media , which compounds the difficulty of gathering evidence and witness statements in real time.
” In 2018 , NOAA fined an Alabama man $ 1,500 for touching a Hawaiian monk seal as well as harassing a sea turtle while vacationing on Kauai after his videos were posted to Instagram .
In that case , the man walked up to a sleeping monk seal on Poipu Beach at night and stroked it with his hand .
He also posted a video of himself aggressively pursuing a sea turtle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Office of Law Enforcement tracked the man down via his social media accounts , then issued the fine in an effort to educate him about laws protecting marine wildlife .
At the time , NOAA warned that people sneaking up on monk seals also risk injury because they are wild animals that can act unpredictably .
Hawaiian monk seals , a critically endangered species , are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act .
Under Hawaii law , the harassment of a monk seal is considered a class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fines .
In its viewing guidelines for marine wildlife in Hawaii , NOAA recommends staying at least 50 feet away from Hawaiian monk seals .
“ It ’ s recommended everyone follow established viewing guidelines for monk seals and other marine wildlife , ” said the state Department of Land and Natural Resources in a news release .
“ These guidelines have been developed to maximize human safety , seal safety , and legal compliance.
” To report suspected wildlife violations or to provide information relevant to an ongoing investigation , call the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 800-853-1964 or DOCARE at 643-DLNR .
Reports can also be made via the free DLNRTip app .

Federal and state officers are investigating after video of a man slapping a Hawaiian monk seal resting on a West Oahu beach was widely circulated on social media.
The video, originally posted on TikTok by Eric Mustevoy, was shared on Instagram by @hungryhungryhawaiian, an account which has 276,000 followers. The man, dressed in black shorts, a dark baseball cap and pink, short-sleeved shirt, appears to approach the monk seal from behind, lean over, and slap it in the hindquarters before running off.
Over the weekend, Mauinow.com reported backlash over the incident from Instagram users who saw the video. Mustevoy told Mauinow.com that he recorded the video over a month ago while visiting Hawaii.
Officers from the state Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement are aware of the incident, and have seen the social media post, but can not comment on an ongoing investigation.
“We encourage people to report violations immediately,” said DOCARE Chief Jason Redulla in a news release. “Far too often we learn about these cases after they’ve been posted to social media, which compounds the difficulty of gathering evidence and witness statements in real time.”
In 2018, NOAA fined an Alabama man $1,500 for touching a Hawaiian monk seal as well as harassing a sea turtle while vacationing on Kauai after his videos were posted to Instagram.
In that case, the man walked up to a sleeping monk seal on Poipu Beach at night and stroked it with his hand. He also posted a video of himself aggressively pursuing a sea turtle while snorkeling at Poipu.
NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement tracked the man down via his social media accounts, then issued the fine in an effort to educate him about laws protecting marine wildlife.
At the time, NOAA warned that people sneaking up on monk seals also risk injury because they are wild animals that can act unpredictably.
Hawaiian monk seals, a critically endangered species, are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act. Under Hawaii law, the harassment of a monk seal is considered a class C felony, punishable by imprisonment and fines.
In its viewing guidelines for marine wildlife in Hawaii, NOAA recommends staying at least 50 feet away from Hawaiian monk seals.
“It’s recommended everyone follow established viewing guidelines for monk seals and other marine wildlife,” said the state Department of Land and Natural Resources in a news release. “These guidelines have been developed to maximize human safety, seal safety, and legal compliance.”
To report suspected wildlife violations or to provide information relevant to an ongoing investigation, call the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement hotline at 800-853-1964 or DOCARE at 643-DLNR. Reports can also be made via the free DLNRTip app.