thelibertydaily--2020-04-16--AP: Chi-Coms Held Pandemic Warnings for Six Days

In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus , the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people ; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations .
President Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day , Jan. 20 .
But by that time , more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public silence , according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press and expert estimates based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 was neither the first mistake made by Chinese officials at all levels in confronting the outbreak , nor the longest lag , as governments around the world have dragged their feet for weeks and even months in addressing the virus .
But the delay by the first country to face the new coronavirus came at a critical time — the beginning of the outbreak .
China ’ s attempt to walk a line between alerting the public and avoiding panic set the stage for a pandemic that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken more than 128,000 lives .
“ This is tremendous , ” said Zuo-Feng Zhang , an epidemiologist at the University of California , Los Angeles .
“ If they took action six days earlier , there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been sufficient .
We might have avoided the collapse of Wuhan ’ s medical system.
” Other experts noted that the Chinese government may have waited on warning the public to stave off hysteria , and that it did act quickly in private during that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China ’ s leaders in Beijing came on top of almost two weeks during which the national Center for Disease Control did not register any cases from local officials , internal bulletins obtained by the AP confirm .
Yet during that time , from Jan. 5 to Jan. 17 , hundreds of patients were appearing in hospitals not just in Wuhan but across the country .
It ’ s uncertain whether it was local officials who failed to report cases or national officials who failed to record them .
It ’ s also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time in Wuhan , which only opened back up last week with restrictions after its quarantine .
But what is clear , experts say , is that China ’ s rigid controls on information , bureaucratic hurdles and a reluctance to send bad news up the chain of command muffled early warnings .
The punishment of eight doctors for “ rumor-mongering , ” broadcast on national television on Jan. 2 , sent a chill through the city ’ s hospitals .
“ Doctors in Wuhan were afraid , ” said Dali Yang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the University of Chicago .
“ It was truly intimidation of an entire profession.
” Without these internal reports , it took the first case outside China , in Thailand on Jan. 13 , to galvanize leaders in Beijing into recognizing the possible pandemic before them .
It was only then that they launched a nationwide plan to find cases — distributing CDC-sanctioned test kits , easing the criteria for confirming cases and ordering health officials to screen patients .
They also instructed officials in Hubei province , where Wuhan is located , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cut down on large public gatherings .
And they did it all without telling the public .
The Chinese government has repeatedly denied suppressing information in the early days , saying it immediately reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization .
“ Those accusing China of lacking transparency and openness are unfair , ” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Wednesday when asked about the AP story .
The documents show that the head of China ’ s National Health Commission , Ma Xiaowei , laid out a grim assessment of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confidential teleconference with provincial health officials .
A memo states that the teleconference was held to convey instructions on the coronavirus from President Xi Jinping , Premier Li Keqiang and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan , but does not specify what those instructions were .
“ The epidemic situation is still severe and complex , the most severe challenge since SARS in 2003 , and is likely to develop into a major public health event , ” the memo cites Ma as saying .
The National Health Commission is the top medical agency in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Commission said it had organized the teleconference because of the case reported in Thailand and the possibility of the virus spreading during New Year travel .
It added that China had published information on the outbreak in an “ open , transparent , responsible and timely manner , ” in accordance with “ important instructions ” repeatedly issued by President Xi .
The documents come from an anonymous source in the medical field who did not want to be named for fear of retribution .
The AP confirmed the contents with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the teleconference .
Some of the memo ’ s contents also appeared in a public notice about the teleconference , stripped of key details and published in February .
Under a section titled “ sober understanding of the situation , ” the memo said that “ clustered cases suggest that human-to-human transmission is possible.
” It singled out the case in Thailand , saying that the situation had “ changed significantly ” because of the possible spread of the virus abroad .
“ With the coming of the Spring Festival , many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk of transmission and spread is high , ” the memo continued .
“ All localities must prepare for and respond to a pandemic.
” In the memo , Ma demanded officials unite around Xi and made clear that political considerations and social stability were key priorities during the long lead-up to China ’ s two biggest political meetings of the year in March .
While the documents do not spell out why Chinese leaders waited six days to make their concerns public , the meetings may be one reason .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rocking the boat before these important Party congresses is pretty strong , ” says Daniel Mattingly , a scholar of Chinese politics at Yale .
“ My guess is , they wanted to let it play out a little more and see what happened.
” In response to the teleconference , the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing initiated the highest-level emergency response internally , level one , on Jan. 15 .
It assigned top CDC leaders to 14 working groups tasked with getting funds , training health workers , collecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laboratories , an internal CDC notice shows .
The National Health Commission also distributed a 63-page set of instructions to provincial health officials , obtained by the AP .
The instructions ordered health officials nationwide to identify suspected cases , hospitals to open fever clinics , and doctors and nurses to don protective gear .
They were marked “ internal ” — “ not to be spread on the internet , ” “ not to be publicly disclosed.
” In public , however , officials continued to downplay the threat , pointing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We have reached the latest understanding that the risk of sustained human-to-human transmission is low , ” Li Qun , the head of the China CDC ’ s emergency center , told Chinese state television on Jan. 15 .
That was the same day Li was appointed leader of a group preparing emergency plans for the level one response , a CDC notice shows .
On Jan. 20 , President Xi issued his first public comments on the virus , saying the outbreak “ must be taken seriously ” and every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemiologist , Zhong Nanshan , announced for the first time that the virus was transmissible from person to person on national television .
If the public had been warned a week earlier to take actions such as social distancing , mask wearing and travel restrictions , cases could have been cut by up to two-thirds , one paper later found .
An earlier warning could have saved lives , said Zhang , the doctor in Los Angeles .
However , other health experts said the government took decisive action in private given the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may not have said the right thing , but they were doing the right thing , ” said Ray Yip , the retired founding head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ’ s office in China .
“ On the 20th , they sounded the alarm for the whole country , which is not an unreasonable delay.
” If health officials raise the alarm prematurely , it can damage their credibility — “ like crying wolf ” —and cripple their ability to mobilize the public , said Benjamin Cowley , an epidemiologist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The delay may support accusations by President Donald Trump that the Chinese government ’ s secrecy held back the world ’ s response to the virus .
However , even the public announcement on Jan. 20 left the U.S. nearly two months to prepare for the pandemic .
During those months , Trump ignored the warnings of his own staff and dismissed the disease as nothing to worry about , while the government failed to bolster medical supplies and deployed flawed testing kits .
Leaders across the world turned a blind eye to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boris Johnson calling for a strategy of “ herd immunity ” — before falling ill himself .
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sneered at what he called “ a little cold.
” The early story of the pandemic in China shows missed opportunities at every step , the documents and AP interviews reveal .
Under Xi , China ’ s most authoritarian leader in decades , increasing political repression has made officials more hesitant to report cases without a clear green light from the top .
“ It really increased the stakes for officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of line , ” said Mattingly , the Yale professor .
“ It made it harder for people at the local level to report bad information.
” Doctors and nurses in Wuhan told Chinese media there were plenty of signs that the coronavirus could be transmitted between people as early as late December .
Patients who had never been to the suspected source of the virus , the Huanan Seafood Market , were infected .
Medical workers started falling ill .
But officials obstructed medical staff who tried to report such cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases , where patients not only had to test positive , but samples had to be sent to Beijing and sequenced .
They required staff to report to supervisors before sending information higher , Chinese media reports show .
And they punished doctors for warning about the disease .
As a result , no new cases were reported for almost two weeks from Jan. 5 , even as officials gathered in Wuhan for Hubei province ’ s two biggest political meetings of the year , internal China CDC bulletins confirm .
During this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan by Beijing said they failed to find clear signs of danger and human-to-human transmission .
“ China has many years of disease control , there ’ s absolutely no chance that this will spread widely because of Spring Festival travel , ” the head of the first expert team , Xu Jianguo , told Takungpao , a Hong Kong paper , on Jan. 6 .
He added there was “ no evidence of human-to-human transmission ” and that the threat from the virus was low .
The second expert team , dispatched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unearth any clear signs of human-to-human transmission .
Yet during their stay , more than half a dozen doctors and nurses had already fallen ill with the virus , a retrospective China CDC study published in the New England Journal of Medicine would later show .
The teams looked for patients with severe pneumonia , missing those with milder symptoms .
They also narrowed the search to those who had visited the seafood market — which was in retrospect a mistake , said Cowling , the Hong Kong epidemiologist , who flew to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January .
In the weeks after the severity of the epidemic became clear , some experts accused Wuhan officials of intentionally hiding cases .
“ I always suspected it was human-to-human transmissible , ” said Wang Guangfa , the leader of the second expert team , in a Mar .
15 post on Weibo , the Chinese social media platform .
He fell ill with the virus soon after returning to Beijing on Jan. 16 .
“ As a local government official , I could disclose information only after being authorized , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ A lot of people didn ’ t understand this.
” As a result , top Chinese officials appear to have been left in the dark .
“ The CDC acted sluggishly , assuming all was fine , ” said a state health expert , who declined to be named out of fear of retribution .
“ If we started to do something a week or two earlier , things could have been so much different.
” It wasn ’ t just Wuhan .
In Shenzhen in southern China , hundreds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung used their own test kits to confirm that six members of a family of seven had the virus on Jan. 12 .
In an interview with Caixin , a respected Chinese finance magazine , Yuen said he informed CDC branches “ of all levels , ” including Beijing .
But internal CDC numbers did not reflect Yuen ’ s report , the bulletins show .
When the Thai case was reported , health authorities finally drew up an internal plan to systematically identify , isolate , test , and treat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Photos : America offers a show of thanks to medical workers across nation Wuhan ’ s case count began to climb immediately — four on Jan. 17 , then 17 the next day and 136 the day after .
Across the country , dozens of cases began to surface , in some cases among patients who were infected earlier but had not yet been tested .
In Zhejiang , for example , a man hospitalized on Jan. 4 was only isolated on Jan. 17 and confirmed positive on Jan. 21 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Jan. 12 were finally recorded as confirmed cases on Jan. 19 .
The elite Peking Union Medical College Hospital held an emergency meeting on Jan. 18 , instructing staff to adopt stringent isolation — still before Xi ’ s public warning .
A health expert told AP that on Jan. 19 , she toured a hospital built after the SARS outbreak , where medical workers had furiously prepared an entire building with hundreds of beds for pneumonia patients .
“ Everybody in the country in the infectious disease field knew something was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declining to be named to avoid disrupting sensitive government consultations .
“ They were anticipating it .
”

Associated Press
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations.
President Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day, Jan. 20. But by that time, more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public silence, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press and expert estimates based on retrospective infection data.
Six days.
That delay from Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 was neither the first mistake made by Chinese officials at all levels in confronting the outbreak, nor the longest lag, as governments around the world have dragged their feet for weeks and even months in addressing the virus.
But the delay by the first country to face the new coronavirus came at a critical time — the beginning of the outbreak. China’s attempt to walk a line between alerting the public and avoiding panic set the stage for a pandemic that has infected more than 2 million people and taken more than 128,000 lives.
“This is tremendous,” said Zuo-Feng Zhang, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “If they took action six days earlier, there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been sufficient. We might have avoided the collapse of Wuhan’s medical system.”
Other experts noted that the Chinese government may have waited on warning the public to stave off hysteria, and that it did act quickly in private during that time.
But the six-day delay by China’s leaders in Beijing came on top of almost two weeks during which the national Center for Disease Control did not register any cases from local officials, internal bulletins obtained by the AP confirm. Yet during that time, from Jan. 5 to Jan. 17, hundreds of patients were appearing in hospitals not just in Wuhan but across the country.
It’s uncertain whether it was local officials who failed to report cases or national officials who failed to record them. It’s also not clear exactly what officials knew at the time in Wuhan, which only opened back up last week with restrictions after its quarantine.
But what is clear, experts say, is that China’s rigid controls on information, bureaucratic hurdles and a reluctance to send bad news up the chain of command muffled early warnings. The punishment of eight doctors for “rumor-mongering,” broadcast on national television on Jan. 2, sent a chill through the city’s hospitals.
“Doctors in Wuhan were afraid,” said Dali Yang, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Chicago. “It was truly intimidation of an entire profession.”
Without these internal reports, it took the first case outside China, in Thailand on Jan. 13, to galvanize leaders in Beijing into recognizing the possible pandemic before them. It was only then that they launched a nationwide plan to find cases — distributing CDC-sanctioned test kits, easing the criteria for confirming cases and ordering health officials to screen patients. They also instructed officials in Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, to begin temperature checks at transportation hubs and cut down on large public gatherings. And they did it all without telling the public.
The Chinese government has repeatedly denied suppressing information in the early days, saying it immediately reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization.
“Those accusing China of lacking transparency and openness are unfair,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Wednesday when asked about the AP story.
The documents show that the head of China’s National Health Commission, Ma Xiaowei, laid out a grim assessment of the situation on Jan. 14 in a confidential teleconference with provincial health officials. A memo states that the teleconference was held to convey instructions on the coronavirus from President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, but does not specify what those instructions were.
“The epidemic situation is still severe and complex, the most severe challenge since SARS in 2003, and is likely to develop into a major public health event,” the memo cites Ma as saying.
The National Health Commission is the top medical agency in the country. In a faxed statement, the Commission said it had organized the teleconference because of the case reported in Thailand and the possibility of the virus spreading during New Year travel. It added that China had published information on the outbreak in an “open, transparent, responsible and timely manner,” in accordance with “important instructions” repeatedly issued by President Xi.
The documents come from an anonymous source in the medical field who did not want to be named for fear of retribution. The AP confirmed the contents with two other sources in public health familiar with the teleconference. Some of the memo’s contents also appeared in a public notice about the teleconference, stripped of key details and published in February.
Under a section titled “sober understanding of the situation,” the memo said that “clustered cases suggest that human-to-human transmission is possible.” It singled out the case in Thailand, saying that the situation had “changed significantly” because of the possible spread of the virus abroad.
“With the coming of the Spring Festival, many people will be traveling, and the risk of transmission and spread is high,” the memo continued. “All localities must prepare for and respond to a pandemic.”
In the memo, Ma demanded officials unite around Xi and made clear that political considerations and social stability were key priorities during the long lead-up to China’s two biggest political meetings of the year in March. While the documents do not spell out why Chinese leaders waited six days to make their concerns public, the meetings may be one reason.
“The imperatives for social stability, for not rocking the boat before these important Party congresses is pretty strong,” says Daniel Mattingly, a scholar of Chinese politics at Yale. “My guess is, they wanted to let it play out a little more and see what happened.”
In response to the teleconference, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing initiated the highest-level emergency response internally, level one, on Jan. 15. It assigned top CDC leaders to 14 working groups tasked with getting funds, training health workers, collecting data, doing field investigations and supervising laboratories, an internal CDC notice shows.
The National Health Commission also distributed a 63-page set of instructions to provincial health officials, obtained by the AP. The instructions ordered health officials nationwide to identify suspected cases, hospitals to open fever clinics, and doctors and nurses to don protective gear. They were marked “internal” — “not to be spread on the internet,” “not to be publicly disclosed.”
In public, however, officials continued to downplay the threat, pointing to the 41 cases public at the time.
“We have reached the latest understanding that the risk of sustained human-to-human transmission is low,” Li Qun, the head of the China CDC’s emergency center, told Chinese state television on Jan. 15. That was the same day Li was appointed leader of a group preparing emergency plans for the level one response, a CDC notice shows.
On Jan. 20, President Xi issued his first public comments on the virus, saying the outbreak “must be taken seriously” and every possible measure pursued. A leading Chinese epidemiologist, Zhong Nanshan, announced for the first time that the virus was transmissible from person to person on national television.
If the public had been warned a week earlier to take actions such as social distancing, mask wearing and travel restrictions, cases could have been cut by up to two-thirds, one paper later found. An earlier warning could have saved lives, said Zhang, the doctor in Los Angeles.
However, other health experts said the government took decisive action in private given the information available to them.
“They may not have said the right thing, but they were doing the right thing,” said Ray Yip, the retired founding head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s office in China. “On the 20th, they sounded the alarm for the whole country, which is not an unreasonable delay.”
If health officials raise the alarm prematurely, it can damage their credibility — “like crying wolf” —and cripple their ability to mobilize the public, said Benjamin Cowley, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong.
The delay may support accusations by President Donald Trump that the Chinese government’s secrecy held back the world’s response to the virus. However, even the public announcement on Jan. 20 left the U.S. nearly two months to prepare for the pandemic.
During those months, Trump ignored the warnings of his own staff and dismissed the disease as nothing to worry about, while the government failed to bolster medical supplies and deployed flawed testing kits. Leaders across the world turned a blind eye to the outbreak, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a strategy of “herd immunity” — before falling ill himself. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sneered at what he called “a little cold.”
The early story of the pandemic in China shows missed opportunities at every step, the documents and AP interviews reveal. Under Xi, China’s most authoritarian leader in decades, increasing political repression has made officials more hesitant to report cases without a clear green light from the top.
“It really increased the stakes for officials, which made them reluctant to step out of line,” said Mattingly, the Yale professor. “It made it harder for people at the local level to report bad information.”
Doctors and nurses in Wuhan told Chinese media there were plenty of signs that the coronavirus could be transmitted between people as early as late December. Patients who had never been to the suspected source of the virus, the Huanan Seafood Market, were infected. Medical workers started falling ill.
But officials obstructed medical staff who tried to report such cases. They set tight criteria for confirming cases, where patients not only had to test positive, but samples had to be sent to Beijing and sequenced. They required staff to report to supervisors before sending information higher, Chinese media reports show. And they punished doctors for warning about the disease.
As a result, no new cases were reported for almost two weeks from Jan. 5, even as officials gathered in Wuhan for Hubei province’s two biggest political meetings of the year, internal China CDC bulletins confirm.
During this period, teams of experts dispatched to Wuhan by Beijing said they failed to find clear signs of danger and human-to-human transmission.
“China has many years of disease control, there’s absolutely no chance that this will spread widely because of Spring Festival travel,” the head of the first expert team, Xu Jianguo, told Takungpao, a Hong Kong paper, on Jan. 6. He added there was “no evidence of human-to-human transmission” and that the threat from the virus was low.
The second expert team, dispatched on Jan. 8, similarly failed to unearth any clear signs of human-to-human transmission. Yet during their stay, more than half a dozen doctors and nurses had already fallen ill with the virus, a retrospective China CDC study published in the New England Journal of Medicine would later show.
The teams looked for patients with severe pneumonia, missing those with milder symptoms. They also narrowed the search to those who had visited the seafood market — which was in retrospect a mistake, said Cowling, the Hong Kong epidemiologist, who flew to Beijing to review the cases in late January.
In the weeks after the severity of the epidemic became clear, some experts accused Wuhan officials of intentionally hiding cases.
“I always suspected it was human-to-human transmissible,” said Wang Guangfa, the leader of the second expert team, in a Mar. 15 post on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform. He fell ill with the virus soon after returning to Beijing on Jan. 16.
Wuhan’s then-mayor, Zhou Xianwang, blamed national regulations for the secrecy.
“As a local government official, I could disclose information only after being authorized,” Zhou told state media in late January. “A lot of people didn’t understand this.”
As a result, top Chinese officials appear to have been left in the dark.
“The CDC acted sluggishly, assuming all was fine,” said a state health expert, who declined to be named out of fear of retribution. “If we started to do something a week or two earlier, things could have been so much different.”
It wasn’t just Wuhan. In Shenzhen in southern China, hundreds of miles away, a team led by microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung used their own test kits to confirm that six members of a family of seven had the virus on Jan. 12. In an interview with Caixin, a respected Chinese finance magazine, Yuen said he informed CDC branches “of all levels,” including Beijing. But internal CDC numbers did not reflect Yuen’s report, the bulletins show.
When the Thai case was reported, health authorities finally drew up an internal plan to systematically identify, isolate, test, and treat all cases of the new coronavirus nationwide.
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thelibertydaily--2020-04-16--3 Times Tucker Carlson Asks Democrat New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Where He Gets the ‘Authority to

3 Times Tucker Carlson Asks Democrat New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Where He Gets the ‘Authority to Nullify the Bill of Rights’ — 3 Times He Ducks and Dodges

Wow !
Tucker Carlson was brutal to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy when he asked about why people were banned @ @ @ @ @ Murphy is like many other governors in the US who put strict rules on citizens @ @ @ @ @ .
Watch the video below where Murphy tries to give a flippant answer to Tucker @ @ @ @ @ pinned to the wall by Carlson .
Tucker Carlson asked New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy @ @ @ @ @ to nullify the Bill of Rights when he banned religious services in his state : @ @ @ @ @ thinking of the Bill of Rights when we did this… The science says people have @ @ @ @ @ other.
” The leaders of several states aren ’ t listening to the people they @ @ @ @ @ Michigan ’ s governor and Governor Murphy need to pay attention to what the people @ @ @ @ @ .
Note to Murphy : Ignoring the Bill of Rights isn ’ t popular with @ @ @ @

Wow! Tucker Carlson was brutal to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy when he asked about why people were banned from going to church. Murphy is like many other governors in the US who put strict rules on citizens to keep them from gathering.
Watch the video below where Murphy tries to give a flippant answer to Tucker’s question but was pinned to the wall by Carlson.
Tucker Carlson asked New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy where he got the authority to nullify the Bill of Rights when he banned religious services in his state:
“That’s above my pay grade.”
“I wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights when we did this… The science says people have to stay away from each other.”
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Tucker Carlson asks New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy where he got the authority to nullify the Bill of rights when he banned religious services in his state: "I wasn't thinking of the Bill of Rights when we did this… The science says people have to stay away from each other." pic.twitter.com/DPQ5d2DFl2 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 16, 2020
The leaders of several states aren’t listening to the people they were elected to represent.
Michigan’s governor and Governor Murphy need to pay attention to what the people of their states are saying.
Note to Murphy: Ignoring the Bill of Rights isn’t popular with the American people.


thelibertydaily--2020-04-16--Congressman Thomas Massie Says a Friend’s Dead Father Received $1,200 Chi-Com Virus Payment

Rep. Thomas Massie posted a text message screenshot to Twitter on Wednesday saying it showed a dead relative of a friend receiving a coronavirus stimulus check .
“ Ok this is insane , but just the tip of the iceberg , ” the Kentucky Republican tweeted along with a photo .
“ This is a direct text to me from a friend .
I called to confirm this actually just happened.
” “ It ’ s the tip of the iceberg because what about the misplaced $ 12 million dollar loan or $ 20 million through these other programs ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirming the authenticity and accuracy of the text message .
“ Everyone is in such a rush to get this money out the door and into the economy that the normal tests that you run on these accounts and recipients before you give the money shouldn ’ t have all been suspended .
It ’ s just like a mad rush to get the money out the door.
” Massie added that this incorrect payment also begs the question of whether deceased people are receiving ballots and stimulus money , adding that several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked that very question .
“ If this is how the lists are being made up in a crisis , and people are proposing mail-in ballots , just like this $ 1,200 program and the small-business loan program are ripe for abuse , so are these mail-in ballots.
” It was earlier this week that over 28 million mail-in ballots have been lost in the last decade .
An Indiana man went to the bank recently to see if his stimulus check had been deposited and his bank account had $ 8.2 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The issue was rectified , and the millions of dollars were removed , but caused him to wonder if the payments are being doled out correctly .
`` Of course it makes you pause and think what is going on , if there is some kind of clerical error or what have you .
They should be on top of it , '' Calvin said .
`` It kind of sucks you go from being a millionaire on paper one second , then back to being broke again , but I guess @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't got nowhere else to go but up . ''
A Florida woman a similar issue finding approximately $ 8 million in her bank account when she went to retrieve her stimulus money .
“ How many of those aren ’ t getting rectified ?
” Massie asked in response to news of those multimillion dollar mistakes .
It has also been that scammers are actively trying to steal coronavirus stimulus checks from the public .
“ Scammers have no shame , and nothing , not even a global health crisis , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director at the Federal Trade Commission ’ s Division of Consumer and Business Education , said .
The Treasury Department earlier that 80 million people will receive their stimulus checks as part of the $ 2 trillion relief package bill by President Trump this week .
`` This administration is delivering fast and direct economic assistance to hardworking Americans , and we hope these payments will bring them much-needed relief , '' Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement .

Rep. Thomas Massie posted a text message screenshot to Twitter on Wednesday saying it showed a dead relative of a friend receiving a coronavirus stimulus check.
“Ok this is insane, but just the tip of the iceberg,” the Kentucky Republican tweeted along with a photo. “This is a direct text to me from a friend. I called to confirm this actually just happened.”
Ok this is insane, but just the tip of the iceberg. This is a direct text to me from a friend. I called to confirm this actually just happened. pic.twitter.com/GBRPcmYMXW — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 15, 2020
“It’s the tip of the iceberg because what about the misplaced $12 million dollar loan or $20 million through these other programs?” Massie told the Washington Examiner after confirming the authenticity and accuracy of the text message.
“Everyone is in such a rush to get this money out the door and into the economy that the normal tests that you run on these accounts and recipients before you give the money shouldn’t have all been suspended. It’s just like a mad rush to get the money out the door.”
Massie added that this incorrect payment also begs the question of whether deceased people are receiving ballots and stimulus money, adding that several people who follow him on social media asked that very question.
“If this is how the lists are being made up in a crisis, and people are proposing mail-in ballots, just like this $1,200 program and the small-business loan program are ripe for abuse, so are these mail-in ballots.”
It was reported earlier this week that over 28 million mail-in ballots have been lost in the last decade.
An Indiana man went to the bank recently to see if his stimulus check had been deposited and realized his bank account had $8.2 million deposited into it instead of $1,700.
The issue was rectified, and the millions of dollars were removed, but caused him to wonder if the payments are being doled out correctly.
"Of course it makes you pause and think what is going on, if there is some kind of clerical error or what have you. They should be on top of it," Calvin said. "It kind of sucks you go from being a millionaire on paper one second, then back to being broke again, but I guess once you're poor, you ain't got nowhere else to go but up."
A Florida woman encountered a similar issue finding approximately $8 million in her bank account when she went to retrieve her stimulus money.
“How many of those aren’t getting rectified?” Massie asked in response to news of those multimillion dollar mistakes.
It has also been reported that scammers are actively trying to steal coronavirus stimulus checks from the public.
“Scammers have no shame, and nothing, not even a global health crisis, is off-limits,” Karen Hobbs, assistant director at the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Consumer and Business Education, said.
The Treasury Department announced earlier that 80 million people will receive their stimulus checks as part of the $2 trillion relief package bill signed by President Trump this week.
"This administration is delivering fast and direct economic assistance to hardworking Americans, and we hope these payments will bring them much-needed relief," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.


thelibertydaily--2020-04-16--Follow the Money: Speed Limits in School Zones Still Being Enforced in Seattle Despite All Schools B

Follow the Money: Speed Limits in School Zones Still Being Enforced in Seattle Despite All Schools Being Shut Down

You better not speed through school zones even though there are no classes — you could still risk a ticket @ @ @ @ @ s confusing rules for driving in school zones This was one of the first questions @ @ @ @ @ were shut down : Why are the flashing lights still on in school zones when @ @ @ @ @ ?
We have some clarification , at least from the City of Seattle .
Since @ @ @ @ @ to kids , the city is going to enforce the 20 mile-an-hour speed limit at @ @ @ @ @ see the yellow lights flashing between 10:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. each day from now @ @ @ @ @ .
If those school zones are equipped with camera enforcement , those cameras will not @ @ @ @ @ you should expect to find officers patrolling these spots .
The list of schools enforcing @ @ @ @ @ speed limit :

You better not speed through school zones even though there are no classes — you could still risk a ticket.
Figuring out Washington’s confusing rules for driving in school zones
This was one of the first questions I got when the schools were shut down: Why are the flashing lights still on in school zones when there are no kids there?
We have some clarification, at least from the City of Seattle. Since schools are still providing meals to kids, the city is going to enforce the 20 mile-an-hour speed limit at 16 schools. Expect to see the yellow lights flashing between 10:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. each day from now until the end of June.
School streets in Washington receive failing grades for distracted driving
If those school zones are equipped with camera enforcement, those cameras will not be turned on, but you should expect to find officers patrolling these spots.
The list of schools enforcing that 20 miles per hour speed limit:
Broadview-Thomson K-8
Nathan Hale High School
Robert Eagle Staff K-8
Eckstein Middle School
Catharine Blaine K-8
Bailey Gatzert Elementary
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
West Seattle Elementary
Chief Sealth High School / Denny Middle School
Concord Elementary
Mercer Middle School
Aki Kurose Middle School
Rising Star Elementary
Dunlap Elementary
Rainier Beach High School
Rainier View Elementary
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thelibertydaily--2020-01-07--Mark Levin: The Debate is Over: ‘The Democrat Party Hates America’

Monday on the radio , LevinTV host Mark Levin returned from his holiday break to weigh in on the reaction @ @ @ @ @ decision to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani .
“ I think it is unequivocal now @ @ @ @ @ no debate that the Democrat Party hates America .
That the Democrat Party press hate @ @ @ @ @ country to its core , ” Levin said .
“ The commander in chief , @ @ @ @ @ States , exercises his solemn duty under the Constitution to protect this nation , to @ @ @ @ @ to protect our embassy , to prevent a regime of almost half a century at @ @ @ @ @ from conducting itself in a way that harms further American citizens.
” “ And the @ @ @ @ @ full-scale 24/7 attack by the Democrat Party media.
” Don ’ t miss an episode @ @ @ @ @ now !

Monday on the radio, LevinTV host Mark Levin returned from his holiday break to weigh in on the reaction to President Trump's decision to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
"I think it is unequivocal now. There's simply no debate that the Democrat Party hates America. That the Democrat Party press hate America. They hate this country to its core," Levin said.
"The commander in chief, the president of the United States, exercises his solemn duty under the Constitution to protect this nation, to protect our armed forces, to protect our embassy, to prevent a regime of almost half a century at war with the United States from conducting itself in a way that harms further American citizens."
"And the commander in chief is under full-scale 24/7 attack by the Democrat Party media."
Listen:


thelibertydaily--2020-01-07--Planned Butcherhood Releases Shocking 2019 Abortion Numbers, Admits Slaughtering 345,672 Innocent Ba

Planned Butcherhood Releases Shocking 2019 Abortion Numbers, Admits Slaughtering 345,672 Innocent Babies, Nearly 13,000 More Than Prior Year

Leading abortion provider Planned Parenthood has released its figures for 2019 , and the numbers are shocking .
According to its annual report , the clinic chain facilitated the abortion of 345,672 unborn babies — just under 13,000 more than the previous year .
LifeNews reports that , despite billings itself as a holistic women ’ s healthcare provider , other offered services actually decreased .
Sterilizations , cancer screenings , adoption referrals and other women ’ s health services all dropped off compared to the previous year .
Over the last ten years , pap smears have decreased by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more of its attention on terminations and campaigning for unfettered access to abortion .
“ Even as the abortion rate is reported to be falling , Planned Parenthood ’ s share of the abortion business is up , and of course given their political connections , so is their misappropriation of funds from taxpayers , ” Students for Life of America President , Kristan Hawkins , told the outlet .
“ Planned Parenthood should not be able to operate their deadly business on the taxpayers ’ dime.
” Many reacted to the news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parenthood should be abolished altogether and replaced with a medical service that actually takes care of women .
“ It needs to be replaced with a real free clinic that offers birth control and alternatives to abortion .
[ A place ] that teaches young women about their bodies and the changes they can expect to deal with..and the sanctity of life , ” one person wrote .
Others raised political concerns , including the allocation of taxpayer funds to help Planned Parenthood ’ s business .
“ Abortion rates are down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their message of “ the abortion clinic ” is working for them , ” one person noted .
“ Along with the lefts constant messaging and funding .
They don ’ t need any federal funding and it needs to stop !
” According to the Washington Times , the corporation received an astronomical $ 617 million in funding , with much of it channeled through Medicaid and various other health service program reimbursements and grants .
Overall , the funding made up 37 % of Planned Parenthood ’ s total revenue for @ @ @

Leading abortion provider Planned Parenthood has released its figures for 2019, and the numbers are shocking.
According to its annual report, the clinic chain facilitated the abortion of 345,672 unborn babies — just under 13,000 more than the previous year.
LifeNews reports that, despite billings itself as a holistic women’s healthcare provider, other offered services actually decreased. Sterilizations, cancer screenings, adoption referrals and other women’s health services all dropped off compared to the previous year.
Over the last ten years, pap smears have decreased by 72 percent, as Planned Parenthood focuses more of its attention on terminations and campaigning for unfettered access to abortion.
“Even as the abortion rate is reported to be falling, Planned Parenthood’s share of the abortion business is up, and of course given their political connections, so is their misappropriation of funds from taxpayers,” Students for Life of America President, Kristan Hawkins, told the outlet. “Planned Parenthood should not be able to operate their deadly business on the taxpayers’ dime.”
Planned Parenthood claims to care about women's health.
But the facts are, it performs .3% of all pap tests in the United States.
For a $2 billion corporation, it sure doesn't help women that much. — Students for Life (@StudentsforLife) January 7, 2020
Many reacted to the news on Twitter with the suggestion that Planned Parenthood should be abolished altogether and replaced with a medical service that actually takes care of women.
“It needs to be replaced with a real free clinic that offers birth control and alternatives to abortion. [A place] that teaches young women about their bodies and the changes they can expect to deal with..and the sanctity of life,” one person wrote.
Others raised political concerns, including the allocation of taxpayer funds to help Planned Parenthood’s business.
“Abortion rates are down, but PP rates are up. Clearly their message of “the abortion clinic” is working for them,” one person noted. “Along with the lefts constant messaging and funding. They don’t need any federal funding and it needs to stop!”
According to the Washington Times, the corporation received an astronomical $617 million in funding, with much of it channeled through Medicaid and various other health service program reimbursements and grants. Overall, the funding made up 37% of Planned Parenthood’s total revenue for the year.


thelibertydaily--2020-01-07--Iranians Chant ‘Death to Israel’, Threaten to Attack Tel Aviv to Avenge Soleimani’s Death

JERUSALEM , Israel – Iranians mourned the death of General Qassem Soleimani during his funeral procession Tuesday while massive crowds chanted “ Death to Israel ” and Iranian leaders hurled threats of revenge .
Iran has spent days mourning the powerful leader after he died in a United States airstrike reportedly aimed at deterring an imminent attack he was planning against US forces in the region .
Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military leaders the country ’ s revenge must be direct , proportional and carried out by Iranian forces themselves .
Israel could get caught in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US and Iran .
The Jewish State is a long-standing foe of the regime and some Iranian officials have accused Israel of being a `` co-conspirator '' in Soleimani 's death .
Israeli officials are concerned Iran will target the Jewish State in its retaliation against the US by using one of its proxies in Syria , Lebanon , and the Gaza Strip .
Mohsen Rezaei , head of Iran ’ s Expediency Council and former chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps , said on Sunday Iran will target Israel during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump retaliates to Iran ’ s revenge , we will strike Haifa , Tel Aviv and wipe out Israel , '' said Rezaei .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Security Cabinet ministers Monday Israel is not responsible for Soleimani ’ s death and does not want to be pulled into a confrontation between Iran and the US , Axios reports .
“ The killing of Soleimani is a US event , not an Israeli event , and we should stay out of it , ” Netanyahu is quoted as saying according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short his visit to Greece and return to Israel on Friday after Soleimani was killed to monitor the situation from home .
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett also held an emergency meeting at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv .
While Israelis are on high alert , many doubt Iran will follow through on its threats .
“ A lot of the time , they are talking about ( how ) they are going to destroy Israel… but they are very careful not to do it , ” Orna Mizrahi from Israel ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Attacking Israel would be “ a great provocation which can cause a very large-scale military conflict with Israel .
I don ’ t think this is what they would like now , ” she added .
It is unclear if Hezbollah , a Lebanese-based Iranian proxy and one of Israel ’ s most dangerous neighbors , will attack the Jewish State .
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said the US military would “ pay the price ” for Soleimani ’ s death and did not issue new threats against Israel .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) American military presence in the region , ” he said on Sunday .
Middle East experts are unsure how exactly America will pay the price for Soleimani ’ s killing .
Seth Frantzman , Author and Founder of the Middle East Center for Reporting , says Iran does not want to start a war and the country is not as powerful as it appears .
He argues in the National Review that Iran is “ capable of spreading chaos ” but it is no superpower .
The regime has proxies throughout the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rockets and missiles , “ but it lacks much of the precision guidance that would make them a strategic threat to Israel.
” Instead , Frantzman believes Iran ’ s internal dissent has weakened the country and a war would mean the end of the regime .
“ [ Iran ] thrives on threats .
It judiciously uses attacks to harass and intimidate .
But Iran does not want war .
Iran ’ s regime knows that a major war will result in its collapse .
Iran ’ s regime murdered 1,500 protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rising anger of average people in Iran , ” he explains .
“ Where was the spontaneous outpouring of anger over Soleimani ’ s death ?
There were no million-man protests in Iraq , Syria , Lebanon , and Iran , of people rushing to the streets .
They waited for the regime or their militia commanders to tell them how to protest .
This is evidence that Iran ’ s role may be weakening and that even though it will respond , it must decide wisely how to do so .
”

JERUSALEM, Israel – Iranians mourned the death of General Qassem Soleimani during his funeral procession Tuesday while massive crowds chanted “Death to Israel” and Iranian leaders hurled threats of revenge.
Iran has spent days mourning the powerful leader after he died in a United States airstrike reportedly aimed at deterring an imminent attack he was planning against US forces in the region. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military leaders the country’s revenge must be direct, proportional and carried out by Iranian forces themselves.
Israel could get caught in the crosshairs of a confrontation between the US and Iran. The Jewish State is a long-standing foe of the regime and some Iranian officials have accused Israel of being a "co-conspirator" in Soleimani's death. Israeli officials are concerned Iran will target the Jewish State in its retaliation against the US by using one of its proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip.
Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Expediency Council and former chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, said on Sunday Iran will target Israel during a confrontation with the US.
"If Trump retaliates to Iran’s revenge, we will strike Haifa, Tel Aviv and wipe out Israel," said Rezaei.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Security Cabinet ministers Monday Israel is not responsible for Soleimani’s death and does not want to be pulled into a confrontation between Iran and the US, Axios reports.
“The killing of Soleimani is a US event, not an Israeli event, and we should stay out of it,” Netanyahu is quoted as saying according to two sources.
Netanyahu decided to cut short his visit to Greece and return to Israel on Friday after Soleimani was killed to monitor the situation from home. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett also held an emergency meeting at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv.
While Israelis are on high alert, many doubt Iran will follow through on its threats.
“A lot of the time, they are talking about (how) they are going to destroy Israel… but they are very careful not to do it,” Orna Mizrahi from Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies told AFP.
Attacking Israel would be “a great provocation which can cause a very large-scale military conflict with Israel. I don’t think this is what they would like now,” she added.
It is unclear if Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based Iranian proxy and one of Israel’s most dangerous neighbors, will attack the Jewish State.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said the US military would “pay the price” for Soleimani’s death and did not issue new threats against Israel.
“The only just punishment is (to target) American military presence in the region,” he said on Sunday.
Middle East experts are unsure how exactly America will pay the price for Soleimani’s killing.
Seth Frantzman, Author and Founder of the Middle East Center for Reporting, says Iran does not want to start a war and the country is not as powerful as it appears.
He argues in the National Review that Iran is “capable of spreading chaos” but it is no superpower.
The regime has proxies throughout the region at its disposal and thousands of rockets and missiles, “but it lacks much of the precision guidance that would make them a strategic threat to Israel.”
Instead, Frantzman believes Iran’s internal dissent has weakened the country and a war would mean the end of the regime.
“[Iran] thrives on threats. It judiciously uses attacks to harass and intimidate. But Iran does not want war. Iran’s regime knows that a major war will result in its collapse. Iran’s regime murdered 1,500 protesters in November precisely because they fear the rising anger of average people in Iran,” he explains.
“Where was the spontaneous outpouring of anger over Soleimani’s death? There were no million-man protests in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, of people rushing to the streets. They waited for the regime or their militia commanders to tell them how to protest. This is evidence that Iran’s role may be weakening and that even though it will respond, it must decide wisely how to do so.”


thelibertydaily--2020-01-07--Vikings QB Kirk Cousins After First NFL Playoff Victory: ‘God is Still on the Throne’

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins earned his first-ever playoff victory Sunday afternoon , which for now silences his critics who have long claimed he can ’ t win a big game .
Shortly after throwing the game-winning touchdown in overtime to defeat the New Orleans Saints in their own stadium , Cousins was interviewed on the field by Fox Sports ’ Chris Myers about the thrilling upset victory .
The win came as Cousins has faced immense pressure from the media after signing a three-year , $ 84 million contract with the Vikings in 2018 .
Missing the playoffs in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fed a prevailing narrative that he can ’ t win the big game .
During the interview , Myers asked Cousins how heavy the load has been that he had been carrying .
“ I know you are deep in your own faith , ” Myers said .
“ I know you try to handle it like a professional but you can ’ t block all the outside noise.
” Cousins responded by saying that no matter what happens on the football field , he takes comfort in God ’ s sovereignty .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ team .
I am just trying to do my part for this team , help us win , ” he said .
“ The quarterback carries weight but that comes with the job .
Like you said , my faith is important to me .
It is the foundation of my life .
“ And ultimately , that is where I gain my peace and strength .
Win or lose today , God is still on the throne .
And I take comfort in that.
” After the game , tight end Kyle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Cousins , poked fun at the narrative in his post-game interview with Myers .
“ I am just glad Kirk can ’ t win big games , apparently , ” Rudolph said .
“ I think we proved that one wrong today.
” Coming into the game , the Saints , led by fellow Christian Drew Brees , were 7.5-point home favorites over the Vikings .
“ The Saints are the real deal , ” Cousins said after the game .
“ This is a really tough environment .
I would put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ve ever played .
It was a team win.
” Cousins , whose father is the pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando , Florida , is one of the more vocal players in the NFL when it comes to sharing his Christian faith .
When he was with the Washington Redskins and questions mounted season after season about whether he would sign a long-term deal with the franchise , Cousins said in 2016 while speaking at Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois that he and his wife were consulting with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We 're going to keep trusting Him and that 's not going to change , ” he said at the time .
In 2017 , Cousins said that his faith was the “ driving ” force behind his decision to turn down a $ 53 million contract extension with the Redskins .
`` First of all , what rarely ever gets reported is that ultimately this decision is not about anything more importantly than my faith , '' Cousins said during a radio interview at the time .
`` Do I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make this decision or that decision and where does He give me peace ? ''

Kirk Cousins after first NFL playoff victory: 'God is still on the throne'
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins earned his first-ever playoff victory Sunday afternoon, which for now silences his critics who have long claimed he can’t win a big game.
Shortly after throwing the game-winning touchdown in overtime to defeat the New Orleans Saints in their own stadium, Cousins was interviewed on the field by Fox Sports’ Chris Myers about the thrilling upset victory.
The win came as Cousins has faced immense pressure from the media after signing a three-year, $84 million contract with the Vikings in 2018. Missing the playoffs in his first year as a Viking only fed a prevailing narrative that he can’t win the big game.
During the interview, Myers asked Cousins how heavy the load has been that he had been carrying.
“I know you are deep in your own faith,” Myers said. “I know you try to handle it like a professional but you can’t block all the outside noise.”
Cousins responded by saying that no matter what happens on the football field, he takes comfort in God’s sovereignty.
“Ultimately, it is about the team. I am just trying to do my part for this team, help us win,” he said. “The quarterback carries weight but that comes with the job. Like you said, my faith is important to me. It is the foundation of my life.
“And ultimately, that is where I gain my peace and strength. Win or lose today, God is still on the throne. And I take comfort in that.”
After the game, tight end Kyle Rudolph, who caught the game-winning touchdown from Cousins, poked fun at the narrative in his post-game interview with Myers.
“I am just glad Kirk can’t win big games, apparently,” Rudolph said. “I think we proved that one wrong today.”
Coming into the game, the Saints, led by fellow Christian Drew Brees, were 7.5-point home favorites over the Vikings.
“The Saints are the real deal,” Cousins said after the game. “This is a really tough environment. I would put it right up there with any time I’ve ever played. It was a team win.”
Cousins, whose father is the pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida, is one of the more vocal players in the NFL when it comes to sharing his Christian faith.
When he was with the Washington Redskins and questions mounted season after season about whether he would sign a long-term deal with the franchise, Cousins said in 2016 while speaking at Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois that he and his wife were consulting with the Lord about his future in the NFL.
“We're going to keep trusting Him and that's not going to change,” he said at the time.
In 2017, Cousins said that his faith was the “driving” force behind his decision to turn down a $53 million contract extension with the Redskins.
"First of all, what rarely ever gets reported is that ultimately this decision is not about anything more importantly than my faith," Cousins said during a radio interview at the time. "Do I feel like the Lord is leading me to make this decision or that decision and where does He give me peace?"


thelibertydaily--2020-01-07--Man Who Got $300K in GoFundMe Charged in Weekend Shooting

We found out a home is owned by Black ’ s trust fund and it ’ s where the money @ @ @ @ @ years ago .

CORDOVA, Tenn. — Do you remember “Chauncys Chance?”
It’s a story about a good Samaritan who helped a young teenager raise hundreds of thousands of dollars through GoFundMe.
WHBQ shared Chauncy Black’s story in 2016.
Over the weekend, deputies said, that same teen was arrested for a shooting that killed a man in Cordova, Tennessee.
We found out a home is owned by Black’s trust fund and it’s where the money from the GoFundMe was placed years ago.
Deputies said Black and his brother, Timothy Black, were firing shots at people inside a car but shot their neighbor instead.
“I so appreciate it so much, that I can’t appreciate it no more,” Chauncy Black said in a previous interview.
In 2016, WHBQ introduced you to the teen was a young man who offered to carry groceries in exchange for food at Kroger.
Matt White decided to help him when he found out Black and his family were living in a poor area.
“Just felt this overwhelming humility for his situation,” White said.
White put together a GoFundMe, which raised more than $300,000 for the Black family.
People began to reach out, giving donations and offering the teen jobs.
The family ended up buying a new house.
“I thank God for it and all the people that helped us accomplish our goals,” Chauncy Black said.
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thelibertydaily--2020-01-08--Kellyanne Conway Crushes Fake News Media, Tells Them to Their Sorry Faces That She’s ‘Tired of the H

Kellyanne Conway Crushes Fake News Media, Tells Them to Their Sorry Faces That She’s ‘Tired of the Hero-Worship’ of America’s Enemies [VIDEO]

Kellyanne Conway tells the media she is 'tired of the hero-worship ' of US targets

Steve Deace, host of "Steve Deace Show," reacted to White House adviser Kellyanne Conway shutting down the hysteria over Iran during a news conference Monday at the White House.
In this clip, Deace explained that in his opinion, an imminent threat is not required to take out a terrorist.
"I don't need an imminent threat to take him [Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani] out. I take him out because it is Tuesday, and we should have taken him out on Monday," Deace said.
Watch the video below for more details.
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thelibertydaily--2020-01-08--Laura Loomer: Facebook Gave Soleimani a Platform to Post Anti-American Terror Threats, But Claims I’

Congressional candidate Laura Loomer , who is among the most banned and deplatformed journalists in the world , issued a statement pointing out the hypocrisy of Big Tech for censoring her free speech .
“ Hold up , ” Loomer wrote .
“ So Facebook thinks Myself and other high profiles conservatives are “ Too dangerous ” to have FB and IG accounts and they designated me a terrorist , but Soleimani is allowed to have an account where he posts terrorist threats !
?
!
Wow.
” Former Iranian General Qasem Soleimani , who was obliterated via drone strike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was given a platform by Big Tech to spread his message of terror and antagonize President Donald Trump before his explosive demise .
Soleimani once made a post on Instagram , a platform owned by Facebook , to his nearly 70,000 followers showing himself outside of a bombed out White House with the ominous caption : “ We will crush the USA under our feet.
” He also sent other threats to President Trump on his Instagram account .
“ Mr .
Trump , the gambler !
Don ’ t threaten our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our power and capabilities in the region .
You know how powerful we are in asymmetrical warfare , ” he wrote in an Instagram post from July 2018 , transcribing himself from a recent speech .
Soleimani was promoted by Facebook and Instagram while Loomer was choked off of the platforms for conservative wrongthink .
They have even continued to banish her throughout her Congressional run , which could be seen as a form of electoral interference by the monopoly Big Tech oligarchs .
Loomer has filed a landmark lawsuit against the Silicon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for stripping her of her rights : The tech behemoth Facebook has admitted that it is a publisher while defending its arbitrary censorship of banished journalist Laura Loomer , according to court documents .
Facebook banned Loomer ’ s account from their platform during a purge of popular conservative voices that happened in May .
Others targeted by the purge included Milo Yiannopoulos , Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson .
Loomer is striking back with a lawsuit that is unearthing some interesting revelations about the social media monolith .
“ Under well-established @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publisher can be liable for failing to publish someone else ’ s message , ” Facebook ’ s attorneys wrote .
Facebook actually has the audacity to claim that their 1st Amendment rights are being violated by Loomer ’ s lawsuit , in a total contorting of reality .
They have filed a motion to dismiss the case .
“ She claims Facebook labeled her as a ‘ dangerous ’ person who promotes hate – yet , the First Amendment has long protected such statements because they are opinions that are not capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Facebook ’ s attorneys claim in their dismissal motion .
Despite being deplatformed by an Orwellian corporate conspiracy , Loomer is raking in big league cash for her run to be the Republican nominee in Florida ’ s 21st U.S. House district .
Loomer hopes to unseat Lois Frankel , the Democrat incumbent , in next year ’ s election .

Laura Loomer: Facebook Gave Soleimani a Platform to Post Anti-American Terror Threats, But Claims I’m ‘Too Dangerous’
Congressional candidate Laura Loomer, who is among the most banned and deplatformed journalists in the world, issued a statement pointing out the hypocrisy of Big Tech for censoring her free speech.
“Hold up,” Loomer wrote. “So Facebook thinks Myself and other high profiles conservatives are “Too dangerous” to have FB and IG accounts and they designated me a terrorist, but Soleimani is allowed to have an account where he posts terrorist threats!?! Wow.”
https://twitter.com/BuildfromInsta1/status/1214594126668292097
Former Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who was obliterated via drone strike outside of a Baghdad airport last week, was given a platform by Big Tech to spread his message of terror and antagonize President Donald Trump before his explosive demise.
Soleimani once made a post on Instagram, a platform owned by Facebook, to his nearly 70,000 followers showing himself outside of a bombed out White House with the ominous caption: “We will crush the USA under our feet.”
He also sent other threats to President Trump on his Instagram account. “Mr. Trump, the gambler! Don’t threaten our lives! You are well aware of our power and capabilities in the region. You know how powerful we are in asymmetrical warfare,” he wrote in an Instagram post from July 2018, transcribing himself from a recent speech.
Soleimani was promoted by Facebook and Instagram while Loomer was choked off of the platforms for conservative wrongthink. They have even continued to banish her throughout her Congressional run, which could be seen as a form of electoral interference by the monopoly Big Tech oligarchs.
Loomer has filed a landmark lawsuit against the Silicon Valley titans to hold them to account for stripping her of her rights:
The tech behemoth Facebook has admitted that it is a publisher while defending its arbitrary censorship of banished journalist Laura Loomer, according to court documents. Facebook banned Loomer’s account from their platform during a purge of popular conservative voices that happened in May. Others targeted by the purge included Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson. Loomer is striking back with a lawsuit that is unearthing some interesting revelations about the social media monolith. “Under well-established law, neither Facebook nor any other publisher can be liable for failing to publish someone else’s message,” Facebook’s attorneys wrote. Facebook actually has the audacity to claim that their 1st Amendment rights are being violated by Loomer’s lawsuit, in a total contorting of reality. They have filed a motion to dismiss the case. “She claims Facebook labeled her as a ‘dangerous’ person who promotes hate – yet, the First Amendment has long protected such statements because they are opinions that are not capable of being proven true or false,” Facebook’s attorneys claim in their dismissal motion.
Despite being deplatformed by an Orwellian corporate conspiracy, Loomer is raking in big league cash for her run to be the Republican nominee in Florida’s 21st U.S. House district. Loomer hopes to unseat Lois Frankel, the Democrat incumbent, in next year’s election.


thelibertydaily--2020-01-08--President Trump Has Been Briefed on Missile Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and is ‘Consulting with His

President Trump Has Been Briefed on Missile Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and is ‘Consulting with His National Security Team’

BREAKING : President Trump Has Been Briefed on Missile Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and is ‘ Consulting with His National Security Team ’ President Trump has been briefed on the missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq , White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed Tuesday evening .
GRISHAM : “ We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq .
The President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team.
” TGP ’ s Kristinn Taylor reported that a journalist from Iran ’ s Tasmin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missile launch with the translated caption , “ Urgent /// Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim begins to avenge the firing of Iranian ballistic missiles at the Iraqi base in Iraq , which is home to US forces.
” Fox ’ s Jennifer Griffin reports missiles launched by Iran at US all over Iraq .
“ From senior US military source in Iraq : “ Under missile attack from Iran .
These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles .
All over the country.
” …I am told from US official these are short @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Iranian territory at multiple US bases and targets inside Iraq .
Iranians were heard shouting , “ Allahu Akbar !
” as the missiles were fired off .
Voice of America reported that 30 missiles were fired at Al-Assad US air base .
President Trump warned Iran that he has 52 targets if Iran were to strike any American or American target .
We are on standby to see what President Trump will do in response to the missile attacks from Iran .

President Trump has been briefed on the missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed Tuesday evening.
GRISHAM: “We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq. The President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team.”
We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq. The President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team. — Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 7, 2020
TGP’s Kristinn Taylor reported that a journalist from Iran’s Tasmin News Agnecy posted a photo of a missile launch with the translated caption, “Urgent /// Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim begins to avenge the firing of Iranian ballistic missiles at the Iraqi base in Iraq, which is home to US forces.”
Fox’s Jennifer Griffin reports missiles launched by Iran at US all over Iraq.
“From senior US military source in Iraq: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.”…I am told from US official these are short range ballistic or cruise missiles being fired from Iranian territory at multiple US bases and targets inside Iraq.
Iranians were heard shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” as the missiles were fired off.
Voice of America reported that 30 missiles were fired at Al-Assad US air base.
Cruise or short range missiles.
President Trump warned Iran that he has 52 targets if Iran were to strike any American or American target.
We are on standby to see what President Trump will do in response to the missile attacks from Iran.
DEVELOPING…


thelibertydaily--2020-01-08--Time for Marxist Pope Francis and the Vatican to Wake Up About Islam

January 7 , 2019 ( The Catholic Thing ) — In comments last year , Marcello Pera , a prominent Italian intellectual and non-believer , criticized Pope Francis for “ openly going against tradition , doctrine , and introducing inexplicable innovations , behaviors and gestures.
” A philosopher of science , former president of the Italian Senate , and close friend of Pope Benedict XVI , Pera asserted that Francis had turned Catholicism into “ a Church so outgoing that it can no longer be found anywhere.
” In an earlier 2017 interview with Il Mattino , Pera was even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question about “ indiscriminate ” welcoming of migrants to Europe , he replied : “ Frankly , I do not get this pope , whatever he says is beyond any rational understanding .
It ’ s evident to all that an indiscriminate welcoming is not possible : there is a critical point that can ’ t be reached.
” He continued : “ If the pope ... insists in a massive and total welcoming , I ask myself : why does he say it ?
... Why does he lack a minimum of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requested of anyone ?
The answer I can give myself is only one : The Pope does it because he hates the West , he aspires to destroy it .
... As he aspires to destroy the Christian tradition.
” Two years ago , most Catholics would have found that hard to swallow .
But now , the idea that Pope Francis hates the West is beginning to seem plausible .
It would explain much of what he says and does — his criticism of capitalism and colonialism , Amazonian initiative and , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ migration into Europe .
Does he also aspire to destroy the Christian tradition ?
Well , he rarely misses an opportunity to criticize traditional Catholics .
At the same time , he seems intent on introducing exotic and decidedly non-traditional practices into the life of the Church .
The key word , of course , is “ aspires.
” Does Francis consciously desire to “ destroy ” the West and traditional Christianity ( aka Christianity ) ?
Or is he simply a well-intentioned do-gooder who doesn ’ t understand the consequences of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question , but it ’ s unnecessary to know the answer in order to raise a related question : Whatever the intention , do his policies and programs actually tend toward the destruction of the West and of Christianity ?
I would say , “ Yes , they do.
” And I would argue , as Professor Pera does , that they “ lack a minimum of realism.
” Future historians may well look back upon our era as the Age of Unreality .
And many in the Church have embraced this unreality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gospel .
Some Church leaders have been flirting with the idea of same-sex marriage , and some seem willing to believe that females can transition to males and males to females .
Others , including the pope himself , seem to believe in the fantasy idea that the lot of the poor can be improved by getting rid of fossil-fuels — which may be the reason that they have also revived the fantasy of the Noble Savage .
Because , minus the benefits of electric power , much of the world will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In which case , we may all find ourselves praying to Pachamama and the rain gods for a good harvest .
The most dangerous fantasy , however , is the one that Church leaders have created about Islam .
We are told that it ’ s a religion of peace , that it shares much common ground with Christianity , that Muslims venerate Jesus just as Catholics do , that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam , and that the slaughter of Christians by Muslims can be attributed to a tiny minority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the same time , we are taught that “ Islamophobia ” — an irrational fear of Islam — is a far greater danger than Islamic aggression .
Pera ’ s point is that these supposedly “ irrational ” fears are actually quite reasonable .
He is mainly concerned with the fantasy that Europe can successfully absorb millions of Muslim migrants who don ’ t want to assimilate .
But as one can see , there is a whole basketful of other fantasies that Catholic leaders believe about Islam .
Where does the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the influence of Louis Massignon ( 1883–1962 ) , a French Catholic scholar of Islam whose work had a profound effect on Catholic thinking .
Yet Massignon ’ s main interest was in the Sufi mystical tradition within Islam , which is only a sliver of the whole .
In short , Massignon and his followers seem to have confused Islam with a relatively small sect of Islam — one that is unrepresentative of mainstream beliefs and practices .
Indeed , many Muslims look upon the Sufis as heretics .
Massignon ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago , yet many Catholics still take his idiosyncratic view of Islam to be the “ true ” and “ authentic ” Islam .
Ever since the publication of Nostra Aetate in 1965 , this woefully inadequate view of Islam has been handed down to successive generations of Catholics , and it ’ s well past time to challenge it .
Over against the fantasies , there stands an abundance of facts about Islam that are not friendly to the current Catholic narrative .
Catholics need to acquaint themselves with these facts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complacency .
Let ’ s start with one rather large and longstanding fact : All of North Africa , Turkey , and the Middle East were once Catholic .
In fact , for many centuries they were the great centers of Catholic culture .
Now , however , these regions are over 90 percent Muslim .
Fast forward a millennium and it looks like the same thing is happening again .
Lebanon was 62 percent Christian in 1970 , but by 2010 the Christian population was only 36 percent .
In Iraq , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 90 percent just since 2003 .
Meanwhile , Christians are being slaughtered in the name of Islam all over the world — in Nigeria , Syria , Kenya , Burkina Faso , the Philippines , Sri Lanka , and elsewhere .
It ’ s not a pretty picture , but it ’ s a much more accurate one than that painted by the Church ’ s current cadre of whitewashers , and one that those of us possessing even “ a minimum of realism ” need to take very seriously .
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Whatever the intention, do Pope Francis's policies and programs actually tend toward the destruction of the West and of Christianity?
January 7, 2019 (The Catholic Thing) — In comments last year, Marcello Pera, a prominent Italian intellectual and non-believer, criticized Pope Francis for “openly going against tradition, doctrine, and introducing inexplicable innovations, behaviors and gestures.”
A philosopher of science, former president of the Italian Senate, and close friend of Pope Benedict XVI, Pera asserted that Francis had turned Catholicism into “a Church so outgoing that it can no longer be found anywhere.”
In an earlier 2017 interview with Il Mattino, Pera was even more outspoken. In answer to a question about “indiscriminate” welcoming of migrants to Europe, he replied: “Frankly, I do not get this pope, whatever he says is beyond any rational understanding. It’s evident to all that an indiscriminate welcoming is not possible: there is a critical point that can’t be reached.”
He continued: “If the pope … insists in a massive and total welcoming, I ask myself: why does he say it? … Why does he lack a minimum of realism, that very little that is requested of anyone? The answer I can give myself is only one: The Pope does it because he hates the West, he aspires to destroy it. … As he aspires to destroy the Christian tradition.”
Two years ago, most Catholics would have found that hard to swallow. But now, the idea that Pope Francis hates the West is beginning to seem plausible. It would explain much of what he says and does — his criticism of capitalism and colonialism, Amazonian initiative and, above all, encouragement of mass Muslim migration into Europe.
Does he also aspire to destroy the Christian tradition? Well, he rarely misses an opportunity to criticize traditional Catholics. At the same time, he seems intent on introducing exotic and decidedly non-traditional practices into the life of the Church.
The key word, of course, is “aspires.” Does Francis consciously desire to “destroy” the West and traditional Christianity (aka Christianity)? Or is he simply a well-intentioned do-gooder who doesn’t understand the consequences of his experiments?
That’s a serious question, but it’s unnecessary to know the answer in order to raise a related question: Whatever the intention, do his policies and programs actually tend toward the destruction of the West and of Christianity?
I would say, “Yes, they do.” And I would argue, as Professor Pera does, that they “lack a minimum of realism.” Future historians may well look back upon our era as the Age of Unreality. And many in the Church have embraced this unreality as though it were a newly revealed Gospel.
Some Church leaders have been flirting with the idea of same-sex marriage, and some seem willing to believe that females can transition to males and males to females. Others, including the pope himself, seem to believe in the fantasy idea that the lot of the poor can be improved by getting rid of fossil-fuels — which may be the reason that they have also revived the fantasy of the Noble Savage. Because, minus the benefits of electric power, much of the world will be quickly reduced to a primitive level. In which case, we may all find ourselves praying to Pachamama and the rain gods for a good harvest.
The most dangerous fantasy, however, is the one that Church leaders have created about Islam. We are told that it’s a religion of peace, that it shares much common ground with Christianity, that Muslims venerate Jesus just as Catholics do, that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam, and that the slaughter of Christians by Muslims can be attributed to a tiny minority who “misunderstand” their religion.
At the same time, we are taught that “Islamophobia” — an irrational fear of Islam — is a far greater danger than Islamic aggression.
Pera’s point is that these supposedly “irrational” fears are actually quite reasonable. He is mainly concerned with the fantasy that Europe can successfully absorb millions of Muslim migrants who don’t want to assimilate. But as one can see, there is a whole basketful of other fantasies that Catholic leaders believe about Islam.
Where does the fantasy come from? Some attribute it to the influence of Louis Massignon (1883–1962), a French Catholic scholar of Islam whose work had a profound effect on Catholic thinking. Yet Massignon’s main interest was in the Sufi mystical tradition within Islam, which is only a sliver of the whole. In short, Massignon and his followers seem to have confused Islam with a relatively small sect of Islam — one that is unrepresentative of mainstream beliefs and practices. Indeed, many Muslims look upon the Sufis as heretics.
Massignon’s magnum opus was published almost 100 years ago, yet many Catholics still take his idiosyncratic view of Islam to be the “true” and “authentic” Islam. Ever since the publication of Nostra Aetate in 1965, this woefully inadequate view of Islam has been handed down to successive generations of Catholics, and it’s well past time to challenge it.
Over against the fantasies, there stands an abundance of facts about Islam that are not friendly to the current Catholic narrative. Catholics need to acquaint themselves with these facts lest they be lured into a deadly complacency.
Let’s start with one rather large and longstanding fact: All of North Africa, Turkey, and the Middle East were once Catholic. In fact, for many centuries they were the great centers of Catholic culture. Now, however, these regions are over 90 percent Muslim.
Fast forward a millennium and it looks like the same thing is happening again. Lebanon was 62 percent Christian in 1970, but by 2010 the Christian population was only 36 percent. In Iraq, the Christian population has declined by more than 90 percent just since 2003. Meanwhile, Christians are being slaughtered in the name of Islam all over the world — in Nigeria, Syria, Kenya, Burkina Faso, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere.
It’s not a pretty picture, but it’s a much more accurate one than that painted by the Church’s current cadre of whitewashers, and one that those of us possessing even “a minimum of realism” need to take very seriously.
Published with permission from The Catholic Thing.
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