thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--Los Angeles Prosecutors Union Sues New Soros-Funded Leftist D.A. Gascón Over Special Orders

On Wednesday morning , a union representing about 800 prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit against their newly-elected boss , Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón , alleging he has ignored laws mandated by constitutional and statutory authority .
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County ( ADDA ) is seeking a writ of mandate from the court , which would compel D.A .
Gascón to rescind several of his new policies , declaring them “ invalid and illegal.
” The lawsuit targets a set of special directives Gascón issued after taking the oath of office on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan to increase public safety “ without overincarcerating ” into action .
They included ending all sentencing enhancements , which are intended to act as extra punishments , added on to the charge of an underlying offense .
After a national outcry , Gascón later amended that policy , allowing enhancements for cases involving “ the most vulnerable ” victims , including hate-motivated crimes , child abuse , and human sex trafficking .
Still , there are more than 100 enhancements in California ’ s penal code .
Prosecutors are still barred from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handgun in a crime , defendants listed in the state ’ s gang database , or for having prior felony convictions .
“ Los Angeles County prosecutors have been placed in an impossible position , ” said ADDA Vice President Eric Siddall .
“ Do we follow our legal and ethical responsibilities and risk getting disciplined , even fired , by our new boss ?
Or do we follow his policy directives and risk losing our California State Bar Cards and , by extension , our ability to practice law anywhere in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court to answer those questions.
” The union argues that prosecutors should pursue or forgo sentencing enhancements using “ case-by-case discretion , ” basing their decisions on the circumstances of a crime and a defendant , not “ rubber stamp blanket prosecutorial policies barring the wholesale enforcement of criminal laws.
” The union asserts that Gascón ’ s prohibition on enhancements for prior strikes violates the state ’ s three strikes law , which , in the union ’ s view , requires prosecutors to seek longer sentences for defendants with previous convictions… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a local executive branch official , is encroaching on the authority of the courts in ordering his deputies to move to withdraw enhancements allegations .
If a judge refuses those motions – as several have in recent weeks – line prosecutors have been instructed to file new charging documents without the enhancements .
In doing so , the union argues , the district attorney ’ s office is making an end-run around the courts ’ authority .
Gascón did not campaign on ending all sentencing enhancements , and his plan to do so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ progressive agenda , has been met with immediate resistance .
The new directives sparked a revolt from local law enforcement groups and several deputy district attorneys .
Victims ’ families and prosecutors connected with media outlets , and their stories , helped create new critics , many of whom were uninterested during the election .
In a statement provided to The Daily Wire on Wednesday , D.A .
Gascón said : Data shows these harsh tactics compromise our community ’ s long-term health and safety , create more hardened criminals and victims , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of justice .
After a summer of unrest , Los Angeles County voters embraced this new , modern approach .
The will of the voters must not be mistaken as a commentary on the hundreds of Deputy DAs who labor , day in and day out , to protect the public .
They are public servants who have earned our utmost respect and gratitude .
They certainly have mine – and a sincere invitation to join me in making these much-needed changes .
As we ’ ve seen in recent weeks , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tolerance for change .
I invite open and respectful debate based on facts , however , the people have spoken , the direction is clear and , in the end , we all want the same things – safety and equal justice under the law .
According to ADDA , the Los Angeles Superior Court set an expedited briefing schedule on Wednesday afternoon , and a pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for February 2 , 2021 .
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On Wednesday morning, a union representing about 800 prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit against their newly-elected boss, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, alleging he has ignored laws mandated by constitutional and statutory authority.
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County (ADDA) is seeking a writ of mandate from the court, which would compel D.A. Gascón to rescind several of his new policies, declaring them “invalid and illegal.”
The lawsuit targets a set of special directives Gascón issued after taking the oath of office on December 7. The orders put his plan to increase public safety “without overincarcerating” into action. They included ending all sentencing enhancements, which are intended to act as extra punishments, added on to the charge of an underlying offense. After a national outcry, Gascón later amended that policy, allowing enhancements for cases involving “the most vulnerable” victims, including hate-motivated crimes, child abuse, and human sex trafficking.
Still, there are more than 100 enhancements in California’s penal code. Prosecutors are still barred from pursuing them for allegations of using a handgun in a crime, defendants listed in the state’s gang database, or for having prior felony convictions.
“Los Angeles County prosecutors have been placed in an impossible position,” said ADDA Vice President Eric Siddall. “Do we follow our legal and ethical responsibilities and risk getting disciplined, even fired, by our new boss? Or do we follow his policy directives and risk losing our California State Bar Cards and, by extension, our ability to practice law anywhere in the state? We’re asking a court to answer those questions.”
This also went down today. I picked the wrong week to try and unplug, huh? The @LACountyADDA – the union which represents deputy D.A.'s and staunchly opposed Gascon's candidacy – has sued over the legality of his policy barring sentencing enhancements. https://t.co/xvS1KFac1C — James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) December 30, 2020
The Los Angeles Times reports:
The union argues that prosecutors should pursue or forgo sentencing enhancements using “case-by-case discretion,” basing their decisions on the circumstances of a crime and a defendant, not “rubber stamp blanket prosecutorial policies barring the wholesale enforcement of criminal laws.” The union asserts that Gascón’s prohibition on enhancements for prior strikes violates the state’s three strikes law, which, in the union’s view, requires prosecutors to seek longer sentences for defendants with previous convictions… The union also contends that Gascón, a local executive branch official, is encroaching on the authority of the courts in ordering his deputies to move to withdraw enhancements allegations. If a judge refuses those motions – as several have in recent weeks – line prosecutors have been instructed to file new charging documents without the enhancements. In doing so, the union argues, the district attorney’s office is making an end-run around the courts’ authority.
Gascón did not campaign on ending all sentencing enhancements, and his plan to do so, along with other elements of his progressive agenda, has been met with immediate resistance. The new directives sparked a revolt from local law enforcement groups and several deputy district attorneys. Victims’ families and prosecutors connected with media outlets, and their stories helped create new critics, many of whom were uninterested during the election.
In a statement provided to The Daily Wire on Wednesday, D.A. Gascón said:
Data shows these harsh tactics compromise our community’s long-term health and safety, create more hardened criminals and victims, and therefore are not in the interests of justice. After a summer of unrest, Los Angeles County voters embraced this new, modern approach. The will of the voters must not be mistaken as a commentary on the hundreds of Deputy DAs who labor, day in and day out, to protect the public. They are public servants who have earned our utmost respect and gratitude. They certainly have mine – and a sincere invitation to join me in making these much-needed changes. As we’ve seen in recent weeks, this new approach will take some fine-tuning and a tolerance for change. I invite open and respectful debate based on facts, however, the people have spoken, the direction is clear and, in the end, we all want the same things – safety and equal justice under the law.
According to ADDA, the Los Angeles Superior Court set an expedited briefing schedule on Wednesday afternoon, and a pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for February 2, 2021.
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thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--A 2020 Man of the Year: Guy Who Shocked Libtard With Electrified Trump Sign

We live in dangerous times .
Violent protests sweep the nation .
Rioters and looters walk free .
And Democrats @ @ @ @ @ defund the one institution tasked with keeping you—and your things—safe .
That 's why one @ @ @ @ @ his own hands .
A staunch supporter of President Donald Trump , the man was @ @ @ @ @ lawless liberals would nab the Trump-Pence 2020 sign placed with pride in his front yard @ @ @ @ @ .
For the unsuspecting criminal who tried to swipe the sign , the result came @ @ @ @ @ intruder was greeted by an electric zap of epic proportions , foiling his seditious attempt @ @ @ @ @ Dem scampered away like a pussycat running from the snarl of an alpha dog , @ @ @ @ @ uttering expletives in the process .
Our honoree displayed American ingenuity in its finest form @ @ @ @ @ that if they want his sign , they can come and take it .
For @ @ @ @ @ Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year .

We live in dangerous times. Violent protests sweep the nation. Rioters and looters walk free. And Democrats across the country work to defund the one institution tasked with keeping you—and your things—safe.
That's why one American patriot took matters into his own hands.
A staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, the man was (rightly) concerned that lawless liberals would nab the Trump-Pence 2020 sign placed with pride in his front yard. So he electrified it.
For the unsuspecting criminal who tried to swipe the sign, the result came as a shock. The intruder was greeted by an electric zap of epic proportions, foiling his seditious attempt. Defeated, the demented Dem scampered away like a pussycat running from the snarl of an alpha dog, shaking his tiny hands and uttering expletives in the process.
https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1212740569014951936
Our honoree displayed American ingenuity in its finest form, reminding political terrorists everywhere that if they want his sign, they can come and take it. For that, he is a Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--Cuomo-Backing CNN Fake News Gripes About DeSantis Giving Vaccine to Elderly

Not only was CNN crucial in helping to downplay New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ’ s ( D ) mass slaughter of nursing home residents earlier this year after packing coronavirus patients inside such facilities , but they spent Wednesday decrying Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ’ ( R ) call to prioritize elderly residents of his state so they can get vaccinated against the same virus .
Despite the fact that DeSantis was following the science that showed the elderly had an increased risk of dying from the virus , OutFront fill-in host Bianna Golodryga still chided the common-sense idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OutFront next , Florida goes against CDC recommendations and vaccinates seniors before some frontline workers .
So , how ’ s it going , ” she knocked in a tease before the segment .
She added this after the commercial break : “ Florida , one of the states bucking CDC recommendations and vaccinating seniors ahead of some frontline workers.
” The report was delivered by correspondent Ryan Youngm who complained about long lines even though he would admit Florida had more elderly residents than any other state , and despite the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never been carried out before .
It was sort of like how , last week , CNN host Chris “ Fredo ” Cuomo complained that Florida had received more doses of the vaccine than New York , despite the fact that Florida had more residents over the age of 65 .
“ This bumper to bumper traffic jam twists around the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando , Florida .
A line so long , drivers have more than enough time to get out and stretch , ” Young began .
But there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he hid from viewers until the very end of the segment .
“ Bianna , day two , we ’ ve seen a remarkable change to what we saw yesterday.
” That ’ s right , his report was outdated and some of the hiccups from day one had been worked out .
“ Cars are wrapped around the block .
Now , seniors get the shot here , then they travel over to this parking lot over here where they have to sit and wait for 15 to 30 minutes to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reaction , ” he told Golodryga .
Now , without initially noting that it had only been two days since Florida had started offering vaccines to all elderly residents , and not just those in nursing homes , Young made mountains out of the day-one molehills .
“ Not just in Orlando .
Elderly Floridians across the state anxious to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine are dealing with a similar situation , ” he reported .
“ In Fort Myers , many are bringing lawn chairs as they sit and wait for hours .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Young also griped about how Florida was still trying to grapple with the rush of elderly residents trying to get vaccinated ( Click “ expand ” ) : The issues not restricted to long lines .
Some seniors have heard the vaccine is available and starting showing up at hospitals only to get turned away .
While others flood hospital phone lines looking to make appointments .
In South Florida , Broward Health says they ’ ve already booked up with vaccine appointments and wo n't take on more patients until February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people signed up within 24 hours on the county 's website .
They vaccinated more than 1,500 seniors on the first day .
A dose of hope during this awful year .
Again , it had been two days ( counting Wednesday ) .
Even though the segment was mostly griping , Young did conclude by noting that DeSantis said he was refusing to get the vaccine right now so there would be more for his elderly residents .
“ Many believe that was the right move by the Governor , ” Golodryga @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her face .
The transcript is below , click `` expand '' to read : BIANNA GOLODRYGA : And OutFront next , Florida goes against CDC recommendations and vaccinates seniors before some frontline workers .
So , how ’ s it going ?
GOLODRYGA : Florida , one of the states bucking CDC recommendations and vaccinating seniors ahead of some frontline workers .
It ’ s a massive undertaking .
And Ryan Young is out front .
RYAN YOUNG : This bumper to bumper traffic jam twists around the Orange County Convention Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so long , drivers have more than enough time to get out and stretch .
UNIDENTIFIED MAN 1 : You have to be patient , but it ’ s a good setup .
YOUNG : Not just in Orlando .
Elderly Floridians across the state anxious to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine are dealing with a similar situation .
In Fort Myers , many are bringing lawn chairs as they sit and wait for hours .
Nine to be exact for this man .
BRUCE SCOTT : I personally feel there ’ s got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Because Florida has one of the largest populations over the age of 65 Governor Ron DeSantis decided to break slightly with CDC recommendations which calls for frontline healthcare workers and first responders to be vaccinated first .
GOV .
RON DESANTIS ( R ) : We believe that the better approach is to focus on the elderly first and for most , then we 'll get into essential workers .
YOUNG : The vaccine , much needed in the sunshine state which has seen dark days this year .
More than 21,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them seniors UNIDENTIFIED MAN 1 : We know people that have not survived .
YOUNG : But the problem is , all 67 counties are handling the vaccine rollout differently , creating some confusion .
SCOTT : Though , I ’ m grateful to get the vaccine , I feel that there ’ s got to be a better way to distribute this .
For people that really need it , elderly that may be disabled in some way .
They ca n't endure this process .
So , there ’ s got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The issues not restricted to long lines .
Some seniors have heard the vaccine is available and starting showing up at hospitals only to get turned away .
While others flood hospital phone lines looking to make appointments .
In South Florida , Broward Health says they ’ ve already booked up with vaccine appointments and wo n't take on more patients until February .
Back in Orange County , 30,000 people signed up within 24 hours on the county 's website .
They vaccinated more than 1,500 seniors on the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this awful year .
CANDICE SELTER : Great , I ca n't wait to see my grandkids .
I can ’ t wait to hug those little guys .
It ’ s just been so long and coming that -- so relieved .
It ’ s just wonderful .
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2 : We ’ re just feeling very blessed right now .
YOUNG : Bianna , day two , we ’ ve seen a remarkable change to what we saw yesterday .
Cars are wrapped around the block .
Now , seniors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travel over to this parking lot over here where they have to sit and wait for 15 to 30 minutes to make sure they do n't have adverse reaction .
One last thing , we heard from the Governor today , Ron DeSantis , and he says he 's not going to take the shot because the seniors here deserve to get it first .
Back to you .
GOLODRYGA : Many believe that was the right move by the Governor .

Not only was CNN crucial in helping to downplay New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) mass slaughter of nursing home residents earlier this year after packing coronavirus patients inside such facilities, but they spent Wednesday decrying Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) call to prioritize elderly residents of his state so they can get vaccinated against the same virus.
Despite the fact that DeSantis was following the science that showed the elderly had an increased risk of dying from the virus, OutFront fill-in host Bianna Golodryga still chided the common-sense idea to vaccinate them first.
“And OutFront next, Florida goes against CDC recommendations and vaccinates seniors before some frontline workers. So, how’s it going,” she knocked in a tease before the segment. She added this after the commercial break: “Florida, one of the states bucking CDC recommendations and vaccinating seniors ahead of some frontline workers.”
The report was delivered by correspondent Ryan Youngm who complained about long lines even though he would admit Florida had more elderly residents than any other state, and despite the fact that such a massive vaccination effort had never been carried out before.
It was sort of like how, last week, CNN host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo complained that Florida had received more doses of the vaccine than New York, despite the fact that Florida had more residents over the age of 65.
“This bumper to bumper traffic jam twists around the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. A line so long, drivers have more than enough time to get out and stretch,” Young began. But there was an inconvenient tidbit of information that he hid from viewers until the very end of the segment. “Bianna, day two, we’ve seen a remarkable change to what we saw yesterday.”
That’s right, his report was outdated and some of the hiccups from day one had been worked out. “Cars are wrapped around the block. Now, seniors get the shot here, then they travel over to this parking lot over here where they have to sit and wait for 15 to 30 minutes to make sure they don't have an adverse reaction,” he told Golodryga.
Now, without initially noting that it had only been two days since Florida had started offering vaccines to all elderly residents, and not just those in nursing homes, Young made mountains out of the day-one molehills.
“Not just in Orlando. Elderly Floridians across the state anxious to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine are dealing with a similar situation,” he reported. “In Fort Myers, many are bringing lawn chairs as they sit and wait for hours. Nine to be exact for this man.”
Young also griped about how Florida was still trying to grapple with the rush of elderly residents trying to get vaccinated (Click “expand”):
The issues not restricted to long lines. Some seniors have heard the vaccine is available and starting showing up at hospitals only to get turned away. While others flood hospital phone lines looking to make appointments. In South Florida, Broward Health says they’ve already booked up with vaccine appointments and won't take on more patients until February. Back in Orange County, 30,000 people signed up within 24 hours on the county's website. They vaccinated more than 1,500 seniors on the first day. A dose of hope during this awful year.
Again, it had been two days (counting Wednesday).
Even though the segment was mostly griping, Young did conclude by noting that DeSantis said he was refusing to get the vaccine right now so there would be more for his elderly residents.
“Many believe that was the right move by the Governor,” Golodryga added with a seemingly pained look on her face.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:


thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--Fake News Media Ignore ‘Most Admired Man’ Poll After Trump Edges Obama

On Tuesday morning , Fox News viewers got to see that , for the first time , President Donald Trump has come in first place in Gallup 's annual poll of `` most admired man '' of the year .
But in contrast with how journalists swooned over former President Barack Obama the last time he came in first place , the other networks have so far ignored the finding .
On Tuesday 's Fox & Friends , news reader Jillian Mele informed viewers that Trump had pulled ahead of Obama for the first time , and that , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President-elect Joe Biden still comes in behind Obama .
Here 's Mele : Last year , Obama and Trump were tied for first place , and 2018 was the last year Obama was unequivocally in first place .
In each case , you do n't have to get to 20 percent to win , because they do n't offer a list .
You have to volunteer your answer .
Two years ago , on December 27th , the CBS Evening News hyped the finding in its tease : `` In a Gallup poll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was voted the woman most admired by Americans this year .
And , apparently , it 's a family thing because Barack Obama is the most admired man in America for the 11th consecutive year . ''
On the same day 's NBC Nightly News , fill-in anchor Kate Snow cheerily gushed : Every year , Gallup puts out its list of the most admired men and women in America .
This year , winners of those two groups have the same last name -- Barack and Michelle Obama in the top two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11th win in a row , but a first for the former First Lady .
Oprah was in second place .
Hillary Clinton -- who had held the top spot for 17 years -- came in third , tied with Melania Trump .
President Trump was second among the men .
CBS This Morning , ABC 's Good Morning America , MSNBC 's Morning Joe , and CNN Tonight also covered the story in 2018 .
Tuesday 's Fox & Friends was sponsored in part by Liberty Mutual .
Their contact information is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the show keeping their viewers informed of matters censored by the more liberal networks .
JILLIAN MELE : A Gallup poll finds President Trump to be the most admired man of 2020 -- 18 percent of Americans naming him as their pick , ending Barack Obama 's 12-year run .
He by the way , got 15 percent of the vote .
Broken down by party , 48 percent of Republicans named President Trump their most admired man , compared to just 13 percent of Democrats naming Joe Biden .
CHRISTI PAUL : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we need to point out , because there 's a male version of this , of course -- the most admired man of 2018 .
So we 've got Michelle Obama on the women 's side in the number one place .
Barack Obama number one ( at 19 percent as shown on screen ) , and then , look at that , right behind him , Donald Trump with just -- at 13 percent .
Not a big span there .
Turning now to Michelle Obama , who is having a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Becoming , is a bestseller .
There she is with Robin ( Wright ) .
And now she has just been named the most admired woman in the world by Gallup poll .
This is her first time topping the list , joining her husband , former President Barack Obama , who has been most admired for 11 years in a row .
TONY DOKOUPIL : And former First Lady Michelle Obama is the most admired woman in America , according to a new Gallop poll .
It 's the first time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been at the top of the list .
Oprah Winfrey came in second , followed by Hillary Clinton and , then , First Lady Melania Trump .
Former President Barack Obama was the most admired man -- get this -- for the 11th straight year , followed by President Trump , former President George W. Bush , and Pope Francis .
JOE SCARBOROUGH : The most admired Americans -- you know , it usually would be Billy Graham and Betty Ford when I was growing up every year -- well , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama and Michelle Obama .
We really are seeing this backlash that Republicans experienced at the polls back in November .
We see that continuing .
DON LEMON : So the former First Lady , Michelle Obama , tops the list of America 's most admired women in 2018 , knocking Hillary Clinton off the number one spot for the first time in 17 years .
Oprah Winfrey -- or just Oprah , Oprah -- Hillary Clinton , and Melania Trump came in second , third and fourth on the list , respectively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list of America 's most admired men for the 11th time in a row .
KATE SNOW : Every year , Gallup puts out its list of the most admired men and women in America .
This year , winners of those two groups have the same last name -- Barack and Michelle Obama in the top two spots .
It was President Obama 's 11th win in a row , but a first for the former First Lady .
Oprah was in second place .
Hillary Clinton -- who had held the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in third , tied with Melania Trump .
President Trump was second among the men .
opening tease : In a Gallup poll released today , First Lady Michelle Obama was voted the woman most admired by Americans this year .
And , apparently , it 's a family thing because Barack Obama is the most admired man in America for the 11th consecutive year .
JAMES BROWN : A new poll out today finds former First Lady Michelle Obama America 's most admired woman .
It 's the first time in 17 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has earned that honor .
The Gallup poll 's most admired man , you ask ?
Former President Barack Obama for the 11th straight year .
President Trump was second for the fourth year in a row .

On Tuesday morning, Fox News viewers got to see that, for the first time, President Donald Trump has come in first place in Gallup's annual poll of "most admired man" of the year.
But in contrast with how journalists swooned over former President Barack Obama the last time he came in first place, the other networks have so far ignored the finding.
On Tuesday's Fox & Friends, news reader Jillian Mele informed viewers that Trump had pulled ahead of Obama for the first time, and that, in spite of winning the presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden still comes in behind Obama. Here's Mele:
A Gallup poll finds President Trump to be the most admired man of 2020 -- 18 percent of Americans naming him as their pick, ending Barack Obama's 12-year run. He, by the way, got 15 percent of the vote. Broken down by party, 48 percent of Republicans named President Trump their most admired man, compared to just 13 percent of Democrats naming Joe Biden.
Last year, Obama and Trump were tied for first place, and 2018 was the last year Obama was unequivocally in first place. In each case, you don't have to get to 20 percent to win, because they don't offer a list. You have to volunteer your answer.
Two years ago, on December 27th, the CBS Evening News hyped the finding in its tease: "In a Gallup poll released today, First Lady Michelle Obama was voted the woman most admired by Americans this year. And, apparently, it's a family thing because Barack Obama is the most admired man in America for the 11th consecutive year."
On the same day's NBC Nightly News, fill-in anchor Kate Snow cheerily gushed:
Every year, Gallup puts out its list of the most admired men and women in America. This year, winners of those two groups have the same last name -- Barack and Michelle Obama in the top two spots. It was President Obama's 11th win in a row, but a first for the former First Lady. Oprah was in second place. Hillary Clinton -- who had held the top spot for 17 years -- came in third, tied with Melania Trump. President Trump was second among the men.
CBS This Morning, ABC's Good Morning America, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and CNN Tonight also covered the story in 2018.
Tuesday's Fox & Friends was sponsored in part by Liberty Mutual. Their contact information is linked. Let then know you appreciate the show keeping their viewers informed of matters censored by the more liberal networks.
Transcripts follow:
Fox News Channel
Fox & Friends
December 29, 2020
8:47 a.m. Eastern
JILLIAN MELE: A Gallup poll finds President Trump to be the most admired man of 2020 -- 18 percent of Americans naming him as their pick, ending Barack Obama's 12-year run. He by the way, got 15 percent of the vote. Broken down by party, 48 percent of Republicans named President Trump their most admired man, compared to just 13 percent of Democrats naming Joe Biden.
(...)
From December 29, 2018:
CNN's New Day Saturday
8:44 am. Eastern
CHRISTI PAUL: Both the Obamas topped the list here, we need to point out, because there's a male version of this, of course -- the most admired man of 2018. So we've got Michelle Obama on the women's side in the number one place. Barack Obama number one (at 19 percent as shown on screen), and then, look at that, right behind him, Donald Trump with just -- at 13 percent. Not a big span there.
(...)
From December 28, 2018
ABC's Good Morning America
8:04 a.m.
Turning now to Michelle Obama, who is having a very good year. Her memoir, Becoming, is a bestseller. There she is with Robin (Wright). And now she has just been named the most admired woman in the world by Gallup poll. This is her first time topping the list, joining her husband, former President Barack Obama, who has been most admired for 11 years in a row.
(...)
CBS This Morning
7:32 a.m.
TONY DOKOUPIL: And former First Lady Michelle Obama is the most admired woman in America, according to a new Gallop poll. It's the first time in 17 years someone other than Hillary Clinton has been at the top of the list. Oprah Winfrey came in second, followed by Hillary Clinton and, then, First Lady Melania Trump. Former President Barack Obama was the most admired man -- get this -- for the 11th straight year, followed by President Trump, former President George W. Bush, and Pope Francis.
(...)
MSNBC's Morning Joe
6:29 a.m.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: The most admired Americans -- you know, it usually would be Billy Graham and Betty Ford when I was growing up every year -- well, this year, who was it? Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. We really are seeing this backlash that Republicans experienced at the polls back in November. We see that continuing.
(...)
December 27, 2018
CNN Tonight
10:38 p.m.
DON LEMON: So the former First Lady, Michelle Obama, tops the list of America's most admired women in 2018, knocking Hillary Clinton off the number one spot for the first time in 17 years. Oprah Winfrey -- or just Oprah, Oprah -- Hillary Clinton, and Melania Trump came in second, third and fourth on the list, respectively. And former President Obama tops the list of America's most admired men for the 11th time in a row.
(...)
NBC Nightly News
7:23 p.m.
KATE SNOW: Every year, Gallup puts out its list of the most admired men and women in America. This year, winners of those two groups have the same last name -- Barack and Michelle Obama in the top two spots. It was President Obama's 11th win in a row, but a first for the former First Lady. Oprah was in second place. Hillary Clinton -- who had held the top spot for 17 years -- came in third, tied with Melania Trump. President Trump was second among the men.
(...)
CBS Evening News
6:31 p.m.
opening tease: In a Gallup poll released today, First Lady Michelle Obama was voted the woman most admired by Americans this year. And, apparently, it's a family thing because Barack Obama is the most admired man in America for the 11th consecutive year.
(...)
6:52 p.m.
JAMES BROWN: A new poll out today finds former First Lady Michelle Obama America's most admired woman. It's the first time in 17 years a woman other than Hillary Clinton has earned that honor. The Gallup poll's most admired man, you ask? Former President Barack Obama for the 11th straight year. President Trump was second for the fourth year in a row.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--REWIND: The Media’s Four-Year War Against the Trump Presidency

While every President has their critics in the press , the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts , columnists , commentators , contributors , anchors and working reporters — openly mock and disparage the President of the United States , often to the cheers of their brethren .
Here ’ s eight minutes of their worst : The Media Research Center is the only institution that has comprehensively tracked the liberal media ’ s concerted effort to tear down this President .
We ’ ve analyzed every broadcast evening news story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve supplemented this research with dozens of additional studies examining broadcast morning news and the liberal cable networks ; and we ’ ve posted thousands of articles detailing all of this bias to our NewsBusters blog .
After four years , our research documents a liberal media establishment that jettisoned its last professional restraints to become active opponents of the President of the United States : ■ The Honeymoon from Hell : Instead of the traditional “ honeymoon ” period with the press , reporters began taking swipes at President Trump mere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our first study of ABC , CBS and NBC evening news coverage found the broadcast networks punished him with 89 percent negative coverage during those early days , by far the most hostile treatment of any incoming American President .
Harvard ’ s Shorenstein Center posted very similar results , finding CBS and NBC ’ s coverage of Trump during this period was 93 percent negative ; the same group determined news coverage of Barack Obama ’ s first 100 days was 59 percent positive .
The media ’ s # resistance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Russia Collusion Cloud : During the President ’ s first year in office , one-fifth of all broadcast evening news coverage was spent on the Russia investigation , wrapping Trump in a perpetual cloud of suspicion and stealing valuable airtime away from key administration initiatives .
By the time it ended in 2019 , those three newscasts alone had spent an astounding 2,634 minutes on the Mueller probe , yammering endlessly about a “ constitutional crisis ” even as they buried crucial questions surrounding the investigation ’ s bias .
Over 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40 minutes on the blatant bias of FBI agents revealed in text messages ; gave just 34 minutes to the Democratic-funded dossier used to jump-start the investigation ; and spent just 20 minutes on how the Obama administration might have abused the FISA courts to monitor a Trump campaign advisor .
Just before this year ’ s election , declassified notes exposed the Russia collusion probe as a Hillary Clinton “ plan ” to distract from her e-mail server , and that President Obama was briefed on that plan .
Despite spending such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years chasing the Russia story , ABC , CBS and NBC refused to provide even a second of coverage to these damning documents .
■ Trashing His Policies : When they weren ’ t hyping fruitless investigations , the networks zeroed in on whichever Trump policy was most despised by liberal activists at that moment , then pounded it with bad press .
During the first weeks of the administration , the favored target was the so-called “ travel ban ” ( 223 minutes of airtime in just 11 weeks , 93 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up was the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare , drawing 384 minutes from March 1 through July 31 ( after John McCain ’ s thumbs-down killed GOP reform plans ) .
The network spin on Trump ’ s replacement plan was even more negative than that of the “ travel ban , ” 95 percent negative .
And during the first 18 months of the Trump presidency , immigration received the most airtime of any policy topic .
The networks ’ spin was relentlessly hostile to the administration ( 92 % negative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their coverage around the plight of those adversely affected by enforcement and virtually ignored anyone harmed by illegal immigration .
The hostility was even more pronounced on cable news : During a three-day period in June 2018 , CNN and MSNBC talking heads made 22 references to Trump ’ s policies as being akin to slavery , FDR ’ s Japanese internment camps , or the Holocaust .
■ Accomplishments Ignored : In his first year in office , President Trump took action to promote religious freedom by loosening ObamaCare ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care after Obama ’ s scandalous administration of VA hospitals ; and appoint a record 12 judges to the federal circuit courts of appeal .
Yet in a year that saw nearly 100 hours of evening news coverage of the new President , these accomplishments ranged from a paltry six minutes ( for promoting religious freedom ) to a nearly non-existent 37 seconds ( for elevating conservative judges ) .
In November and December , 2017 , these newscasts pounded President Trump ’ s tax reform package with 173 minutes of ( 80 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being debated in Congress .
But in the first two months of 2018 , as the plan ’ s benefits were quickly realized in big bonuses for many workers , an improving economic outlook and a soaring stock market , the networks abandoned their interest ; evening news coverage evaporated to just nine minutes , a 95 percent decline in coverage from the prior two months .
Another major Trump accomplishment : the virtual destruction of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria .
By October 2018 , U.S.-backed coalition forces had regained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-ordained caliphate occupied in 2015 .
Yet on network evening broadcasts , the President and his administration received virtually no credit for this achievement , with only 33 minutes ( a minuscule 0.33 % of all Trump coverage up to that point ) mentioning their role in the successful fight against ISIS .
■ Impeachment Smothers More Success : Beginning only two days after Trump was elected in 2016 — and more than two months before he was sworn in — media talking heads had been suggesting his impeachment and removal from office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon after Mueller ’ s Russia probe ended without finding proof of collusion , the media leaped on the President ’ s phone call with the Ukrainian president as grounds for their long-sought impeachment investigation .
From September 24 , 2019 to January 31 , 2020 , impeachment drowned out all other Trump topics , with 1,082 minutes of airtime , or three-fifths ( 61 % ) of all Trump administration coverage .
The frenzied coverage eclipsed successes such as the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( 45 minutes before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the administration ’ s economic policies ( just 14 minutes ) .
During the Clinton years , the media deplored impeachment as the persecution of an elected President , but hypocritically flipped those standards during the Trump years .
Like the Russia probe , the impeachment drama stole more valuable months from the President when he could have been pursuing his agenda , yet reporters were nonetheless morose when it ended — inevitably — with Trump ’ s acquittal by the Republican Senate .
TV talking heads decried the verdict as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ■ The Virus that Ate the 2020 News Agenda : As with the Russia investigation and impeachment , the coronavirus pandemic became the anti-Trump story the media loved to report , crowding out nearly all other topics .
From the initial reports in January through October 20 , 2020 , the ABC , CBS and NBC evening newscasts spent 1,745 minutes reporting on the administration ’ s handling of the virus ; the spin of this coverage was 95 percent negative .
( This does not include an additional 140 minutes about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
In contrast , those broadcasts spent only 113 minutes reporting on the President ’ s handling of the economy , a 15-to-one disparity .
The economy was largely a good news story for Trump ( even on the networks , the spin of these stories was a remarkable 79 % positive ) , but it was essentially lost amid an ocean of bad news about the virus .
For example , the five jobs reports from June 5 to October 2 showed a record 11,161,000 jobs were created in the extraordinary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports were only given a combined 16 minutes , 55 seconds of airtime when they were released , and each time correspondents wrapped them in negativity .
When 4.8 million new jobs were announced on July 2 , CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan offered an immediate downer : “ That good news comes with a big catch , ” predicting new lockdowns would cause future job losses .
But that didn ’ t happen — the next month saw another huge gain : 1.8 million new jobs , yet “ many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent , ” NBC ’ s Peter Alexander fretted on the August 7 Nightly News .
On October 29 , the media were confronted with another record-setting economic report : the single biggest quarterly jump in economic growth , 33.1 percent on an annual basis ( the previous record came more than 70 years ago : 16.7 % in the first three months of 1950 ) .
The three evening newscasts combined gave it a stingy two minutes , 23 seconds of airtime , pouring on the pessimism .
“ The U.S. economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the huge hit it took during the peak of the shutdowns , ” NBC correspondent Jo Ling Kent griped on Nightly News .
■ More Accomplishments Overlooked : As the 2020 election neared , the President and his team made history by brokering peace agreements with Israel and several of her Arab neighbors .
Yet in 33 days that culminated in a White House signing ceremony on September 15 , the network evening newscasts delivered just nine minutes of coverage to these historic agreements .
Amid a summer of protests and racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improvements brought by 2018 passage of the President ’ s criminal justice reform legislation : a meager 35 seconds of airtime from June 1 through September 30 .
Instead , the networks doled out 192 minutes of mostly ( 96 % ) condemnatory coverage of the President ’ s response to the George Floyd case and other race-related matters .
The Obama administration added a flurry of federal regulations , adding an estimated $ 108 billion annual burden on the economy .
Upon taking office , the Trump administration engaged in aggressive deregulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Economic Advisors estimated would ultimately benefit each American household to the tune of $ 3,100 each .
Yet such a tangible achievement mattered little to the media ; from January 20 , 2017 through October 20 , 2020 the big three evening newscasts — combined — supplied just 11 minutes of airtime , or less than 15 seconds per month .
In his first year , President Trump took action to start long-stalled pipeline projects to boost America ’ s energy independence , but the networks rewarded the effort with a tiny seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drilling offshore and in the Arctic were given even less airtime — just five minutes over the course of his presidency .
Yet those same networks pounced on Trump ’ s rejection of liberal orthodoxy on climate change , dumping 111 minutes of ( mostly negative ) coverage — nearly ten times more airtime than the push for energy independence .
■ Campaign Bias : During their August conventions , both parties theoretically had a chance to make their case to voters , but while liberal cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC chose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any significant interruption , they refused to give equal treatment to Republicans .
During the GOP convention , cable anchors and reporters repeatedly stepped over the party-produced content to deplore and criticize what viewers were trying to watch .
The interruptions on MSNBC , in fact , were 600 TIMES greater during the Republican convention ( 201 minutes ) than during the Democratic convention ( 21 seconds ) .
While the media continued their four-year practice of harshly criticizing President Trump , they ignored controversies involving his Democratic opponent , Joe Biden .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for weeks to cover serious allegations from a former staffer that Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s .
After a meager 23 minutes of coverage on the three evening newscasts in late April and early May , the media dropped the story , despite the fact that at least eight corroborating witnesses had come forward in the case .
Following the primaries , Biden worked with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders to create a 110-page “ blueprint ” for radical change , then picked a running mate , Senator Kamala Harris , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left-wing than Sanders .
Yet the criticism that Biden and Harris , would pursue left-wing policies outside of the mainstream was given a mere five minutes , 43 seconds of airtime over 12 weeks of fall campaign coverage , or barely two percent of the Democrats ’ total ( 279 minutes ) .
The media also bypassed the financial scandal enveloping Biden and his son , Hunter .
From the morning of October 14 , when the New York Post published new evidence of Hunter Biden ’ s corrupt business dealings with Ukraine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , through the morning of October 27 , the broadcast networks gave it a scant 21 minutes on their morning , evening and Sunday roundtable programs .
When journalists did mention the story , they spent most of their time dismissing it as Russian disinformation .
Comparing Trump to Biden , the networks could not have made their preference more clear .
Our study of evening news coverage from July 29 to October 20 found 890 evaluative comments about Trump , 92 percent of which were negative .
For Biden , the networks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which were positive .
■ After the election , a Media Research Center poll of 1,750 Biden voters in seven swing states , conducted by The Polling Company , found many were unaware of many of Trump ’ s accomplishments or Biden ’ s scandals ; if they had known , 17 percent would have abandoned the Democratic candidate — enough to flip Arizona , Georgia , Michigan , Nevada , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump , giving the President a 311 electoral vote victory .
Yet even with the media ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relentless four-year onslaught of hostile press coverage , it ’ s remarkable that Donald Trump drew at least 11 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016 .
That ’ s millions of citizens who chose to ignore the media ’ s message , and instead supported a President whose accomplishments they obviously preferred .
That should be a warning to journalists who refuse to restrain their activism ( and a hopeful sign for conservatives weary of a liberal media hegemony ) : the more they act like partisans , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public ’ s thinking .

While every President has their critics in the press, the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts, columnists, commentators, contributors, anchors and working reporters — openly mock and disparage the President of the United States, often to the cheers of their brethren. Here’s eight minutes of their worst:
The Media Research Center is the only institution that has comprehensively tracked the liberal media’s concerted effort to tear down this President. We’ve analyzed every broadcast evening news story since January 20, 2017; we’ve supplemented this research with dozens of additional studies examining broadcast morning news and the liberal cable networks; and we’ve posted thousands of articles detailing all of this bias to our NewsBusters blog.
After four years, our research documents a liberal media establishment that jettisoned its last professional restraints to become active opponents of the President of the United States:
■ The Honeymoon from Hell: Instead of the traditional “honeymoon” period with the press, reporters began taking swipes at President Trump mere moments after he concluded his Inaugural Address. Our first study of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage found the broadcast networks punished him with 89 percent negative coverage during those early days, by far the most hostile treatment of any incoming American President.
Harvard’s Shorenstein Center posted very similar results, finding CBS and NBC’s coverage of Trump during this period was 93 percent negative; the same group determined news coverage of Barack Obama’s first 100 days was 59 percent positive. The media’s #resistance was already well under way.
■ The Russia Collusion Cloud: During the President’s first year in office, one-fifth of all broadcast evening news coverage was spent on the Russia investigation, wrapping Trump in a perpetual cloud of suspicion and stealing valuable airtime away from key administration initiatives. By the time it ended in 2019, those three newscasts alone had spent an astounding 2,634 minutes on the Mueller probe, yammering endlessly about a “constitutional crisis” even as they buried crucial questions surrounding the investigation’s bias.
Over 31 months, these newscasts spent a mere 40 minutes on the blatant bias of FBI agents revealed in text messages; gave just 34 minutes to the Democratic-funded dossier used to jump-start the investigation; and spent just 20 minutes on how the Obama administration might have abused the FISA courts to monitor a Trump campaign advisor.
Just before this year’s election, declassified notes exposed the Russia collusion probe as a Hillary Clinton “plan” to distract from her e-mail server, and that President Obama was briefed on that plan. Despite spending such a huge amount of airtime over three years chasing the Russia story, ABC, CBS and NBC refused to provide even a second of coverage to these damning documents.
■ Trashing His Policies: When they weren’t hyping fruitless investigations, the networks zeroed in on whichever Trump policy was most despised by liberal activists at that moment, then pounded it with bad press. During the first weeks of the administration, the favored target was the so-called “travel ban” (223 minutes of airtime in just 11 weeks, 93% of which was negative).
Next up was the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare, drawing 384 minutes from March 1 through July 31 (after John McCain’s thumbs-down killed GOP reform plans). The network spin on Trump’s replacement plan was even more negative than that of the “travel ban,” 95 percent negative.
And during the first 18 months of the Trump presidency, immigration received the most airtime of any policy topic. The networks’ spin was relentlessly hostile to the administration (92% negative) as these newscasts framed nearly all of their coverage around the plight of those adversely affected by enforcement and virtually ignored anyone harmed by illegal immigration.
The hostility was even more pronounced on cable news: During a three-day period in June 2018, CNN and MSNBC talking heads made 22 references to Trump’s policies as being akin to slavery, FDR’s Japanese internment camps, or the Holocaust.
■ Accomplishments Ignored: In his first year in office, President Trump took action to promote religious freedom by loosening ObamaCare’s contraceptive mandate; reform veteran’s care after Obama’s scandalous administration of VA hospitals; and appoint a record 12 judges to the federal circuit courts of appeal.
Yet in a year that saw nearly 100 hours of evening news coverage of the new President, these accomplishments ranged from a paltry six minutes (for promoting religious freedom) to a nearly non-existent 37 seconds (for elevating conservative judges).
In November and December, 2017, these newscasts pounded President Trump’s tax reform package with 173 minutes of (80% negative) coverage as it was being debated in Congress. But in the first two months of 2018, as the plan’s benefits were quickly realized in big bonuses for many workers, an improving economic outlook and a soaring stock market, the networks abandoned their interest; evening news coverage evaporated to just nine minutes, a 95 percent decline in coverage from the prior two months.
Another major Trump accomplishment: the virtual destruction of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. By October 2018, U.S.-backed coalition forces had regained nearly all of the territory that the self-ordained caliphate occupied in 2015. Yet on network evening broadcasts, the President and his administration received virtually no credit for this achievement, with only 33 minutes (a minuscule 0.33% of all Trump coverage up to that point) mentioning their role in the successful fight against ISIS.
■ Impeachment Smothers More Success: Beginning only two days after Trump was elected in 2016 — and more than two months before he was sworn in — media talking heads had been suggesting his impeachment and removal from office. So it was probably inevitable that soon after Mueller’s Russia probe ended without finding proof of collusion, the media leaped on the President’s phone call with the Ukrainian president as grounds for their long-sought impeachment investigation.
From September 24, 2019 to January 31, 2020, impeachment drowned out all other Trump topics, with 1,082 minutes of airtime, or three-fifths (61%) of all Trump administration coverage. The frenzied coverage eclipsed successes such as the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (45 minutes before the networks dropped it from their newscasts) and the administration’s economic policies (just 14 minutes).
During the Clinton years, the media deplored impeachment as the persecution of an elected President, but hypocritically flipped those standards during the Trump years. Like the Russia probe, the impeachment drama stole more valuable months from the President when he could have been pursuing his agenda, yet reporters were nonetheless morose when it ended — inevitably — with Trump’s acquittal by the Republican Senate. TV talking heads decried the verdict as a “travesty” and a “sham.”
■ The Virus that Ate the 2020 News Agenda: As with the Russia investigation and impeachment, the coronavirus pandemic became the anti-Trump story the media loved to report, crowding out nearly all other topics. From the initial reports in January through October 20, 2020, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts spent 1,745 minutes reporting on the administration’s handling of the virus; the spin of this coverage was 95 percent negative. (This does not include an additional 140 minutes about the President’s own coronavirus diagnosis.)
In contrast, those broadcasts spent only 113 minutes reporting on the President’s handling of the economy, a 15-to-one disparity. The economy was largely a good news story for Trump (even on the networks, the spin of these stories was a remarkable 79% positive), but it was essentially lost amid an ocean of bad news about the virus.
For example, the five jobs reports from June 5 to October 2 showed a record 11,161,000 jobs were created in the extraordinary snapback from the pandemic recession. Those reports were only given a combined 16 minutes, 55 seconds of airtime when they were released, and each time correspondents wrapped them in negativity. When 4.8 million new jobs were announced on July 2, CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan offered an immediate downer: “That good news comes with a big catch,” predicting new lockdowns would cause future job losses.
But that didn’t happen — the next month saw another huge gain: 1.8 million new jobs, yet “many economists fear temporary job losses are becoming permanent,” NBC’s Peter Alexander fretted on the August 7 Nightly News.
On October 29, the media were confronted with another record-setting economic report: the single biggest quarterly jump in economic growth, 33.1 percent on an annual basis (the previous record came more than 70 years ago: 16.7% in the first three months of 1950). The three evening newscasts combined gave it a stingy two minutes, 23 seconds of airtime, pouring on the pessimism. “The U.S. economy still has not bounced back in full from the huge hit it took during the peak of the shutdowns,” NBC correspondent Jo Ling Kent griped on Nightly News.
■ More Accomplishments Overlooked: As the 2020 election neared, the President and his team made history by brokering peace agreements with Israel and several of her Arab neighbors. Yet in 33 days that culminated in a White House signing ceremony on September 15, the network evening newscasts delivered just nine minutes of coverage to these historic agreements.
Amid a summer of protests and racial unrest, these newscasts glossed over the improvements brought by 2018 passage of the President’s criminal justice reform legislation: a meager 35 seconds of airtime from June 1 through September 30. Instead, the networks doled out 192 minutes of mostly (96%) condemnatory coverage of the President’s response to the George Floyd case and other race-related matters.
The Obama administration added a flurry of federal regulations, adding an estimated $108 billion annual burden on the economy. Upon taking office, the Trump administration engaged in aggressive deregulation, which the White House Council of Economic Advisors estimated would ultimately benefit each American household to the tune of $3,100 each.
Yet such a tangible achievement mattered little to the media; from January 20, 2017 through October 20, 2020 the big three evening newscasts — combined — supplied just 11 minutes of airtime, or less than 15 seconds per month.
In his first year, President Trump took action to start long-stalled pipeline projects to boost America’s energy independence, but the networks rewarded the effort with a tiny seven minutes of coverage. Policies to expand drilling offshore and in the Arctic were given even less airtime — just five minutes over the course of his presidency. Yet those same networks pounced on Trump’s rejection of liberal orthodoxy on climate change, dumping 111 minutes of (mostly negative) coverage — nearly ten times more airtime than the push for energy independence.
■ Campaign Bias: During their August conventions, both parties theoretically had a chance to make their case to voters, but while liberal cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC chose to let the Democratic advertisement run without any significant interruption, they refused to give equal treatment to Republicans. During the GOP convention, cable anchors and reporters repeatedly stepped over the party-produced content to deplore and criticize what viewers were trying to watch.
The interruptions on MSNBC, in fact, were 600 TIMES greater during the Republican convention (201 minutes) than during the Democratic convention (21 seconds).
While the media continued their four-year practice of harshly criticizing President Trump, they ignored controversies involving his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
In the spring, the networks refused for weeks to cover serious allegations from a former staffer that Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. After a meager 23 minutes of coverage on the three evening newscasts in late April and early May, the media dropped the story, despite the fact that at least eight corroborating witnesses had come forward in the case.
Following the primaries, Biden worked with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders to create a 110-page “blueprint” for radical change, then picked a running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, who one analysis found to be even more left-wing than Sanders. Yet the criticism that Biden and Harris, would pursue left-wing policies outside of the mainstream was given a mere five minutes, 43 seconds of airtime over 12 weeks of fall campaign coverage, or barely two percent of the Democrats’ total (279 minutes).
The media also bypassed the financial scandal enveloping Biden and his son, Hunter. From the morning of October 14, when the New York Post published new evidence of Hunter Biden’s corrupt business dealings with Ukraine and Joe Biden’s potential involvement, through the morning of October 27, the broadcast networks gave it a scant 21 minutes on their morning, evening and Sunday roundtable programs. When journalists did mention the story, they spent most of their time dismissing it as Russian disinformation.
Comparing Trump to Biden, the networks could not have made their preference more clear. Our study of evening news coverage from July 29 to October 20 found 890 evaluative comments about Trump, 92 percent of which were negative. For Biden, the networks only offered 91 evaluations, 66 percent of which were positive.
■ After the election, a Media Research Center poll of 1,750 Biden voters in seven swing states, conducted by The Polling Company, found many were unaware of many of Trump’s accomplishments or Biden’s scandals; if they had known, 17 percent would have abandoned the Democratic candidate — enough to flip Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump, giving the President a 311 electoral vote victory.
Yet even with the media’s obvious censorship and, and their relentless four-year onslaught of hostile press coverage, it’s remarkable that Donald Trump drew at least 11 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016. That’s millions of citizens who chose to ignore the media’s message, and instead supported a President whose accomplishments they obviously preferred.
That should be a warning to journalists who refuse to restrain their activism (and a hopeful sign for conservatives weary of a liberal media hegemony): the more they act like partisans, the less power they will have to influence the public’s thinking.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-31--Dominion Attorneys Issue Letter to Vote Fraud Whistleblower Demanding Access to Private Communicatio

Attorneys hired by Dominion voting systems have sent at least one intimidating letters with a list of demands to a electoral fraud whistleblowers in a battleground state where hundreds of independent observers allege witnessing vote rigging being performed on election night .
Big League Politics has obtained a letter that was sent to a Michigan whistleblower .
The whistleblower , who wishes to remain anonymous due to potential retaliation , said that they did not even know what Dominion was when submitting their sworn affidavit about the fraud they observed at a ballot processing facility .
“ This letter is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking part in defaming Dominion and to preserve all documents that may be relevant to Dominion ’ s pending legal claims , ” the letter stated .
Trending : BREACH : Whistleblower Confirms Ballot Processing Computers in Georgia are Hooked Up to WiFi The letter was sent on Dec. 28 by attorneys Thomas Clare and Megan Meier , who identified their firm as “ defamation counsel ” for Dominion .
They sent the letter via Federal Express demanding for the whistleblower to produce private information , including communications with Trump administration attorneys , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demands .
take our poll - story continues below “ Your obligation to preserve documents applies both to you , and to any entities that you control , ” the attorneys wrote .
“ Confirm receipt of this letter and that you intend to adhere to our request to retain documents as set forth above .
This is not a complete recitation of Dominion ’ s rights and remedies , all of which are expressly reserved , ” the letter demanded .
They had previously sent a letter to Melissa Carone , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward with allegations of improprieties .
However , this is the first known letter sent to a vote fraud whistleblower with no connection to Dominion .
The letter can be seen here : Big League Politics has reported on how Dominion machines were brought into Michigan by a Democrat Party official shortly after President Trump won the presidential election in 2016 : A former project manager for Dominion has been revealed as the Mayor of Lathrup Village , Mich. , a small town right on the outskirts of Detroit .
Mayor Mykale “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operative in the state of Michigan .
New York Young Republican Club President Gavin Wax made the discovery in a Twitter post , noting that she has been earmarked by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee… Garrett also attempted to get onto the county commission in Oakland County .
She lost her Democrat primary race but her comments in a pre-election interview show how deep her ties in the Michigan Democrat Party truly are .
“ I also want to learn more about Oakland County government , ” Garrett said during an interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the “ inclusion and diversity ” she has brought to her small town .
“ If anyone knows me knows that I put Lathrup where it ’ s at right now , ” she arrogantly boasted .
The interview started to get interesting when Garrett started talking up her “ professional experience.
” She could not help but flaunt her credentials .
“ I was the deputy director for voter protection for the Michigan Democratic Party , ” she explained .
From her words , it seems like she supports policies like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counting board in Detroit into a third-world style free-for-all .
“ I ’ m very passionate about everyone that can vote , who wants to vote , should be able to cast a ballot and that ballot count and that is something that I still , um , fight for , ” she said .
Garrett also leads Mothering Justice , a nonprofit organization that agitates for socialism and wealth redistribution .
She continued to brag in the interview about her deep ties in the Democrat Party of Michigan .
“ I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party , and I just recently stopped being the chair of the Southfield-Lathrup Democratic Party , ” she said .
“ Because of some of the volunteer positions that I have , I actually know people across the state .
I have a very good relationship with our governor , with our secretary of state , ” Garrett added .
She failed to mention her ties to Dominion in the interview .
Wax noted that she helped broker a $ 25 million contract between Dominion and the state of Michigan while still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oakland County Democrat Party .
Electoral fraud whistleblowers are under attack as institutional power covers up their credible allegations of severe improprieties .
Other whistleblowers being hassled by well-paid teams of lawyers are encouraged to come forward to Big League Politics .

EXCLUSIVE: Dominion Attorneys Issue Letter to Vote Fraud Whistleblower Demanding Access to Private Communications
Attorneys hired by Dominion voting systems have sent at least one intimidating letters with a list of demands to a electoral fraud whistleblowers in a battleground state where hundreds of independent observers allege witnessing vote rigging being performed on election night.
Big League Politics has obtained a letter that was sent to a Michigan whistleblower. The whistleblower, who wishes to remain anonymous due to potential retaliation, said that they did not even know what Dominion was when submitting their sworn affidavit about the fraud they observed at a ballot processing facility.
“This letter is your formal notice to cease and desist taking part in defaming Dominion and to preserve all documents that may be relevant to Dominion’s pending legal claims,” the letter stated.
The letter was sent on Dec. 28 by attorneys Thomas Clare and Megan Meier, who identified their firm as “defamation counsel” for Dominion. They sent the letter via Federal Express demanding for the whistleblower to produce private information, including communications with Trump administration attorneys, and issue a written response to the demands.
“Your obligation to preserve documents applies both to you, and to any entities that you control,” the attorneys wrote.
“Confirm receipt of this letter and that you intend to adhere to our request to retain documents as set forth above. This is not a complete recitation of Dominion’s rights and remedies, all of which are expressly reserved,” the letter demanded.
They had previously sent a letter to Melissa Carone, the former Dominion temp worker who has come forward with allegations of improprieties. However, this is the first known letter sent to a vote fraud whistleblower with no connection to Dominion.
The letter can be seen here:
Big League Politics has reported on how Dominion machines were brought into Michigan by a Democrat Party official shortly after President Trump won the presidential election in 2016:
A former project manager for Dominion has been revealed as the Mayor of Lathrup Village, Mich., a small town right on the outskirts of Detroit. Mayor Mykale “Kelly” Garrett is a veteran Democrat operative in the state of Michigan. New York Young Republican Club President Gavin Wax made the discovery in a Twitter post, noting that she has been earmarked by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee… Garrett also attempted to get onto the county commission in Oakland County. She lost her Democrat primary race but her comments in a pre-election interview show how deep her ties in the Michigan Democrat Party truly are. “I also want to learn more about Oakland County government,” Garrett said during an interview with the Oakland County Times – talking up the “inclusion and diversity” she has brought to her small town. “If anyone knows me knows that I put Lathrup where it’s at right now,” she arrogantly boasted. The interview started to get interesting when Garrett started talking up her “professional experience.” She could not help but flaunt her credentials. “I was the deputy director for voter protection for the Michigan Democratic Party,” she explained. From her words, it seems like she supports policies like the ones that turned the absentee voter counting board in Detroit into a third-world style free-for-all. “I’m very passionate about everyone that can vote, who wants to vote, should be able to cast a ballot and that ballot count and that is something that I still, um, fight for,” she said. Garrett also leads Mothering Justice, a nonprofit organization that agitates for socialism and wealth redistribution. She continued to brag in the interview about her deep ties in the Democrat Party of Michigan. “I was the vice chair of the Oakland County Democratic Party, and I just recently stopped being the chair of the Southfield-Lathrup Democratic Party,” she said. “Because of some of the volunteer positions that I have, I actually know people across the state. I have a very good relationship with our governor, with our secretary of state,” Garrett added. She failed to mention her ties to Dominion in the interview. Wax noted that she helped broker a $25 million contract between Dominion and the state of Michigan while still serving as a vice chair for the Oakland County Democrat Party.
Electoral fraud whistleblowers are under attack as institutional power covers up their credible allegations of severe improprieties. Other whistleblowers being hassled by well-paid teams of lawyers are encouraged to come forward to Big League Politics.


thelibertydaily--2020-01-31--Our World Without Global Warming: Not One You Would Like

Have you ever thought about a world without global warming ?
At least , one without the 20th century warming ?
If you imagine a utopian world , think again .
It ’ s likely you ’ ve been misled .
Proponents of climate alarmism believe climate doomsday looms at the end of this century ( or earlier ) .
They attribute 20th century warming to greenhouse gases ( GHG ) , especially carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels .
Yes , our world has warmed .
But the warming did not begin during the industrial era , as alarmists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century .
And it had nothing to do with the industrial era of the 19th century .
A very cold climatic period , popularly known as the Little Ice Age , prevailed during the 16th and 17th centuries ( approximately 1570–1730 ) .
The LIA was unlike anything in the past 2000 years .
Many parts of the world had extremely cold winters .
Summers were short and mild .
Big icebergs reached as far south as Rotterdam in Holland .
It is said that “ the Spanish diplomats traveled by sleigh over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dutch rebels in early 1608.
” Rivers in France , Greece , and Germany froze , bringing widespread famine .
Paintings show the frozen Thames River in London .
In China , the powerful Ming dynasty fell in 1644 , weakened in part by the cooling .
The LIA was felt worldwide .
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That warming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact for alarmists ’ man-made warming narrative .
To do away with it , some scientists , like Michael Mann , tried to erase it from history .
Mann came up with a hockey stick-shaped temperature graph .
It gave the illusion that warming began much later , during the industrial era , and was unprecedented .
But at least 200 scientific papers proved Mann ’ s hockey stick false .
Some alarmists say the LIA was a regional phenomenon , restricted to Europe and North America .
But the evidence says otherwise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ southern South America , South Africa , Antarctica and Greenland , Arctic Canada and Iceland , Peru , the North Atlantic Ocean , India , Australia , and elsewhere .
So How Would Our World Look Without the Warming ?
Global greening began only after the end of the LIA .
Plant growth in recent decades has improved .
Not only warmer temperatures but also higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations have contributed .
With warmth and CO2 , both wild plants and agricultural crops flourished after the LIA .
Without the warming and added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been lower , and cold , dry conditions would have made agriculture impossible in many parts of the world .
Without the warming and added CO2 , there might have been no Industrial Revolution .
Why ?
Because it depended in part on rising crop yields permitting millions to move from farms to factories .
Even if an industrial era had managed to materialize , a growing population would not have been able to flourish without an expanding agricultural sector .
But many tropical countries would have gone through severe droughts and famines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , resulting in the collapse of major powers and people groups .
A barren , cold world in which many people faced death during winters .
That ’ s what the 19th century would have been like without the warming that ended the LIA .
Now , life expectancy is at its highest .
Humanity thrives as never before , buoyed by booming agriculture , innovations in healthcare , and rapid progression of commercial and industrial technology .
We ’ ve also harnessed energy from available natural resources , which aided in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these things would have been likely , at least at the scale on which they ’ ve occurred , without global warming .
Reports suggest that we are entering two decades of cooling due to weak solar activity like what prevailed during the LIA .
Time will tell how cold this phase will be .
Enjoy the warmth while it lasts .
Vijay Jayaraj ( M.Sc.
, Environmental Science , University of East Anglia , England ) , is a Research Contributor for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation .

Have you ever thought about a world without global warming? At least, one without the 20th century warming?
If you imagine a utopian world, think again. It’s likely you’ve been misled.
Proponents of climate alarmism believe climate doomsday looms at the end of this century (or earlier). They attribute 20th century warming to greenhouse gases (GHG), especially carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.
Yes, our world has warmed. But the warming did not begin during the industrial era, as alarmists claim. It began in the 18th century. And it had nothing to do with the industrial era of the 19th century.
The Little Ice Age
A very cold climatic period, popularly known as the Little Ice Age, prevailed during the 16th and 17th centuries (approximately 1570–1730).
The LIA was unlike anything in the past 2000 years. Many parts of the world had extremely cold winters. Summers were short and mild.
Big icebergs reached as far south as Rotterdam in Holland. It is said that “the Spanish diplomats traveled by sleigh over the ice to broker their truce with Dutch rebels in early 1608.”
Rivers in France, Greece, and Germany froze, bringing widespread famine. Paintings show the frozen Thames River in London. In China, the powerful Ming dynasty fell in 1644, weakened in part by the cooling. The LIA was felt worldwide.
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When the LIA ended — for various reasons including increased sunspot activity — it gave way to much warmer temperatures. That warming continues.
The LIA proved an inconvenient fact for alarmists’ man-made warming narrative. To do away with it, some scientists, like Michael Mann, tried to erase it from history.
Mann came up with a hockey stick-shaped temperature graph. It gave the illusion that warming began much later, during the industrial era, and was unprecedented. But at least 200 scientific papers proved Mann’s hockey stick false.
Some alarmists say the LIA was a regional phenomenon, restricted to Europe and North America. But the evidence says otherwise. It was observed in Mexico, southern South America, South Africa, Antarctica and Greenland, Arctic Canada and Iceland, Peru, the North Atlantic Ocean, India, Australia, and elsewhere.
So How Would Our World Look Without the Warming?
Global greening began only after the end of the LIA. Plant growth in recent decades has improved. Not only warmer temperatures but also higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations have contributed.
With warmth and CO2, both wild plants and agricultural crops flourished after the LIA. Without the warming and added CO2, crop yields everywhere would have been lower, and cold, dry conditions would have made agriculture impossible in many parts of the world. Without the warming and added CO2, there might have been no Industrial Revolution. Why? Because it depended in part on rising crop yields permitting millions to move from farms to factories.
Today, humanity thrives as never before, buoyed by booming agriculture, innovations in healthcare, and rapid progression of commercial and industrial technology.
Even if an industrial era had managed to materialize, a growing population would not have been able to flourish without an expanding agricultural sector. But many tropical countries would have gone through severe droughts and famines, as they did during the LIA, resulting in the collapse of major powers and people groups.
A barren, cold world in which many people faced death during winters. That’s what the 19th century would have been like without the warming that ended the LIA.
Now, life expectancy is at its highest. Humanity thrives as never before, buoyed by booming agriculture, innovations in healthcare, and rapid progression of commercial and industrial technology. We’ve also harnessed energy from available natural resources, which aided in the growth of civilization globally.
None of these things would have been likely, at least at the scale on which they’ve occurred, without global warming.
Reports suggest that we are entering two decades of cooling due to weak solar activity like what prevailed during the LIA. Time will tell how cold this phase will be.
Enjoy the warmth while it lasts.
Vijay Jayaraj (M.Sc., Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, England), is a Research Contributor for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.


thelibertydaily--2020-01-31--New England Patriots Player Ben Watson Blows Up Democrat Anti-Family Narrative: ‘Men Have to Stand B

New England Patriots Player Ben Watson Blows Up Democrat Anti-Family Narrative: ‘Men Have to Stand Beside the Women We Impregnate’

New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson emphasized that “ men have to stand beside the women we impregnate ” as he joined pro-life activists at Friday ’ s March for Life .
Watson discussed his upcoming documentary “ Divided Hearts of America ” in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington , D.C .
The pro-life father of seven started filming the documentary in May 2019 , a movie budgeted at less than $ 1 million and financed by donors and Watson ’ s One More Foundation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hunger , poverty and prison reform .
“ I think that the whole abortion issue obviously is an important one , but I think in the last year or so with so many different laws coming out , some liberal , some conservative , there ’ s just been a heightening of awareness , ” Watson said .
“ The film ’ s kind of about my journey figuring out the truth about these laws , but also just about abortion in general .
Right ?
Who does it hurt ?
How do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going through this ?
” Watson said his status as a football player does not necessarily have anything to do with the documentary , which is set to be released later in 2020 .
He wants people to focus on the justice issues the film discusses .
“ It ’ s about being an American , somebody that cares about justice , whether that ’ s about the vulnerable that are in the womb , whether that ’ s the vulnerable walking up and down our streets.
” The theme of the 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman.
” Watson said “ of course ” being pro-life means being pro-woman .
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Support The Stream » “ I think there ’ s a misconception that the pro-life movement — people that would call themselves pro-lifers only care about babies , don ’ t care about women , ” the NFL player said .
“ But we have to care about women .
We have to care about the women who are carrying these children.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand beside the women we impregnate , ” he added .
“ That ’ s the message that a lot of people don ’ t want to talk about , but if men will stand up and care for women the way we ’ re designed to , a lot of these things wouldn ’ t happen.
” Being pro-life should mean caring both for children and for women , Watson said .
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New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson emphasized that “men have to stand beside the women we impregnate” as he joined pro-life activists at Friday’s March for Life.
Watson discussed his upcoming documentary “Divided Hearts of America” in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. The pro-life father of seven started filming the documentary in May 2019, a movie budgeted at less than $1 million and financed by donors and Watson’s One More Foundation, an organization focused on issues such as hunger, poverty and prison reform.
“I think that the whole abortion issue obviously is an important one, but I think in the last year or so with so many different laws coming out, some liberal, some conservative, there’s just been a heightening of awareness,” Watson said. “The film’s kind of about my journey figuring out the truth about these laws, but also just about abortion in general. Right? Who does it hurt? How do we support women and men that are going through this?”
Watson said his status as a football player does not necessarily have anything to do with the documentary, which is set to be released later in 2020. He wants people to focus on the justice issues the film discusses.
“It’s about being an American, somebody that cares about justice, whether that’s about the vulnerable that are in the womb, whether that’s the vulnerable walking up and down our streets.”
The theme of the 2020 March for Life was “Life Empowers: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman.” Watson said “of course” being pro-life means being pro-woman.
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“I think there’s a misconception that the pro-life movement — people that would call themselves pro-lifers only care about babies, don’t care about women,” the NFL player said. “But we have to care about women. We have to care about the women who are carrying these children.”
“We as men, have to stand beside the women we impregnate,” he added. “That’s the message that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, but if men will stand up and care for women the way we’re designed to, a lot of these things wouldn’t happen.”
Being pro-life should mean caring both for children and for women, Watson said.
“It shouldn’t be an ‘either or’ proposition.”
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thelibertydaily--2020-01-31--Communist Youth Brainwashing Rag ‘Teen Vogue’: Trump Should Be Impeached for ‘Racism and Islamophobi

Communist Youth Brainwashing Rag ‘Teen Vogue’: Trump Should Be Impeached for ‘Racism and Islamophobia’

Teen Vogue continued its streak of misinforming youth about the politics and other issues of the day on Thursday .
The liberal magazine dedicated to Gen Z declared in an op-ed , “ Trump ’ s Racism and Islamophobia Should Have Led to His Impeachment , ” arguing that “ Trump 's abuse of power has already devastated millions of lives.
” The sophomoric piece by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh recounted her discomfort with growing up in America after 9/11 , even describing watching Saddam Hussein ’ s execution as “ violating ” because it exposed her “ to images of war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me.
” Then she laughably claimed , “ Trump kicked off 2020 by beating the war drum with Iran , ” as if Trump wants to go to war with Iran and the U.S. started it unprovoked .
She “ felt triggered by the senseless sound bites and racist misinformation , which brought me back to how I felt as a child during the Iraq War.
” She ’ s so disconnected from reality that “ [ t ] he first thought that came to my mind was , How many lives will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” She thinks “ brown bodies ” will now become “ thoughtless collateral damage ” in Trump ’ s “ political games.
” That ’ s because to Al-Khatahtbeh , it ’ s not an accident that the strike against Iran came at around the same time as impeachment .
Except this isn ’ t Bill Clinton ’ s wag the dog .
“ The ongoing impeachment trial is a necessary measure , ” she wrote , “ and , frankly , something that should have happened long before Trump had the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term.
” Believe me , the resistance started trying since the day after the election .
She brought up the “ strict travel ban ” that has “ sown chaos , keeping families apart and preventing refugees from seeking a safe haven in the United States ” and the border enforcement that has “ ripped so many children away from their parents , causing irreversible damage to their physical and mental development , not to mention their cultural lineage , ” as if these policies were impeachable .
Because of this , she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from office should be a given , but , ” she warned , “ removal is not the ultimate goal for our emancipation.
” She said the Trump administration is “ so malicious and corrupt ” it ’ s easy to forget our problems started before him : She declared , “ The year 2020 demands that our generation rise up and inherit the world right now .
We won ’ t wait for anyone ’ s permission.
” But that ’ s where the article ends ; with no proposals for how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ piece is fanciful thinking , with dark nightmares of Trump and fevered dreams of what the future could be like , with no basis in reality .
In other words , it ’ s just another typical article in Teen Vogue .

Teen Vogue continued its streak of misinforming youth about the politics and other issues of the day on Thursday. The liberal magazine dedicated to Gen Z declared in an op-ed, “Trump’s Racism and Islamophobia Should Have Led to His Impeachment,” arguing that “Trump's abuse of power has already devastated millions of lives.”
The sophomoric piece by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh recounted her discomfort with growing up in America after 9/11, even describing watching Saddam Hussein’s execution as “violating” because it exposed her “to images of war and violence against people that looked like me.”
Then she laughably claimed, “Trump kicked off 2020 by beating the war drum with Iran,” as if Trump wants to go to war with Iran and the U.S. started it unprovoked. She “felt triggered by the senseless sound bites and racist misinformation, which brought me back to how I felt as a child during the Iraq War.” She’s so disconnected from reality that “[t]he first thought that came to my mind was, How many lives will be lost for Trump’s reelection?”
She thinks “brown bodies” will now become “thoughtless collateral damage” in Trump’s “political games.” That’s because to Al-Khatahtbeh, it’s not an accident that the strike against Iran came at around the same time as impeachment. Except this isn’t Bill Clinton’s wag the dog.
“The ongoing impeachment trial is a necessary measure,” she wrote, “and, frankly, something that should have happened long before Trump had the chance to almost complete an entire presidential term.” Believe me, the resistance started trying since the day after the election.
She brought up the “strict travel ban” that has “sown chaos, keeping families apart and preventing refugees from seeking a safe haven in the United States” and the border enforcement that has “ripped so many children away from their parents, causing irreversible damage to their physical and mental development, not to mention their cultural lineage,” as if these policies were impeachable.
Because of this, she thinks “[r]emoving Trump from office should be a given, but,” she warned, “removal is not the ultimate goal for our emancipation.”
She said the Trump administration is “so malicious and corrupt” it’s easy to forget our problems started before him:
But Trump is just the loudest, most openly horrendous figure we’ve seen occupy the position in recent memory (don’t worry, George W. Bush, we haven’t forgotten about you). Trump is only repeating a playbook that has been used by many leaders before him to rally support: by using people of color as bait.
She declared, “The year 2020 demands that our generation rise up and inherit the world right now. We won’t wait for anyone’s permission.” But that’s where the article ends; with no proposals for how that would possibly happen.
The entire piece is fanciful thinking, with dark nightmares of Trump and fevered dreams of what the future could be like, with no basis in reality. In other words, it’s just another typical article in Teen Vogue.


thelibertydaily--2020-01-31--Schiff ‘Bribery’ Charges on Senate Floor Would Result in Immediate Mistrial in a Real Court, Experts

Schiff ‘Bribery’ Charges on Senate Floor Would Result in Immediate Mistrial in a Real Court, Experts Say

After Adam Schiff raised the specter of `` bribery '' at the Senate impeachment trial , experts are saying his conduct of introducing charges that are n't in the articles of impeachment would have severe consequences in a court of law .
Former Judge , Andrew Napolitano remarked on Fox News that the action would result in a mistrial .
`` This would not happen in front of a jury in a criminal case .
It absolutely would be a mistrial if it were stated in front of a jury in a criminal case , '' he said .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jury , where they each get to accuse the other side of all kinds of things , '' he remarked about the sham that is this impeachment .
Patrick Philbin , deputy White House counsel , agreed during his remarks at the trial on Wednesday .
`` If this were a criminal trial in an ordinary court and Mr. Schiff had done what he just did on the floor here , and start talking about crimes of bribery and extortion that were not in the indictment , it would ’ ve been an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` We ’ d all be done now , and we could go home .
And Mr. Schiff knows that , because he ’ s a former prosecutor . ''
He continued spanking the Democrats for the shoddy process .
`` It is not permissible for the House to come here failing to have charged , failing to have put in the articles of impeachment any crime at all and then to start arguing that actually 'oh , we think there is some crime involved ... it 's totally impermissible .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' But we all know due process does not matter to Democrats , who have continually moved the goalposts whenever it suits them to try to take down this president— from fudging FISA warrants to purchasing fake dossiers full of false tales of wrongdoing .
There is nothing too low for them to try .
There is no action too impermissible ( or even illegal ) that they would not attempt in order to smear and damage President Trump .
Is this thing over yet ?
Megan Fox is the author of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Process from Salome to # MeToo , ” and host of The Fringe podcast .
Follow on Twitter @ MeganFoxWriter

After Adam Schiff raised the specter of “bribery” at the Senate impeachment trial, experts are saying his conduct of introducing charges that aren’t in the articles of impeachment would have severe consequences in a court of law. Former Judge, Andrew Napolitano remarked on Fox News that the action would result in a mistrial. “This would not happen in front of a jury in a criminal case. It absolutely would be a mistrial if it were stated in front of a jury in a criminal case,” he said. “But this is a different kind of jury, where they each get to accuse the other side of all kinds of things,” he remarked about the sham that is this impeachment.
Patrick Philbin, deputy White House counsel, agreed during his remarks at the trial on Wednesday. “If this were a criminal trial in an ordinary court and Mr. Schiff had done what he just did on the floor here, and start talking about crimes of bribery and extortion that were not in the indictment, it would’ve been an automatic mistrial,” Philbin said. “We’d all be done now, and we could go home. And Mr. Schiff knows that, because he’s a former prosecutor.”
He continued spanking the Democrats for the shoddy process. “It is not permissible for the House to come here failing to have charged, failing to have put in the articles of impeachment any crime at all and then to start arguing that actually ‘oh, we think there is some crime involved… it’s totally impermissible. It’s a fundamental violation of due process.”
But we all know due process does not matter to Democrats, who have continually moved the goalposts whenever it suits them to try to take down this president— from fudging FISA warrants to purchasing fake dossiers full of false tales of wrongdoing. There is nothing too low for them to try. There is no action too impermissible (or even illegal) that they would not attempt in order to smear and damage President Trump.
Is this thing over yet?
Bribery and extortion failed the Dems poll-tests and every legal test. That's why they're not in the articles Yet Schiff throws around those smears anyway Patrick Philbin points out if this was a real court and Schiff did that, it would be dismissed as a mistrial Disgraceful! pic.twitter.com/3xzh8jG4sx — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) January 30, 2020
Megan Fox is the author of “Believe Evidence; The Death of Due Process from Salome to #MeToo,” and host of The Fringe podcast. Follow on Twitter @MeganFoxWriter


thelibertydaily--2020-01-30--President Trump Keep America Great Rally – Des Moines, Iowa – 8:00 PM EST Livestream

Tonight President Donald Trump is traveling to Des Moines , Iowa , to hold a Keep America Great rally at @ @ @ @ @ Drake University .
President Trump is expected to speak at 7:00pm CST / 8:00pm EST

Tonight President Donald Trump is traveling to Des Moines, Iowa, to hold a Keep America Great rally at the The Knapp Center at Drake University.
President Trump is expected to speak at 7:00pm CST / 8:00pm EST
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