thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--ObamaGate: Susan Rice’s Inauguration Day Email to Herself Had One Purpose: To Hide the Truth

The more we learn about Obamagate and the previous administration ’ s actions prior to the so-called “ peaceful transfer of power ” to President Trump ’ s team , the easier it is to see they had no intention of going away without a fight .
The Obama administration worked in conjunction with the Deep State to undermine President Trump , and General Michael Flynn was clearly going to be their point-of-entry .
But they didn ’ t do all of this without protections .
They , particularly former National Security Advisor Susan Rice , needed to establish ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans hidden .
In the event that there was an “ investigation of the investigators , ” as we ’ re seeing happening right now , they knew they needed a paper trail to make things seem like they were on the up-and-up .
This is why she sent herself a memorialization email regarding the meeting in the Oval Office on January 4 , 2017 , two weeks before President Trump was inaugurated .
It ’ s conspicuous that she waited until her last day on the job to send the email .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ others in the latest episode of the NOQ Report Podcast .
It was a particularly infuriating podcast as we discussed Susan Rice , the New Black Panthers Party ’ s racism against Chinese Americans , and Gavin Newsom ’ s illegal alien handouts .
But at least we had one positive story as “ Open the States ” is calling for America to open up on Friday .
• None ‘ Open the States ’ calls for Americans to open up on Friday whether the government likes it or not • None New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by calling for racism against Chinese-Americans • None Gavin Newsom ’ s handouts to illegal aliens are a big hit as he calls on DC to bail out his state With so much information coming out about the horrible actions of the Obama administration and the Deep State before and after President Trump was inaugurated , it ’ s important to understand how it all fits in .
The truth is coming out and they ’ re scared .
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast .
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The more we learn about Obamagate and the previous administration’s actions prior to the so-called “peaceful transfer of power” to President Trump’s team, the easier it is to see they had no intention of going away without a fight. The Obama administration worked in conjunction with the Deep State to undermine President Trump, and General Michael Flynn was clearly going to be their point-of-entry.
But they didn’t do all of this without protections. They, particularly former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, needed to establish ways to keep the truth about their nefarious plans hidden. In the event that there was an “investigation of the investigators,” as we’re seeing happening right now, they knew they needed a paper trail to make things seem like they were on the up-and-up. This is why she sent herself a memorialization email regarding the meeting in the Oval Office on January 4, 2017, two weeks before President Trump was inaugurated. It’s conspicuous that she waited until her last day on the job to send the email.
On Trump's first day, documented liar Susan Rice sends herself an email detailing a meeting w/top Obama officials *2 weeks prior* & repeatedly says it was “by the book” They knew what they were doing was wrong & it would be discovered so this email was sent as a “cover your ass” https://t.co/qlA5KU3H4k — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 19, 2020
DEVELOPING: Declassified Rice email documenting WH meeting 1/5/2017 obtained @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/uA9V9oo4n4 — Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 19, 2020
Question for Susan Rice: If investigations into Michael Flynn proceeded “by the book,” why did you lie about knowing about it?
pic.twitter.com/NIc154NNrH — Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 20, 2020
Tammy and I covered this story and others in the latest episode of the NOQ Report Podcast. It was a particularly infuriating podcast as we discussed Susan Rice, the New Black Panthers Party’s racism against Chinese Americans, and Gavin Newsom’s illegal alien handouts. But at least we had one positive story as “Open the States” is calling for America to open up on Friday.
Show Notes:
‘Open the States’ calls for Americans to open up on Friday whether the government likes it or not https://www.openthestates.com/post/on-friday-the-lockdowns-end
New Black Panthers are fighting racism in China by calling for racism against Chinese-Americans https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/19/new-black-panther-party-launches-boycott-of-chinese-merchants-to-protest-racism/
Gavin Newsom’s handouts to illegal aliens are a big hit as he calls on DC to bail out his state https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/05/19/illegal-aliens-jam-phone-lines-as-california-offers-500-each-in-coronavirus-relief/
With so much information coming out about the horrible actions of the Obama administration and the Deep State before and after President Trump was inaugurated, it’s important to understand how it all fits in. The truth is coming out and they’re scared.
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast.
Join fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--40-Year-Old Girlfriend of Former Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, 74, Charged After She ‘Kicked Hi

40-Year-Old Girlfriend of Former Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, 74, Charged After She ‘Kicked Him, Broke His Ribs, Scratched and Bit Him’

The girlfriend of former Texas Lt. Gov David Dewhurst stands accused of breaking his ribs by kicking him during one of two vicious rows , prosecutors said Wednesday .
Leslie Ann Caron , 40 , was charged with injury to an elderly person , a third-degree felony in Texas .
She is also accused of hit him with a pot , scratching and biting him during a second argument days later .
Dewhurst , 74 , called Houston police Tuesday when X-rays confirmed his injuries , said Mary McFaden , the division chief of family criminal law at the Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was booked on $ 10,000 bond .
McFaden said the charges might have been a misdemeanor if Dewhurst had been under the age of 65 , but that the charges were elevated to a felony because of the age of the alleged victim .
Political fundraiser Caron allegedly kicked Dewhurst on May 13 during an argument over him not calling a business partner .
She allegedly scratched and bit him during another argument a few days later , according to prosecutors .
Caron made accusations that Dewhurst had physically hurt her in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims , said Dane Schiller , a spokesman for the district attorney 's office .
It was not immediately clear whether Caron had an attorney .
She is said to have denied the charges .
In a statement Dewhurst said : ' I 'm not interested in filing any charges against Leslie .
She 's a remarkable woman with many fine attributes .
I wish her all the best in life . '
The couple are thought to have dated for around a year .
Prosecutors have the final say on charges .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday , Dewhurst said he was doing OK but declined further comment .
Dewhurst served 12 years as lieutenant before losing his bid for a fourth term in 2014 .
He also ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost in a primary runoff to Ted Cruz .
Dewhurst was a powerful ally of Rick Perry , who was then the Texas governor .
Together they pushed through a business-friendly agenda in the Legislature that they claimed drove a booming Texas economy , laying the groundwork for Perry 's failed campaigns for the @ @ @

The girlfriend of former Texas Lt. Gov David Dewhurst stands accused of breaking his ribs by kicking him during one of two vicious rows, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Leslie Ann Caron, 40, was charged with injury to an elderly person, a third-degree felony in Texas. She is also accused of hit him with a pot, scratching and biting him during a second argument days later.
Dewhurst, 74, called Houston police Tuesday when X-rays confirmed his injuries, said Mary McFaden, the division chief of family criminal law at the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
Caron was booked on $10,000 bond. McFaden said the charges might have been a misdemeanor if Dewhurst had been under the age of 65, but that the charges were elevated to a felony because of the age of the alleged victim.
Leslie Ann Caron, 40, was charged with injury to an elderly person, a third-degree felony in Texas. David Dewhurst, 74, called Houston police Tuesday when X-rays confirmed his injuries, the Harris County District Attorney's Office
Prosecutors in Houston said Wednesday that the girlfriend of former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was arrested on charges of injuring the longtime Republican officeholder in an alleged attack that broke two of his ribs
Political fundraiser Caron allegedly kicked Dewhurst on May 13 during an argument over him not calling a business partner. She allegedly scratched and bit him during another argument a few days later, according to prosecutors.
Caron made accusations that Dewhurst had physically hurt her in the past but police could not substantiate those claims, said Dane Schiller, a spokesman for the district attorney's office.
It was not immediately clear whether Caron had an attorney. She is said to have denied the charges.
In a statement Dewhurst said: 'I'm not interested in filing any charges against Leslie. She's a remarkable woman with many fine attributes. I wish her all the best in life.'
The couple are thought to have dated for around a year. Prosecutors have the final say on charges.
Caron allegedly kicked Dewhurst on May 13 during an argument over him not calling a business partner, and allegedly scratched and bit him during another argument a few days later, according to prosecutors
Dewhurst served 12 years as lieutenant before losing his bid for a fourth term in 2014; he also ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost in a primary runoff to Ted Cruz
Approached by Houston television station KTRK on Wednesday, Dewhurst said he was doing OK but declined further comment.
Dewhurst served 12 years as lieutenant before losing his bid for a fourth term in 2014. He also ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost in a primary runoff to Ted Cruz.
Dewhurst was a powerful ally of Rick Perry, who was then the Texas governor.
Together they pushed through a business-friendly agenda in the Legislature that they claimed drove a booming Texas economy, laying the groundwork for Perry's failed campaigns for the White House.
A court hearing was scheduled for Thursday.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--Unprecedented: Obama Bureaucrat Holdover “Whistleblower” Rick Bright Brags About Blocking Time-Teste

Unprecedented: Obama Bureaucrat Holdover “Whistleblower” Rick Bright Brags About Blocking Time-Tested, Inexpensive Hydroxychloroquine

How could a cheap , effective drug , FDA-approved and in use worldwide since 1955 , suddenly be restricted for outpatient use by American physicians ?
On March 28 , 2020 , as physicians worldwide were seeing striking success using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 , the FDA erected bureaucratic barriers .
Rick Bright , Ph.D. , is an FDA bureaucrat , vaccine researcher and was appointed by President Obama on Nov. 15 , 2016 , to head BARDA ( Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority , a sub-agency of the FDA ) .
In an unprecedented move , Bright expanded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the person imposing his will on all of us .
In an appalling admission , Bright said : `` Specifically , and contrary to misguided directives , I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine , promoted by the administration as a panacea , but which clearly lack scientific merit . ''
Meanwhile , he promoted both remdesivir , a never-approved experimental antiviral in development by Gilead Sciences , and a vaccine for COVID-19 .
Early effective use of the older , safe and available hydroxychloroquine , whose patents had expired decades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new products .
Rick Bright 's dictatorial decree limits the use of chloroquine ( CQ ) and hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) from the National Strategic Stockpile in COVID-19 to hospitalized patients only .
States are using Bright 's fiat to impose broad restrictions limiting the drugs ' availability for physicians to use for outpatients to help them recover without hospitalization .
In other countries , early use in outpatients is changing the life-and-death equation by reducing severity and spread of illness , greatly reducing the need for hospitalization and ventilators and markedly reducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get 'rogue ' judge booted off case By his own admission , Rick Bright , who is not a physician , knowingly and unilaterally countermanded Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar , Adm. Giroir in charge of Public Health Service and the president of the United States , who had directed BARDA to establish a Nationwide Expanded Access Investigational New Drug ( `` IND '' ) protocol for chloroquine , which would provide significantly greater outpatient access for the drug than would an Emergency Use Authorization ( EUA ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Access IND protocol would make the drug available for the treatment of COVID-19 outside a hospital setting at physicians ' medical discretion based on patients ' needs .
How does one non-physician bureaucrat have such power with impunity ?
How can one person brag about blocking physicians ' attempt to reduce hospitalization and deaths during a national emergency ?
It is a falsehood to say that the administration promoted HCQ as a `` panacea '' or that this medicine `` clearly lacks scientific merit . ''
Both statements are contradicted by video recordings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going back 15 years , and by U.S. and worldwide clinical outcomes studies in COVID-19 .
It is unprecedented to restrict physicians from prescribing FDA-approved drugs for a newly discovered use – `` off-label . ''
This is contrary to FDA regulations in place since World War II .
Basic science studies published in 2005 from our own CDC and NIH showed clearly that CQ and HCQ work early in SARS-CoV to block viral entry and multiplication , and suggested that they would not work as well in late-stage disease when the viral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waned and disappeared by late 2003 , the drugs were not submitted for FDA-approval for this coronavirus .
In 2019 , when Chinese doctors recognized the deadly impact of SARS-CoV-2 , they began trying known and available anti-viral medicines , especially CQ and HCQ , based on 15-year-old studies .
They shared information with South Korea , India , Turkey , Iran and several other countries , which also began quickly and successfully using CQ and HCQ , alone or with azithromycin .
Later , Brazil , Israel , Costa Rica , Australia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Based on these initial clinical reports , President Trump said , at an early press briefing , that CQ and HCQ `` offered hope . ''
More studies have replicated these findings .
HCQ given within the first week of symptoms , especially with zinc , can prevent the virus from entering your body 's cells and taking over , much like people use locks and alarms to stop burglaries .
Waiting until you are in the ICU is like installing home locks and alarm system after burglars have invaded , vandalized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The drugs can not reliably undo the damage from the exaggerated immune response , or cytokine storm , triggered by COVID-19 .
Examples from the world data on May 18 , 2020 , which is updated daily , show how Third World countries are faring far better than the U.S. , where entrenched bureaucrats , governors , and medical and pharmacy boards are interfering with physicians ' medical decisions .
Instead of orchestrating a war on HCQ , the media should be asking key questions , such as : • How does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , block directives from his superiors to expand availability of HCQ for outpatients and nursing home patients in the U.S. ?
• What is the cost in lives and economic damage resulting from one person 's decision to restrict physicians ' independent medical decision-making ?
• How many nursing home deaths could have been prevented if physicians had been allowed early access to HCQ ?
• Why are U.S. doctors and nurses prevented from using HCQ prophylactically when workers in China , South Korea , India , Brazil , Argentina , Israel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries can be protected ?
• Why does the U.S. , with its a much more sophisticated medical infrastructure , have a much higher mortality rate than poor countries ?
Bright 's disastrous bureaucratic decision may well be remembered as one of the worst preventable medical tragedies in our time .
Never again should one government employee be allowed unrestrained power without oversight , and be allowed to make a sweeping order interfering with the prescribing authority of front-line physicians trying to save lives .

How could a cheap, effective drug, FDA-approved and in use worldwide since 1955, suddenly be restricted for outpatient use by American physicians? On March 28, 2020, as physicians worldwide were seeing striking success using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, the FDA erected bureaucratic barriers.
Rick Bright, Ph.D., is an FDA bureaucrat, vaccine researcher and was appointed by President Obama on Nov. 15, 2016, to head BARDA (Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority, a sub-agency of the FDA). In an unprecedented move, Bright expanded his power and claimed credit for being the person imposing his will on all of us.
In an appalling admission, Bright said: "Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit." Meanwhile, he promoted both remdesivir, a never-approved experimental antiviral in development by Gilead Sciences, and a vaccine for COVID-19. Early effective use of the older, safe and available hydroxychloroquine, whose patents had expired decades ago, would decrease demand for these new products.
Rick Bright's dictatorial decree limits the use of chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from the National Strategic Stockpile in COVID-19 to hospitalized patients only. States are using Bright's fiat to impose broad restrictions limiting the drugs' availability for physicians to use for outpatients to help them recover without hospitalization.
In other countries, early use in outpatients is changing the life-and-death equation by reducing severity and spread of illness, greatly reducing the need for hospitalization and ventilators and markedly reducing deaths.
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By his own admission, Rick Bright, who is not a physician, knowingly and unilaterally countermanded Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Adm. Giroir in charge of Public Health Service and the president of the United States, who had directed BARDA to establish a Nationwide Expanded Access Investigational New Drug ("IND") protocol for chloroquine, which would provide significantly greater outpatient access for the drug than would an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Unlike an EUA, a Nationwide Expanded Access IND protocol would make the drug available for the treatment of COVID-19 outside a hospital setting at physicians' medical discretion based on patients' needs.
How does one non-physician bureaucrat have such power with impunity? How can one person brag about blocking physicians' attempt to reduce hospitalization and deaths during a national emergency?
It is a falsehood to say that the administration promoted HCQ as a "panacea" or that this medicine "clearly lacks scientific merit." Both statements are contradicted by video recordings of presidential briefings, by NIH/CDC studies going back 15 years, and by U.S. and worldwide clinical outcomes studies in COVID-19.
It is unprecedented to restrict physicians from prescribing FDA-approved drugs for a newly discovered use – "off-label." This is contrary to FDA regulations in place since World War II.
Basic science studies published in 2005 from our own CDC and NIH showed clearly that CQ and HCQ work early in SARS-CoV to block viral entry and multiplication, and suggested that they would not work as well in late-stage disease when the viral load had become huge. When SARS-CoV-1 waned and disappeared by late 2003, the drugs were not submitted for FDA-approval for this coronavirus.
In 2019, when Chinese doctors recognized the deadly impact of SARS-CoV-2, they began trying known and available anti-viral medicines, especially CQ and HCQ, based on 15-year-old studies. They shared information with South Korea, India, Turkey, Iran and several other countries, which also began quickly and successfully using CQ and HCQ, alone or with azithromycin. Later, Brazil, Israel, Costa Rica, Australia and others followed, with good results.
Based on these initial clinical reports, President Trump said, at an early press briefing, that CQ and HCQ "offered hope."
More studies have replicated these findings. HCQ given within the first week of symptoms, especially with zinc, can prevent the virus from entering your body's cells and taking over, much like people use locks and alarms to stop burglaries. Waiting until you are in the ICU is like installing home locks and alarm system after burglars have invaded, vandalized your home and stolen all your valuables. The drugs cannot reliably undo the damage from the exaggerated immune response, or cytokine storm, triggered by COVID-19.
Examples from the world data on May 18, 2020, which is updated daily, show how Third World countries are faring far better than the U.S., where entrenched bureaucrats, governors, and medical and pharmacy boards are interfering with physicians' medical decisions.
Instead of orchestrating a war on HCQ, the media should be asking key questions, such as:
How does ONE person, by his own admission, block directives from his superiors to expand availability of HCQ for outpatients and nursing home patients in the U.S.?
What is the cost in lives and economic damage resulting from one person's decision to restrict physicians' independent medical decision-making?
How many nursing home deaths could have been prevented if physicians had been allowed early access to HCQ?
Why are U.S. doctors and nurses prevented from using HCQ prophylactically when workers in China, South Korea, India, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Australia, Turkey, France and other countries can be protected?
Why does the U.S., with its a much more sophisticated medical infrastructure, have a much higher mortality rate than poor countries?
Bright's disastrous bureaucratic decision may well be remembered as one of the worst preventable medical tragedies in our time. Never again should one government employee be allowed unrestrained power without oversight, and be allowed to make a sweeping order interfering with the prescribing authority of front-line physicians trying to save lives.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--THE OFFICIAL TLD APP FOR ANDROID IS AVAILABLE NOW; IF YOU’RE USING ANOTHER ONE, IT IS A FRAUD AND IS

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thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--6 Things Democrats and the Media Want You to Believe About the Chi-Com Virus

And why every one of them is absurd .
`` Alice laughed : `` There 's no use trying , '' she said ; `` one ca n't believe impossible things . ''
`` I daresay you have n't had much practice , '' said the Queen .
`` When I was younger , I always did it for half an hour a day .
Why , sometimes I 've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast . ''
-- The Red Queen in “ Alice in Wonderland.
” In the spirit of Her Majesty , here are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the media want you to believe , as well as an explanation of why each is absurd .
1 .
China bears no responsibility for this pandemic – All the Chi-coms did was to deny the possibility of human-to-human transmission for as long as they could , destroy or remove tissue samples from the Wuhan lab , allow travel outside China ( while banning it within the country ) , force physicians and researchers who tried to alert us to the danger early on to recant ( they made one disappear ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admit there was a problem .
Other than that , not much .
2 .
COVID-19 doesn ’ t discriminate : Old and young , sick and well – all are equally susceptible – You might as well say that an octogenarian is as likely to injure himself skateboarding as a 16-year-old .
In Pennsylvania , the median age of death from COVID-19 is 84 years .
Overall , the probability of death from the virus in the United States is 1.5 in 10,000 .
But for those under 55 who are healthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 14 states that report these statistics , nursing homes accounted for half of all coronavirus deaths .
Of course , there are exceptions to the rule – which the media love to play up .
But , overwhelmingly , the victims are elderly , with a pre-existing condition .
3 .
This epidemic is like a war .
Some civil liberties have to be temporarily suspended as a matter of national survival .
– In the name of combating the coronavirus , Americans have been denied freedom to work , freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with houses of worship closed ) and freedom of speech .
Protests are permitted , as long as there aren ’ t more than 10 people and everyone is wearing face masks and standing at least 6 feet apart .
New Jersey Gov .
Phil Murphy said he wasn ’ t thinking about the Bill of Rights when implementing social-distancing guidelines .
No kidding .
4 .
Social distancing and face masks work – New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo was “ shocked ” to discover recently that 66 % of new coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at home.
” Proximity of one person to another has little to do with the spread of the disease , nor do the sacred face masks stop transmission .
Both are largely symbolic as well as a form of virtue-flashing .
When the virus first reached our shores , the experts told us that face masks were useless , unless you ’ re a medical professional using the type of masks not available to the general public .
Now we ’ re told we must wear them – even if they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind this .
They ’ re meant to assure us that politicians are doing all they can to keep us safe .
Then , when fatalities decline , which happens in the normal course of any epidemic , they ’ ll demand that we thank them for saving us .
5 .
Damage to the economy is the price we have to pay to stop a deadly contagion .
That ’ s easy to say if you work for government – which is now our only growth industry .
While the coronavirus regimen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if anything , to halt the spread of the disease , it ’ s put our economy in the ICU .
We lost 870,000 jobs in March and 20.5 million in April .
The Wall Street Journal notes that this is the fastest economic collapse in our history – all so governors would have another opportunity to play big brother and bring us closer to the Democratic utopia .
No one asked unemployed auto workers or the depressed who are out of work and can ’ t afford the co-pay on their meds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ price .
6 .
The shutdown doesn ’ t favor one party or the other– In fact , it ’ s a gift from heaven for Democrats .
They ’ re using the shutdown to destroy the Trump economy and push a bailout of bankrupt blue states .
They ’ re also using the virus to get mail-in ballots , increasing the opportunities for voter fraud , the sine qua non of the Democratic party .
The governors fighting hardest to maintain the status quo -- Cuomo , Wolf , Pritzker , Northam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats , as are their congressional allies , Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer .
Why – because they ’ re dedicated public health or partisan politics ?
It ’ s just possible that supporters of the shutdown want to make America look more like China .
Welcome to the new normal .

“Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — The Red Queen in “Alice in Wonderland.”
In the spirit of Her Majesty, here are six impossible things about the coronavirus Democrats and the media want you to believe, as well as an explanation of why each is absurd.
1. China bears no responsibility for this pandemic – All the Chi-coms did was to deny the possibility of human-to-human transmission for as long as they could, destroy or remove tissue samples from the Wuhan lab, allow travel outside China (while banning it within the country), force physicians and researchers who tried to alert us to the danger early on to recant (they made one disappear) and stockpile medical supplies while refusing to admit there was a problem. Other than that, not much.
2. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate: Old and young, sick and well – all are equally susceptible – You might as well say that an octogenarian is as likely to injure himself skateboarding as a 16-year-old. In Pennsylvania, the median age of death from COVID-19 is 84 years. Overall, the probability of death from the virus in the United States is 1.5 in 10,000. But for those under 55 who are healthy, it’s 1.5 in 100,000. In 14 states that report these statistics, nursing homes accounted for half of all coronavirus deaths. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule – which the media love to play up. But, overwhelmingly, the victims are elderly, with a pre-existing condition.
3. This epidemic is like a war. Some civil liberties have to be temporarily suspended as a matter of national survival. – In the name of combating the coronavirus, Americans have been denied freedom to work, freedom of movement, freedom of religion (with houses of worship closed) and freedom of speech. Protests are permitted, as long as there aren’t more than 10 people and everyone is wearing face masks and standing at least 6 feet apart. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he wasn’t thinking about the Bill of Rights when implementing social-distancing guidelines. No kidding.
4. Social distancing and face masks work – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was “shocked” to discover recently that 66% of new coronavirus hospitalizations were among people “largely sheltering at home.” Proximity of one person to another has little to do with the spread of the disease, nor do the sacred face masks stop transmission. Both are largely symbolic as well as a form of virtue-flashing. When the virus first reached our shores, the experts told us that face masks were useless, unless you’re a medical professional using the type of masks not available to the general public. Now we’re told we must wear them – even if they’re makeshift. There’s no science behind this. They’re meant to assure us that politicians are doing all they can to keep us safe. Then, when fatalities decline, which happens in the normal course of any epidemic, they’ll demand that we thank them for saving us.
5. Damage to the economy is the price we have to pay to stop a deadly contagion. That’s easy to say if you work for government – which is now our only growth industry. While the coronavirus regimen that statists adore has done little, if anything, to halt the spread of the disease, it’s put our economy in the ICU. We lost 870,000 jobs in March and 20.5 million in April. The Wall Street Journal notes that this is the fastest economic collapse in our history – all so governors would have another opportunity to play big brother and bring us closer to the Democratic utopia. No one asked unemployed auto workers or the depressed who are out of work and can’t afford the co-pay on their meds if they were willing to pay the price.
6. The shutdown doesn’t favor one party or the other– In fact, it’s a gift from heaven for Democrats. They’re using the shutdown to destroy the Trump economy and push a bailout of bankrupt blue states. They’re also using the virus to get mail-in ballots, increasing the opportunities for voter fraud, the sine qua non of the Democratic party. The governors fighting hardest to maintain the status quo — Cuomo, Wolf, Pritzker, Northam and Newson, among others – are Democrats, as are their congressional allies, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer. Why – because they’re dedicated public health or partisan politics?
It’s just possible that supporters of the shutdown want to make America look more like China. Welcome to the new normal.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--Pittsburgh — 1,600 Dead Registered Voters [Likely All Democrats]

The Public Interest Legal Foundation ( PILF ) has reached a settlement with Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , officials to clean up their voter rolls , which apparently include about 1,600 dead registered voters .
In February , PILF filed a lawsuit against Allegheny County — which includes the city of Pittsburgh and its surrounding suburbs — for having about 1,600 dead people on its voter rolls , close t0 7,500 voter registrations that have been flagged as duplicates , 1,523 registered voters who claim to be 100-years-old and over , and 1,178 registered voters who are missing dates of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County had not properly cleaned its voter rolls in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 .
This week , Allegheny County officials reached a settlement that mandates the county provide records within 60 days about the dead people and duplicated voter registrations on its voter rolls identified by PILF .
Allegheny County deserves credit for agreeing to fix a serious problem with elections there .
People have been getting registered two , three , four , even seven times over to vote in Pittsburgh and the suburbs .
We found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fix them .
Similarly , the settlement requires that Allegheny County officials send letters to registrants with fictitious or placeholder dates of birth on file within 60 days and review registration records where dates of birth exceed 110 years of age .
Allegheny County must review registration records where birth dates exceed 110-years-old and determine if death notices were previously overlooked on an annual basis for the next three years .
Over the next year , Allegheny County officials agreed to accept leads from PILF about concerns with its voter rolls .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a watchdog organization , filed suit against the state of Pennsylvania for allegedly having more than 800,000 inactive voters on its voter rolls .
In January , Allegheny County removed about 69,000 inactive voters from its voter rolls after threats of a lawsuit by Judicial Watch .
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News .
Follow him on Twitter at @ JxhnBinder .

The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has reached a settlement with Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, officials to clean up their voter rolls, which apparently include about 1,600 dead registered voters.
In February, PILF filed a lawsuit against Allegheny County — which includes the city of Pittsburgh and its surrounding suburbs — for having about 1,600 dead people on its voter rolls, close t0 7,500 voter registrations that have been flagged as duplicates, 1,523 registered voters who claim to be 100-years-old and over, and 1,178 registered voters who are missing dates of birth.
The lawsuit alleged that Allegheny County had not properly cleaned its voter rolls in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
This week, Allegheny County officials reached a settlement that mandates the county provide records within 60 days about the dead people and duplicated voter registrations on its voter rolls identified by PILF.
PILF President J. Christian Adams said in a statement:
Allegheny County deserves credit for agreeing to fix a serious problem with elections there. People have been getting registered two, three, four, even seven times over to vote in Pittsburgh and the suburbs. We found those problems, and the County agreed to fix them.
Similarly, the settlement requires that Allegheny County officials send letters to registrants with fictitious or placeholder dates of birth on file within 60 days and review registration records where dates of birth exceed 110 years of age.
Allegheny County must review registration records where birth dates exceed 110-years-old and determine if death notices were previously overlooked on an annual basis for the next three years. Over the next year, Allegheny County officials agreed to accept leads from PILF about concerns with its voter rolls.
The settlement comes as Judicial Watch, a watchdog organization, filed suit against the state of Pennsylvania for allegedly having more than 800,000 inactive voters on its voter rolls. In January, Allegheny County removed about 69,000 inactive voters from its voter rolls after threats of a lawsuit by Judicial Watch.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--Marxist DNC Chairman Tom Perez: Trump is Somehow Trying to ‘Steal’ the Election by Not Allowing Our

Marxist DNC Chairman Tom Perez: Trump is Somehow Trying to ‘Steal’ the Election by Not Allowing Our Cheat-by-Mail Voter Fraud Scheme

Wednesday on MSNBC , Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “ steal the election ” by opposing vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic .
Host Chris Hayes said , “ For more on the president ’ s efforts to subvert the democratic process , I ’ m joined by the chair of the Democratic National Committee .
I ’ m always conflicted about , you know , stories of the variety the president tweeted .
He tweets a lot of things and most of it is nonsense or lies or liable or slander or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absentee voting today struck me as genuinely dangerous and genuinely sort of threatening to democracy .
How high on the priority list is it for you to do what you can to the safeguard administration of free and fair elections this fall ?
” Perez said , “ It ’ s the highest priority , Chris because we know that you ’ re going to see voter suppression on steroids in the months ahead .
We had a conversation I know about the election in Wisconsin recently where they tried to weaponize the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state supreme court race .
It failed miserably .
That ’ s what you ’ re going to see.
” Hayes said , “ I want to play for you something the president just said about voting , which struck me as deeply pernicious , this sort of voting is an honor and going off about how he doesn ’ t want people mail-in voting .
Take a listen.
” In a clip , Trump said , “ Common sense would tell you it ’ s massive manipulation can take place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —you have cases of fraudulent ballots where they actually print them and give them to people to sign , maybe the same person signs them with different writing , different pens .
I don ’ t know .
A lot of things can happen .
If you can , you should go and vote .
Voting is an honor .
It shouldn ’ t be something where they send you a pile of stuff , and you send it back.
” Perez said , “ Voting isn ’ t simply an honor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
People pay the ultimate price to exercise the right to vote .
And in a pandemic , the notion that you have a president going after Republican and Democratic secretaries of state in the middle of a pandemic , Secretary Benson is trying to make it easier for eligible people to exercise their right to vote .
She ’ s trying to allow them to exercise the choice that the Michigan Constitution provides them.
” He added , “ What we have to do between now and November is make sure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a choice .
The choice to vote on election day .
So the choice to early vote , the more days of early voting , the more social distancing you do and the right to vote absentee with no excuse , the right to vote by mail .
Republicans and Democrats agree on that .
This president , in a desperate effort to steal an election , is going to stop at nothing .
”

Wednesday on MSNBC, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “steal the election” by opposing vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
Host Chris Hayes said, “For more on the president’s efforts to subvert the democratic process, I’m joined by the chair of the Democratic National Committee. I’m always conflicted about, you know, stories of the variety the president tweeted. He tweets a lot of things and most of it is nonsense or lies or liable or slander or whatever. But the way he attacked absentee voting today struck me as genuinely dangerous and genuinely sort of threatening to democracy. How high on the priority list is it for you to do what you can to the safeguard administration of free and fair elections this fall?”
Perez said, “It’s the highest priority, Chris because we know that you’re going to see voter suppression on steroids in the months ahead. We had a conversation I know about the election in Wisconsin recently where they tried to weaponize the pandemic to suppress the vote and steal the state supreme court race. It failed miserably. That’s what you’re going to see.”
Hayes said, “I want to play for you something the president just said about voting, which struck me as deeply pernicious, this sort of voting is an honor and going off about how he doesn’t want people mail-in voting. Take a listen.”
In a clip, Trump said, “Common sense would tell you it’s massive manipulation can take place, massive. They — and you do —you have cases of fraudulent ballots where they actually print them and give them to people to sign, maybe the same person signs them with different writing, different pens. I don’t know. A lot of things can happen. If you can, you should go and vote. Voting is an honor. It shouldn’t be something where they send you a pile of stuff, and you send it back.”
Perez said, “Voting isn’t simply an honor, Chris, voting is a fundamental right. People pay the ultimate price to exercise the right to vote. And in a pandemic, the notion that you have a president going after Republican and Democratic secretaries of state in the middle of a pandemic, Secretary Benson is trying to make it easier for eligible people to exercise their right to vote. She’s trying to allow them to exercise the choice that the Michigan Constitution provides them.”
He added, “What we have to do between now and November is make sure that every single voter in every single state has a choice. The choice to vote on election day. So the choice to early vote, the more days of early voting, the more social distancing you do and the right to vote absentee with no excuse, the right to vote by mail. Republicans and Democrats agree on that. This president, in a desperate effort to steal an election, is going to stop at nothing.”
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thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--NBC & ABC Tout Laughable Matt Lauer ‘Fact-Check’ of Rape Claims Against Himself

It ’ s funny how liberal journalists suddenly warn of media bias when they are the ones facing press scrutiny .
That hypocrisy was on full display Tuesday , when Mediaite decided to publish an op-ed from disgraced former Today show host Matt Lauer , who portrayed himself as a victim of “ shoddy journalism.
” On Wednesday , both NBC ’ s Today and ABC ’ s Good Morning America seized on the article , framing it as Lauer ’ s “ fact-check ” of rape allegations against himself .
“ This morning , former Today show anchor Matt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calls flawed reporting by Ronan Farrow , ” co-host Savannah Guthrie announced on the Today show .
She described it this way : “ Lauer presenting his own fact-check on Farrow ’ s book , Catch and Kill , as the best-selling author and former NBC News reporter [ Farrow ] comes under new scrutiny in a New York Times report this week.
” So in this scenario , Lauer is playing the role of investigative journalist and Farrow is the one “ under new scrutiny.
” In the report that followed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offense : “ In Catch and Kill , Brooke Nevils , the woman who ’ s allegations led to Lauer ’ s firing , publicly accused him of raping her at the 2014 Sochi Olympics , ” Gosk reminded viewers .
She then noted Lauer complaining that “ Farrow took his accusers at their word and says he tracked down four people the author never interviewed.
” Gosk added : “ Their accounts , according to Lauer , cast doubt on some of the book ’ s claims.
” The reporter did highlight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nevils : However , Gosk then concluded the report by touting more of Lauer ’ s screed : “ For Lauer ’ s part , he says , ‘ The examples of shoddy journalism I ’ ve explored here are the tip of the iceberg.
’ ” Gosk also oddly mentioned that “ NBC News has offered no comment on the Lauer piece , ” as if NBC News was somehow a separate entity and not her employer .
She also ignored the obvious fact that NBC clearly believed the allegations against Lauer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 .
“ In a nearly 5,000-word article , the former NBC anchor dissects Farrow ’ s reporting on his sexual misconduct , with new details that call into question some of the most explosive allegations , ” co-host George Stephanopoulos announced on ABC ’ s Good Morning America .
Correspondent Eva Pilgrim followed : She further declared : “ Using excerpts from Catch and Kill , Lauer challenges Farrow ’ s reporting on the rape allegation from former Today show producer Brooke Nevils.
” Later in the report , Pilgrim emphasized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Ultimately , Lauer accuses Farrow of ‘ acting as Brooke ’ s advocate , not as a journalist investigating her claims .
He is breaking a cardinal rule of journalism : he has come to a self-serving conclusion first , and then he sees everything through the prism of that assumption.
’ ” Just weeks before NBC fired him , Lauer applauded Farrow ’ s MeToo journalism .
During an October 11 , 2017 interview with Farrow on the Today show , Lauer hailed the reporter ’ s work exposing Hollywood mogul @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October 2019 , Farrow accused NBC of trying to kill the Weinstein story .
Here is a full transcript of the May 20 segment on NBC ’ s Today show : SAVANNAH GUTHRIE : This morning , former Today show anchor Matt Lauer is speaking out about what he calls flawed reporting by Ronan Farrow .
Lauer presenting his own fact-check on Farrow ’ s book , Catch and Kill , as the best-selling author and former NBC News reporter comes under new scrutiny in a New York Times report this week .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gosk .
[ ON-SCREEN HEADLINE : Matt Lauer Takes on Ronan Farrow ; Questions Reporting in Wake of New York Times Critique ] STEPHANIE GOSK : Ronan Farrow ’ s book Catch and Kill has sold millions .
Now , seven months after it ’ s release , one of his targets , former Today show host Matt Lauer , is firing back , launching an attack on Farrow ’ s reporting in an op-ed published on the website Mediaite .
Among Lauer ’ s accusations , “ Farrow abandoned common sense and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deeply flawed , material.
” He also says Farrow “ failed to confirm stories ” and “ used misleading language to manipulate readers.
” Catch and Kill accuses NBC News and NBC Universal of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against prominent men in the company , including Lauer , for years .
And of deliberately burying Farrow ’ s story on Harvey Weinstein to protect Lauer .
NBC Universal has repeatedly denied both allegations .
In Catch and Kill , Brooke Nevils , the woman who ’ s allegations led to Lauer ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her at the 2014 Sochi Olympics .
Lauer , who says the two had a consensual affair , again vigorously denied the rape allegation .
He says Nevils didn ’ t “ ever use the words ‘ assault ’ or ‘ rape ’ ” when she brought her claim to NBC in 2017 .
Lauer says Farrow took his accusers at their word and says he tracked down four people the author never interviewed .
Their accounts , according to Lauer , cast doubt on some of the book ’ s claims .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nevils informed her former boss at Peacock Productions about Lauer , but Lauer says that supervisor was never contacted by Farrow .
And another woman who ran the company at the time told Lauer , Nevils “ In no way , conveyed ‘ the seriousness ’ of what she now claims .
There was never a mention of assault or rape.
” In a statement to NBC News , Farrow writes , “ We called dozens of corroborators around the Lauer allegations described in the book , and more than a dozen around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response , an acronym for how abusers sometimes respond to accusations , “ Deny , Attack , Reverse Victim and Offender.
” Lauer says he wanted to publish his article last fall , after the book ’ s release , but held it for personal reasons .
The former morning show host says a recent article in The New York Times critical of Ronan Farrow ’ s reporting prompted him to release it now .
Among the criticisms in the Times article , that Farrow “ does not always follow the typical journalistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or he suggests conspiracies that are tantalizing but he can not prove.
” In a statement to the Times , Farrow says he brings “ caution , rigor , and nuance ” to each of his stories .
This morning , the publisher of Catch and Kill is standing by the book , writing in part , “ His commitment to the rights of victims and his impeccable attention to detail make us proud to be his publisher.
” NBC News has offered no comment on the Lauer piece .
For Lauer ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The examples of shoddy journalism I ’ ve explored here are the tip of the iceberg.
” For Today , Stephanie Gosk , New York .
Here is a full transcript of the segment on ABC ’ s GMA : GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS : We ’ re going to begin this half hour with Matt Lauer .
He ’ s taking on Ronan Farrow .
In a nearly 5,000-word article , the former NBC anchor dissects Farrow ’ s reporting on his sexual misconduct , with new details that call into question some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responding this morning and Eva Pilgrim is here with the details .
Good morning , Eva .
EVA PILGRIM : Good morning , George .
Yeah , Matt Lauer admits that he had an inappropriate relationship with a fellow employee but he denies that he raped anyone .
Now on the defensive .
[ ON-SCREEN HEADLINE : Matt Lauer Fires Back ; Former Anchor Blasts Ronan Farrow Over Allegations in Book ] This morning , former Today show anchor Matt Lauer is taking aim at Ronan Farrow and the journalist ’ s best-selling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ details allegations of sexual misconduct made against Lauer while at NBC News .
Lauer , who was fired from NBC in 2017 for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace , now writing a lengthy op-ed published on the website Mediate , claiming Farrow published allegations against him without proper fact checking and verification .
Using excerpts from Catch and Kill , Lauer challenges Farrow ’ s reporting on the rape allegation from former Today show producer Brooke Nevils , who has publically stated that Lauer sexually assaulted her at the 2014 Sochi Olympics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an ongoing consensual affair , but writes , “ At no time did Brooke Nevils ever use the words ‘ assault ’ or ‘ rape ’ in regards to any accusation against me.
” He goes on to say , “ Ronan suggests that Brooke Nevils ’ accusations against me are valid , because he writes , ‘ Nevils told ‘ like a million people ’ about Lauer .
Did Ronan quote even one of those ‘ million people ’ in his book ?
He did not.
” RONAN FARROW : Brooke Nevils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they checked out and they fired him over it .
PILGRIM : Lauer goes on to challenge Farrow ’ s reporting that Lauer allegedly assaulted Nevils in a dressing room while at work .
Farrow writes , “ Crying , she ran to the new guy she ’ d started seeing , a producer working in the control room that morning , and told him what had happened.
” Lauer claims he tracked down and spoke to the new guy himself : “ He told me that Brooke did not come crying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Farrow of “ acting as Brooke ’ s advocate , not as a journalist investigating her claims .
He is breaking a cardinal rule of journalism : he has come to a self-serving conclusion first , and then he sees everything through the prism of that assumption.
” Lauer also criticizes Farrow ’ s sourcing .
Ann Curry , who was Lauer ’ s former co-anchor and is depicted in Catch and Kill as knowing about a separate incident involving Lauer and a different Today show staffer .
Lauer says Curry was bitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major role in having her removed from our show in 2012.
” NORAH O ’ DONNELL [ CBS THIS MORNING ] : Do you believe that Matt Lauer abused his power ?
ANN CURRY : I can tell you that I – I am not surprised by the allegations .
PILGRIM : Lauer writes , “ Ann tells Ronan that she approached two senior executives at NBC about a ‘ problem ’ with me , but admits that she never told anyone at the network about any specific incident or accuser .
Ronan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NBC , nor does Ronan offer confirmation or quotes from either.
” Lauer says he was motivated to publish his side of the story after a recent New York Times article critiqued Farrow ’ s investigative work , claiming that until now , “ many in the media perceived Farrow ’ s work as inherently beyond basic questioning.
” Lauer claims “ basic journalistic standards were ignored because of a desire to sell books ” and challenges a comment Farrow made about his process in an interview on GMA .
STEPHANOPOULOS [ OCTOBER @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he or his allies were to say that you didn ’ t fact check those claims – FARROW : Extensively fact-checked , as with everything in this book .
PILGRIM : Farrow continuing to stand by his reporting , tweeting , “ Matt Lauer is just wrong .
Catch and Kill was thoroughly reported and fact-checked , including with Matt Lauer himself.
” And telling ABC News , “ We called dozens of corroborators around the Lauer allegations described in the book , and more than a dozen around Brooke Nevils ’ specifically.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Matt Lauer , Ronan Farrow , Brooke Nevils and Ann Curry , they all declined our request to be interviewed for this story .
Michael ?
MICHAEL STRAHAN : Alright , thank you for that , Eva .

It’s funny how liberal journalists suddenly warn of media bias when they are the ones facing press scrutiny. That hypocrisy was on full display Tuesday, when Mediaite decided to publish an op-ed from disgraced former Today show host Matt Lauer, who portrayed himself as a victim of “shoddy journalism.” On Wednesday, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America seized on the article, framing it as Lauer’s “fact-check” of rape allegations against himself.
“This morning, former Today show anchor Matt Lauer is speaking out about what he calls flawed reporting by Ronan Farrow,” co-host Savannah Guthrie announced on the Today show. She described it this way: “Lauer presenting his own fact-check on Farrow’s book, Catch and Kill, as the best-selling author and former NBC News reporter [Farrow] comes under new scrutiny in a New York Times report this week.”
So in this scenario, Lauer is playing the role of investigative journalist and Farrow is the one “under new scrutiny.”
In the report that followed, correspondent Stephanie Gosk touted Lauer being on offense:
Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill has sold millions. Now, seven months after it’s release, one of his targets, former Today show host Matt Lauer, is firing back, launching an attack on Farrow’s reporting in an op-ed published on the website Mediaite. Among Lauer’s accusations, “Farrow abandoned common sense and true fact-checking in favor of salacious and deeply flawed, material.” He also says Farrow “failed to confirm stories” and “used misleading language to manipulate readers.”
“In Catch and Kill, Brooke Nevils, the woman who’s allegations led to Lauer’s firing, publicly accused him of raping her at the 2014 Sochi Olympics,” Gosk reminded viewers. She then noted Lauer complaining that “Farrow took his accusers at their word and says he tracked down four people the author never interviewed.” Gosk added: “Their accounts, according to Lauer, cast doubt on some of the book’s claims.”
The reporter did highlight responses to Lauer from both Farrow and Nevils:
In a statement to NBC News, Farrow writes, “We called dozens of corroborators around the Lauer allegations described in the book, and more than a dozen around Brooke Nevils specifically.” Nevils tweeting her response, an acronym for how abusers sometimes respond to accusations, “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.”
However, Gosk then concluded the report by touting more of Lauer’s screed: “For Lauer’s part, he says, ‘The examples of shoddy journalism I’ve explored here are the tip of the iceberg.’”
Gosk also oddly mentioned that “NBC News has offered no comment on the Lauer piece,” as if NBC News was somehow a separate entity and not her employer. She also ignored the obvious fact that NBC clearly believed the allegations against Lauer were credible when the network fired him in 2017.
“In a nearly 5,000-word article, the former NBC anchor dissects Farrow’s reporting on his sexual misconduct, with new details that call into question some of the most explosive allegations,” co-host George Stephanopoulos announced on ABC’s Good Morning America. Correspondent Eva Pilgrim followed:
This morning, former Today show anchor Matt Lauer is taking aim at Ronan Farrow and the journalist’s best-selling book, Catch and Kill, which details allegations of sexual misconduct made against Lauer while at NBC News. Lauer, who was fired from NBC in 2017 for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, now writing a lengthy op-ed published on the website Mediate, claiming Farrow published allegations against him without proper fact checking and verification.
She further declared: “Using excerpts from Catch and Kill, Lauer challenges Farrow’s reporting on the rape allegation from former Today show producer Brooke Nevils.”
Later in the report, Pilgrim emphasized Lauer’s media bias claims: “Ultimately, Lauer accuses Farrow of ‘acting as Brooke’s advocate, not as a journalist investigating her claims. He is breaking a cardinal rule of journalism: he has come to a self-serving conclusion first, and then he sees everything through the prism of that assumption.’”
Just weeks before NBC fired him, Lauer applauded Farrow’s MeToo journalism. During an October 11, 2017 interview with Farrow on the Today show, Lauer hailed the reporter’s work exposing Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Appearing on GMA in October 2019, Farrow accused NBC of trying to kill the Weinstein story.
Here is a full transcript of the May 20 segment on NBC’s Today show:
7:14 AM ET SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: This morning, former Today show anchor Matt Lauer is speaking out about what he calls flawed reporting by Ronan Farrow. Lauer presenting his own fact-check on Farrow’s book, Catch and Kill, as the best-selling author and former NBC News reporter comes under new scrutiny in a New York Times report this week. Here’s NBC’s Stephanie Gosk. [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Matt Lauer Takes on Ronan Farrow; Questions Reporting in Wake of New York Times Critique] STEPHANIE GOSK: Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill has sold millions. Now, seven months after it’s release, one of his targets, former Today show host Matt Lauer, is firing back, launching an attack on Farrow’s reporting in an op-ed published on the website Mediaite. Among Lauer’s accusations, “Farrow abandoned common sense and true fact-checking in favor of salacious and deeply flawed, material.” He also says Farrow “failed to confirm stories” and “used misleading language to manipulate readers.” Catch and Kill accuses NBC News and NBC Universal of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against prominent men in the company, including Lauer, for years. And of deliberately burying Farrow’s story on Harvey Weinstein to protect Lauer. NBC Universal has repeatedly denied both allegations. In Catch and Kill, Brooke Nevils, the woman who’s allegations led to Lauer’s firing, publicly accused him of raping her at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Lauer, who says the two had a consensual affair, again vigorously denied the rape allegation. He says Nevils didn’t “ever use the words ‘assault’ or ‘rape’” when she brought her claim to NBC in 2017. Lauer says Farrow took his accusers at their word and says he tracked down four people the author never interviewed. Their accounts, according to Lauer, cast doubt on some of the book’s claims. In the book, Farrow writes that Nevils informed her former boss at Peacock Productions about Lauer, but Lauer says that supervisor was never contacted by Farrow. And another woman who ran the company at the time told Lauer, Nevils “In no way, conveyed ‘the seriousness’ of what she now claims. There was never a mention of assault or rape.” In a statement to NBC News, Farrow writes, “We called dozens of corroborators around the Lauer allegations described in the book, and more than a dozen around Brooke Nevils specifically.” Nevils tweeting her response, an acronym for how abusers sometimes respond to accusations, “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.” Lauer says he wanted to publish his article last fall, after the book’s release, but held it for personal reasons. The former morning show host says a recent article in The New York Times critical of Ronan Farrow’s reporting prompted him to release it now. Among the criticisms in the Times article, that Farrow “does not always follow the typical journalistic imperatives of corroboration and rigorous disclosure, or he suggests conspiracies that are tantalizing but he cannot prove.” In a statement to the Times, Farrow says he brings “caution, rigor, and nuance” to each of his stories. This morning, the publisher of Catch and Kill is standing by the book, writing in part, “His commitment to the rights of victims and his impeccable attention to detail make us proud to be his publisher.” NBC News has offered no comment on the Lauer piece. For Lauer’s part, he says, “The examples of shoddy journalism I’ve explored here are the tip of the iceberg.” For Today, Stephanie Gosk, New York.
Here is a full transcript of the segment on ABC’s GMA:


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--Israeli Arab Citizen Indicted as Iranian Spy

An Israeli Arab citizen , Ayman Haj Yahya , was indicted last month for meeting and cooperating with two operatives of Iranian intelligence with the intention of “ assisting the State of Iran in its efforts to harm the State of Israel.
” This would-be fifth columnist spy for the Iranian regime is alleged to have provided his Iranian contacts with information on a variety of matters affecting the security of Israel , which “ could help Iran in its war against the State of Israel.
” Yahya was allegedly sharing information regarding the Israeli military , potential targets for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to assist Iran and ways to sow division within Israeli society .
Khaled Yamani , a Palestinian resident of the Baddawi refugee camp in Lebanon and a senior member of the terrorist organization known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) , reportedly recruited Yahya .
After corresponding via Facebook , Yahya met at least twice in 2018 with Yamani , who reportedly revealed that he was working for Iranian intelligence .
The PFLP-Iranian regime nexus is strong .
For example , as documented by Joe Truzman , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Defense of Democracies , “ The PFLP 's military wing , Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades , honored Hezbollah 's Nasrallah and former Qods commander Qasem Soleimani…The Soleimani poster says 'In the Quds day , we pay tribute to the soul of martyr commader ( sic ) Qasem Soleimani . '
'' Haj Yahya , together with PFLP 's Khaled Yamani , allegedly met with two representatives of Iranian intelligence in Europe in both February and March of 2020 .
Yahya “ received funds , training , encryption tools and codes in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them in an encrypted way after he returned to Israel , ” the Shin Bet claimed .
Yahya was attempting to do just that upon his return to Israel before being arrested by Israeli security forces .
“ The results of the investigation indicate the depth of ties between Iran and the PFLP and their efforts to carry out espionage and terrorist activities within Israel , even during the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic that has spread so badly in Iran , ” the Shin Bet said .
“ This investigation demonstrates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are working to recruit and exploit Israeli civilians to work for Iran.
” Yahya had at one time been a member of the Arab Balad party in Israel , an extremist party that was part of the Joint List combining candidates from three Arab parties as well as from the far left Hadash .
Balad champions the Palestinians ’ demands on all critical issues .
Yet even the Balad party did not go far enough for Yahya .
He quit the party several years ago and has called on Arab Israeli citizens to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believes would be a major blow to Israeli government institutions .
He has referred to Arab Israelis cooperating with the Israeli government as “ house slaves.
” And he mocked Israel on Facebook for prematurely rejoicing over the killing of Qasim Soleimani .
Yahya praised Soleimani as the man responsible for building up the Palestinian military presence in Gaza , causing “ countless losses that will continue to drain for many years after his departure.
” Yahya has been active in the Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions movement ( BDS ) against Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BDS conference in Johannesburg , South Africa in December 2014 .
Yahya has praised terrorists who have been arrested and imprisoned in Israeli jails .
He now joins them for allegedly conspiring with Iranian intelligence and a senior member of the terrorist PFLP organization to actively sabotage Israel ’ s security .
“ Once again we see the connection between BDS activists and supporters of terrorist organizations and regimes like Iran , ” said Amit Deri , founder of the Reservists on Duty , an anti-BDS organization made up of reservists in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ posted a video about Yahya ’ s alleged spying on its Facebook page along with a statement that Reservists on Duty was not surprised that “ An Israeli # BDS activist turned out to be spying for # Iran.
” BDS and terrorism are two sides of the same coin .
Part of Reservists on Duty ’ s mission is to counter the BDS movement on college campuses in the United States and elsewhere by presenting antidotes to the poison disseminated by Students for Justice in Palestine and other hate groups against Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presenters on campuses include Arab Israeli citizens who are serving in the Israeli reserves .
“ When Israeli Jews speak on campus , it ’ s one thing , but when an Arab citizen of Israel [ comes ] to speak positively about the State of Israel , the Jewish state of Israel … it ’ s another thing , ” said Deri .
The pro-Palestinian activists have responded with violence , typical of the terrorists they so fervently admire .
One of the worst incidents Reservists on Duty has faced to date @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Intifada , Intifada , go back to the ovens , ” pro-Palestinian protesters yelled as they tried to break up the Reservists on Duty event .
According to Deri , “ In the five years that we have been doing this , this was the biggest protests we ’ ve seen on a college campus .
It ’ s also the first time that we ’ ve seen a BDS and Antifa collaboration.
” Punches were thrown at pro-Israel attendees , and Jewish students had to receive police escort off campus for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Palestinian terrorist groups such as PFLP work together to infiltrate Israel from within by recruiting Israeli Arab citizen spies such as Ayman Haj Yahya .
The left teams with pro-Palestinian activists on college campuses in the West to brainwash students into hating Israel .
Catching and locking away the Israeli Arab citizen spies such as Yahya who help the Iranian regime to harm Israel is imperative .
But Israel is also being harmed by the stealth hate campaign against the Jewish state on college campuses , including the growing anti-Semitic BDS movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resistance by freedom fighters against an oppressive apartheid regime .
Students hearing only one side of the story filled with lies about Israel ’ s military and the treatment of minorities in Israel are being indoctrinated into hating Israel themselves .
Israeli Defense Forces reservists who are Israeli Arab citizens use their own personal experiences to debunk these lies .
They are perhaps the best warriors for the truth about Israel on the college campuses while Israel fights its terrorist enemies from within and outside the country .

An Israeli Arab citizen, Ayman Haj Yahya, was indicted last month for meeting and cooperating with two operatives of Iranian intelligence with the intention of “assisting the State of Iran in its efforts to harm the State of Israel.” This would-be fifth columnist spy for the Iranian regime is alleged to have provided his Iranian contacts with information on a variety of matters affecting the security of Israel, which “could help Iran in its war against the State of Israel.” Yahya was allegedly sharing information regarding the Israeli military, potential targets for terrorist attacks, recruitment of more Israeli-Arabs to assist Iran and ways to sow division within Israeli society.
Khaled Yamani, a Palestinian resident of the Baddawi refugee camp in Lebanon and a senior member of the terrorist organization known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), reportedly recruited Yahya. After corresponding via Facebook, Yahya met at least twice in 2018 with Yamani, who reportedly revealed that he was working for Iranian intelligence. The PFLP-Iranian regime nexus is strong. For example, as documented by Joe Truzman, a contributor and analyst for The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “The PFLP’s military wing, Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, honored Hezbollah’s Nasrallah and former Qods commander Qasem Soleimani…The Soleimani poster says ‘In the Quds day, we pay tribute to the soul of martyr commader (sic) Qasem Soleimani.'”
Haj Yahya, together with PFLP’s Khaled Yamani, allegedly met with two representatives of Iranian intelligence in Europe in both February and March of 2020. Yahya “received funds, training, encryption tools and codes in order to be able to maintain contact with them in an encrypted way after he returned to Israel,” the Shin Bet claimed. Yahya was attempting to do just that upon his return to Israel before being arrested by Israeli security forces.
“The results of the investigation indicate the depth of ties between Iran and the PFLP and their efforts to carry out espionage and terrorist activities within Israel, even during the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic that has spread so badly in Iran,” the Shin Bet said. “This investigation demonstrates that once again Iran and its proxies are working to recruit and exploit Israeli civilians to work for Iran.”
Yahya had at one time been a member of the Arab Balad party in Israel, an extremist party that was part of the Joint List combining candidates from three Arab parties as well as from the far left Hadash. Balad champions the Palestinians’ demands on all critical issues. Yet even the Balad party did not go far enough for Yahya. He quit the party several years ago and has called on Arab Israeli citizens to boycott the elections altogether, which he believes would be a major blow to Israeli government institutions. He has referred to Arab Israelis cooperating with the Israeli government as “house slaves.” And he mocked Israel on Facebook for prematurely rejoicing over the killing of Qasim Soleimani. Yahya praised Soleimani as the man responsible for building up the Palestinian military presence in Gaza, causing “countless losses that will continue to drain for many years after his departure.”
Yahya has been active in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel, appearing as a speaker at a BDS conference in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2014. Yahya has praised terrorists who have been arrested and imprisoned in Israeli jails. He now joins them for allegedly conspiring with Iranian intelligence and a senior member of the terrorist PFLP organization to actively sabotage Israel’s security. “Once again we see the connection between BDS activists and supporters of terrorist organizations and regimes like Iran,” said Amit Deri, founder of the Reservists on Duty, an anti-BDS organization made up of reservists in the Israeli Defense Forces. Reservists on Duty posted a video about Yahya’s alleged spying on its Facebook page along with a statement that Reservists on Duty was not surprised that “An Israeli #BDS activist turned out to be spying for #Iran.”
BDS and terrorism are two sides of the same coin. Part of Reservists on Duty’s mission is to counter the BDS movement on college campuses in the United States and elsewhere by presenting antidotes to the poison disseminated by Students for Justice in Palestine and other hate groups against Israel to justify BDS. Reservists on Duty presenters on campuses include Arab Israeli citizens who are serving in the Israeli reserves. “When Israeli Jews speak on campus, it’s one thing, but when an Arab citizen of Israel [comes] to speak positively about the State of Israel, the Jewish state of Israel … it’s another thing,” said Deri. The pro-Palestinian activists have responded with violence, typical of the terrorists they so fervently admire.
One of the worst incidents Reservists on Duty has faced to date occurred last November on York Campus. “Intifada, Intifada, go back to the ovens,” pro-Palestinian protesters yelled as they tried to break up the Reservists on Duty event. According to Deri, “In the five years that we have been doing this, this was the biggest protests we’ve seen on a college campus. It’s also the first time that we’ve seen a BDS and Antifa collaboration.” Punches were thrown at pro-Israel attendees, and Jewish students had to receive police escort off campus for their own protection.
The Iranian regime and Palestinian terrorist groups such as PFLP work together to infiltrate Israel from within by recruiting Israeli Arab citizen spies such as Ayman Haj Yahya. The left teams with pro-Palestinian activists on college campuses in the West to brainwash students into hating Israel. Catching and locking away the Israeli Arab citizen spies such as Yahya who help the Iranian regime to harm Israel is imperative. But Israel is also being harmed by the stealth hate campaign against the Jewish state on college campuses, including the growing anti-Semitic BDS movement. Palestinian terrorism is whitewashed as legitimate resistance by freedom fighters against an oppressive apartheid regime. Students hearing only one side of the story filled with lies about Israel’s military and the treatment of minorities in Israel are being indoctrinated into hating Israel themselves. Israeli Defense Forces reservists who are Israeli Arab citizens use their own personal experiences to debunk these lies. They are perhaps the best warriors for the truth about Israel on the college campuses while Israel fights its terrorist enemies from within and outside the country.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--No, Trump Derangement Syndrome-Infected Democrats/Fake News Media: Hydroxychloroquine is NOT “Danger

No, Trump Derangement Syndrome-Infected Democrats/Fake News Media: Hydroxychloroquine is NOT “Dangerous”

So , President Trump says he ’ s taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against contracting the Wuhan coronavirus .
You have to give him credit .
He has the courage of his convictions .
Actually , it doesn ’ t require courage to take hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure .
The drug has been widely used to treat malaria and lupus for many decades .
Like virtually every medication , it has side effects .
However , it is not dangerous .
The FDA recently said there are elevated risks associated with COVID-19 patients taking hydroxychloroquine .
This may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but Trump is not a COVID-19 patient .
Does hydroxychloroquine help prevent becoming infected with the virus ?
I ’ m not aware of any evidence that it does .
To me , then , it seems that Trump is taking , essentially , a no-risk , no-reward measure .
So , why the fuss ?
We know why .
Because anything the president says or does will create a fuss .
Even so , it surprises me a little that Democrats , the media , and the rest of the left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
My strong impression is that some Dems and media types would rather see people die than see Trump vindicated on even this one point .
The glee oozes from mainstream reports claiming , prematurely , that the drug has been shown not to work .
The hydroxychloroquine debate has also provided the Speaker of the House with the opportunity to call the President of the United States “ morbidly obese.
” The President responded by calling the Speaker a “ sick women ” with “ mental problems.
” Is this a great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hydroxychloroquine controversy begin ?
It began with Trump touting the drug .
But what , exactly , did he say ?
Most mainstream media reports say Trump called the drug a “ game changer.
” You have to search hard to find his actual quote .
It was that hydroxychloroquine , taken along with the antibiotic azithromycin , has “ a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine.
” Trump never called hydroxychloroquine a “ game changer.
” He only said it had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump said this , there were positive reports about the efficacy of the drug in treating the coronavirus .
Based on the information he was receiving , Trump ’ s statement was reasonable .
It may still be reasonable , though the evidence is mixed now .
A final point .
Trump ’ s critics claim that the president ’ s touting of hydroxychloroquine may produce real harm by causing people to take the drug recklessly .
Conceivably .
But I wonder whether the left ’ s drumbeat against the drug — Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will cause people who need the drug not to take it when prescribed , for example to treat lupus .
The best thing would be for Trump and his critics to stop talking about hydroxychloroquine until the results of solid medical research are in .
But you know that ’ s not going to happen .

So, President Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against contracting the Wuhan coronavirus. You have to give him credit. He has the courage of his convictions.
Actually, it doesn’t require courage to take hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure. The drug has been widely used to treat malaria and lupus for many decades. Like virtually every medication, it has side effects. However, it is not dangerous.
The FDA recently said there are elevated risks associated with COVID-19 patients taking hydroxychloroquine. This may (or may not) be true, but Trump is not a COVID-19 patient.
Does hydroxychloroquine help prevent becoming infected with the virus? I’m not aware of any evidence that it does.
To me, then, it seems that Trump is taking, essentially, a no-risk, no-reward measure. So, why the fuss?
We know why. Because anything the president says or does will create a fuss.
Even so, it surprises me a little that Democrats, the media, and the rest of the left have made hydroxychloroquine into such a battleground. My strong impression is that some Dems and media types would rather see people die than see Trump vindicated on even this one point. The glee oozes from mainstream reports claiming, prematurely, that the drug has been shown not to work.
The hydroxychloroquine debate has also provided the Speaker of the House with the opportunity to call the President of the United States “morbidly obese.” The President responded by calling the Speaker a “sick women” with “mental problems.”
Is this a great country, or what?
How did the hydroxychloroquine controversy begin? It began with Trump touting the drug. But what, exactly, did he say?
Most mainstream media reports say Trump called the drug a “game changer.” You have to search hard to find his actual quote. It was that hydroxychloroquine, taken along with the antibiotic azithromycin, has “a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine.”
Trump never called hydroxychloroquine a “game changer.” He only said it had a real chance to be.
Back when Trump said this, there were positive reports about the efficacy of the drug in treating the coronavirus. Based on the information he was receiving, Trump’s statement was reasonable. It may still be reasonable, though the evidence is mixed now.
A final point. Trump’s critics claim that the president’s touting of hydroxychloroquine may produce real harm by causing people to take the drug recklessly.
Conceivably. But I wonder whether the left’s drumbeat against the drug — Joe Scarborough says it will kill you — will cause people who need the drug not to take it when prescribed, for example to treat lupus.
The best thing would be for Trump and his critics to stop talking about hydroxychloroquine until the results of solid medical research are in. But you know that’s not going to happen.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--Fake News Networks Skip Bipartisan Calls to Probe Why Democrat NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Forced Chi-Com V

Fake News Networks Skip Bipartisan Calls to Probe Why Democrat NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Forced Chi-Com Virus Patients Into Nursing Homes

NBC Nightly News may have been the lone network to dare report on how Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had forced nursing homes to take in COVID patients ( and then deny them access to the state ’ s supply of personal protective equipment ) last week , but come Wednesday , they were just as silent as ABC ’ s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News on reporting on calls to appoint outside counsel and investigate .
Instead , CBS and NBC focused on the efforts of congressional Democrats to investigate President Trump for firing inspectors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ silent , Fox News Channel ’ s Special Report was on the case .
“ Tonight legislators are calling for independent investigations into nursing home policies in New York and New Jersey .
Critics say actions by the Democratic governors in both states may have cost many people their lives , ” anchor Bret Baier announced at the top of the segment .
Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas began his report by noting that New York and New Jersey accounted for over a third of all nursing home deaths in the country .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bipartisan call to launch an independent investigation into whether or not Governor Andrew Cuomo 's policy forcing the state 's long-term care facilities to accept COVID-19 patients led to needless deaths of vulnerable elderly people , ” he reported .
Llenas spoke with a Republican state senator and a Democratic state assemblyman to get their input : ROB ORTT ( R-New York State Senate ) : There ’ s no question the number of deaths that we have seen in New York could have – and I believe – should have been lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the policies that Governor Cuomo put in place early on .
RICHARD GOTTFRIED ( D-New York State Assembly ) : The attorney general ought to do what is sometimes done , which is appoint an outside counsel .
And that should be well funded .
Of course , Cuomo attempted to “ deflected blame to President Trump ” earlier in the day .
Later in the show , during their panel discussion , Axios reporter Jonathan Swan shared how baffled he was that Cuomo was still polling well despite the massive amount of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the thing that I find really tough to explain .
He 's obviously been very vocal , public , you know , with these press conferences .
I wonder whether that is going to kind of match up against the outcome in New York.
” As they were shifting away from the topic , and possibly giving an explanation to Swan , Baier pointed out the fact that Cuomo “ really has n't been pressed about that fully.
” He added : “ We welcome him to come on Special Report .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we hope he does.
” Editor 's Note : Want to comment on this post ?
Since NewsBusters no longer has a comments section , feel free to hop on Twitter and join the conversation there by engaging with the tweet below : The transcript is below , click `` expand '' to read : BRET BAIER : Tonight legislators are calling for independent investigations into nursing home policies in New York and New Jersey .
Critics say actions by the Democratic governors in both states may have cost many people their lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tonight from Queens .
BRYAN LLENAS : Of the about 28,000 COVID-19 nursing home deaths nationwide , more than 10,000 were in New Jersey and New York .
ROB ORTT ( R-New York State Senate ) : There ’ s no question the number of deaths that we have seen in New York could have – and I believe – should have been lower .
This is a direct result of the policies that Governor Cuomo put in place early on .
LLENAS : New York legislators are renewing a bipartisan call to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not Governor Andrew Cuomo 's policy forcing the state 's long-term care facilities to accept COVID-19 patients led to needless deaths of vulnerable elderly people .
The March policy was rescinded this month .
RICHARD GOTTFRIED ( D-New York State Assembly ) : The attorney general ought to do what is sometimes done , which is appoint an outside counsel .
And that should be well funded .
GOV .
ANDREW CUOMO ( D-NY ) : It ’ s because the state followed President Trump ’ s CDC guidance .
The CDC guidance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discriminate against a COVID patient , because of that time the issue was hospital capacity .
LLENAS : In New Jersey , 15 Republican state senators calling for a Senate select committee to be formed to investigate Governor Phil Murphy , who instituted a similar directive .
Writing : “ It 's unfathomable that the administration would prevent patients entering long-term care centers from being tested at the same time governor was calling for broad statewide testing.
” New Jersey is now requiring testing at its facilities .
The government accountability office released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had major problems before the pandemic , finding infection control deficiencies in 82 percent of nursing homes nationwide .
Bret ?
BAIER : Jonathan .
Even still , recent polls suggest that some eight in ten people polled have – they ’ re worried about states opening up and worried about this thing possibly spiking again .
How do you reconcile the two of those things ?
JONATHAN SWAN : I think you reconcile them by the fact that more than 91,000 Americans have died from this virus .
Which -- Forget China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ca n't be taken at face value out of China , but that 's a vastly worse than South Korea , Japan , Germany .
Pick a serious industrialized country .
So , it 's terrible .
But in saying all of that it has n't been uniform across the country .
Most of that death -- Much of that death , I should say , has happened in New York City .
And what I find interesting in the polling –- SWAN : And New Jersey .
But New York City in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cuomo remains remarkably popular among his constituents when the death outcome in his state has been just eye-popping .
That 's the thing that I find really tough to explain .
He 's obviously been very vocal , public , you know , with these press conferences .
I wonder whether that is going to kind of match up against the outcome in New York .
BAIER : And the nursing home deaths is staggering in New York— BAIER : -- and the decisions about nursing homes in New York , he really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We welcome him to come on Special Report .
We ’ ve invited him numerous times and we hope he does .

NBC Nightly News may have been the lone network to dare report on how Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had forced nursing homes to take in COVID patients (and then deny them access to the state’s supply of personal protective equipment) last week, but come Wednesday, they were just as silent as ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News on reporting on calls to appoint outside counsel and investigate.
Instead, CBS and NBC focused on the efforts of congressional Democrats to investigate President Trump for firing inspectors general.
But while those three were silent, Fox News Channel’s Special Report was on the case. “Tonight legislators are calling for independent investigations into nursing home policies in New York and New Jersey. Critics say actions by the Democratic governors in both states may have cost many people their lives,” anchor Bret Baier announced at the top of the segment.
Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas began his report by noting that New York and New Jersey accounted for over a third of all nursing home deaths in the country.
“New York legislators are renewing a bipartisan call to launch an independent investigation into whether or not Governor Andrew Cuomo's policy forcing the state's long-term care facilities to accept COVID-19 patients led to needless deaths of vulnerable elderly people,” he reported.
Llenas spoke with a Republican state senator and a Democratic state assemblyman to get their input:
ROB ORTT (R-New York State Senate): There’s no question the number of deaths that we have seen in New York could have – and I believe – should have been lower. This is a direct result of the policies that Governor Cuomo put in place early on. (…) RICHARD GOTTFRIED (D-New York State Assembly): The attorney general ought to do what is sometimes done, which is appoint an outside counsel. And that should be well funded.
Of course, Cuomo attempted to “deflected blame to President Trump” earlier in the day.
Later in the show, during their panel discussion, Axios reporter Jonathan Swan shared how baffled he was that Cuomo was still polling well despite the massive amount of death in his stateL “That's the thing that I find really tough to explain. He's obviously been very vocal, public, you know, with these press conferences. I wonder whether that is going to kind of match up against the outcome in New York.”
As they were shifting away from the topic, and possibly giving an explanation to Swan, Baier pointed out the fact that Cuomo “really hasn't been pressed about that fully.”
He added: “We welcome him to come on Special Report. We’ve invited him numerous times and we hope he does.”
Editor's Note: Want to comment on this post? Since NewsBusters no longer has a comments section, feel free to hop on Twitter and join the conversation there by engaging with the tweet below:
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:


thelibertydaily--2020-05-21--‘Open the States’ Calls for Americans to Open Up on #FreedomFriday Whether the Government Likes It o

‘Open the States’ Calls for Americans to Open Up on #FreedomFriday Whether the Government Likes It or Not

The coronavirus crisis has crippled this nation .
Many of our national , state , and personal finances are in shambles .
Meanwhile , our rights are being suppressed in the name of an “ emergency ” that has gripped many in fear .
But patriotic Americans are growing impatient with governments at every level holding us back .
It ’ s time to open up America .
Open the States , a new organization started by Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler and affiliated with his Convention of States Project , is promoting the nationwide movement on May 22nd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to encourage businesses and citizens to get back to living their normal lives whether government officials are willing to “ allow ” it or not .
Meckler founded the organization Citizens for Self-Governance ( CSG ) to “ focus on broadening the philosophical reach of the idea of ‘ self-governance ’ outside of the Tea Party movement ” .
His shows have grown in popularity in recent years as the movements he ’ s a part of have expanded their reach .
Now , this new project hopes to get 10-second videos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stand up , open up , or show up as Americans act in civil disobedience against these draconian lockdown mandates .
Tammy and I discussed the project and offered our support in the latest episode of Conservative News Briefs .
If government is unwilling to do what ’ s best for the people , it ’ s incumbent on the people to take back our rights on our own .
Thankfully , on # FreedomFriday there will be many patriots doing the same .
It ’ s time to send a message @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action .
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast .
Join fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism .
The coronavirus crisis has prompted many , even some conservatives , to promote authoritarianism .
It ’ s understandable to some extent now , but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life .
We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time .
If you are interested , please join us to receive updates .

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The coronavirus crisis has crippled this nation. Many of our national, state, and personal finances are in shambles. Meanwhile, our rights are being suppressed in the name of an “emergency” that has gripped many in fear. But patriotic Americans are growing impatient with governments at every level holding us back. It’s time to open up America.
Open the States, a new organization started by Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler and affiliated with his Convention of States Project, is promoting the nationwide movement on May 22nd. Dubbed #FreedomFriday, the goal is to encourage businesses and citizens to get back to living their normal lives whether government officials are willing to “allow” it or not.
Meckler founded the organization Citizens for Self-Governance (CSG) to “focus on broadening the philosophical reach of the idea of ‘self-governance’ outside of the Tea Party movement”. His shows have grown in popularity in recent years as the movements he’s a part of have expanded their reach. Now, this new project hopes to get 10-second videos from people saying they’re ready to stand up, open up, or show up as Americans act in civil disobedience against these draconian lockdown mandates.
Tammy and I discussed the project and offered our support in the latest episode of Conservative News Briefs.
If government is unwilling to do what’s best for the people, it’s incumbent on the people to take back our rights on our own. Thankfully, on #FreedomFriday there will be many patriots doing the same. It’s time to send a message. It’s time to take action.
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast.
Join fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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