thelibertydaily--2020-07-15--Iran Jails Christians, Then Holds Ceremony for Book on U.S. ‘Islamophobia’

The mullahs know their American Leftist friends will neither notice nor care about the hypocrisy .
“ War is deceit , ” according to a statement attributed to Muhammad , the prophet of Islam , and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran were taking notes .
After stepping up the persecution of Christians and even carrying out raids and arrests against them , Iranian authorities paused long enough to unveil , with great fanfare , a “ scholarly ” book about “ Islamophobia ” in the United States .
Yes , that ’ s the real problem – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along in agreement .
Evangelical Focus reported Tuesday that agents of Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ( IRGC ) “ arrested at least twelve Christians , in a coordinated operation that took place in three different cities .
The first arrest took place on 30 June , in Tehran , when ten intelligence agents raided the home of a Christian convert where there were around 30 Christians gathered.
” The agents recorded that raid , but at a certain point they turned off their cameras and began abusing the Christians , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and taken away in a van with blacked-out windows .
They were taken to their homes , where the IRGC agents searched for Christian material and beat some of them , along with some of their family members , including some who had not converted to Christianity .
Evangelical Focus noted : “ It is believed that , in both raids , the agents were helped by an informant , who had infiltrated the group of Christians within the past few months and gained their trust.
” All this followed a report in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christianity had been sentenced to prison or other punishments , including exile , fines , and work restrictions , for the crime of exercising their freedom of conscience .
According to Article18.com , “ they were each convicted of the same charge – ‘ propaganda against the state ’ – under Article 500 of the Islamic Penal Code , which provides for up to a year in prison for anyone found guilty of engaging in ‘ any type of propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran or in support of opposition groups and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human rights advocacy group Article18 stated : “ Condemning these people to prison because of their possession of Bibles and Christian symbols is a clear demonstration that Iran ’ s Foreign Minister and others aren ’ t telling the truth when they say that ‘ no-one is put in prison in Iran simply because of their beliefs.
’ These people have done nothing that could be construed as ‘ propaganda against the state ’ or ‘ acting against national security ’ , but nevertheless they have been treated so unjustly.
” Meanwhile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a book on political Islamophobia in the US was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Monday , ” that is , the day before the raids and arrest of twelve Christians .
The book in question is entitled Political Islamophobia at American Institutes : Battling the Power of Islamic Resistance , and is the masterwork of University of Tehran Professor Hakimeh Saghaye-Biriya .
The Islamic Human Rights Commission not in Tehran , but in London , has published the book .
According to the International Quran News Agency , “ it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in institutionalizing and fueling Islamophobia in the US government ’ s domestic and foreign policies.
” During the ceremony at the International Quran News Agency in Tehran , Saghaye-Biriya “ described Islamophobia as a branch of racism in the West .
She said at a time when protests against racism have spread globally , there is a good opportunity to make a bridge between Islamic resistance and anti-racism movements in the world.
” During the ceremony , a video message from Wayne State University ’ s Saeed Khan was played ; it “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analysis of the role of political think thanks in US policy making and understanding the roots of Islamophobia in the country.
” Back in the real world , “ Islamophobia ” is a propaganda neologism designed to intimidate people into thinking it wrong to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women .
Meanwhile , this book , and the accompanying ceremony , reveals the insidious nature of the entire “ Islamophobia ” enterprise .
The Iranian endorsement and propagation of this term , with the participation of Wayne State University ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in academic propaganda : Carl Ernst , the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill pseudo-academic whose work on Islam is so whitewashed , so fawningly apologetic , so complete in its denial of the jihad doctrine and Sharia oppression , that he was given an award in 2008 by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , the genocide-minded anti-Semite who was at that time President of the Islamic Republic of Iran .
Ernst happily flew to Tehran to accept .
The incident was emblematic of how much American academia has degenerated .
After all , when was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discuss the Muslim persecution of Christians , or Iran ’ s treatment of religious minorities , or the inconsistency of Iranian authorities in persecuting Christians while complaining about “ Islamophobia ” ?
That ’ s right : never .
That ’ s not what they do in the Antifa indoctrination factories known as universities these days ; they ’ re too busy recording video messages applauding Iranian propaganda .
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center .
He is author of 21 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam ( and the Crusades ) and The Truth About Muhammad .
His latest book is Rating America ’ s Presidents : An America-First Look at Who Is Best , Who Is Overrated , and Who Was An Absolute Disaster .
Follow him on Twitter here .
Like him on Facebook here .

“War is deceit,” according to a statement attributed to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran were taking notes. After stepping up the persecution of Christians and even carrying out raids and arrests against them, Iranian authorities paused long enough to unveil, with great fanfare, a “scholarly” book about “Islamophobia” in the United States. Yes, that’s the real problem – and the American establishment media will nod along in agreement.
Evangelical Focus reported Tuesday that agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) “arrested at least twelve Christians, in a coordinated operation that took place in three different cities. The first arrest took place on 30 June, in Tehran, when ten intelligence agents raided the home of a Christian convert where there were around 30 Christians gathered.”
The agents recorded that raid, but at a certain point they turned off their cameras and began abusing the Christians, who were finally handcuffed, blindfolded, and taken away in a van with blacked-out windows. They were taken to their homes, where the IRGC agents searched for Christian material and beat some of them, along with some of their family members, including some who had not converted to Christianity.
Evangelical Focus noted: “It is believed that, in both raids, the agents were helped by an informant, who had infiltrated the group of Christians within the past few months and gained their trust.”
All this followed a report in late June that seven other converts to Christianity had been sentenced to prison or other punishments, including exile, fines, and work restrictions, for the crime of exercising their freedom of conscience. According to Article18.com, “they were each convicted of the same charge – ‘propaganda against the state’ – under Article 500 of the Islamic Penal Code, which provides for up to a year in prison for anyone found guilty of engaging in ‘any type of propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran or in support of opposition groups and associations.’”
Mansour Borji of the human rights advocacy group Article18 stated: “Condemning these people to prison because of their possession of Bibles and Christian symbols is a clear demonstration that Iran’s Foreign Minister and others aren’t telling the truth when they say that ‘no-one is put in prison in Iran simply because of their beliefs.’ These people have done nothing that could be construed as ‘propaganda against the state’ or ‘acting against national security’, but nevertheless they have been treated so unjustly.”
Meanwhile, the International Quran News Agency reported that “a book on political Islamophobia in the US was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Monday,” that is, the day before the raids and arrest of twelve Christians.
The book in question is entitled Political Islamophobia at American Institutes: Battling the Power of Islamic Resistance, and is the masterwork of University of Tehran Professor Hakimeh Saghaye-Biriya. The Islamic Human Rights Commission not in Tehran, but in London, has published the book.
According to the International Quran News Agency, “it analyses the role of US think tanks in institutionalizing and fueling Islamophobia in the US government’s domestic and foreign policies.” During the ceremony at the International Quran News Agency in Tehran, Saghaye-Biriya “described Islamophobia as a branch of racism in the West. She said at a time when protests against racism have spread globally, there is a good opportunity to make a bridge between Islamic resistance and anti-racism movements in the world.”
During the ceremony, a video message from Wayne State University’s Saeed Khan was played; it “hailed the book for providing a good analysis of the role of political think thanks in US policy making and understanding the roots of Islamophobia in the country.”
Back in the real world, “Islamophobia” is a propaganda neologism designed to intimidate people into thinking it wrong to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women.
Meanwhile, this book, and the accompanying ceremony, reveals the insidious nature of the entire “Islamophobia” enterprise. The Iranian endorsement and propagation of this term, with the participation of Wayne State University’s Saeed Khan, recalls another Iranian initiative in academic propaganda: Carl Ernst, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill pseudo-academic whose work on Islam is so whitewashed, so fawningly apologetic, so complete in its denial of the jihad doctrine and Sharia oppression, that he was given an award in 2008 by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the genocide-minded anti-Semite who was at that time President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ernst happily flew to Tehran to accept. The incident was emblematic of how much American academia has degenerated.
After all, when was the last time you saw an American academic discuss the Muslim persecution of Christians, or Iran’s treatment of religious minorities, or the inconsistency of Iranian authorities in persecuting Christians while complaining about “Islamophobia”? That’s right: never. That’s not what they do in the Antifa indoctrination factories known as universities these days; they’re too busy recording video messages applauding Iranian propaganda.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 21 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.


thelibertydaily--2020-07-15--Why the Black Lives Matter Communist Front Group Yawns at Police-Shooting Stats

Something monumentally significant happened at a Black Lives Matter conference in Cleveland on July 24 , 2015 – almost exactly five years ago .
Beginning at 2:30 that afternoon , BLM presented a workshop for aspiring and seasoned radical agitators alike , titled There ’ s A Method To The Movement : Examining Community Organizing Methods and Methodologies .
Those in attendance were instructed , that day , in the tactics and philosophy of the late Saul Alinsky .
Known as the godfather of “ community organizing ” – a term that serves as a euphemism for fomenting public discontent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow traveler who laid out a set of basic strategies designed to help leftist radicals destroy their enemies and transform society into a socialist paradise .
If such radicals were to be successful in remaking society , said Alinsky , they “ must first rub raw the resentments of the people ” [ 1 ] by identifying a particular “ personification ” of evil and “ publicly attack [ ing ] ” it as a “ dangerous enemy ” of all that is decent .
[ 2 ] The chief “ personification ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of course , is the white police officer .
“ Pick the target , freeze it , personalize it , and polarize it , ” Alinsky taught , [ 3 ] asserting that the primary task of radicals is to cultivate , in people ’ s hearts , a visceral revulsion to the mere sight of the target ’ s face .
“ The organizer who forgets the significance of personal identification , ” said Alinsky , “ will attempt to answer all objections on the basis of logic and merit .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ procedure.
” [ 4 ] That is why BLM and its apologists invariably avoid addressing even the most glaring errors in the anti-police , anti-white narratives they seek to advance , and why they turn a deaf ear to anyone who tries to engage them with logic , reason , or empirical data .
Indeed , when confronted with incontrovertible statistical evidence proving , beyond any doubt , that their assertions about police racism are nothing more than a pack of monstrous lies , BLMers invariably respond with the intellectual equivalent of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to cast themselves as noble defenders of high moral principles , radical activists should take pains to react dramatically – with greatly exaggerated displays of “ shock , horror , and moral outrage ” – whenever their targeted enemy erred , or could be depicted as having erred , in any way at all .
[ 5 ] Thus , even though American police officers annually have some 375 million civilian contacts in which they act entirely within the bounds of legality and ethics , BLM chooses to magnify – with choreographed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handful of questionable cases , and to characterize them as emblems of supposedly widespread police misconduct .
Alinsky advised radical activists to avoid the temptation to concede that their opponents are not “ 100 percent devil , ” or that they may possess certain admirable qualities .
Such concessions , he said , would “ dilut [ e ] the impact of the attack ” and thus amount to “ political idiocy.
” [ 6 ] That 's why we never hear BLM praising the police for anything , ever .
Instead , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the time , against a 100 % devil .
Given that the enemy is to be portrayed as the very personification of evil – against whom any and all tactics are fair game – Alinsky taught that an effective radical activist should never give the appearance of being satisfied with any compromise proposed by the opposition .
After all , any bargain with the “ devil ” is , by definition , morally tainted .
The ultimate goal , said Alinsky , is not to arrive at peaceful coexistence , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposition ” by remaining vigilantly “ dedicated to eternal war.
” [ 7 ] “ A war is not an intellectual debate , ” Alinsky elaborated , “ and in the war against social evils there are no rules of fair play.… When you have war , it means that neither side can agree on anything… .
[ T ] here can be no compromise .
It is life or death.
” [ 8 ] Alinsky advised the radical activist to be ever on guard against the possibility that the enemy might someday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at resolving some particular conflict .
“ You can not risk being trapped by the enemy in his sudden agreement with your demand , ” [ 9 ] said Alinsky , for such a turn of events would have the effect of diffusing the righteous indignation of the radical , whose very identity is inextricably woven into the “ struggle ” for long-denied justice .
If the perceived oppressor extends a hand of friendship in an effort to end the conflict , the crusade of the radical is jeopardized .
This can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” by definition , must never end .
Alinsky also exhorted radical activists to be entirely unpredictable and unmistakably willing – for the sake of their crusade – to plunge society at large into chaos and anarchy .
They must be prepared , Alinsky explained , to “ go into a state of complete confusion and draw [ their ] opponent into the vortex of the same confusion.
” [ 10 ] One way in which radicals and their disciples could broadcast their preparedness for this possibility , Alinsky taught , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstrations denouncing their political adversaries .
Such events – like the BLM protests and riots of recent weeks – can give onlookers the impression that a mass movement is shifting into an even higher gear .
A “ mass impression , ” said Alinsky , can be lasting and intimidating : “ Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
” [ 11 ] “ The threat , ” he added , “ is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
” [ 12 ] Putting it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Wherever possible , go outside the experience of the enemy .
Here you want to cause confusion , fear , and retreat.
” [ 13 ] “ Confusion , fear , and retreat.
” That is exactly what we have witnessed recently in city after city where political leaders have made concessions to BLM , introduced legislative initiatives demanded by BLM , and lauded BLM as a movement dedicated to “ social justice.
” Corporations from coast to coast have likewise turned appeasement and racial virtue-signaling into high art forms .
Patrisse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described herself and her fellow BLM co-founder , Alicia Garza , as “ trained Marxists ” who are “ super versed on ideological theories.
” Cullors also revealed that for more than a decade she was a protégé of Eric Mann , a communist revolutionary and domestic terrorist from the 1960s and ’ 70s .
And quite obviously , BLM 's intellectual debt to Saul Alinsky is every bit as significant .
Alinsky 's call for relentless , uncompromising “ perpetual war ” – geared toward the destruction of America and the creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spirit that beats in the very heart of the BLM movement .

Something monumentally significant happened at a Black Lives Matter conference in Cleveland on July 24, 2015 – almost exactly five years ago. Beginning at 2:30 that afternoon, BLM presented a workshop for aspiring and seasoned radical agitators alike, titled There’s A Method To The Movement: Examining Community Organizing Methods and Methodologies. Those in attendance were instructed, that day, in the tactics and philosophy of the late Saul Alinsky. Known as the godfather of “community organizing” – a term that serves as a euphemism for fomenting public discontent and violence – Alinsky was a communist fellow traveler who laid out a set of basic strategies designed to help leftist radicals destroy their enemies and transform society into a socialist paradise.
If such radicals were to be successful in remaking society, said Alinsky, they “must first rub raw the resentments of the people”[1] by identifying a particular “personification” of evil and “publicly attack[ing]” it as a “dangerous enemy” of all that is decent.[2] The chief “personification” in BLM’s cross hairs today, of course, is the white police officer.
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it,” Alinsky taught,[3] asserting that the primary task of radicals is to cultivate, in people’s hearts, a visceral revulsion to the mere sight of the target’s face. “The organizer who forgets the significance of personal identification,” said Alinsky, “will attempt to answer all objections on the basis of logic and merit. With few exceptions this is a futile procedure.”[4]
That is why BLM and its apologists invariably avoid addressing even the most glaring errors in the anti-police, anti-white narratives they seek to advance, and why they turn a deaf ear to anyone who tries to engage them with logic, reason, or empirical data. Indeed, when confronted with incontrovertible statistical evidence proving, beyond any doubt, that their assertions about police racism are nothing more than a pack of monstrous lies, BLMers invariably respond with the intellectual equivalent of a collective belch.
Alinsky taught that in order to cast themselves as noble defenders of high moral principles, radical activists should take pains to react dramatically – with greatly exaggerated displays of “shock, horror, and moral outrage” – whenever their targeted enemy erred, or could be depicted as having erred, in any way at all.[5] Thus, even though American police officers annually have some 375 million civilian contacts in which they act entirely within the bounds of legality and ethics, BLM chooses to magnify – with choreographed indignation – the significance of a tiny handful of questionable cases, and to characterize them as emblems of supposedly widespread police misconduct.
Alinsky advised radical activists to avoid the temptation to concede that their opponents are not “100 percent devil,” or that they may possess certain admirable qualities. Such concessions, he said, would “dilut[e] the impact of the attack” and thus amount to “political idiocy.”[6] That’s why we never hear BLM praising the police for anything, ever. Instead, it is 100% attack, 100% of the time, against a 100% devil.
Given that the enemy is to be portrayed as the very personification of evil – against whom any and all tactics are fair game – Alinsky taught that an effective radical activist should never give the appearance of being satisfied with any compromise proposed by the opposition. After all, any bargain with the “devil” is, by definition, morally tainted. The ultimate goal, said Alinsky, is not to arrive at peaceful coexistence, but rather, to completely “crush the opposition” by remaining vigilantly “dedicated to eternal war.”[7] “A war is not an intellectual debate,” Alinsky elaborated, “and in the war against social evils there are no rules of fair play.… When you have war, it means that neither side can agree on anything…. [T]here can be no compromise. It is life or death.”[8]
Alinsky advised the radical activist to be ever on guard against the possibility that the enemy might someday propose “a constructive alternative” aimed at resolving some particular conflict. “You cannot risk being trapped by the enemy in his sudden agreement with your demand,”[9] said Alinsky, for such a turn of events would have the effect of diffusing the righteous indignation of the radical, whose very identity is inextricably woven into the “struggle” for long-denied justice. If the perceived oppressor extends a hand of friendship in an effort to end the conflict, the crusade of the radical is jeopardized. This cannot be permitted, because “eternal war,” by definition, must never end.
Alinsky also exhorted radical activists to be entirely unpredictable and unmistakably willing – for the sake of their crusade – to plunge society at large into chaos and anarchy. They must be prepared, Alinsky explained, to “go into a state of complete confusion and draw [their] opponent into the vortex of the same confusion.”[10]
One way in which radicals and their disciples could broadcast their preparedness for this possibility, Alinsky taught, was by staging loud, angry, massive demonstrations denouncing their political adversaries. Such events – like the BLM protests and riots of recent weeks – can give onlookers the impression that a mass movement is shifting into an even higher gear. A “mass impression,” said Alinsky, can be lasting and intimidating: “Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”[11] “The threat,” he added, “is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”[12] Putting it yet another way, Alinsky advised: “Wherever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.”[13]
“Confusion, fear, and retreat.” That is exactly what we have witnessed recently in city after city where political leaders have made concessions to BLM, introduced legislative initiatives demanded by BLM, and lauded BLM as a movement dedicated to “social justice.” Corporations from coast to coast have likewise turned appeasement and racial virtue-signaling into high art forms.
Patrisse Cullors spoke the truth when she famously described herself and her fellow BLM co-founder, Alicia Garza, as “trained Marxists” who are “super versed on ideological theories.” Cullors also revealed that for more than a decade she was a protégé of Eric Mann, a communist revolutionary and domestic terrorist from the 1960s and ’70s.
And quite obviously, BLM’s intellectual debt to Saul Alinsky is every bit as significant. Alinsky’s call for relentless, uncompromising “perpetual war” – geared toward the destruction of America and the creation of a Marxist utopia – is the spirit that beats in the very heart of the BLM movement.
NOTES:
[1] Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, p.100.
[2] Ibid., p. 133.
[3] Ibid., pp. 130-131.
[4] Saul Alinsky, Reveille for Radicals, p. 125.
[5] Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, p. 130.
[6] Ibid., p. 134.
[7] Ibid., p. 29.
[8] Ibid., p. 34.
[9] Ibid., p. 24.
[10] Saul Alinsky, Reveille for Radicals, p. 150.
[11] Ibid., pp. 133-134.
[12] Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, p. 130.
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thelibertydaily--2020-07-15--Death of the New York Times

Death of the New York Times

Editors ' note : New York Times opinion columnist and editor Bari Weiss resigned Monday , citing bullying from colleagues and calling the NY Times a place where diversity of thought is no longer welcome .
Below is her resignation letter to Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger .
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times .
I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago .
I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages : first-time writers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would not naturally think of The Times as their home .
The reason for this effort was clear : The paper ’ s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn ’ t have a firm grasp of the country it covers .
Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions .
The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming .
I was honored to be part of that effort , led by James Bennet .
I am proud of my work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Among those I helped bring to our pages : the Venezuelan dissident Wuilly Arteaga ; the Iranian chess champion Dorsa Derakhshani ; and the Hong Kong Christian democrat Derek Lam .
Also : Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Masih Alinejad , Zaina Arafat , Elna Baker , Rachael Denhollander , Matti Friedman , Nick Gillespie , Heather Heying , Randall Kennedy , Julius Krein , Monica Lewinsky , Glenn Loury , Jesse Singal , Ali Soufan , Chloe Valdary , Thomas Chatterton Williams , Wesley Yang , and many others .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans , the necessity of resisting tribalism , and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned .
Instead , a new consensus has emerged in the press , but perhaps especially at this paper : that truth isn ’ t a process of collective discovery , but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else .
Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times .
But Twitter has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper , the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space .
Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences , rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions .
I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history .
Now , history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views .
They have called me a Nazi and a racist ; I have learned to brush off comments about how I ’ m “ writing about the Jews again.
” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers .
My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in .
There , some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while others post ax emojis next to my name .
Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action .
They never are .
There are terms for all of this : unlawful discrimination , hostile work environment , and constructive discharge .
I ’ m no legal expert .
But I know that this is wrong .
I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the paper ’ s entire staff and the public .
And I certainly can ’ t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage .
Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery .
Part of me wishes I could say that my experience was unique .
But the truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times .
Why edit something challenging to our readers , or write something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process of making it ideologically kosher , when we can assure ourselves of job security ( and clicks ) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world ?
And so self-censorship has become the norm .
What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity .
If a person ’ s ideology is in keeping with the new orthodoxy , they and their work remain unscrutinized .
Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome .
Online venom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directed at the proper targets .
Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor or a writer in serious trouble , if not fired .
If a piece is perceived as likely to inspire backlash internally or on social media , the editor or writer avoids pitching it .
If she feels strongly enough to suggest it , she is quickly steered to safer ground .
And if , every now and then , she succeeds in getting a piece published that does not explicitly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after every line is carefully massaged , negotiated and caveated .
It took the paper two days and two jobs to say that the Tom Cotton op-ed “ fell short of our standards.
” We attached an editor ’ s note on a travel story about Jaffa shortly after it was published because it “ failed to touch on important aspects of Jaffa ’ s makeup and its history.
” But there is still none appended to Cheryl Strayed ’ s fawning interview with the writer Alice Walker , a proud anti-Semite who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of record is , more and more , the record of those living in a distant galaxy , one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people .
This is a galaxy in which , to choose just a few recent examples , the Soviet space program is lauded for its “ diversity ” ; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned ; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany .
Even now , I am confident that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hold these views .
Yet they are cowed by those who do .
Why ?
Perhaps because they believe the ultimate goal is righteous .
Perhaps because they believe that they will be granted protection if they nod along as the coin of our realm—language—is degraded in service to an ever-shifting laundry list of right causes .
Perhaps because there are millions of unemployed people in this country and they feel lucky to have a job in a contracting industry .
Or perhaps it is because they know that , nowadays , standing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not win plaudits .
It puts a target on your back .
Too wise to post on Slack , they write to me privately about the “ new McCarthyism ” that has taken root at the paper of record .
All this bodes ill , especially for independent-minded young writers and editors paying close attention to what they ’ ll have to do to advance in their careers .
Rule One : Speak your mind at your own peril .
Rule Two : Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain .
Eventually , the publisher will cave to the mob , the editor will get fired or reassigned , and you ’ ll be hung out to dry .
For these young writers and editors , there is one consolation .
As places like The Times and other once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose sight of their principles , Americans still hunger for news that is accurate , opinions that are vital , and debate that is sincere .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ An independent press is not a liberal ideal or a progressive ideal or a democratic ideal .
It ’ s an American ideal , ” you said a few years ago .
I couldn ’ t agree more .
America is a great country that deserves a great newspaper .
None of this means that some of the most talented journalists in the world don ’ t still labor for this newspaper .
They do , which is what makes the illiberal environment especially heartbreaking .
I will be , as ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But I can no longer do the work that you brought me here to do—the work that Adolph Ochs described in that famous 1896 statement : “ to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance , and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.
” Ochs ’ s idea is one of the best I ’ ve encountered .
And I ’ ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on their own .
They need a voice .
They need a hearing .
Above all , they must be backed by people willing to live by them .

Editors’ note: New York Times opinion columnist and editor Bari Weiss resigned Monday, citing bullying from colleagues and calling the NY Times a place where diversity of thought is no longer welcome. Below is her resignation letter to Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
Dear A.G.,
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.
I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper’s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.
I was honored to be part of that effort, led by James Bennet. I am proud of my work as a writer and as an editor. Among those I helped bring to our pages: the Venezuelan dissident Wuilly Arteaga; the Iranian chess champion Dorsa Derakhshani; and the Hong Kong Christian democrat Derek Lam. Also: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Masih Alinejad, Zaina Arafat, Elna Baker, Rachael Denhollander, Matti Friedman, Nick Gillespie, Heather Heying, Randall Kennedy, Julius Krein, Monica Lewinsky, Glenn Loury, Jesse Singal, Ali Soufan, Chloe Valdary, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Wesley Yang, and many others.
But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.
Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.
My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m “writing about the Jews again.” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly “inclusive” one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.
There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I’m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.
I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on inside your company in full view of the paper’s entire staff and the public. And I certainly can’t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage. Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery.
Part of me wishes I could say that my experience was unique. But the truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times. Why edit something challenging to our readers, or write something bold only to go through the numbing process of making it ideologically kosher, when we can assure ourselves of job security (and clicks) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world? And so self-censorship has become the norm.
What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity. If a person’s ideology is in keeping with the new orthodoxy, they and their work remain unscrutinized. Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome. Online venom is excused so long as it is directed at the proper targets.
Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor or a writer in serious trouble, if not fired. If a piece is perceived as likely to inspire backlash internally or on social media, the editor or writer avoids pitching it. If she feels strongly enough to suggest it, she is quickly steered to safer ground. And if, every now and then, she succeeds in getting a piece published that does not explicitly promote progressive causes, it happens only after every line is carefully massaged, negotiated and caveated.
It took the paper two days and two jobs to say that the Tom Cotton op-ed “fell short of our standards.” We attached an editor’s note on a travel story about Jaffa shortly after it was published because it “failed to touch on important aspects of Jaffa’s makeup and its history.” But there is still none appended to Cheryl Strayed’s fawning interview with the writer Alice Walker, a proud anti-Semite who believes in lizard Illuminati.
The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people. This is a galaxy in which, to choose just a few recent examples, the Soviet space program is lauded for its “diversity”; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany.
Even now, I am confident that most people at The Times do not hold these views. Yet they are cowed by those who do. Why? Perhaps because they believe the ultimate goal is righteous. Perhaps because they believe that they will be granted protection if they nod along as the coin of our realm—language—is degraded in service to an ever-shifting laundry list of right causes. Perhaps because there are millions of unemployed people in this country and they feel lucky to have a job in a contracting industry.
Or perhaps it is because they know that, nowadays, standing up for principle at the paper does not win plaudits. It puts a target on your back. Too wise to post on Slack, they write to me privately about the “new McCarthyism” that has taken root at the paper of record.
All this bodes ill, especially for independent-minded young writers and editors paying close attention to what they’ll have to do to advance in their careers. Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry.
For these young writers and editors, there is one consolation. As places like The Times and other once-great journalistic institutions betray their standards and lose sight of their principles, Americans still hunger for news that is accurate, opinions that are vital, and debate that is sincere. I hear from these people every day. “An independent press is not a liberal ideal or a progressive ideal or a democratic ideal. It’s an American ideal,” you said a few years ago. I couldn’t agree more. America is a great country that deserves a great newspaper.
None of this means that some of the most talented journalists in the world don’t still labor for this newspaper. They do, which is what makes the illiberal environment especially heartbreaking. I will be, as ever, a dedicated reader of their work. But I can no longer do the work that you brought me here to do—the work that Adolph Ochs described in that famous 1896 statement: “to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.”
Ochs’s idea is one of the best I’ve encountered. And I’ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win out. But ideas cannot win on their own. They need a voice. They need a hearing. Above all, they must be backed by people willing to live by them.
Sincerely,
Bari


thelibertydaily--2020-07-15--Decapitated, Dismembered Body of Tech CEO Found in NYC Apartment

Mario Castillo Tamayo somehow pulled through and left the hospital ...

The body of a decapitated, dismembered tech CEO was found inside a Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday afternoon — sorted in plastic bags right next to a power saw, sources told The Post.
Police came upon the grisly scene shortly after 3:30 p.m., after a cousin of the dead man requested a welfare check at the man’s East Houston Street building and called police, the sources said.
An electric saw was found near the body, which was described as that of a 33-year-old man. The victim’s arms and legs below the knees were removed, and body parts were found in plastic bags found in the apartment, the sources said.
Police sources believe the victim was Fahim Saleh, a venture capitalist and CEO of the Nigeria-based motorbike startup Gokada.
Saleh is listed as the owner of the apartment, which he purchased last year for $2.25 million, records show.
“This is ugly,” one cop at the scene said.
Sources described the killing as an apparent targeted murder.
The victim was last seen on surveillance footage around 1:40 p.m. Monday, when he entered his building’s elevator, which opens right out to his seventh-floor apartment, sources said.
The footage from the apartment building appears to show the suspected killer carrying a bag, waiting to enter the elevator with the victim, sources said.
The victim gives the suspect a puzzled look during an exchange as they ride up together. As soon as the victim steps out into his apartment, the suspect can be seen attacking him, according to sources.
One law enforcement source said the crime scene looked like a “professional” killing because almost no blood was left behind and the apartment was not looted.
Another source added it appeared that the killer had been “interrupted.”
“It didn’t look like the perp was done,” the source said.
Investigators believe the victim to be Saleh, but they’re waiting for the medical examiner to confirm his identity.
Police were later seen questioning a sobbing woman — whom sources identified as the victim’s cousin — in the lobby of the building.
The victim’s cousin found his torso exposed in the living room alongside the construction bags and the saw when she went to check on him Tuesday after not hearing from him, according to sources.
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“She was really upset. Crying. Shaking,” said local resident Danny Faust. “She was just sitting there but you can tell her legs were shaking. She’s nervous. She was crying like, you know, wiping her eyes.”
“She was screaming when she first came down,” said Faust, 40.
He said he went over to the building after seeing police converge on the scene.
“Dead body? Okay,” he said. “But when you hear chopped up and dismembered? That’s it. That’s a sick type of mind for somebody to do that.”
Saleh was a Bangladeshi American who founded and invested in several transportation-related startups, according to his LinkedIn page.
In 2015, he co-founded Pathao, a ride-hailing company in his parents’ home country of Bangladesh.
Roughly two years later, in December 2017, he co-founded Gokada, an on-demand motorbike-hailing company in Lagos, Nigeria, and took over as its CEO in April last year. He most recently oversaw the company’s transition to delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic.
He also launched the venture capital firm Adventure Capital in New York in 2018.
“We used to call him the Elon Musk of the developing world. He was like the Energizer Bunny,” a longtime friend told The Post.
“His best friend in Dubai called me just sobbing on the phone, ‘They took my boy, they took my boy!’ He played ukelele … he was so full of ideas,” the friend added.
Residents said the crime was particularly unsettling because it took place in what is typically a quiet neighborhood.
“It’s shocking. It’s gruesome,” resident Jason Rivera, 45, told The Post. “What could possibly be going through someone’s mind to decapitate him? Pure evilness.”
No further details were immediately available.
Additional reporting by Tina Moore


thelibertydaily--2020-07-16--Feds Charge Commie Ex-Seattle Council Candidate for Setting Police Precinct on Fire

A former Seattle resident is facing federal arson charges after he reportedly set fire to the police station in the six-block “ autonomous ” zone that protesters had claimed for themselves .
Isaiah Thomas Willoughby , 35 , was arrested in Seattle on Tuesday night , according to U.S. Attorney Brian Moran .
A 2019 video posted on YouTube appears to show Willoughby participating in a council candidate forum for the city ’ s District 1 , located due south from the city ’ s Elliott Bay .
Willoughby , dressed in a bright yellow hoodie , was captured on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Seattle Police East Precinct , which police officers had been forced to abandon when protesters took over the area .
Willoughby was seen pouring a liquid on the debris , lighting something on fire and then throwing the burning object onto the debris pile .
Willoughby was identified after “ various people ” recognized him from the footage .
He had tried to remove all social media posts that would have linked him to the arson , according to a press release , but his “ distinctive sweatshirt ” was too obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years in prison .
“ This is the third case we have charged federally for the criminal acts that tainted otherwise peaceful protests , ” Moran said in a statement .
“ Other crimes remain under investigation and may result in additional federal charges , ” he continued .
“ Those who worked to turn protests into riots will not escape accountability for their criminal conduct.
” The U.S. Attorney ’ s office has also charged two other people with criminal acts related to the protests that rocked the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Margaret Aislinn Channon has been charged with five counts of arson for reportedly setting multiple police vehicles on fire .
And Devinare Antwan Parker has been charged with possession of an improvised destruction device after he brought a homemade firearm to a protest .
Willoughby is set to appear before the U.S. District Court in Seattle this week .
His case is being investigated by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms , and Explosives , as well as by the Seattle Police Department .

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thelibertydaily--2020-07-16--Top 16 Most-Vicious Recent Fake News Media Attacks Against President Trump

Yikes !
Lefty reporters and hosts went nuts over the last few weeks as they attacked Donald Trump as the “ worst president in history ” whose anti-pandemic efforts have left him with “ rivers of blood on his hands.
” Liberal journalists also distorted Trump ’ s patriotic speech at Mount Rushmore ( that “ grandiose symbol of U.S. imperialism ” ) as an attempt “ to weaponize the anger and resentment of some white Americans for his own political gain.
” The following is a top 16 countdown of the most vicious anti-Trump attacks from the ultra-left media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wolf Blitzer : “ How badly is he [ Donald Trump ] failing right now in dealing with this spiraling crisis ?
Correspondent Nia-Malika Henderson : “ He ’ s doing terribly .
I mean , the President gets an ‘ F ’ in terms of the handling of this global pandemic.
” 15 .
Like “ George Wallace , ” Trump Pursuing Voters Who Think Wrong Team Won the Civil War “ An ad by the Republican group , the Lincoln Project , compared Donald Trump to former Alabama governor and veteran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Indeed , any look through the archives proves to you there are echoes , similarities between what we ’ re hearing now and what we heard from Wallace back then….What demographic is the President chasing here ?
Are we suddenly producing , by percentage , more people who feel the wrong team won in the Civil War ?
” — Host Brian Williams on MSNBC ’ s The 11th Hour with Brian Williams , July 10 .
“ Does President Trump believe that it was a good thing that the South lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Yorker correspondent Ryan Lizza to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany at White House press briefing , June 29 .
“ Back-to-back Independence Day weekend addresses where the President made no attempt to unify Americans .
Instead , delivering an us-versus-them message , painting a dark picture of the country.
” “ This July 4th , Donald Trump is showing us how Joe McCarthy would have acted if he had become President ... .Here you have a President of the United States on July 4th , in the middle of a ceremony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world using the opportunity to divide our nation , to call his opponents radicals , and good for nothing anarchists and the like .
This is appalling.
” “ President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore , where he ’ ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans ; we ’ re told that he ’ ll be focusing on the effort to , quote , tear down our country ’ s history.
” 10 .
Distorting Mount Rushmore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Racism ” “ Although amplifying racism and stoking culture wars have been mainstays of Trump ’ s public identity for decades , they have been particularly pronounced this summer as the President has reacted to the national reckoning over systemic discrimination by seeking to weaponize the anger and resentment of some white Americans for his own political gain.
” “ Donald Trump chose the most grandiose symbol of U.S. imperialism on Earth to usher in a very on-brand , star-spangled spectacle , complete with fireworks and military flyovers .
It was Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his base — the cult-like following he so desperately needs at the ballot box as he tanks in the polls .
But let ’ s talk some truth here .
Mount Rushmore isn ’ t exactly the innocent ode to our Founding Fathers as described in our textbooks .
And it ’ s high time we disrupt that false narrative that far too many people believe.
” “ Yet Biden , between the combination of the family message and the message about buying American and bringing American jobs back , Biden is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is pitch perfect for what we need now , comfort , solidness , and he is just playing on point .
And once again….you contrast what Trump ’ s doing , what Biden ’ s doing .
One feels like a desperate loser .
One feels like , actually , the already-incumbent winner.
” — Former MSNBC host Donny Deutsch discussing Joe Biden political ad as aired on MSNBC ’ s Morning Joe , July 10 .
“ Hurricane Maria hit in the fall of 2017 , exposing the Trump administration ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then in the spring of 2018 , we started to get word that the administration was systematically , essentially , kidnapping children seeking asylum in the U.S. ” — Host Chris Hayes on MSNBC ’ s All In , July 9 .
“ In the case of separations , you had 5,400 plus kids who are permanently traumatized , tortured systematically by the U.S. government , in the words of Physicians for Human Rights.
” 5 .
Trump Is Coming For Your Kids “ now he wants to kill your kids ” — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jennifer Rubin about President Donald Trump ’ s desire to re-open schools in the fall .
4 .
President Has “ Lit the Country on Fire ” “ I ’ m talking about the President now , who doesn ’ t know what he ’ s doing , who is not honest and who cares about no one else other than himself .
If you look at the results in the United States as compared to other countries , which also had a terrible problem , but then have crushed the virus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can reach but that the incompetence of the Trump White House has lit the country on fire….He had his economic adviser on the television show yesterday saying well , ‘ it ’ s the Chinese communists who have done this to us.
’ It is madness.
” “ More than 136,000 of our brothers and sisters , our moms and dads , grandparents and friends are dead .
The President did briefly mention them but only to boast about how many more people would have died had it not been for his actions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call it that would be misleading .
The largest single peacetime loss of life in this country since the 1918 influenza pandemic and no end in sight and today , the President was taking another victory lap , yet again .
The graves are still fresh but this President ignores them.
” — Anchor Anderson Cooper on President Donald Trump ’ s Rose Garden address , as aired on CNN ’ s AC360 , July 14 .
“ He ’ s [ Donald Trump ] been an abomination .
Anything he could do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wayside .
He ’ s denied science .
He was slow to react for two months , he refuses to wear a mask .
He holds rallies in Arizona and Oklahoma that put people at risk ... .We ’ re now looking at the worst President in American history dealing with one of our worst crises , and it ’ s frightening ... Trump shows zero empathy .
He has an empathy deficit disorder.
” 1 .
“ Rivers of Blood On His Hands ” “ He ’ s [ Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has rivers of blood on his hands because of what he and these Republican governors have done.
” — Jonathan Alter on MSNBC ’ s The Last Word with Lawrence O ’ Donnell , June 26 , talking about the President ’ s response to coronavirus .
“ The Republican Party is sort of morphing into the National Party in South Africa in the 1980s , it ’ s ‘ we ’ ll defend white America ’ s privileges , but you have to be really afraid that the black people are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stick with us and stay with the team.
’ It ’ s a strategy.
” “ Legal procedurals and shoot-em-up action movies have long presented a skewed perception of the justice system in America , in which the police are almost always positioned as the good guys ... .Parents are protesting benevolent portrayals of canine cops in the children ’ s television show Paw Patrol ... .And yet what are superheroes except cops with capes who enact justice with their powers ?
... .What ’ s more , given that the creators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been white men , it ’ s hardly surprising that so few reckon with issues of systemic racism — let alone sexism , homophobia , transphobia and other forms of bigotry embedded in the justice system or the inherent biases these superheroes might carry with them as they patrol the streets , or the universe .
”

Yikes! Lefty reporters and hosts went nuts over the last few weeks as they attacked Donald Trump as the “worst president in history” whose anti-pandemic efforts have left him with “rivers of blood on his hands.”
Liberal journalists also distorted Trump’s patriotic speech at Mount Rushmore (that “grandiose symbol of U.S. imperialism”) as an attempt “to weaponize the anger and resentment of some white Americans for his own political gain.”
The following is a top 16 countdown of the most vicious anti-Trump attacks from the ultra-left media over the last few weeks:
16. President Gets an “F”
Host Wolf Blitzer: “How badly is he [Donald Trump] failing right now in dealing with this spiraling crisis?
Correspondent Nia-Malika Henderson: “He’s doing terribly. I mean, the President gets an ‘F’ in terms of the handling of this global pandemic.”
— CNN’s The Situation Room, July 14.
15. Like “George Wallace,” Trump Pursuing Voters Who Think Wrong Team Won the Civil War
“An ad by the Republican group, the Lincoln Project, compared Donald Trump to former Alabama governor and veteran segregationist George Wallace back in the 1960s. Indeed, any look through the archives proves to you there are echoes, similarities between what we’re hearing now and what we heard from Wallace back then….What demographic is the President chasing here? Are we suddenly producing, by percentage, more people who feel the wrong team won in the Civil War?”
— Host Brian Williams on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, July 10.
14. Lizza’s Ludicrous Inquiry
“Does President Trump believe that it was a good thing that the South lost the Civil War?”
— The New Yorker correspondent Ryan Lizza to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany at White House press briefing, June 29.
13. President Painting “Dark Picture” of the Country
“Back-to-back Independence Day weekend addresses where the President made no attempt to unify Americans. Instead, delivering an us-versus-them message, painting a dark picture of the country.”
— White House correspondent Peter Alexander on NBC’s Today, July 6.
12. President Joe McCarthy
“This July 4th, Donald Trump is showing us how Joe McCarthy would have acted if he had become President....Here you have a President of the United States on July 4th, in the middle of a ceremony on the National Mall, TV cameras around the world using the opportunity to divide our nation, to call his opponents radicals, and good for nothing anarchists and the like. This is appalling.”
— CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley during coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House remarks, July 4.
11. Happy Independence Day From CNN
“President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans; we’re told that he’ll be focusing on the effort to, quote, tear down our country’s history.”
— Correspondent Leyla Santiago during CNN live coverage on July 3.
10. Distorting Mount Rushmore Speech as Screed That Was “Amplifying Racism”
“Although amplifying racism and stoking culture wars have been mainstays of Trump’s public identity for decades, they have been particularly pronounced this summer as the President has reacted to the national reckoning over systemic discrimination by seeking to weaponize the anger and resentment of some white Americans for his own political gain.”
— Reporters Robert Costa and Philip Rucker in Washington Post front-page story, July 4.
9. Mount Rushmore = “Grandiose Symbol of U.S. Imperialism”
“Donald Trump chose the most grandiose symbol of U.S. imperialism on Earth to usher in a very on-brand, star-spangled spectacle, complete with fireworks and military flyovers. It was Trump’s predictable way of throwing red meat to his base — the cult-like following he so desperately needs at the ballot box as he tanks in the polls. But let’s talk some truth here. Mount Rushmore isn’t exactly the innocent ode to our Founding Fathers as described in our textbooks. And it’s high time we disrupt that false narrative that far too many people believe.”
— Substitute host Tiffany Cross on MSNBC’s AM Joy, July 4.
8. “Reaganesque” Biden Set to Beat “Loser” Trump
“Yet Biden, between the combination of the family message and the message about buying American and bringing American jobs back, Biden is defining himself, very Reaganesque….I think he is pitch perfect for what we need now, comfort, solidness, and he is just playing on point. And once again….you contrast what Trump’s doing, what Biden’s doing. One feels like a desperate loser. One feels like, actually, the already-incumbent winner.”
— Former MSNBC host Donny Deutsch discussing Joe Biden political ad as aired on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 10.
7. Arrest Trump On Kidnapping Charges!
“Hurricane Maria hit in the fall of 2017, exposing the Trump administration’s callousness and incompetence and indifference, and then in the spring of 2018, we started to get word that the administration was systematically, essentially, kidnapping children seeking asylum in the U.S.”
— Host Chris Hayes on MSNBC’s All In, July 9.
6. Trump the Kid Torturer
“In the case of separations, you had 5,400 plus kids who are permanently traumatized, tortured systematically by the U.S. government, in the words of Physicians for Human Rights.”
— Correspondent Jacob Soboroff on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, July 9.
5. Trump Is Coming For Your Kids
“now he wants to kill your kids”
— July 8 tweet by Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin about President Donald Trump’s desire to re-open schools in the fall.
4. President Has “Lit the Country on Fire”
“I’m talking about the President now, who doesn’t know what he’s doing, who is not honest and who cares about no one else other than himself. If you look at the results in the United States as compared to other countries, which also had a terrible problem, but then have crushed the virus, there’s no other conclusion you can reach but that the incompetence of the Trump White House has lit the country on fire….He had his economic adviser on the television show yesterday saying well, ‘it’s the Chinese communists who have done this to us.’ It is madness.”
— Correspondent John Harwood on CNN’s New Day, July 13.
3. Trump Doesn’t Care About the Dead
“More than 136,000 of our brothers and sisters, our moms and dads, grandparents and friends are dead. The President did briefly mention them but only to boast about how many more people would have died had it not been for his actions. He calls it leadership but to call it that would be misleading. The largest single peacetime loss of life in this country since the 1918 influenza pandemic and no end in sight and today, the President was taking another victory lap, yet again. The graves are still fresh but this President ignores them.”
— Anchor Anderson Cooper on President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden address, as aired on CNN’s AC360, July 14.
2. Trump = “The Worst President In American History”
“He’s [Donald Trump] been an abomination. Anything he could do to help the country has gone by the wayside. He’s denied science. He was slow to react for two months, he refuses to wear a mask. He holds rallies in Arizona and Oklahoma that put people at risk....We’re now looking at the worst President in American history dealing with one of our worst crises, and it’s frightening...Trump shows zero empathy. He has an empathy deficit disorder.”
— CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley on CNN Newsroom, June 25.
1. “Rivers of Blood On His Hands”
“He’s [Donald Trump] a public health menace, and he has rivers of blood on his hands because of what he and these Republican governors have done.”
— Jonathan Alter on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, June 26, talking about the President’s response to coronavirus.
BONUS QUOTES
GOP = The Apartheid Party of America
“The Republican Party is sort of morphing into the National Party in South Africa in the 1980s, it’s ‘we’ll defend white America’s privileges, but you have to be really afraid that the black people are coming for you, so you have to stick with us and stay with the team.’ It’s a strategy.”
— Host Joy Reid on MSNBC’s AM Joy, July 11.
Time to Cancel Superheroes
“Legal procedurals and shoot-em-up action movies have long presented a skewed perception of the justice system in America, in which the police are almost always positioned as the good guys....Parents are protesting benevolent portrayals of canine cops in the children’s television show Paw Patrol....And yet what are superheroes except cops with capes who enact justice with their powers?....What’s more, given that the creators and stars of these movies have historically been white men, it’s hardly surprising that so few reckon with issues of systemic racism — let alone sexism, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of bigotry embedded in the justice system or the inherent biases these superheroes might carry with them as they patrol the streets, or the universe.”
— Time magazine staff writer Eliana Dockterman in June 29 article.


thelibertydaily--2020-07-16--Trump Campaign WIPES THE FLOOR With MSNBC’s Katy Tur

Clearly MSNBC host Katy Tur is not accustomed to anyone fighting back against her left-wing partisan sniping .
During a contentious interview Wednesday afternoon , Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh embarrassed the “ news ” anchor by repeatedly calling out her cable channel as a propaganda arm of the Biden campaign .
The exchange began with Tur whining about President Trump criticizing his Democratic opponent ’ s record during a Rose Garden press conference on Tuesday : “ The President responded to Joe Biden ’ s economic and climate plan yesterday by having an event in the Rose Garden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that , where a Rose Garden event is disguised as a campaign event , since the President is not able to hold those big rallies ?
” Murtaugh immediately destroyed the fantasy that the leftist media were anything but the Democratic Party ’ s spin machine : I think we ’ ve seen the outrage expressed by the media over the President ’ s remarks yesterday .
But let ’ s talk about what ’ s actually going on .
The media and Democrats and Joe Biden , they don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they don ’ t want him to be holding rallies , they don ’ t want him to communicate with Americans .
They don ’ t want him to speak at Mount Rushmore , of all places .
And now , they don ’ t want him to hold press conferences .
You know , Joe Biden will read a speech from a Teleprompter a couple of times a week and spend every word attacking President Trump , and the President is one who likes to fight back .
And he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can get them .
Clearly caught off guard by someone tearing down her facade of being a journalist , Tur interrupted : “ [ Trump ] spoke for 63 minutes and took a handful of questions at the end ... .and started talking about a variety of different subjects , a lot of it just was not correct .
Are you saying that that wasn ’ t a campaign event ?
” Murtaugh didn ’ t miss a beat as he rattled off facts that Democrats in the press don ’ t want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not one reporter who covers this President who could possibly say they don ’ t have access to him and the ability to ask him questions .
Joe Biden went 89 days between holding press conferences , and in that time , the President took questions from groups of reporters 55 times during the space of that 89 days .
This is the most accessible president that any reporter has ever had access to ... .by the way , the questions that the President took were far more than the zero questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden gave a speech and outlined the complete upending of our entire economic system with his $ 2 trillion Green New Deal package and he took zero questions , and wasn ’ t even asked to defend it .
Later in the segment , Tur desperately tried to change the subject : “ You talk about how you want to make sure that attendees for the President ’ s rallies are safe .
In Tulsa , the campaign was seen taking away social distancing signs from the rafters .
You also didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump campaign spokesman wasn ’ t having it : ... we did take extraordinary steps to protect the people who came to the rally in Tulsa .
We gave every single attendee , everyone who entered had to pass a temperature check .
We gave every attendee a mask , we provided more hand sanitizer than any large group of people could possibly ever – ever possibly use .
And there was no such organized effort to protect the safety of people who were engaged in these massive protests in city after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whatsoever .
And I do not recall MSNBC or CNN or anybody else being concerned about the safety of people who attended those gatherings .
But suddenly when it is involving a President Trump rally , then of course – then these safety measures are paramount .
But when it ’ s a large gathering with a political message that MSNBC would agree with , suddenly safety measures are really on the back burner .
At that point , Tur claimed they were out of time , but then proceeded to lecture her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several seconds later , Murtaugh sarcastically mocked her blatant activism : “ I appreciate that speech , Katy , thank you.
” Tur wasn ’ t the only person whose skin Murtaugh got under , her co-host Chuck Todd actually spewed this absurd lie moments after the interview : “ And just a reminder , for what it ’ s worth , there is no editorial point of view here on any of these newscasts on MSNBC in the daytime.
” Exactly how stupid do these left-wing hacks think people are ?
Back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ host and staunch Democrat similarly declared with a straight face that he had “ no point of view ” on politics .
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Here is a transcript of the July 16 segment : KATY TUR : And joining us now for more on all of this is communications director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Murtaugh .
Tim , always good to see you .
Thanks for joining us .
TUR : The President responded to Joe Biden ’ s economic and climate plan yesterday by having an event in the Rose Garden .
Are we going to see more of that , where a Rose Garden event is disguised as a campaign event , since the President is not able to hold those big rallies ?
MURTAUGH : Well , I mean , I think we ’ ve seen the outrage expressed by the media over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let ’ s talk about what ’ s actually going on .
The media and Democrats and Joe Biden , they don ’ t like it when the President tweets , they don ’ t want him to be holding rallies , they don ’ t want him to communicate with Americans .
They don ’ t want him to speak at Mount Rushmore , of all places .
And now , they don ’ t want him to hold press conferences .
You know , Joe Biden will read a speech from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week and spend every word attacking President Trump , and the President is one who likes to fight back .
And he ’ s going to take his opportunities where he can get them .
TUR : He spoke for 63 minutes and took a handful of questions at the end .
Are you really – MURTAUGH : Yesterday he laid out a very effective case .
TUR : Tim , I ’ m sorry , he spoke for 50 – for over 60 minutes and only took a handful of questions at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that was supposed to be about Hong Kong .
He touched on Hong Kong for a moment , and then went off and started talking about a variety of different subjects , a lot of it just was not correct .
Are you saying that that wasn ’ t a campaign event ?
MURTAUGH : I ’ m saying that the President is one who ’ s going to fight back .
I think if you ’ re going to – there ’ s not one reporter who covers this President who could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to him and the ability to ask him questions .
Joe Biden went 89 days between holding press conferences , and in that time , the President took questions from groups of reporters 55 times during the space of that 89 days .
This is the most accessible president that any reporter has ever had access to , so to hold up yesterday – and which , by the way , the questions that the President took were far more than the zero questions that Joe Biden took yesterday .
Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upending of our entire economic system with his $ 2 trillion Green New Deal package and he took zero questions , and wasn ’ t even asked to defend it .
So it ’ s a clear contrast .
The President faces the media routinely at the White House , on his way to Marine One , at the steps of Air Force One , and in regularly scheduled press conferences .
He is extremely accessible to reporters .
And I think if you talk to your reporters who cover Joe Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privately tell you they are frustrated with being completely unable to ask Joe Biden a single question .
TUR : You talk about how you want to make sure that attendees for the President ’ s rallies are safe .
In Tulsa , the campaign was seen taking away social distancing signs from the rafters .
You also didn ’ t require masks , although you did hand them out .
The governor of Oklahoma has now contracted COVID-19 , he was not a wearing a mask .
Herman Cain was there at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask , he ’ s contracted COVID-19 .
You ’ re not necessarily going to require masks at your potentially outdoor event in Jacksonville .
I ’ m confused at how you are protecting those who are coming to your events but then acting against all of the public health guidelines , including from your own – this administration , on how to do that .
MURTAUGH : That ’ s actually a completely inaccurate assertion .
First , the governor – our rally in Tulsa was 25 days ago .
And so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive test today with something that occurred 25 days ago is really – it ’ s not fair to connect those two events .
And secondly , we did take extraordinary steps to protect the people who came to the rally in Tulsa .
We gave every single attendee , everyone who entered had to pass a temperature check .
We gave every attendee a mask , we provided more hand sanitizer than any large group of people could possibly ever – ever possibly use .
And there was no such organized effort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were engaged in these massive protests in city after city .
No organized efforts at safety whatsoever .
And I do not recall MSNBC or CNN or anybody else being concerned about the safety of people who attended those gatherings .
But suddenly when it is involving a President Trump rally , then of course – then these safety measures are paramount .
But when it ’ s a large gathering with a political message that MSNBC would agree with , suddenly safety measures are really on the back burner .
TUR : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time we have .
Thank you so much for joining us .
We will note the President is the only one having indoor rallies or events of that scale in the entire country .
Again , the protests were outdoors , all of the doctors and health experts say that that is a safer place to hold them .
I attended a number of those rallies , everybody was wearing a mask , hand sanitizer was handed out .
MURTAUGH [ CROSS-TALK ] : So then by that statement then , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a-okay with the New Hampshire rally that we were planning ?
TUR [ CROSS-TALK ] : And we just saw the images of those rallies , people were not wearing masks inside the President ’ s rally , there was not social distancing being practiced .
We saw the signs being removed from seats .
MURTAUGH [ CROSS-TALK ] : Would you then praise the New Hampshire rally because it was in an open-door airplane hangar ?
TUR [ CROSS-TALK ] : So you can say you handed out hand sanitizer and gave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing them .
And also , Dr. Fauci today has said that the incubation period for this disease could be longer than just two weeks .
So Tim Murtaugh , thanks so much for joining us .
We appreciate all of your time .
MURTAUGH : I appreciate that speech , Katy , thank you .
CHUCK TODD : We will have the brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal , will be unveiled today at 5:00 p.m. on Meet the Press Daily .
And just a reminder , for what it ’ s worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ view here on any of these newscasts on MSNBC in the daytime .
But at 5:00 p.m. Eastern , we will have that , those more up to date numbers .
And we ’ ll be right back .

Clearly MSNBC host Katy Tur is not accustomed to anyone fighting back against her left-wing partisan sniping. During a contentious interview Wednesday afternoon, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh embarrassed the “news” anchor by repeatedly calling out her cable channel as a propaganda arm of the Biden campaign.
The exchange began with Tur whining about President Trump criticizing his Democratic opponent’s record during a Rose Garden press conference on Tuesday: “The President responded to Joe Biden’s economic and climate plan yesterday by having an event in the Rose Garden. Are we going to see more of that, where a Rose Garden event is disguised as a campaign event, since the President is not able to hold those big rallies?”
Murtaugh immediately destroyed the fantasy that the leftist media were anything but the Democratic Party’s spin machine:
I think we’ve seen the outrage expressed by the media over the President’s remarks yesterday. But let’s talk about what’s actually going on. The media and Democrats and Joe Biden, they don’t like it when the President tweets, they don’t want him to be holding rallies, they don’t want him to communicate with Americans. They don’t want him to speak at Mount Rushmore, of all places. And now, they don’t want him to hold press conferences. You know, Joe Biden will read a speech from a Teleprompter a couple of times a week and spend every word attacking President Trump, and the President is one who likes to fight back. And he’s going to take his opportunities where he can get them.
Clearly caught off guard by someone tearing down her facade of being a journalist, Tur interrupted: “[Trump] spoke for 63 minutes and took a handful of questions at the end....and started talking about a variety of different subjects, a lot of it just was not correct. Are you saying that that wasn’t a campaign event?”
Murtaugh didn’t miss a beat as he rattled off facts that Democrats in the press don’t want people to know:
...there’s not one reporter who covers this President who could possibly say they don’t have access to him and the ability to ask him questions. Joe Biden went 89 days between holding press conferences, and in that time, the President took questions from groups of reporters 55 times during the space of that 89 days. This is the most accessible president that any reporter has ever had access to....by the way, the questions that the President took were far more than the zero questions that Joe Biden took yesterday. Joe Biden gave a speech and outlined the complete upending of our entire economic system with his $2 trillion Green New Deal package and he took zero questions, and wasn’t even asked to defend it.
Later in the segment, Tur desperately tried to change the subject: “You talk about how you want to make sure that attendees for the President’s rallies are safe. In Tulsa, the campaign was seen taking away social distancing signs from the rafters. You also didn’t require masks...”
However, the Trump campaign spokesman wasn’t having it:
...we did take extraordinary steps to protect the people who came to the rally in Tulsa. We gave every single attendee, everyone who entered had to pass a temperature check. We gave every attendee a mask, we provided more hand sanitizer than any large group of people could possibly ever – ever possibly use. And there was no such organized effort to protect the safety of people who were engaged in these massive protests in city after city. No organized efforts at safety whatsoever. And I do not recall MSNBC or CNN or anybody else being concerned about the safety of people who attended those gatherings. But suddenly when it is involving a President Trump rally, then of course – then these safety measures are paramount. But when it’s a large gathering with a political message that MSNBC would agree with, suddenly safety measures are really on the back burner.
At that point, Tur claimed they were out of time, but then proceeded to lecture her guest:
We will note the President is the only one having indoor rallies or events of that scale in the entire country. Again, the protests were outdoors, all of the doctors and health experts say that that is a safer place to hold them. I attended a number of those rallies, everybody was wearing a mask, hand sanitizer was handed out.
When the segment actually ended several seconds later, Murtaugh sarcastically mocked her blatant activism: “I appreciate that speech, Katy, thank you.”
Tur wasn’t the only person whose skin Murtaugh got under, her co-host Chuck Todd actually spewed this absurd lie moments after the interview: “And just a reminder, for what it’s worth, there is no editorial point of view here on any of these newscasts on MSNBC in the daytime.”
Exactly how stupid do these left-wing hacks think people are? Back in March, the Meet the Press host and staunch Democrat similarly declared with a straight face that he had “no point of view” on politics.
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Here is a transcript of the July 16 segment:


thelibertydaily--2020-07-16--Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom to Release 8,000 Prisoners as Part of Nationwide Destabili

Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom to Release 8,000 Prisoners as Part of Nationwide Destabilization Scheme Run By Democrats

( Natural News ) Before August , California Governor Gavin Newsom is planning to release upwards of 8,000 convicted prisoners , which he claims is necessary to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) .
In a recent announcement , Corrections Secretary Ralph Diaz tried to make the case that this is the best course of action “ to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff.
” “ We aim to implement these decompression measures in a way that aligns with both public health and public safety , ” he contends .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ set free prisoners with 180 days or less remaining of their sentences , followed by prisoners with no more than one year left of their sentences .
Priority will be given to prisoners who are 30 years of age or older , while those under the age of 30 will be considered on a case-by-case basis .
“ This is serious stuff and requires a seriousness of purpose , ” Newsom told the Los Angeles Times about his latest controversial initiative .
“ People are just saying just release thousands and thousands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these cases are sobering , challenging , and there ’ s a deep responsibility that comes with this job , but a sense of deep urgency as well to decompress the system in a judicious and thoughtful way , ” he added .
One vocal opponent of the plan is Vern Pierson , the District Attorney in Northern California ’ s El Dorado County .
He told the media that it is “ concerning ” for public safety what Newsom is planning to do in the name of pandemic “ relief.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made clear whether crime victims and prosecutors will be given notice when an inmate is released or if they will be able to file objections , ” he says .
Newsom is a treasonous traitor who must be removed for America to survive While some are sure to be persuaded that Newsom ’ s intentions are laudable , the fact of the matter is that the real goal here involves collapsing the United States from within .
Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show is publishing a series that takes a closer look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dismantling of America through the destabilization of California , which involves releasing prisoners and causing societal chaos .
Many conservatives have already been trained to respond to the prospect of California collapsing with sentiments of , who cares ?
But this is a misnomer , as what happens to California eventually happens to every other state , usually within just a few years .
And in this case , it could be a lot sooner .
It is also important to remember that California is where a bulk of our nation ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nuts and leafy greens found on store shelves .
It is also where about 30 percent of retail revenue is derived .
“ A departed California will economically devastate this country and produce widespread food shortages , ” Hodges writes , warning that the reason California seems to be ground zero for liberal lunacy is that its collapse and takeover will tip the domino that results in the rest of the nation following suit .
“ This is the globalist goal and as the caravans of illegal immigrants , from Central and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to destroy America will kick into high gear , ” Hodges warns .
“ Under its last two governors , Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom , California is mired in treason and massive mismanagement of its State ’ s money.
” Be sure to check out Hodges ’ full analysis and interview with Paul Preston , the President of the New California , 51st state movement , at this link .
You can also find more related news about the fomented collapse of the United States at the hands of deep state traitors @ @ @ @ @

Calif. Gov. Newsom to release 8,000 prisoners as part of nationwide destabilization scheme run by Democrats
Before August, California Governor Gavin Newsom is planning to release upwards of 8,000 convicted prisoners , which he claims is necessary to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).
In a recent announcement, Corrections Secretary Ralph Diaz tried to make the case that this is the best course of action "to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff."
"We aim to implement these decompression measures in a way that aligns with both public health and public safety," he contends.
Newsom's initial plan is to set free prisoners with 180 days or less remaining of their sentences, followed by prisoners with no more than one year left of their sentences. Priority will be given to prisoners who are 30 years of age or older, while those under the age of 30 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
"This is serious stuff and requires a seriousness of purpose," Newsom told the Los Angeles Times about his latest controversial initiative. "People are just saying just release thousands and thousands of people."
"Each and every one of these cases are sobering, challenging, and there's a deep responsibility that comes with this job, but a sense of deep urgency as well to decompress the system in a judicious and thoughtful way," he added.
One vocal opponent of the plan is Vern Pierson, the District Attorney in Northern California's El Dorado County. He told the media that it is "concerning" for public safety what Newsom is planning to do in the name of pandemic "relief."
"The Newsom administration also has not made clear whether crime victims and prosecutors will be given notice when an inmate is released or if they will be able to file objections," he says.
Newsom is a treasonous traitor who must be removed for America to survive
While some are sure to be persuaded that Newsom's intentions are laudable, the fact of the matter is that the real goal here involves collapsing the United States from within.
Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show is publishing a series that takes a closer look at Newsom's role in the dismantling of America through the destabilization of California, which involves releasing prisoners and causing societal chaos.
Many conservatives have already been trained to respond to the prospect of California collapsing with sentiments of, who cares? But this is a misnomer, as what happens to California eventually happens to every other state, usually within just a few years. And in this case, it could be a lot sooner.
It is also important to remember that California is where a bulk of our nation's food is grown, including most of the nuts and leafy greens found on store shelves. It is also where about 30 percent of retail revenue is derived.
"A departed California will economically devastate this country and produce widespread food shortages," Hodges writes, warning that the reason California seems to be ground zero for liberal lunacy is that its collapse and takeover will tip the domino that results in the rest of the nation following suit.
"This is the globalist goal and as the caravans of illegal immigrants, from Central and South America, arrive, the plan to destroy America will kick into high gear," Hodges warns.
"Under its last two governors, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom, California is mired in treason and massive mismanagement of its State’s money."
Be sure to check out Hodges' full analysis and interview with Paul Preston, the President of the New California, 51st state movement, at this link.
You can also find more related news about the fomented collapse of the United States at the hands of deep state traitors like Newsom at NewsomWatch.com.
Sources for this article include:
Breitbart.com
TheCommonSenseShow.com
NaturalNews.com